The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-05-18
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George H. Marsh. a prominent banker OF
Des Moinea and president of the state in.
eurance company. died, aged fifty.two. He
was prominent member OF the Knights
Templar and other orders.
Charles A. Howard, Of Milwaukee, a
widely known Mason. whose financial cir.
cumstances have heretofore been only
moderately comfortable, has been notified
by Chicago lawyer Of a bequest left him
Of over 81. O0O. 900 by an aunt, Mrs. Mary
Howard, OF Kent. Yorkshire, Eng, who
Howard supposed had disinherited him.
A large number Of literary and political
chamber of Westminster Abbey in Lon.
don to consider the best means Of honor. /.
ing the memory Of Matthew Arnold. The
speakers were Lord Derby, Lord Coler:,lge.
Lord Roseberry and Robert Browning
who all concurreti In the proposal to raise
n memorial to Mr.. Arnold in the abbey.
and to found n scholarship in his name in
erward agreed to by all present.
Gen. Joseph +. johnston, the highest in
rank of living officers OF tho Confederate
army, has been unanimously elected an
honorary member OF +. ID. Decker post. q.
\. H., Of Philadelphia. The election was
brought about by IL letter reading: "For
the purpose of enabling me to participate
in the noble work OF charity performed by
this members Of the Grand Army Of the He.
public hereby make application for con-
trlbnting membership in your post. In:
The petition when pres ,nted to the post
went through with rush amid cheers.
Gen. Johnston is the only ex.Cunl.,lerate
soldier who has ever been received into
the ranks OF Grand Army post.
Samuel Hill Of Minnesota, who has just
returnetl from Europe. brings some corrob.
orative information in regard to the
gathered principally during his sojourn ut
Paris and Florence. He saw him quite
frequently walking on the boulevards of
Paris and afterward at Florence. Italy,
where the Hill party remained for two
months. While in Florence MIR. Hill con-
versed with intimate friends of Mr.. Blaine
who had travelled with him during last
summer in England and Ireland and both
from personal appearance and the un.
varying testimony OF these friends. MIR.
Hill WAS fully convinced that ,e was then
anything but well man. Mr.. Hill added
that from all he could learn from Mr..
Blaine's friends at Florence his disease
was believed to be incurable.
Hon. Edmund Rice OF st. Paul, will de.
cline a denomination for congress. He
writes to the chairman Of the democratic
committees: II am constrained by personal
considerations alone to say to you that
cannot. nor do desire to be. a candidate
for denomination to congress. II snrvive
90 the end Of my present term, Ishall have
hccome seventy years of age. and, il l
wers to be reelected, untitled by reason
thereof. to do justice to the position oi q
member OF congress for SO large and i'm
pnrtant u constituency as is comprised in
the Fourth district. which now numbers.
think. over 50n. 900. the most populous
congressional district in the Unite.l States.
Such a district requires the services OF a
man in the full visor OF life, mentally and
physically. cannot hope to be in that
condition. nor could I expect to fill the
position with satisfaction to myself, nor
to my commitments"