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GOOD WORK APPRECIATED =
Minnesota Candidate for Honors
~ Warmly Commended. go
TO, TIE Editor of The Journa

To, the Editor of The journal '..' :,@
The patriotic organization known as:
the Ladies Of the Grand Army Of the
Republic have occasion to be proud
Of the grand record they have made in
the state. This organization is com
posed OF ladies who are direct descend
ants Of soldiers Of the civil war, and
on this account should be closer to the
'old boys' than any other. Their
growth has been almost phenomenal,
and Minnesota has always been among
the leaders, originating many things forr
the good of soldiers and their families.
One of the first to recognize the
grand future Of this organization and
to offer her assistance in It's upbuilding,
was Mrs: Julia E. F.. Lobdell. Her un-
firing efforts, her marked ability as an
orator and organizer, has resulted in
placing Minnesota among the leaders
In the order. That her work has been
appreciated, is shown by the splendid
encouragement she is receiving from all
parts Of the United States in her can
didacy for national president. Letters
are pouring in from nearly every state
plime nting Mrs. Lobdell upon the good
work she has done, and her general fit
ness for the position
1t Is said that prophet is not with
out honor save in his own country, but
this does not apply in Mrs. ,Lobdell 8
case, as she has received the indorse-
ment for the position, and promise of
support from every circle from the
state except two. Mrs. Lobdell is both
capable and aggressive. and has nat
urally aroused the enmity of very
few "would be" leaders. The rank
and file have nothing but good to say
Of her, but few who have, largely
thru her efforts, occupied official posi-
as she was before the order seeking
recognition they had absolutely nc
chance for promotion. have endeavored
! to discredit her candidacy and are Oh.
posing her election.
/ : A year ago Denver entertained the
Ladies' of the G.. A. r. royalty, and
as slight acknowledgement Of the
! courtesies shown them, and the ability
Of the candidate presented, they elected
a Denver lady, Mrs. Ruth Foote, az
national president, who has proven at
excellent officer, and in 1904, whe1
San Francisco entertained the nationa
encampment, Mrs. Belinda Bailey Of
that city was chosen to fill the honorei
position for national president.
Minnesota, in presenting Mrs. Lob
dell as a candidate for national presi
dent, has not taken into consideration
her location. but, her eminent fines
for the position. AS a member Of Thu
order and q veteran Of the civil war
interester in everything hit roncerr,
the Grand Army, OF any Of it's associat,
organizations, I urge the members O.
this noble order to "get together
drop all petty jealousies and spite, ant
give Mrs. Lobdell their undivided, ear
nest support She will be credit, no
only to this state, but to the nation
and will place the order on a highe
plane than it has ever been.
2 .Zss Hugh LongstaH.
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rel IEF CORPS POLITICS
CENTERS On PRESIDENT
Massachusetts and Missouri Delegates Believed to Have
Strong Canddates-Ladies of G. A. R. ~~~
~e@*@~ Also Have Spirited Campaign. 49,.

hall on, Eighth street between Nicollet
and Hennepin avenues. Tuesday, We'd
nesday and Thursday the hall will pc pc
open. from 10 am. to pm, and it will
furnish rest room, meeting. place,
and a corner for quiet entertainments
Crops Of the patriotic women have been
assigned to each day and the members
Of the three societies are all expected
to be present if they can and make the
days pleasant for the visitors. There
will be music and talks, all in a most
informal and delightful way; a regis;
ter. will be kept and refreshments will
be served. 1T, ,-.., --..-..-,
In one corner the Colonial. Danes
will serve coffee and sandwiches, in an;
other the D. A. r. will dispense tea and
waters and the D. R. will have charge
Of the frappe table. Cards announcing
these hospitable plans Of the three
patriotic organizations will be placed al
each headquarters and the visitors are
expected to avail themselves Of the cor
dial invitation. 49,. =.
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J. NJ. Miller of One Hundred and Sec
ond Illinois infantry, wants: to meet
Wilson Ramsey of the Illineis infantry.
Inquire at Brunswick hotel. z,-.r.' .A
E. ii. Bruce of the First Michigan
cavalry wants to meet any of the First
Michigan cavalry. Inquire at the Nicol-
let. !
John H. Kingsley Of the: Twenty
fourth Michigan infantry wants to
meet s. R. Kingsley and Q. D. Kingsley
Of that regiment. Inquire at st. James
hotel. A. }'g f.,
Captain S. H. Dixon Of the Thirty
fifth Iowa infantry wants to meet Coz
D. Inquire at Rogers hotel. 49,.
B. F. Zarracher of the Twenty ninth
Pennsylvania. infantry wants to meet
all my comrades from Pennsylvania.
Inquire at West hotel. ,, - - 49,
George P. Mckee of the Twelfth U.
S. infantry wants. to. meet Enoch Rus
sell fthe Twelfth U. s., infantry. In
quire at Nicollet hotel. ,>,.s~,, 10. .,..-
William Monteith of, Company K,
Forty eighth Wisconsin infantry, wants
to meet Thomas West Of Barker, Wis
Inquire at the Nicollet hotel.
David Bates of the Second Pennsyl
| vania cavalry wants to meet w. w
Bates of Company. B. l37th Pennsyl
vania infantry. Inquire at the Nicolle1
hotel. e'I So
A. w. Holdridge of Company I, TWEEN
ty-ninth Ohio infantry, wants to meet
Clark Beech Of the Twenty ninth Ohit
infantry. Inquire at the Nicollet hotel
Richard Engle of the Sixty-thirt
Ohio infantry wants to meet Oscar Pot
ter of Sioux Falls, SD. Inquire at thu
Rogers hotel.
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day and will open state headquarters
in the quarters assigned to them on
their arrival Tonight the delegations
of Maryland, Oregon, Washington and
Alaska will reach the city Accord
ing to dispatches received in local
headquarters, the delegations from
these departments will be larger than
had been expected.
From Maryland, in the south. will
come more than one hundred veterans
who served in the union army during
the war. Colonel John G. Taylor, past
commander of the department, arrived
in the city yesterday, accompanied by
his grandson, Oscar G. Taylor, and went
at once to the Brunswick hotel, where
the Maryland veterans will open head
quarters on their arrival in the city.
Colonel Taylor is from Baltimore, which
holds the unique distinction in Grand
Army circles of maintaining the only
exclusive Grand Army club in the
United States. The rooms of the Bal
timore club are always open to mem.
ganization has been remarkably sue
cessful in maintaining its standing in
the south. Maryland will come unin-
structed in the race for commandments
| chief
Alaska will not be counted out Of
the Minneapolis encampment on ac-
! count of the distance of the territory
! from Minneapolis, and according to
Grand Army officials, at least ten mem
bers of the Alaska department will
march in the grand parade Wednesday:
Beginning Monday morning, the real
influx Of headquarters trains will COM
mence. Columbia post of Chicago,
which will act as personal escort to
Commander Tanner during the parade
| Wednesday,, will arrive on an early
morning train. Iowa, Vermont, Maine,
PENNSYLVANIA, Kentucky, Tennessee and
Ohio are scheduled for Monday morn
ing also. Columbia post, No. al, OF
Cleveland, the largest post in the state,
has two representatives in the city who
are making arrangements for the post.
They are J. I. Wilson and }. F. WI
son. With the Ohio delegation will be
R. B. Brown. one of the leading candi-
dataes for commandments. Bur-
ton of Missouri, another prominent cam
didate for the head of the organlza-
ton for next year, will come with the
Missouri delegation, which is unit be-
hind him.
Tomorrow and Tuesday will be the
big days for arrivals. Every veteran
who is coming to the encampment Will
be on hand for the parade on Wednes'
1 day, unless delayed by accident IL Is
believed that every official department
and post train will arrive before mid
night of Tuesday, and that when the
sun rises on Wednesday morning Min
neapolis will shelter the entire visiting
host On Wednesday it is safe to say
there will be 100000 people in Mime
apolis.
Excursions for countless surrounding
towns in the northwest will arrive fol
the parade and the city will shelter the
:. largest crowd of it's history.
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MRS. FoOTE COMES TODAY
President of L. of G.. A. r. Will Be
= -: Warmly Welcomed.

When Mrs. Ruth Foote' of Denver.
national president Of the Ladies' of the
e.. A. R., and her secretary, Mrs. Cath
crime Ross Of Denver, arrive this even
ing they will be given an official recep-
ton, for the executive committee will
be waiting to greet them and escort
them to the carriage which will convey
them to the West hotel. Mrs. Foote
and Mrs. Ross were both in Minneapo-
lis last winter, so that they have many
friends in the department.. Mrs. Ross
had the misfortune to break her leg
here and was detained for many weeks
at the home of Mrs. Mindie Barnum
national junior vice-president. Mrs
Ella 8. Jones, the national treasurer
will: come with the Pennsylvania dele
CATION and Mrs. Margaret Stevens, the
national senior vice-president of New.
ark, N. j., is expected on the same
train.
The Ladies' of the G.. A. R. will have
their national headquarters at Statuary
hall in the West hotel There will bt
plenty of excitement at the West this
week, for nearly all of the presidential
candidates will have headquarters there
Mrs. Emma E. Peace of Springfield
Mass, the latest applicant for execu
tive honors, will be there, and so will
Mrs. Henrietta Gerwig Of Allegheny
"a, and Mrs. Ada Shannon of Phila
delphia. Kansas, which has Mrs. Elms
Dalton Of Winfield, Neb., as it's candi
date, will beat the Brunswick New
York, Illinois, and Massachusetts viii
al! be stationed at the West, The Hysel
will have Minnesota, Illinois and Iowa
Mrs. 5Mindie Barnum, chairman of thu
general committee as we'll as nationa
junior vice-president, with her assist
ants, will be at headquarters all da,
tomorrow and on Monday morning tn.
national headquarters will be. opened
The different departments will visi
headquarters tomorrow to pay thei
respects to the national president, Mrs
Foote, who will hold an informal ant
ontinuous reception all day.
An automobile ride for the delegate
will be=a delightful feature of Tuesda,
evening. Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Foot
will &C cept the Invitation Of the w. R
G. to join the reception group in tn
armory.
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WHAT C. A. r. MEANS
TO YOUNG PATRIOT
Minneapolis Spirit Shown in the Caring for Tired
So. .... - Veteran

few minutes with messenger boy.
Then he turned the old soldier over to
the boy with this order:
'Take this man to No. so-and-so,
Such-a-street N, and tell Mrs. Blank
that | sent You and that L said to let
this man have my room tonight.
Maybe the folks have gone to bed, but
they have bell and you can arouse
them. - Then, as the old man and the
messenger were leaving, he said to the
boy: Take him up Nicollet so he can
see some Of the decorations
One of the customers who had noted
the young mans kindness, made some
comment on the belated veteran.
eyes, said the young man. - He
looked all in, so / thought l might as
well give him my room tonight. l
don t use it at night, you know
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RANSOM POST Is ACTIVE
Famous st. Louis Organization Will
Bring 200 Men.

Ransom post of st. Louis with its
friends will arrive in Minneapolis 200
strong Sunday evening. The post will
have special train and plans to be a
feature Of the encampment festivities.
Headquarters have been secured on the
parlor floor Of the Nicollet house and
q large number of reservations have
been made for the members Of the
party.
Monday the party will take troll
ley ride, to Minnetonka and steamer
trip about the lake. On Tuesday they
will visit Minnehaha and Fort Smelling
and other points Of interest. There
will be many ladies in the party.
Ransom is one of the best-known
posts Of the country It has 992 vet
Grams on it's rolls, among them many
well-known men, Colonel o. J. Sweet,
formerly commandant at Fort Smelling,
is a member Of the post, as was Major
Henry D. O'Brien, of the famous First
Minnesota. one of the flag bearers shot
in the charge at Gettysburg. John A.
Ockerson Of the First Minnesota heavy
artillery, and G. G. Kendall Of the Sew
enth Minnesota infantry. are members.
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With the arrival of the delegates the
different department headquarters Will
acquire distinctly political atmos-
phere, for the number of candidates al
ready in the field promises an exciting
contest. The women OF both the w.
r. c. and Ladies of the G. A. H., who
want to be elected national president,
sent out their claims to be Endorsed by
the departments. 1t is not etiquet for
the candidates for the other offices to
make public in similar fashion their
wishes in advance of the convention,
but of course it does leak out.
:: Mrs: Mary Gilman of Boston and Mrs.
Carrie Sparklin of Missouri are regard
ed as the strongest women who are
running for the first office Of the w.
R. g., altho Mrs. Kate Jones of New
York has large following. Mrs. Ger
aldine :Frisbie of Palo Alta, CAL, was
candidate last year, and her name will
be presented to the convention again
this year Mrs. Amanda Brown of I'LL
nois is the last woman to ask for votes
for the presidency.
Where Precedent Rules.
According to precedent, Mrs. Char
lotte Wright of New Haven, Conn.,,
will be reelected national treasurer.
treasurer for seven or eight terms;
then the period dropped to- six Or sew
EN-, and there seems to be a tendency
to shorten it still more. But, as Mrs.
Wright has not served the half Of that
time, she is entitled to reelection, and
1T will be the greatest surprise of the
convention if she does not get it.
There Is Minnesota woman who
wants. to be elected president of the
ladies of the G. A. R., and she has
strong backing. Mrs. E. F. Lobdell of
Minneapolis is almost as well known in
the national body as in the department
and she gives promise of being a leader
In the coming struggle Her rivals will
be Mrs: Henrietta Gerwig of Allegheny
Pa; Mrs. Ada l.. Shannon. Philadel
phia; Mrs. Mary Jameson, Marine City
Mich; Mrs: ~Ehna DALI on, Winfield
Kan; Mrs: Hannah Chamberlain Of AL
of Springfield, Mass, who is the latest
candldatc to express a desire to BE-
elected national president.
.. Wealth Of Candidates. >. 81
There are too many candidates from
Pennsylvania to give that department
much encouragement. The same rule Ii
regard to the treasurer that is in force
in the W. R. c. is recognized by the
always at least two terms for the
woman who once wins the office, Mrs
Ella S. Jones, the present incumbent
IS just closing her first term. so she
isFentitled to another year, and as sht
comes from Pennsylvania the conven
ton will have to decide whether it will
re-elect her or chose one Of the presi
Dental candidates, for the same de
partment cannot have so many plums.
:. All Fixed With Daughters.
There will be little election excite
ment among the Daughters of Veterans
Miss Clara Hoover Of Chicago, the pres
ent senior vice president, ACCORDING t.
an unwritten law of the order, will b
advanced to the presidency. No on
else has even limited that she woul,
like to have the office and with Mis-
Hoover as the only candidate it wotll,
seem as if her election would be unani
nous.
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Mrs. H. H. Kimba1l, Mr.. and Mrs. T..
B. Walker, Mr.. and Mrs Perry Stark
weather, Rev and Mrs, j.. S.. Mont
gomery, Judge and Mrs John Day
Smith,. James Walker, Mines. Nettie
N. Norton, Sarah Milham, Lydia
George Whitmore, Mary E. Leavens,
Adelaide F. Bissell, Mary A. Silloway,
Ella G. Gearhart, Flora s. Wilson, Ada
2: May, Cora F: Wright, Sophie Camp
.. Plymat, Alice Griffin Brennan, Sara
E. B. Smith.
Commander Tanner has asked to be
excused from the reception group in
order to save his strength, and he will
be represented by his daug hters.
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The old soldier who dropped into a
Fourth street lunchroom about II
tired. He s wore the Grand Srata Hrm 10o uni.
form, and he evidently had come to
Minneapolis early in order to miss
nothing Of the encampment. He came
from Luverne, he told the young man
in charge, and he was simply too tired
to hunt up a place to stay. Perhaps
he had undertaken the journey with
more enthusiasm for the cause than
money, for, as the young man behind
the counter explained later, "he GER
tainly looked all i'm r..
After the young man had waited on
the two or three men who had dropped
IN for bite to eat, he slipped out of
the door and across the street to the
A. ID. Il. office. He was back in q
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OF INTEREST TO VETERANS

Visiting veterans and others
will be interested in an article or.
page 8 Of the Dramatic and Social
section Of this issue of r he Jour
n VI, which tells of the many IA
nous paintings of military SUBJ
jects in Minneapolis galleries. The
article gives briefly the interesting
stories connected with each paint
ing, facts about the artists and in
formation as 70 where and when
they can sbe seen. =: -
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LoDGEMEN WELCOMED
Fraternal Bodies Extend Greetings to
So Visiting Brethren.

Many lodges Of the city will hold
rallies during the convention Of the
Ct. "A. r. The L o. .G. T. lodges Of
Minneapolis will unite inea reception to
the visiting Good Templars Friday
evening in Richmond hall, opposite the
courthouse. The reception is for the
g. a. R., Sons or Daughters Of Vet,
with the order. rs
The Palestine chapter Of the Eastern
Star will have meeting Thursday In
Masonic Temple for the many members
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MRS. ADAMS TIME PRECIOUS
Head Of w. r. 9. Is Much In Demand
! . Work Is Well Planned

Mrs. Abbie..A. Adams, national presi
dent of the W. R. c., and Mrs. Marv
4: Morgan Of Alma, Neb., her secretary.
Will attend service this morning at
the Church of the Redeener, Where
COMMANDMENTS Chief Tanner. will speak.
The remainder of the day Mrs. Adams
will devote to- her Minneapolis rela-
tives. She hasatwo nephews here, Pro-
fessor Z. NJ. Whorter Of the Central
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Germans Give Reception.

There is only enc German G. A. R.
post in the department, of Minnesota,
the Jacob Schaffer Of Minneapolis.
The post with its auxiliary, the Jacob
Schaeffer w. R. G., will give reception
in the post hall, Fourth street and
Twentieth avenue ~, Friday evening
here. Commander Tanner will, of
course. be the guest Of honor. Mrs.
Anna NJ. Harley, president Of the
corps, has charge of the arrangements
for the affair. 49,
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DO NOT LET VETERAN STAND IN STREET CAR THIS WEEK
Don't You Want
to Meet an, Old }
Army ! I y. .Co ON r;

Tell h Journ,a i the name and regi-
ment Of YOU, companion Of campaign days
your campfire crony, your comrade on the
march. Ask any Journal reporter--he will
give you a blank on which to make known
the meeting place you may. select. Then
TIL e Journal will print, free OF any
cost to you, your personal request for.
reunion.
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of the order who are in the city. The
grand officers Of Minnesota will be in
attendance and Mrs Lorraine j. Pitkin,
right worthy grand secretary. The
chapter will hold Its regular meeting
tomorrow evening"
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people who sauntered past them. Here
it was souvenir badge, there an "Ask
Me- Button. Flag stats projecting
at dangerous angles from under the
arms of their owners, and the bright
colored bunting, showing thru torn
wrapping paper, spoke Of newly
aroused patriotic pride.
Viewed War Relics.
Wherever some enterprising shop
keeper had displayed war picture or
collection of relics in his windows, the
crowd halted. Each worm eaten gun
stock or rusted saber had it's shifting,
but constant, crowd Of admirers. The
! booming Of the cannon at Sixth and
Nicollet held the crowd thru the even
ing and all traffic was forced from the
sidewalk to the street.
Uniforms Of all kinds were at a
premium. Ever man or boy who was
entitled to wear distinguishing clothes
or insignia made the most. of it. There
were the khaki leggins and white arm
! bands of the red cross, the white num-
| bered caps of the official guides, the
! dark blue Of the regular army and the
fatigue uniforms Of the journal
| Cadets.
Occasionally the blue and brass OF
the G.. A. R. was visible, but not often
ond and third generations, while the
men in whose honor the flags were fly
ing and the lights were shining
avoided the buffeting Of the crowd anc
saved their strength for the exertior
and excitement Of the great week tt
come. What few veterans there were
showed the effect of the excitement II
The canes in their hands looked more
like sabers than props.
Z Liked Resting Places.
Quick appreciation was shown fo
: the benches along the courts Of homo
on Fourth and Seventh streets. They
! were in constant use turnout the even
ing. Tho the strings of incandescen
lights festooned from pillar to- pilla
were not lighted, the courts. presented
an attractive appearance, but, ASIDE
from the patrons of the benches, the.
were deserted in favor of the create
! excitement offered by Nicollet avenue
While the pleasure-seekers promenaded
. small crews of carpenters worked Wig
orously knocking the various refresh
ment stands into shape.
| Late in the evening another featur
of the city's decoration was the at
tention of the crowd. It was tn
5000 0-candlepower searchlight mounte.
on the lookout tower of the Metropol
itan Life building, which threv
dazzling streams of light into the dark
est sections Of the streets. Simila
searchlights on the Washburn Crosb
and Pillsbury Washburn mills quickl
joined in the work of illumination, an
the sky was turned into gridiron o
white light.
The Flag in Midair.
Illuminated by still another search
light, mounted on the Security BAN
building, the courthouse flag haunte
it's stripes and stars, apparently float
luminous, and made an inspiring symbc
| Of III. nathan Ia ell la. l-sll.o
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General John C. Black, past commander-in-
chief of the Grand Army and one of the best
known of Minneapolis visitors will speak this
! morning at Oliver Presbyterian church. Cen
eral Silas H. fowler. junior vice commander of
; the Grand Army will have charge Of the COM
munion services. which will be of a patriotic
| nature.
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ENCAMPMENT NOTES

One of the bedding manufacturers had sold
10, 900 cots up to Saturday neon and another
had sold out his whole stock Of 5000.
Minnesota division of the Sons of Veterans
will convene In annual session al the state
capitol in St. Paul on Monday morning 1t is
thought that session Of one day will COM
plete the work Of the convention.
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The Flag in Midair.

Illuminated by still another search
light, mounted on the Security Bank
building, the courthouse flag Haunted
its stripes and stars, apparently float
ing in midair. The folds seemed self
luminous, and made an inspiring symbol
of the nation s glory in their brilliant
isolation.
Fortecasting, the enthusiasm and
splendor of the week to come, last
night left everyone impressed with the
reality Of the long-heralded encamp-
ment.
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high school, and James Noble, who has
the distinction of being, the oldest let
ter carrier in the city.