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Show THE 0. AJ. AGAIN : Tii lmcroiXew York is Elect-! Elect-! eu Cr, I ii ma ii do r-i n-CIiief . CaiiferciA Vaips Into Line and Hakes j His itc;i3U Pcs3il)ie. Full Synopsis ot the PrcceecUnpo of the Encampment. j Dktroit, August (i. Immediately at ! tr the meeting of the encampmenl : this morning, the elect on of cimi- inander-.u-ehicf was declared the first iewines-. There were four candidates: '.John Palmer, of New York; A. G. '"Wei-sert, of Milwaukee; W. P. Smed-bui Smed-bui v, of t'alilnri'.ia, audS. II. Hurst, ol On.o. p.eiijamiii E. P.iyant, of Wisconsin, Wis-consin, placed WeisKi t in nomination in ;.n eloiUent sjieech. Wessert's nomination was seconded by Illinois, Iowa. Indiana and Kansas. Co moral laaaer. oi New York, placed Palmer in nomination, and Massachu-seu, Massachu-seu, New Jusev ami 1 ennsjlvania ; seet'iided the noin. nation. J. J. lioll.ii-sivorin, of Ohio, nomi-; nomi-; naied huist, and W. H. L. Duines, oi t':il i'oinia, in m-inateo Mneobury. The ! I liter's i.oininiit.oii Wi.s stcoiuied by i Nenra.-ka, kans.t., Uregon, Wi.shing-I Wi.shing-I ton, Ab.siva, New Mixico and loaho. .lust t-eitiie the baliotopeutdS.il. j I lu rs t it-kfil for recognition. The I stale of Ohio, saiu he. beiit-Ves in jus uce and lair j lay , and ntogmtr.ii to all the (;epiiitiiieni.s ol lie G. A. K. I Ap lau.-e.j It In. s been ciicciled loi ! v -i is tlial whehevei' New York became j united on a candidate, th s state, which i gave more men to the gr.nl army of the i union than any other state, should be j entitled to the commander-in-chief. I New iork is now united on a candi-jdaie, candi-jdaie, and I desire to withdraw my i name and second the nomination of ! t'i.imt-r oi New York, i The election Was by secret ballot, j Ihe aiiii'iuiicement of ihe fiist ballot ; w .th Palmer iar in tne lead indicated thecert tinty of his ultimate election, ti.e ballot stood Palmer 32; Weissert 7u; Mnedbury 177. Great enthusiasm was manifested by the New York delegates del-egates during the second ballot and though Palmer was in the lead from the start the conclusion was somewhat in douiit until the California delegation changed its entire vote to Palmer. Prolonged Pro-longed cheering greeted this announcement announce-ment which meant Smedbury's withdrawal with-drawal and Palmer's election. An oiuhusia:iie delegate at this juncture moved that Palmer's election be declined unanimous and it prevailed amidst the wildest enthusiasm. Captain John Palmer, the new com-niiiinii com-niiiinii r-in-chiet, born on Staten Island Maich li.j. has a splendid war remit!. He served during tne war in me Niuely-iiist New York vol-j uii t t i , la.aug pan in ad its engage-! iiieul.-. fsince tne war he has been en- j gaged in the lresco painting and decora deco-ra i ion business al Aluany, N. Y. As a menu er of the G. A. It., he was lor several terms commander of Lew Benedict Ben-edict posi No. 6 and was elected commander com-mander of ihe New York department, and in lcd'J elected senior vice-eom-Uiaina i-in-ch ef, all oi which important impor-tant josiiit ns he lilted wi ll credit. He is ia.ti to be a hue ble speaker aim a niooel pitsiding olncer. Io-iiay clost s ihe- business session ot the G. A. II. leunion. but even now ti.e ve.erans aie l'at leaving the city. No k,s thiin eight national orgaiiiza-iiotis orgaiiiza-iiotis i;re ill session or have adjourned. ami tl.e encampment in lis many inno-I inno-I valioils has c lutiidy been the greatest of any oi the preceding ones. a s'.-nsatioii was t ieatetl by the ad-'iro'slui ad-'iro'slui tiie piesnleut of the national a s-ocV.titin of union ex-prisoners of war, J-.. 11. ill an s, ol Indiana. Ke-.ttiifeto Ke-.ttiifeto ti e tieainteiit accorded the ex-piboiieis i.d war, thepiennieni says: "As an organization and in view ti.e r u(i ami peculi..r hardships ami sul-lei sul-lei in,' enuuitd as prisoners, we believe speinja compensation due us. For a litini.ier ol y ears hills have been pre-senttM pre-senttM to Congress looking to such measiiivs iis we felt due lis, I lit so far a 1 appc.U have availed us nothing, i't rti nty-tive years our govt rnment nas never so much as given us a vote of thanks ior the sairihce made. '1 his pi i lion oi the it sioenl's address u as l' ii ti.iiii v i.p l'ovt d by the association. associa-tion. Aiiimn; tne leports of the com-initH com-initH f hiitue is one tin' o. tying a bill to bepiestntul at the next session of I loi'ltsspn i.ehali ot t he soldiers who I wt if in pi ismi lor a pi riotl not less! than sixty uavs or more, providing that ! tin y shall receive ior every day of I the i con tint n. tut liotn the govern-j ment. ! Stephen M. Long, of East Orange, j N. J.. wiis elected jiiesident of the so- j cicty known as the "Ct mradt s of thej I.iitileiiehi." which includes both blue andgr y. The society met. and ell'ect-ed ell'ect-ed ;i lu.li. ii al organization by the election elec-tion oi Major General Dalton, of St. Louis, president ot tlie assoc ation. It Will hold its next meeting in Chicago. The sixteenth annual leunion of the j rnit'-'l Mates ve.eran's signal corps j showed membership of hl'l. L. H. j PoiUS' tie, ol Ph.ladeiphia, was elected president. The lad e.? of the G. A. P. held a very succcsslul met ting. The order is purely charitable and social and was called intoexistence for the purpose of t. iKing iibo a benevolent working patriotic pa-triotic association all tlie members of ihe .-o'liicrs familv. Its total membership member-ship is between bOCO and it) .000, and ihe' pi'esitli nt st;d( s that 2C.0 new circle.- were chartered the past year. D;. lhy;!ut,a colored ex-soldier from Ch'cago. is here soliciting subscriptions I for t e erection ol a monument m J:i- sfm par!:, Chicago, to the olored s 1'iii is. It is intended to raise l-50-i"Mj a-nl-about -3 1,00 J has been seeur.-d so far, lo'snln' ons were adoptnl nt the Michigan reunion of Michigan war veterans that an effort be made by the olhi.Tcs ti invite the surviv.ng veter-:u veter-:u s oi Mcxi -o to meet the American! ! survivi-rs of the Mexican war at the i.exi general eMC.tn'piiient at Washing- j ! ton and that congress be asked for an j iippropriation therefor. I "I was in the front end of the h ep r 'Marathon' ami luv: just noticed we were making the usual running time. We left Syracuse at 1 :58, on time. The train was heavily loaded, each of the sleepers having about tw?iity p is-en-gers. It was very fogizy, and the engineer engi-neer i f course expected the Montezuma Montezu-ma side of I he track would be all right for him. The lirst indication I hail" of the accident was when I felt a sudden application of air brake?. A moment later came the crash. That is about all I can tell, except that the engine w ent clear through the caboose of the freight train and then rolled down the embankment. The day coach telescoped tele-scoped with thesmoking car, and when I got out of doors they were all mixed tip with express and baggage cars. The sleepers did not leave the rails." I i |