The National tribune., 1893-07-06

who did much those who are at present en-
| titled to pensions
| Ex-Gov Oglesby. OF Illinois, told Kansas City
reporter the other day tina. he is just now much
more interested In new potatoes than in politics.
1t is hardly likely that :" Uncle Dicks" white hat
and rubieund face viii be at a political m eet-
| ing again, for he Is becoming more and more
enamored of the role of CincInnatus. His age rests
lightly upon him. and he Is still hale hearty, and
| bluff.
Every now and then we hear something about
| old veterans. The latest Is about Thomas Allen,
| who lives in Tyler County W. Va, who Is claimed
| TO be 103 years old. He served under the Duke of
Wellington I'm the war against France. and was at
the battle Of Waterloo. He IN the Mexican
| war under Gen. Scott, and served short time in
the Union army during the late war, being COM
PEELED to retire on account of his infirmities.
| Gov. McCorkle. of West Virginia. has sent an
Invitation to the Army of West Virginia hold its
| next annual Encampment at Charleston OF that
| State. The Governor deems 1t no more than proper
that an army bearing the name of the State should
have at least one Encampment within the borders
| of its namesake
| Lewis r. Lake, prominent member OF the Rock
ford Ql) Association OF Ex-Prisouers Of War, has
been selected Clerk for the Circuit Court of his
| town. He belonged TO the 1st H. L. A. (TayIor's
battery) was captured July o. 1854 at Atlanta and
after a term of two months was released from
AndersonviIle at Rough and Ready. Ga.
| The Inventor of the bullet proof uniform, Herr
! Dove, in Mannheim, Germany, who only q few
months ago refused to ill American order for a
single bulletproof overcoat for which garment
the American offered 1000 marks has had the mis-
| fortune Of aceumulating small debts as fast as
newspaper notorety, and the other day all his per-
| sonal property, including his furniture and the
! evening dress suit which he bought to wear at
| hoped-for audience with the Kaiser, was sold at
| auction.
Gen. Wesley Merritt. United States Army in COM
| mand of the Department of the Northwest, is on
| his way back TO st. Paul, after having buried the
remains of his wife in the cemetery at West Point
| Mrs Merritt was very well known In Army circles
and in st. Louis and st. Paul. where Gen. Merritt
has been stationed In recent years She was very
popular and leader in social circles. Mrs. Merritt
was az years old, native of Ohio and WAS married
to Gen. Merritt % years ago. She died in St Paul,
after long illness.
Among the many things exhibited at the Worlds
Fair by Illinois is the suit of clothes which were
worn by President Lincoln on the fatal Friday
| night upon which he was killed. The suit is shown
in glass case 10 prevent vandals from destroying
| 1t. The gun that fred the first shot from Fort
/ Sumter and opened the late civil war, is also on
exhibition in the Government Building. 1t is
4-pounder and well preserved.
Ex-President Harrison was the orator Mt the I'M
vaiiing of the statue presented to the city of Chi
cago by George III. Pullman. The splendid bronze
group was built on the spot of the Fort Dearborn
massacre Of 1872. The massacre by the savages of
the soldiers. men, women and children who had
left Fort Dearborn TO make their way toward the
eastern settlements was the first great calamity,
the first dramatic event, In the annals of the then
undreamed-of Worlds Fair city. The location of
Ia tha aho of LAX
at Eighteenth street. near the residence of Mr.
Pullman.
Comrade Will L. WEIGH, 23d Mass, Boston, Mass,
calls attention 10 in speaking of the death
of Comrade Peleg Macomber, in assigning him 10 a
Rhode Island regiment He gives Comrade Ma
comber's record: Enlisted Sept. 25, 1861, in Co.
d. 23d Mass. from New Bedford, Mass Dis
charged by reason of expiration of service, In
1857
Gen. Daniel Butterfeld was the Chief Marshal
Of the procession on Gettysburg battlefield July 2.
when the dedicatory exercises of the New York
monument was held The General was Meade's
Chief of Staff a. the battle of Gettysburg
Louis HabermoId, aged 81 years, an inmate of
the Soldiers Home at Washington, was found dead
in the lake the Home grounds recently. The
body was found lying face down ward in the water.
Comrade Habermoid was absent from the Home
the previous evening, having visited this city a
pass. and 1t is thought that while walking through
the grounds on his return he accidentally fell into
the water. The body was inferred in the Soldiers
Home cemetery.
Gov. Mckinley, of Ohio. rendered in
formal reception at the State Building at the
Worlds Fair on June %. by hundreds of Ohioans
and other visitors The citizens of the Buckeye
State have not been saying or doing much at the
Fair in public manner. although the State is
splendidly represented in every department.. The
Ohio house Is a model home in every respect.
spacious coy and artistic in all its rich. luxurious
interior decorations.
Col Lyman Munsoa Ward, of Benton Harbor.
is one of the prominent Grand Army men of Ber-
rien County, Michigan. He is at present Post
master Of that city. Col. Ward born Oct. 5,
1885, in Cattaraugus County. New York, and In
1861 enlisted in the three months service at the first
call of President Lincoln for volunteers. He was
appointed Orderly-Sergeant of Co A, LIST Wis After
the EXPIRATION of his of service he re-enlisted
for the three-years service, receiving Captains
commission, and was successfully promoted to
Major Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel of the 18th
Wis Later he received the brevet rank Of Briga-
der General. At Vicksburg he led his regiment in
charge upon the enemy's works. losing IA kiledand
70 wounded. During the siege of Vioksburg the
rebels threw a fuse-shel into sap where some of
his men were at work COL Ward, who was super
intending the work. seized the shell himself and
threw it out the bank of the sap. where 1t in
stantIy exploded, but doing no harm. By this act
many lives were saved.
June was q great day for Lowell, Mass. On
that day the Memorial Building. erected in honor
of the citizens of the city who served In the
dedicated with most impressive ceremonies. The
building, which Is handsome structure, will be
used as public library. The colored citizens of
Boston presented to those in charge bust of Gen.
Butler in honor of the service he rendered to that
race Luther A. cambridge in presenting the bust
said that Gen. Butler, by the expedient of defini
tion-"eontraband of war "-solved the vexed ques-
ton of the negroes right to don the uniform of an
American soldier and fight bravely, he did,
for his own freedom and the life of the Union.
Ex-Presdent Harrison has gone to Cape May.
where he will occupy his cottage during the heat
ed term, but will return to indianapolis Sept l. in
order to be present at the National Encampment
of the GAR.
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