The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-26
SAD EPISODE IN CONNECTION WITH
s~a GEN. -PALMER'S TRIP. TO -.
SOLDIERS HOME.
FOUND A coMRADEa INSANE.
ONE WHO HAD BEEN AS A BROTH
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Received With Salute at Fort SMELL
ing-Generals leave for Sioux =.
City.


] Generals Palmer and Buckner. the
presidential candidates Of the national
I Democratic party, left Minneapolis
last evening for Sioux City, over the
Omaha road. The generals will speak
there tonight, and will devote the re-
! naming days of the campaign to
Iowa, closing at Burlington.
Yesterday was a most noteworthy
day for the candidates. In fact in the
mind of Mr. Palmer it was the saddest
day to him for many year. It was
day that to the esteemed general
had connection with his boyhood days;
that brought back scenes of his youth.
but in such manner that halo of
sorrow surrounds the day
The forenoon was spent by the party
in quiet manner but the afternoon
was devoted to carriage drive to
the Soldiers Home. Minnehaha and
Fort Smelling. 1t was the visit to
the Soldiers Home that was the i'm
pressive part Of the day
Before coming to Minneapolis Mr.
Palmer had heard that an old friend
| OF his by the name of David B. Loomis
was an inmate of the home, and he de-
cided to take advantage of his visit
here to see him The entire story as
told by Mr.. Palmer is as follows:
When I was but sixteen years old,
l asked my father If he could not by
some means furnish me with an ed
ucation. At that time there were
twelve children of us about the family
fireside. My father answered that
| fbic iy,11ooCcih1o Int y - xx,o,,I>5
do the next best thing, give me my
time. This 1 accepted and made my
way to Alton. ILL.,, where / sought out
Prof. Hubby Loomis, president of the
Alton college. Through him I was
shown great favors; in fact, Of such
| character that consider myself
| indebted to him as to no man. with
the exception of my father. 1 stayed
there two years. and paid my board
with work. His son David, who 10
about the same age as I,
BECAME MY FAST FRIEND.
This friendship continued. After, I
left Alton l never met him until one
day on the field of battle. / was then
Gen. Palmer and he Capt. Loomis, Of
the Second Minnesota regiment We i'm
| medfately recognized each other, and
| we spent as much Of the time as pos
| sible together. Since the close Of the
war l have never seen him. Just pre-
vious to my coming to Minnesota
heard that he was at the Soldiers home
| and immediately decided to see him. If
1t had not been for this we would have
| left Minneapolis this morning. Gem
/ eral Buckner, a9local gentleman and
| myself partook In the carriage drive
| this afternoon for the express purpose
| of making the visit. Upon our arrl-
| val at the home made my wish known
to Capt. Mcmillan. Mr.. Mcmillan sadly
! informed me that Loomis had lost his
mind last Monday, and would in all
probability not live longer than three
| days more
| The rest of the story is possible told
! in the words of one of the party
The general stood for moment as
] IL transfixed to the spot Then tears
I gathered in his eyes and rolled down
| his face, Mr.. Mcmillan said that it
would be useless to see Loonlis, as he
would recognize nobody. Sadly the
party turned towards the carriages and
were taken to Fort Smelling
| Here royal welcome had been pre-
pared for the party. Col. Page and
eight companies of the fort were lined
up and saluted the veterans. Now it
was Gen. Buckner's time to play an
! important part. In. 1849 Mr. Buckner
graduated from West Point. He was
| Immediately commissioned to Fort
Smelling, and which was placed in his
charge during the Indian outbreaks of
the later '40's. HE spent the time until
4 1852 at the fort, and took prominent
part in the Indian warfare then carried
on. At the fort yesterday the general
| lead the party to the old round house
and showed the party old crevices
/ through which
THEY HAD SHOT INDIANS,
while these were firing their arrows
at the fort Yesterday was his first
visit to the fort since the days when
| Fort Smelling was on the frontier.
Over two hours were spent by the
partaken, Of, and a most enjoyable
| time spent.
Those who took part In. the drive
were: First carriage, Gen. Palmer,
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis K. Hull and Mr..
Richards; second carriage. Gen. and
/ Mrs. Buckner, W. E. Steele and Jared
How; third carriage, Mr. and Mrs.
John P. Irish, Mr.. and Mrs. F. c.
Winston; fourth carriage, Mr.. and Mrs
frank Sample, Mr.. and Mrs. F. W. NJ.
Cutcheon.
Mrs. Palmer, being tired from the
journey, did not go with the party
Gen. Palmer, seen by a reporter last
/ evening, expressed himself as more
| than pleased with his visit to Minneap-
| ellis, with the exception Of the Loomis
| episode. In speaking Of the political
outlook, he expressed himself as sat
| isfied that sound money would be vic
tcrious this fall
What will be the result of the presi-
Dental election, in your opinion?" was
asked y 7nefffi7f's7
There can be no doubt but that Nc
| Kinley will be elected. Gen. Buckner
and myself will not be elected, don't
! believe"
You don't?' remarked his wife, who
was present, and she cast a half re-
| proachful look at her husband THAT
will be a great disappointment" The
little woman did not, however, seem
| to mean the remark in anything but
! jocular manner. eH
Sound money men seem to be in
earnest" said, the general, land I
think that Minnesota will go for Nc
/ Kinley with a large majority That is,
! II people whom 1 have met can be
] taken as criterion. Il have enjoyed
the campaign exceedingly, and so has
/ Mrs. Palmer, and the rest of the party.
At this point a gentleman entered
stating that everything was in readi-
ness for the conveying Of the party
TO the depot They were met by
friends in the hotel lobby, who wished
were driven to their private car, which
left over the Omaha for Sioux City at
TAO. $50
F-e "a arIHsal 40 49, j. - -.
Two OF Kind.
Sargent S. Prentiss was once engaged In a
| political discussion on 1.-The stump" with a