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Newspaper Page TextI T H E*o? ®i N 1888. \ ’ President. S ROW OF THE RADICALS. oaRTY HOPBUSBBLY BPLIT THB nVEB THI FQ3CB BILL. ~n a Given Black Eye Boe Tn caucus of the Bepuo 8t To-nig will B(J Qn Handto e 3ee mat Hi- Resolution Is Tf‘“-AC. h„, 1— usued tor Tho readl that r:r US is to be held for the purpose of thecauc . rJer of business, but in discussing • nendine propositions to chlnge t£t subject will doubtless berecousidered. lution plUß ed be- ,d of the week,” said Senator n'lv this evening. His expectation may Q ?h Gratified in that exact time or form notbegratin <)f hl3 rejo luUon will but t ,°? be adopted by the Senate in a * >r ° bS fn days Senator Quay has stepped ve 7 n, the mnks to the leadership. He ln fr ° h.touehl to be done and he said that Xmalorny of his friend, u anted it done, th s hrnshine the titular leaders aside he B , Dd vt forward to do it. He saw that S hut,lv a dozen republicans were, like Ctlf y to the force bill as a politi- TARIFF HAD THE LEAD. He saw that probably twice as many were for the tariff rather than the force bill and were willing to drop tho latter f .r the' sake of passing the former. He had gotten so tired of advising the leaders that be determined to simply take the lead him self He lias done so with good promise of success. Naturally enough the loaders are growling because they were set aside, and tuuse line Senators Hoar and Spooner, who were t e special advocates of the force bill, are m ‘a state of high indigna tion. but they cannot do more than the delay the consummation of Senator Quay’s plan. Knowing this, Senator Quay was quite willing to let his res olution go w ith all the other propositions to limit debate to the committee on rules until the republican caucus could determine more to-morrow night just how it will back down to Senator Quay’s position. One of the charges made against Senator Quay by Senators Hoar, Spooner and the other indignant representatives is that he never attended the meeting of the party caucus. They say that ha manifests as mue.i indifference to the caucus as to the regular business of the Senate. They say he only mingles in tho affairs of the Senate to meddle, as in the present instance. Sena tor Q say and ies not feel any deference to the average caucus, whi -h he thinks a great waste of time, but he attends whenever he tbi-.ilu it worth while, and will probably attend to-morrow night to see that his reso lution gets consideration. PROMISES TO BE A SURPRISE. The caucus promises to be as much of a surprise for Senators Hoar, Spooner and the rest of the force bill men as Senator Quay’s resolution was for Senator Aldrich and the other tariff bill men who want the free bill dropped to save tho tariff. They will probably join Senator Quay’s contin gent openiy. They have already done so secretly, and will aid in digging the grave of the free bill. Just what shape the action will take is problematical, but it will substantially agree with the resolution, although for the sake of appearances they may adopt a different form. SAVAGE SPEECHES. Senators Hoar, Spooner and their fol lowers w.U probably say some savage things ab..ut tho way Senator Quay has exposed the wide rent in tiie republican side, iut there is no reason to believe that they caa get Senator Hoar’s force bill mu --[idmen tacked on. The Edmunds mo tion and the Hoar, Blair and other proposi tions to change the rules will probably also bn discussed, but if Senator Quay’s resolu tio i is sub tantially adopted there will be no need of adootiug even the most diluted form of Reedisra. makes reed furious. This is what makes Speaker Reed so & n gry. The lo>s of his force by the deliber ate repudiate nof the chairman of the re- P'lbncan national committee is bad enough, to nave Keedusm, which Speaker Reed toped to see adopted for the force bill’s sttit -. repudiated by the republicans, will be ~ knkiudest cut of all. No wonder Speaker threatens to hang the tariff bill up so > to force the force bid on the Senate. If e irks this the republican senators say the oeaate will simply go home individually and leave him to hold the bag. Harrison greatly disturbed. hv tu! dent v Har . rison is greatly disturbed “ e ** the party, and speaks On'.,, T ly thau e '’ er about Senator andL. Soes bls favorites, the force bill n f rha bill, set aside, and iast aft!-? 0 t ,' :no Party harmony broken, reci ir dd i tbo,J g ilt had mended the eciprocity cleavages. Iritfc.? q" ie y hy looking on p a hliL, c at the quarreling re- Sh unle ? a !, orGOrma “ ™ hBS it d bargain a-H that tb ey have made no tlli o“ a V, no P ronl ise. They will wait actlv w lca!ls determine in caucu ex thfir Il r t „ t K ' > Wllld °hef >re deciding upon they f a "™i Thoy Bta,ld w here acdfnlM ii tood > ln favor of free fore th e ation o° f every , measure te b,n and especially the tariff Hous - if 0 little consideration in the 1 rea.iV n, Yf ? fc J ,elieve the bill dead till Gorman bm h, tonlbitone .” sa ys Senator •tone set up very soon!* t 0 B ° B tomb ' PURCHASES OF SILVER. TreßSUry . Department Officials In clined to be Reticent. P’-ained rln T N ' Aug- 13 ‘~ P ' or 80tne unex to tei. s J “ trea3urv cfflcors are disposed to-day’s R ii and my sterious with regard to £iv- ut infltL t' a,l sacti°nß, and refuse to f r the S a?i Wl£h regard to offers have ben *V Ter hullion which may dryunder .^ eIT£ ‘ and by the department to 'hr-ctorof!™ circular of Aug. 1. The t!ib t 11,j., e J n . int tbJs afternoon gave out Purchases g3t 'temeut m regard to silver I s all thern • a remark that “This B! :e:e. “ . about it” London, Parity i exchange, 481 hi • le 1 ’ la . Sum : v ,, p " reha for Phila •alut,li(‘ra“o,,c '> and New Or ” ° unc6? - He declined J r:r paid on the f“ yth !i‘ e *“ fogard to the J”* Prusen t toT n . and th , at 10 d ‘ d not fr "Hi another sonre do *L°’4. was loarned r r ltes ’lightly m excess of P r UrCl s aSeS W6ru , P'-iich, ami v °. f , London prices, ‘■HutiS York equivalent r“" " ll! ‘i 1. 0,,n^ h s °f;;™ ,l k'gregttted nearly Ctm -1 o Friday next! 3 Wl “ Ulso bo re ‘ ;v AS ;r rmedV^^e. and toaftriub i Gle 80 ate fo* k. s - h. H .rne to nomination*: -i liuW at St Thomas. Vui:n Un ,>.* be postmaster to, ‘. (ia a,ld J- H. Triplett at Dal- W ARH ,„ bOn<l Ac oPtw^~ ***„’ tVvr .vj!' b , “d offer “pied at I*4 lur i,^'^J a,^hwh^were JUfifning fto£. A JOB POT UP ON REBD. Republicans Fee a New Way to Pre vent a Quorum. Washington, Aug. 13. —Reedism is to be tested in anew way in the House, and by the repub icans, too. The republican oppo nents of the compound lard bill, headed by Mr. Mas in of Chicago, propose to go out into the republican cloak-room or into the corridor behind the speaker’s chair if neces sary to break a quorum to defeat the con sideration of the hill on the three days the committee on rules under Speaker Heed’s direction has determined to give to it. Mr. Morgan of Mississippi will iu tue fust place antagonize the lard bill in the name of the farmers’ alliance with the bill to prohibit dealing in options, which the committee on rules, under Sneaker Heed’s direction, have refused to give a day. BEADY TO FILIBUSTER. If the House will not give at least the first two davs of the three to options the opponents of the lard bill, led by Mr. Ma son, will filibuster. Speaker Heed will at tempt to call a quorum, but after having answered to their names on the call of the House, Mr. Mason and fifteen other repub licans will go out of the House, though not really out of the chamber, ami will wait to see whether Speaker Reed will fol low personally or by the sergeant at-arms. They claim that as they wiil be within the precincts of the House they cannot be ar rested as absentees, and yet, inasmuch as they will be out of Speaker Heed’s sight, he cannot count them present for quorum purposes. LOTTBRY LEGISLATION. The Company Offers to Elect Seven Republican Congressmen. Washington, Aug. 13.— The lottery offers to the republican managers of a bribe to defeat the anti-lottery legislation have been increased by the promise, in addition to large contributions of money, to send five republican members from Lou isiana and two from Arkansas to the next House. The lottery lias distributed tickets freely among employes of the House and of the postoffice department. Parts of the first, third and fourth prizes drawn in the lottery came to Washington. BUSTB OP VICE PRESIDENTS. Those of Hamlin and Hendricks Placed in the Senate. Washington, Aug. 13.— For the first time in the history of Washington the bust of a living man has been set up iu the Capi tol. It is the heroic bust of Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, which, with one of Thomas A. Hendricks, was placed in the Senate gallery to-day. The marble busts stand on yellow pedestals in niches on either side of the diplomatic gallery. They were procured under a resolution adopted by the last con gress, authorizing the erection of euch busts of the Vice Presidents in and around the Senate chamber. A Joke Without Whiskers. Washington, Aug. 13. —Senator Quay’s resolution so affected Senator Spoouer’s mind that he shaved his little mustache off, and he appeared in the Senate this morning looking fiercer than ever. As Senator Vance remarked, “A barefaced attempt to pass the force bill in spt e of Quay.” New Postofflcea in Georgia. Washington, Aug. 13. —Postoffices have been established iu Georgia as follows: At Cooper, Hart county, with Cornelius Cleve land as postmaster; at Lina,Wilkes county, with Samuel D. Fanning as postmaster. Harrison’s Return. Washington, Aug. 13. —President Harri son and party arrive! in Washington from Boston at 4 o’clock this eveuing. A COLLISION IN KENTUCKY. Ten or Twelve People Injured and Several of Them .apt to Die. Lexington, Ky., Aug. 13.—A collision occurred on the Louisville and Nashville railroad at 6:30 o’clock this evening near Spring station, about eighteen miles from Lexington. A relief train with surgeons and assist ants went from this city to the scene of the wreck. The collision was between a pay train aDd an express. CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT. The accident was occasioned by the pay train endeavoring to reach Ducker’s from Spring station on the time of the express train. The collison occurred in a cut. Both engines* and the baggage car were demolished. The passengers coaches were not derailed. THE INJURED. The injured are: Frank Smith, baggage master, of Lex ington, scalded and bruised in tue chest. J. T. Woodard, engineer of the pay car, of Louisville, scalded and bruised. Will, Southard, engineer of the express, of Louisville, fell under the engine. Buffered a compound fracture of the skull and is badly bruised. He will die. A. C. Roland of Louisville, roadmaster, both legs cut off and bruised. Judge Holt of the Kentucky court of appeals, b idly bruised. Will Madden and Walter Buch, fire men, both badly bruised about the bead. Many of the passengers were bruised, but no one was killed outright. All the injured were taken to Louisville. STATES AT A STANDSTILL. Maine and Vermont Make a Sorry Showing’ in the Census. Lewiston, Me., Aug. 13. —The work of the census enumerators shows the popula tion of Maine to be 658,454, an increase of 9,500 since 1880. VERMONT LOSING PEOPLE. Montpelier, Vt., Aug. 13. —The super visor of the census authorizes a statement that in round numbers the population of Vermont is 333,000. The census returns of 1880 gave the population as 333,286. OCEAN RECORDS SMASHED. The Teutonic Comes Over in 5 Days 19 Hours and 5 Minutes. New York, Aug. 13.—The steamship Teutonic of the White Star Line has smashed all the records. She made the run from Roche’s Point to Sandy Hook in 5 days, 19 hours and 5 minutes, beating the record of the City of Paris by 18 minutes, besides logging 2,806 knots against 2,788 knots by tue City of Paris. No S gn of the Cyclone. Charleston, s. C., Aug. 13.—A beautiful sunset, clear skies, cool teiii)iorature and light north western breexot wore tho woathe C’tidUion* to-night, with uo signs of lie Havana cyclone yot. A cyclone at this time would destroy the fl est rlcs and sea Island oottou crop ever raised ou the Caro lina coast. SAVANNAH, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 18D0. CAROLINA’S CAMPAIGN. TILLMANITBS DOING AS THBY PLEASE AT COLUMBIA. James Hogg Nominated for Governor by the Democrats of Texas—A Full Ticket Put la the Field in Connecti cut—The Nominees and Platform of the Republicans of California. Charleston. S. C., Aug. 13.— The Till manites rushed rough-shod over the little band of stralghtouts that confronted them in the convention at Columbia to-day. When the convention was called to order by State Chairman Hoyt, he appointed State Senator Buist, of Charleston, tem porary chairman, the object being to let the permanent organization go on In the usual way. It is the rule of the democratic party for the state chairman to appoint a tem porary chairman. The Tillmanites, however, kicked over the traces and Dr. Sampson Pope nominated Alliance Lecturer W. T. Toblertof Edgefield for temporary chair man, put the vote and declared him elected. Then they elected John T. Duncan of Newberry and L. T. Bean of Edgefield sec retaries and appointed a committee on cre dentials, after which they adjourned to 4 o’clock. The straight-outs held a conference this morning, Senator Smytho of Charleston presiding. After full discussion the follow ing resolution was adopted: Resn/red, That the convention to assemble this day has no power to deoide any question except that for which it was called, and that if it attempts to elect an executive committee, amend the constitution or otherwise usurp powers not delegated to it, such action shall.be deemed a violation of the democratic constitu tion. It was also resolved that if the conven tion Bhould enter into an election for state officers, tha straightout democrats would withdraw. WAITING FOR a REPORT. At 5130 o’clock the convention reassembled and appointed a committeo to ascertain when the committee on credentials would be ready to report. The committee reported that the committee would not be able to prepare their report until late in the after noon, and another recess was taken until 7 o’clock. The convention reassembled at 9:15 o’clock. The committee on credentials reported, in the cose of the contesting dele gations from Fairfield, in favor of seating the Tillman delegates, composed of mem bers from the clubs which seceded at the organization of the county convention because their request for the appoint ment of a committee on credentials preparatory to the temporary organization was refused. The minority report was in favor of seating the delegates from the body which maintained the original or ganization. THE LIE GIVEN. Statements were made in behalf of the majority report by Dr. Sampson Pope, the Tillmanite chairman of the convention, with reference to matters In regard to the Fairfield case, and Maj. Thomas Wood ward of the Fairfield delegation. In the course of his remarks Maj. Woodward said Dr. Pope was telling a lie and that ho knew it. Great confusion ensued and It looked as though a general melee might be the outcome, but quiet at last prevailed and one man was selected from each contesting delegation to place the matter properly'before the convention. At the conclusion a yea and nay vote was taken and tho convention seated the Till manites by a vote of 318 to 70. A PROTEST FROM BERKLEY. A protest was read from the Berkley - Tillmanites, claiming tnat they withdrew on account of riotous and undemocratic proceedings on the part of members, and the action of the county chairman iu ap pointing as members of the committee on credentials persons whose names were on the contesting list, thereby making them judges of their own election, and because of tho arbitrary rulings of tho chair, who persistently rendered decisions regardless of the fact that no vote had been taken. The delegation seated from Berkley is com p sed of Tillm mites. W. J. Talbert was chosen permanent chairman. The secretaries of the tempo rary organization we e made permanent officers. The appointment of the committees was then tiegun. Sampson Pope offered anew constitution, which was referred to the committee on constitution. G. A Shell presented a resolution with reference to the public debt, asserting the intention of the party to maintain the credit of the state at all times and under all circumstances. Motions to take a recess till morning were voted down, and the convention is now awaiting reports from committees. BRONCHO STATE DEMOCRATS. Hogg Nominated for Governor and a Platform Adopted. Galveston, Tex., Aug. 13.—The state democratic convention, in session at San Antonio to-day, nominated James Hogg for governor. He had no opposition in the con vention. The platform declares: “The government of the United States has only the powers expressly given in the constitution of the United States and amendments, and we believe that the perpetuity of the uniou constituted by said constitution and its amendments, consistently with popular liberty and the blessing of self-government, can be secured only by jealous confinement of the federal government in all depart ments to legitimate and economical exercise of the powers so expr -ssly conferred up m it. On this principle we opp >se a tariff duty for any other purpose than for revenue. AGAINST THE ALLIANCE SCHEME. “We oppose the collection and distribu tion by the federal government of money in aid of the educational system of the sevoral states, or any of them, or in the way of the advancement or loan to any citizens or class upon any sort of security, whether govern ment bods or commercial bonds, farm or other products. “We oppose the election law recently passed by the republican House of Repre sentatives, and condemn all the recent en croacnments by the federal judiciary upon the power of tue states. “In a free representative government there is no room for life tenure of office. Such tenure is born of arbitrary and irre sponsible po*er. Therefore, we favor an amendment to the constitution limiting the tenuro of all public offices to a reasonable term of years. “We am opposed to a continuance of the national bank svstem, and demand the ab lishuient thereof as soon by law as the same can be done. DOWN ON TRUSTS. “We demand the passage of laws pre venting the creation of trus saud providing for tho dissolution of those now in ex istence. •• We are in favor of free coinage of silver and indorse the action of our senators thereon. ..... , •* W* oppose patoruaium iu all forms, and acting upon this princ'ple we oppose the ownership bv the government of railway and telegraph lines as destructive to the rights and liberties of the people and tend ing to the establishment of a despotic gov ernment. ” The other planks refer to state matters. Among them is the following: “We de mand that suitable provision to made by the state for a home for disabled con federate soldiers, where their reasonable wants may be supplied and their miseries alleviated without humiliation to them as obiects of charity. “We favor separate coaches for white and black passengers on the railways of the state, and we demaud that our legislature shall pass a law which shall compel rail ways to furnish the same.” WEBT VIRGINIA’S DBMOCBATB. D. J. Lucas Renominated for Judge of the Supreme Court. Pittsburg, Aug. 13.—A special from Grafton, W. Va., says: “The democratic state convention in session here to-day re nominated Judge D. J. Lucas for the supreme court benoh. There was no fight in the convention, and Judge Lucas’ nomination was by ac clamation. The platform declares in favor of free ooinage of silver and arraigns the Republican party for the McKinley bill and the extravagance of the national administration. The late guber national contest in West Virginia is ex plained and defended. The convention was rather small, not more than three-fourths of the usual number of delegates being in attendance. Judge Lucas is the man who led the legislature revolt against Camden in 1887 and defeated him for the Uuited States Senate.” OONNEOriOUT’B TICKET. P. M. Augur the Democratic Nominee for Governor. Hartford, Conn., Aug. 13.— The pro hibition state convention met here to-day. Nominati ns were made as follows: For Governor—P. M. Augur of Middle field. For Lieut. Governor—Dewitt C. Pond of Hartford. For Secretary of State—Henry R. Palmer of Stonington. For Treasurer—John B. Smith of New Britain. For Controller—Fred M. Hawley of New Canaan. They wero all nominated by acclamation. CALIFORNIA’S REPUBLICANR Col. Henry S. Markham Nominated for Governor. Sacramento, Cal., Aug. 13.— Tho re publican state convention to-day nominated Col. Henry 8. Markham of Pasadena for governor on the first ballot. On the formal ballot he lacked forty votes of the nomina tion, but changes before the vote was an nounced carried him through, and then the nomination was made by acclamation. THE PLATFORM. The platform denounces the manner in which the democratic pledges as to a free ballot in many of the states is broken, and insists that henceforth the right to a free ballot shall be observed, so far as it is within the power of the federal government to effect that object. It renews the declara tions in favor of the most rigid exclusion of Chinese from this country, and urges that such restriction be made permanent. The course of Speaker Reed is indorsed, and the platform says: “We repudiate the claim of the right of any number of members of congress to in terrupt and delay its business by refusing to vote when required, and we rejoice that the speaker and other members of the republi can House have been able to destroy the pretense that members can be present and absent at the same time.” HARRISON INDORSED. The platform commends the administra te n of President Harrison and the course pursued by Secretary Blaine in relation to the Behring sea controversy, favors pension legislation, an eight-hour law and the en actment of a stringent law against pools and trusts. It also declares that “in the interest of the agricultural and the other industries of the country we indorse the action of the republican members of congress in the passage of what is known as the silver bill, and that we favor a proper increase of the currency of the oountry to the extent demanded by its business.” The reading of the clauses of the platform referring to Speaker Reed and silver legislation occasioned much applause. MAINB’B ELECTION. The Campaign of the Republicans to Be Short and Sweet. Augusta, Me., Aug. 13.—A full meet ing of the republioan state committee was held last eveuing, Chairman Manly pre siding. He said that it was the unanimous vote of the committee that the campaign bo very short and that public speaking would be confined to the last two weeks of the campaign. Chairman Manly said,that Sec retary Blaine would take no part in the campaign so far as the speaking is con cerned. Alliance Nominees in Kansas. Topeka, Kan., Aug. 13.—The farmers’ alliance of the state met in convention here to-day to nominate candidates for state officers. W. F. W rightinore was nominated for chief justice of the supreme court, John F. Willet of Jefferson county for governor, and A. C. Shinn of Franklin county for lieutenant governor. A BOY BREAKS HIS NECK. Hla Father Was in Savannah When the Accident Occurred. Charleston, S. C., Aug. 13.—A 9-vear old son of Samuel Easterly, at No. 183 St. Philip street, broke his neck this morning. He was flying a kite from a kitchen roof and fell a distance of twenty-five feet to the ground below. Death was instantaneous. His father was in Savannah at the time, and was telegraphed for. The family came from Branchville, in this state. STYRIA STORM BWEPT. The Loss Attains the Dimensions of a National Calamity. * Vienna, Aug. 13.—Styria has been dreadfully ravaged by storm and flood. The loss attains the dimensions of a national calamity. The districts at the foot of the None Alps are inundated. Many houses and bridges around Aplenz have been de stroyed. The iron works there are sub merged. Many persons have been drowned. CARDIFF'S BTKIKSHS. Sixty Thousand Men Now Idle, But Negotiations Resumed. Cardiff, Aug. 13.—Negotiations between the railway directors and representatives of the striking employee have been renamed, and the outlook for a settlement of the trou’ la Is good. Hixty thousand men ate now idle lu uoueequenue of the strike. GROWTH OF THE G. A. 11. A SYNOPBI3 OF THE REPORT TO THE CONVENTION. The Annual Address Delivered by Commander-In-Chief Alger - Adjutant General Hopkins Makes a Shewing As to the Membership—The Order in a Healthy Financial Condition. Boston, Aug. 13.—The convention of the twenty fourth national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic came to order in Music Hail at 11 o’clock this morning. Prayer was offered by Past Chief Chaplain A. M. Foster. Commandor-m-Chief Gen. Alger then de livered hu annual address, from which the following extract is made: Comrades— Fortunately for us wo are permitted to gather here in this historic city, ju>tly named the "Cradle of Liberty," to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the surrender of the armed forces against this government to the Union army. We also celebi ate tho twenty-fifth anniversary of the actual freedom of all races within our borders. Near here was “tired the shot beard ’round the world,” and were fought the first battles of the revolution. How many patriots in latter days have been inspired to perforin heroic deeds by the example of those patriots who first declared this lund should be free, and have tried to emulate their examples, the scores of fields that have tested the courage of these generations, whose representatives are gathered here to day, will answer. To name one or a dozen of them without including all womd hi the same act of injustice as wpuld the record ing of the deeds of a single man, omitting others. It is sufficient for us to know that when called men were found for every place. While we lament tho loss of nearly all of our old commanders, it is a source of great consolation and pleasure to know that one of those great leaders of men is still spared to us aud is in our midst to-day. L pou him this nation is pouring its weaLb of love and gratitude. Let us hope and pray that he may 1 ng be permitted to remain here, our leader, our commander, our idol and our comrade. God bless you, Gen. Sherman! Our love for you is beyond words. The condition of the organization, I ara happy to report, is, with few exceptions, excellent. There have been, I regret to say, some disagreements in the departmeut of 1 .ouisiana aud Mississippi drawn upon the color line, the details of which will be found in the records of the judge advocate generaL It is the same question that to-day is dis turbing many localities in the southern part of this country, and which will require patience and concessions from all parties to settle. It iB a perplexing one. but I trust time, with tho good intentions of all peace aud iiberty-loving citizens, will bring such moderation of counsel that in the uear future all may share the rights grantod by our laws, and that harmouy will prevail everywhere. It has been my determination to recog nize us a comrade the equal rights of every man, no matter what his color or nation ality, provided he has the two qualifications, service and an honorable discharge. In this great struggle of life the strong should aid the weak. It ennobles the former and helps to elevate tho latter. A synopsis of the opinions of the judge advocate general, those approved ami those disapproved, will be found in tho report of the adjutant gen eral. THE MEMBERSHIP. The official reports presented to the twenty-third national encampment, dated June 30, 1889, gave the number of com rades in good aud regular standing, 883,617. Total rnenibsrs then suspended and delin quent, 28,088, making a total membership as borne on the rolls at that date of 410,686. June 30, 1890 The total number of comrades In good and regular standing was 487,981 Total membership Dome on rolls 458,83(1 Number of posts leported June 80, 1889.. ti,711 Number of posts reported June 80, 1890.. 7,175 Number of deaths during the year 5,470 Number of new departments 3 Including the provisional department of Indian Territory and Oklahoma. I am constrained to say I do not believe the number of deaths reporte l as above is even approximately oorreet. Not, however, on account pf any fault of the posts, but a c mradon grow feeble they neglect their posts, are dropped from the rolls, when in fact their health is such they are uuable to attend; and thus many die who are not re ported. The increase in membership of the differ ent departments aud relative percentages are given in the annexed table. Of c >urse, the new departments of North Dakota, In dian Territory and Oklahoma took theii memberships from the departments of lia ko a, Kansas and Texas, and allowance will be mode for the changes made thereby in numbers of those departments. While our numbers make up a vast army, it is confidently believed that not one-half of those who are eligible belong to this organization. Many live remote from posts; many are physically unable to attend, and many, through lack of means, do not feel that they can pay the expenses incident to membership. I recommend that, as far as practicable, posts carry upon their rolls all worthy members whom they know to be financially unable to pay tbe-e expenses. Of course, all who are able to and do not pay their dues should be dropped, but great charity should be exercised ln the cases of those who are not. I wish to urge upon comrades the import ance of securing, at the earliest possible moment, the individual record of tna ser vices of the enlisted men. The history of the war will never be written uutil it in cludes such record. Let them be deposited with their posts and they will be preserved. PENSIONS. The subject of peusi ns has been, as all are aware, the all-absorbing one of the year. During the early days of the present con gress it became evident to the pension com mittee, whose report is before you, that the “service bill,” so much desired, could not bo enacted into a law, many members of both branches of congress declaring that they could not vote for an amount that, taken with the regular expenditures of the gov ernment, would exceed its revenues. I atn aware that many are disappointed, but the committee has been powe less to acc >m plish more than bas already been done. It is now believed that the expenditures in pensions, under existing laws, will ex ceed $150,000,000 annually. More than 300,000 applications have been made to the commissioner of pensions under the new disability law, and he in forms me that applications aro coming iu at the rate of utkrnt 10,000 per day. Large as this sum is, it is a great gratification to know that it is distributed among our own people. Four times a year this money goes to all parts of iho country. There is not a community which does not feel its influence and to which it Is uot a help. It pave the neceasary bills to the merchant and the former, who in turn ore able to pay their, debts, and so ou. While these are uot r a eo •* for paying parishes, they are a euuroo of consolation to the people who bear tue burden. Hiiioe the war the nation bas doubled iu 1-opumuoii and more than quadrupled in wealth. Its prosperity is known to no other land, and I am sure its people are gladly contributing to the support of those who at every sacrifice made it possible for it to be what it is. charity. There has been expended in charity, according to our official records, during the past year, $217,650 53. Of course this is no measure of the money col lected and expended in a private way, nor does it include the great sums c i.looted and extended by the heroic women who are our strong right arm in war, and are now douatinq their time to our depend ent comrades and their widows and children. We snail never know tho great good these noble women are doing in our behalf. They should receive every possible enoourage ment, and they have, I know, the thanks of every man who wore tho union blue. Hold up their hands in tho work they are doing. SONS OF VETERANS. This organization, numbering over 125,- 000 members, is growl g rapidly, and is reported in excellent condition. We should do everything in our power to ad them ill their work. They are our boys, and to them we must soon oommit our trust. Wberover I have been in the different departments I have received marked cour tesies from them, and are glad to be able in this public manner to acknowledge the same and to say God speed you, vouug men, iu your patriotic work. For your generosity, your aid, and for your many acts of personal kiudness, I thank you most sincerely. The address was received with frequent expressions of approval by the largo body of delegates present. The reports of Adjutant-General George H. Hrpkinsof Detroit, and Quartermaster General Taylor of Philadelphia, wero pre sented. Those indicated a healthy financial condition of the order. Tho Grant monu ment fuud now amounts to $11,115. REPORT OF ADJT. UEN. HOPKINS. Tho report of the adjutant general, George 11. Hopkins, begins as follows: Ruanell J. Alger, Com inander-in-Chief When you assumed command of the Grand Army of the Republic there wore forty-two departments, with 6,711 |>osts ami a membership in good standing of 382,589. The consolidated report for tho quarter euding June 30, 1890, shows forty three departments, with the provisional departmeut of Indian territory and Okla homa, and a membership in good standing of 427,981, being a net gam of two depart ments, 464 posts and 47,116 comrades. The following table gives the strength of the several departments, and the gains of each iu posts and membership between Juno 30, 1889, and June 30. 1890. These tables show that on June 30, 1890, there wero iu tho several departments 7,178 posts, with a membership of 397,385. Tha gains since June 30, 1889, were 580 posts and 30,817 members. The losses were 30 posts and 1.581 members: Members in good standing Juno 30, 1889 382,017 Gain by muster 40,007 Gain by transfer 8,880 Gain by reinstatement 20,400 Gam from delinquent reports... .18,138 Total gam 81,945 Aggregate 464,562 Loss by death . 5,476 Loss by honorable discharge 1,774 Loss by transfer 10,277 I, oss by suspension 8,111 law* by dishonorable discharge .. 637 Loss by delinquent reports 12,406 Total loss 36,581 Members in good standing June 30, 1890 427,981 Net gain in membership in good standing 47,116 Net gain in posts reporting. 404 Members remaining suspended. 25,1401 Members last quarter by (lelln- V quent reports ... 2,389) Total in suspension 27.529 Total members on roll June 30, 1890 455,510 Adding to tills those out on trans fer, who arc, of course, still members of the order 2,720 Gives a total membership of.. 458,280 GROWTH OF THE ORDER. Inspector General L. E. Griffith of Troy, N. Y., reported the order growing numer ically stronger and working earnestly and harmoniously iu furthering the grand ol>- jects for which it was organized. No organization on earth does more to minister to the helpless. He presented a table showing that the number of posts in the grand army on June 80, 1890, was 6,936; the number of oomrades in good standing in the posts in spected to June 30, 351,344; the number of p >sls Inspected, 5,010; the number of posis not inspected, 1,051; the total amount ex peDded for charity, $283,556; the amount remaining in the relief fuud, $475,350. C il. W neelock C. Veazey of New Hamp shire, at p esent one of the interstate com merce commissioners, was elected com mander-in-chief. Detroit was selected as the place of meet ing next year. GERMANY AND RUSSIA. Arrival of the K ilser—The Transfer of Heligoland. St. Petersburg, Aug. 13.—Emperor William’s declaration that the Incorpora tion of Heligoland bas completed the Ger man empire has produced an excellent im pression in Russian official circles inasmuch as itcondemns Herman chauvinism regard ing the Baltic provinces. trip of the kaiser. Berlin, Aug. 13.—Emperor William will arrive at Narva, Russia, on (Sunday next. A banquet will be given there in his honor and he will witness the military maneuvers, departing ou Thursday for St. Petersburg, where he will re main Saturday and Sunday. He will return to Germany by sea. It is estimated that the fortifying of Heli goland will cost $7,500,000. A boat of the German torpedo flotilla, which left Heligo land after the transfer of the island, is mus ing and nothing is known of her. A STRIKE IN NEW ZEALAND. Unions Demand the Discharge of Female Employes. Dundine, New Zealand, Aug. 13.—A general strike of the men employed in the shipping trade and railways is imminent. The trouble arises from the action of a firm in Christ Church, which employs a number of women. The discharge of the women is demanded by the unions, and, upon the firm’s refusal to accede to the demand, a boycott was declared against them. The shipping and railway companies continue to tmudle the firm’s goods, and the men de clare that if this is uot stopped a general striko will be inaugurated. LONDON’B DIHCHAKOBD POSTMEN. The Postmaster General Reinstates Only Fifty Out of 400. London, Aug. 16. I’ostinasteV General llaikes has given bis final decision in the matter of applications for reinstatement by th postman who were discharged tor taking |iart m the recent strike. Of the 400 men di.minted from the service the postmaster gen- ral ha. decided that only fifty shall bo again employed. A number of tho men discharge! are eudgi aUug. 1 DAILY, $lO A YEAR. < 5 CENTS A COPY. I I WEEKLY, $1.25 A YEAR f NO BREAK IN THE STRIKE. THB MEN STILL OUT AND THBI COMPANY STILL CONFIDENT. Passenger Trains Running on Better Time But Little Improvement in the Freight Traffic—The Men on the Delaware and Hudson River Road Go Out. New York, Aug. 13. —The strike situa tion this morning remained unchanged, excepting that the officials claimed that 18 was improved. They said freight trains were coming in and going out on time. They also said that the running of passen ger trains has resumed its normal condition. Suburban traffic still suffered. Mr. Webb said ho had received numerous applications from old hands, but will not under anv cir cumstance* reinstate them. He said that he hud received applications from men on other roads sufficient iu number to man tha whole Central system. These men are al ready employed, but they would consider a change to the Central an improvement. MAKING UP FREIGHTS. At the Hlxty-flfth street yards men were at work preparing to send out more freight trains to-day. The usual number sent oil# of these yards at this time of the year it from eight to ton daily. Yesterday five were sent out. Freight trains were being moved from St. John’s park, in Thirtieth and Fifty-third streets. Police were still on guard at the Grand Central depot, but to the ordinary observer thore was nothing to lndioate tha9 there had been a strike. DELAWARE AND HUDSON MEN OUT. Albany. N. Y., Aug. 13. Chief Reed ofj the firemo i’s brotherhood is authority for’ the following : "We are all ordered out by an order from headquarters. Mr. Hergoant of Cleveland, chief of the firemen’s brotherhood, order* the strike.” At noon the Delaware and Hudson Com'J panjr’s freight aud yardmen, except tha engineers aud firemen, quit work as though a signal had been given on that road. Gen eral Manager Youug of the Delaware and Hudson said at 3 o’clock that the strike ou that road only included the freight handlers, switchmen aud yardmen i:i the Albany yards. Ho does not know what brought on the action. WHAT THE MEN SAY. On the other hand, the men assert that they have detected the Delaware and Hud son officials endeavoring to move Central freight, in violation of a promise made to District Assembly No. 346. They say they did not strike without warning,' and that the strike will extend the entire length of the roach The passenger trains are all ruu ning, and tiie strikers say they will not dis turb them. A large quantity of freight is here consigned to Saratoga hotels. It was to go up this afternoon. MEN FROM TDK WEST. One hundred and fifty switchmen who arrived here to day from the west were placed in the yards of the New York Cen tral road at East Albany. The knights say these men were brought from the Michigan Central yards at Chicago, and that the strike will extend to the western connections. A dispatch from Chicago says the report is not oorrect, os none of the Michigan Central’s men have been sent east. The draw on the upper bridge, which had romained open since Friday, was closed to-day. Only one freight train, however, made any progress, and than only went one mile from Albany. No announcement ia made as to the time when the order to the locomotive firemen to striko is to take effect. THE SITUATION UNCHANGED. Albany, N. Y., Aug. 13, 11 p. m.—The conditions of the Central Hudson strike in this section are unchanged. The strikers speak as determinedly as ever, and they say they do not fear t o ultimate result. The various Knights of Labor assemblies have been holding meetings all day. but nothing could lie learned of their deliberations. Kupt. Missel said to-night that passen ger trains were to-day run according to schedule for the fir* time sluce the strike was ou. The freight blockade which has lasted since last Friday at the West Albany yards, was raised to-day. FIRST ACROSS THE BRIDGE. Two New York freight trains whioh have been lying at East Albany were the first to cross the upp r railroad bridge after the closing of the draw, which has stood open since the strike began. These two trains were run to the West Albany yards and will bo sent to Buffalo to-night. Twenty-one carloads of dressed beef whioh have been lying at the immense icing sta tion at Kari ers, and another train of twenty-five cars loaded with coal, were brought through the Weat Albany yard and sent on to New York. DETECTIVES STONED. The Pinkerton detectives on the first freight train moved from East Albany were stoned as they pas-rvi through the lumber district, and three of them received severe bruises. A hundred men wont out ou strike in the Delaware and Hudson yards to-day, appointed a committee who waited upon Hupt. Hammond, and they have been ln consultation all th 9 evening. BAROEANT OOES TO CLEVELAND. Terrs Haute, Aug. 13.—Grand Master Sargeant of the Brotherho- <1 of Locomotive Flromeu left at noon for Cleveland to meet the grievance commi tee, hut whether or not in connection with the New York Cen tral strike is not known. At the national headquarters here a positive statement was made that he bad not ordered the firemen to strike. STRIKE OF THE MACHINISTS. The Weatlnghouse Company Bound to Fight It Out. Pittsburg, Aug. 13. —Additional Interest has been given to the machinists' strike as being the first of a similar movement to sweep over the country, and by the fact that the Westinghouse interests are bitterly fighting the move. Two plants of this company will start up Monday with as many men as they can get. Both the machine and electric plants have been lying idle, and the managers now claim that they will be able to start with new and a portion of the oid men on the basis of less pay if [ess hours are worked. With tne concession to the machinists to-day of nine hours’ work for ten hours’ pay by the Key stone Bridge Company, which is associated with the Carnegie company and the Walker Bridge Company, nearly all of the large firms have conceded the demands of the men except the great West inghouse company. The concessions mads by ths other companies have not influenced this conoern, and they reiterated their posi tive decision fco-d y of nine hours work for niue hours pay and no more. This firm em ploys 4,800 men, and of those 3,500 have struck and remain firm. Coming Aquatic Events, Lon nos, Aug. 18.—A rowing match for £I,OOO has been arranged between Kemp aud O’Conner. The rsos will take place on the A inert'‘an Pacific coast iu March next. A race bi who Kemp and Rians berry on tbs Paramatta river in Australia has beau tiled for October.