Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-03
SUCCESS ASSURED.
Progress of the Movement to Bring the G.
A. r. Encnmpment Here.

A. r. Encnmpment Here. '-
The committee Of citizens in charge Of the
movement to bring to Washington the G. A. r.
encampment next year have come to feel highly
encouraged at the showing made last night at
the meeting held in parlor 10 of Wizards. The
chairmen Of committees were present last night.
and while actual statements are little slow in
coming in. the feeling of hopefulness was uni
yersal Commissioner Douglass occupied the
chair and the secretary. Mr.. Ross Fish. sat at
his left. Around the room sat many of WASH
ington's best known and most enterprising citi-
zens.
II was decided to send . telegram to the
secretary Of the Society of the Army of the
Potomac cordially inviting the society to hold
its next annual session in Washington. The
society Is now in session at Buffalo and the
committee thought it would be eminently
proper il the organization could come to WASH
ington in the same year as the @. A. r.
GOOD WORK OF THE HusrLISa coNMIrTEEs
Mr.. Parke, from what was rather aptly
termed ''the hustling committee" submitted
report telling Of the work which had been done
in seeing the different chairmen of committees
and securing reports from them and Mr. Parke
reported most encouraging state of affairs
and personally seemed assured Of o successful
outcome of the Plan.
The meeting then resolved into a somewhat
informal discussion of affairs. during which
several offers of contributions were made. Mr..
t. e. Duncanson, from the committee of auc-
tioneers. reported progress in his work, while
hr. Driver. from the liquor dealers. turned in
a big list of subscriptions.
Mr.. Houshton suggested that in this move
ment invitations be also extended to the two
relief corps. which always accompanied the
Grand Army at its encanpments and last year
took 10000 men to Boston. Other matters were
discussed and the committee adjourned until
next Thursday evening at 8 o'clock.
NEW COMMITTEES APPOINTED.
A committee Of the bottlers was formed. con-
sisting of $. G. Palmer. Chas. jacobson, Frank
Finley, Jas. ID. Bailey and Henry Otto, and also
a committee for associations, with John Joy
Edison as chairman. Mr.. A. L. Coppes was ap-
pointed Chairman Of the brewers committee,
j. IL. Buscher for the butchers, E. V. Brooks
for the gas filters, c. c. Duncanson for auc-
uOneers, Il. ID. Havenner and Frederick W.
Pratt for boot and shoe dealers and Jas. L.
Norris for patent attorneys.
Among the subscriptions actually set down,
and not counting several which have been
promised. but not OFFICIALLY y, are the following:
SUBSCRIPTIONS ALREADY IN.
Hotels, $4,000: Washington Gaslight Com
pany. $1,000; Pennsylvania railroad. $500;
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. $500; A. Burg
dorf. 800; Saks Co.. $3.50; Marshall Hall
Steamboat Company, $500; Geo. Z. Lemon,
=l.C00: A. 5. 1aber. SlG0; Thos. r. Marshall
(Losekarn). 500; y. G. Staples. 1000; I. E.
Roessle. $1,000; Ed. Droop, $50. Geo. W. Knox,
800; J. 7. Niral. 200; Patrick o Ferrall, 300;
Butts 4 Phillips. 800; James Tanner, 500:
ii. 5. Berlin. 800: A. NJ. Legg d Co., $780,
L. A. Carpenter. SIS; Jno. e. Hawley. $50: +.
A. Coppinger. S25: j. Z. Rubenstein. .S25;
Jacob III. Devices. S25; Beverley Finley. S25;
Jewell & Nicholson. s25; Harvey Spaul1ing 4
Sons. 5:25; Harvey Spauldlng SIS; John Raum,
s25: Ii. A. SeligsoD. SlC0; the shoemaker Co.,
800; Geo. W. Driver, 500; Z. Gerstenberg,
so; J. NJ. Perreard, s25; Karl Heu-
rich. 80; r. f. Holtzman, $50; ID.
Mulany. S25; John +. Moylan, $50;
III. j. kirkwood. $50; f. Burgdorf SIS; ]. Ii.
Green. Sa5: Sinsheimer K Collins. S25: Levi
Woodbury.. 200; Frank Hume. 500; Norris Pc
tiers Company. 500: Mrs. Mary A. Lynn. $50;
Ischiffely Evans. SIS: L. I. Lucket, $50: Fritz
Reuter-. $50: John Pagan, 800: Anna Graft, $50:
ID. ii. Nichols. 800: ". II. Widening S25; John
Smith. SIS; J. Blake Kendall. SIS: Great Falls
Ice Company. $50 Independent Ice Company,
$50; National Capital Company S25: r. F. Nc
Mahon. s25; +. ". Heygster, 500: ID. Crowley.
$50; Louis Gmelin, s25; Henry Petersen. $50;
David Hagerty. so: Geo. W. Harvey. 800. G.
Wood. SlOO; Il. +. McCawley. 800; n. Schlegel.
S25; j. Il. Price q Son. SIS; Wash. Nailor $50:
Wash. Major Cab Company, $50; Bond Co.,
s25; Pockul sl0; j. u. Bowen. $50; T. A. Good
man, SO: j. Leavi:t Smith. 800: f. NJ Draney
$50: ". W. WiddiC ombe, 200; W. F. Downey
slOO; James keleher, S25.