The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-04
STATE OFFICERS CHOSEN
c. w. kBEITENsTEIN COMMANDS
THE SONS OF VETERANS.
Parade at Sighf-Old Woman Killed
bIy-Death OF an Indiana Soldier.


Special 10 the indianapolis Journal.
MUNCIE. Ind. July 3.-The most i'm
portant feature OF the state Sons Of Veter-
ans encampment and the meeting of the
auxiliary. the Ladies Aid Society, was the
election Of new officers and the selection
Of a place for the next encampment. In
dianapolis. Peru and Rising Sun were the
candidates. indianapolis finally withdrew
and threw its strength to Rising Sun and
the Ohio-river town was selected for the
1902 meetings. The following officers were
chosen:
GEORGE w. KREITENSTEIN, Terre
Haute. custodian OF the Statehouse at In
dianapOlis, commander.
j. HARVEY LEFFLER, Muncie, senior
vice commander.
MCCLURE TATE. Noblesville. junior
vice commander.
Z. Z. FRIEDLINE. Jonesboro. quarter
master.
ORAL JONES. shelbyville. and L.
WOODEN, Greensburg. members of divi-
sion council.
Ladies' Aid Society,"
MISS NETTIE e. RICE. Fort Wayne.
past president.
MRS. MAGGIE GOODRICH. s~heIbyville,
president.
MRS. SOPHIA PRICE. Muncie. vice
president.
MISS NETTIE RICE. Fort Wayne, MISS
IN
MATTE OFT, Richmond. members divi-
sion council.
The following appointive officers were
named; Chaplain. Mrs. Lulu Helms, OF
Elw0od; treasurer. Miss Maggie Nc
kenney. shelbyville: division inspector
Miss Sarah NJ. Xawter. Eiwood; mastering
and installing officer. Mrs. George Kreiten-
stein, Terre Haute: division secretary, Miss
Bertha Spurrin, Shelbyville: judge advo-
cate, w. w. Hagans. S~helbyvilIe; chief OF
staff, Miss Grace Luce, Terre Haute.
The officers rep0rfS showed that for the
first time in ter years past. there is a bal
ance In the treasury, and there seems TO be
new life in the camps all over the State
as to increasing the membership.
In a mild form. the encampment at
tempted to pass a resolution requesting the
Mckinley administration to reinstate Rus
sell y. Harrison. son of the late President
Harrison, in the military service. but the
delegates decided that the particulars Were
too meager to prompt n decisive action
and the matter was dropped. Resolutions
on the death of Judge Woods were passed.
Resolutions indorsing the Dwight GIL
Banner were adopted during the afternoon
session, after having been voted down in
the morning. The Dwight Banner, the Of
fetal organ of the S. of V. of the United
States. was recently suppressed by the
cOmmander-in-chief. although ii was in
dorsed by a number of the state s. of VS.,
The action OF indorsing the resolution
means an increase i'm the per capita tax OF
from 90 cents to so cents per year, 20 cents
to pay subscription to the Banner.
The street parade took place tonight at
5 o'clock on the principal business streets
of the city. The Sons of Veterans. Ladies
Aid Society. @. A. r. members and civic
uniformed bodies participated. The knights
of Khorassan, in uniform, made a fireworks
display along the line of march. Thousands
of people witnessed the beautiful display
Following the parade the programme was
continued at West Side Park, where an
other fireworks display was made and the
annual ball was given in the open pavilion
The convention is 10 adjourn tomorrow
and the day will be spent in sightseeing
after the business meeting of the morning