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none are planned. so that every thing looks
10 q harmonious and short convention ses-
RELIEF CORPS DEPARTMENTS.

The sunhower Representatives Make q
Splendid Showing at the Denison.
The headquarters of the Department Of
Kansas are simply gorgeous In their deco
~rstions of sunflowers; there are hundreds
of them. Two diagonal bars of s~unfowers
reach clear across the doors leading TO the
apartments. On the east wall are letters
two feet tall. G.. A. K. done in sunflowera
and on the opposite side of the apartment
are the letters. w. X. c., In the same name
moth style. There 10 O dado of American
flags and huge fans of them In the corners
All the Kansas people are decorated with
sunfiowers. and they have a bushel of them
to use in decorating their friends. The de-
partment banner is O handsome thing.
with giant sunfiowers and some particu-
larly fat s~un1owers blossom about the
walls. 1t is a suntiower crowd, too. for,
despite the drouth and the other discour-
sgements. they are q hsppy-hearted lot OF
people.
The department. president. Mrs. Lucy
Reed Jones, of Norton, 10 accompanied by
her daughter. Miss Lulu Jones. who 10 the
Among the officers and delegates who are
present are Mrs. Ellen Kimball. Manbes-
tan; Mrs. Maud Gerow. Atchison, past de-
partment i. and i. officer; Mrs. Barbara L.
Pond. Fort Scott; Mrs. Anna Guthrie. an.
kansas City; Mrs. Hattie r. Riley. Eldora-
do; Mrs. Jennie b. Marsh. Manhattan; Mrs.
Jennie Bailitf. Glen Elder; Mrs. Helena
Mason. Wicbita; Mrs. Evalina Bradford,
Concordia. department. treasurer; MIRA
Julia Mccarthy, Larned. i. and l. officer;
Mrs. Ida Wilson. Moore. department cour-
eelor. Other ladies in the Kansas delega-
tion are: Mrs. w. III. Mcbride. wife of tho
former Commissioners of Insurance.: Miss
Nora Mccarthy; Mrs. A b. Campbell, To-
peka: Miss Grace Jones, Norton; Mrs. VI.
+. Houser, Newton Mrs. Anna b. Hinkle.
Emporis; Mrs. Lydia 3. Shepard. Wichita;
Mrs. SPARKS. Pittsburg. wife OF the depart
meEt chaplain; Mrs. Marian Eastman wife
OF the quartermaster. and Mrs. Ronny. Of
Emporla.
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Came Overland from Missouri.

There il one veteran at this encampment
who came overland all the way from the
northwestern part of Missouri. His name
is Otto P,essner. and he brought along his
wife and FIVE children, and they are the
guests of the family of Col. ID. c. Shaw.
They travelled In o wagon especially fitted
up for the purpose, and from here they
will 20 to the worlds fair on their re-
turn trip. 1t took them twelve days TO
make the trip. they arriving here Sunday
afternoon. Mr.. Plessner belonged to the
Second Ohio Heavy ARTILLERY. and learned
the trade of q carriage maker under Col.
Shaw. having removed to Missouri in 1868.
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It's Timely Protest Against the Resolutions
of the Late Farnham Post.
Quite a delegation is in the city from
Lafayette Post No. 40. of New York city,
being in charge of Col. T.. G.. Tucker.
man. This is one of the famous
posts of the country. 1t Is represented
on the staff of the commander-in-chief
by comrades Tuokerman. Geo. w. Pam
coast. A. N. Credner. Joh H.. Cook George
I. Edgar and Chas. +. Homer. The past
and present membership of the post EN-.
braces such men at Chauncey NJ. Depew.
Gen. c. III. L. Collins. Cen. +. G. Bar
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Two Long R.nce" Comrades.

Coufrade j. j. Craige. of the Nineteenth
Indiana. extends into the air over six feet.
but he says that the first bullet sent for
him early in the day at Games Mil could
do nothing more than cripple his toe.
If IL rs true that men In battle usually
shOot too high, il is a wonder that com
rade Bryan. of Washington county,
Pennsylvania, did not fall among
the frst. His towering figure
might have been sighted AMI picked of by
the gunners at long range. as be stands
seven feet high. He attracted much atten-
tion at the Washington convention. anu 10
no less an object of interest here. Men.
women and children. and even street-car
drivers. halt and look around at sight of
his lank and altitudinous figure.
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Fl. NJ. Carter, delegate from Madison: Mrs
Palmer. of Norfolk; Mrs. Drew. OF
Nebraska City: Mrs. j.. l.. Evaris. wife of
Assistant Acknowledgment; Mrs. Emma
Gillespie. Mrs. Annie L. Church. national
aid and past department j. aud l. officer.
The Department of Nebraska has a large
representation here. and the w. X. {. work
is carried on In a muniiicent manner. con-
siderIng tue population and wealth of the
State. There are q great many old soldiers
in Nebraska. and the world nas not always
treated them well. but In the hands OF
these noble women they are sure 10 be
cared for.
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among them some
very charming wom-
en-. Mrs. Charlotte j.
Cummingsis the Pres
ident. She has held
almost every impor.
tant office in the or
der. and Is not onl
inherently q patriotl'
woman. but il stu
further interested IN
the inspired work fol
the veteran and his
cause from ;no fact
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Tax Commissioners.

The State Tax Commission did not meet
hold a session this morning. 1t is very
doubtful that any work can be accom-
plished. owing TO the confusion at the State
honse. The members of the board would
very much prefer TO adjourn for the week,
but as the time for transactiDg the busi-
ness Is limited &c will be necessary TO get In
every possible hours work.
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All the members of fhe Mary Logan
Cadets are daughters of veterans. The
captain, color bearer and drummer-boy are
males. and the rest of the company consist
OF. First Lieutenant Sadie Chapman. First
Sergeant Clara Meye r. Second Sergeant
NJ nd Westervelt. First Corporal Stella
Miller. cadeItsStella Ryan; Lucy Koegile,
Ella Dodson. Jennie Elder. May Forgreve,
Mamie Hymrod. Clara Hoermle. Leila
Miller, EunIce Monroe. Edith Smith. Laura
Tyler. Maggie Tyler.
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comrades of Post Is. Gen.. LOUIS Grund,
p"st senior vice department commander of
Missouri. is always on band TO lend his
assistance for the welfare of the post.
Captain Martin Scherer. the adjutant of
the post. Is a hustler and ready at all times
to further the interest of each and every
comrade. and his popularity Is manifested
on all occasions: has been adJutsnt of Has
sendeubel Post ten years, and still holds
the post.
The post arrived with q special train
Sunday evening. with two hundred CON-
rades IN line. and fifty comrades of Col.
Meriman Post. Headed By the indianapolis
Military Band. it marched through the
principal streets, making n fine showing,
greeted every where with cheers. Tne
headquarters OF the post is at Socisle Turn
Halle, on Maryland street
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remarked yesterday by one of its old
presidents. there IS plenty of time to scare
ND q quarrel" Still it is not likely
that there will be any ''scrapping" matches
In the convention, though quite a number
of the delegates are members of the lady
board of managers" who were stampeded
in Chicago by the belligerent lady from st.
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and that Is with the ption OF a decor
atOr who thought it necessary TO attach q
scroll to the hand of the statue of Governor
Morton announcing q welcome to the u. A.
r. 1t Is superfluous. There isn't one of US
boys but knows that wherever Morton was
there was always u welcome To the old SOL
diers: and, besides that, it looks too cheap,
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Mrs. Jennie b. Atwood. and delegate-at-
large. Mrs. Amanda Covert. Mrs. Abbie j.
Whittier. national junior e-president.
accompanied New Jersey. Among other
New JERSEY aides are: Past Department
Inspector Mrs. Addie Hall. Miss Maggie
Fitzpatrick. Mrs. rizzie kintz. wife OF the
Adjutant- general of the State.
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Nebraska Department.

The Department of Nebraska arrived
Sunday evening. and is located at 242a
North illinois street. Mrs. Mollie c. Hsrds.
the department president. is accompanied
by her secretary, Mrs. Gertrude Hsrr Con-
rell. Other members of the delegation are
Mrs. Mollie b. Cook. delegate at large; Mrs.
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Gen. Lew Wallace Indisposed.

Gen. Lew Wallace, grand commander OF
the Loyal Legion. complains of indisposi-
ton. his health having been poor for sew
eral days.
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Loyal Legion at Columbia Club.

1oyai LeSiOu AT SoiuInDih SiuOs
By the courtesy of the Columbia Club
their clubhouse on Monument Place is So
cial headquarters for the Loyal Legion
during the week. A number of the men,
bers called yesterday. and there were
many pleasant reunions. No formal exer-
discs were held, and the day was marked
by pleasant hospitality. Among the
visiting IN bers OF the legion who
called yesterday were O.. +. Herriott. st.
Louis: II. de b. Clay. Jew port News. Va;
Joseph ii. Barker. New York; William III.
Brodhead. Denver; b. +. BuzarG, St.
Joseph. Mo-: j. +. Demiston. Pittsburg: w.
NJ. Meredith. Chicago; William /. Clay ton,
Bangor. Me-: George H.. Boardman. Taco
ma; ID. N. Foster. Fort Wayne; j.. c. Wal
lace. Lebanon. Ind; DR.. Lorenzo Truner.
Providence, K. l.; Dr.. George 5.
Courtrlght. Llthopolis. o.; Ii. ID.
Van Horn. Denver: C.. w. Pierce,
Lincoln. Neb.: A. Allen, Nebraska City;
b. +. Powers. Chadron. Neb.; w. c. Starr.
Richmond; H.. b. sawyer. f.. A. Thompson,
Wainwright Cushing, H. c. Vaughan, of
Maine; Nj. l.. Bundy. New Castle: w. +.
Shelley, New Castle; John II. Rsper. Chill
licothe. o.; VIM. Gibson. Washington, ID.
c.: John II. Cryer. Philadelphia; II. w.
Lawton, Washington; ID. :. Hartman.
Kansas City: Joseph A. Kaufman, Phila-
delphis; Stephen Wheeler aud w. III.
Clayton. Fort Smith. Ark; A.. A. Tufts.
Camden. n. j.; Isaiah Price. Philadelphia;
and A. X. Lincoln, Maine.
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that her husband oIIowed the stars and
stripes through eighteen battles of the
war. The Department. of Pennsylvania 10
q big one. and does al immense amount OF
relief work. The delegatesand officers are
nearly all present Mrs. Abbie j. Lynch.
of Allegheny. 10 secretary; Martha sher-
man. of Kendall Creek. treasurer. The
senior vice president 10 Elizabeth BiEk.
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IL made) be sent to the assistant adjutant gen.
erals o. the u. A. r., furnishing 10 the assistant
adlutant general or each department a number
OF snch lists clearing the names only OF the
applicants residing in that department. or Statel
equal TO the number or posts In such depart
ment: such lists To be distributed zone
To each post in such Department. with
Instructions 10 report within thirty (30J days
any facts bearing on the said applications that
can be ascertained by such post as 10 any appli-
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DIED AT ANDERsoNvILLE.

How Captain Henry Founa n List of $500
Names and What lie Did with It.
Speaking of Andersonville, Captain Hen
~, of o New York battery, was telling
that a few years ago. while going east to
his old home, no stopped over night at
Omaha with q comrade. During the even.
ing the comrade mentioned that some time
before there had been left with him an old
bundle of papers by an acquaintance. who
told him to look them over some time. He
had never looked them over. and really did
not know what their contents were; and so.
togesher that evening. we opened the old
package and found that il contained pack.
ages OF tickets giving the hrst 5000 deaths
Now. We had lost a part OF our battery.
and had never afterwards heard from
them. Tho boys all lived In the neigh
borbood where / was brought up, and
/ we'll remember the sorrow OF the parents
of those boys when We got home. They
never heard from them. but there was oil ways
the hope that they would some time come
back. but they never did. Well. ! hadn't
gone very far In that stack OF tickets until
l found the name OF one OF the boys. and
before | got through l had found three Of
their names among those who had flrst
died at Andersonville. lsuppose the Others
died later. l lust kept those tickets. In
tending TO clear mp some OF the mystery OF
u ulioSluB COulEhucS. hiuOue IA VI
my errands. when ] got home, was TO hunt
up the parents of those boys. / will
always remember the first visit L made. l
knocked at the door. and found all that
was lett of the family was the old
gray-haired mother. and she was living
with q married daughter. They were more
than giau To see NE. After chatting awhile
1 asked the mother If she had ever heard
anything from her son; she had not, and
my reference to the subject seemed to give
her pain. Well i said, mother. / have
had some word and handed ner the yell
lowed old ticket that told of his death at
Andersonville. Friends. i diGn't take any
moro of those tickets around. i sent the
rest of them by mail. l never want again
to be the witness OF such grief as was
shown by that sorrowinR ola mother. She
had too vivid an idsa of what death In
Andersonyille meantr
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A superhuous Scroll.

A well-dressed Grand Army man from the
= st. al or a survey of the monument .ssid:
. only one fault TO lind with the affair.
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CARPETs-Eastman. SchIelcher 81 Lee.

SETS of the g.. A. X. edition of The jour-
nal. Sept. 2 TO s. inclusive. will be sent to
any address for IS cents.
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Old Sixth Regiment that Was Stoned
at Baltimore Has Many
Members Present.
LAFAYETTE, OF NEW YORK
Col. Hassendeubel Post, of st.
Louis, Biggest in Missouri.
Regimental Headquarters-SOme Good
Stories Among the Veterans
Personal Notes.

EMBERS OF THE
Boston delegation
wear n little medal
of which they are ex-
tremely proud. On
the ribbon reads 'Old
Sixth" and on the
medal Is inscrib bed
First in the Field"
The Sixth was the
famous gimen
that was stoned at
Baltimore. After the
riot General Butler
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Department of Pennsylvania
The Department. of Pennsylvania. w. II.
C.. is located at the Denison. and there are
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Many Of the Departments Are Here
and Have Their Headquarters
Arranged.
OVER THE CITY IN CARRIAGES
Members of the Visiting Organi
cations Highly Entertained.
Author of the Encampment Hymn
Daughters of Recommendations
Personal Notes.

THE RELIEF CORPS
badges are getting thickerin
the rowds, and where two or
three get together there is q
buzz over who shall be the
next national president. 1t
will take Q particularly
strong woman to follow
Mrs. WicKins. For almost
the first year in it's history
there are no uglv Quarrels
TO be settled in the national
---s~. Sh4nnh oa ~ao
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Department of Ma..achu.e,ts.

In company with the Grand Army vet.
Grams on the train from Boston were the
ladies representing the Department of Mas
sachusetts at the present session of the
Womsn's Relief Corps. Fully forty OF
them were driven to their headquarters as
the benson. Among them were Past
National President Mary q. Deane; Mrs.
Emile L. Clark. president of the Depart
ment of Massachusetts,; Mrs. l.. A. Turner,
past national vice president: Mrs. 4. Is.
Wheeler. past national secretary; Mrs. c.
Il. Loud. past department president; Mrs.
IL. l.. Reed. president of the pension com.
mittee. and Mrs. Eva L. Cook. Departments
junior president; Mrs. Mary l.. Knowles. OF
Summerville. q past department president.
now national chaplain. and Miss Elliott.
of Summerville. who has been department
secretary for years. and who is special cor
respondent of Boston papers. The Massa-
chusetts delegation 10 one OF the largest
and finest In the national department.
The women composing 1t are brainy and
cultured. and prominent IN philanthropio
work of all kinds. They do a big lot OF
relief work. and the old soldiers in that
department get the best Of care.
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New Jersey Relief Corps.


The Department of New Jersey is located
at No. as East Walnut street. where its
bright president. Mrs. Emma j.. Southwick.
is ready TO entertain all her friends She 10
accompanied by her department treasurer.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-03-19
saws cr,.pi Cot some of the Money.

PARIS, March Isle Rappel, Radi-
cal. states that the liQuidator OF estate
of the late Baron Reinsch has commun-
icated TO the Committee OF Investiga-
ton of the Chamber OF Deputies q doc
ument which belonged TO Baron Rein.
ach. and which gives the names and
dates OF various Panama payments In
Guiding one payment OF $4,000 fran
alleged to have been made TO Sigz&
Crispi the former Premier Of Italy. The
statement OF the Rappel has caused q
sensation.
NJ. Weller, magistrate, takes the place
OF NJ. FranQueville as exsming magis-
trate in the Panama cases during the
absence Of NJ. Franqueville on q vaea'
ton.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-03-19
Gave away the Plan.

OSHKOSH. Wis, March ls.-Ferdin-
and Thrun, the Romeo saw mill owner
who obtained 500, 900 worth OF life in
surance and then burned his house hav-
ing placed there a skeleton by which
thought his wife could establish his
death and collect the. insurance, is now
In the county Jail. He broke down and
made full confession. Thrun claims
that L. G. Hanson, Of Chicago. was the
inventor of the plot, and that he was
but q. tool According to his statement
Hanson also furnished the money TO
pay the premiums. A $4,000 policy Is
sued by the Northwestern Mutual Life,
OF this city, has been returned. II
came in an Envelope postmarked CHI
cago. It is supposed this was sent oy
Hanson
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-03-19

The lightof reason is evidently dawn
ing on the Iutelliqcncer anent the sub
feet Of pensions. Heretofore it has
Jagged with the hindmost Of its will
fully deaf and blind party contempora-
ries In the march Of pension reform.
refusing to see anything but soldier
haters" In the men, a large portion Of
them houored Union veterans, who
have proclaimed against this gigantic
abuse. Itnow lines up, though, with evil
dent uuwilingnesS, with the irdepend-
ent and the more enlightened and adj
vaueed Of the Republican press and adj
mits that
The annual disbursements for pensions
have grown so large that it is time 70 con-
slider whether. in the interest OF deserving
aud needy men. pensioners not in need
should not be stricken from the rolls To
give q pension 90 one who has cOmpeten-
cv or is a0le 90 earn his living is a depart
urc from the original idea atthe foundation
oi the pension system.
The public opposition 20 the present
SCOPE OF Ele system Is 50 ~lIouE ludl uN-
less something be done 70 the general salts
faction the whole thing is in danger Of
being ripped up by tho roots. 10 IS better
tnat thecure shall be applied by the friends
Of the old soldiers.
And who are the friends Of the Old
soldiers?" Are they those who desire
make the pension roll, TO use President
CLEvELAND's language, "a roll of hon
or, or those who have made it a fraud,
a shame and a shame, the object OF the
scorn and contempt Of honest veterans
and the nightmare Of the taxpayers?
We welcome the H0tclliCencT to the
ranks Of honest pension retormers, but
with misgivings. It is so hopelessly
hidebound in rs pArtisanship that the
odds are ten to one It will 'ba slide at
the first attempt Of Demt BE ad-
ministration to purge the pc lists.
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This being Indignantly refused, he
advised that she be placed In Mrs. Cum
stocks school to ut her for the society,
as he said, in which she would be called
to move. To this Mrs. Potts acceded.
On January 90, a day after receiving
a letter from Mrs. Potts in regard TO
the marriage, he went TO the shop OF
Mcintyre & Sons, druggists, in New
York City. and called for twenty-five
grains of sulphate OF quinine and one
grain OF sulphate of morphine, mixed In
six capsules, with the directions that
one be taken before retiring.
The box properly labeled containing
the capsules as directed was taken by
Harris.
The next day, Wednesday. January
81, he was at the school reception and
saw the deceased, after which he left
for Point Comfort, Virginia, and did
not return for week. On Saturday,
January 81, the deceased and her
mother met Harris at the school and
were together for some time.
The same night after her mother left
her she was taken seriously i'll and
morning found her dead. DR.. Fowler,
the attending physician, pronounced II
case of opium poisoning, and Harris
was arrested.
He pretended that the cause OF the
overdose must have been mistake OF
the drug clerk, but he was tried and
found guilty of murder.
Since his conviction his attorneys
have taken quite number OF affidavits
from different persons and upon them,
argue for new trial.
The investigation Of the same by Re-
corder Smyth led to the decision which
has been given above
HARRIS LEARNS OF THE DECISION.
Attorney Moss informed Harris OF
the decision, aud he seem to take 1t very
philosophically He called for cigar
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-03-19
NJ. Ferry'sFuneraI.

PARIS, March 1s.-The room in which
jules Ferry died has been transformed
into a mortuary and is hung with
draperies worked with silver. The
public in the meantime are not allowed
TO view the remains. II is expected
that the government will propose
State funeral, when the body will be re.
moved to the Luxembourg. The will OF
the deceased statesman directs that his
remains shall be buried at Foucharupt'
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THE statement that the Office Of Pen
sion Commissioner has been offered 70
Gen. SLOcUSl, who declined because he
felt physically unequal TO the great
labors of the office, indicates the PreSi-
dents desire TO place some honorable
and we'll known Union soldier at the
head Of the pension department. and his
intention Of dealing fairly and literally
with the old soldiers, while insisting
that pension expenditures be brought
within reasonable bounds.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-03-19
Gold TiIl rhey Can. Rest.

WASHINGTON, March 1s.-The TN
ury Department is receiving offers
gold for small notes IN such numbers
that it cannot accept them sll. To-day
it accepted an additional offer OF 81, 900.
600 from Chicago. 1t Is thought that
by next week the free gold In the Treas.
ury will aggregate between six and
seven million dollars. A gain OF $780,
600 In gold was made At New York yes
terday. No gold was taken for export.