GRIND ARMY BUSINESS Session of Veterans Presided Over by I 1 Commander in Chief. . REPORT OF GEN. ULARKSON. A Good Membership Showing—Death and Poverty the Principal Agents of, De- pletion —— President McKinley Stopped by an Orderly. Buffalo, Aug. 27.——The business of the annual national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic com- menced in earnest today. Camp Jewett was astir at an early hour, and the ses- sion of the veterans, which was called to order by Commander In Chief Clark- son, was one of the greatest of recent years. President McKinley, Governor Black and Secretary Alger spent a good por- ‘tion of the day at the encampment. The first business of the day was the address of the commander in chief. That. with the address of welcome, oc- cupied considerable time. Commander In Chief T. S. Clarkson said: “The last national encampment did well in selecting as the place of holding the—thirty-first encampment the beauti- ful city of Buffalo, so representative as it is of the business and social interests of the great Empire State. The work of the volunteer soldier from 1861 to 1865 is a matter of history, and can be read by every one. “It has been my proud privilege dur- ing the year to participate in the last tributes to two of our great military leaders and comrades, at the dedication of the memorial tomb of General U. S. Grant, in New York, and at Chicago the unveiling of an equestrian statue of General John A. Logan. “1 set out early in my official year to secure the attendance at this encamp- ment of Comrade William McKinley, president of the United States, believing that his presence would add much to the interest of the occasion and to the high position occupied by our. order. "His acceptance of my invitation was so prompt and cordial, and he ehtered into every detail with such apparent pleasure, as to more than ever convince me that there is no tie so strong as that of comradeship welded in the first of bat- tle. His presence here has been an in- spiration to us all, and we hail with de- light the dawn of a new era of pros- perity which we see breaking on all sides. ~ The Condition of Membership. “Let me call your attention here brief- ly to the condition of membership, as reported by the adjutant general: “In good standing June 80, 1896, 340,- 710; gains since by muster in 10,534, by transfer 4,381, by reinstatement 11.- 207, by delinquent reinstatement 6,807; total gain, 32,929--aggregate, 373,639. W‘Tbcss by death, 7,515; by honorable discharge, 1,257; by transfer, 4,642; by suspension, 30,771; by dishonorable dis- charge, 411; by delinquent reports, 981; by surrender of charter, GOG—total, 54,- 183. “In good standing June 30, 1897, 319,- 456; remaining suspended, 43,360-tota1 membership, 382,816. “We are far past the meridian indi- vidually, and as an order the stream is running rapidly down the hill. Age and poverty are making great inroads into the ranks. Recruit the ranks until ev- ery honorable discharge is recorded in the rescriptive book and every suspend- ed comrade is again touching elbows with his fellows. Stand by your com- rades though all the world assail. “Owing to the steady decrease ln'the membership and the very small burden imposed by the national per capita of 2% cents, I believe that the best inter- ests of the order would be subserved by an increase of one-half cent in the per capita, making it 3 instead of 2% cents per annum. “The Grand Army of the Republic be- lieves in military instruction in the public schools because it is good for the boys mentally, morally, physically and, above all, patriotically. “The committee on pensions has given much attention to this branch of the work, until quite lately with but little effect. Within the last few months the latchstrings have been loosened and many justly entitled pensioners have had their cases acted upon. Oth- ers, stopped without cause, have been restored to the rolls, and the machinery of that great department of the gov- ernment seems to have been oiled with the oil of human kindness and honest obligation and to be running much more smoothly and with‘ less friction than before. I believe it will 'not be long un- til every case properly made up will be reached and receive attention." The Speeches. _ After Governor Black had made a speech Colonel A. D. Shaw, commander .of the department of New York, rose from his chair and standing to the left of the flag draped desk in the center of the stage grasped the governor by the hand. As the governor and the depart- ment. commander stood hand in hand the assemblage cheered lustily. ' “Gentlemen,” said General Clarkson, when his voice could be heard, “it is my pleasure to introduce to you Com- rade J ewett; mayor of Buffalo." Mayor Jewett’s reception was hearty. When Mayor Jewett had completed his address, a comrade in the rear of the hall rose in his seat and attracting the attention of General Clarkson, said that the delegates in that portion of the building could not hear the speakers. “You can read it in the newspapers," replied the commander in chief, “if you will only keep quiet and let the speak- ers get their work in." Then turning to Colonel A. D. Shaw, General Clarkson introduced him, add- ing a glowing personal tribute. Colonel Shaw stepped to the front of ' the platform and spoke.‘ He was loudly applauded. . . Colonel Shaw said in conclusion that he had expected to read a poem written by a comrade, which he believed would become a part of Grand Army litera- ture. As the author was present, he would "call upon him to read it in per- son. Comrade Foster of New York was then called to the stage and read a. poem entitled, “New York's Greeting to the Grand Army.” Hon. Edward Hatch of Buffalo, jus- tice of the supreme court of New York for the Eighth judicial district, serving as an assigned justice on the bench of the appellate division of the court at Brocklyn, was introduced by General Clarkson as a son of a. Veteran. Justice Hatch spoke in a vein of picturesque eloquence. '_ . 'Lhe committees Were then announced and the session adjourned. ' An Untoward Incident. The president of all the United States had come at the special invitation of the veterans and everything, was in readiness to receive him. The incident- proved one of great mortification to the Grand Army leaders and excited great indignation among the members. of the local committee. To the president at first it was a trifle annoying, but a few minutes after the episode he was hav- ing a. laugh over it and excusing the official who refused him entry by say- ing that the man was perfectly right to obey orders, no matter who the person was who demanded admission. The camp is just across the street from the hotel where the president has staid, and the coachman was ordered to drive over. At the gate the horses’ heads were grasped by a uniformed orderly from an Illinois post. One of the local com- mittee jumped out of the carriage and said, ”Don’t you know that this is the president of the United States ?” The man answered quickly, “I have my orders, and I don’t care who it is; he can’t come in here in a carriage.” . Some Grand Army officers stood near and were appealed to by the committee, out just then the president said: “We won’t attempt to force the lines. Have the man drive on.” And the carriage bowled to the railroad station: DON’T WAIT. Now is the Time, and Nor- walk People. Who Haye FounditOut,areGiad to Say 80. You have the evidence on every hand, from every ward, from every street of both the Norwalks, that Cali— fornia. 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I feel that in Catarrh Cure I have found a good thing.” Hay fever is immediately relieved and even entirely prevented by Cali- fornia Catarrh Cure.’ All druggists 50 cents; three time as much, $1.00. Cross of the Legion of Honor Declined. St. Petersburg, Aug. 27.—Prince Louis Napoleon, 'vth is colonel of the cza- rina’s lancers and who received, in 00m- mon with all the colonels commanding at the review at Krasnoe Selo, the cross of the Legion of Honor, has an- nounced that he is unable to accept it, as he had, while still in his cradle, re- ceived from Napoleon III the grand cordon of his country's order. Escape of Well Know‘n Oni‘smen. Dover, England, Aug. 27.—-C. K. Phil. lips, John Phillips, H. S. Negge and C. L. Pemberton, all old Etonians, at- tempted to row from here to Calais to- day in an outrigger 29 feet lbng and 2%, feet wide. The boat was swamped when about eight miles out, and the oarsmen were rescued with the great- est difl‘iculty. Foul Play Suspected. Syracuse, Aug. 27.-—At Chittenango it is thought there was foul play in the .eath of Thomas Shaw. With his cousin, Thomas Donohue, he left Auburn Tues- day to go to the state fair here and then to the hopfields of Madison county. He was found kneeling near a railroad cul- vert, a little west of Chittenango, dead. General Paine Returning. Liverpool. Aug. 27.-—-General Charles Jackson Paine of Massachusetts, one of the United States monetary commission- ers, is a passenger on board the Cunard line steamship Aurania, Captain Mc- Kay, which'left Queenstown for New York. General Paine will return to Eng- land during the month of September. Dr. Antonin Dvorak to Return. New York, Aug. 27,—Dr. Antonin Dvorak, the celebrated composer, has cabled Mrs. Jeannette M. Thurber, pres- ident of the National Conservatory of Music of America, from Budweis, Bo- hemia, that he will resume his position as director of the National conserva- tory this season. The Fall of Fort Peshawur. Peshawur, Aug. 2fl.—The only particu- lars obtainable at present regarding the I the place held out for 24 hours, when the attacking force succeeded in effect- ing an entrance into the fort and a des- perate hand to hand fight followed. A Youthful Brute Hanged. Richmond, Aug. 27.—Joseph Fife, a negro youth convicted of attempted criminal assault on Mrs._ Marks, a widow, and who subsequently confessed to two other like crimes, was hanged in the yard of the city jail today. Wrenn Still the Champion. Newport, Aug. 27.—-R. D. Wrenn de- feated Eaves, the Englishman, for the tennis championship of the United States today by three sets to two. French Duty on Cereals to Stand. ‘ for modifying the duties on cereals. Cholera In a British Regiment. 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