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There's nothing the matter with the COM
mittee on campfres," said Chairman J. NJ.
Pipes. ats good working organization, full
Of enthusiasm and prolific as to practical sug-
gestions. We have had several meetings and
are making all necessary arrangements 1t is
not definitely settled where the campfires will
be held, but according to our present plans
there will be one on the east front Of the Capt.
toll one in Judiciary Square and one down at
the artillery barracks. We had thought Of one
In the pension building, but as it would prob
ably interfere with the reception we will substi-
tute some other place. There will be a monster
campfire on the Wednesday afternoon and
evening In the Chautauqua amphitheater at
Glen Echo; that viii be first-class
place to hold one and it will take
quite o large slice Of the multitude
out Of town. Some of the most eminent ora
tors Of the country will be at these gatherings
and between the speeches will be sand wiched
selections Of vocal and instrumental music A
choir Of forty professional singers is to help
move things along and we will have all the bands
necessary. One campfire will be exclusively
for delegates to the encampment They will be
shut up in attendance upon the business ses-
sions, SO We will give them a eeting all to
themselves at some convenient time. How
many campfires will there be? / cannot say
just now, but there will be enough to satisfy the
crowd-two or three every night"
The committee is as follows: J. NJ. Pipes
chairman; j. c. s. Burger, secretary; NJ T.
Anderson, ". H. Baker, r. J. Beall, w. Bogia,
J. II. Bradford, l.. L. Bridges, E. A. Carman,
Dr. J. E. Carpenter, John P. Church, W. L.
Cole, L. S. Emery, Calvin Farnsworth. D. NJ
Goodacre, ". H. Gotwold, W. G.. Hall, Samuel
Houston. W. s. Odell, A. II. G. Richardson and
L. Fl. York.
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Gas a committee we have done nothing"
said Chairman Lawrence Gardner Of the COM
mittee on fireworks, ''but We shall have some
thing done quite soon. We meet on Monday
evening next and from then until the last sky
rocket goes up and is applauded we shall be
busy. Personally have been at work. spent
nearly two days in New York visiting alt the
larger and more important pyrotechnic estab-
lishments and looking for novel ideas and
effects As consequence our committee will
have something to talk about. The main
question, upon which decision will probably
be reached on Monday night, Is whether the
display shall be simply SO many hundred Roman
candles and many hundred wheels and shells
and other beautiful things or whether the same
or similar fireworks shall not be exploded as
part Of q grand spectacular treat, such as
neither this nor any other city has ever known.
How much money will we spend? That de-
ponds upon the executive committee. We can
get away with any sum from $4,000 to e10. 000."
The complete committee organization is:
Lawrence Gardner, chairman; sDsvid E.
Moore. secretary; DR.. s. s. Bond, R. W. Fem
wick, Geo. W. Fisher, Albert F. Fox, Daniel
FRASER, H. A. Griswold, VIM. B. Gurley, John
A. Hamilton, NJ. Marean, II. H. Martin, James
L. Norris, Frank B. Noyes, Fred W. Pratt, R.
B. Schwickardi, John L. Weaver, n. I. Weller,
James P. Willett, Il. A. Willard.
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"Dont you worry about the committee on
reunions remarked Maj. John MoElroy in re-
Spouse TO u question "Our work ID going
ahead rapidly. We have notified the old vets
all over the country Of our plans and every one
OF the great multitude is looking forward TO
greeting comrades on the White lot. Then we
have made arrangements for a camp Of the
sons OF Veterans; the boys viii do guard and
orderly duty. A force Of them will be on duty
at headquarters and when q man wants to know
where his corps headquarters may be found one
Of the youngsters will conduct him TO the right
spot. just now we are busily engaged I'm getting
= sufficient supply OF tents. and right there Gen.
Bstehelder b rsnsssrins tho most wiling aud
valuable hind Of assistance.
Our committee is subdivided into sections
The section ON nags ard decorations will have
entire charge Of all The hags, insignia and In
scripsions used or permitted to be used on the
tents and grounds. All sage, badges, insignia
and Inscriptions, hosted or Displayed on the
ground. must be submitted 10 them beforehand
and have their approval. They viii secure
United States garrison Gags for hoisung on the
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One committee that is practically through
its work IL the committee on badges, Of which
Mr.. George Gibson Is chairman. The STAR has
already given an account Of the designs chosen
by the committee.
The encampment badge win be Is follows:
The pin bar is Of hre bronze, with medallion
bust Of Warrington and inscription "Washing-
ton, September, 1892" Suspended from yell
low silk ribbon, on which the monogram sc. A.
r." il woven In red, white and blue, is bronze
medal with toriated border lettered Member
Twenty-sixth National Encampmens," with
center medal of silver showing the Capitol.
On the reverse Is . silver medal showing the
grand review Of the army in 1895, with bronze
border lsttersd Presented by the citizens Of
Warrington, D. c."
The badge for the various citizens commit
tees win be Of bronze, showing the coat-of-arms
of the District, with the words '.Citixens' Exec
utive COMMITTEES, District of Columbia" and
reverse OF laurel wreath, suitably insoribed.
Upon q white ailk ribbon from which The medal
Il suspended is stamped in gold letters The
name Of the committee. The committee q com-
posed Of George Gibson. chairman; John Cam
eron, secretary; George z. Corson. samuel a.
Lswis, Simeon II. Merrill, William q. Rupp and
Matthew Gimhlo.
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Arrnnsemsnts In Progress for EnsertasniDg
Auxiliary Orvsaizassona.


~ rreerss TOT entertaining
A"Hhsry orBs"isassSns.
The subcommittee Of the W. r. O., Ladies' Of
the @. A. r. and other examinations of p.tri.
otto woman a. .o,,,,,,.a - 1000. "a,
-, fN..~ --... 800
sno 10TH an eAecua'e cem"a@ee' OF vnlen
Miss Cla1 Barton Is chairman. The WORK that
it has accomplished since is formation IL quite
in Keeping with its imposing and lensthv titla
The vonen,, .,a.,,;vs c,,nr,;t,.. 900, -,.s
......-n,- a. 49,
steady effort. and LOOKS forward with un-
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tie, jr.

"You may say" said Mr.. E. B. Hay, chair
man of the committee on music, ''that We are
making splendid progress. One beautiful fea-
ture of our work will be the singing of patriotic
songs by 500 or more school children. II is
probable that a great stand will be erected
south of the treasury and the children placed
on it. We propose to SO arrange and costume
the children, boys and girls, that they will
represent an immense copy Of the stars and
stripes. That is, in one corner. the upper left
hand corner, the children will wear blue to
represent the field of the flag, while here and
there, in proper position, there will be children
dressed in white to represent the stars. Then,
running out from the children who will repre-
sent the field Of the flag and its stars, win be
lines of children SO dressed az to represent the
stripes of the flag. A line of red, q line Of white
line OF blue, and 80 on. We believe the
effect will be as beautiful ss it surely is novel
The children will sing as the great procession
passes the stand, the bands in the procession
ceasing to play, OF course. as they approach the
stand The children viii probably be taken
from the high schools Of the District, and they
will soon begin practicing their songs. There
will certainly be at least 100 bands in the pro-
cession, and probably more. They will come
from every part Of the country, and will COM
prise all OF the great ones. In fact the number
of bands IL the procession will probably be the
largest which ever appeared before in one pro-
cession. Another thing which the committee
Is working upon is an arrangement by which q
uniformity Of time will be preserved by each
band, SO that every man in the procession will
keep step with every other man in it. This
matter has not yet been satisfactorily COM
pleted, but We have no doubt Of its entire sue
cess"
Mr.. Hays associates on the committee are:
Chris. Arth, ST., Chris A. -Arth, jr., Robert
Ball, Frank Barbarin. F. A. Bird, c. G. Boil
Inger, c. N. d. Browne, r. R. Browner, P. W.
Coleman, r. F. Cardella, Albert I. Coumbe
Marshall Cushing, L. b. Cutler, William H.
Daniel. Joseph Daniel, George A. Darling, F. 8.
Deland, J. ". Deneane, Henry Donch, W. F.
Dorsey, J. G. Erck, Granville Fernald, Anton
Fischer. W. A. Flint, J. b. Gage, 1. Cans, J. 8.
Garrison, James B. Green, l.. E. Gridley,
Charles W. Hancock. A. Hart, DR.. J. T.
Hensley. ]. H. Hoagland, DR.. Joseph Jouy
Ernest F. King, Louis NJ. Kruger, H. Tinker,
D. F. MCGOWAN, Frank Metzerott, L. s. Morti-
mer, George H. Paddon, H. Parker, Salvador
Petrola, Frank Pistorio, W. B. Powell, J. p.
Reed, August Schroeder, George d. Scott,
Hubbard 7. Smith, A. r. Springstein, John
Philip Sousa, Nathan Stein, Edgar z. Stone,
Chris Storm, A. J. Terry, E. d. Tracy. William
Wsldecker, Louis Weber, Allen Wright, Louis
Il. Wild, Edward A. Williams DR.. 4. II. Wit
Yner, Leonard c. Wood and Warren Young.
HALLS FOR THE MEETINGS.
"What little we have had 10 do in the matter
of engaging halls has long since been attended
to-" remarked Mr.. George W. Driver, the chair
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the finest and most Handsomely decorated halls
ever used by either Of these organizations. We
have been told, too, BY those Who have attended
most Of the sncampmsuts Of the @. A. r. that
Albaugh's Opera House win be the iargest and
best arranged hall ever used By The @. A. r.
And can assure you that 1t viii be decorated
in q manner that VIII both surprise and delight
every one. The city viii also be Handsomely
decorated, but II b . httle too early for rs TO
state Jus. how. In fact, We have not yet def
nitely decided upon our plans. But they win
Be immsnss, assurs you."
Mr.. Drivers assoGAsss on the committee are,
Walter Hewstt, secretary; Harrison s. barbour,
Charles L Beatty, samuel Bisber, Archie Blisn,
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GOOD NEWS FOR MINERS.
The % so Basis Reached for the First Tim
I'm Nears.

The $3.50 Basis Reached for the First Time
I'm Nears.
An announcement wss made last night which
is cheering news to every resident Of The sn-
thracite coal regions. IL IL that the ca 80 basis
for wages at the mines has been reached, this
being the first time this happy consunmssaon
has occurred in three yeara IL 10 due 10 the
enhanced prices realized for coal
The rate OF wages is based upon the
price Of coal at Schuylkiu Haven When The
selling price there 10 o. 90 ton an established
schedule of wages is paid 10 miners and mine
workers. Deductions from and additions 10
this schedule are made rs the selling price falls
below or asoends above ease . ton. All the
collieries make returns monthly. Five Of thsss
are drawn by n committee representing, but In
dependent of, operators and men The average
is struck and the result declared. and this is
binding not only on the big Philsdeluhia and
heading Coal and Iron Company, bus ON most
of the other mining companies and operstou
well.
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Worlds Fair swindiers.

A gang Of svindlers, who have been carrying
on their operations in London under twelve
different aliases, and who had branches and
sumerous agents in Psris, were yesterday con-
victed ard sentenced to terms Of imprisonment
ranging from nix months 70 twelve ysarA.
The swindleu induced persons 10 part with
their money on the strength q thar rsnossen-
tations that hey would secure for theu lucra-
tive situations ct the Chicago Columbian ex-
srtic,es sent 10 The fair By thoss intending 70
EXHIBIT there.
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One OF tho most important committees will
be that Of public information, OF which Mr.
John R. Carmody is chairman. Speaking Of
the work Of his committee Mr.. Carmody said:
1--WE will establish at convenient points through
out the city, at the Junction Of the street rail-
ways, at the railroad stations. in front Of the
public buildings and at such other convenient
points as may be suggested, about twenty
booths. In each booth will be stationed two or
three intelligent men, perfectly familiar with
the city, whose sole duty 1t will be to furnish
strangers with information. Each booth will
be supplied with maps Of the city, guide books,
railroad time tables and such other literature az
may be Of service. OF course every thing will
be furnished free Of charge. including maps,
guide books and all similar literature. These
booths will be open from a.. IN. to p. m, and
the men in charge Of them will be neatly uni
formed. We are now engaged in training q
number Of men who will form the nucleus Of the
information corps, and 1 am sure that no
stranger will be at a loss for information, no
matter what may be its character
NJ. Tenney Ross Is secretary of Mr.. Carmody's
committee; the other members are Marcus Baker
L. h. Brown, r. G. Carter, L. K. Devendorf,
Charles q. Dickson, George Fl. French, Thomas
s. Hopkins, A. A. Eosmer, D. A. Irwin, Thomas
]. Lasier, Charles F. Lewis, John H. Magruder,
J. o. Manson, DR.. c. F. Rand and Leroy Tut
tie, jr.
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George Breftbarth. J. Fl. Bnscher. James B.
Colt, William Dickson. 4. 2. DinsInore. DR.. A.
p. Pardon, Ross 4. Fish. Albert Gleason, Edwin
n. Gay, H /. Gregory. J. r. Cullen. A. T. Hen
sey. Thomas p. Kalbfus, I. d. Kelleher, Ohm
e. Henna, Charles W. King, James Lansburg
William D. Mack, Daniel J. Macarty. Herold c.
]. Moylan, r. J. O'Neil, James ". Radcliffe
John Rudden. A. B. Run. Frank Schwarz. O.
Maurice Smith, John Philip Sousa. Myer Stras-
burger, N. E. Urefi, K. W. Whitaker, Levi
Woodbury.
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Broke the Record From H.vre.

The steamer La Touraine arrived ct New
York last night. She has beaten the record from
Havre, making the voyage in six days, seven
teen hours, thirty minutes and has also eclipsed
all previously daily runs of any steamship, hav-
ing made 52s miles in one day. She had two
days dense fog and was Obliged to slow down.
These are her daily runs: SIS, 40, 475, 49i, sol,
zS5 and 2s1.
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Gen. Albert Ordway is chairman of the COM
mittee on military organizations. Neither he
nor his committee has as yet had q great deal
to do, and the probabilities are that overwork
will not be easily possible. 1t is not expected
that many organizations other than Grand
Army posts and societies will be here in Sep
TENDER
1.-The committee on military organizations ~
said Gen. Ordway, sis prepared to Hospitality
entertain any visiting companies. So far we
have not heard that any are coming and 1t is
not likely that any will, but if there should be
few, why, they will receive every attention.
Members Of the committee are: Maj Frank
Aldrich, Maj. F. A. Butts, Gen. Cecil Clay, Capt
J. NJ. Edgar, ". II. Michael, Col. William @.
Moore, Capt. J. F. Oyster, Lieut. Col NJ E.
Urell, Lieut. Col G. S. Walton
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man OF the committee
on halls and decora-
lions. ave have en-
gagged Albaugh's Opera
House for the G. A. r.
convention. and Harris
Iheater for that OF the
Union Veteran Union.
We have not yet given
out the contracts for
the decorations Of these
halls, and therefore 10
is too early to state Just
exactly how they viii
be decorated. But this
II ~vsll g., xhow TN ~
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Mr.. Isadore Saks, the chairman Of the COM
mittee on privileges and advertising, said: ''we
have done very little, for we have little to do.
The contract for the official program has, as has
been stated in The STAR, been given to the
Allen Advertising Company Of this city, and
the handsomest gotten up program Of any
previous encampment will be the result. We
have received number Of applications for per-
mission 10 sell canes and medals, and also from
persons who wish to erect refreshment stands,
but the committee has no right to grant such
permission, for that is a matter for the District
Commissioners. There has been no occasion
FOR any advertising for the reason that the
press have very kindly published every item Of
news concerning the encampment."
The other members Of Mr.. Saks' committee
are Geo. A Lewis (secretary). Charles Baum,
w. d. Clark, J. Z. De Jester. r. Goldschmid,
o. Q. Green, W. A. Hungerford. R. S. Lacey,
Waiter Middleton. Seaton Perry. W. P. Seville.
Emfnons Smith, q. w. Stinernetz
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The duties OF the committee on printing are
70 supervise such printing as may be referred
10 1t and ordered by the executive committee.
This committee also has charge Of any design
Ing and printing Of publications that may
be authorised BY the executive COMMITTEES.
Thus far the printing committee has not had
much rsferred 70 1t, but ~ the time for the on
campment draws near and Invitations, pro-
grams, 3d.. become necessary there win nm
eoobtsdly b much for il 10 do.
H. chairman Of the printing committee,
Capt. VIM. y. Meredith, was selected becsuse
Of his peculiar fitness for the duties that WIN
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The work Of the committee on grand stands,
parks and reservations, Of which Mr. o. G..
Staples is chairman, is as well advanced as
there Is any necessity for at this time Two
large stands will be erected by the committee,
one in front of the White House. for the use Of
the President and party, and tho other in front
OF the State, War and Navy Department, for
the use of the War Department officials and
other guests. The other reservations along the
line Of the parade will be used for stands for
the general public, and the privilege Of erecting
such stands will be rented out to private parties,
and the committee will shortly advertise for
bids for such privileges.
The members Of the committee are O. G..
Staples, chairman; Frank T. Rawlings, secre-
tary; s. 8. Bond, L. NJ. Saunders G. De Witt,
George W: Stickney, G. c. Duncanson, Ross
Thompson, W. Clarence Duvall, DIR. Joseph NJ.
Toner, W. W. Eldridge. Lemuel Towers, jr.,
John y. Larner, Henry 4. Willard, Samuel
Ross, Henry A. Willard.
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THE ENCAMP MENT.
Preparations in Progress for Welcom
ing the Veterans.
THE PARADE AND REVIEW
Novel Features TO Re Observation-Disclosures
From Chsirmen of Committees Obtained
by ",tar" Reporter--PIausM ade by Differ
snt Cornmitt-es-The Finances.

T GOES WITHOUT
saying that it requires
q great deal OF careful
planning and wise finan-
cial management to
properly provide for
the reception and en-
tertainment Of such a
throng Of visitors rs il
expected to attend the
annual encampment Of
the Grand Army, which
will be held in this city
IN September. The en-
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IRISH MEMBERS pIsrRUsrFUI.

The Irish party are not entirely treasured in
spite of liberal declarations that home rule will
be expedited, and until Mr.. Gladstone adds the
assurance of an immediate dissolution Of parlia-
ment il the house of lords reject the bill a
suspicion viii haunt them that they will be used
to carry the Newcastle program and be then
thrown aside.
Both McOarthyites and Parnellites are pos-
sessed Of an idea that il Mr.. Gladstone, after
passing the lone man one vote" and other
measures Of the Newcastle program, went to
the country and got British working majority,
home rule would become smoke. Now, having
him on the hip, they will throw him unless he
makes home rule his first and final aim. The
McCarthyites at preliminary meeting on We'd
nesday in the committee room Of the house Of
commons viii reaffirm this policy.
The McCarthyites finances are improving,
but twenty-six Of their number will require
monetary assistance to enable them to attend
day by day to their duties in parliament. The
payment Of members will be early proposed
A bill dealing with the matter can pass without
the assent of the house Of lords by putting the
vote Of money on the estimates, which the
lords are powe rless to touch.
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working one with which she has ever been
connected. At the meeting last Monday, when
she delivered this opinion. smile lit up every
face and the thrill Of satisfaction that went
skurrying around that room absolutely seemed
to be having . slight effect on the rising
Thermometer
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Hx-Cssv. Hsrain q lflsssurl Dead.
Ex-0ov o. h Hardin died ct his home 81
Mexiso, No., yesterday morning Gov. Hardin
not unexpected
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21
Volcanic Islands sinking.

Letters received from the British ship
Egg, ria. which has been engaged for a
considerable time on sounding opera
tions in the South Pacific, state that she
has just completed survey OF the Tn
ion group of islands, and line CT sound
ings has been carried from those islands
to Fiji, and thence 10 Tonga, for the
purpose of cable laying, should cable
at any time be deemed necessary.
On the first OF October the Egg ria left
Tonga for the Falcon Island, one OF the
Tonga group, which was thrown up five
years ago by volcanic eruption, and
was then stated 10 be five miles wide;
but to the surprise OF the scientific
officers on board, they found II to be
only about half its original size. The
place proved to be Composed entirely Of
volcanic cinders, with small, hot, sui
phuric springs here and there, and in
some few places the ground was so hot
as to render walking exceedingly un-
comfortable and in places actually dan
gerous.
Lieutenant Maresceaux and party OF
men were employed in putting up mark
flags for surveying purposes, and had
placed a mark on the highest point OF
land on the island, about two hundred
and fifty feet from the level OF the sea,
and about twenty yaIds from the ex-
tremity of the cliff. Soon after this
work ha been completed those on board
saw large mass of ground fall away
into the sea, and this was followed by o
white vapor which rose from. the water.
In less than three days from the hoist
ing OF this mark the Flagstaff erected by
Lieutenant Maresceaux and his party
had completely disappeared with the
whole of the intervening ground between
II and the sea.
Many pieces Of the cinders which cover
this yolcanic head have been taken on
board the Egerla, and although very
much resembling coke, when placed IN
the fire they run off in liquid form. II
is thought that should there be no further
upheaval this island Will be entirely
submerged In few years.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-04-21
Mnm,nnth IIhraries.

The largest library in the world is
that at Paris, which contains upward
of 1000, 900 printed books and 100, 600
manuscripts. Between the imperial
library at st. Petersburg and the
British museum there is not much
difference. In the British museum
there are about 1880, 1000 volumes.
The royal library of Munich has now
something over 900, 900, but this in
cludes many pamphlets; the royal
library at Berlin contains 500, 900
volumes; the library at Copenhagen
$40, 1000; the library at Dresden, $780,
900; the university library at Coffin
gen, Germany, 600,0 900. The royal
library at Vienna has 400, 900 vol
umes and the university library in
the same city $40, 200 volumes. At
Buda-Pcsth the university library has
300, 900 books; the corresponding Ii
brary at 'Cracow nearly the same
number, and at Prague POS, 600.