Iron County register., 1895-09-19
EncAMpMEnT ECHOES.

Che Twenty-NIntn Annual Encampment.
G. A. R., Wound Up with Brilliant
I;all and Reception 1T Night, succeeding
Monster Barbecue In Wilder Park in
the Afernoon--Many are Going On to
ChickamauEa.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept 1S.-At 10
o'clock tonight, when the bugle
sounded for the grand march at one
of the most brilliant balls ever given
in the south, the Grand Army encamp-
ment of '95 passed into history. Eight
thousand of the leading citizens of
Louisville and visitors from abroad
participated in the function. and the
array of beautiful faces and gorgeous
toilets combined to create an entranc-
ing scene.
Gen. Lawler and Mrs. John A. Logan
and ex-Gov. Simon Buckner and Mrs
Wallace. of Chicago, gave a reception
to the encampment officials and dele
gates while the festivities were in
progress.
The exodus of visitors was on in
earnest all day. but tens of thousands.
whose faces are turned toward Chat
tanoogo and Chickamauga, will re-
main over till Sunday.
In every respect the encampment has
been an Overwhelming success. When
the delegates reassembled to-day sew
eral hundred failed to respond to the
roll call, and the absentees were
roundly scored by Gen. Lawler, who
objected to the drudgery of the work
being left for a few.
The report of the committee on PEN
sions, composed of one representative
from each state and territory, was
listened to with profound attention.
1t demands a liberal and just con-
struction of the laws passed for the
benefit of the pensiiner. without mig
gardly cutting and pairing.
A Colossal Barbecue.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. IA week
Of colossal festivity, such as no pre-
vious grand army encampment has
witnessed, was brought to a fitting
close with a barbecue of mammoth pro-
portions. ALI night long an army of
employees were at work in Wilder park
preparing the trenches and building
the fires, while under the big tent 1OO,-
900 pounds of meat, $4,000 gallons of
burgoo and $4,000 loaves of bread were
stacked in readiness for the days feast.
AS early as 2 o'clock thousands of
strangers and city people were on their
way to the park to witness the unique
operations that were to precede the
distribution OF the viands, and as the
hours went on the streets leading to
the park were stream of humanity.
The $50 cooks and 500 walters reported
for duty at daybreak to Gus Jaubert,
the famous burgoo mixer of the south.
To prepare the 1900 gallons of this
extraordinary concoction required 100
pounds of pepper, 1000 pounds of beef,
$50 bushels tomatoes, IS dozen chick
ems, so bushels onions, 4, 500 ears of
corn and Is bushels of salt Thirty
thousand plates and as many water
cups were provided to enable that
number of people to be regaled at
sitting.
Commander Walkers Appointment.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept 14-Com.
1ected as adjutant-general, Gen. Irwin
Robbins, of Indianapolis. who was in
command of the Indiana troops on the
Illinois state line during the Pullman
riots.
Quartermaster Buerst, of Rockford,
Ill, will probably be reappointed.
The Injured In Thursday Nights Grand
stand Collapse.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept 4.-Only q
few of those injured by the collapse
of the grand stand at the fireworks
display Thursday night remain at the
city hospital, the others having been
<ol - hr,1 frsa dc
bers of their state delegations The
most seriously injured were:
E. J. Burke, Springfield. Mass; left
foot crushed.
John S. Faris. Brookline. Mass; foot
crushed
Robert Watson. Minneapolis; scalp
wound.
William Henry Gregg and George
DeLong, Bluffton, o.; back wrenched
and foot crushed.
Miss Carrie Donnelly, Pittsburgh,
suffered an hemorrhage of the lungs.
Gen. Jasper Packard. editor of the
Albany Tribune, and Miss Bennett. of
Evansville. toes right foot mashed.
Most of the injured insisted on be-
ing taken to their hotels or boarding
bouses instead of to the hospitals. and
the police department experienced
great difficulty in making report of
the accident. One morning paper puts
the list of injured at "a, the other at
IA. The police say 16.
Funeral of the Caisson Victims.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept. 1.-THE sol
dier bows who met death in the caisson
accident of Wednesday morning were
borne to their graves this afternoon.
The four bodies were laid side by side
in the legion lot in Cave Hill GENE.
terry.
The legion assembled at the armory
and escorted the remains to Christ
church cathedral, where services were
conducted by Rev. Charles E. Craik.
An immense throng followed the cor
tege to the church and cemetery.
Suffering From the Effects Of Heat.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Sept 14.-Twenty
members of the New Hampshire dele
CATION quartered at the Louisville
house are ill from the effects of the
heat. Many visitors from Massachu.
sets, Minnesota, Montana and other
extreme northern states are likewise
suffering. None of the case are crit.
ical.
AN EXPRESS TRAIN WRECKED