The National tribune., 1893-05-18

an Admiral Of him" The work that called forth
this commeBda,on has been undone but the fEl-
tuTe will decide as to its value.
English people very dense to the gsog-
raphy and history OF the United States. II j. in
struc,ive to read in the staid Afenls, one OF the
leading literary journals of London. reference TO
Farragui. the great Confederate Admiral"
Foreigners have little idea Of the merits Of corn
bread. though there is hope that they viii give il
trial. and if so they will never give it mp. Gen.
Lees army was kept alive and in Sighting trim for
months around Petersburg on daily ration Of n
handful of meal and an inch slice of bacon. Cars
and Emperors would do well to feed their troops
on the same diet.
The appearance In Chicago Of the willy Sioux
Chief Rain-in-the-Face. the slayer of Capt. Tom
Custer reused considerable interest in the Worlds
Fair City. The aged warrior Is now cripple,
hobbling about orutebes. and there is nothing
in his looks 70 indicate that he is superior in any
way to the most ordinary of unkempt braves. As
he halted from time to time he cIutched a blue
blanket at his breast and shook the snow-fakes
out OF his big name OF hair When the battle Of
the Little Big Horn fought Rain-in-iho-FAee
was n reckless youth with all the characteristic
cruelty Of his At the close Of the engage
ment when there but n handful Of the 7th Cav.
left no dashed forward from amid his red COM
paDions and fred the shot that stretched young
that moment bullet from a earbine struck the
reckless brave in the knee and inflicted the wound
that permanently crippled him. His visit to Chi
csgo is the first experience Rain-n-theFace has
had with civilization. ST. Paul. with its hustle.
shocked his nerves some hat. but the OF Chi
cagos crowded streets upset his equanimity
pletely.
Ex-Secretary Stephen B. El<ins is to have his
portrait painted by Benjamin Constant. the French
artist now ia this country. 1t viii be placed in
the War Department gallery.
Gen. John f. Smith and others. of Chicago. are
engaged in planning a series of veteran Reunions
during the Summer. and have engaged for place
for all such organizations to meet.
The list anniversary Of the birth OF Gen. U. 8.
Grant was observed by the Union League Cub Of
Philadelphia April p. The club had among its
guests Gen. o. o. Howard. whose Eleventh Corps
helped to hold Cemetery Ridge at Gettysburg and
Gen. James Longstreet. who commanded the Right
Wing OF Lees army at the same battle. In adj
dtion to Gen. Lougstreet the Confederacy was
represented by Gen. VIM. Mahone of Virginia.
Gen. E. P. Alexander. of Georgia, and the eloquent
Breckenridge, of Kentucky. Ex-Seeretary of the
Navy George NJ. Robson and Admiral Daniel
Ammen represented the blue-jackets Of the North.
An interesting military wedding took place in
Chicago on the 18th Of April, when Miss Florence
Kimball, daughter of Maj. Amos s. Kimball.
of the Quartermaster's Department. was married
to Lieut.. Edgar RUSSELL of the Sd U. 5. Art. Gen.
Miles and his staff with other officers, were pres
eut in full uniform. and lent military pOmp to
the scene. The bride was escorted by her father.
Maj. Amos Kimball, and met at the altar by
the groom and his best man. Lieut. F. Peek, of the
Ordnance Department. Miss Celia Miles was maid
of honor. The attendants. all daughters Of army
officers, included Misses Julia Baird. Minnie
Creary. Inez Smith, Junata Baldwin, Amy Irwin,
and Emma Smith. A reception followed at the
Auditorium Hotel after which the couple left for
the grooms post at Fort Sam Houston, San An
tonic, Tex.
The survivors of the war steamboat Suliana.
which blew up in the Mississippi River. near Mem
phs, in 1865 with the loss of 500 lives. held
their annual Reunion at Maryvie. Tenn,
Thursday, April q. Five States were represented.
During the exercises James Lswton, who was sup
posed to have been drowned in the disaster, maids
his appearance, having come from Mexico to attend
the Reunion.
Gen. J. B. Weaver proposes to establish an a. in
dependent school of political science" at Des
Moines, Iowa, with seven professors, on the fol-
lowing subjects: Land and public utilities and
Inventions finance, transportation, constitutional
Law and legislation suffrage, applied Christianity.
and public debates