The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-09-06
THE MILWAUKEE REUNION.

The Grand Parade-A Fine Day and . Great
Crowd-Notables Present-CordialG Greet.
ing to Mrs. Logan.
MILWAUKEE, Wis.,, Aug. 9S-Yesterday
morning about ten O'Clock about 1000
p,saOle from Waukesha alone had arrived,
and by nom fully 90 coo Wisconsin people
from outside the city were in town. There
was little disorder in finding quarters a.
attention was conferred on the parade. but
most of the arrivals managed to find their
quarters and get into place in time to
move with their column.
On every vacant spot in the most busy
streets post commanders could be seen
drilling their little squads of men and
giving instructions for falling into line in
the parade. The Ransom post of St Louis
numbered more than any seen before the
column moved. With its band it had
nearly 300 men in line.
In the hotels the crush was terrible. 1t
was all one could do to force his way
through. In the Plankinton House espe-
cially, where General Sherman, General
Alger, Commissioner Tanner and Mrs.
Logan are stopping, crowds were stand
ing around waiting to get glimpse OF
the distinguished guests. Mrs. Logan,
ing hall about nine O'Clock, leaning on the
arm of General Alger, was forced to hold
an impromptu reception. as a crowd Of
veterans from one direction and a bevy
of ladies from the opposite direction
rushed to greet her. Mrs. Logan had a
distinguished appearance as she stood q
step above the crowd before her, her
rudy face set in frame Of silver white
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the honors with General Sherman
1t was evident before eight O'Clock that
there would be little business transacted
in the city, and following the suggestion
of the mayor most of the business houses
closed their doors. The banks had agreed
to close at one O'Clock each day of the en-
campment but no business was being
done and most of them closed shortly
after twelve O'Clock.
Although the parade was not to start
from Twenty-seventh street till ten
O'Clock people began to seek advantageous
positions from which to view the line as
early as eight O'Clock. In fact, those from
interior towns who came in as early as
seven O'Clock hied them at once to suitable
locations and there held their ground till
the last veteran had passed by. At nine
O'Clock the crowds that had remained in
the vicinity of the PIankinton House hop
ing to get sight of the distinguished
people within, moved up the avenue to
take places on the cross streets The
great mass that moved up the Grand
avenue incline and out on to the side
streets was not much less imposing than
the column of soldiers that marched down
a few hours later.
The day was perfect despite the pre-
monitions of rain during the early morn
ing hours and every thing favored the
success of the grand parade No acci-
dents occurred and the city has been re-
markably free from robberies and assaults,
Notwithstanding the presence of an army
of crooks. Nearly 100 pickpockets have
been arrested.
Louis Storey, a member of q Minneapo.
lis post, fell i'll while marching through
the street Monday night and now occu-
pies bed in one of the wards at the
Emergency Hospital.
Ole Olsen, of East Lake Michigan, who
was coming to the city with the Manistee
post on the steamer F. & p. NJ. No. /,
while sleeping on the hurricane deck
rolled overheard at midnight and was
drowned. He was forty Eight years Of
age and leaves a family.
The most unique feature of the parade
was Post Joseph Ledergerber, No. 240, Of
the Department of Wisconsin. These G.
A. r. veterans are ali Indians and come
from the Kenesha- Menominee reservation
near Green Bay, Wis. 1t is the only Indian
post in the G. A. r. 1t was mustered in
three weeks ago by Adjutant-General
Gray, of Wisconsin, and numbers thirty
one men, all of whom served as privates
in the war. They We're scouts attached to
the Southwestern department and nearly
ell of them were in the Twelfth Missouri
and saw much hard fighting. After the
war they were given each an allotment of
land in the Menominee reservation and
have become farmers and as nearly good
Indians as are 10 be found in the Republic.
The post was named after Captain Joseph
Ledergerber, of the Twelfth Missouri
who was killed at Riuggold, Ga, in June,
1861. in which bat,le nearly all the post
participated.