The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-03-16
PERSONAL.

Capt. Alexander Dixon Payne died at Warrenton
Vs., On Wednesday, March g. after an Illness of
two months. Az Captain Of the famous Black
Horse Company he acquired the reputation Of q
brave and fearless soldier After the war he repre-
sented Fauquier County for some time in the State
Legislature. lawyer of hne ability and a man Of
unimpeachable character, his loss Is deeply re-
grefted by tho community. Capt. Payne was IS
years Old He leaves q wife and four children
The funeral took place Friday afternoon at o'clock
from the Episcopal Church.
Col. William z. Haynes Of Fremont, o., has
been announced a. . candidate of the Democratic
party for Governor of Ohio, and the announcement
has created quite stir In northwestern Ohio poll
tics. Col Haynes. it 10 said viii be the recipient
OF support which cannot be dictated by Senator
Calvin s. Brice. There Ia little personal objection
10 Col. Hay nes. and northwestern Ohio Democrats
think be IL good man TO defeat Gov. Mckinley.
master In still-bunts and gum-sboe politics His
war record viii help him in his canvass. He was
Captain of the sth Ohio, three months and three
years, and served with that regiment until No
vember. 1852, when he was promoted Lieutenant
Colonel Of tho 10th Ohio Cav, with which regiment
he served until April. 1854 He appointed
Collector Of Internal Revenue in 1866. He was
elected to The Sis! Congress as q Democrat over
Jacob Romeis.
A monument 10 TO be erected to the memory Of
Gen. Beauregard In New Orleans, while In Charles
ton his and virtues to be celebrated Al
great memorial meeting. Probably this meeting
will be held April IL tho anniversary Of the fall
Of sumier under Beausegard's bomhardment.
The chief feature Of the ceremonies will be tho
presentation to Charleston of the Generals sword
and the acceptance Of ID by the city, In accordance
with the terms of his will
Jacob Simons was found frozen to death near his
homo At India Mills, N. j.. Thursday morning.
March q Il Is supposed that he was walking to bis
home from that village and was stricken with paral-
ysis and then persisted from exposure. He was Is
years old and q war veteran.
shoyt-lived eanard TO the effect that Governor
Mckinley was secured against his losses BY life
Insurance policy In Mr.. Walkers favor for slo0 oOo
and worth 600 in cash to-day. MAS In circulation
In parts of Ohio last week. But the Governor. Mr..
Walker. and the insurance company united in the
contradiction before the story got good stsrt
Mr.. I. H. Faulkner. jr.. of Winchester. Va. has
presented to Gen. Turner Ashby Camp of Confed-
crate Veterans the mess-chcst which Gen. Pendle-
ton Chief Of Artillery Of the Army of Northern Vir-
ginia carried with him from Manassas to Apo
mattox.
Ex-Congressman Greenhalge will deliver the
eulogy on Gen. Butler. in fremont Temps, Boston,
March IL. James Jeffrey Roche viii deliver
poem. and the colorsd clergyman. Rev. Robert =.
Hurley. will b the Chaplain of the day.
Tits recalled that tho late Gen Beauregard bull:
the Arst cable railroad In this country. The road
was constructed Just alaer the war. and extended
from the city Of New Orleans to the suburb Of Car
roilton.
During Mr.. cleveland's Inauguration there was
ia Washington. with the Band Of the Cd ILL., Ma
tionsi Guard. q veteran drummer boy, John Catlin.
ue oop,es If Aghtin1 stock great grand
father, John Catn served in battery of artillery
from Hartford. Conn, during tho Revolutionary
waH His grandfather. Leonard Catiin. served
from New York State during the MEXICAN war.
and his father was in the Corps of Engineers dur
ing the civil war. He himself enlisted at the age
Of I2A years In q company raised for the 18th Wis.
by Capt Perry. the company joining the Sd Wis.
Cav. He discharged for being under size and
age. He again enlisted in Capt. Kellun's COM
pany. from Delsvsn. Wis. for the 22d Wis. and
was again discharged for the same reason. The
next time he successful. ensting in Co e,
2sh Wis., and served for three with that regi-
ment He enlisted in the Regular Army at Chicago
In 1877 and served at Bedloe's Island, New York
Harbor. He went by steamer to California In 1888.
then to Fort Mojave, Ariz, where be was with the
18th q. q. Inf, with which he served six years,
mostly on the frontier among the Indians. He has
been Drum Major In the I'd Regiment 1. N. g.,
and drummer In the I'd Regiment Band since
1874 and is still drummer In the band. He has
been O member Of the GAR. since 1877; was
Drum-Msjor Of Post ~. Chicago. under three diff
fsrent Commanders; Drun,- Major on Department
stan with Commander z. d. Swain Drum-Maior
on the National STAG with Con. Fairebi!ds, being
the only man In the GAR. ever holding that posi-
ton, and was for several years Drum Major of the
Chicago Union Veteran Club. He is now COM
mandsr Of II. b. Dodsworth Post Of Musicians