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and Pub. fecltftft&Y. TLUNOT* FIEE BUG IS AT WQJiK tfLAZE AT THE NAT ION At SdL- OIERS* HOME. w t*. tyhr1! Ortndkai^ Pint Ible Child Bora ta Mm White Home, la Great W«it-lw«- Its' Fatal Qaarret--Phoiphoras la the Bay Mow. I<ni tit. the Soldier*' Home. ST. ftRfi early Friday morning partly fleet roved the big1 barn of the big Na­ tional Soldiers' Home north of Wash­ ington. causing a loss of about $10,000. The fire is behoved to have been the work of incendiaries. Not long before midnigrht some haystacks near the sta-, hies were di covered ablaze and burned? to the ground The inmates of the; home had hardly become quiet before* another alarm was sounded, and this time the barn in which are kept the horses and a part of the stores of the home was found on flte in several pisces. The veterans were thorough­ ly alarmol and patrolled the grounds for hours, jt 1* thought that some discharged soldier or crazed innate of the home is responsible lor the fires. M Ty>r"« Urandsoa ta 6r»*t Wnb A pathetic case of destitution has come to light at Washington, D. C. Robert Tyler Jones, a grandson of President Tyler, the first male infant born in the white house, has been found living in an attic on the out­ skirts of the city suffering for the neces-arie* o life. With him are his invalid wife and a little baby. His vncle, John Tyler, Jr., who was a son of the President, was stricken with paralysis in July, 1887. He had held the orfice of special witness to certify to the des ruction of canceled curren­ cy. The not.hew came to Washington to nurse him and was appoinied his alternate. Every month he divided his salary into eiual parts, one of which he placed in an envelope and Mint to his helpless uncle. The last Oongre-s, however, passed a law that no substitutes should hereaiter be em­ ployed in any do parr men t, and this re- ^ rsffi^iai position h- fe and consequent distress. pfj.' r a-': T*' - CrmAcd Beneath a Tomb*tone. „ v MBB. Scsan JOHNSTON, 62 years oia, residing south of Alliance, Ohio, went out to plant flowers on the grave of a relative in tho Homeworth Ceme­ tery, no ir her home. The tombstone had been inundated by the recent rains, knd it toppled over on her, brushing her to the earth. Physicians fay her in.uries wilt prov^ fatal. . "BREVITIEST Sultan of Turkey has given 300 Turkish pounds for the Wisconsin and Minnesota fire .sufferers. JUDGE JAMES R. DOOLITTLE has been nominated for Congress by the Democrats oi the First Wisconsin Oifitr ct. CHARLES GARRETT, a discharged gnnitentiary convict of Lebanon. 1-a., celebrated his release by cutting his wife's threat. WILL F. MASPXNO, assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Ham- Jttond, has bjen appointed receiver for tiie Hammond Electric and Power Company. MAYOR HCBBELL has issued another pall to the citizens ( f Ashland, Wis., looking to the assistance of needy Ash and County settlers left destitute ^njj forest fires. q , MR. AND Mas. J. C. FETTERS were married at Edon, Ohio, and one hour after the ceremony both were killed while a:t3mpting to cross a track ahead of a Wabi-h train. G. N. BENSON, Fro sident ftf the Citi­ zens' Bank and Trust Company, Chat­ tanooga, Tenn., who has b en on trial since Monday for the killing of J. B. Wert, who, ha claims, had ruined his and destroyed his domestic peace, |lras ac pitied by the jury. THE inhabitants of Merced, Cal., are mgog over the discovery of phosphorus la the haymows of a score of barns in 4ftiffe,ient parts of the city, and believe it £5 evidence of an organi ed effort to destroy the city. The Mayor has is- ,jped a proclamation notifying all grangers to "kiep out." ADVICES from New York say that the Russian Minister of Finance has ordered, all negotiations between the Standard ani Russian Oil Companies lor an amicable division of the world's territory, declared off. The Russian Company proposes to compete vith the wAmeriean company in every European . 'Jljmntry. WHILE under the influence of liquor ISugene McCarthy, living at Cleveland, quarreled with his mother and cut her throat almost from ear to ear. Mrs. McCarthy is an old woman aDd could make only slight resistance against her 'unnatural son's savage attack. In the struggle cna of her ears was com­ pletely severed from her head. The .sou is in jail. AT Hallwood. Va, John H. Fisher %as shot and instantly killed by Wil­ liam and Arthur Wright, brothers, fisher accused William Wright of set-' Unu fire to his fodder stacks. Wright called him a lar. Fisher withdrew and went home. Wright, supposing he had cone for a gun, secured the as­ sistance of his brother Arthur. As $ isb or teapr dared they firol and he fbll dead. No weapon was found on . him. :'r; BEVERLY ADAMS, a negro 22 years .Old, was hanged at Hopkinsville, Ky., W?|or the murder of Ott Campbell, an- ^ other negro. ^ THE first snow of the season fell at Omaha Friday morning. It was fol- f 'lowed by a heavy rainstorm from the , north. , COLONEL THOMAS GOODE, of Meck- ^ lenhurg County, Va., who is now con- I , . t o s t i n g r t h 3 s e a t o f t h e H o n . J a m e s F . Epes in the Fifty-third Congress, has teen renominated by the Populists of 5 |he Fourth Di-strict. 'V EASTERN. JAMES VAN HISE, the New Jersey hangman, was a very angry man when he went to the office of Sheriff Toffey, In Jersey City, to collect his fee of %^|2S0 for hanging Altenber^er, the murderer of Katie Rapp. te found an ' attachment in the Sheriff's hands for $175, secured on an order of the Su- . 'pre me Court, to satisfy an old debt of *' * ',§12;j, which he owed Joseph Grover. GEORGE F. WORK, tho Philadelphia and financier who wsfe sen­ tenced in February, 1891, to serve four eafltii-*; ' Friday* hiving .received, under the com mutation law for good hshnvtnr, the benefit of six months' tithe. The ex-ban kef declares he has not a dollar in the world and must get to work to support himself and family. ALGERNON H. WILCOX wap arrested in New York Tu^s lay. It is asserted that he has made in the neighborhood of $1,400,000 by getting men to invest in remarkable land schcmcs, His vic­ tims are scattered all over the country. One was Be George Stanbery, an Episcopalian clergyman, formerly of Lexington. Ky., from whom he se­ cured about $.>0,000. T. 6 adminis­ trators of the clergyman's es­ tate ,caused the ar.est. Wilcox made his headquarters in Philadel­ phia. The method of his operations was similar in each caee. He bought Western property of littlo or no value, organi/e 1 companies with an exagger­ ated caoital stock and sold this stock to gullible investors. He capt red Wall street meu and Long Is'and farm­ ers. be drew hea ily upon tne care­ fully hoarded savings'of New-England* ere. No fewer than thirty clergymen «reatao^g his victims. WESTERN. JUDAS SNYDER, trustee of Cool- spring Township, I a Porte Ccuhty, Ind., has been compelled to vacate his office becau e, it is al eged, he is over $2,000 short in his accounts. He is also accused of forging vouchers to the amount pt* tevera! hundrei dollars. THE body ol Allan Breakaway, ar-ieli farmer li.ing near Rulo, Ma, was found in some timber on his land. He had been missing for several days. A bullet in his brain, which entered the back of the head, confirms a theory of murder. A watch and tome money were missing from his clothes. THE State Auditor has decided to bring mandamrs proceedings against the Attorney General of Illinois to compel him to bring suit against the Illinois Building and Loan Association, insolvent, of Blooming ton, 111. The Attorn-y General has refused to pros­ ecute the insolvent concern, and a warm fi^ht between the State officers is anticipated. AT Sioux City, la., in the case of John Shaw against the Riverside School Eistrict of Lyon County, in which Shaw sued for the face of $15,- 000 worth of toads. Judge Shiras, of the United States Court, declared the issue invalid lecause the bonds were issued at a time the debt oi the dis- trict^cxceeied the limitation fixed by iaw. This deci=ioi invalidates $72.- 000 of bends issued by this district and fully $100. CO worth issued by other Lyon Couty school d istricts. THE little village .of Dal ton, O., was almost destroyed by fir.?. The fire orig­ inated in a stable, and while thc direct cause of its origin is unknown, it is presumed that it was started by tramps who took quarters there for the night. The entire loss is estimated at $200,u0;\ the heaviest loser being the Royal Insurance Company. The postof- fice and its entire contents were included in the Barnes. The Canton, Massillon and Orrville Fire Departments wore hastily summoned and responded, but their presence wa« of no avail, as sufficient water could not be procured to do any good. Tho citizens a- e almost crazed over the loss of thoir business blocks and residence*. All the telegraph wires were burned down. At Colorado Springs, Colo., t'.e Col­ iseum, a magnificent auditorium which has just received its finishing touches, was crowded to . sufiocation Tue day morning when the fourth annual con­ vention of the Keeley I ea^ue of the United States was called to order. On the stage and main lioor sat over one thousand delegates, many of them men of national prominent or widely known in their respective sections of the country, and who represented 40,000 men who, through the gold cure, have been enabled to renounce alcoholism. In the rear of the hall and tho balco­ nies were some two thousand Keeley- ite3 and representatives of other tem­ perance organi/.at ons from this and other States. Colonel Andrew J. Smith, governor of the national mili­ tary home at Leavenworth, Kan., pre- sidiyi*;'^. , • > theriiht vrhteh ' to-day _ _ suppdi^& tOoxeroise in fixing tl& fcrice of oar cottOn in our own markets on the theory that she oontroia th* only market for our product." •• FOREIGN. THE Trades Union Congress at Nor wlch, England, has pas =od resolutions against the lanaiug of destitute aliens. A DISPATCH from Shanghai sitatea that the power of Viceroy Li Hung Chang has steadily decreased. His few influential friends a*-e doing their utmost for him at Pekin, but it is not likely that they will bo able to avert his downfall. Every day of delay in providing the promised victory over the Japanese now adds to Li Hung Cha»;g's danger. THE Comte de Paris died an exile at Stowe House, his London residence, early Saturday morning. Louis Albert Philippe d Orleans, the Comte de Paris, was the son of the late Due d'Or cans and grandson of the late Louis Philippe, King of the French. He was born in Pari i Aug. 24, 1838. He was only 10 years old when the revolution of February, 1848. broke out, and, accompanied by his heroic mother, the late Duchess d'OrJeans, he witnessed the stormy scene in the French Chambers which followed that event. He was e i ucated in Ciaremont, in England, by his mother, who died there May IS; i858. A DISPATCH to London from Monte­ video asserts that fifty-eight Brazilians were executed by order of President Peixcto April ' 5 last. The executions took place in the fortress feanta X'ruz. The condemned men had no trial. Among the number wera military and naval officers whose names are given in the dispatch, commencing with that of Marshal Almeida Da Gama. In addition to these, the dis­ patch further says, a number of per­ sons were shot at Curitaba without warrant save the order of President Peixot). It is also reported that many prisoners were killed by being thrown from precipices along the Paragua Railway, among them being Senor Luis Thurat, a federal deputy, who was a distinguished writer and who re­ turned to Brazil frcm Buenos Ayres under a guarantee that his life would be spared. SHANGHAI advices report that tne Chinese forees are cornered in North­ ern Corea, without supplies, and are killing their ponies for food. All the foreign employes in the Japanese dock­ yards have baen dismissed. This was done in order that the extent of the injuries to the warships of the Japan­ ese navy shall not bscome known. The steel cruiser Yaye Yama Kan has been docked at Nagasaki to undergo repairs of damage she has received. The dock is closely guarded, and no particulars in regard to her in­ juries are obtainable from the native papers. The Japane e force n>rth of Seoul is suffering from the effects of the rain. Much sickness is also reported to prevail in the Chinese camp. It is rumored that UH.OOO Chi­ nese troops are encamped on the north t ank of the river Imchin, waiting for favorab e weather to attack the Jap- i^ese position a few miles south. It is reported on good local authority that the Mikado of Japan, accompanied by the Ministers of War and A,arine and his general staff, is proceeding. to Heroshima, a point wher j the troops of Japan gather to embark, ffji SOUTHERN. NELSON WOODS was killed by a dynamite explosion, at Knoxville, Tenn. TREASURER T. T. SMITH of Columbia County, Ark., is a defaulter. The amount of his shortage is not known. PRESIDENT DIAZ of Mexico has suspended the death sentence against Edward Adams, of New Orleans, until he can investigate the case personally. JULIUS APPLEHAUS, aged 16, war killed and Willie Flick, aged 13, has sine 3 died of injuries, and Engineer Crawford was badly hu t in a railroad accident near New Orleans, La. A NUMBER of people in Scott County, Virginia, have been made quite ill and three are in a critical condition be­ cause of eating of a poisoned wedding gioux City.70* 45 cake. The poison was arsenic, which KansasC'y.68 48 a rival of the bride hal placed in the ' cake. The bride and groom both es­ caped terious results. A FRIGHTFUL duel with knives was fought by two prominent farmers, Thomas Osbot-n and Marcu; Murphy, near Polkville, Ky. Murphy's hogs broke intoOsborn's cornfield, and this caused tho trouble. The two cut and slashed each other in a frightful man­ ner, and were both found dying in pools of< blood. IN GENERAL Ex-Gov. ZULICK, of Arizona, has written a letter to the President, vig­ orously protesting against the return to Arizona of Geronimo and his Apaches, now prisoners at Mount Ver­ non Barracks, Ala. THE long threatened split in the Knights of Pythias was started at In­ dianapolis Monday night, when Kcerner Lodge No. (!, composed solely of Ger­ man members, by a unanimous vote seceded from the parent organization. This action is because of the ritual, and it is understood will be followed by all the German lodges in the United States, which number about 25,000 members. THE Hoo Hoo* (Order of the Black Cat) have elected William Eddy Brown, of St. Louis, grand snark of the uni­ verse; T. B. Defebaugh, of Chicago, senior hoo hoo; Carl F. Drake, of Aus­ tin, Tex., junior hoo hoo; A. A. White, of Kansas City, bojun; George A. White, of St. Louis, secreivenoter; Cliff S. Walker, of Covington, Ky., bandersnath; George H. Rice, of Wau- sau, Wis., custocation; Nelson A. Glad- dings, of Memphis, Tenn., gurd^n; H. F. Hordney, of Minneapolis, 'Minn., arcanoper. THE clubs of the National and West­ ern Leagues stand as follows in the champioaship race: NATIONAL LBAOUB. Peri L. cent. fcB .687 Pittsburg 41 .r55 Ohlcaao 61 42 .fiMiCtncinoatl.BO SO ,57ft'.Bt. Loul*..*7 S3 .666! W Mhlngt'ittl 6ft .SITjLonlsvlllB .89 WBSTEBX LEAGUE. Per' W. L. cent.! W, .609 Gr'd R'pidsBG .58611 ndl'u'p'lis 62 Minne'p'lia 82 52 Mi Detroit 49 ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT OT A NATION'S HEROES* Kitrty BO,OOO Old toUlm ferovfkl To- t«th«r--A Fitting Place for Thlt M««t- tajf of Veterans North wort Tok ei a Prominent X'art. •Boys In BUK P THE twenty - eighth national oncampment of the Grand Army of the irfepublie, held in Pittsburg this yea-, brought together nearly .W,000 old sol­ diers. The conven­ tions of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Woman's be­ lief Corps, auxiliary to the Grand Army, the Daughters or Veterans, the National Ass. ciation of Naval \eter and the National Association of Union ex-Prisoners of War were held at the same time. The reunion this year has been a notable one. the anniversary being held upon soil peculiarly ^acred ta the cause ref resented at this gathering. Pennsylvania gave more sens accord­ ing to her cuota as a sacrifice to the god of battles than any other State in the Union. She stood on the border in 1861. She sent the first volunteer de­ fenders to the imperiled capital in the crisis following Sumter. Her genius ruled in the national camps and coun­ sels, and within her limits, fair set among the charming hills of the Cum­ berland, lies the battlefield of Gettys­ burg. Thousand^ of the "boys of '61" who have made their homes in the North­ west havo reason to remember Pitts- 0! greatest miUtarydemotuitftatons ever heia Tn any city. F^ty tiwmand vet­ erans marched' over a route three miles long, and kept step w |he mar­ tial strains of 100 or more Wtitis, The eld latniliar war tunes t •> which they and their comrades rushed to victory or to death tilled! the air and echoed b >ck from tho surroundin 1 hills. The music made their hearts beat as in stiring limes of thirty year%««o and brought the iiusii of patriotism and courage to their cheeks. But while they btopped out boldly and brave­ ly they could njt straighten their bent forms nor conceal their jjray hairs and furrowed cheeks. Tney carried ao heavy ri^e with its flittering bayonet, but aided their agdd limb* wifh'walk- ing canes, while hera and there in the line of blue came a oomrade on crutches They marched no more be- teath the yawning muzzles of frowning cannon, bat past battery after battery of bright eyes while the fair enemy waved white handkerchiefs and ap­ plauded with shrill, bweet voices. On e very ttreet corner and vacant lot rose tier af'er tier of human faces, and as the veterans passed cheer after cheer greeted them. Kvery window along the route, the fire escapes and roof tops were crowded, while the sidewalks were packed solidly lroin the building line to the wire ropes stretehed along the curb to prevent interference with the free movement of the parade of the Grand Army of the Republic, At 10:30 o'clock the parade started from the historic Monongahela House on the banks of the river from which it takes its name. 1? irst came Com­ pany A, f- eoond Eattalion, naval re­ serves, N. G. P., guard cf honor to Commander-in-chief Adams. Then followed the de artments of the G. A. R. in the following order: Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio, New Y< rk, Connec­ ticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maine, California, Rhode island ana New Hampshire, Vermont, Potomac, Virginia and North Carolina, Mary­ land. Nebraska, Michigan, Iowa, Colo­ rado and Wsoming, Kansas and Dela­ ware Minnesota. Missouri, Oregon, Kentucky, West Virginia. Fouth Da­ kota, Washington and Alaska, Arkan­ sas. New Mexico, Ltah, Tennessee, W -GEN. FT A. HURLBTJTNIIY^MV ^PHENSON, Flrat Commander. Fou.ider of the G. A. R Present Commander. CHOSSN COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE Q. A. K. Ctm«* Xlootfam to tho History of tb* Or» yantzatloa--Plttibarg and Ifow Orleans Cupturo the Vic* Comminderihipi-En. BoelufiSS--lflutMtoe* of Ot«l»tv . Majority of Bcm Votes. Col. Thomas G. Lawler, of Rookford, HI., was elected Commander-in-chief of the Grand Ariny of the Republic, by a majority of 11 votes over Col. I. N. Walker, ol Indianapolis. It was the closest content for the office in the his­ tory of the organization. Maj. A. P. Burchfield, of Pittsburg, and Charles H. Shute, of New Orleans, were chos­ en respectively Senior and Junior Vice Commanders. Colonel Thomas G. Law'er was born tn Liveroool about fifty years ago. He came to this country when he was 10 years o'd. and was 17 when the war began. His army service /mg&n in April, ltittl, when he made a three months' contract to fight for the Stars and Stripes in the Nine'eehth Illinois In'antry. Sept. 17 of the same year he re-enlisted for three years as a private in Company E of the Nineteenth, with which brave regi­ ment he participated in all the fire and fuss which the Army of the Cumber- Innd was fated to 1 ass through. He was> honorably discharged Sept. 17, OOLOKBI, TJIOMA8 O. I-AWLEH. vr. "naUlTsore New York..78 boston 76 Pairdelp'ia<S8 Biookltn..6l Cleveland. .GO Per cent. .496 .429 .424 .998 .841 .280 Psr L. cent. WASHINGTON. 63 .tid, Milwaukee.44 MARKET RBPOF.TS. THE annual report of the Controller of the Currency shows an increase in the volume of business of the office the last fiscal year of $74,OOO.GOJ. Claims and accounts were settled involving over $2t0,500,000. THE State Department is in receipt of a report from United States Consul Mclvor, oft Kanagawa, Japan, upon the manufacture of cotton fabrics from American cotton. He says: "Japa­ nese manufacturers are each jear im­ proving the grade of their cotton Fabrics and thus demanding a larger proportion of our cotton, which is tho only long staple cotton which can be used in their machines economically; yet by fa:- the greater proportion of this large supply of American cotton is purcna ed in Liv­ erpool and London, because the ocean rates from England to Japan are much less than the combined railway ani ocean rates from an inland point to Japan. Our people are losing the sell­ ing commission, or profit, and the ma­ rine insuiance and fieightaee on a product which is distinctively an American staple. It might be possible for our great cot­ ton interests and- transcontinental railway line - to establish direct trade which would, even on a much lower CHICAGO. CATTLE--Common to Prims.... |8 78 Hoos--Shipping Grades 4 00 SHEEP--Fair to Choice......,!. 8 00 WHEAT--No. 2 Red 6* COBN--NO. 2 f>7 Oaib--No. 2 ...i.i 29>6<§ RVE--NO. 2 48 HUT TEB--Choice Creamery..... 23 EGGS--Fresh 1» POTATOES--New. per ba TO IN DIAN APOLI8. CATTLE--Shipping 2 00 HOGS--Choice Light 4 00 SHEEP--Common to Prims 2 co WHEAT--No. 2 Ked 49 COBS--NO. 2 Whits M OATS--No. 2 White 82 ST. LOUik CATTLE....' S 00 HOGS 8 00 WHEAT--NO. 2 Red.............. co CORN--No. 2. 65 OATS--No. X 80 RIE--No. 2 63 CINCINNATI. 9 « » f« 70 3 60 54H & 67 >5 49 M 16 80 @ 8 29 ® 6 40 ® 2 75 & mi 67 & 82* « 8 7t @ « 60 i® 81 & '6 c«e si @ 66 & 4 75 # 6 tO & » 00 (9 12 & 69* & 82 & t% Q 4 80 & 800 ® 8 2J & 64 freight rate, swell the profits of the I SHEEP.'.".'.'*'""."!". railways and greatly increase the gen- WHEAT--No." 2 Red. eral profits arising from American for- fllnm ifa An vn^r*k4 4-l«n /wai n rl t CATTLE 2 60 Hoo* 40U SHEEP n 00 WHEAT--No. -i Red 61 COBN--No. 2 Mixed.,.. 68 OATS--No. 2 Mixed J 8i RYE--No. 2,..;.... .'. 60 PETROXT. CATTL*.. 2 BO Hoos 4 00 HHEEP . 2 00 WHEAT--No. 1 Whits 63 COBN--No. 2 Ye How OATS--No. 2 White TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 Red COBN--No. 2 Yellow OATB--No. 2 White Rte--NO. 2 ...... BUFFALO. WHEAT--NO. 1 Whits No. 2 Red COBN--No. 2 Yellow OATS--No. 2 White MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--NO. 2 Spring 68*® 84* COBN--No. a £686* OATS-NO. 2 Whits S3 ® 33* BARLEY--No. 2 61*® e»* li*K--No. 1 48 & 49 POBK--Mess 14 00 @14 29 NEW YORK. CATTL* 67 «S 82 63*9 62*§ 32 & 43*0 w 61*(fil 34 & 68 88* «4* 83* 32* 47* CO 66* 62 84* COBN--No. 2. OATS--Mixed We«tsrn....... 23UA burg and to be grateful for the helping hand extended the so diers by the peo­ ple of that city. Pittsburg was the gateway through which thousands of troops paused to the "front," and again when mustered out of the service and returning home. The necessities of the brave lads were realized at an early day and measures take to pro­ vide for their most pressing wants. From August^ 1861, to January, 18(56, Pittsburg fed and sheltered 409,- 745 soldiers, besides caring for 79,460 sick and wounded. Aug. 3, 18H1, the Pittsburg Subsistence Com­ mittee was formed for the work. Troops starting for the "front" carried rations for a given number of days, but delays often oompelled them to go hungry. In this vicinity was an abun­ dance of foodstuffs and the committee sot about gathering all possible and providing tho soldiers with meals. City Hall was the headquarters, but buildings and grounds near the rail­ road stations were secui'ed and no boy in blue yaased through Pittsburg with an empty stomach. The Twentieth Indiana Regiment, Col. Brown, was the first one furnished with food by the regularly organi/ed committee. Pittsburg had made elaborate prep- | arations for the event, $75,000 having ; been subscribed for tho entertainment of the veterans. Triumphal arches were erected for the Grand Army to pass under, and the merchants ana cit­ izens vied with each other to secure the most original and beautiful deco­ rations. Hard times prevented the attendance of a great many of the veterans who live at a di-tanoe, but Pittsburg is the heart of a district in which old srldiors are numbered by the thousands and the contingents from Pennsylvania and Ohio were large, while the Northwest was well represented. At tho National Encampcnent at Washington two years ago Pennsylvania had the largest num­ ber of comrades in the parade, beirg 9,000 strong. Ohio was second in strength, and there was a big rivalry between the Keystone and the Buckeye States this year. The departments of Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin. Iowa, Michigan, and Ohio sent goodly delegations this year, though the numercial strength of tho various badies was less than might have been expected had the industrial and financial conditions of the country be^n good during the last eighteen months. The Illinois delegation tj the, encampment numbered over 1,000 men. Michigan .-ent over 500 men, Iowa was represented by lO), Indiana by 700, Wisconsin by 1.00, Ohio by 10,000, and Pennsylvania by about the same number The sessions of the encampment proper were preceded by immense pa­ rades of the surviving veterans of the army and navy. The parade on Mon­ day, which the Pittsburgers euw marching down their 5th avenue, was one that through the novelty of its character, in an inland locality, wits fully as interesting as the greater demonstration of tho Grand Army "turn out." which took place on the following day. The fiist was a pro­ cession composed of the National AssO' ciation of Naval Veterans, commanded by Rear Admiral Bradley S. Osbon, of New York City, and the Naval Cadets and the Sons of Veterans. Rear Ad­ miral Osbon was Admiral Farragut's signal master, poetesses an honorable record and has had a variety of expe­ riences. The characteristics of the naval veterans aro original and vary considerably from their oomrades, who fought on land while thev fought on the sea, and occasioned tho interest that attaches to all things nautical among people who dwell far from the sea. In Hanks of Poiwe. Tuesday saw the parade of the rem­ nant of tne great armies that subdued •acwpaloB, < saved Mmm.- ' mttim Louisiana and Mississippi, Florida, Montana, Texas, Idaho, Arizona, Georgia, Alabama, North Dakota. Ok­ lahoma. Indian Territory, Indiana and Pennsylvania. The* decorations of the two cities were most lavish. It was stated by men who had attended many previous encampments that while individual displays may have been excellent in other citieo, they had never seen deco­ rations on such a generous and general scale. It is im|,ossib!e to form any ac­ curate estimate of t: e spectators. Every available inch along the route was packed. Every tide street was jammed lull of people lor a hundred yards, and the housetops for blocks were hidden by masse.s of enthusiastic applauders. A rough estimate is that between f,0J,00i) and 000,000 people saw the parade. The old soldiers appre­ ciated the honor done them and tu ned out in force, but few being seen out of line while the parade was moving. The weather has perfect. The sun shone brilliantly, but its rays were tempered bv* a cool and bracing breeze. It was an ideal day fo:- a parade, both for the man in line and for the specta­ tors. This was probably tha last time the veterans will turn out in such force, a* it is Eoriouoly contemplated by the G. A. F. otticial.?, in view of the advanc­ ing age and infirmities of the mem­ bers, to abandon the most attractive feat;re of the National encampment. Therefore they proposed to maKe the last parade a success, and tramped over the three miles of route with the i a x.e de ermination that characterized them when they marched against the Southern armies. Gov. Pattison, of Pennsylvania, with his staff and a number of notable men and women fiomall parts o tho country, occupied the reviewing stmd in the Allegheny Park and saluted each division as it 6wung around and passed in review. The a: rangements for the com'ort of the marchers were excel ent. At short distances apart were stationed emergency hospitals, with the red cross il ittering before the d or, while along the route were men with c el water ani lemonade for the veterans. This uay, also, the ladies of the G. A. R., the Woman's Relief Corps, and tho Daughters of Veterans held coun­ cil meeting--, and the Union ex-prbon- ers of war held their national com en- tion. At night there were camp-fires at a dozen places. The twenty-eighth National En­ campment of the Grand Army assem­ bled Wednesday in the Grand Opera House. Addresses of welcome wore delivered by Gov. Robert E. Pattison, Mayor il. McKenna of Pittsburg, and Lparwit Mayor William M. Kennedy of Alle­ gheny. Gov. McKiniey, of Ohio, made a speech. Tho Ladies of the G. A. BL, Woman's Relief Corps, and Daughters of Veterans held their first meetings; there were entertainments at the Ex­ position Building and Westinghouse works, and a camp-fire of the Union ex- prisoners of war. Thursday was given up to business meetings and elections, a concert and receDtjon, i>nd a camp fire by tbfi Sana of Veterans. 1864, his rank at that time being Set* geant. On receiving his discharge he returned t/> Hockford, where he has ever sincle made his home. Colonel Lawler, previous to election to the Commander hip, served as Commander of Nevius Post, No. 1, and he now enjoys | the unique record of not only being the com­ mander of the oldest Grand Army of the Republic post in existence but of having filled that position uninter­ ruptedly for more than a quarter of a century. • VETERANS DYING OFF. Reports Show that Death Is Docresslnff the Itanks of the Grand Army. ) After the business ses.-ion of the en­ campment had been called to order Weanasday the de.egates were wel­ comed on behalf of the 1 itizen s exec­ utive board by Chairman Daniel C. Ripley and also by W. C. C^uincy, Chairman of the Committee on Invita­ tions and Reception. Governor Patti­ son welcomed them on beha f of the State of Pennsylvania, wui e Mayor McKenna, of Pittsburg, and Mayor Kennedy, of Allegheny, performed the same pleasant duty on behalf of their respective cities. Major Burchfield then presented the Commander-in- chief with a gavel of groat historic interest It is mideof wojd from FOrt Suinter, Appomattox, Gettysburg, and Libby Prison, and is bound with motal from the historic cannon. It i* thus symbolic of the opening and tho clos­ ing of the war. Commander-in-chief Adams in his address spoke at length on the subject of pensions, stating that, wi.ile it was a question of a great interest and he "disliked to consider money matters in connection with our services to the government, the disabled condition of a large number of our comrades forces it upon us," He continued: Uy u vote of the last encampment; a test case vtaa ordered to be made In the United States court*, aud as that one already be­ gun by Judge Long covered all the points, It was settled that no other should be ln> stUuied. In reply to the message of the President, which stated "that thousands of neighborhoods had their well-biiown pension frauds," the pension department of the 'jrder has hunted down all reported cassa Very few frauds «ere discovered, and when found were not cases where sol­ diers had defrauJed the government, but where some dishouest agent bad worked a poor, iRQwant widow, and put tha money tho'i obtained In his pocket. The membership of tho order, he said, is as follows: One year ago there were in good stand- ing 307,223. There have been gained dur­ ing the year: By luuster-lu, 16.752; by transfer, (i.354; by reinstatement, 14,030: by reinstatement frojn delinquent retorts, 2.51ft Total gain. 30,861. Aggregate, 480.884. There have been lost: By death. 7,283; by honorubie discharge, 1,756; by transfer, 7,132; by suspension, 34,805; by dishonor­ able discharge, 154; by delinquent reports, 16.671. Total loqp, C7.K01. Number re­ maining In' good standing Ju:ie*30, 1894, 869.083. 1 hese figures show that the G. A. R. has reaehod tho beginnlag of the end. und each suweedlna year will show a gradual de- creu*e in our membership. The long-con­ tinued depression In business has caused ninny suspeus 011s. and these we hope to regain when prosperity returns, but it will be Impossible for us 10 recruit our ranks as fx st as our members are mustered out by (iuath. During the year the Grand Army has not forgotten the groat work of charity, and has expended 1203.780 for relief. While it has lost in membership, the inter­ est In the order has not abated, but has grown stronzer.. The little bronze button vas usver worn with more pride than it is to-day, siitd the enthusiasm of comrades in Grand Army work Is everywhere np- Teleffraphto Cliowa. ' )J> i-" LABOH COMMISSIONER WRIGHT says the investigation of the strike was sucviessful. and believes it will result in great good. Two MOUNTED highwaymen have been creating a reign ox terror in Omaha, Neb., by robbing people found out after dark. THK American Legation In Stock­ holm, which for five years has been situated in the mo-^t beautiful residen- tutikpart of the city, will soon be re­ moved to the Adelstam House, near the National Museum, where Minister Ferguson has rented a magnificent suit for iraudu- The following general financial state­ ment is then made: iiala .rei on b*uu sept. 8,189V-- O^nerAl fund ......$ 6,066.07 Gr-tnt monument fund S.A7S 02 Piajt fund 714 05 Neceivwi from sale of supplies.. 0,77w 82 Ptr eapit". tax »,446 79 Interest on United Ststen bands...... '#0 to Interest on<iepo«tt» 101 Cs Inter* -t on Grant monument fnvl... 1-H 80 Con' rlbuuons to flag fund. 1,013 02 Contributions to Sherman monument fund Corn ami Berif* 8mU«s< fteeeaC Rains The corn in Maryland^ Illinois, Mluonri and sas, but were too lato to be of benefit to* - ^ early corn. In Wisconsin, Minqc^iilfei; and Iowa the greater part of the okxp- has been out. North Dakota report*!:; corn free from danger from frost* in Illinois much will be beyond df in from ten te fourteen days. In -- . ,, sissippi much injury has resulted ® corn from heavy rains, while hot wintofe and dry weatner have proved in­ jurious in Kentucky. The week haa*. been favorable for cotton in the Carolinas, Tennesses and Texas and the? crop is slowly improving in Georgia,," a but heavy rains have proved in­ jurious in Florida, Mississippi, and Ar­ kansas. Picking has been interrupted* by rains in Alabama, Mississippi, ani -t Texas. Louisiana reports ? bedding." *.*1.^ general and prospects less favorable ^ tnan la-t week. The tobacco crop is,"r practically secured in Tvew York andt,;*$5 Pennsylvania, and is b3irg saved im?*'v£ good condition in Maryland. Cutting is progressing slowly in Kentucky,, -A'^ where the crop has suffered lrom hoi> "I and dry weathen Plowing for fall ^ seeding, which has been greatly de-; layed on account of drought, has prog­ ressed rapidly in those States where» * ^ good rains have fallen. Frost caused* ^ some damasre in New England. Frosts ^ }f: also caused damage in Idaho and Mon-4 tana. Killing frosts have visited Min- ' nesota. Reports as to the condition of cropa . v- made by the directors of the different} ,?<1 State weather services of the United States weather bureau are as follows: •'4, Illinois--Temperature above normal sun- , l '] shine below and rainfall above. Ka'nfalL fjjik well distributed and unusually heavy lat V " northoasi counties. Corn improving and,' much will be beyond danger from frost 1%'" . 4 ten to fourteen days. Ground in excellent! condition; some rye up and lookipg welL i 'j Indiana--Good rains, especially inp.,^,^ northern portion, revived pasturei and,' :• put soil in gojd condition for plowing.'1 Corn maturing fast: some safe from frost| and much in shock. I Wisconsin--Frequent and generous rain* . ,] during the week revived grass, benefited'" A late potatoes, and put the soil in good con- * •* rj ditlon to plow. Corn is mostly cut; Fall plowing and seeding is now being pushed^ ,4'| forward rapidly. Forest flte* are gener- y ally extinguished. yj Minnesota--Warmer than usual. Heavy' jf'vfi showers in southeast section, too dry else- ' where. Thrashing and corn-cutting nearly : V finished. 1 Jowa --A warm week, with copious show-. f en, greatly benefited-pastures and all im­ mature crops. Mors than half the corn 1# " i cut or beyond danger of frosts. : .-J North Dakota--Kains during the week 1 have delayed thrashing somewhat Fall- plowing going on with difficulty on account ' of dry condition of soil. Corn Out of dan­ ger from frosts. Kansas--Abundant rains, except in ex­ treme north and northwest, have fresh­ ened pastures, revived gardens and or-» chards, increased stock water. Improved ' late com and prepared grounds for fall plowing ' -*1 Nebraska--Showers general and pastures much improved. Some plowing done and »•/,. little rye sowed, but more rain needed in yij most sections. Missouri--Drought broken by good rains "i in sections. Some late corn benefited and ^ pastures greatly improved. Water more*, tl plentiful. Cutting cora and preparing. J ground for wheat the work of the day. Michigan--Temperature and rainfall above normal, sunshine below. Copious p, rains the last week have greatly benefited pastures and late potatoes. Ground lr»f good condition for plbwlng, except in clay' soil Ohio--Beneficial rains have improved late potatoes, gardens and pastures; pot?- toes small and crop short ; apples small and; few; peaches large in number but small.; Cutting corn general, bottom lands giving^. ^ fair yields; upland cut for fodder. Early? s tobacco housed and about two-thirds crop of fair quality. ^LANDSLIDE IN MAINE. Pliw'&i) State Gives a RepnMici#®™^:-^ Jorlty of Fully 37,000. Returns from the Maine election® » show that the estimated majority of ^ b7,000 for Cleaves and the other Re­ publican candidates was not exag- 6erated. The Republicans carried , oth branches of the Legislature, electing a sjlid Senate, which two yea s ago stood thirty Republicans and one Democrat. A Washington dispatch says that the overwhelming Republican victory : was a surprise to everybody. The' ; Democrats expected the State to go Republican by about 20,000, but even the Republicans did not lcok for such , an unparalleled victory. The Demo* cratic managers say, however, the ef* - feet will, in tne end, ba of great adr vantage to the Democrats in the ap» proaehing election. It will serve to stimulate them to greater energy for the final struggle. The oany election in the State of Maine has always had a marked ef* f: feet oi the general result. Lawrenca J Gardner says: "I think that tbe elec* tion in Maine of a Democratic Gover­ nor in 1880 defeated Hancock for Pre?* ident, Tho Republicans were aroused to a sense of a sense of the danger that.. confronted them, and from that day • forward internal differences were rem*, edied, and the action of the party wa# harmonious." The Republicans regard the result as the biggest victory they have-~ achieved since the birth of the Repub­ lican party. The total vote for t,jov- ernor, which two years ago was 120,- 000, is reduced by lr,0Q0 or 20,009, but Republicans claim that Cleaves' vot® •. will reach nearly 70,0Jo. In every one of the sixteen counties of the State the Democracy was defeated. > Tbe Presidential vote of Maine for last thirty years has been: Yesr. 18M... 1363.... 1872.... 1876.,.. 1880.... 1884.... 1888.... 1892.... Rep. ....61,no ....70.4W ....61.4W 66.300 ....74,031 ....7a,303 ....63 931 Dem. •Mil 42,460 29 087 49,917 65,171 62,140 60,481 48,041 TofL 106,014 n'i.ana SO.Sltt 116,m 9C4 ro (30,631 25 $7,387 27 1,673 15 X.8H8 76 6,685 92 1,496 64 3.0TO UO Total to be accounted ft " Expenditures-- Supplies. Traveling expenses... KaUrie« Postage and Incidentals Flag ! fuud Grant mouwocot f und. Totel .$23,< 81 a Balance on 1- and, $13,569.51--to be creditei as follows: " To general fund ,..$7,401 26 Grant monument fund.i:^.^^.^^^. 6,731 iiag fund 530 33 Sh-rman monument fund. 204 £0 The organization has 116,000 invested in United State j bonds, 4 per cents., duo in 1907. PRESIDES OVER LAWYERS. „ James C. Carter Elected President of the American B ir Association. At the recent meeting of the Amerfc ; yf| can Bar Association at Saratoga* James C, Carter, of New York, waA, J elected president. J; Mr. Carter is one of ^ t h e m o s t e m i n e n t * " memberi of the bar in the metropolis. He wai born in Lan­ caster, Pa., in 18i7. His preparatory edu- catioa he received at the Derby Academy, • Hingham, Mass., and i m m e d i a t e l y a f t e r graduation entered the Harvard Law School. In 1853 he was admitted to the 5AMES • bar, and he is recognized everywhere : J as one of America's greatest lawyers. As counsel of the United States be for® the Behring Sea arbitration tribunal at Paris his success was the crowning etfort of his many brilliant achieve- ments. He has always taken an active ' interest in politic-:. FRANK DAI/TON shot and fatally J wounded Jamos Risdon near Elockford,, Mo., during a quarrel over a young' j woman, who was engaged to both young men. Dalton escaped and ha#< not been arrested. Tbe next national encampment will usuti una reuwu u, u u * IF we would be truly Christ's discir- jHea we must abide in his word. " i,. Vw .