The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-02-01

were: Mr. and Mrs o. A. Parsons,
Wilkes-Barre; Colonel and Mrs. +. L.
Hitchcock, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. II. Ter
williger, Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Hilbert,
Mr.. and Mrs. p. +. Welteroth, Wilkes
Barre: Mr.. and Mrs. j.. p. Detweiler,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. II. Stevens, Colonel and
Mrs. Il. ii. Ripple, Mr.. and Mrs. A. V.
Bower. Mr.. and Mrs. +. j. Amsden,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Phillips, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Gibbons, Mr. and Mrs John
T. Howe, Mr.. and Mrs. d. r. Lathrope,
Mr.. and Mrs. Halsey Lathrope, Peck
Vile; Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Mcfarland, Mrs.
W. w. Davenport, Mrs. Mary NJ. Dos
ter, Mrs. II. V. Logan, Mrs. Swan, Rev.
DR.. s. G. Logan, S. S. Hager, Goulds-
boro; Captain G. w. Simpson, Nanti-
coke; Perry II. Fuller, Hyde Crocker,
Montrose; ]. p. Long, Wilkes Barre;
John McDonough, Roland Ripple La
thrope, Peckville; c. L. Mercereau,
Burton T. Mercereau, Charles II. Gra-
ham, Misses Gertrude -Hager, Goulds-
boro; Estelle Terwilliger, Edith G.
Welteroth, Wilkes-Barre; Susan Dick
lnson, JOY Doster Hannah II. Ripple,
Jessie Crocker DIR. Martha Everitt.
EVENINGS CAMP FIRE.
At the camp fire in the evening the
audience was largely composed of MEM
bers of the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie, their wives and other members Of
their families. A prayer by Dr. Logan,
the associations chaplain, preceded the
entertainment features, over which
Commander Lathrope presided.
A series of stereorticon views. owned
by Colonel Ripple and bearing upon
prison life in the south, were shown
in Illustration of his address upon that
subject. The views are from sketches
made in 1896 and 1897 by James e. Tay-
lor of Frank Leslie's publishing house.
The sketches were made expressly for
Colonel Ripple at considerable trouble
and expense. In discussing the scenes
and incidents depicted on the screen
he talked in conversational way and
deeply interested the audience in the
life at Andersonville and Florence, at
which places he was a prisoner.
Commander Lathrope read that por-
tion of the letter from the national
commander in relation to the Provi-
dence spring in Andersonville and in
troduced the subscription committee to
the audience A view showing the
scramble for the water when the flow
from the spring was first discovered
| had been previously shown on the
screen during Colonel Ripple's talk.
This circumstance evidently had it's ef-
| feet and the committee was not long
! in securing $35
After Commander Lathrope had read
a humorous poem he introduced ex-
| Sheriff A. B. Stevens. In a brief ad-
hn inc
sions for ex-Confederates and upheld
| the expansion policy. In the latter
! position Mr.. Stevens said he would be
represented by his grandson, Walter
| Stevens, who recited a poem favoring
the continued display of the flag in all
| lands where it had once been raised.
ALDERMAN HOWE TALKS.
Alderman John T. Howe made a very
| brief but characteristic speech, which
! was full of humor. He invited the au-
| dience to attend the approaching De-
| tenders Day celebration of Camp No. s,
| Sons of Veterans. Many uniformeT
members of this organization arrived
during the exercises and occupied seats
| in the balcony.
Miss Susan Dickinson made an ad-
| dress in which she referred to woman's
| work during the war. She held Robert
| +. Lee more responsible than Davis for
| the bad treatment of Union prisoners,
| especially at Belle Isle, where, she said,
| Lees window looked out upon that ISL
| and and 1t horrors for several months.
| Senator Hoar and his position on the
| treaty ratification and expansion were
very vigorously criticized by Miss Dick
| inson.
1. p. Long. of Wilkes-Ba who was
| a prisoner at Belle Isle, related a few
| personal experiences.
The closing address was by Rev. w
| @. Scott of Elmhurst. Unlike most
of his masculine auditors, he was a cav
| alryman and instead of being captured
he participated in the taking of many
| prisoners and had a long and varied
| experience in guarding them. These
experiences, counter to those previously
related, were on that account of pecul-
| lar interest. While admitting that the
| prisoners of the Federal forces had bet
ter quarters, provisions and equipment
that had the other side, he thought
some allowance for the oversights and
sufferings on both sides should be made
on account Of the haste and disorganiz.
| alton of the times.
| Commander Lathrope dismissed the
audience with the expressed hope that
the gathering a year hence would be as
enjoyable.