The National tribune., 1889-06-06
PERSONAL.

Commissioner of Pensions Tanner has accepted
the invitation of the Nebraska Chautauqua Assem-
bly, to deliver the Fourth of July address at Crete
in that State and the occasion will be made grand
one. it was when Senator Henderson delivered
the address there last year. The Nebraska people
hold Corp'l Tanner in high esteem, and they viii
flock to Crete by tens of thousands to hear him.
He will speak at Ottawa, Kan, June IS.
Last Friday evening Prescott Post, GAR, of
Providence, R. T., mustered into its ranks that dis
tinguished Rhode Island soldier, Malice Frank
Wheaton. His gallant record in the United States
Army previous to and since the war of the rebel
lion but especially in the great civil strife, is too
well known to need any eneomium. It may not be
amiss however to give transcript from the record
of his services to his country. 1t reads follows:
First Lieutenant 1st q. S. Cav, March 8. 1856 Cap
TAIN list u s. Cav March /, 1861; Lieutenant Colo
mel, I'd r. l., July Is. 1861 Colonel I'd r. T. July
81, 1861; Brigadier General, U. s. Vols, Nov. 90
1852, Major, I'd U. s. Cav, Nov. 5, 1868; Breyet
Lieutenant Colonel, Q. S. Army May 5, 1861; Bre-
vet Major General, o. Vols, Oct l9 1864 Brevet
Colonel, o. 8. Army, Oct. 90 1861; Brevet Briga-
er-General. U. s. Army, March IS. 1855; Brevet
MajorGeneral, Z. s. Army, March Is, 1865; Lieu
tenantC Colonel 39th U. 5. Inf, July 25 1866; Colo
rel, I'd U. s. Inf Dec. Is. 1874. Comrade Wheat
on's headquarters are at Fort Omaha Neb. He is
at present a visit to his venerable parents in
Rhode Island it being Is years since he last visited
Providence.
The soldier betrayer, A. ]. Warner, has come to
the front again, this time as a leader of the Pro-
lection Democratic faction in Ohio, in its fight
ag, inst the Free-Trade wing. Warner is on the
right side of that fight but the veterans viii never
forget or forg We his treachery to them while in
Congress. They had no worse enemy there.
Gen. Daniel Butterfeld was the victim of a run
but was not very seriously injured The General
is getting pretty well along in years. and such q
shaking up as he received Is hardly beneficial to
his constitution. But thousands of the boys who
served with the gallant Chief of staff of the Army
of the Potomac will be glad to know that he es-
capped without serious injury.
Mai T. H. Conger, Member of Congress from the
Seventh District of Iowa, is in the city looking
after the interests of his constituents Maj COnger
enlisted as a private in the I02d Ill in 1852 and
passed through the grades to the Captaincy of his
company, being breyeted Major for gallant and
meritorous conduct in the field" The Major re-
moved to Iowa after the war, and practieed his
profession, the law, making an honorable record.
He was elected Treasurer of Dallas County. Iowa,
in 1877 and 1875 Treasurer of the State in 1850 and
reelected in 1852 He was elected to the 18th and
50th Congresses, and WAS reelected to the 5lss
Congress by a handsome majority. He is a great
friend of the soldier.
A monument to Gen. Stannard, of the immortal
STANDARDS Brigade. will be dedicated at Lake View
Cemetery, Burlington, Vt, June 20, with imposing
ceremonies.
Gen Russell A. Alger viii leave this month for
a trip to Alaska, His wife. Hon. j. III. Thurson OF
Nebraska, and wife, and Hon. Thomas C. Plat and
wife, of New York, will accompany him.
Gen. Joseph b. Carr, who commanded the First
Brigade, Second Division, Third Corps, at Gettys-
burg has been suffering for three months from a
cancer in the right cheek, which has obstinately
refused to yield to electricity any other form OF
treatment 1t was at last decided to the knife
and the operation was performed last week at the
Gisey House, in New York by a staff of able Sur
| gcons Gen Carrs intimate friend and old com.
| mander Gen. Daniel f. Sickles was present ali
| the time The Surgeons pronounce the operation
highly successful and say that the General viii be
entirely well within few weeks. He prepared
| for the ordeal with the utmost GOODNESS. He was
chatting with friend before the hotel as the time
| approached and lurned away, saying: We'll, III
| have to leave you, as I'm going to be operated on
| at o'clock"
Comrade r. c. Harm. of Gen. Ord Post, San An
tonic, Tex, who is an applicant for the position
| of Postmaster at San Antonio, was last week the
| recipient of an elegant GAR. cane from his ad-
| miring comrades of the Department of the Poto.
mac, who fully appreciate his services as mar
| and a soldier. The presentation speech was de
4 Iivered by Capt. D. Essex Porter member o.
| Burnside Post, No. 8, and son of Admiral Porter
and was eulogistic of Comrade Harms heroic decd.
l while member of Co. B, 7th Ind, Of which regi