Show corp tanne is made commander in chiel denver colo sept 8 intense interest was manifested in the election of officers of tha grand army of the republic and its auxiliaries which took place today in the various conventions rivalry had developed some ot the candidates tor the various offices and a lively canvass for votes bad been going on all he week the first business before the encampment camp ment today was the choice of a meeting alae for next year it had teen practically settled in advance that the national encampment in would be held in minneapolis the only other city that asked for the encampment camp ment in the convention today was dallas baxas whose offer was presented by john A ewton manager of tho dallas IBO club on viva voce vote the delegated dele gatea seemed to bo about equally divided between tho two cities A roll call was then ordered and was chosen the encampment gave a vote 0 thanks to mr ewton and the texas organizations which extended the invitation vi to meet in dallas and corn ln calef king personally asked mr ewton to go to minneapolis next year anil repeat the invitation prom slnar to use his influence to secure the national encampment in 1007 for dalas 4 corporal Corpo ial jacc tanner was elected commander in chief of the grand army of the republic by the national encampment camp ment vote was as i follows r james tanner robert B brown astr i burton 42 george A great demonstration followed the announcement of corporal tanners election y colonel georae R C oke of denver was unanimously elected senior vice charles G burton of nevada mo chairman of ane committee on reported con the policy of the national encampment camp ment on the pension question his committee favored a reiteration of the action taken at the last two national encampments encamp ments which is that a general service pension bill be passed by congress giving man who served ninety days in the war of the rebellion and received an honorable discharge a pension of 12 a month after he has arrived at the ge ot 62 years and a like amoun tto widows who had married the soldiers prior to the passage of the act of june 27 this recommendation men dation was unanimously endorsed great interest was displayed in the report of general louis wagner ot philadelphia chairman of the stevenson memorial fund he sail that 15 had been raised but that he intended to call for further contributions at athla point sealemon G simmons of kenosha als who though abot a member of the Grand army has always been a warm friend of the organization waa admitted to the hall and formally introduced announcement hamade that mr simmons had caused to bo struck oft a beautiful bronze emblem tor every member of the grand army this evidence of friendship caused a remarkable demonstration on of appreciation on the part of the delegates general wagner at the conclusion of the cheering arose and asked the delegates to pledge themselves to contribute to the stevenson fund what they thought they could afford As ho was taking his seat mr simmons asked in a whisper what it would take to place wisconsin at the head of the list awen ty alve hundred dollars replied general wagner in unrestrained tones depend upon me for that amount responded mr simmons general wagner again rose and told the delegates of mr simmons generous contribution and a great cheer arose others made pledges some as high as 1000 and at the end it was stated that the fund had reached nearly SALARIES ARE HIGH investigation of affairs of new york life insurance company new york sept 8 the salaries paid to the officers of tha now york lifo Insurance company were the subject of the opening inquiries when the insurance investigation was resumed today edmond Ranil olph treasurer of the new testified that the salary of president john A of that company had been increased from in 1892 to in ln 1896 and since 1901 the salary of george W ns vice president ot that company mr randolph testified was increased from in to 2000 in 1897 in 1900 in 1901 and then reduced to 1902 the reduction in salary was due to mr perking going into ii enship with J P morgan mr statement 0 the salaries of the officials showed a steady increase john claflin a director and member of the finance committee of the new york insurance company was tho next witness mr claflin described the companas comp anys method of making investments through tha finance committee the list of investments as a rule was prepared ho said not by individuals but by a great number of financial institutions practically the whole financial community the proposals first passed on by a subcommittee which eliminated the impossible ones if tho proposals came on the day of the finance committees sitting the whole finance committee considered the proposals |