St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-12
THEY OWN The TOWN
GpiZzled and Battle-Scarred
Veterans Take Possession
Of the Hub.
President Harrison and PARTY
Arrive by the Water Route
From Gotham.
Cheers for the Nations Chief
and Alger, His Would-Be
Successor.
Everything Ready for the Ma
tional Eneampment Of the
Grand Army.

Boston, Au e. 11.-As the Baltimore
flying the presidents flag, and bearing
President Harrison, Secretaries Rusk
and Noble and Private Secretary Hal
ford, entered Boston harbor this after
noon she was met by the other vessels
of the fleet, the cruiser Atlanta, the
Kearsarge, the gunboats Petrol and
Yorktown, the dispatch boat Dolphin,
the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius and the
torpedo boat Cushing all save the
Kearsarge and Cushing firing Salutes.
The revenue cutter Gallatin, with Gov.
Brackett. Collector Beard and Mr.. and
Mrs. Mckee on board, escorted the Bal
timore to her anchorage. Mayor Hart
and other members of the city govern
ment also went down the harbor.
Then came the chief magistrate, while
Mrs. Noble and other ladies were
ON board the Vigilant. President Har-
riSon landed at about $40 p. m, amid
the thunder of cannon, at ROwe'S wharf
and was escorted to the Hotel Vendome
by the First battalion of cavalry. The
route was through Broad, State, Wash
ington, School, fremont, Boylston and
Dartmouth streets. The sidewalks and
windows along the line of march, which
was nearly two miles in extent, were
who greeted the president with hand
clapping and cheers. The president
rode with Gov. Bracket in carriage
drawn by four dark bays. He carried
his hat in his hand and
Bowed Right and Left,
at the greetings of the throng Behind
rode Secretaries Rusk and Noble, and
in third carriage were Private. Secre-
tary Halford and members of the gov
ernor'S staff. President Harrison occu-
pies the state suite at the Vendome,
and the reception room has been put in
regal floral shape. The great arrival of
the day was the Nebraska train of fif-
teen coaches, bringing Department
Commander L. s. Clarkson in the state
departmentheadqua car. The vet
Grams seemed to breathe easier as they
emerged from their cramped quarters
so tired, and the expression, "Been
standing most of the way" was heard
on all sides. Interest centered in
thin-viSaged veteran surrounded by
congratulating comrades. a survivor of
four prisons -Andersonvllle, Libby,
Savannah and Millen-LieuJ. A. K.
Comston. The report was current
among this delegation that 1000
veterans from Western districts
were obliged to turn back at
Chicago for lack of accommo-
dations. The busiest place intown this
morning was the headquarters of the q.
A. r. bureau of information. in charge
of the Sons of Veterans. 1t was esti-
mated that 10000 people bombarded this
bureau with fire of questions between
7 and II a. m. The branch bureaus
throughout the city were equally busy.
That these institutions were happy
provision was early apparent, and it
would have been fortunate if they could
have supplied comprehension as well as
information. Said one griZZled veteran:
"They have told me where to go, but my
boy, this is the crookedest city ever
saw, and I.don't know how to begin to
go anywhere" The following dispatch
was received this afternoon:
Bar Harbor. Aug. 11.-To George L. Good
Dispatch will arrive Tuesday morning about
o'clock, the vice president and Gen. sher-
man being with me. B. F. TRACY,
Secretary of Navy.
Quackenbos post, of Michigan. $50
men, with the Fourth Regiment band,
of Detroit, arrived at 10:30 Corporal
Tanner and the Old Guard of Washing
ton. accompanied bp Kit Carson Post 2,
60 strong, also arrived this morning.
The Detroit delegation, bearing 100 red,
white and blue umbrellas inscribed:
Boston. 1890; Detroit, 1884," made
picturesque appearance in Newspaper
Row. They were accompanied by War
Governor Austin Blair, Mayor Pingree.
Of Detroit, and representatives of
Detroit papers. They want the en-
campment next year, and the common
council of Detroit has rendered an invi-
tation to that end. At l2:45 a. M. a
train of ten coaches rolled into the
Fitchburg depot, bearing Aurora Post
No. 80. of Illinois, and the original De-
catur Post, G. A. R., organized in 1866,
400 men In all; There was a crowd on
hand to see Mrs. Logan, but she was in
the second section, which arrived at a.
m. After graciously greeting her
friends, she was escorted to carriage
10y Past Deputy Commander Billings. of
Massachusetts,, and driven to the Ven
dome.
Mrs. Logan Was Escorted
by U. S. Grant post, 200 veterans and
200 ladies, of Chicago. AT 10 a. IN. the
meeting of the national council of ad-
ministration was held at the Vendome.
The proceedings were secret. At this
mornings session Gen. Gore presided.
There were also present Senior Vice
Trenton, N. j.; Inspector General
Lewis E. Griffith, of Troy; Gen. John
Kyler, of Philadelphia; Adjt. Gen.
George H. Hopkins, of Detroit. and the
representatives from Connecticut,
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire. Mis-
souri,, New Jersey. New York, Rhode
Island, South Dakota, Texas. Vermont.
Virginia. Pennsylvania and West Vir-
ginia. A subcommittee was ap-
pointed to audit the accounts of
the quartermaster general. The resig-
nation of w. II. Saylor, member from
Oregon, was received and accepted
and Capt. John E. Lombard was
adjourned to meet on the platform Of
the convention hall OF $50 a. m. sharp
Wednesday. Gen. Butler called on
Gen. Alger this morning. Camp Phillip
FL. Sheridan. in Mechanics building,
was formally opened this morning,
when Col. G. Hapgood officially assumed
command. Six comrades have been sent
to the city hospital suffering slightly
from change of climate and water.
From $4,000 to $4,000 veterans will
be cared for in this camp alone.
Daily religious services have
been arranged for. 'fhe arrivals of
the veterans are increasing every hour.
Gen. Alger visited Salem this after
noon, where the principal streets were
decorated in his honor. Frederick
Douglass, minister to Hayti, called on
Gen. Alger at the Vendome to-day.