Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-09-20

.m.,sb,n 81 the q. A. r on that DAFT IN.
1870 ca kg3 sust,ensi6ns, is . round fuut-
| am mere were 4,433 deaths last yeaI, -
Increase 81 1927 over the ptcs.
wear. Tho new departments III NJ II
fNsho ana ARIZONA. A total OF $Zlo.SaoLs
aas exnended by tbe @ A r last year 10,
ne rslIef Of comrades. distributed amone
aenrsdee and their dependents 20 tne n1ni'
hey Of 5.iO3. and to otnes peIsons uanann
mo 8 7OT: q grand total OF z5,oiU pnaS el
pecuuiarily assisted; VI tnis q ~ SssGS NJ ID
Vas expended in Minnesota, "a ooo 90 4 !,
fosa, S3i9.39 in Dakota, and S4.ieo.oS u
| Wisconsin.
TIE LAST DAY
Ohio, Special Telegram, oepe
~ This was another eyentiui Gay IN =, :,
history of the @. A. r. The most reinaina
| rational encampment OF the otahu ni%'
| 6nisbed its most important business u =.
most tremen dous conclave ever "s
m the United states drew Y :.
The closeipg scenes are maIAeu :,
| the same great COCO humor tna' preV -
| Lbe beginning Of the encampmens an" ,rs,,
noticed by all who were IN tne CITY, -
morning a number Of regimentai anu Diis
der reunions were held, and tnis evenlns :
mammoth campfire was heid IN INC a
torium, On the centennial eApnNn
grounds, speeches being mace py yoo
| Fairchlld Of Wisconsin, ~ex-speaAef ns-
of Ohio, and Gen. ". D. oiDsch -,
of the most notable evenbt n
day outside the convention was ING a.
made by the famous department. OF 'neio
| to,pac upon Gov. Foraker ana ms u
gui. he'd guesta The Washington men w
were under the command OF OoL " IN ~
coin. created quite a sensation neio -
| .Old Guard" a veteran corps seieceeu LII
the Department., and always nohoieu
beng made the presidents eScoro gu
sions of state. was offered the extreme iiS
of the parade on Tuesday. put reiuseu,
as 10 accept wotId have Dcen 70 separate
themselves from the rest OF tne uepaf'ne !,
The members of the department. IN their car!
this afternoon were received Dy 'oI. h.sei
and the members of the family and by MIRA
Gen. Logan. Mrs. Logan expressed mu1n
interest ia the department ana spohe iieey
with the members She SAID tnata =
mace the residence presented to her by the
G,and ARMY of the Republic. one of the
finest, rooms had been set apart to be used as
a memoria lchapel, commemoraaF Oh tho
oEEAT VOLUNTEER 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 de legation was escorted by the
old guard, ana the ~introductions were made
by Col G. p. Lincoln, who made a happy
reference to the presidential order as
to the return OF the rebel flags
and brought out chez 3 and laugh
ter Gov. Foraker made some very happy
remarks. The reception of the Illinois dee
CATION by Gov. Foraker and Col. Fred Grant
at South Neil camp this morning was anothei
emarka able event The reception to Gov.
Foraker was expected, but the presence OF
Col Grant was a surprise. When it was
known that he had come with o Foraker
the camp turned out en- mssse and gave the
sensible son of the old commander a
perfect ovation. Many interesting facts
were brought out during the reception,
q number of Illinois men who fought with
Gen. Grant at the outbre ak of the wal were
making themselves known TO the old CON-
mander's first born. After all the abie-bod ed
men had shaken hands with Gov. Foraker
and Col. Grant. a paraiyzed comrade lying
on a cot near at hand asked to be gwen a
similar privilege. Both gentlemen went TO
his bed and shook hands with the poor un-
fortunate. who offered to each a cheap pho
fograph of Gen. Grant Needless to say the
gilt was more than repaid MANY ttmea
THE NEW CoMMlNDER.
At the national encampneIt this morning
the election of a cominander-in-chief was
in order. After the nominations were made,
Mai william Warner of Missouri was elected.
Maj Warner served in the Thirty-third and
Forty-fourth Wisconsin regiments, and has
spent his latter life in Missouri. After filling
various offices in that state, he was elected
to the Forty-ninth opgress from
the Fifth Missouri district as a Republican,
and is sttil in congress Col Moses Neil OF
Columbus was elected senior vice command
er. W. II. Dixon. of the st Paul road, enter
tanned tonight, with his inimitable stories
and recitatioBs at the Loyal Legion rooms, q
most notable gathering, among which were
TX Cover nors, Col Fred Grant, many gener-
ais AID otbers He kept them In a roar OF
laughter ana all heartily congratulated him