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MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
HEIR TO MILLIONS.
Chwles T. Watrous. of St. Paul, Gets
SI5,000,000 from His Father.
Charles T. Watrous, a young man who
has resided in St Paul for the past six
months, during which time he has been
employed as *a common laborer, has sud­
denly changed his mind as to the necessity
for working. By the death of his father in
Australia he inherits property estimated to
be worth $15,00a,000, and departed the
other day for the antipodes to claim his
vast estate. Watroua was in financial
straits until, glanoing over the published
list of unclaimed letters, he saw his name.
The episcle, whon secured, proved to be an
aunounoement of the death of his father,
known the world over as the Australian
bonanza king at Sydney, N. S. W Young
Watrous became estranged from His family
seven years ago through an unfortunate
liaison with a ballet girl known as Hobart
Town Folly. Watrous married her in Mel­
bourne and the couple went to Sau Fran­
cisco, where Mra Watrous died while filing
an engagem nt at a theater. The widow
of the bonanza king resides at Sandhurst, ir
tha White Hills of Australia, and the prod­
igal son expects to reach home and enter
upon his inheritance} within the next six
weeks,
IT OPENSTMANY ACRES.
Success of the Cliippews) Indian Commis­
sion W.U Lead to Groat Results.
It is learned that the success of the
Chippewa Indian Commission will result in
the opening of about three million acres
of land in Minnesota In addition to the
reservations named the commission is em­
powered to secure relinquishment of such
parts of the lied Lake and White Earth
reservations as may not be needed in ap­
portioning to the Indians their several
allotments, estimated at two million two
hundred and titty thousand acres. Tha
agreement, as signed by the Indians, must
first be approved by the President before
it becomes operative.
Wanted l'ay in Advance.
Ex-Senator D. M. Sabin arrived in Winona
recently, registered at a hotel and asked
for the be-?t accommodations to be had His
valise had missed connections in St Paul
and he came without it The hotel man
asked where his baggage was, that he
might send it to his room, and, on being
told that he had uone, shrugged his shoul­
ders. rubbed his hands together and gentlj
suggested that the gentleman had bette:
pay in advance. And now mine host is
rapidly reducing hiss:ockof cigars trying
to keep his little break quiet
A Severe Storm.
A storm which prevailed in St Paul the
other night was one of the most severe
ever experienced there. Two inches oi
water tell between the hours of two and
five o'clock and the lightning furnished a
constant and vivid illumination. The
storm was very general throughout that
section, in some places doing considerable
dauiage. An accident caused by an over­
flowed track caused much delay to people
residing between the two cities, several
hours being taken to clear the track.
Swamp Land Cases.
One effect of the swamp land decision of
Assistant Secretary Chandler can be seen in
the fact that there are now three hundred
swamp land cases pending in the Duiuth
land office, all for valuable pine or iron
land. The total amount involved will
reach fifty thousand acres or more, and
will effect the swamp land grants of many
railroads. The railroads will probably go
back to the State to be reimbursed.
A He ivy Failure.
The J. H. Mahler Company, of St Paul,
one of the largest carriage and wagon
houses in the West, made a voluntary as­
signment the other day to ex-Congressman
John L. McDonald. The statement of as­
sets and liabi ities had not been filed,
but from the magnitude of the company's
operations the liabilities would probably
not fall short of $500,000. It had been in
business there for twenty yeara
The News lirieHy Chronicled.
Durinsr a storm the other night a large
barn in Rush City was struck by lightning
twice, but not destroyed, while a small
barn in the western part of town, owned
by J. J. Emaultson, was struck and con­
sumed.
The Winona City Council recently de­
feated a proposition to run the street cars
by electricity.
A log jam that formed in the rapids at
Big Rock, two miles above Taylor Falls,
broke tha other afternoon, and fi ty million
feet of logs plunged down the stream to­
gether, making one of the grandest sights
ever seen on the falls. It was watched by
hundreds of people.
Whiie excavating fcr the foundation of a
roundhouse at Glenwood recently a fossil­
ized elephant's task, three feet eight inches
long by four inches wide, was found about
seven feet beneath the surface.
The £xci ement was high in Red Lake
Falls the other day owing to the fact that
four young bears wandered into the center
of the village near the river, and after a
lively hunt by the entire town for an hour
three were shot and killed.
Colonel John A. Wi lard, the Barn urn
bank president who was fo and wandering
around Coney Island, N Y, recently in a
demented condition, has been sent to a pri­
vate asylum.
A. Kidder, postmaster at Farm Hill, Olm
sted County, wa- killed the other night by
a horse's kick which crushed his breast.
The barn of B. Story, at Marshall, was
struck by lightning the other niglit and
burned, together with a valuable horRe,
several tons of hay and other property. No
insurance.
The corner-stone of the new Masonic
temple at Duiuth was laid here the other
morning. Visiting Masons from all over
the country were in attendance. The cost
of the building will be $200,000.
Mrs. J. H. Wilioughby, of 8t Paul, wife
of the northern passenger agent of the
Lake Shore Sc Michigan Southern, was ar­
rested recently for sending obscene letter*
through the mails.
The Government hag ordered a native
police force organized on the Vermillion
Indian reservation. It will consist of three
officers, at the head of whom will be
Charles Aneker. These Indian policemen
are paid ten dollars a month, with rations
and uniforms furnished.
The Eastern Minnesota and St Paul &
Duiuth roads suffered heavily from a re
cent storm
The present indications are that the Chi
cago dressed meat firmf will soon introduce
a wide open dressed meat business in Min­
nesota through their representatives, law
or no law.
At a meeting of the contracting freight
agents at Minneapolis the ot er day C. L,
Rising, of the Chicago, Milwaukee & 8t
Paul road, was elected president of the as­
sociation.
John O'Brien, foreman of the Omaha
freight depot at Duiuth, struck his house­
keeper over the head with an axe the other
day during a quarrel, and the woman was
dangerously wounded.
-VV
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CHOICE QF THE VETERANS.
General Alger Elected Commander-ln
Chief of the Grand Army of the Repul»
Mo—Retiring Commander Warner De­
livers Hli Annual Addreso -»Kinging
Words Regarding Pension*.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 29. At Wednesday
night's session of the encampment General
Russell A. Alger, of Michigan, was elected
Commander-in-Chief for the ensuing year.
Judge Veazey, of Vermont, and General
Gonsigny, of Iowa, were placed in nomina­
tion, but both withdrew, and Alger's eleo
flon was made by acclamation. A. G.
Weissert, of Wisconsin, was elected Senior
Vice-Commander without opposition, and
GENERAL ALGER.
John F. Lovett, of New Jersey, was chosen
Junior Vice-Commander by a vote of 183
to 137 for H. E. Tain tor, of Connecticut
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 28.— Between TOO and
800 delegates were present on the trround
floor of the West Side Turner Hall yester­
day morning when the first session of
the Twency-third National encampment
was called to order by Commander
in-Chief Warner. The usual formal
ceremonies took but a little while.
It took only a ehorc time for the
committee on credentials to report that all
present were entitled to seats. Then the
Commander-in-Chief presented a lengthy
report reviewing the progress of the
order during the past year and comparing
it with previous administrations. He said
among other things:
"The Grand Army or the Republic is the
grandest ctv organ zation the world has ever
seen. Its list ot membership is the Nation's
roll of honor, containing the most illustrious
names story—the names of the orare men
VCJ40, in the darkest days of the rebellion, fol­
lowed the stars and stripes as an emblem, not
a confederacy of States bound together by
ropes of sand, but as ihe emblem ot aa indis­
soluble Union of indestructible States.
'They followed that flag whether in sun­
shine or in storm, victory or defeat, with more
confidence and reverence than did the chil­
dren of Israel the pillar of cloud by day and
of fire by night. The men who compose this
organization are those
WHO,
when others
faltered, "laid their lives, their fortunes and
their sacred honors" upon the altar of liberty
and Union, that a government of the people,
by the people and for the people should not
per sh from the earth.
"As the war recedes the men who shared to­
gether the privat.ons of the frozen camp, the
hardships of the forced march, the dangers of
the battlefield, the 6u£fer ngs of the field hos­
pital and the untold agonies of the prison pen,
long for the touch of a comrade's elbow as of
old, and seek the post room, where the parti­
san and sectarian are not heard. The teach­
ings of the Grand Army of the Republic are so
conservative, its practices so patriotic, its com­
radeship so universal, that all honorably s
charged Union soldiers and sailors of '61 and
'63 who have done nothing in c.vil life to cast a
stain upon the.r honorable record in lib­
erty's cause, teel that they ure at home
when in the pOst-room, in the house of their
friends. It is there that the General and the
private, the merchant prinoe and the clerk, the
millionaire and tbe laborer, sit side by side as
comrades, bound to each other by ties the ten
derest yet the most endear ng of any in this
world, outside the family crcle.
'The membership of the Grand Army of the
Republ-c constitutes the great conservative
e.ementofthe Nation, the champions of civil
and religious liberty, recogn zing the dignity
of labor but having no sympathy with anarchy
or commun sm, recognizing no flag but the
stars and stripes, believing that loyalty is a
virtue and that treason is a crime. It was
this sp rit of loyalty, love of liberty, rever­
ence for the constitution and an inborn re­
spect for the law that mado the volunteer
soldier and sa'lor of '61 and '65 the thinking
machine—the model soldier and sailor of all
vmes: of these to-day there are enrolled under
the banner er fraternity, char ty and loyally
410.685. These comrades are found in
6,711 posts in forty-two departments. We
have carr.ed our banner into every St:ite and
Territory. The growth of our organization
has been steady and healthy. Strong sit is,
it has never been, and I trust never w.ll be,
used for part san rurposes or to gratify the
personal amb tiuns of any man or set of n.
'•The greatest gain during the year has
been in the Department ot ssou.-i. Eight
departments show a gain In membership in
good standing of 15,824, distributed as follows:
Illinois, 1,283 Iowa, 1,413 Nebraska, 1,709
Pennsylvan a, 1,743 New York, 1,995 Ohio,
2,003 Wisconsin, ti,023 Missouri, 3,65'J."
The Commander went on to i|ay that in
1879 the Grand Army membership in good
standing was 35.961, while to-day it is 382,
598—a net gain in a single decade of 324,0530.
General Warner announced with pleasure
the completion by ex-Commander Beath
of a full and complete history of the Grand
Army of the Republic. He commended to
each department the patriotic practice of
the posts in the Department of New York
of presenting on the 22d of Febru­
ary, the birthday of the Father of
his Country, the American flag to such
public schools as are not yet in possession
of one. He advocated the passage of ap­
propriate resolutions, thanking the heirs of
Mr. Drexel for carrying out his wish regard­
ing the cottage in which General Grant
died.
General Warner congratulated his com­
rades on the faithful observance of deco­
ration Day, and said on the subject of
deaths that in the year ending June last, a
brigade of old soldiers and sailors number­
ing 4.696 marched across the invisible and
shadowy line separating time from eterni­
ty and pitched their tents on the other side.
The work of the Woman's Belief Corps
was warmly eulogized and the establish
men of closer relations with the Sons of
Veterans recommended. As to pensions,
General Warner said:
"The Grand Army of the Republic has never
exercised its full influence in pension legisla­
tion, because of division in Its ranks. The
mensures recommended by the National En­
campment should not be antagonized by con­
flicting measures urged by departments or
pouts. Unity of action will secure satisfactory
results a divided council will contribute to de­
feat. Our demands should be reasonable and
consistent.
"The last encampment, after much discus­
sion, by a practically unanimous vote recom­
mended to Congress a service pension bill
and what is known as the Disability Pen­
sion bill tbe latter having received the re­
peated approval of previous encampments.
This action was the result of compro­
mise, and in my judgment was as wise
as it was just and conservative. My experi­
ence in Congress leads me to believe that you
will greatly strengthen the bands of our
friends in that body by demanding at Mil­
waukee the pension legislation asked for
at Columbus. Let the Committee on Pensions
take your recommendations to Congress,
backed by a united Grand Army of the Re
public and there will be no failure. If we are
true to ourselves before the next encampment
every comrade disabled by age, sickness or
ucc dent and the widows and orphans
of veierans will be borne on the pension roll.
IffiiasS
i®g
W should neither give Jlaep to our eyes nor
slumber to our eyellds#uuttl justice is done
our comrades.
"The service pension will come. The day
it not far distant when an honorable disoharge
from tho Union army and navy shall be all
tbe ovldenoe required to secure a pension to
its holder.
"Let tbe bondholders of the country romem*
her that them «n who rendered their socurU
ties valuable—the men who have ever in*
sisted that they be paid to the* utter­
most farthing, prinoipal and Interest of
the money advanced by them to tha
State—let them remember that these
men have cla mi upon the State, equal at
least, to that of the bondholder. Let those
who inveigh against pensions remember that
it was the boys in blue who by their trials,
sufferings and death' bequeathed to them
the legacy ot liberty and union, insuring
to tliem and their children the blessings
of free institutions under whioh they en*
joy a greater prosperity, a larger libarty. a
higher civilization and a purer Chr stiantty
than ever before enloyed by a people. Let the
people remember that to preserve to them
these blessings
•Four hundred thousand of the brave
Made this, our ransomed soil, their grave.'
"we, the survivors of these mon, who gave
the best years of otfr lives to our oountry, w:ll
present our claims to Congress, and in doing
so wilUot approach those In (minority 'with
a a a
as free men we 11 demand, asking only t&fit
which :s just. Wo would rather have tbe Nd*
tion help our comrados living than erect monu*
munts to them dead.
"Comrades, the Roman youth gloried in sing­
ing how well 'Horatius kept the bridge in the
brave days ot old.' So through the ages shall
the children or the Republic sing of how well
you maintained the constitution, preserved the
Union of the Slates established by the fathers,
kept tho flag unsullied, giving to The Nation
anew birth of froedota.'
'Your deeds shall go down in song and story
which shall be sung and told by a grateful peo­
ple to tho glad comiA# time,
'When the War drum throbs no longer,
And tho battle flags are furled,
In the parliament of man,
ffoo federation of the world.'"
Comt&nfrder Warner finished the address
at 12:30 ^clock.
A larsre number of resolutions, tho Ma­
jority relating to changes in the pension
laws and others to ritual representation in
the encampment, etc., were handed in by
deiegates from different encampments and
referred without debate to appropriate
committees.
A sensation was sprung by General Lu­
cius Fail child. Ho offered a resolution
asking that Congress appropriate money
enough to erect monuments at Gettysburg
over the "graves of the brave men against
whom the Union soldiers fought," and
urged that such action be taken as«soon as
possible. The resolution was greeted with
applause and was referred to the commit­
tee along with the others.
Before the close of the morning session
something of a sensation was created when
General McMahon. of New York, arose and
offered a resolution which had been unan­
imously adopted by the delegate from
that State. It declared that tho Grand
Army was composed of men who, after
honorable service in the causo of
the country, had been honorably
discharged from further service in
the army of the United States that
they were zealous for its glory and the
good name of its surviving comrades aa
well as mindt'ul of the honor due to the
memory of the dead, and that the encamp­
ment therefore protested against any con­
struction of existing laws which would
place ontho pension rolls men dishonor­
ably discharged from the service. Tho res­
olution was greeted with applause, but nn
the rules it went to the committee
without debate.
When the delegates assembled aft?.*
lunch a lengthy report from the commit­
tee on pensions was presented. It opened
expressing regret that, owing to the shor 5
session of Congress after the last encamp­
ment and the crowded condition of busi­
ness, little in the line of practical results
could be accomplished. The report is
quite lengthy and presents in detail the
work performed by the committee.
Nominations for the locality in which tho
next encampment should be held were de­
clared in order, baratoga, Indianapolis,
Washington and lloston were named. Sev­
eral speeches were made in behalf of each
place. A test vote resulted: Indianapolis.
29 Saratoga, 31 Washington, 6b. Tiie
count was made on Boston until 402 was
reached, and then the advocates of tho
other cities threw up the sponge and tho
selection was made unanimous.
A CLOUD-BURST.
Great Damage Done in North Carolina
Loss of LKc Feared.
NEW YORK, Aug. 29.—The World's Char­
lotte (N. C.) special says: Cloud-bursts in
North Carolina this year are proving very
disastrous. The latest occurred in
Kichmond County Sunday night, and
the town of Rockingham, about 100
miles from this place, sustaiued
the heaviest losa The Pedoe river was
swollen out of its banks and went dashing
down upon the town, carrying every thing
before it. Several small cabins on the
lower bottoms were washed away and
the occupants were compelled to flee for
their lives. One old negro named
Ringgold was caught by the mad tor­
rent and swept down to death. For
a distance of five miles the C. A. C. railroad
is under water, and all telegraphic commu­
nication is cut off. The reports at a late
hour say that great damage has been done
to the Robordel, Great Falls, Pedee and
Midway cotton mills. It is feared that
many people have been drowned
ARMED TO THE TEETH.
Lake Shore & Western Trainmen Pre­
pared to Slaughter Highwaymen.
ASHUKND, Wia, Aug. 29.—Every passenger
train that leaves Ashland over the Mil­
waukee, Lake Shore & Western road now
carries a whole arsenal of revolvers and
rifles. During the last few days Super­
intendent Hartley, of the Lake Shore
road, has been making preparations to
arm trainmen. Over $31)0 has en ex­
pended in the purchase of fire-iirms.
Every conductor, brakeman and porter
carries a brace of big revolvers and in
every coach there is a rifle within easy
reach. Should the robber again appear on
the Lake Shore road it is likely that he
will meet with a warm reception.
SAD ACCIDENT.
Two Ladies Struck by a Train in Mil­
waukee and Killed.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 29.—Two ladies in a
buggy collided with the outgoing passen­
ger train of the Chicago & Northern rail­
road at the Vliet street crossing at 6:55
Wednesday night through carelessness and
were killed. They were later identified as
Mrs. E. P. Bennett and her sister, Mrs.
Dodson. Both are residents of Wauwatosa,
a village west of the city. They are sisters
of Hiram Bond, a well-known Milwaukee
merchant.
Work Resumed After Many Years.
BUITAX.O, N. Y., Aug. 29.—The extensive
smelting works located on the river bank
near Tonawanda, whioh have been closed
down for the past sixteen years, were put
In operation Wednesday by their new own­
ers-the Tonawanda Iron & Steel Company.
The capacity of the works is 100 to 125 tons
-of pig-iron per dqy.
A PAT ON THE BACK.
The Grand Army Delegates at Milwaukee
Administer It to Corporal Tanner—He Is
.Praljed lur His Course as l»eii»lon Com­
missioner Important Matters Legis­
lated Upon at the Encampment—^The
Naval Battle a Umntl Spectacle.
MILWAUKEE, Ajig, 8t).~At yesterday morn­
ing's session of the National encampment
the eleotion of officers for the onsulng
year was oompleted. Dr. Horace P. Porter,
of Kansas, was chosen Surgeon-General
W. H. Childers, of Kentucky, Chaplain,
aud Comrade Lovett, Junior Vice-Com­
mander.
General Alger, president of the Logan
monument fund, reported that the
collections to date aggregated $11,.
119.60. A committee of five was author­
ized to place before Congress a
proposition to set apart a portion of the
$40,000 appropriated for the sit?, to be ad­
ded to the fund for the monument. Gen
oral Warner left the chair and made a
strong appeal for the monument scheme.
Congressman Perkins, of Kansas, claimed
tbe recognition of the chair for a resolution
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slons, indorsing his
denouncing
ter and malignant criticisms of a portion of
the plress ubon hiB official conduct
Applause greeted the resolution, but
General Barnum, of New York, was quick­
ly upon his feet with a substitute, declar­
ing that notwithstanding the assaults of an
unfriendly press, the encampment declared
its belief in the integrity of the Commis­
sioner, aud expressed its approval of his
efforts to do ail for the soldiers and sailors
of the country that the laws allowed. It
suggested, however, that a committee
should be appointed to investigate the
workings of the Pension Office.
An animated c^soussion of three hours'
duration ensued. Comrade Campbell, of
Kansas, voioed tho general sentiment as
expressed by a score of delegates in the
following language:
"For fifteen years wo havo been declaring,
and others have been uttering, a sentiment
tyiat the country can never pay the debt due
the old soldiers but Corporal Tanner is the
first officer that has based that, sentiment upon
a practical reality. I believe it is the high
duty of the enoampment to sustain him in
work'ngout that sentiment. If the Grand Army
of the Republic ever bad a duty to per­
form, looking neither to the right nor to
the left, to the committee that is investigating
the workings of the Pension Bureau or to the
Commiss oner himself, it is now. and we ought
to pass this resolution. Tne substitute differs
from it in only one particular. It expreses a
belief in the integrity of Comrade Tanner and
would not influence tho action of the com­
mittee charged with the investigation. It
may be better than an endorsement
like that offered in tho original
resolution, but we should make
our indorsement strong enough. The original
resolution expresses our sentiments exactly.
If Tunner is dishonest or has done any criminal
act we will find it out when the comm ttee
makes Its report. Tho presumption of law is
that every man is innocent until he is proved
guilty, and, as far as I am concerned, I will
make that presumption go to the fullest exteut
iu this case."
In the debate that follov/ad one delegate
declared that he wouM not dare to go back
to the soldiers of Minnesota after harming
a hair of Tanner's head, any more than 10
ride through a band of Sioux Indians with
their war-paint on. The encampment, he
urged, should stand by Tanner un il some­
thing wrong had been proven against him.
General Wagner, of Philadelphia, took
the ground that both resolution and substi­
tute was a club in the hands of Tanner's
enemies. The encampmcnt ought not to
force the Administration to suspend a
necessary investigation. Another delegate
in the course of a lengthy speech said:
"I was inWasiiington last weok.and I heard tt
charged upon the streets and everywhere else
that men omployed in the bureau were all get­
ting their cases made special and taken up im­
mediately and re-rated much higher, while the
poor devils of tho rank and file have to stand
back and wait. I told thom that it was a
lie, but if bo has done that and we
DSSS
the original resolution we indorse such action
on his part. The substitute is broad enough.
This encampment knows nothing of Tanner's
work and can not pass judgment upon it. We
may believe it is all right, but wo do not know
It. If we pass the original resolution and the
committee of investigation should exonerate
him the opposition press would, say that the
Administration daro not opposo the G. A. R.,
and they would havo cood reason to say it."
Corporal Tanner himself took the floor at
this point, and in an impassioned speech
declared that he not only courted, but de­
manded, an investigation of his administra­
tion of tho Pension Department.
Ultimately the substitute of General Bar­
num was ameuded to read as follows:
"That we tliauk the President of the United
States for tho appointment ot our comrade,
Jamcg Tunaer, as Cominissiouer of Pensions,
And that notwithstanding tho assaults upon
him we declare our complete confidence in his
integrity and our approval of his avowed pur
poso to do all that is possible to be done under
the laws of the land for the veterans of the
war, and with him we ask for the fullest in­
vestigation of the management of his oflloe."
In this shape it was unanimously adopted.
For the balance of the day the encamp­
ment devoted itself to routine business.
It was docidcd to appropriate the sum of
1,000 annually for tbe maintenance of tho
Grant cottago on Mount McGregor, to be
expended under the auspices of the de­
partment of New York. It was decided
that in all the official documents of the
order the words sailors and ma­
rines Bhould bo added to the word
"soldiers." General Alger's resolution
deprecating the practice of turning
Memorial Day into a day of festivity was
unanimously adopted. By another resolu­
tion veterans of the navy were permitted
to add an anchor to tho Grand Army badge.
It was decided that as the Military Teleg­
raphers Corps constituted a part of
the Union army, and as that body
had been ignored by Congress, it
was the sense oE the encampment
that Congress should recognize the status
of such corps by appropriate legislation.
Hearty approval of the action of the Com­
mander-in-Chief and the department
comrades who had endeavored to secure
a one-cent rate to the present encamp
ment was expressed, ana tho committee
having oharge of the encampment to be
held next at Boston was instructed to
early seoure a pledge from the hotel keep­
ers that no higher rates than that given to
the traveling public be charged to the del­
egates. In the event of no such pledge be­
ing obtained, the Adjutant-General, in con­
nection with the council of administration,
was authorized to change the locatibn of
the encampment at least three months be­
fore the regular date of meeting to any lo­
cality where reasonable rates could be
secured.
A lengthy report reviewing the differ­
ences between the Sons of Veterans and
post system recommended that the former
be recognized, and that the sons of Union
soldiers be urged to become identified with
it This was adopted.
A proposition to indorse the order known
as the "Ladies of the G. A. R" created a
commotion. Violent opposition waB ex­
pressed by delegates favorable to the
Women's Relief Corps. The privilege ot
the ttoor was granted to Mrs. Sarah PI urn
mer, of Michigan Mrs. Cora Day Young, of
Ohio, atyf Mrs. Emma B. Lowd, of Mam
chusetts. All these plead eloquently for
the Relief Corps.
Several delegates declared tbtf Che Grand
Army wanted no more auxiiigry asser­
tions and threatened to retire if tbe
resolution as presented were adopt­
ed. A motion to refer back the
matter to the committee on resolutions
was defeated, Generals Shermun and Alger
votinsr aye, and Corporal Tanner no. At
last the motion was so modified as to bid
"God speed" to the work of tbe organiza­
tion and in this shape it was adopted. At
6:30 the enoampment adjourned until
morning.
THE NAVAL BATTLE.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 30.—The sham naval
battle on the lake front Thursday night,
which ended the spectacular portion of the
Grand Army encampment, was a splendid
spectacle, being participated in by about
sixty vessels, besides a stationary mortar
fleet, and by about 3,000 inf/.'»trym9n
and artilleryman, luctudfng sSvdii
companies of tbe Fourth Battalion of
Wisconsin, the Chicago Zouaves, Battery D,
of Chicago, Milwaukee First Light Battery,
and several hundred Sons of Vet­
erans. There were fired 70,000
ds of musketry 8,t00 shells,
tOcHStS. U?\ 20.000 founds of
fire worts fafire fixploaea. The plan of
the battle was an attack by a hostile fleet
and repulse by tho shore batteries, sup­
ported by tho infantry. The line of battle
fleet wus led by the United States man-of
war Miohlgan and revenue cutters Andy
Johnson and Fessendcifc,
There was & sudden flight of rockets sky­
ward. On the instant lights beamed out
on all the vessels in the harbor. Then a
gun boomed another answered. And in
a minute cannons were blazing all
alon? the line, both from the
shore and tho vessels. The smoke
roso up and formed a mist through
which could be seen the constant flashes.
Milwaukee was being attacked by a fleet.
Shells shot up into the air and exploded,
sending out showers of sparks and colored
balls. Way off in the distance the Michigan
could be indistinctly seen and from her
sides belched fire. Nearer were the Andy
Johnson and the FeHsenden both doing
heroic work A fleet of mortars supported
them all On shore were batteries of can­
non and mortars, supported by a bat
talion of infantry. The fire increased
in rapidity and th smoke became more
dense, until there was nothing but
a steady roar with an occasional
gleam of light from the guns. Then came
a lulL The marines were trying to capture
the shore batteries. The fleet
kept up a flre, but the batteries
were silent until the boats were within
easy range. There was a sudden vol­
ley, and after it came the rattle of
musketry. It sounded like pills rattled in
a box and the flashes looked through the
smoke like fireflies. The gatling guns on
the boats responded to this. The attacking
party was finally repulsed, and the canon
adlng began again. Suddenly it slackened,
and through the gloom cou be seen a little
ball of fire. It gradually increased in size
until the heavens were illuminated, and it
was seen that a ship was on fire. Tho
flames licked up along the masts and
blazed up until every thing in the vicin­
ity was visible. The enemy was
retreating. Bugle-calls rang out
along the shore and the drums could be
heard across the water. There were a lew
formal shots, and then thousands of rock­
ets were sent up in celebration of the re­
pulse of the invaders. The batt was over.
The encampment, \vith the exception of
the business meeting, was closed.
Djiring the battle a cannon on the United
States revenue cutter Fessenden was dis­
charged prematurely and two sailors, John
Schulz. of Detroit, and Charles Mottshead,
of Montarcal, Can., were seriously injured
about the hands. Mottshead's injury
will necessitate the amputation of
one of his hands. A mortar exploded
on one of the mortar boats and
two sailors, Fiank Sayles, of Milwaukee,
and & S. Kock, of Thiensville, were pain­
fully, but not seriously, injured William
Bate, 18 years age, was also injured by
the premature discharge of a mortar on
the steamer Henry Sill, of Racine, and re­
ceived severe burns about the right hip
and ankle. Several veterans were over­
come by the beat and smoke, but were
taken to the tents of the Red Cross, where
they were well taken care of.
THE SHAW* ESTATE.
Tho Holdings of the Late St. Louis Phi­
lanthropist Valued »t Upward of #3,OOO,
OOu—Missouri's Metropolis Likely to Ko
ceive tho linik oi' It-
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 30.—The will of Henry
Shaw is now deposited his private vault,
where it was seen Wednesday by his agents
and administrators. The Shaw estate is
HENRY SHAW.
estimated at $8,500,000 upward, but defi­
nite figures are not yet known. It is said
that the entire estate has been left in va­
rious t'orrps to the city of St. Louis, with
the exception of a few minor and insig­
nificant bequests. The administering of
estate has been left in the hands of a board
of administrators. The Episcopal Orphans'
Home aud one or two charities have been
remembered.
FOR A LONG TERM.
J. M. Fulllam, a Kentucky Judge, Sen­
tenced to Fifteen Years' Imprisonment
for Manslaughter.
BRANDENBURG, Ky., Aug. SO.-After being
out twenty-two hours the jury in the Judge
Pull am murder case Wednesday at noon
returned a verdict of manslaughter, and
fixed the punishment at fifteen years in the
penitentiary. The verdict is not only a
surprise but a disappointment as welL
Pulliam's lawyers expeoted an acquittal
under the unwi itten law, while the prose­
cution was confident of a death sentence.
The trial lasted ten days, and was probably
the most sensational ever held in Kentuoky.
LJ. M, Pulliam, who was county judge of
Breokenridge, inv ted James Miller, a wealthy
stock trader, into office at Hardinsburg one
moralng in July, 1888, and after afpw moments
shot him to death. Pulliam charged that
Miller had deDauchcd his wife. Oa
Pull am's office table, however, was
found a paper, written by himself, de­
manding 16,000 of Miller ou penalty of
death. This money, Pulliam says, he intend*
ed to use in taking his family away from the
Boene of their disgrace. Miller refused to pay
it and allium killed him. For killing the se­
ducer of his wife the Jury would have ai quitted
him, but the demand for money looked too
much like a barter and sale of honor, acd the
verd.ct was against the accused.]
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