Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-10-01

] Republic which was called together this i morning. The encampent Is a represen- tative body composed of l147 delegates, | one chosen from each of the various | departments, others allotted on the bas- Is of membership of the departments, and others members of the encampment | by virtue of present or past officers in i the national organization.
 1 The encampnent is the legislative body or congress of the order. It elects | the Commander in Chief and other na- tional officers, receives their reports, reviews their administration and out | lines directs the policy to be followed | by the G, A. k. acting as a unit. This encampment IS not expected to have any particularly knotty and difficult | questions to settle. The selection of a new set of officers, the determination of the time and plsce for holding the next encampment, a discussion of the long standing issues of life mem bershIp in the national encampment, the ques- tion of increasing slightly the annual capital tax, and possibly discussion of the advisability of petitioning congress for change in the pension laws, are per haps the first matters to come before the encampment.
 | At Baugh's Grand Opera House, the largest building of the kind in the city, was the place of meeting of the 26th encampment, and at 1925, with about half the delegates in their seats, Com mapder in- Chief Palmer rapped for order as he stood behind large base | drum far a rostrum. Commissioner | Douglas, of the District of Columbia, was introduced and read an address of welcome in behalf of the citizens of 1 Washington. Shortly after II o'clock | General Palmer called the encampment to order and it was opened in due form. | The committee on credentials made a report after which Commander-in-chief | Palmer began reading hls annual ad- | dress, which was frequently interrup- ted by loud applause. At the conclusion of the address the reports O. the Adju- taut General, Quartermaster General, Surgeon General and Judge Advocate General were submitted.
 l Indianapolis has been selected for the place of meeting of the G. A. R. encamp- ment next year.
 ALBANY, Sept. 24.-Labor Commis- sioner, Charles Peck and his stenograph- CT E. l.. Rogers appeared in the court of sessions thls morning with counsel Indictments against them were for felon- | iously removing and destroying public | papers, Both men stood up to plead when their counsel interrupted and asked an adjournment saying he would be very busy until Tuesday. The Dis trict Attorney said ne wished the case to come to trial as oon as possible but the matter was finally postponed to Wednesday next. Each man gave Sl ,OO( bonds.
 SANDUsKY, O., Sept. 24.-Major-Gen- eral John Pope died last night.
 DENVER, Sept 24-J. H. Kelly, 6 | gambler, this morning shot and instant | ly killed hls mistress and then blew his brains out. Jealousy supposed to be | the cause.
 NEW HAMPTON, Iowa, Sept. 24-Twc | freight trains on the Chicago and Great
 Western Railroad collided this morning Four employees were killed, and three others fatally injured.
 | BERLIN, Sept, 24.-The Cholera sit
 uation today was more serious than al any previous time. Twelve suspicious cases have been taken to the hospital and one died few hours after admit | ance. --
 PITTsBURG, Pa, Sept. 24-Hugh | ODonnel was refused bail this morn
 ing by Judge Porter and will be com, pelled to remain in jail until his trial.
 CAMP Low, N. J. Sept. 24.-Five hun- dred of the Normannia'S passengers were put aboard of steamers this morn | ing and will be landed in New York be- ! fore nightfall.
 Disenfecting process has utterly ruined all their baggage.
 WASHINGTON, Sept, 24.-The annual report of the government directors of | the Union Pacific Railway has been re- | ceived by the Secretary of the Interior. The prosperity of the company IS stat ed to bs in the highest degree satisfac- tory. From local causes the operative system Tn the north west Oregon lines have suffered considerable loss of earn | ings but large and general improvement | upon all other portions the system has more than compensated for It. WASHINGTON. Sept. 23.-The National Woman Suffragists' nominating Conven- tien met here yesterday and nominated Mrs Victoria Woodruff Martin of New York and London for President of the United States, and Mrs. Mary Stowe of California for Vice. President.
 The platform asks that election offi- cers throughout the country allow says: By the united efforts of the women vot CTS of the Nation we will drive anarchy, crime; insanity and drunkenness from our midst by Humanitarian efforts backed by the ballot"
 CoLUMBs, (Ga.,) Sept, 23.-During a third party meeting here today Mrs. Lease characterized the Atlanta Journal as lying sheet" and its representative as "liar." A repoI ter who got affidavits in Pulaski regarding Weaver was on the stage and stated that he had affidavits in his pocket to prove the cOrrecCness of the Journals report and would read them.
 Weaver declared that he should not, as he (Weaver) had engaged the house. Great confusion ensued. The reporter was finally removed from the stage. He told Weaver that Mrs. LOase's sex pro lCClCu nCI. Out hOuANl HUH lAAC llC III the teeth of any man who would step out as her champion.
 HOMESTEAD, Sept. 23.-The action of the grand jury in returning 169 indict- ments against strikers has created profound sensation here, not unmixed with apprehension.
 PITTsBURG, Sept. 23.-True bills were found by the grand jury today against Col. Hawkins, Lient-COl. StreeJor and Surgeon Grimm, of the Tenth Regiment N. G. P, for assault and battery on Private Iams. Two indictments were returned against the defendants.
 ST. LOUIS, Sept. 26.-The remains of Major General John Pope was inferred | here today with military honors.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26.-The press reports will be delayed owing to wire