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Show j 1 HE VETERANS." ri lie Xero Question Seriously Considered by t lie (J. A. K. Toirti frcm Comn:aiider-in-Ciief Vea-Bey'6 Vea-Bey'6 Annual Addrets. His itecom-meadat.ons itecom-meadat.ons Create a Sensation. i Detroit, A--rust o. Special Tlie j twenty li ;n annual encampment of tin j G. A. U. i!H:i in formal M'S-wmi this morning. All 'hat ait ami cultured dlr cnulil (! j i-t iii;ik li t.- mammoth liiiih-iiiu a;ti;irii,! had i ecu exi-ned in the ii.'C' 'I'.it u 1 1 ; c ij adurncd tl.e Intel In-tel ' .v1" .in imincii.-iiy, the ha!! v. a. ci -.. . '. in it-, U . n,i M . Gem r. i Vcii.-t-y, comma nder-in-cli ief . r,!j';.i-u tin- iiM-mi'l orui. lie aiiiiuunc- ii Uk- Iormal .;.ijni;ig of the . cocai'im-ril ami ilncdc'l tli.: -nljut ant- tJ jji'in tn call i lie lull ;' the depurt- r- nn-iiis. liveiy sale aiil teiiitory in the union a- ivj res-entcd ami the roll call showed the fulle.si a Ueiidance of d 1 'ales in the hlslu! ot the oiaiii-y.aliiui. oiaiii-y.aliiui. 'Comrade's," said General Yeasey, j "tiiis in the silver anniversary of a i 1 tiit i, not ol a wedding. The vvedoing oiTiiiicd win-it tlie hruiegrooni, the youth ol the land, diluted in its dc- l'ense. Abraham Lincoln celebrated i the marriage nuptials. Columbia- was the bride. 1 lt-r vesture was the na-lion na-lion s hag and we v cm j.icdg. d to re-cMal'lish re-cMal'lish that Hag over Die oouiain id Scrissioll." '."seeessia was the price of iier hand. When the pledge was grand iy redeemed through tlie bloody stiine, thiotigh sil-: sil-: leriiig and death, ami alter Victories hal placed on ti.e blow of the bride a new Uiaiiem whose gems were honor, vuior, fame and hbeily; unstained with slavery, a country united and tree. The fiuitoitli.it mairiage was tne Grand I Army oi the Kejiunlie, an offspring i Wormy ol its royal parentage. In touching on "the negro question"' as affecting tne U A. K., General Vea-sey Vea-sey review eu the difficulties which had existed over the colored posts in the de-paitruen'.s de-paitruen'.s of Louisiana and Mississippi ever since tlie) organized in ISliii. Continuing Con-tinuing hesaid, the charge had been made lroin diiierent sources, that the organization of these posts was tainted wuh ineguiarities, utterly destructive of their leual existence. Our rules and regulations, lie said, provide a plain proceduie for the department to pursue pur-sue i i or ier to t st the valid ity of i lie eii.iiges. As the department of the Louisiana and MisiMpi has never. s-.far s-.far as 1 am informed, tesorted t juoceeduie, 1 have heid in deali::;.T vit.i tints jH'st'. that they miisi e n -gai!eo as i.ii a eal xi-iem e until other viisc regu aily adjuuicated. i. t.t c.iuiui.iiiuer-iu-cliiti ordered an invMlga.ln:i by the iHspecter-gem rai into Uii- aliairs ot this ilepartim Hi. The lecoiiimeiidation ol the lnspector-teneral lnspector-teneral va-. that tnis rncanipuit ;:t ;iu thonze the ci eat ion of a b.-parte department de-partment coveiiiig tiie same territiry as the several existing departments in tne south. This is suppoi led oy iwm-orials iwm-orials auilicsst-U to the coiumar.der-ih chiel 1 six jiosls in the dcpaitiuciit Whose niemoersiiiji is eomposcil olioi-al olioi-al e.i coliiiaUes. In n gaid to this hi said: 'From the various source of information informa-tion accessible to me, 1 Ulievea large majority of both while and coloito comrades in I he department ol L"i:is-ana L"i:is-ana and l ihfiasipji are strong in the convention that it would be for the best i nt en-sis oi all to have a Separate tiepai tin. nt in Lou Sana and some ol w i--otnei guif s ate:, made up of suca VZL'sas may ai).y to come into it, rud"ti.rvi!ig Cuircanent juiisdiclio.i -with the (i parttm nts aire, dy estab-( estab-( llsued in 6. ten states." "1 have no policy to urje other than i titichas will be for the best luteiesis til , tne order and at tne same tune protect tae rights ol all comrades." Dam. g the ear now closing the G. A. II. pa.d cut liom its relief fund t;i..-4,LtW. During the same period tl.e Oman's lie.i ef Corps paid to distressed distress-ed comrades $lS:-i,Ou(l. lien mug to the Alt. McGregor cottage, cot-tage, wi. ere General Grant died, General Gene-ral Yeasey lecominended that the encampment en-campment lake action to secure fioin the. government an appropriation lor the maintenance of the property ami Jts preservation in the same condition il wiis at tiie time of the demise of General Grant. J ailing to secure the appropriation bv empress he suggested tual a trust lumi be established or that the maintenance ol the cottage be insured in-sured by charging a lee. to visitors. Tlie questio ol creating a memorial hall at Decatur, Ids., the birth place of tile G. A. It., was rough! up in the way of a recommendation that th.s encampment take action to aid the project. In regard to the disability pension bill, passed by the last Congress, Gen. Yeasey said: "If it is not the wisest, it is certainly a liberal measure. The lab.us or the G. A. K. pension committee commit-tee was also reviewed. The commander comman-der in-chief urged the encampment io lenew its ell'orts to procure an amendment amend-ment to tne revised statutes, which give preference to the appointments to civil office in the case of union veterans. The ohiy department chartered the past vear was that of Indian Territory. The cominauuer-in-chicl closet! his ad-diess ad-diess witu a releience to the observance observ-ance of Memorial day, and the high principles which actuate tlie G. A. II The H chtt;ui..ii of the commander-ln-chiei in f.'Vor of V.u establishment of dcpaitments of the G. A. 1. for liegio veteians created a decided sen-salii'ii. sen-salii'ii. '1 he whites of Jvouisiana and M iss ssij.pi are overjt yed at his recum-ineii'L.t recum-ineii'L.t mhs. "Uur con. rades in the stronger and mole jiiospctoi.s depaitnients should noi be I'.iivetiul of in- necessities of tho-e i the weaker and less f.ivored tei i Urn ies. and siiould assist and en-1 courage i hem in good v..rk whenever : opi'oi tunny o.fers. The lepnli of t. C jidge a. 'Vocate general gen-eral derives its' t'hiel interest In .in Ins di ei-ion on ti e vexed r. ce question. As his conclusions d:!ler lvoni the le-coiiiineii! le-coiiiineii! lions of t he commainif-r-iii-chie: , the dispute is only further coin- 'l C ileil. 1 fie re; or: of the surjeon-gen nil w;.s chii-Uy nr.ei e.-tiug m the staie-inent staie-inent it contains 1mm Pension Com-1 Com-1 inissioiier Kauin that the amount of iMlti.tllM.iKM vvill be expended lor ja n-bions n-bions dill nig the fiscal vear. lJur ng the forenoon session of the encampment Commander-in-Chief Veazy was presented with two gravels. Ti e first w as an ivory one from Comrade Com-rade Clarkson of Nebraska and the other a wooden one from wood of the llugstalf that surmounted the fort at Detroit KKI years ago. Tlie negro question Was referred to j a spec al commi; tee, consisting Merrill, of Massachusetts; Henderson, ol 1'eim-1 svlvani;i, Conger, of Ohio; Lihehan, j New Hampshire, and Atkins, Ohio. j The ladi. s of the G. A. II. received! a quasi recognition by the appoint-j ni"iit of a committee ti return their j greeting. : The ninth national convention of the Woman's Kelief Corps opened in this city this morning. 1 he rapid growtn of this auxiliary order is manifested by a large attendance as well as the reports re-ports of tlie various officers. Hi:iRS TO A TOWN. The Title Put Back l ift Years, ISut the Holder MuKt Pay I'por Lose, the Property. Cincinnati, August 5. A decision was made in the United Stales District court to day af'ecting the title to K'.d acres of ground on Price Hill in this !citv so that the owners who built on it , w dl have to pav in the aggregate el ! $1,01)11,000 to boeoljie IhiMuvnels ol the '. land they occupy. ! Jtiso:":eo1 the best in 'proved s-ub-: nil s oi the city in which this land is ! situated. The transaction that invali-j invali-j nates the lilies to tins land date.- b n k i fifty yeai s. It was the sa.e ot it by Samuel Darr, in wh'ch, according to t'.ie j decision ot this couri the provisions of the will ol U ni. Lair,Sr., who t.ied in 1810, were violated to the detriment i of other heiis, whose d-s -enl.t its ar the pla n. ill's in the case. A N'oteil A,-tresn Ical Nkw Youk, August li. Special. j Marie Jordan, the hr.-t w iie oi John 1 . liavmond, t.i d in London l ist Tucsda.. I during an operation for li e removal o; ! a tumor. Mie was born in New Jicai'.s. and was the daughter of J. 1' I Phillips. She went on the stage wm-i. j not out of her teens. Atlelade Ni ils;):. was not mole beautiful than s1 e. Mi.-s Phili jis married Rayinui 1 ii .Sivannan, in 18t7, and wont on a torn of the country with him, pia ing 'Oui American Cousin."' They went as far as San Francisco. Her greatest sue ce.-s w;is achieved as Imia in tin ' G ldeil Age." It was about this tim that the happy domestic relations . Mr. and Mrs. liaymoiid began io l iiistiirl'ed. The cause was a member o! their company, M s.s Courtney Darnes a slaughter of Hose E tinge. Mis. Uivinond sued for a divorce in New Yoik and a decree was granted in lhsg. Kajmond afterward married M ss J'.arne.s and they went to Europe "to live. Majorit :en Still Koll I'll. Sa i.t La Kli, Aug. h Special to Tiik DisTatui. Comjilete returns frou Tom ie, show that the Democrats hav i swept the county. Mc.)uistion and Ainett, Democratic Candida es for the Legislature, get li")4 and -05 votes i e-sjiecttvely, e-sjiecttvely, while Hague and Richards. Republicans, get 125 and 122 each respectively. re-spectively. YVauship, Summit County, returns iire; ..Democrats, 10; Repub-I Repub-I licans, li. |