The semi-weekly miner., 1883-07-28
A Grand Display.-Address OF
VanderVoort.

D NvER, July pa fitting finale
to yesterdays magnificent military
parade was the parade lof Flambeau
Club, Lincoln Post, Topeka, Kansas.
There'is is nothing in the range of py-
rotechnic exhibitions that equals it.
Twenty thousand people witnessed
the display. The delegates to the
encampment held business meet
ing in the Tabor Grand Opera House
to-day. Commander-in-Chi Paul
VandervooTt delivered An address, in
which he said: During the year I
have visited twenty-nine permanent
State organizations; attended nine
department encampments; delivered
one hundred and forty-three ad-
dresses; visited q hundred and fifty
six posts; travelled 40, 400 miles. Kan
sas is again the banner department..
The gain to March 3lst is 1851 per
cent?, 1913 members and 127 posts.
Missouri comes next with q gain of
354 per cent, 81 posts and 2 1Oi men,
bers; Iowa, 229 per cent, 3,038 men,
bers, 7S posts; Michigan, 18O per
cent, 81 pests, 3.46O members; Wis
consin, 1851 per cent, 46 posts, 1857
members; Indiana, 100 per cent, ALL
mem GERS; 106 posts; Colorado, 273 per
cent, 1888 members, with Dakota
and New Mexico separate from thsm;
Illinois, 81 per cent, 1857 members,
SO posts; Vermont, 9Ol4 per cent, 847
members. 18 posts; Ohio, 79a per
cent, 6,S49 members, "a posts; New
York, 81 per cent, 1880 members, 8S
posts; Pennsylvania, 239 per cent,
4,934 members, so posts Nebraska,
654 per cent, 1,75O members, So posts;
Minnesota, 824 per cent, a gain;
Maine, 46A per cent, 1,434 members,
IL posts; Massachusetts,. III per cent,
1871 members, posts. These gains
are up to and including March 3lst,
1883. All departments show gain
and in the supplemental report show
an increase and during the June
quarter you will note the grandest
increase in the history Of the Order,
Illinois alone gaining in the June
quarter 1O3 posts. 81, 7O3 members,
total gained in year, 97l posts and
SIS, 766 members, per cent. 669. Dur
ing the year have organized the fol-
lowing permanent departments:
West Virginia, Kentucky, Oregon
and Dakota, ArKaDsas and Washing
ton and New Mexico. This leaves
as provisional departments, Tennes-
see, the Gulf aud Florida. The pros
poets are good in Tennessee
that we have now a sufti-
cient number to organize
gulf department. They have posts
at New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Gal
weston and Sherman, Tex. The post
at Honolulu is in fine condition and
bids fair to include every veteran on
the island The election of COM
mander-in-chief will probably take
place Friday morning. 1t is stated
that General Barnum has the sup
port Of 2l out of 25 of the New York
delegation. Nashville and Mime.
apolis are struggling to secure the
next annual encampment. Chances
are in favor of the former. General
jollitication at the camp tonight.
Sherman's bummers parade, and the
Flambeau Climb will repeat last nights
exhibition. The whole city will be
brilliantly illuminated tomorrow
night.
The National Mining and Inustrial
Exposition attracts thousands of visi-
tors. The greatest crowd ever on the
grounds Was present to-day. All the
departments are rapidly filling up.
Every feature of the exposition is
decided improvement over last year.