The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-09-20

committee on pensions. Several dslegate
demanded vocfferously the name cf the 81
deer or Comrnds who had taken 81 upol
himself 70 extend the invitation. and Gen
Keller In an excited manner asked Com.
mandars Rea Is hs wa responsible for the 40
lion The commander responded promptly Ii
tho negative. adding that he had no author
10y TO invite The president. Some Of the del
cgates took advantage Of the circunstanc,
TO make q general onelau0ht upon the presi.
DENTS psnsion policy and his vetoes. FINAL,
all the motions were declared out Of order
and the regular business was proceeded
with. Tonight it was developed cha
the invitation had been extended Nv I'd.
local committee, to which body the repl,
was addressed. and that tt had gotten init
the hands Of the adjutant general OF the ma.
tional sncampment BY an error Id the ex.
change OF papers Republican comrades to.
night are expressing their regret at the occur
renee, but Insist that nothing t%ranspired K
which the president could have taken ex.
ception had he been present
oENERAL's ;
The report Of Adit Gen. Daniel Fish
showed that at the end Of March, 1888. there
were 40 departments reporting 6.2S3 postt
and 354,216 comrades, In good standing.
There were also-422 posts delinquent, max.
ing total OF 6,7O5 chartered
posts The net gains since last year
are sco departments AZ posts report
rades in good standing. june 80 the reports
showed q still further increase and the total
membership Of the q. A. r. on that date, In
GLIDING So. 1913 suspensions, is q round 400
OOO. There were 4,433 deaths last year, IN
increase Of 1,O27 over the previous
uAop 5Es Thu rnxu Nnn0r kro onfu aro khocA -
Idaho and Arizona. "A total Of $215. 075. rs
was expended by the q. A.R. last year fol
the relief Of comrades, distributed anon
comrades and their dependents to the nuns
Der Of SOB. and to other persons number
ing 8,7O7; 9 grand total Of 23,8lO persons
was expended In Minnesota, s 500. 85 ia
low. $319.39in Dakota, and $4.190.92 in
Wisconsin.
THE LAST DAY
CoLuMBus. Ohio, Special Telegram, Sept
ID - This was another ev1ntful day in the
history Of the G. Ar The most remarkable
national encampment OF the Grand Army
finished Its most important business and ths
most tremen dous conclave ever held
in the United States drew to q close.
The closeing scenes are marked by
the same great good humor that prevailed at
the beginning OF the encampmens and was
noticed by all who were in the city. This
morning asnnpber of regimental and briga-
der reubiona MS4p held, and this evening q
mamtd6th oampnih was held in the audit
storiu1n,On 49, centennial exposition
groundA, speech&E being made by ex-Gov.
Raifchtlds q Wt4t3eonsin, e~x-Speaker Keller
OF 0As0 a I'm. W. IL. Gibson. One
OF the mosSsNhotable events, Of the
day outside the convention was the call
made by the famous department OF theNPo-
tomac upon Gov. Foraker and his distin-
gutshed gUestR The Warrington men who
were under the command OF Col. G. P. Lin
coin. created quite . sensation here. The
*Qld Guard q veteran corps selected from
the department., and always honored with
beng made the presidents escort on occa-
sions of state, was offered the extreme right
Of the parade on Tuesday, but refused,
as to accept would have been to separate
themselves from the rest of the department.
The members Of the department. In their call
this afternoon were received by Gov. Alger
and the members of the family and by Mrs.
Gen. Logan. Mrs. Logan expressed much
interest Ia the department and spoke freely
with the members She said THAT at Calumet
place, the residence presented to her by the
Grand Army OF the Republic, one of the
finest rooms had been set apart to be used az
q memoria lchapel, commemorative OF the
REA oLuNTEE SOLDIERS
In that room she will deposit all the relics
and every other object in her possession
bearing on the life and deeds of the great
Logan. The delegation Was escorted by the
oldsGua1d 3ndth " introd1ctions were made
by CoLsQsRe Lincoln, whD made a happy
references 70 10 pxssaaential order as
to the return OF ne rebel flogs
and brought out chsSks and laugh
ter. Coy. Foraksx mad1 some yery hannv
renaxkA@aTAofeceptfcffUf the Illinois dele
cation by Gov. Foraker and Col. Fred Grant
at put Neil camp this morning was another
event. The reception 90 Gov
Foraker was expected, but the presence OF
Col. Grant was q surprise. When it was
known that he had oome with Gov. Foraker
the camp turned out on masse and rave the
sensible son ut the old commander O
perfect ovation. Many interesting facts
We're brought out during the reception,
q number OF Illinois men who fought with
ten. Grant at the outbre ok Of the war were
making themselves known to the old com-
mandel's first-born. After all the a~ble-bodied
had shaken hands with Gov. Foraker
and Col. Grant, q paralyzed comrade lying
on q cot near ut hand asked to BIO given q
similar privilege. Both gentlemen went to
bis bed and shook hands with the poor I'M
fortunate, who offered to each q Cheap pho
tograph OF Gen. Grant Needless to say the
gilt was more than repaid many times
a NEW COMMANDER
Attne national encampment this morning
the election OF 9 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES was
IN order. After the nominations were made.
Mai. William Warner OF Missouri was elected.
Maj: Warner served In the Thirty-third and
Fortv-fourth Wisconsin regiments, and has
spent bis latter life in Missouri. After filing
various Offices in that state, he was elected
to the Forty-ninth congress- from
the Fifth Missouri DISTRICT AZ 4 Republican.
is still In congresA Col Moses Neil Of
Columbus was elected senior vice command
er. ". b. Dixon, Of the St Paul road, enter
tanned Tonight. with his inimitable stories
and recitations at the Loyal Legion rooms. q
most notable gathering, among which were
II governors. Col Fred Gran I, many gener-
ais and othersI He kept them in q roar OF
laughter p all heartily congratulated him.
Bismarck and Brandy.
On the occasion Of Prince Bis
marck's last speech in the reichstag
Count Herbert, his eldest son, now
secretary Of state in the foreign Office,
kept the cognao bottle in his own
hands while 9 group Of high func-
tionaries divided the rest Of the work
between them. Nothing could exceed,
for downright comicality, the busy
scene that was enacted behind the