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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1889-05-23
AN IMPORTANT DECISION RE-
VERSED,

WASHINGTON, May 13.-Thc supreme
court today rendered very important
decision in the case Of the United States
vs., Carrie Jones, ". Taubenheimer, W..
james Montgomer, and vs.. Henry Drew.
The Carrie Jones case at least comes
from Oregon the remainder from other
states and territories. Suit was brought
under the act Of March 3, 1887, giving
district and circuit courts jurisdiction in
claim cases to compel the government to
issue patents for certain lands. These
lands had been entered in the usual way
and paid for, and 6oal receipts issued
Under tho reform measure OF the general
land Office, patents were refused and
plaintiffs sought to compel the issuance
The Circuit court decided that claims OF
this kind should be brought against the
United States government.
On appeal and in the decision of to-
day the supreme court reversed this
ruling. The opinion states that tho act
quoted cannot be used to compel a
specific performance Of contract by- the
government. The issue of patents for
lands was par. Of the business of the
executive department Of the government,
and the Judicial branch cannot control
that, or compel it to performance OF it's
duties. The advance Of civilization has
brought about . new construction OF
judicial powers, submitting the govern.
men', equally with individuals, to the
jurisdiction Of its courts; bu. the door
has not yet been thrown 30 wide open as
to take the vast interests of the public
domain from the Jurisdiction Of the
executive department. and place it unde,
con,rsl Of the courts. The powers of
the courts arc largely constructive, the
law making power laying with the legis
lative branch, and that branch should no,
hampercd by direction o! the judicial
branch. [Ace Of March 3, 1881
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1889-05-23
Their Business Booming.

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Asthma. Bronchitis, Group, and all throat
diseases quickly cured. You can test it befo re
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81. Every bottle warrente
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1889-05-23
Undeservedly LAUGHED A.

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Tho unthinking are prone to make game d
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recovery Of strength and Quietude By TIE
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ABNORMAL sensitivenese to unexpected moses
e the system gains strength from the Ereat
tonic. Dyspepsia, biliousness, .hsuma3isn.
constipation and kidney complaints are sp6:
dued By the MtterD,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1889-05-23

We have speedy and positive Cure for
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Headache, in SHILOu'S CATARRH
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bottle. Use it if yon desire health and sweet
breath. Price 30 cents. Sold by G
Isaman b Co. Lewiston Idaho
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1889-05-23
Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint.

Is it not worth tho small price of 70 cents to
FREQ yourself of every symptom of these dis
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store and get a bottle of Shiloh's Vitaliser
Every bottle has a printed guarantee on it, use
accordingly. and il it does you no good it will
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Lewiston, Idaho
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-18
VETERAN SOCIETIES.

The society of veterans next in Importance
to the Grand Army, next, at least, in infu-
ence, though not in numbers, is the Military
Order of the Loyal Legion of the United
States. Wherever the bronze button of the
Grand Army appears may be seen the red,
white and blue token of the Loyal Legion.
The members of the Loyal Legion are almost
without exception in the G. A. R. The Le-
gion was the first society formed by officers
of the Union army and was organized in
1865. The first commander-in-chief was Gen.
George Cadwalader, the second Gen. Han
cock, the third ex-Presidenu Hayes and the
fourth Gen. Sheridan. The order is organ
lied into districts, or local communicates,
and grand or state Communicates. The mem
bership is divided into three classes, the first
and chief of which is restricted to commits
stoned officers of the Union army.
The objects of the order are social and fra
ternal and to perpetuate the memories of the
war. Grand Communicates of the Loyal
Legion are established in the following
states: Pennsylvania, New York, Maine,
Massachusetts,, California, Wisconsin, Illinois,
District of Columbia, Ohio, Michigan, Min
nesota, Oregon, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas,
Iowa and Colorado. The chiefs of the grand
COMMANDERS are known as commanders.
Part of the titles and some of the principles
of the Grand Army have been taken from
the Loyal Legion. The membership of the
Legion is about COCO. The order has distin-
guished INDEPENDENTLY in Massachusetts,
and Ohio-by its encouragement of memorial
papers and their publication. The Ohio COM
mandery issued in 1888 two large volumes of
its military papers.
Other representative general societies are
those of the Army of the PotoRac, the Cum
berland, and the Tennessee, but these are
simply associations holding annual reunions.
A close order of growing Importance is the
Union Veteran Legion, composed of men
within the G. A R. Its aim is to distinguish
between the soldiers who saw service and
those who were such in name only, and only
those can become members ''who volunteered
prior to July l, 1868, for term of three
years, and were honorably discharged for
any cause after service of two continuous
years, or were at any time discharged by
reason of wounds received in the line of
duty"
The objects of the order are similar to those
of the Grand Army, except that the word
American" takes the place of the UNITED
States" and patriotism" that of ''loyalty."
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sue contains the full list as far as prepared,
and the number has reached some hundreds,
and thousands Of comrades may go to Mil
waukee assured Of a meeting with old COM
rades. To those who go to the encampment
unadvised about their commands, the bulle-
tins, posted in all stations, hotels and bar
racks, boarding houses and camps, will give
the welcome information.
A new feature of reunions viii be the
gathering of the Sons of Veterans in their
organized relations. The Sons have not been
heretofore officially recognized by the Grand
Army, but for some years past every ma
tional encampment has had q small army of
young men and youths proud to be known as
the sons of their heroic sires They need not
languish in the back seats in the future, for
the fat has gone forth that the Sons are aux
Hilary to the Grand Army and entitled to
places Of honor at the encampments. The
story of the Sons is full of interest and has
q bearing on the future Of the G. =. r.
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ample accommodations for its own purposes
and revenue for rental from other societies
The kitchen attachment serves for fairs, sup
pers and other entertainments, and the post
can cater to the fun loving public and reap
all the profits for its own fund. The property
has been paid for within few years, and
Winthrop post is at once free from care and
able to be generous.
Some other posts have talent in other ways.
The desire for war relics is now very strong,
and any post in the country could hold a loan
exhibition and derive some revenue from it.
Such an exhibition could be followed by the
establishment of a memorial room, where a
small fee could be charged, and the room
would become q means of pleasing and in
structing old and young.
Next to the immediate relief of the needy
comes the question of pensions. Many posts
carry on the relief fund permanent invalids,
who draw upon it, month after month. for
years. As the veterans grow older this in
creases, and it becomes a serious question
whether the posts can stand it. The trouble
is that the burden does not fall equally.
There is no general fund to which all posts
contribute, but each post cares for its own
needy. Some posts never have severe case,
hCSouoO al OL4OLA d1o we'll OIL.
On the other hand, the industrial classes,
partially from preference and partially from
necessity, remain by themselves, and it often
happens that little knot of veterans, whose
average wages are not over SO day, will
carry two or three INDECENT comrades on the
relief roll. 1t is this state of things that en-
lists veterans who no not need pensions for
themselves to insist that some method of gov
eminent relief should be made applicable to
these cases of need where worthy soldiers are
brought down by old age and sickness to a
state of restitution. OF course the poor
house or the soldiers home is a last resort. but
comrades will rather deny themselves and
their families and help friend in such
straits than to force him to abandon his home
and family and go to an institution.
What the veterans ask for is system of
relief for men in their homes, and a pension
is the proper and simple method of relief.
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principally in BADGE
Pennsylvania and Ohio, where there about
forty encampments. The membership is over
e,OC0. The national encampment was held
Feb. %, at Altoona, Pa, when Gen. A. L.
Pearson, of Pittsburg, was made national
commander the second time. The convention
for 1890 will be held at Newark, o.
The Union Veterans union and the Veter-
ans Rights union are close orders with the
avowed objects of securing the rights of
veterans to government employment. The
national and state statutes giving preference
to old soldiers have been so often ignored that
organized action is found necessary to secure
the privileges belonging morally and legally
to men who wore the blue. The Union Vet
erans' union is principally active in Washing
ton, and the Veterans Rights union in New
York city. The Union Veterans union at
their convention in Cleveland, in 1887, intro
duced service pension plan, which, with
some notifications, has become the per diem
rated service pension bill now before both
houses of congress.
The associations of veterans of the Union
navy have been until recently independent.
Since the early organization of veteran socie-
ties the understanding of course, the Off
GERS and men of the navy and marine service
have been included In the membership of
all associations. Originally the terms "sol-
diers" and sailors" were always coupled in
every title of a veteran society Upon the
organization of the Grand Army, two or
three distinctive naval posts were founded
and there now exist one in each of the de-
partments of Pennsylvania, New York and
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Army. In 1887 an act of the legislature de
clared it misdemeanor for any person not
entitled to the privilege to wear G. A. R.
badge. In 1879 Memorial day was created a
legal holiday. Any honorably discharged
soldier or sailor whomay die within the state
leaving no funds to provide funeral is
buried by the state in regular cemetery,
and his grave is marked by headstone.
For the support of INDECENT veterans and
their families tax is levied and the funds
are expended by soldiers relief commission,
and no honorably discharged veteran can be
committed to the poorhouse in Wisconsin. In
1887 the G. A. R. department encampment
brought bill before the legislature for the
maintenance of a soldiers home, and the sum
of IS week for each inmate was appropri-
ated out of state funds, and the order set to
work to establish home. The city of Wau-
paca, in the central part of the state, donated
a tract of seventy-five acres, with building,
and the Grand Army and Woman's Relief
corps raised funds to put the grounds and
building in order and also to erect cottages
Many G. A. R. posts and relief corps have
established cottages, which they control.
GEO. L KLGER.
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stop at tie Threshold but literally enters and
takes charge of the institution of relief As
a comrade of John A Andrew post, of Bos-
ton, expressed it, the crippled soldiers of Bos-
ton have quarters and comforts equal to
those in first class hotel, and the result is
credited to the women helpers of the G. A R.
In California the Relief Corps Home associa-
ton have secured funds for home for dis
abled soldiers and laid the corner stone.
The work of the corps is varied. Collec-
tions are made, entertainments, festivals and
fairs are held to swell the benefit funds, and
there is field for every order of talent and
activity. The objects Of this association, as
set forth in the constitution, reflect the spirit
of the Grand Army Of the Republic in the
highest degree. They are:
To specially aid and assist the Grand Army
of the Republic and to perpetuate the mem
DRY of the heroic dead. To assist such Union
veterans as need our help and protection,
and to extend needful aid to their widows
and orphans; TO find them homes and en-
ployment and assure them of sympathy and
friends. To cherish and emulate the deeds
of our army of nurses and of all loyal wom-
en- who rendered loving service to their coun-
try in the hour of peril. To inculcate les
sons of patriotism and love of country among
our children and in the communities in which
we live. To maintain true allegiance to the
United States of America. To discounte-
ance whatever tends to weaken loyalty and
to encourage the spread of universal liberty
and equal rights to all men.
The membership is open to all women, and
in this respect differs from the Ladies' of the
G. A. R., which restricts its membership to
the near kindred of Union soldiers and sail
ors The national order dates from 1884, and
during that time has acquired membership
of over 10000, and expended for relief over
10000, and has over 100000 on hand in its
general and relief funds The departments
to be represented in the convention at Mil
waukee are: California, Colorado, Connecti-
cut, Dakota, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania Rhode Island,
Vermont, Wisconsin, Washington Territory
and provisionaD New Mexico.
The president of the department of Wiscon-
sin is Mrs. Caroline H Bell. The national
president for 1889, Mrs. Charity Rusk Craig,
daughter of Ex-Governor Rusk. is a Wiscon-
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lHllI VETERANORUM]

consolidation could be brought about, al
though the Grand Army labored faithfully
TO bring about a union in the junior organi-
cations
The avowed objects of the two systems
were not unlike, a belief in God and his
benefcent guidance, allegiance to the gov
eminent of the United States, fidelity to the
constitution, to revere the memories of those
who fought for the Union in our civil war,
TO aid the Grand Army in its charities, to OBJ
serve Memorial day, and to assist members
of the order. The difference in organization
extended to membership and to ritual In
the camp system the membership is enjoyed
by sons of deceased or honorably discharged
Union veterans and by the sons of members
of the order. The post system admitted only
the sons of veterans, hence the order could
not be perpetual. In the post system the
members were called comrades and the
plan of organization was modelled after the
Grand Army, consisting of local posts
differed by commanders and departments
with department commanders and national
commander in chief
The camp system differed its locals by
captains, ieutenants, sergeants and so on,
and was organized into divisions led by
colonies, the whole being presided over by
commander-in-chief, a lieutenant general
and major general. The members of the
camp system were called brothers" At the
encampment at Columbus last year the Grand
Army passed resolution indorsing the OBJ
jects and purposes of the Order of the Sons
of Veterans, giving them official recognition
and recommending the encouragement by
Grand Army men of the camps of the Sons
of Veterans. At length a conference of
Grand Army men and the commanders-in-
chief of the two systems, G. B. Abbott, of
the camp system, and G. ". Marks, of the
post system, brought about a consolidation
and fusion of the systems. The term camp
will be retained for the local bodies, and also
the titles of the post system for the Off
GERS, thus conforming to the Grand Army.
The members shall be known as comrades,
and the membership badge and charter of
the camp system shall be retained, while the
insignia of rank of the post system will be
used. The terms of consolidation were sug-
gested by the representatives of the Grand
Army and were accepted by the command
ers of the Sons.
The members of this unique body are not
youths, but are mainly bearded men. Mem
bership is restricted to those over Is. There
are now about 2, 800 local societies, and the
order numbers from so, 900 to co., 900 members,
with the following divisions, or departments:
California, Colorado, Connecticut, Dakota,
Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Ken
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lucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New
York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
The consolidation of the two systems marks
a new era in the order because the result is
to establish an order of Sons under the patron
age of the Grand Army. The adherents of
the systems may in some instance refuse to
adopt the changes required by the terms of
the conference, but, however that may be,
the Sons are now on their feet, the Grand
Army has recognized them officially and
thousands who held aloof while the order
was an experiment will now rally under the
standard set up by the G. A R. There will
be encouragement on all hands for the young
fellows who now average at about the age
their fathers did in 1861 and now desire to
emulate, so far as they can, the patriotism
and martial ardor of the times that tried
mems souls. At the Milwaukee encampment
the order of the Sons will be sent far ahead
because they will make display more impos-
ing than ever before. The Grand Army COM
mittee on the Sons and the Wisconsin division
labor together to make this first grand ma
tional turnout of the juniors turning point.
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THE DEPARTMENTS.

The strength Of the order may be indicated
by the departments maintained after twenty
three years CT existence. The life of these
departments has not been continuous; there
have been suspensions, reorganizations and
consultations, but still the record shows re-
lmarkable vitality in an institution which was
at best an experiment. Wisconsin, organized
June Z, 1866; Illinois, organized July u, 1866;
Pennsylvania, organized Jan. 16, 1867; Ohio,
Jan. so, 1867; New York, April 3, 1867; Con-
necticut, April II, 1867; Massachusetts, May
n, 1867; Maine, jan. 10, 1868; New Jersey,
january, 1868; Virginia, Feb. 70, 1868; Cali
fornia. Feb 20, 1868; Rhode Island, March "a,
186S; New Hampshire, May IS, 1868; Vermont,
Oct l., 1865; Potomac, Feb. 13, 1869; Colo
RADIO, Dec. II, 1869; Maryland, January,
197 Nebraska, Jan. 25, 1877; Iowa, Jan. %,
-S79; Indiana, Aug. II, 1879; Michigan, 1879;
kansas, March l6, 1880; Minnesota, May IS,
1880; Delaware, Jan. IA, 1882; Missouri, 1881;
Oregon, Sept. IS, 1882; Kentucky, Jan. II,
l1SS3; West Virginia, Feb. 90, 1888; Wash
Iington Territory, June 20, 1888; Arkansas,
July II, 1888; New Mexico, July IA, 1888;
utah, Oct. s. 1888; Tennessee and Georgia,
Feb 20, 1884; Dakota, Feb. q, 1884; Missis-
Isippi and Louisiana, May Is, 1884; Florida,
June 10, 1884; Montana, March 10, 1885;
Texas, March Is, 1885; Idaho, Sept. l, 1887;
Arizona, Sept. 10, 1887. These dates refer to
the final organization only; the order existed
lin many western states much earlier.
The department Of Illinois was not perma-
nently organized until July II, 1866, and Wis
consin, which had state league of soldiers
and sailors, adopted the Grand Army ritual
and organized June as department of the
IGrand Army. Wisconsin now has the honor
of a national encampment for the first time,
and this is one of the reasons why the COM
rades are DESTROYS that the occasion shall be
memorable in the annals Of the order and in
the recollections of the members who are so
fortunate as to attend the twenty-third en-
icampment The usual committees were, of
course, appointed, but of those constituted
lone or two ara specially noteworthy because
their work is new and has been successfully
performed The labors of the committee on
naval battle and display and on reunions will
doubtless result in giving unusual pleasure to
visitors to the encampment
| One of the disappointments of great ma
itional reunions has been that veterans were
unable to find in the vast throngs the old
friends whom they Travelled thousands OF
miles to greet In order to remedy this at
Milwaukee the committee has arranged a
meeting room fo- every organization repre-
scented at the encampment in numbers The
meeting places will be duly bulletined DUR
ing the encanlDnent. But the committee has
gono still further and for several months
have published in tie official bulletin Of the
encampalent list of organizations preparing
flor reunions, with the names and addresses
iof tho secretarV The official bulletin has
appeared monthly since March, and each is !