Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-05
NFUNDPROBE
Subscribers and Oldest Inhab-
itants Discuss Matter.
Letter THROWS LIGHT
Son-in-Law of Gen. Spinner Writes
$19,431.32 Was Donated.
MIR. CULLOM INCORP0RAT0R
Senate Will Be Asked to Appoint
Successors to Members of the
Old Board.
MIR. CULLoM INCoRPoRAToR

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the knotted threads of the mystifying
skein. Both at the meeting of the SUBJ
scribers themselves and at. that of the
last evening, the subject was discussed or
referred to in one form or another.
Several disclosures were made, some of
which seemed to clear the atmosphere a
bit and others to make deeper the mys-
terry. At the subscribers meeting at G.
A. r. Hall letter from James M. Schu-
macher, now of Jacksonville, Fla, a SON.
in-law of General Spinner, whose name
| seems to be signed to all the certificates
acknowledging payment of subscriptions
to the fund, was read.
| Under date of May 2, 1910. Mr.. Schu-
| macher writes that the books, vouchers
and memoranda OF the ASSOCIATION have
been in his possession since zen. Spin
| nerS death, and that since then he mas
made inquiry in almost every eastern To-
| caIity to find some Official of the or
ganization, that ne might turn them over
10 him, but that all of them, SO far as
| he could learn, had departed"
Presumably he ADDS, there will be
| another organization duly formed to sue
| coed to tie other. to whom all these
| matters may be turned over. Is yours
| preliminary to such a one? hope so,
and that the Washington Lincoln mOnu-
ment may be grander than originally
planned and soon in evidence through
your associated Efforts
Balance of $2,476.3s.
Mr.. Schumacher further states: From
the books left by Gen. Spinner there is
a list of the names Of those who sub
scribed to the fund. The total amount
subscribed, as shown by the books, is
s19,431.32. OF this, all but $2,476.3S
| We dod m he
vouchers Tor all expenditures. OF this
balance there are two United States
bonds of $1,000 each, payable to the
order of Gen. Spinner, as treasurer of
the association, the interest on which
has not been paid, and is presumably
| the 1887 mentioned in recently pub
lisned article concerning these bonds"
| The letter was written TO f. i. BOoraem.
| secretary of the subscribers organlZa-
ton, and in reply to one sent by him
to Mr.. Schumacher.
| that he had also received two commune
cations from the ordnance office OF the
| War Department, which show that the
bronze cannon donated by Congress for
the monument, on condition that $780,
900 was first paid into the treasury OF
| the association, had been issued to the
late Clark Mills, the sculptor. VINO was
municationS, he said, bear date OF NO
vember "a, 1908, and May B., 1904, re-
spectively, and show that twelve bronze
|
The issue of these cannon. he said, in
view of the plain provision of the act OF
Congress in 1858 that the cannon were
| not to be issued until 100000 had been
| subscribed and paid into the treasury or
| the association, formed the basis for the
present inquiry by the subscribers.
Senator Cullom Only Survivor.
An examination of the act Incorporating
the Lincoln Monument Association dis
closes, it was said, that Senator Shelby
Nj. Cullom of Illinois is the sole survivor
Of the twenty-nine incorporators. COM
mittee consisting Of Col. w. w. Brown,
the presiding officer at the meeting; Sec
rotary E. l. Booraem and Henry NJ.
Baker was appointed to wait on Senator
Cullom with the object of having him ex-
ercise his legal right under the charter
of the association to appoint successors
to the deceased incorporators. THAT a legal
board may be organized. SECRETARY Boo
raem was authorized to communicate
with Senator Cullom to ascertain when
he could see the committee in regard to
the matter.
The remaining incorporators were Alex
ander w. Randall, James Harlan, Alex
ander Ramsey, Nathanial p. Bnks, Sid
ney Perham, John CONFESS, John Il. Will
son. Godlove S. Ortiz, Delos r. Ashley,
Halbert e. Paine. Charles O'Neil, Burt
Woodbridge, Jacob Benton, John Hill.
Thomas A. Jencks. Orin s. Perry. n. E.
Smithers. Francis Thomas. Samuel Nc
Kee Horace Maynard, John +. Ben
jamin, Rufus Mallory. Sidney Clarke,
Daniel Polsley, Walter A. Burleigh and
John Taffe. The incorporators have
power under the charter to fill vacancies
in their number.
1t was stated at the meeting last night
that forty-two subscription books used
from Maine to California had been Sc
cured from II. Forsythe, one of the
subscribers present. who states he found
them in a waste basket into which had
been thrown lot of waste papers be-
longing to Charles NJ. CoOns, who was
at one time clerk to Gen. Spinner and
afterWard became assistant secretary
of the Treasury. Mr.. Coons is now on
the Pacific coast and will be commune
Gated with in regard to, them. Mr.. For
sythe said he had saved the books for
| twenty-five years, thinking they might
| have a value some day.
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