Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-12

Grant monument fund .............. 5.I33-42
saag tuna onn,snt fund as9 %
The organization has $4,000 invested in
u. S. bonds, per cent, due in 1901
Invited to the south.
Henry Watterson was introduced to the
delegates, and in presenting the claims OF
| Iouisville for the next national encamp-
| ment said;
Il have come with a message from your
countrymen who dwell in what was once
| the neither side of the line. but whose hearts
| beat in ready response to your hearts, and
who bid me To tell you that they want to
| see You. Candor compels me to say that
| there was time when they did not want
| to see you. There was a time when. with
| out any invitation whatever, either writ
| ten or verbal. without SO much as an init
| nation of hospitality, you insisted upon
! giving us the honor of your company. and,
| ii turned out when we were but ill-pre-
pared to receive you. 1t was a pity, now
| that We are prepared. now that the lii is
| eff the pot, and that the latchstring hangs
outside the door, you should refuse the
| happiness of entertaining you. not with
| bloody hands to hospitable graves but as
| friends and brothers, as fellow citizens who
| learned to value one another amid scenes
that left no time for equivocation and
! transactions applying 20 human virtues the
very highest tests
| The fair auxiiiaries of the G. A r. hav-
ing recovered from the excitement or yeSter-
| days parade, are also holding their conven-
| tons. The Women's Relief Corps, the
Ladies Of the G. A. Il. and the Daughters OF
veterans VIII discuss serious matters, chief
of which will be their official relation to the
q. A K. In addition to this they will elect
| national officers.
Great preparations are being made for the
reception TO the q. A II. delegates, to be
gwen this evening in the Westinghouse
building at East Plttsburg. Five thousand
invitations have been issued to carefully
chosen guests. and the demand for tickets
-at ir. tod 10,
without avail 1t was rumored that some
persons receiving tickets nave been selling
them at a high figure. but the committee
having the affair in charge, will see that
only the original holders Of the invitations
are admitted.
Present to Capt. Adams.
The staff of Capt. Adams the retiring
commander-in-chief. presented him last
night with badge, studded with diamonds.
combining The past commanders insignia,
the corps badge. and the Grand Army star
Mrs Adams was also honored by being
elected honorary member Of the staff the
second woman to receive such a compii-
ment, the Wife of Gen Alger being the first
Mrs. Adams was also remembered with a
beautiful diamond souvenir.
Encnmpment Notes.
The annual convention Of the Ladies of
the G. A. r. went into session this MORN
ing in the First Cernan Evangelical Luth-
eran Church, Mrs. Amanda l. Wetheren of
Anoka, MINI, presiding. The building was
lavishly decorated with flowers. ferns and
palms Among the delegates were a num-
Ger OF coiored women from southern states
"A committee on Credentials was appointed
ana the convention adjourned until this
Afternoon.
Mrs. Gen. Custer sent to the national en-
camrTlent. for use during the present ses-
sion the table upon which Gen Lee s;cnei
the articles Of capitIiation. The table was
orig nally~ the property of Gen. Sheridan.
but he gave IL TO Gen. Custer.
The Woman's Relief Corpx.
PITTSBURG, Pa, September 1o.-Tbe
Woman's Relief Corps held its first session
this morning. The national president. Mrs
Sarah c. Mink, in her report, said that the
movement to obtain pensions for army
nurses had been pushed during the year.
and referred to work done in securing a
general observance Of Memorial eay.
The report OF the national secretary Mrs.
Sarah T. Phillips. shows the number of
corps TO be 2,6S1; an cunt expended for re-
lief dcTing the year. s64. l5l -; amount
turned ever to posts, $50, Isl. al; amount ex-
pended for Memorial day, si3.S2I "a; amount
expended for w. r. &. Home, 81 S2i 81. dis
tIfLuted to army nurses not in home sIa.
expended in pension work. S2.s3.6s; expended
III relief from national relief fund.- $3.50:
total cash expenditure, Sil4,S45l6; amount
OF feief other than money. So, 7a?. 10; total
aniouats OF expenditures during the year.
slIo."Si.26; total amount Of relief since or,
ganization, $1,ol3 56D25
The national chaplain reported 2ao. 100
soldiers graves decorated May 80 1894 an
cost of Sl2,65412.
The Daughters of Veterans held "a very
brief session this morning and atiiourned
until tomorrow morning. when they will
elect national officers.
Gen Collis Causes n Scusntiop
PlTTSBURG. Pa, September I2-Gen.
Oar lei L. Sickles was rendered a receptiar
in the First NJ. E. Church b. the members
OF his old corps, the thnd. Gen. Charles III
L. Coils Of New York created n sensation
in the brief speech he made He said n
was the duty of the old soldiers and sailors
10 cor serve III safety of the nation and
they shouli train their sons to carry on the
work lie then referred to the alleged
arrtor plate -rauds. He insisted that the
investigation should rot DC allowed 10 lrop
and IL the authorities failed 10 act they
should take such action at the next cleo
lion as would remove the delinquent Of
hcials and put more jealous and patriotic
me1 In their positions.
Gen. Coliis presented the matter i'm the
form OF a resolution, but il was declared
out o. order.
ElNkNrr