The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-12-30
ROME LIFE OF LOGAN.
GAVE WAY TO HIS WIFE.

dASE WA1 ~ HIS WIFE.
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram. Dec &c.
Gen. logan's home life here in Washington
has generally been of the pleasantest char
acter: For the first ten years of his sen
atorial life here he lived at boarding house,
as his means were such that he could not
afford to take q suitable house and entertain
a. became senator OF his prominence
For four or five years prev.
GUS to his last election he
and Mrs Logan occupied a suite
of room at a well known house on Twelfth
street There were among other guests sew
eral congressmen's douchters and the kind
ness of the general and Mrs Logan to these
young people are frequently spoken
Of Mrs. Logan took many of them
under har care and initiated them into
Washington life carefully and and with dis
erection. She was idolzed by all the young
girls with whom she came in contact As j
consequence of this boarding house expert
ence the home life OF the senator
and Mrs. Logan has been somewhat
well known to all their friends and
the whole history of the generals success in
life is attributed to their mutual respect tol
and reliance upon each other In all things
Gen. Logan gave way to his wife, She with
him was always supreme, and no matte,
how logged and bittsab his mood, word
from her would quiet him In moment
Funeral se rvices were held at Yankton
over the remains OF Gen. Thomas S. Free
ex-adj u tant general of tho Dakota m ilitia
and prominent in Grand Army of the Re-
pu bile circles, who died at the insane asy.
lum there.
Adispa tch from Howell, Mich. says: Mrs.
JAG oh Eldridge, tho old colored woman
who has been gradually turning white for
several years, died here recently. The
lily white. Her husband, who was a
pioneer of this county, died a few days
ago. Mrs. Eldridge's grandfather was
Guiana man, and her ancestors are full
blooded negroes.
Judge Barrett, OF the supreme court, Of
New York granted an order for the arrest
OF Jacob Ottenheimer of Crab Orchard,
Lincoln county, KY, for an alleged def
cheney in his accounts with the Lincoln
Land company. He was arrested and
held in $40, 900 bail.
Near Newton, Conn.,, William Werner
shot and killed q Mrs. Mary Lynch with
whom he had been intimate and then shot
himself through the heart.
In Brook yn, N. Y, eleven street car lines
were tied up by strike for one day when
the owners conceded to the demands al
the men.
Capt. William Walker Moore died in
Washington, aged eignty-four. He went
from Baltimore to Washington in 1925,
where he engaged in the printing business.
For over twenty six years he was connected
with the management Ct the National In
teligencer, and in 1850 was grand sire OF
the order OF Odd Fellows.
Rear Admiral Wardman has been placed
on the retired list OF the navy with the
highest pay OF the grade.
First Controller Durham has disallowed
the claim OF John S. Mosby for $5,Ol3 col
lccted as fees while United States consul at
Hong Kong.
Robert o. Morehead OF Pennsylvania
convicted OF y violation OF the postal laws
and sentenced to two years imprisonment,
has been pardoned by the president, to
take effect Feb. 20, 1897, by which date
he will have served one-half of his term.
The president has declined to interfere in
the case OF James O. T. Burnside, charged
with defrauding the government while dis.
bursting clork OF the postottice department.
Before his trial Burnside was adjudged in
sane, and has since been confined in tho
government asylum for the insane. His
friends ask his discharge from the asylum,
and promise to lake care Of him. The
president refused their petition on tho
ground that il Burnside is still insane he is
better off where he is, and if he is not in.
sane he would better be remanded to Jail
for trial.
The pope, receiving Christmas congratl-
lations from the college of cardinals, spoke
at some length OF the position OF the
church in Italy. He protested against the
anti-clerica al movement which is being car
ried on in the country, and said: The holy
see was now despoiled Of the Ia st remnants
him was that held by the Roman pontiffs
in the earliest ages. The Italian govern
ment had assisted the laity in unduIy in
terfering with the administration of the
church, had expelled religious bodies and
tolerated an organized hostility against
tho Vatican. As the head of the church he
must continue to protest against the posi-.
ton in which he is placed.
The anthropologcal congress will open
at Nuremberg on Aug. z.
The following pensions have been allow
ed to people in Minnesota: Gerry c.. Per
kins, Cokato; Andrew Erickson, Scandal;
Gresham; L. Jursenson, New York Mills;
Frank Mendland, Brownton; Xavice
Homer, st. Cloud; Gertrude, mother Of q.
NJ. Lokke, Grand Meadow.
Pensions Increased-L. W. Simons,
Etna; B. B. Mosher, Maine; Henry Laws,
Wells; Charles Reigan, New York Mills; H.
A. Hober, Wells; J. w. Pendergrass, Fill
more; D. F. Anderson, Ash; C. w. Preston,
Garden City; H. D. Worden, Lake Benton:
J. w. Meyer, Shakopee; Aaron Douglas,
Delavan; w. J. Seymour. Waverly; A. J.
Shepardson, Wrightstown.
The heirs of Roger Merritt of Port Chester
New York are preparing evidence in sup
port Of a claim that the entire village be-
longs to them. The amount involved 10
between fifteen and twenty million dollars.
They declare that the village site, which
originally belonged to Capt. Roger Merritt,
died there in 1910, WAS leased by him to