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u t rl TlT" A 'A " HUH WEEKLY ESTA1J sHEDSi01 J VOJL. Mil NO. 133. INDIANAPOLIS. WFDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 13, 1903 TVT217VE PAGES. DAILY ESTABLISHED PRICE 2 CENTS. or Railway trains. FIVE CENTS. FESTAL 0 OF A LATE FROM SUMTER TO APPOMATTOX. i ANDERSON IS ENTERTAINING THE STATE ENCAIIP1IENT OF THE G. A. IL mm' mi mamm Catholic Church Dignitaries, with Pomp and Pageant jry, Celebrate Bishop Chatard's Silver' Jubilee. Preparations Complete for the Opening Session of the Indiana Department at Anderson To-day 0 A AY PRE PONTIFICAL HIGH MASS IT IS CELEBRATED BY THE JUBI LARIAM AT ST. JOHN'S CHURCH. Presence of James Cardinal Gibbons, Prince of the Church, Lends In tercst to the Occasion. COLUMBIA CLUB DINNER NOTABLE GATHERING OF GREAT MEN OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. Senators Fairbanks and . Beveridge Among the Guests Recep tion at the Propylaeum. With that regal pomp and notable pageantry which the Roman Catholic Church reserves for her festal days, with all tUe grandeur, solemnity and lmpres eivenss with which the church has mantled i herself from St. Peter to Leo, the silver jubilee of Bishop Francis Silas Chatard, of the dfocese of Indianapolis, was celebrated yesterday. To express the love and esteem In which the good bishop Is held there came: from every part of the United S.tates the iiobillty of the church to join with Catholics of Indiana in the most notable religious demonstration that ever took place dn the State. Fron Maryland came James Cardinal Gibbcns. archbishop of Baltimore, the American prince of the church, born In the same city, the same parish and edu cated, in the same college as the venerable jubllarlan. The scarlet robes of the card inal reflected upon the celebration whatever element of grandeur might have been lack ing. Fro.n Cincinnati came Archbishop Elder, from 'New York Archbishop Farley, from San Francisco Archbishop Rlordan, from Chicago Archbishop Qulgley. From East and West, North and South came the lords of the church, the bishops, purple-robed and tnitred, to bring tributes of affection from Catholic millions. There were abbots and priests and fathers of orders In bo Jeron black. There were representatives of every rank of the mighty. Indestructi ble organization, young after nineteen cen turies'. I A MEDIAEVAL, PICTURE. Goal Americans though they are, patri otic in thought and deed, modern in pro gress! veness and mind, there was a touchj of the mediaeval, of the holy Roman Empire, of the days when the Popes were roasters of temporal Europe as well as arbiters of spiritual affairs, in the celebra tion in which the ecclesiastics took part. Greatly reduced, in the nature of things, it etill reproduced the brilliant diets, coun cils a ad feasts of the middle ages. It was Worms, Constance, Clermont, Avignon and the Eternal City itself in spirit, yet with the fierce contentions, struggles,' ambitions, jealousies, bickerings and bitterness long relegated to musty history. It was much the tame as Pepin saw, as that which Charlsmagne viewed, and after them the long line of weaker men that held loosely the rtlns of empire. The jubilee was ushered in with pontifical high mass at St. John's Church yesterday roorn-ng. The beauty and splendor, the feeling and dignity of the solemn function will riot soon be forgotten by the Immense audience that filled St. John's Church and overflowed to the streets outside. It was renevfed at the Columbia Club In the after noon in a reception and banquet attended by aif the dignitaries and by the two United State senators from Indiana. It was end cd at night with a reception at the Propy laeum In honor of his Eminence, the car dinal, and the bishops. The day was mar velously eucces;Iul in every particular. The weather was perfect, and contributed largeJy to the success. IMPOSING FROCESSION. Prooeding the rellgiuos festival which be gan aft 10:3) o'clock, there was an Imposing procession of the prelates from St. John's parish house to the church. For at least an hour before the clergy in thlr brilliant robes, passed into the street, thousands of people had gathered in fornt of the parish house and the church eager for a glimpse of them. The carriages containing the bish ops tgan to arrive at 9:30 and one by one the dignitaries passed into the parish house to dct their ecclesiastical robes. Many of them although from a distance, were known or recognized, at least, and many of the ctevout pressed forward to kneel re spectfully and to touch with their lips the episcopal r.ng. Whin Bishop Chatard arrived with Fath er Chartrand he was instantly recognized by hundreds, who clustered around him to touch his hand, to utter a few words of hearty congratulation, or at least to smile their delight at being able to have some little part In the joyful occasion. The bish op's "ace was radiant. Ills step was alert and -jprlngy. The Incense of sincere af fection surrounded him on every side and bis happiness as he walked slowly into the parish house was unmistakable. There were cany comments la the crowd on Ms un usually hearty appearance. Always deli cate, he seemed yesterday to have been granted a remarkable t strength and vigor for his festal day. THE CARDINAL GREETED. At 10 o'clock the cardinal arrived and was met ceremoniously at the door of the par ish house by Father Gavisk. rector of St. John's. Cardinal Gibbons is a little man, spare in frame, almost ascetic in face, but with the bearing and countenance of a ruler of men and men's minds. As he went Into the house every hat in the crowd was doffed and many nearest him dropped for a second to their knees in respectful homage. Archbishop Qulgley, of Chicago, and Archbishop Farley, of New York, ar rived about the same time and were greeted with the same quiet demonstration of re spect. When the procession finally began to move from the parish house the brilliancy and impressiveness of the dignified display caused murmurs of admiration. It was full of color, a spectacle to delight an artist. The scarlet of the cardinal, the purple of the bishops, the black of the priests, the white and brown of the monks, all were elements in a wonderful picture. First the incense bearer, the Rev. James Delaney, then the two masters of ceremonies. Father Gavisk and Bishop O'Donaghue, then the cross bearer, the Rev. Father Adam Urich, of North Vernou. Afterward passed the acolytes, the surpliced choir, the monks, priests, the monsignori, abbots, bishops, archbishops, Bishop Chatard and Cardinal Gibbons. ORDER OF PROCESSION. The order of the procession was as fol lows: Two masters of ceremonies. The crossbearer. Acolytes. The surpliced choir. The brothers. The priests. The monsignori, abbots and bishops, In the following order: Mgr. T. P. Thorpe, of Cleveland. Mgr. John B. Murray, of Cincinnati. Mgr. Denis O'Connell, of Washing ton, D. C. Abbot .Athanasius Schmitt, O. S. B., of St. Meinrad's. Abbot Edmund Obrecht, O. C. R., of Gethsemane. Abbot Innocent Wolf, of Atchison. Bishop Muldoon. of Chicago. Bishop O'Connor, of Newark. Bishop Alerdlng, of Fort Wayne. Bishop O'RIlley, of Peoria. Bishop Moeller, of Columbus. Bishop Keilley, of Savannah. Bishop O'Donaghue, of Indianapolis. Bishop Fitz Maurice, of Erie, Bishop Hoban, of Scranton. Bishop McDonnell, of Brooklyn. Bishop Horstman, of Cleveland. Bishop Cotter, of Winona, Minn. Bishop Foley, of Detroit. Bishop Janssen, of Belleville, I1L Bishop Burke, of St. Joseph. Bishop Maes, of Covington. Bishop Richter, of Grand Rapids. Bishop Montes de Oca, of Mexico. . Bishop McQuaid, of Rochester. Bishop McCloskey, of Louisville. Archbishop Qulgley, of Chicagowith his chaplain, Rev. F. A. Roell. Archbishop Farley, of New York, with his chaplain,, Rev.-J, B. Kelly. Archbishop Keane, of Dubuque, with his chaplain. Rev. V. A. Schnellst Archbishop Rlordan, of . San Francisco, Chaplain J. P. O'Connell. Archbishop Elder, of Cincinnati, Chap lains Revs. J. P.'Ryves and P. Basil Hues- ler. PROMINENT FIGURES. ' The trains of the bishops and archbishops were borne by trainbearers. -The scarlet mantella of his Eminence was upheld by six little boys, attired in the cardinal's red. There were notable figures in the proces sion, and they were quickly perceived by the watchers in the, street. The Abbott of St Meinrad's, robed in black silk, at tracted a great deal of attention. Bishop Alerdlng, of Fort Wayne, long the right hand man of Bishop Chatard, was promi nent. The tall, commanding figure of Bish op Horstman, of Cleveland, attracted a great deal of attention. Bishop Oca, of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, was pointed cut as having been consecrated by Pope Pius IX. Every man carried himself with a fine distinction. There was something martial about the bearing of the ecclesiastics, a suggestion of the church militant that was noticed by the watchers. When the procession reached the church every pew had been filled and a sea of human faces moved restlessly from door to altar. The procession passed through the main aisle to the high altar, where the clergy of lesser rank found the places as signed to them and where the bishops took seats in order of their rank. Cardinal Gib bons was escorted to a scarlet throne on the right of Bishop Chatard. Archbishop Elder, next in rank, was escorted to a pur ple throne on the left of the Jubllarlan. The pontifical high mass which followed was conducted with all the solemnity and impressiveness of the church. It was con ducted by Bishop Chatard himself, who was assisted by the Very Rev. Anthony Scheid eler, V. G., deacon of the mass; the Rev. J. F. Sondermann, R. D., subdeacon of the mass; the Rev. P. Odo Richard, O. F. M.; Acolyte I, the Rev. J. II. Boersig; Aco lyte II the Rev. James Shea; mlter-bearer, the Rev. T. S. Masker; crozier, the Rev. W. J. Cronln; book, the Rev. Edward R. Kenney; candle, the Rev. V. T. Brucker; subdeacon for the cross, the Rev. A. Ul rich; censer bearer, the Rev. James De laney. BEAUTIFUL DECORATIONS. Myriads of candle lights sparkled and gleamed and the decorations of the altar were very beautiful. The choir was the largest that has ever taken part in a serv ice of the Catholic Church in this dty. The following musical programme vts rendered: Processional. "Ecce Sacerdos Magnus" Tappert "Kyrie Eleison" Weber -Gloria in Excelsis Weber "Credo" Weber "Haec Dies" Lambllotte Sanctus" Gounod "Benedlctus" Weber "Agnus Del" Weber "Te Deum" ". Kovello Recessional. The united choirs of St. John's, SS. Peter and Paul's, St. Patrick's, Sacred Heart and HolyCross Churches, 100 voices, under di rection of Prof. Emil II. GInnsz. . with orchestra accompaniment sang. Prof. H. J. Schonaker was the organist. ARCHBISHOP QUGLEY'S SERMOX. Impressive Words Fell from the Lfps of the Well-Knorrn Churchman. The sermon was preached by the arch bishop of Chicago and was largely a eulogy of the life and services of the jubllarlan. The sermon in full follows: "Behold the high priest who has pleased God, and has been found just. In a day of wrath a reconciliation has been made. 'Your Eminence, Right Reverend and Reverend Fathers, and Dear Friends On (CONTINUED OH PAGE 6, COL. Lj"" w . . i -r i im ii ii r . ti rv a. v I THE VETERAN HAILED BY MATSON JOHN II. FL'RXAS CROSS-EXAMINED BY THE ATTORNEY. He Denies that He Attempted to Se cure a. Corrupt . Contract for the 1002 Sweeping 1HDDLET0N ALSO TESTIFIES HE SAYS FTJU3AS ATTEMPTED TO BUY HIS INFLUENCE. Records of the Bureau of Assessments Introduced A Continuance To Morrow Night. The Council Investigation of the sprink ling and sweeping contracts seems far from the end. The examination of John H. Fur nas by Mr. Matson, attorney for Mr. Logs don, consumed half of last night's session. Mr. Matson's examination covered all the ground of Mr. Noel's examination Monday night. Mr. Furnas's testimony abounded in absolute denials of the questions asked by Mr. Matson, who sought to show that Furnas was seeking, by his whole course, to bring the influence of A. B. Carter, Albert J. Mlddleton, Harry B. Gates and others to bear on Logsdon to obtain a corrupt contract for the 1902 sweeping. 'Didn't you," said Mr. Matson, "visit Logsdon at the Board of Public Works office before the 1902 letting and tell him of the Stuckmeyer arrangement, and tell him that if he had a friend who could go into a similar arrangement he had only to name him and you would pay him (2,000 or $3,000 a year?" I did nothing of the kind," replied Fur nas. . Furnas said he' never was In the sprink ling combination and had only sprinkled one season. He also denied telling Logs don In A. B. Carter's office that he hoped the board would award him the 1902 con tract under his one-year bid, and that he (Logsdon) "would lose nothing by it." He said he only had one conversation In Car ter's office and that was after the bidding. Carter, he said, had suggested calling Logs don over. The affidavit which Furnas made for the Citizens' League was produced by him and read Into the record. Its substance was published and on it the sweeping charges were based. NO IMPROPER PROPOSALS. Furnas testified that Logsdon never made any Improper proposals to him and that no one had ever told him of corrupt proposals from Logsdon or any other member of the Board of Works. Furnas also contradicted witness Frank Coffin, who testified that he had heard a conversation between Kennlngton and Fur nas at Furnas's office, in which Kennlngton demanded lö per cent. Furnas said he had never talked with Kennlngton, but that he thought Coffin had confused Frank Shov er, another contractor, with him. Edwin D. Logsdon took a hand in the examination of Furnas. He asked Furnas If he did not ' visit him (Logsdon) at the office of the Board of Public Works soon after Logsdon became a member and ask the transfer of money from the sprinkling fund to the sweeping fund, as the latter was about exhausted. Furnas said he did not remember any such Incident. Logsdon also asked him if, during the three months the bidding on the contract for 1902 was delayed, Furnas , had swept any or had even taken his sweepers out of the stable. Furnas said he thought he had not. ' A NEW WITNESS. 'Albert J. Mlddleton, brother-in-law of Logsdon, was the first new witness. He testified that Furnas came to his factory in January or February of 1902 and asked him if he was friendly with' the administration. The witness said he guessed he was. Fur nas asked him if he could secure the con tract for sweeping. Furnas said he had had to take Stuckmeyer in and pay him & year to get the contract under the n orl yr- We were of one thought, "The last Taggart administration, and had to go to the Grand Hotel three times to see Tag gart Furnas offered, -if the witness would use his influence with Logsdon and the ad ministration, to pay him one-fourth of the profits of the contract, and said this one fourth would run from $3,200 to $3,W0 a year, and that Mlddleton would have no work to do except to cash the check that Furnae would mail him every month. Mlddleton said he replied that he was not Charley Stuckmeyer, and did not want to fill his shoes; that he wouldn't make any effort with the administration or Logsdon to in fluence them. He said he asked Furnas if he was not old enough to know that this was knocking at the door of the peni tentiary to talk such proposals to public officials. Furnas said he was not talking to an official. Mlddleton replied that he wanted him to, however. He said he told Furnas he could probably get the contract on "facts and figures," but not to talk to him any more about it. Furnas on that occasion urged Middelton to. use his influence for a one-year contract. USE OF FURNAÄÄ-MACHINES. Furnas came back in four, or five days and urged Mlddleton to use his Influence to secure the insertion of language in the specifications that would require the use of the Furnas machines. About a week later Furnas met Mlddleton on Massachusetts avenue and asked him if he thought, if he and Fuehrlng bid, they could get the con tract on "facts ,and figures." Mlddleton said Furnas never, offered , any other con sideration than the one-fourth interest in the profits which he mentioned at the first meeting. After the publication of the charges Mld dleton went to Furnas and warned him against stirring up matters, as he (Middle ton) could dig up some things that would put Furnas in an ugly light. He said he told him he was the last man to bring up Buch charges. Furnas told him the "Fur nas blood was pretty thick and had been stepped on," and he proposed to see the thing through. He told the witness to "dig away." Furnas said Logsdon had called him up by telephone and cursed him about some street water standplpes. After this visit he read in the paper that Furnas had told of the visit and the paper reported Mlddleton as trying to threaten Furnas. He went again to Furnas and told him he should not have dragged him into the papers. MIDDLETON CROSS-EXAMINED. John S. Duncan, who has all through the investigation not participated in the examination of witnesses, cross-examined Mlddleton. Mlddleton said Furnas had never been at his factory before and had never been at his house. Mlddleton admitted that he did not say (o Logsdon before the bidding that Furnas would bid on the work, and that if his bid was the lowest he hoped it would be given consider ation. He also said, when he went to Furnas the first time after the publica tion of the charges he told Furnas that no one execpt himself and God Almighty knew of what Furnas had said to him. He said he had not told Logsdon what Furnas had proposed because he thought it would do less harm if he kept it to him self. The session ended with the introduction of assessment bureau records showing the amounts paid during the years 1900, 1901 and 1902 for sweeping and sprinkling. Louis Zeigler, a clerk In the assessment bureau, testified that there had been only a few. deductions In 1902 for rainy days on day sweeping and none in 1901 and 1900. This brought Mr. Duncan in again and he pro duced a number of reports showing pay ments for portions of days in January of 1901. It was explained that these were for the irregular snow cleaning work and not the day force as carried In the spring, summer and fall. The records also showed that between July 21 and Nov. 1, 1902, the Marion County Construction Company was paid for twenty-four sweepings of Ohio street, between East street and Arsenal avenue. Fred Fuehring testified Monday night, that the street had been swept only sixteen times. The investigation will be resumed to morrow night. 1IAITCHTJEIA IT0W 0PEH. Passports No Longer Necessary for Foreign Travelers. PEKING, May 12. The Russian charge, M. PlancVm, has given reassurances re garding Manchuria. He has Issued an offi cial notice that all Manchuria is open to foreign travel, and adds that passports are no longer necessary. There were 500 Russian soldiers at New Chwang, who were' removed about the date fixed for the evacuation, and the same number returned to New-Chwang. It ap pears that the Russian force which re turned to Liao forts merely used the forts as temporary resting places while Journey ing southward to their station on the pen insula. The United States consul at New-Chwang has arrived here to confer with Minister Conger. . Joseph II. Brlffham III. TOLEDO, May 12. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Joseph H. Brigham. who has arrived at his home in Delta. Fulton coun ty, from the St. Louis exposition dedication ceremonies, Is ill with heart trouble. He is much better to-day, was able to walk into the village and drive out to his farm. 'SS Union Forever." HINT TO COLOMBIANS IF TREATY WITH UNITED STATES BE NOT RATIFIED, Panama Canal May Be Abandoned and Negotiations Opened with Nica ragua and Costa Rica. ATTITUDE OF GENERAL EEYES A MATTER OF SPECULATION AMONG WASHINGTON OFFICIALS. Acting: President of Colombia .Has Been on Both Sldea of the Ques tion Cromwell's Statement. . WASHINGTON, May 12. Dr. Thomas Herran, Colombian charge d'affaires here, said to-day that he had not been advised by his government that President Marro quin had resigned as reported in dispatches from Panama, There is some dispute as to the title of General Reyes to the posi tion of "designado" (the one designated by Congress to succeed to the presidency in the event of the death or incapacity of the President). Following the "designado" members of the Cabinet in such order as Congress may dictate succeed, then gover nors of the States. According to the latest designation by Congress the minister for the government would follow General Reyes. There Is a general law in Colombia which provides that no officer of the government shall re linquish his office until a successor is elected and qualified and it is assumed here that General Reyes, the last person designated by Congress, holds to the title of "designado" under the law, although the last Congress failed to redesignate him. The attitude which General Reyes will assume towards the pending canal treaty is a matter of anxious speculation by the officials here. He has been recorded' on both sides of the question for and against ratification and no one knows how he now stands. It is held here that the call issued - by President Marroquin for . the special session of Congress, June 20, will hold good regardless of any change in the administration just as it would in the United States, so that the attitude of the Congress and the Colombian adminis tration would probably be very soon dis closed. That fact gives comfort to the officials here. Most of all .they dread delay. If It shall appear shortly that the Colom bian government is unwilling to consum mate the treaty, or is disposed to defer final action beyond the "reasonable time" mentioned in the Spooner act, the State Department will at once endeavor to re open negotiations with Nicaragua and Costa Rica with a view to securing con trol of the alternate route for a canal through those countries. In fact. Secre tary Hay has already talked with Senor Corea, the Nlcaraguan minister, and Sen ator Calvo, the minister from Costa Rica. It is said by parties to the negotiations that if they are resumed It will be upon the distinct understanding that the United States government definitely abandons the Panama route. So much ill feeling was excited in Nicaragua and Costa Rica by the dropping of the Nicaragua route after the protocols had been drawn looking to its acquisition that the resident ministers of the two countries here are very loath to take up the subject again without an express agreement that they, are not to be used to club' the Colombian government Into terms. The officials here, however, feel confident that It will not be necessary to resort again to the Nlcaraguan route for they believe the present difficulties in the Panama negotiations are solely at tributable to the efforts on the part of the Colombians to make the most of the opportunity to Induce the Panama com pany to divide with it some part of the 140.000.000 to 'be received from the United States. William Nelson Cromwell, general coun sel of the new Panama Canal Company, to day made public a statement regarding current, reports affecting the company, in cluding that emanating from Panama that the company had offered the Colombian government $12,000,000 of the $40.000,000 the company Is to receive from the United States. The statement is as follows: "The new Panama Canal Company has not made a proposal to pay $12,CC0,CC0 no any sum whatever to the Colombian g avcrnraent, (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COL. 7.) To-Day's Programme. 7:00 a: m. Committee on credentials meets at Hotel Anderson. 9:00 a. m. Committee adjourns to opera house. 10:00 a. m. Department encampment con venes in business session at opera house Mayor John L. Forkner delivers address cf welcome. Woman's Relief Corps convenes in the Christian Church. Ladies of the G. A. R. convene in the Methodist Chyrch. 1:30 p. m. Annual department G. A. R. parade and Captain A. I. Makepeace as grand marshal National and department officers will review parade from balcony of Hotel Anderson Encampment session re sumed immediately after parade. 7:30 p. m. Civic parade of uniformed and other ledges and associations, Charles II. Daniels, grand marshal. 8:00 p. m. Grand Opera House campfire. Department Commander Benjamin Starr, chairman. Addresses by National Com mander T. J. Stewart. Judge J. V. Hadley, Governor Durbin and others. Auditorium campfire, Past Department Commander J. S. Dodge, chairman. Ad dresses by Lieutenant Governor Gilbert, Hon. Alfred Ellison, A. Ketcham and others. M. E. Church campfire. Past Department Commander. J. T. Johnstor., chairman. Ad dresses by Captain Henry C. Adams, Rev. D. R. Lucas, Judge D. W. Comstock and others. . Staff Correspondence of the Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., May 12.-The citizens of Anderson, proverbially hospitable, have fairly outdone themselves In the generous welcome extended to the thousands of visit ors gathered here for the twenty-fourth an nual encampment Department of Indiana Grand Army of the Republic. They have adorned their city in holiday attire, they have thrown open their homes and public halls, and, in fact, the veterans and their friends are impressed on every hand with the idea that the entire city is theirs. How ever, more indicative of the genuine hos pitality, and the thing that appeals most strongly to their guests, Is the. manner in which the citizens have turned out to ex tend a personal welcome. There are com mittees galore on reception, entertainment, information, comfort. Red Cross, and each member of each committee governs him self as if he were personally responsible for the welfare of every visitor. - Conse quently nothing that makes for comfort and convenience Is wanting, and the open ing day of the encampment has passed most auspiciously. The arrangements for handling the crowds have been admirably perfected and have proved wholly adequate. It is estimated that-there are between four and five thou sand strangers In the city to-night, and they have been received and disposed of without the slightest hitch. Of course the crowd to-morrow will be much larger three or four times that number if the weather is propitious but the indications are that Anderson will prove equal to the emergency. Department Commander Benjamin Starr, of Richmond, who arrived early this morn ing, opened his headquarters on the parlor floor. oX the. Hotel Anderson at 7 o'clock. With him is Asst. AdJL Gen. Richard M. Smock, of Indianapolis, and other depart ment officers. The committee on credentials was established at an early hour in the large billard room of the hotel and under admiral police arrangements that kept the hall free of a crowd, the delegates and post commanders, who are entitled to seats In the encampment, were handled expedi tiously and as rapidly as they arrived. The headquarters of the local reception and en tertainment committee waa opened In a business room on the north side of the public square, near he hotel. Sub-committees met every train, with a, brass or mar tial band, and escorted the visitors to the headquarters, where they were assigned to the hotels or residences where they will .be entertained during the meeting. At the same time, committees of ladies met the visiting members of the Woman's Relief Corps and Ladles of the G. A. R., and took them in carriages to the headquarters, where they received their assignments. Headquarters for the W. R. C was estab lished at the Hotel Anderson, while the Ladles of the G. A. R. hold forth at the Grand. . PRELIMINARY WORK. No sessions of the encampment were held to-day. The time was given over to the work of the credentials committee and one or two regimental reunions, and. Inci dentally, to the political skirmishing of the various candidates for the Important offices in the G. A. R., W. R. C. and Ladies of the G. A. R. There are three candidates for department commander of the G. A. R. Judge George W.. Grubbf, of Martinsville; Russell P. Finney, of New Albany, and Isaiah B. McDonald, of Columbia City. Each is supported by a coterie of active friends, and the indications are that the race will be one of the liveliest in the history of the department. Judge Grubbs will probably have the lead on the first ballot, as he comes from the central part of the State,- where the membership is largest, but that will not necessarily settle the contest. Colonel McDonald Is the present senior vice department commander, and has a large per sonal acquaintance, among the veterans. Mr. Finney comes from a section of the State that has not been represented in the list of department officers for several years, and he has a large following. The contest is somewhat complicated' by the fact that the position of assistant adjutant general is now vacant, Mr. Smock retiring to as sume the superintendency of the State Sol diers' Home, and 'there is a long list of candidates for the place, fifteen or twenty men having been mentioned. The new de partment commander will have the appoint ment, and rumors of all -sorts ot combina tions are afloat The name of Col. I. N. Walker, of Indianapolis, past department commander and past commander-in-chief of the G. A. R., was mentioned to-day in connection with the place, but It was after wards stated that he had said he could not accept it. The election of department com mander will be the last order of business before final adjournment Thursday. There, is an equal number of candidates for department president of the Ladies of the G. A. R. Mrs. M. A. Gordon, of Lo- gansport. Mrs. Margaret Lewis, of Rich mond, and Mrs. Kate C. Ward, of Monti- cello, are In the race, and all of them have opened quarters at the Grand. But one candidate for department president of the W. R. C. has appeared so far, Mrs. Sarah C. White, of Rockville, but it ia possible that she will have a contest. The old rivalry between the two women's organizations is ia evidence here, but the situation Is one of an armed truce, with no apparent prospect of open hostilities. The members of the two bodies do ot min gle any more than water and ofl will mix. and they cpeak ot each other only ia tones CITY IS IN GAY ATTIRE AND THE LATCH STI1IXG IS OUT FOR . EVERY OLD SOLDIER. All Visitors Cared For in an Ad mirable Way by the Hos pitable People. PRETTY SHOW AT NIGHT MYRIADS OF LIGHTS TURNED ON BY COMMANDER STARR. Political Skirmishing by Men and Women Who Want Office Annual Report of icy reserve. This afumoon the W. R. C held a session in the G. A. R. hall, where Lookout Camp, No. 72,. of Noblesvllle, ex emplified the work of the order, and later the members were entertained at an in formal reception at the home of Mra. Laura S. Burr, past department president To night at 8:30 o'clock Department President Miss Etta Houk and her colleagues formal ly received the members of the corps and members of the G. A. R. at the rooms of the Anderson Club. The council of admin istration of the Ladies cf the G. A. R. held a session behind closed doors late this aft ernoon, and to-night Department President Mrs. Carrie I. Porter, 'of Rensselaer, as sisted by the other officers, held a recep tion in the Elks'" clubrooms. Mrs. M. Anna Hall, of Wheeling, W.: Va.. the national president of the order- was the guest of honor at the reception. ELECTRIC LIGHT DISPLAY. To-night Anderson Is a blaze of patriotic glory. At 7:30 o'clock- Department Com mander Starr pressed the button that turned on all the lights that have been specially arranged for the occasion, and ou the Instant the business sectiou of the city was flooded with a bewildering array of light. The display is centered in the pub lic square and thr-illcminaCion compared favorably with that of Monument place during the first fall cirnlval three years ago." .The courthouse ind business blocks facing it are studded with vari-colored lights, while from each corner of the square to the top of '. the tower of tho courthouse are stretched strands from which depend hundreds of red, white and blue incandescent bulbs Each street lead ing from the square Is lined on cither side for a distance of several blocks with similar strands of lights at an elevation of about twenty feet. Added to this every chop window around the square and along these stieets is a blaze of white light, and with the elaborate decoration of flags and bunt ing artistically displayed the whole effect Is one ot dazzling beanty. Anderson has done herself proud with the holiday garb she has donned in lionor of the surviving heroes of '1 to '65. A number of prominent men arrived dur ing the day and eveninr. in addition to the department officers, aming. whom were three members of Congress, Representa tives E. 8. llolliday. of Brazil; J. M. Rob inson, of Fort Wayne, Sand G. W. Cromer, of Muncie; General Jbhn T. Wilder, of Knoxville, Tenn., who commanded the fam ous Wilder's Brigade; State Senators S. D.' Coats, of Winchester, J. M. Rarlow, of Plainfield. and L. V. Ulrey. of Fort Wayne; former Lieutenant Governor Will Cumback. of Greensburg; Judge Timothy E. Howard, of South Bend, and Gen. Lew Wallace, of Crawfordsville. Many ivotables will arrive early to-morrow. Thomas J. Stewart, of Morristown, Pa., commsnder-ln-chlef of the G. A. R., and adjutant general of Penn sylvania, will arrive on an early train from Indianapolis, accompanied by Mrs. Stewart and Capt. W. II. Armstrong, of Indianapo lis. Governor Durbin apd thf members of his staff. United States Senatoi-s Fairbanks and Beverldge, and eight or nine members of the lower branch of Congress are ex pected during the afternoon. TO-DAY'S PARADE. The G. A. R. parade to-morrow afternoon will be the real feature of the encamp ment. The number of ; veterans in line Is expected to be fully as targe, If not larger, than the number In th; "parade at Indian apolis last year on the occasion of the dedi cation of the monument! for the attendance promises to be unusually large and every uoldier here who can . hobble along will participate. The formation of the line will be as follows: Plätoon of Police. Soldiers' and Sailors', Orphans Home Band' Captain A. I. Makepeace, grand marshal.. Captain B. B. Campbell, chief of staff. James B. Roach, chief -of staff to depart ment commander. Albert A. Jones, department chief trum peter;. Assistant marshals James T. Knowland, Jese Forkner, Charles Stewart, Henry Durbin and Hiram Palmer. Commander-in-chief Thomas J. Stewart, in carriage. Deputy Commander Benjamin Starr and staff In carriages. Past department commanders in carriages. Governor W. T. Durbin and staff, mounted. Jasper Packard Post. No. from State Soldtera Home at Lafayette. (All posts appearing as post organiza tions wlU fall in line, according lo num ber of post, beginning with No. 1, or the senior number present.) Major Brower's drum corps. Major May Post. No. 24. on lft of column. The head of the column will move from the corner of Fouitecrth street and Me ridian north on west side of Meridian gtreet to Eighth street, thence west, on south side of Eighth ftrc-et to Morton street, and countermarch on north side of Eighth street to Meridian strett. passing the living flag, thence north on cast sid-i of Meridian street, passlrg reviewing stand on balcony of Anderson Hotel, thnce north to Sixth street, thence fait to Miin. thtneo south to Twelfth, here the column will disband. - Ft. Wayne and South Bend are both hero to bid for the next State encampment and one or two .otbr cities may be heard from before the sessions are over. The rivalry is a generous one and the representatives of South Bend are not Inclined to insist that they be favored noxt year. They will concede the next encampment to Ft. Wayne with the undemanding that they pet it the year after. Judge Timothy E. Howard, of South Ben t one of tho mem bers of he State Codifying Commission, who is at the head of the delegation from tho St. Joseph county capital, hold this evtu-