The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-12-19
PERSONAL.

Capt. L. W. Collins formerly Of the 18th
Mimi, is now an Associate Justice Of the SUI
preme Court of Minnesota.
Capt. Alfred Sanford. 70 years old, who has
just been sent to the st. Louis Poorhouse, was
the friend and playmate Of Gen. Grant. and
when the latter became President he made his
oid-time friend Surveyor of the Port of New
Orleans. Capt. Sanford earned his title by
brave service with the river feet that cut it's
way past Vicksburg in 1853. His father was
Major in the war Of 1912, and left his son n
small fortune, which has not sufEiced for his
old age.
Miss Bertha Bartlett, daughter Of the late
Gen. Joseph J. Bartlett was married at Balti-
more, Dec. H. to Chas NJ. Sherman, of Chicago.
son of Hoyt Sherman, of Des Moines. Iowa, and
nephew of Gen. Sherman. The ceremony was
performed by Father Whelan, and Cardinal
Gibbons gave his blessing.
Gov. Bushnell, of Ohio, has made an excel
lent selection for his Judge Advocate. General
in the person Of Capt. J. Kent Hamilton. Of
Toledo. Capt. Hamilton, who is one of the
foremost lawyers of the State, entered the 18th
Ohio at its formation. and served with is
through to the end. The regiment saw an
immense amount of very hard service, and con.
Quoted itself most calamity on all occasions. L
was part of the force which Gen. J. b. SteedmaI
led onto the field of Chickamauga so oppor-
timely on that desperate Sunday afternoon, and
which covered the hill on Thomas's right. On
that occasion it lost 1873 killed and wounded
out Of total of $50. It was under Sire 80 out
of the 1O7 days Of the Atlanta campaign, and
lost 163 officers and men at Kenesaw. Capt.
Hamilton served for a long time as its Adjutant,
and was promoted to Captain. He is universally
popular, and has been frequently pressed to ac-
cept nominations for Congress and other i'm
portant places
COL Clayton McMichael, editor of the Phi1a-
delphia North Americaa and who served with
distinction the staff of the Third Corps. is
being pressed for the office of Secretary of the
Senate. He is very popular, and was Marshal
of the District of Columbia under Presidents
Arthur.
Albert G. Kinney, popular GAR. man, of
Milford, Mass, has just been awarded the con-
tract for the proposed Soldiers monument to
be erected at West Midway, Mass. The total
cost will be $1,000, and work on the founda-
will be carved from Westerly white granite.
The shaft will be suitably placed on a large
granite base.
Whitelaw Reid and his family are spending
the Winter at Phoenix, Ariz., and find the
climate much more delightful than even that
of Egypt, where they spent last Winter.
1t is claimed that Senator Brice. Gen. J. w.
Foster, ex-Secrerary of State. and Whitelaw
Ried are with others in project to build rail-
road from tidewater to Pekin. The road will
be about 200 miles long, and tap rich coal re-
gion. The concession was obtained from Ii
Hung Chang and the Dowager Empress by Gen.
Foster, while he was acting as an intermediary
between China and Japan during the late war.
Work is to begin in the Spring.
Maj. Geo. w. Crawford, of Big Rapids, Mich,
will be a candidate for the office Of Department.
Commander at the next Encampment. Maj.
Crawford enlisted as private in Co, F, 9Th
Mich Cav, in 1862. He fought at Gettysburg,
and at Falling Waters While leading charge
of Cos. B and +, he lost his right leg, and re-.
ceived five gunshot one saber, and one bayouet
wound, and while helpless and bleeding he
struck down rebel who attempted to rob him.
The death of Hon. III. S. Bundy, at Wellston,
o., Dec. IL, ends q career of remarkable ac-
tivity and usefulness. His parents were among
the first settlers of Ohio, and he was born at
Marietta in 1871. In turn he became minis
ter of the Methodist Church, lawyer, ex-
tensive manufacturer of iron, and a member Of
Congress, and achieved unusual success in all
these eallings. He was leader in Ohio poll
tics for over 40 years, being Wing until the
dissolution of that party, when he Joined the
Republicans. He was the father of six chill
dren, one of whom is the wife of Capt. J. B.
Foraker His only son, Sanford. was 4 Captain
in an Ohio regiment and the father of William
E. Bundy, late COMMANDMENTS Chief of the
Sons of Veterans.