Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-29
THE FUNERAL.
Arrangements for the In
tel'ment
OF THE DEAD CHIEFTAIN.
A Subscription Fund for the Widow.
Coincidence from All Parts of
the United States.

WASHINGTON, December 2S.-Mrs
Logan received this morning a long tele
gram, signed officially by the City Clerl
OF Chicago, embodying the resolutions
adopted by the City Council last night
The Council formally requested that the
burial place of the dead statesman be
selected in the city upon which he has
conferred so much honor, the cite to be
dedicated by the city.
The announcement was informally
made last night that the decision is prac.
tically reached to have the funeral in
the Senate chamber next Friday, and
then convey the remains to Chicago.
Few of the details of the arrangements
have yet been determined upon. The
Senate committee, acting through the
Sergeant-at- Arms, will have immediate
charge of the remains.
Colonel Canaday announces that. by
request OF Mrs. Logan. General Sheridan
will be in charge of the procession
which will escort the remains from Calu.
met Place to the Capitol.
A SUBSCRIPTION FUND.
Captain George E. Lemon of the
National Tribune, this morning started
a subscription fund for the benefit of
Mrs. Logan with a subscription of $1,000
and sent hundreds of invitations to Gen.
Logan's friends throughout the country
asking them to contribute. The West.
ern Union Telegraph Company rendered
the free use of its wires for the trans.
mission of subscriptions. Responses are
now coming in rapidly, and $1,000 sub.
scriptions have been received fran Sen.
ator William Walter Phelps. John B.
Drake OF Chicago, George Alger of
Michigan, George M. Pullman and 9TH
ers. The receipts, in five hours from
the time the subscriptions were started.
amounted to $4,000. All person, de.
string to contribute should telegraph
George E. Lemon, Citizens National
Bank, Washington, stating the amount
OF their subscriptions and send check or
drafts at once to the order of j, A. J.
Creswell, President of the Citizens Ma.
tlonal Bank, Washington. The formal
announcement of arrangements and the
completion of details awaits and depend
upon the definite selection bv Chicago
people of suitable spot for the tomb of
the patriot.
OSHKOSH, Wis, December 2S.-Sena-
tor Sawyer has telegraphed the Logan
Fund Committee at Washington that he
will subscribe $1,000.
THE SENATE COMMITTEE.
WASHINGTON, December 2S. Follow.
ing is the committee appointed by Sena.
tor Sherman to take charge of the re.
mains OF Senator Logan: Senators Gull
lom. Stanford, Cockrell, Alison, Beck.
Hawley, Voorhees,, Hampton and Man.
derson.
THE LOYAL LEGIoN's MESSAGE,
WASHINGTON, December 2S.-Amopp
the hundreds of messages of coincidence {
sent Mrs. Logan is the following:
"WAsHINGToN, December 2S.-Dear
Madam: The Military Order of the
Loyal Legion of the United States de.
sires me to express to you its sincere
sympathy and coincidence in this hour OF
your great trouble. In the death OF
your illustrious husband the Loyal
Legion has lost one of its most distin.
guished soldiers and highly esteemed
companions. Very respectfully.
(Signed) ''P. Ii. SHERipAS
'Lieut Gen. Command er. in. Chief NJ. O.
l., L. U. s."
GEN. LoGAN's BOOK,
New York, December 27.-The pub.
fishers of Gen. John A. Logan's book,
''The Great Conspiracy, +" received a let
ter to-day from w. B. Taylor, private
and confidential secretary of Gen. Lo.
gan, in which he says that the receipts
from the sale of that book will be about
the only legacy left to Mrs. Logan and
suggesting if this fact be made public
the patriotic impulses of O gratefr
people might through this channel place
her beyond want.
Knowing Mrs. Logan's circumstances
as well as l do" adds the Generals sec.
retary, 81 beg you to take immediate
steps to place this matter before the
public.
A PENSION FOR THE WIDOW,
This evening the Star says that among
the members of the House who visited
the capital yesterday and to-day a sup.
gestion was passed around that liberal
pension should be granted to the widow
OF Logan, and it met with hearty ap.
proval on every hand. Democrats man
ifested as much eagerness as Republi.
cans to join in providing for the widow.
The hearty manner in which the sup-
gestion has been taken hold of renders
it quite certain that among the
first acts of Congress upon re.
assembling will be to pass pen.
sion bill for Mrs. Logan. 1t is agreed
that there would be eminent propriety
in granting liberal pension based on
Gen. Logan's military services. Some
members are of the opinion that the
pension should be $4,000 per year. This
is the sum granted to widows of Presi.
dents and though Gen. Logan did not
occupy an office so exalted as that. he
was the recognized head representative
of the volunteer soldiers. It is hardly
probable that pension of less than
$2500 will be voted if the expressions of
Congressman upon that subject
may be taken as criterion.
1t is claimed that no violence will be
done to the letter or spirit of the law in
granting the pension to her, as General
Logan was sufferer up to his death
from the effects of his army experience
1t is thought that
RHEUMATISM WAS THE CAUSE OF DEATH,
and that it was contracted by exposure
in the army.
There is movement on foot to have
EX CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS
Represented in the funeral procession
that will follow the remains of Senat, r
Logan. Many of the ex-Confederates
have expressed desire to participate,
and it is probable that place will be pro-
vided for them in the procession.
THE FUNERAL.
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