The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-09-10
HEROES OF THE NATION
Inspiring H6hh Witnessed n Pitts.
burg YsstsIdly.
MANY THOUSAND VETERANS
The GRAND Army Gnoampmsnt
Promises To % One Of the
Best In The Organise.
tion's History.

PTTIHDUH0S sept. y - Comrades ana
their friends have bssn nocklng into
Pittsburg all day aud night. taking com.
plete possession Of the city. 10 10 esti.
mated that on this, the night before the
opening Of the 18th national sncampmsnt
Of the @. A. r., at least 10000 visitors are
here, and to-morrow's arrivals will greatly
swell the number. a oopious shower fell
this aftsrnoon, clearing the atmosphere
and tempssing the heat % that the sight
seeing hes been made pleasant The
saloons we're closed, but other business
IVES transacted In . way which made the
average oItisen imagine hs was away from
home visiting some other place not %
stiff In the observance II The blue laws.
The universal comment 0f the vlsitoes
regarding the decorations and the display
of patriotism b that at NO time In the
past at IN encampmsnt hes Pittsburg
bssn outdene.
Az the different Waiting posts arrive
they are met by sscorts detailed from 10.
cal regiments Of the national guard and,
With Aying eoloss and hands playing, are
taken to tho places assigned them and
chesrsd 10 the echo By the thronss On The
sidewalks.
The naval veterans who arrived to-day
are establishsd In quarters on river
steamers htted up especially for their uss.
Old times are certainly bsins revived to
thsm, for they observe the striotsst dis-
ciplins o. thsir ',ships" and seem TO b
enjoying II greatly.
Among the notsd arrivals to-day were
two mon from Honolulu. They rspesssnt
the full msmbsrship of the G. A. r. In
Hawaii and were dstsrmlnsd 10 b pres
sut at the last sneampmsnt which they
will likely ever enjoy.
Tue Women's Relief corps headquartsfs
In the Nouougahela house was . place Of
activity. No business was transacted,
but 90 each member Of the eosps would
arrive shs was taken 10 hsadQuartsrs and
made to feel at home. Among the ar.
rivals of this corps to-day are Ars. A. A.
Chsnsy Of Detroit, national treasurer, and
Mrs.. Elisabsth D. Kinney Of San Fran
cisco, past national prssidsnt
About the only matter that would b
called disassssabls In connection with the
eocampmeat % far h feeling oe bitter
ness felt hv the @. A. r. psopls a the &C.
tlsa e ths nlirsads In refusing . osnt
~ mile rate Tor nearby towns, thereby
keeping down the number Of visitors
% lsAst 10000. II has cropped out that the
suhjeet will b introduced In ths
convention and . resolution offered,
backed by the delegates from Psnnsylva-
niA and Ohio, to the effect that hereaftsg
NO enoampmsnts shall b held. but that
the dslsgstss, LOO In number, shall msst
and transact the necessary business at
the sxpsnss of thsir respective posts With.
out asking favoss from the railroads. Ths
veterans cannot undssstand why In the
past Columbus and Milwaukee VEN
granted The ooe cent rAte and Pittsburu
denied n. From what can b learned the
Clsveland people ase lsading the revolt.
II b not known how The resolution will
b received.
Ths frst fatality among ths vstsrsns ID
the sudden death q Comrads Louis Trsa'
star ef Mcclure, Pa. On the arrival al
his post quarters Trsastar was completely
exhausted and died Of weak heart soon
after reaching the building.
Arrivals: Commander.iu-Chlef Adams
and staii; sx-Commsndsrin-C -Chisf Algsl
Of Michigan, Quartsrmastsr General
Louis Wagner Of Philadslphia; Inspsctos
General Undsrhill and Major B. r. Lowell
Of Boston; Major Frank Supplies and
Majoe Frank Brockstt Of Baltimore, who
are booming that city for the sncamp.
ment in 1897; Senator Gordon. eomman'
des-ln-chisf United Confederate vetsrans