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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-08
A BLOW TO SHIPBUJLDING.
Sympathetic strikes Threatened Ut Town
send q Downey's and Elsewhere.

sympathetic strikes Threatened Ut Town.
send q Downey's and Elsewhere.
The New York Metal Trades Association,
the local branch Of the National Metal
Trades Association. composed OF employ
ers in nearly every branch OF the metal
trades, issued a statement yesterday re-
garding tho strike Of the boiler makers
and iron shipbuilders In the yards Of Town
send 4 Downey, Shooter = Island. II says:
On Jan. 10. 1908. the walking delegate OF the
Iron Shipbuders' and Boilermakers TnIon.
made the following demands on the Lownn.
send-Downcy Shi pouildinQ Company: 1hsttne
company. discharge two non-union workmen
employed ON punching and sheaIinE tools
iron plates on ships under copNruction:
that the company abolish the system OF piece
work.
pany, being member OF the NV York Metal
Trades Association. referred the matter to the
% and e he
shipbuiiders' and Boilermakers' Union not TO
until eonterence e could % b Be had Of the
hers Of the association. The union disre-
sna ,s ms e5d, o% 9 n.
employment OF the company.
The strike has been confined yp 70 the
B oiIermaE seq and d the compsny' has CON-
tinued to operate it's plant A sympathetic
strike is now Threatened by all the trades IN
this yard and many other shipyards.
Perhaps the meter of greatest interest
TO the business men OF New fork Is the recent
action of members OF this association and
other firms engaged in the shipbuuding and
repairing industry. in declining to take on
rev contracts. owing to the eXorbitsnt de-
mands and threatened strikes Of the iron
and vicinity. Yards which heretofore did
a large business in repairing and reftipg
vessels visiting this port are Advising the
masters Of vessels TO nave their work done
abroad. Many firms are arranging 10 have
various pieces that go into the CONSTRUCTION
Of ships manufactured abroad and brou ght
to this port In their manufactured STATE.
instead OF making them here In local ship
yards
When the large sums OF money formerly
disbursed among the different trades at the
New York and New Jersey ship yards for
repairs and renewals on foreign, as well as
on domestic vessels. are taken into consider
alton, the condition Is most unfortunate
for the manufacturer and for the laboIer
rhe shipbuilding industry is not alone suffer-
ing in this respect. but other trades d. pendent
more or less upon shpbuildns are being
severely affected.
Commissioner Hunter said yesterday
that the decision forced on its members
TO decline to take rev contracts. owing
to the unreasonable demands of the unior.
will probably throw thousands OF men oft
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-08
TO FIGHT ORGANIZED LABOR.
Ninety Employers In Columbus. Ind,
Decide TO Run Open shops.

Deel0e 10 nun Open SNOW.
isnlAsApoLIs. March Ninety en-
ployers OF labor at Columbus, including
manufacturers. merchants and contractors,
held a meeting last night and formed an
association to protect the members against
organized labor. Organizers for labor
unions have been busy In the city for sew
eral months, and as soon rs n union was
formed the membership made some de-
mands upon the employers, and strikes and
Iockouts followed. Nearly every business
in the city was affected
The employers held consultations and the
result was a meeting at the plant OF Reeves
& Co. last night. The speeches were all Of
the same tenor and TO the effect that since
the organization of the labor unions there
have been manifest attempts to take the
business out Of the hands OF the employers
and run 1t by the labor unions. that the
conditions have become unbearablo, and
that not only the good Of the business Of
the city hut the Independence Of the business
men demand a change. More than one
hundred Interested persons were present
and ninety Of these signed the articles of
agreement.
Under the agreement. the members OF
the association will not recognize any
union. neither will they discriminate against
an employee because he belongs TO
labor union. but they will operate what are
knowa as -open shops Differences be-
tween employer and employees as 10 wages
are To arbitrated by a disinterested board.
and the question relative to apprentices
will lie governed entirely by the employer
NJ. T. Reeves. president Of Reeves d Co.
was elected president and Herbert II Bus
SOFT president Of the Columbus Handle
and Tool Company. vice-prrsident
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-08
IRA D. aSANKHY IS BLTNr.
NAY PARTIALLY RECOVER SIGHT
i. IN RIGHT EYE.

, Small Hope for T1ss, However. and Les
fer the I.eft--He Has been III for Two
Months From Overwork During HIS
Recent "Trip Through British Isles.
For the last two months, unknown to
all save his immediate family Ira d. Sankey,
co-worker OF the late Dwight l.. Moody
and famous hymn writer, has been III In
his home at las South Oxford street, Brook
lyn Mr.. Sankey, who In in his sixty-fourth
year, was taken sick in the first instance
about an affection Of the eyes called glau-
coma. from which he has Temporarily
lost his sight. His family and physicians
are hopeful that the sight Of his right eye
will be saved, although the left eye Is said
to DO less likely to respond to treatment.
Ovsrwofk and q desire to cover the
ground which was traversed In 1876 by
Mr.. Moody and himself in their famous
tour through England Ireland and Scot
land was the cause of Mr. Sankey's col
lapse.
.Mr. Sankey,' said his son last night.
sin his recent trip not only went over the
route taken by Mr.. Moody and himself,
but did the talking as we'll as leadir g the
singing. This was too much for his fall
ing strength. He is now much improved
and we hope he will soon Be about.
Three weeks ago Dr.. Richard Kalish
performed an operation on fathers eyee.
He has steadily improved since that time
The only. reason the public was not in
formed Of his condition was because OF his
request that no effort be spared TO prevent
his friend from being alarmed. Now that
II Is known THE Sun will confer favor on
VA II tho following signed statement Is
published in order that all our friends and
ac1uaiDtancrs oil over the world may
know the exact etatus of tho caso:'
49, No announcement Of Mr. Ira d Sankey's
illness has been made before for the reason
that 1t was his expressed wish that his friends
should be kept In ignorance as TO his real
condition lest they should become unneces-
To avoid any misrepresentation or. ex-
sgserstton that might result from the facts
following signed statement by his attending
oculist. I ALLAN SANKEY.
j f. SANKEY
NEw YORK, March Z. 1908.
two mouths ago suffering from an attack OF
In this case BY physical exhaustion from
crease In the tension within the eyebails,
which II not reduced causes wasting OF the
optic nerve and abolition OF sight. The
ass a. 20 Isspis oon ton q
the eyes permitted He rallied at once.
the pain and suffering being relieved. but II
as to the ultimate result Of the operation.
In the right eye the existing conditions are
not unfaverable to the reoo very Of a moderate
q by sff rss s hs es
health. The left eye has not responde d
TO treatment a. the other has done and at
this time any authorization ofthnt sight In this
eye will be restored Is hardly UNSUITABLE.
RICHARD kALIsH.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-08
MISS BR4NTINGHAM LOSES.
Court Of Appeals Decides That She Has No
claim to Joseph Thorne's Estate.


ALBANY, March THE Court OF Appeals
has decided adversely TO May Thorne
Birmingham in the litigation instigated
by her to recover from Mrs. Eunice HUI
the estate Of the late Joseph Thornc Of New
York city, a wealthy man who with his
wife had adopted the Birmingham girl
when she was lcss than two years old. A
few years before his death Thorne became
estTan ged from his wife and went to live
With the Huffs In Ossining. n, Y. He died
in 1897. and one year prior to his death made
a win in which he left small legacies TO three
nieces and his physician. and the residue
OF his property. amounting TO several
hundred thousand dollars, to Mrs. Hun.
His wife had died previously.
The adopted daughter claimed the estate
under a contract alleged TO have been
made between Thorne and his wife and the
mother of the plaintiff at the time OF her
adoption. The mother is still alive In
England and through a commission testi-
fed that Mr.. Thorne had said
MAY will have everything that is ours,
and should die first ! will zee that May
" well of. We have no children OF our
own and no relations to leave my money to,
and she will be exactly treated in every
way "a If she were our own child
A written contract OF adoption, follow
ing the form In uso at that time. was signed
by the mother and the Thornes. stating
simply that the girl should be cared Tor by
the Thornes until she reached the age Of
eighteen years.
The courts below hold that the Thornes
were bound by tho verbal contract relative
Ia which the mother testifrs. and that the
girl was thereby entitled To the Thorne
estate. The Court Of Appeals. however.
reverses that judgment, holding that the
written instrument Is the only one that
can he recognized. and that Thorne had
the right. al the time he made his will. TO
make Mrs. HUI his beneficiary. in short,
TO dispose Of his property as he pleased.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-08
New Corporations.

Albany. March The Chautauqus Trac-
ton Company OF Ashvillc WAS incorpo-
rated to-day tn operate a street surface
road seventeen miles long from Lakewood
to Msyville. Chsutauqus county. The
capital Ia ss0 con. and among the directors
az. william BroAdhesd. s, d. Broadhead
and A. g.. Wade Of jamestown.
SohiefyeIin a 60. Of New York city was
Incorporated to deal in pharmaceutical
prersrations. The capital IL 81 ,0Oo mo
and tho directors are William n, Clark
William 3. Mcrseresu, William l.. Brewer
William j. schieirelin. Henry tschisfelin
Clark and Schuyler Schi.neln OF New
York city.
IN lane a Go. az New York city was
incorporated To do q commission business
Ia dry gods. Ths csIatAl Is sT0o, 600 aud
the dlrec;ors are A, ID, Dickinson, NJ v. y
RIiDckefhor. John W Tsilinsn, X. J. Csld-
VOL and n. ". Crawford of New York
city
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-08
MAHON GOES WEST.
Orgsnizing Of Elevated Road Emp,o, Gee
Left 70 Robinson.

President Mahon Of the Amalgamated
Association Of Street Railway Employees.
who has been here for several days trying
20 organize the guards and conductors
on the elevated roads. left yesterday for the
West. Organizer Robinson. who helped
TO get the men together. said last night:
4 am oomplsiins the work Of organizing
the men Nothing will lie done until the
organization is J'erfect.d
A. the ONES Of the Manhattan Railway
Company n the W a IN pn'on Du d ne
II was said yesterday that no grew
snoe had been submitted and ss there
was no reason 10 suppose . strike was likely
no attempt was being made Ia get new men
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-08
BaCk TOWORK SANS "GROW LERS."
Tinsn, Glass WORKERS VIII. How ever. Pr,i.
tiea the 90 mpany for B~es Periods.

For the first time since the establishment
~ the Tiffany art glass works In Corona,
l.. l.. the 200 men employed in the iron
and brass rooms, who struck Thursday
against an order prohibiting beer drinking
during working hours. did their work y.ster-
day 'withou, their customary -gro~iers. :
On Thursday the men all walked out and
said they would no, return unl"-s the ord =
rescindsd
On FRIDAY nigh, . secret nesting w@
held With the al, tina, ell the striker.
stated hoss,.l, ihs, they viii pss-sn, q
lisi III grievance Ia the company on Monday
and Will demand bs-T ~ 10 O'oloch IN tho
morning, ~ their noon luncheon aud ~ .
o'clock In the sft.fnoon
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-08
GUARDS FOR THE WABASH.
Agents Hiring Men 70 Protect the Cam
pany's Property A. There's . strike.

=
"a pany's Property ~ There's strike.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 7.--Agerts Of the
Wabash Railroad Company visited several
Indiana cities to-day. through which
the road runs. and engaged men to do
guard duty at the freight houses and pas
senger stations and at the water stations
and coaling places along the line. The
men thus employed were told that they
were not expected to take the places OF
strikers. and their only duties would oon-
sist In protecting the company's property
should q strike occur.
The men who employed the guards said
they were simply carrying out tho orders
OF their superiors In the employment OF
men to do guard duty over the property
A few men were employed to 80 outside
Of the State and got passes over the road
to the places where the services are sup
posed to be needed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-08
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-08
r. sneak ., Emme, Celebration.

A coInmnio. from the Catholic club
of this city will 20 Ia New Haven Tomorrow
To represent the club ~ the o-lebration
- the i?srh anniv.rsary ~ the birth 81
l.nler, Fmmss nj the Hyp. rion Theatre
"a n o--os night " Wall ~ this CITY
viii make the principal sp--ch.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-08
WtNr 4 wars TOu MPPLy
siselnns,i ioessi~Ss Wear s~rteus Labor
ysoutlss IN The salt lssi neSisn.

CisoIshAII. March :. An embargo hIs
ioen tlAad on so' cosl hni. aud ~ result
sDs carr sw nov on the various sidinss
~ tho lhnsaJsAs and Ohio Railroad
tstsssD thls sliy and hilsssll, w About
800 .oa hushsls are slso ga tbs say down
W ss,sf, MOI shltisi ding al ti.sss ship
nsnis rnsiIi rii noinnsIsial tI,.psis
"a day ssfs s,dssso'u'g IA 10y ny oil Ia.
us,sl ihsy ssi,ild = ouTe, ~ as IA .Dnisol o
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fis sstlNiy n Tia naal MaIss, sas
naus-sd by the saiss sioi.s ~ ias bubsIs
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dinlsailiy 81 tide tina 10 tia sofi s.isl hslas
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-08
AFTER NON-t MON MN.
Osssnsssss 70 Gs, 10 Wsvk In tho Ds~s
Oepartmess.

The safety EnsiDssrs and D~rrlokmsn
and Rissefs' unions have d discovered. they
.sy, that only non union mon arc employed
by .hs Dock D.J,sr,iaen, is ,hslr r.sgsso,ive
trsa.. TlA.y thsf-fos.. asnno, fofas their
dlss,t,ass. l,y threatening . safike
they tepoftsj Yesterday thai ihsS sill
ofaAnls~ ilsss bon-union sinploye-f 49,
thai they can MAKE drmssds fo' union
ssSes
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-08
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dl-.slss tho inlaHo'las pssss-i,l,.s the a,
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-08

KING, VA
CHARITY.l
Lunacy Cen
Trying
sisters
but He
Henry @. KN
seven years
snts were AMI
Founding As
edge. Is to be q
for the Grim
viction before
eight months
for shooting
years old, ws
but the Record
trial an apph3
an insanity Cd
and appointed
The commit
King Is insane
are. The div
sanity and ins
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and he has be
keepina q rcd
had any beard
that his paren
seouepce beci
has been keu
monev even =
want money,
.od
money. /
A rule of q
in the action
Let him go I'd
oernins him. q
evidence that
would have ed
This point
the rules Of
insanity comb
into II. The n
light on King'
Frank Moss
sion and the q
James E. Kelly
King was lei
the Foundlina
disclosing his I
cording TO sw
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years old and
Md, with som
worked for the
In 1896 he q
In Philadelphia
be the child boz
while her husl
band, returnin
was taken a|
he was told.
come into an
story started
land him in an
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Mary Teresa
he was. She
unknown. He
took a hall ID
was unemittid
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no RIGHT 10 p
clear TO him.
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the comnissit
out Of a fun
charitable incb
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formed his pa1
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-08
BEST&G
up1ssrM I,zuR
~

Girls DE- Misses Dresses.
New Spring Suits In al tie Leading shides. In Ntsmae;.
volss and twins eords. made IL blouse effect and the new
foeA coat.
WSiAdro Suits. IN fDeeds. ehSpiots and Scotch goods.
made In the latest styles.
Dancing Fioeks for misses and children, In fine main.
sooI and OySadYss also Wash Covas In whaS and eoo,s.
ls,ss AssoTr,1W Of Russian and PEASANT D,sssSs.
Stsss, Avss and Ill wSsh mAio!1b
Spdns Goats. IN MNss-sSar~ and ~Sfy Lslgfhs. made
often oovNF, nd and blue ehSytof and SbsLaS
Plain White RsSfs,s and 7h'ss OsAH0 Goats Of s~ys
sAs eAvvSs,Vos and fancy materials hSaSso1e, trimmed
NissA' JA6A6s Of GOWN doth also The N~y F'oeh
Goats. same ayfss In hAeh and blue eh~viois.
.M Goats 10, ehi5,Np In oe<fr and h,eS spsa~
LrsY Of peAD de- sole and afdA also Fine Long Goats.
eo-e2 West $50 Street.
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-08

An oshrlsl ~ tbs American brass Com.
p.ny aid yesterday that - VI sAsy hsd
f,ai.d 49, las,aai Iss-s fo' tho s'fihs ~
,i..g iron sofkss. n pnisi'sIs shilsai.lpi,is
SUD o'l,ss aii.as
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fis.,i.is' hs ss.d. 'only ,i,i.s msn ~sss
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,hls ssa I,.4-sud . fuls thai Io ssiisf haze
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tl.si tl,s isssuli 10 ihsi si.T tDsb siis ~
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Nc haze ssa ,asas ssy s,,As.ys 90 ss'
1880 49,. a.. .' .l 49,. 49, !. ss i, ~ a..
lisifss.i,.sl.S aslsOsssasi,ls
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a s'oihs - tbs sssn s.lssre6 IN 90.
,sss,.sss Aakiilas a fs,iAasas sprsAsn a
sls hslad i'sisssi t.iissssi - issd -as.-t 500
i>-sst ss.sts 10 ,Lg-is'.-s ,--'-s- ',.s
ssslsa.s silsss. iis assa sFs s"ssi,s as-n
i.sssss . asg issarsd - s,Sla tf,s srffis.
a.sa esanssita~s - tis~ t~sissi teasssss.d
fslas al tsh. dag ~ t,s ss,,sf ca.
ass ss-s ,sy 90 ,s,iaS sissy' -'-s.sss.si.
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kit bag and on the top of the kit bag,
also hanging from the right shoulder,
is an aluminium water bottle which con-
tains I Il pints. To the greatcoat is.
strapped pair of boots and an alumni
ium mess-tin. Besides this, every six
men carry between them the materials
for one tent. 80. - s@sz*
The annals OF. the Crimean war and of
the Russo Turkish war tell us of what
good stuff the Russian soldier is made,
and Archibald Forbes, who, with a
vast experience of military matters,
was keen critic, once said of the Rus
sian private: II regard him as the
finest material for a soldier that the
soldier-producing world affords. He is
an extraordinary weight-carrying
marcher, tramping on mile after mile
with q good heart, with singular free
dom from reliance on sustenance, and
with a good stomach for Immediate
fighting at the end of the longest food
less marches. He never grumbles. Matt
tiers must have come to bad pass, in.
deed, when he let's loose his tongue in
adverse comment on his superiors. In
ured to privation from his childhood,
he is hard man to starve, and will live
on rations at which the British soldier
would turn up his nose. His sincere
piety, according to his narrow lights.
his whole-hearted devotion to the car
which is engrained into his mental sys-
TEN, and is not the result of process
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1903-08-07

brown, particularly in the dark shades.
but ranging all the way to lightest fawn,
is prominent. Foliage greens and clear
emerald shadings, blue, in the corn
flower shadings; geranium and poppy
reds, the reddish puppies called fuchsia,
dahl1a, plum and aubergine (egg plant,
the clear s1lvery grays-these are all in
evidence in the samples, and among the
more delicate standings the pastel tints
hold their own.
Pure white, it is said, will be less
popular, but all the off color whites
oyster, mushroom, breadcrnmb, etc.,
will have great vogue. Two-tone effects
will be pushed in wool fabrics and
French manufacturers threaten us with
mixtures of bright colors which they
call cake walk mixtures.
AS for materials, broadcloth is be-
ing largely ordered and zibeline in
countless varieties will be feature of
the season. Scotch plaids and the soft
lined, subdued French interpretations
of tartan plaid will appear again.
But to go back for a time to that
which is more in order, let us glance
at the summer skirts. Paquin, followed
by lesser lights of the dressmaking
world, has shown strong liking for
tucks as trimming for the full skirt of
soft material, and many of the cos
tunes seen at the Paris races, where is
said the last definite word on summer
styles, were made with these skirts.
The tucks are deep, and usually four
or five in number.
The lowest is perhaps six inches in
depth and the others are graduated,
the top one being about three inches
deep. No other trimming is used upon
these skirts. They usually fall full
from the waistband and all elabora-
ton is reserved for the bodice trim
ming.
The double and triple skirts gain in
popularity, and many of the new skirts
show vertical tucks or plaits in groups,
rather than continued all around the
skirts. Among the skirts that are
plated all around the band are a
number whose plaits are pressed or
caught down flat across the front, but
falling loose and free from the band
across sides and back.
The hip yoke is by no means aban-
doned, and it must be thoroughly un-
derstood that the full skirt Of to-day
Is in none of its forms the straight,
full peasant skirt of olden time. A
slender line must be preserved, even
in the fullness, ana the full skirts are
cut en- formc and most carefully
shaped to avoid bunchiness.
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entertained the encampments have
been: Philadelphia, three times: Bos-
ton, twice; Chicago, twice; st. Louis,
Denver, Baltimore, Detroit, Buffalo,
Pittsburg, Milwaukee and lndianap-
oils. It was at indianapolis that the
first encampment was held in 1866. in
the same year in which the first post
was organized at Decatur, Ill. In 1878
the membership Of the order was 3d.
DIG, and in II years it had touched the
period of it's greatest strength, 400, 489
old soldiers being enrolled. Since the
year 1890 there has been a steady de-
cline in the strength of the organiza-
ton, owing to deaths ravages among
the ranks of the aged warriors, so that
to-day the 6,416 posts are able to show
an enrolment of only 263,745 men,
bers.
1t is said that there are more Of the
veterans of the Mexican war on the
Pacific coast than any other section of
the union can muster, being some
thing like 965, of whom California
claims 685 as citizens of her state.
They will nearly all be present at this
years encampment and will add an
interesting feature to the occasion.
Gen. Thomas w. Stewart is the pres
ent commander in chief of the order.
He is an easterner, being resident of
Philadelphia. According to the usual