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The herald., 1898-06-18
EARNING WAGES OF SIN
oNoR0le,A. A.y7aNoLo's PRE1IM1-
NxRxS EXAMINATION
FOR KILLING HIS WIFE ALLIE
Corortr Campbell Describes Wound
and Relates the Statement Made
by the Prisoner to Him

The examinatiop,sef George A. Vignolo
for the murder ofzhis wife, on June 18th
near al Barrell's saloon on the San Fer
nando road. just beyond the city limits, was
begun yesterday afternoon at 4:SO before
Justice Young, Deputy District Attorney
McCosnas appeared for the prosecution and
Messrs. Knight & Jones and Adcock &
Eeymert for the prisoner.
Vignolo IS a slim man, standing nearly six
feet In height with heavy dark mustache
and a darkish face He is thin featured.
His age IS about 40. and he is native of
California, although not of California
stock. At one time he was city tax collector
and man of considerable standing in the
community. His expensive habits and his
connection with the deceased later on, how
ever. helped him on the down road, and for
several years he has not enjoyed the same
respect in this community which he re-
ceived in former times. The man appeared
perfectly cam while the examination pro-
ceeded and he suggested several questions
to Gen. Johnstone Jones, who conducted the
CROSS tion of the witnesses for the
people. The brother Of George, Syl Vigno,o.
who has just returned from San Francisco,
was In the court room while the examina-
tion was In progress
Coroner Campbell was the first witness
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Caught in the Act

A Chinese vender of lottery tickets ap-
preached Officer Arguello at Third and
Main streets yesterday morning and asked
If he did not desire to purchase some tickets.
The officer was in citizens clothes, and he
at once replied in~the affirmative. The Chi
naman led him to a room at 257 South Main
street where a trunk full of lottery tickets
was opened and the officer handed pack
age with which, to do his marking. Ar
guello deposited his money on the table
and while he was engaged in marking the
ticket another Chinaman entered who rec
ognized the officer. Then there was an
excited conversation between the two Celes-
tials,, and the agent called the deal on and
refused to allow the officer to mark any
more tickets. Arguello, however, was no,
to be bluffed, but placed the fellow under
arrest. summoned the patrol wagon. and
had the trunk and his prisoner taken to the
police station, where the Chlnaman gave
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called, aud he described the wound at the
back Of Mrs Vignoio's head, which had
entered her brain and caused instant death.
All other organs in he body were found TO
be in a healthy condition at the autopsy.
When witness arrived at the scere Of the
murder at 10 O'Clock at night, the body had
been removed by his directions, te,ephoned
out, from the middle of the road. where it
was found at first, to the side of the road.
A search was made for weapons or objects
which might have been dropped by de-
ceased or her assai.ant, but II proved fruit
less, as far as weapons were concerned.
AT 11:30 o'clock on the same night the de-
fendant voluntarily stated to the witness at
the police station that he had killed his wife
In self-defense. The coroner then narrated
the conversation, heretofore publ.shd,
which he had with Vignolo According to
the prisoners version. she called for him at
Wall street they went out in buggy to AL
Barrell's place. and after standing her
wordy abuse for a long time she struck al
him with knife and he shot her in self
defense. AT this point the revolver, a
Smith g. Wesson, 3S caliber with two unex-
ploded cartridges in it, was introduced in
evidence. The witness also said that Wig
nolo had told him that she had a chance TO
marry man in Guatemala and that he
Ghe defendanD could not support her as
she wished to be kept. The deceased's s
purse was found near the saloon about
fftecn feet away from the porch, 1t con-
tained two cent pieces, key and some pa
pers. Her handkerchief was also found
near the Barrell saloon by lady.
DR.. w. M. Johnson, who assisted the cor
ouer in making the postmortem examna;-
tier on the body Of Mrs. Vtera'o Pro =ee's $
undertaking parlors, corroborated the pre-.
ceding witness testimony. He found the
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A Missing Boy

Walter Carlson, IA years of age, has beer
missing since April 80, and his widowed
mother has suffered great anxiety for feai
that he has met with foul play. Carlson
was employed by the Excelsior laundry and
stood we'll with his employers, who say he IS
a steady boy. On or about the day he disap-
peared he received his wages, amounting
to 49, He went away without saying any
thing to his mother. She reported his dis
appe arance to w. D. Ball, the secretary ,oi
the Y. NJ. C. A., and he in turn told the po-
lice about it. Mr.. Ball also communicate;
with Chaplain A. S. Clark of the Seventh
regiment at San Francisco and requested
that he institute search for missing Carl
son. 1t was thought that the, boy might
have gone away with the soldiers, as ne had
the war fever and somebody told his mother
that they had noticed him at the depot with
a musket in his hand.
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eeeeeE NeNoAA.

in the shape of smoker in Turner hall or
some other large hail. which would accom-
moadto the entire club, as the next meet
ing will be held for the purpose of making
arrangements for taking a proper part IN
the celebration of the Fourth of July.
The vice president of the club, Jacob
Kurtz, presided at last nights meeting,
and he made use of the opportunity to
call for remarks from nearly all the old
i war horses of the Democratic ranks who
were present.
James II, Craig of the Second ward
spoke in favor of a short, sharp and de-
cisive municipal campaign which would
bring about the old-time harmony which
had been lacking here for many day.
| Col. 1. E. Messmore spoke upon the adj
visibility of territorial acquisition by the
United States.
DR.. Parker's address dwelt upon the
choice of issues to be considered in the
coming campaign. He believed that those
growing out of the war would absorb a
great deal of the attention of the public,
and that the real issues should not be
! suffered to be obscured by subjects of
| lesser importance.
d. K Trask spoke upon the classification
of political parties and the vast changes
that have taken place in the Republican
party within the last twenty years, and
| he gave many conclusive proofs of the fact
that the Democratic party always stands
for the self-same principles of liberty.
Other short speeches were made by men,
bers of the club, among them Earl Rogers
the president who said that every inch
of history acquired by the United States
had been secured under Democratic adj
ministrations, barring Alaska, and the
preliminary steps for that acquisition had
been under the auspices of the same party.
He took exceptions to Bryan's Omaha
| speech on that score. tfs
The herald., 1898-06-18
Contractors Bondsmen Sued

Carpenter & Bles, proprietors of the
Thirty-thrd street planning mill, yesterday
sued w. r. Schlosser and George A. Lane
for s4se76. Mrs. Glare L. Valley made a
contract with Beer Brothers, contractors,
TO build her a twc-story frame house on
Clark & Bryan's Figueroa-street tract for
s2760, and the defendants jutisfied on Beer
Brothers bond for $500. The plaintiffs sup
piled the Beers with doors, sash, window
glass, ETC., to the amount sued for. The
contractors then threw UP the job and did
not pay Carpenter & Biles for the goods de-
ivered. The same firm also sued Mrs. VAL
ley ard others for the same sum under a
suit to foreclose a mechanic lien.
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Mrs. Vaughn. pivorced

Mrs. Mary L. Vaughn was granted d.
vorce yesterday from her husband, John
l.. Vaughn, by Judge Allen. on the ground
of failure to provide and adultery. The
parties were married at Lake Park, Mimi,
in 1883, and have no children. The man is
proprietor Of the Willard lodging house.
32S1s South Spring street. Mrs. Vaughn said
that in October, 1895, she caught her hus-
band in bed with one Margaret Lewis in
the lodging house, and swore that since the
commencement of the suit he has cohabited
with this person. Vaughn did not make
any appearance in court although he had
filed an answer denying the allegations of
the wife in the complaint.
The herald., 1898-06-18
OUR SPELLING SCHOOL

Nobody is too old to go to school,
but many lack both the time and the
opportunity. The Herald has ar
ranged partially to supply the lack
by conducting spelling school. Read
the advertisement elsewhere in this
mornings paper headed, "The Her
AIDS Spelling School," A gold-filled
hunting-case watch is offered as prize
this week.
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bullet in the center of the wound, imbedded
in the brain. The hair around the wound
was burned The cause of the woman's S
death was the gunshot wound in her head.
The range of the bullet was almost In a
horizontal line. A small fresh abrasion or
Mrs Vlgnolo's knee looked as If It might
have been sustained by her in getting out of
the buggy and knocking her knee against
The footboard. The deceased was very
muscular woman and weighed about 2OO
pounds.
The examination then went over until
$3.50 this morning.
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No Longer School Land

Henry Watt, Los Angeles county, and the
First Congregational church of Sherman
yesterday sued the trustees of the Cienega
school district to quiet title to the north
west corner of the Rancho La Brea, who
claim the land under a deed executed by
John Hancock in 1877, solely for school pur-
poses, with the proviso that the property
should revert to the grantor if the district
should be abandoned. On April /, 1882, the
school house was removed from the land,
and it was abandoned for school purposes.
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the township court. These people live at
Benedict canyon. SIX miles northwest of this
city. Their neghbors are w. S. Harrison
and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Higgins, who
is 20 years oT, and they occupy govern
ment land upon which the Lavells have
been looking with envlous eyes. While
Harrison had come to town on business the
Lavells invaded the Harrison claim and
chased the o.d lady off it by using threat
ening language and SO scared her that she
is confined to bed now from the fright she
received.
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That Same Old Cow

Robert ]. Brockwell, the partner of Joe
Cassulo, who was sentenced by Judge Smith
on Tuesday to five years in San Quentin
for his share in the transaction, was on
trial yesterday in Department one of the
superior court for helping to steal F. B.
Alderson's COW on February Ion Adams
street in this city. He was ~avicted Of
grand larceny at the first ballot.
The herald., 1898-06-18
Murder Information Fitted

An information charging Harry F. Clark
with the murder on May 81 of Wong Sing
Hey, Chinese laundryman of Garvanza
at the house of ex-Constable Joe Hunter OF
Burbank township, was filed yesterday In
the superior court by Deputy District At
torney McComas. The prisoner will be re-
quired to plead before Judge Smith on the
25th. f.
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At the Theater

The sale of seats opened yesterday for
the second week of the Carl Martens Opera
company at the Los Angeles .theater Ow-
ing to st. Vincent colleges holding CON-
mencement exercises at the theater on
Monday and Wednesday evenings, the en-
The herald., 1898-06-18
A Bad Girl for Whittier

Nettie and Emma Grace. two girls under
the age of 16, residing with their mother on
Thirty-eigth street, were brought before
Judge York yesterday on complaint of Mrs.
Cora L. Grace, who alleged that they are
incorrigibles, beyond her control. and that
they stay away from home. On Thursday
night they were found together in iodg-
ing house in the center of the city The
evidence was such that the court commit
ted Net,ie, the eldest girl. to Whittier, and
permitted Emma to go home with her
mother. on probation. If her conduct does
nat improve within month she will be sent
to the reform school, too
Old Mrs. Higgins Badly Scared
warrant was issued yesterday for the
arrest of John LaYel and his wife ont of
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gagement is limited to four nights and
Saturday matinee. The bill will be de-
voted to Arthur Sullivan's comic OPERA
1.-THE Pirates of Penzance." The costum-
ing is picturesque and the fun clean and
breezy. I'll Trovatore'' will be given at
the matinee today and for the last timeto-
night. E
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mer, Jr., copartners, went into ineolvnecy
yesterday. The liabilities are $6S7.31, and
the assets consist of a stock of merchan-
disc, fixtures, etc., at 225 South Los Ange-
les street, and Is estimated at $500 By the
petitioners.
The herald., 1898-06-18
THE HICKORY CLUB
A Smoker Is to Be Given Next Week
Probably at Turner's Hall

The usual Friday evening meeting of the
Hickory club was held last night. Despite
the warm weather large crowd was in at
tendance.
1t was decided to hold the next meeting
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Christ Scientist Church

The Second church of Christian Scientists
of Los Angeles was Incorporated yesterday.
The trustees for the first year are Mary J.
Lewis, Hattie L. Whitaker. Reuben Whit
taker, Ladora D. Train and Peter N.
Train.
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DEATHS

MELLETTE-In this city :June 18th. Josiah
H. Mellette, nativeof Indinana, aged46
years.
Funeral Sunday, June 18TH at 2 p. M,
from the parlors of Booth & Boylson, 256
South Main street. Friends and acquaint-
ances invited Interment, Rosedale ceme-
10. : =
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Hawley, King & Co., cor. Fifth st. and
Broadway, agents genuine Columbus Buggy
company bugg.es and Victor bicycles.
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Largest variety Concord business wagons
and top delivery wagons. Hawley, King &
Co.
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Everything on wheels. Hawley, King &
Co. corner Fifth street and Broadway.
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Our Home Brew

Mater & Zobeleins lager, fresh from their
brewery, on draught in all the principal
saloons; delivered promptly in bottles OF
kegs. Office and brewery, 440 Also street;
telephone 81.
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the name of All Wal, and was charged with
selling lottery tickets.
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Agents Victor, Keating. World, Stearns
and March bicycles. Hawley, King & Co.
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FUNERAL NOTICE

PENTALPHA LODGE, NO. 2O2, F.
4 and A. M, will meet at o'clock p. m.
Ny on Sunday, June 49, 1898, to attend
I'M the funeral of Brother William Lund-
berg. BY order Of the w. M. W. w. Rob-
inson, secretary.
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JoTTINGS

Wall paper, late styles, low prices, at
A. A. Eckstrom's, 1924 South Spring street.
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Gone Into Insolvency

The Van Kirk Manufacturing company,
consisting Of 8. w. Lewis and Charles Coll
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Officers and members Of Los An.
eeles Lodge No. IS, A. o. U. W..
YOU are hereby requested to be present at
A. o. u. w. hall. 21S South Main street, on
Sunday, June 10th, at 1880 p. M. for the pur-
pose of attending in a body the funeral of
our late Brother ]. H. Mellette. Services at
parlors. of Booth & Boylson. Per order o.
II. Mason, M. w. Walter Devereaux, re-
rcorder.
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900 yards of Colored Crepons In solid shades aven
der, pink, blue corn, yellow, and white
cellent for waists and cool dresses; regular 1sc
goods; Today only at &c
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Lace Curtains at ]

We have picked out all the single pairs
of Lace Curtains which consist of Not
tingham, Cluny, Novelty Irish Point,
Muslin and Brussels Net to sell at just
" price, this way:
81. Curtains go at Toe.
$500 Curtains go at $1.00.
$3.50 Curtains go at SIPS.
$500 Curtains go at $3.50.
$500 Curtains go at 50. 80.
$500 Curtains go at So. 90.
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Old Mrs. Higgins Badly Scared

A warrant was issued yesterday for the
arrest of John Lave.l and his wife out of
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full case of Jaconet-Lawns. You know them;
just between lawn and percae in weight; printed IN
every conceivable pattern and coloring; ideal for
waists wrappers, cool dresses, chdren's wear, pet
tcoats. etc.; 10c goods Today only at &C.
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T>F1AAH>AkT@1A NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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SI.OO Crash Dress Skirts 49c

You will hardly believe $24O Crash Skirts right
the maker half price, Not heavy coarse crash but
fine and slightly perfect hanging Good dollar skirts To
day only at ACC.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-02-18
SILVER AM WHEAT IN KANSAS.

,
Here is a story of a man who
was converted to Popnlism by
hearing Mr.. Bryan speak. Every
detail is vouched for to me by men
of the highest standing. A Re.
public IN who had always been
true to the party faith was in the
crowd whe" M. Bryan spoke IN
the 1896 campaign in his own
state. H. heard Mr.. Bryan say:
"Ah, my friends, let me call your
attention to one fact that stands
out clearly beyond all contradic.
ton. It is that wheat and silver
stand inseparably yoked tog. thrr.
If one falls the other falls, and
then WE fail. Look at their pric,
today lit was something over 60
crnts]. They are within one cent
Of each other. l tell you they are
together now, inseparably yoked." y
That Republican was converted
right there. That was something
he had never thought of. He had
an S0.acre piece of land, and he
reasoned that If Bryan was elected
silver would 90 up to $1.25, and
wheat would go with it. He owed
nearly $1,000 on the land, aud If
wheat should go to $1.25, he figured
how easy it would be to pay off
that mortgage. Well, Bryan was
not elected, but the man went on
with his winter wheat sowing be.
cause he had made all preparations
for it, but his heart Was heavy.
He did not See how tie was going
to pay off that mortgage at half.
rates. HI raised 5000 bushels of
wheat, and got $4,000 for it. He
sold just below 70 cents, and then
he went to look at tn price of sill
YER. 1t was something like Al
cents, and that man saw a great
ligh'. He lost on Mr.. Bryan's
prophecy and election, but he won
on the wheat. He made enough
to pay off his mortgage. and has
now gonr back to the Republican
party, as have thousands ofothers,
which accounts for the fact tina,
instead of hayi"g only about one
third of the voters of the state, as
was the case three years ago, the
Republicans came within 5000 of
winning last year against fusion
Of Democrats and Popu,ists.-,
Franklin Matthews, in Harper's
Weekly,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-02-18

8'e: VeuHeeuays rIIudy anC
Saturday, June I, 8 nd 4
Wedr csday, Friday and Saturday
s ptember, 81, 20 and "a; Wednes
day. Friday and Saturday, Dec
emb.r II, is and II. The Vigils
are: The Vigils tf Pent cost
M y %; that of the Assumption,
August IA; that Of All Saints,
October 81; and that Of Christmas,
Decem Der "a.
All Fridays ar, of course, days
of abstinence. The abstinence
which formerly was obi gatory on
Saturdays has been dispensed with
by Apostolic favor to the faithful
Of the United States.
The Pontitical Indult, OF
which we have spoken, exempts
working people" from the absti.
nence on Vigils and Ember DAYS,
except when such Vigils and EN-.
DER days, fill on Friday.
Pastors will make to their f1ocks
in the usual terms due announce.
mrnts Of approaching Ember days
and Vjgils-adding to su:h an.
nounccments statement of the
privileges given by the lndult to
working people,.
GENERAL REMARKS.
When donbt exists as to
wheth er'one s condition or circum.
stances alIt W exemption from the
preccpts of fasting and abstinence,
counsel should be asked from
confessors or pastors who arc the
authoritative interpreters of the
law, and who even are empowered
in special cases for good and
sufficient reasons. Indicated or
suggested in Catholic theology, to
commute the precepts of fasting
and abstinence to other pehitential
works.
In enjolning upon the faithful
the precepts fast and abstinence,
Holy church is mindful of the
evangelical law Of seIf.denial, Of
which the Savior and his apostles
were, by example and by word,
most eminent teachers. Without
self-d.nia there is no Christianity.
Indeed, without svlf:denia! there
is no natural morality. The ma.
who has not acquired by habit the
power Of selfrestraint will not be
victorious over sin amid the storms
and temptations of life which all
are compelled to encounter.
The observance of the fast and
abstincnc. prescribed by the church
is taken as a public and fearless
profession of the Catholic faith
He, who, without suffici mt and
obvious reasons, eats meat or takes
his usual meals when abstinence
or fast is enjoined, becomes an &C.
casion of scandal and is not &C.
cepted as a practical Catholic.
Let Catholics therefore have the
courage of sclf-denial for the sake
of Christ and for their own souls,
and be on their guard lest by their
acts scandal be given, and the fair
name of their religion b. dis.
honored.
During Lent, pastors will ho.d
special exercises of devotion in
their several churches at appointed
times. Instructions of a practical
character upon the Christian
duties, the nature of the sacra-
ments, and the preparation oftheir
reception should be given on those
occasions.
The devotion of the Way of the
Cross will be observed, if at all
possible, in all churches and
chapels on the Friday evenings
throughout Lent.
JAMES TRoBEC,
Bishop of St. Cloud.
st. Cloud, February 10, 1898.
T. ;c o1o,u,o1 &ho4 To,&>r 70 ch,n
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-02-18
STATEC.A. r. ENCAMPMENT
The Thirty-Second Annual
Meeting to be Held In Min
neapolis March 2, 1898

Assistant Adjutant Genera
Mcrtz has issued the following
general order No. 8 II
l. The Thirtv.seccnd Annua
Encampment Of. the Department
at Minnesota, Grand Army of thu
Republic, being also the eight eentf
under Reorganization thereof,
will assemble at the Lyceum Thea.
tire, in the city of Minneapolis, al
10 o'clock a. M, on Wednesday
March Q, next, for the transac'
ton of such business as may prop
erly come before 1T. 49,,
II. The Council Administra.
ton will meet at Department
headquarters on Tuesday, March l,
II o'clock a. m.
III. A committee on credentials
j. hereby appointed consisting of
Assistant Adjutant General j
X. Mcrtz; Hugh Longstatf, Post
119; G. T. Trowbridge, Post 4; A.
w. Guild, Post 50; D. J. Carol,
Post So. This committee will
meet at Department headquarters
on Tuesday, March 1, and remain
III session from II o'clock a. m.
until 8 p. m. 1t will also meet
again on Wednesday morning,
March 2, at $3.50, at the Lyceum
Theatre. Post Commanders will
report to this committee promptly
so that a list may be made of those
entitled to seats, and that the com.
mittec may be able to make its re
port aa the opening of the first
session.
Nv. Comrade T. W. Forces,
Post 106, is hereby detailed as
Officer Of the Day, and Comrade E.
S. Chase, Post 70, as Officer Of the
Guard. They will report to the
Assistant Adjutant General for
duty at 900 a. M, on Wednesday,
March 2, at the Lyceum Theatre.
Guards for the Encampment will
report at the same hour.
V. The Committee On Hotels
and Accommod .tions hes arranged
for low hotel rates during the En-.
campment.
The Nicollet Hotel has been de,
s1gnated as socil headquarters DUR
ing the Encampmeht.
VI. The Annual Convention Of
the Woman's Relief Cor"s, De-
nartment of Minnesota, also he
Annual Convention of the Ladies
of the Grand Army of the Repub.
lie, will be held in Minneapolis at
the same time.
The Department Commander
feels justified in saying that a gen.
erous welcome will be extended by
the comrades and citizens Of Min.
neapols to ali who may attend
these meetings.
Junior Vice Commander Francis
B. Allen writes that if his bust.
mes. engagements will possibly per.
NIT he will b. present at the En-.
campment and viii. do everything
he can to bring it about. Comrade
Allen is the Naval member al Ma.
tional Headquarters and for that
reascn comrades will be glad to see
and hear from him.
Camp Fire wi be held at Lyce.
UNI Theatre, Thursday evening,
March 3.
VII. All railroads have granted
a rat of fare and one.thlrd to all
comrades, members of the Wo
mans Relief Corps and Ladies OF
the G. A. r. attending the En-.
campmcnt and Conventions. All
persons attending these meetings
must purchase from their local
ticket offices full fare ticket t..
Minneapolis and obtain from the
agent whom the ticket is purchased
certificate that full fare has been
paid.