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BlflK 1150.(t R EAT)Hi* Iiiiy a tin* llt;•rni'i- Slone nt »'«il Cffe and Reviews hi* Olll Brigade.KimvHE DELIVERS A PATRIOTIC SPEECH.;sThe Olil StI(Her» 'i'ni'ti out i XiiiiiIhm* (n (Imt Him.I-M'gUCo«lGan Explode* in I’ennsylvi lt;’nl|lerle.- mill Three nrc Killed.r a■»'!«-Jimamiutr-andI llc-ilnBTvestlookwits.. hh aWe fit y. pas (car-ips.veryHat.arwlfoods*amitalk*•enith OLE. inter, tGAljodiViui, 111., 0lt;-r. 8. After a pub lie ri-cepUon, review nml specehc, t‘res-dent HurrUion liilil the corner atone ol Kuos college. In the afternoon a reun inn of the ftrst brigade of the president's old command w.»s held at tlm opera house. To '.hi? it was found imperative to admit only old ve'etanaand -heir Immediate families, and even then the opem house was almost iiuoeqnih* to the occasion. President Harrison wan corted from the hotel to the scene of the reunion by a committee headed by General Daniel Dirstin, Vnited Mates sub-treasurer of Chicago, and formerly cnl-miol of the KKMh Illinois infantry. The appeiirancw of President Harrislun ou the mige was the occasion for an tut-burst rd cheers that made Urn very walU tremble, den. Dustin tlion culled '.no mooting to order. Alter the applause had HOmewluiT suladtied I're-mlcnt liar rison addrereed tlio veterans of his old brigradp.Comrades I Tim object of my visit to Galesburg was thU meeting which we ar« In have now. I should aid, i think, have been p-rsuadsd to make this tiip except far tan pleasure which £ expected to llnd in meeting men of the-.Id brigade from llie must of w hom 1 have bpen separated since muster-out day. Time has wrought it* changes upon thu facts ol us all. Von recognize me hc.'aii.*p there were not so many colonels as there were soldiers, fortunately, perhaps for Hu* country. (Jiuughter.)I saw you jh individuals in brigade line when it was drawn U| oilhcr for parade or battle. Whoo we were ns*n-clnti-d hi brigade in IBIS, we wen? all somewhat new to military duties uud life. Officer* as well as men hndoome together animated by auommnu purpose irorn every pumdt In life. We were not as early In the held as some of our comrades. We yield them tho honor ol the longer service, but still £ think we may claim for unoolvea that when wo lifted our hands to take the enlistment oath there was no inducement for any man to go into the army under any expectation that he was entenng on a holiday. !u the early days id the war men thought or hoped it would he hrlef. They did tut measur© its strength or duration. They did nut at all estimate tliu awful sacrifices that wero t* he made before peace with honor was assured.He recited the elury of llm friend who swore because be feared tlm war would be over before he got to llm front. He tlieti went over some of the early esprri-eticws In being made into soldiers. Allrj speaking uf llie trials lie said:I do not think there Is auy of ns—not me, I am sure—who would exchange the sa'lsfaction, the heart comfort we have ill having tieen u purt of the great 3rmy that subdued the rebellion, thut saved the county, the constitution and the ling |ap pbmsej. H 1 were asked toduy to cbai'ge it for any honor that has come to me, 1 would lay down auy civil office rather than have tho sutilfaction 1 bnve in having been an humble partaker with you in that great war [npphtu**]. Who shall measure itY Well, generation* hence, when this country, which hud thirty million*, now sixty four millious, hua Income a hundred millions; whonthPW In alit’iiious of our9 grow and develop and spread and liumes in which Impjflnees and comfort have their abiding place, then we may hegiu to realise, north uud south, wlmt this work wus. We but Imperfectly see It now, yet we havethe earth to clothe it with verdure uud b sn*.y and with harreiL It seeina to m-»mt II iaagoud typeof disbandment-of the army. £r. wrapped this count ■ l i;.. ,i inuntle of defence when il was in peril.I-1| When ilonger w k p.ui-cd, ll m-i.tlcdill toi-vi-rv ivenup and pursuit and stiinn-• idcd all id llioni to fresln-r and livelier giowth. Now, my i nmrade*, age I* i ice ping upon u». 1 do not know that our bodily strength would emluri* nil-o’ocr -var il another were lo come. I run sura we would have the heart for It and for the Hag; hut It la grant, comfort to fee! thut tho necessity is not likeij In ho hdd upon us. t thiuk it I* very safe, to pre diet that we are nut likely to have any moro rebel]Ion* iu the United States. (Great applause.) Whatever mischief may 1« wrought under one form or un-ottier, I do not nntlcipat.- lb at we shall have another rnlwllion In any quaiU-r or I’t.im any cauho. One nttiuiipt liar thoroughly discouraged other*, fl.nnghfci and applan.se.) I he futility of It was thoroughly established, a* well a* tin. fact (hat. an overwhelming mass of our people will in any danger I do not can-what Its origin, whether It he reMIInn or Hu- uplifting of the ll.ig of onaraby—rise In tlii-lr might With a weightot sentiment that like One of the great Alpine avr. Iiini'hes or glaciers will sweep away niiv thing which l« lifted uEiiinfl. the onlerly vudl being of this nnnnlry nf uurs. (Urea? appiansc.A few week* huh I went from Washington to IJifcton to witness tile luecling «*f tlie U, A. If., s.ud aft^r I had n:xxi for many hours upon tho reviewing stand nml had Rich these old veterans, sur.h as nra here, marching by under the national colors, then (here came idong in their fi«)l-»,tc|is—we very often n«e that or meth.iptmr, but here it was literally true —len thousand Son* of Veteran*. (Applause.) ^*nn» ol them were nt middle ago almie-t well on in manhood, beinuee imt nil of yon waited unllI the war wo* ?»ver to lind your sweethearts. Some of yon h.id w-vc* at. the linn anil left them cold your children t.i thclr wire when your country milled yon to its service. Hut I never was so impicsaed with v,rei,l thought that while we move on ami may be a little anxious an to how things arc to go on, how thia country is to be detendnl anil its Hap: upheld when we tire gone, I never vvit9 so impre^sd with actual demonstration of the fact that there *Wnds in our places young men, JuM such us you were when the Iasi war hmke out, (tiled Just or you vrcie with devotion tithe couutry and ready to *tep into the ranks when any enemy, foreign or do-me.'tic ftk*Bllwl the honor of our flag. Tlie president, then referred at length ro the soldiers, applauding,theirservues and rcoii-rrilierlng their valor.At tlie close of his remarks General Dustin wuacullnd foi ar.d addressed tho old soldiers briefly.The president unescorted to the Commercial club, where the mayor, on 1** imlf of tlio cllv, wclcmneil him lo the ahito nf Iowa. 1'he pmudent responded biiefly.At IT p. vo. tlm presidential party resumed their joiuuey.At tlie conclusion of the president's re-mark* npplause brought Qim. Dustin to tin- front ami that gentleman spoke bricl'y.after which llie president uuiionuc-cd hie desire to -hake oncli meuilrer ofTHAd.TWIForAnVIs r. JnrAt. tI-inaiu\glcou«.1urn/1.1ya;foibyhi* former uuinim.ud by (lie hand. After udjournnicut the veterans mounted theouige one by one and grasped the presi dent's hand. Tiae president was now driven to the hotel where he retired to a prlvilo mom until 0 p. m.Tills, morning Die president attended a bannuut given by the l’hi Delta Tbetu Hucicly nt college hall aud later a banquet given by tho First brigade at the Flint Chmtiua chuxvli. A committee from the Ottumwa, Iowa, corn paluce, arrived to eacortthe president there tomorrow.Women's Xllsslonavy aooleu.lf.uiANAmat.is, Oct. 8.—The first opon meeting of tlm Northwestern branch of the Women’s Foreign Missionary society was hekl in Mxridiun street Methodist Episcopal church laelnigbt. The bnmcleuough of glory of the Lord to HI! our souls full o1 quiet enthusiasm luppltui6etan-*hoe*Here we are purhUiDg our ditfvrent works In life today just us when we stood on the picket force or on guard; ju*t *s 10 the front rauk or Ira tile, racing the foe, trying to do our part for our couulry. 1 hope there is not •- «thllt*r here In whont Wo love uf the Ihig ha* .lied out. 1 believe tlmt there Is not one intncludes Indiana, Illinois. Wisconsin and Michigan and Sob delegatee from four *tnti-* ore expected to sttcud this, the twentieth annual meeting;, which will continue until Friday uoou.rutinan-Ureitfrafoiwaah1-t-ThJuiwlstr«dt*iiSfTfcC5rir.ou*utotinMmtwanbitelei'Tills Is Srw. «o Vh. iMIntod Helena Kyoclsl to tap ixioUrr.) HubKSA, Oct. 8.—Tho Great Falls TminiNKhas l-eeu sold to David Murks and M. Hutcbinsof the llclotu. In-d.-pemli-iit. They Will fake posaesfitonaficr the Hlection. This will be joyful news to tin) democrats lt;*f Cnscwio county.C4»1XN4KI TKl.KOB-iMSjrn grandson of Chi of son ol ex-Goveriior Isluuil. suicided atWilliam Sprague,Justice (’hits*; und Sprague or Ithudc Se»t.ttB.Tlm shortage uf M-City Treasurer FitZ-patrlca uf Terre Ilautc, I* *!.V-'2.Schweinfurth will probably beindirted by the M»i*“d jury *•. Rockford, 111.The B-Itisli steel men are at Pittsburgthewhom* heart it is not a growing passi-m. I think a great deal of il.e Interest uf the Hair as see among children Is henauso vou have taught them what tho tlajf menu*. No 0U« knows how ImkuUIuI it i» when we see it displayed here on thi* uoiet Oomlwr dnv. amid these quiet autumnol scene* whit tins not seen it, when there wi*iu» other Imautiful thing to lo--k ui« plauso). Ami iu those loug. marcher, iu those huura of battle and darkuess, what was there that was beautiful, except the starry banner Hosted over ut (applause). Our(ap Uresome nuiok-'. audSntryhaTgrown and -It-Vel-.pod and In creased in riche* until It is today marvel ou* nmong nntiuu* -r tlm earth, sweop lug from sen to *ei. embracing almost.d arc-every climate, touching tropics *■' • form of product ofmechanicaltic, uuveriug everyonly in cbe*.- m »teri -I thing* wbfoh ara grcar, but not grlatest-hut developing KinUioee qua)-- of .mnd,, or he»rt.position aniwig the pt-^ple, ,am,r cotmtrv.Jo all thc*e UiU m d spirtml thine*- I believe noldieiv In theirKreat army «» hurillyso marvelous aswhen the cammfon nftp n a diBturk3N!P-lank.He was habits of .1 In the hunie. Hut war cf our-. II by mairtc rtvrad pn-.-nh-nt III'»s I have said I.ieihrouu *1'nut of It without demoial-^r^tothe JJM-J from wMCD me thatwiu-too Often a disturber. Thes* violence whlcn h« l“*1 field lolkuvwl aim toftiv how different U wiw » •»'•Che army sprung tn» UH ou the call «f *SSJTiSr'li*1..'.fe: »ilr -.which under the wsrtn aoy lime melta and dlttppMi* •*slot say tbSl they want l*i iron und coal mountain*.American. »f spring ,t srtile- iutcTwenty-live thousuud veterans with tlietr friend* visited ITcsideut Ilarilwii at tndesbiirg, III., yesterday.Miner* an- vtiil lt;'Ut At. Ishpemlug. Mich.The New Zealand colliers sUike ha* collapsed.KnlM Burrows, the notorious Alabama outlaw, has been killed by deputy sheriff Carter-Four boilers exploded a', ihe Ducey lumber Ciiinpauy’s mill at Muskegon, Mich., yesterday.Ac explosion Iu Koaa’ grocery In St. l/ouls Injured six flreuieu nud John Hrady, Hoaa I'ulu*ki aud Jennie Herrick, ■pectutore, vere probably futnlly Injured.James (trod and wife near Guthrie Center. Iowa, wore struck by a traio, the latter being killed and the foimer fatally hurl.A pKMDKer wreck near Cell to, Ore., '•.Wily iajurw Fireman Howard and injured several others.l«o«c. Brazier, a negro aged 100, died »t Montgomory, Alaliama, yesterduy.Knelana ha* demanded of Porlugul ou immediate aetdfmeot of the Indemnity claim for ',he*eiri-.ra(iriheetesm« Jnmv* Steveuson.Six thousand t-outi-h miner* will sfrlke if 15 per cent tin vuuce Is not granted.A Irfiulsville mall transfer wagon war robbed of lift registered package* yesterday niornlug.I'ra.idout Harrison’* trip across Ohio and lnlt;Hnnu v*a* a serie* of ovations, crowd* greeting him at every rtatliiii sml cheerio.. Jlriof •peochi.w were mode.iMiryuieu supplying Chicago are or-ganizing to do away with middlemen.Major McKinley ojwsned the cuDjuiign in hi* dfBtrlot at Mlllerabufg yesterday. H spoke about au hour.'Che population of Dayton, lt;*.. isOSOB; Springfield 33,185; Xenia 8,146. Bm-’.inaton, In-, has h population of 53,538; Daronpnrt 35,101; Keokuk M.U75; Ot-itimwn 18.WW.K
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The Semi Weekly Tribune
Great Falls, Montana, US
Sat, Oct 11, 1890
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