The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-09-20

benediction and the Twentyoeighth
encampment was finished.
The resolutions concerning Coionei
Aipsworth's conduct of the pension
bureau and supporting MIR. Long IN
his contest with the pension ONCE
were not adopted. This is the hrst
time an encampment has concluded lis
business in sitting of two days.
The new commander in-chiet issued
his first orders tonight, appointing
Commander o. @. Jones OF ROCKFORD,
| H., adiutant general and Comraue j.
n. Burst of Syracuse, ILL.,, quartermas-
ter general, and establishing head
quarters at Rockford, Ill.
At the afternoon session representa-
tives of the Big Four and Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton granted cent
mile rate tor the next encaWpment.
The Pennsylvania railroad has given
similar guarantee.
SIGNAL SERVICE.
PITTsBURG, Sept. 13.-The United
States Veterans Signal Service Corps
association held its eighteenth annual
reunion in Columbia hall and elected
the following officers: President, w ii
Holmes, Independence, Ia; vice presl'
dents, DIR w Ii Fulton of Pittsburg, A
! o RavenOugh Of Louisville, and y
Donahauer cf Minneapolis; secretary
treasurer, Charles d William Demsry,
Boston: historian, j Willard, Boston;
quartermaster, Evan Russell, Will
Transport, Pa; chaplain, John SSpeeT,
| CannOusburg, Pa. More than 300
members representing nearly every
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DAUGHTERS OF VETERENS.
PITTsBURG, Sept. 13.-The Daugh-
tiers of Veterans this afternoon elected
the following national officers: Presi'
dent, Mrs. Ellen NJ. Walker, Worces~
ter, Mass senior vice president, Miss
Anna Schmidt, st. DOuis; junior vice
pres.dsnt, Miss Gladys Foster, Kan
sas; chaplain, Miss Lena Morris, Mas
silon, o treasurer, Mrs. Ida j. Allen,
Newton, Mass ; inspector, Miss Addle
Yorke, Somerville, Mass installing
officer, Miss Anna Ruber Z, ConnelIs@
Vile, Ind: trustees Anna Moore,
New York; Minnie TresCot, ONO;
Nellie King Ohio; Cora Pike, Massa-
chusetts; Il. Evelyn, Monroe, o.
The ladies of the Grand Army OF
the Republic met this morning and
received greetings from tho other
woman's association in session mere.
The national inspector, Mrs. Mary r..
Gordon of Kansas, made report
showing that the organization has
over 10, 600 members and expended
$35, 300 during the year. The report
of the national council was received,
amending some of the minor features
of the constitution.
The w. r g. at their session re-
ceived an invitation from Mrs Nc
Mahou, deputy president of Ken
lucky, to meet with the Grand Army
of the Republic in Louisville, 1879
Kate BroWnlee Sherwood submitted
the report of the committee on ma
tiOnal council Of women, The COM
mittee met with the worlds congress
of representative women for the trlen-
NAL council to be held in Washington
next year. The wOmans relief
corps ranked second numerically at
the meeting, where II women's asso-
Citations were represented, with an
aggregate membership of over 7OO,OOO. |
The movement to teach patriotism III
the public schools and placing nag
on every school house and in every |
scbcoroom in the land was approved,
A fitting close OF the day was the
fireworks at the foot OF Smithileld
street. At least 100000 people lined |
the wharf. Mount Washington bridge
and housetops in the vicinity A few
trifling accidents occurred during the |
evening, but nothing of serious char.
acter resulted,
woMAN's RELIEF CORPS.
PITTsBURG. Sept. 13.-This after,
noon the Woman's Relief Corps elected |
the following officers without much |
friction: President, Mrs Emma H.
Wallace, Chicago; senior vice PRESS
dent, Mrs Helen NJ, Morrison, Smith,
port, Pa; junior vice president, Mrs.
Lizzie r Herrick, Seattle; treasurer,
Mrs. Amelia Cheney, Detroit; chaps
lain, Mrs S Agnes Parker, Massachu-
setts. Installation will take place
tomorrow.
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