The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1899-11-17
DIED At THE FROM
John A. Logan, Son of the Gallant
"BIack Jack" Of IIli-
nois, Falls.
LEADING HIS MEN ON THE CHARGE

Gives His Life for His Country His Gal
liant Father Would Have Had Him Do
President Notifies His Wife and Sends
His Sympathy-Career of the Dead Sol
der.
Chicago, Nov. 15-The news that
John A. Logan, Jr., had been killed
while leading a charge against the Fill
ipinOs in the island Of LuzOn was re-
ceiyed here with great sorrow both on
account of the young soldiers own
qualities and of the fame of his father.
A dispatch from Washington says he
was killed while leading his men at
San JacintO, and that the enemy was
routed, leaving many dead on the field.
A telegram from Youngstown, O.,
where the dead soldiers wife lives,
says she received the following yester-
day from the president: "It is my pain
full duty to convey to you the sad in
telligence of the death of your husband
while CALAMITY leading his battalion in
the charge at San Jacinto. His splen-
did qualities as a soldier and high
courage on the fighting line have given
him place among the heroic men Of the
war, and it will be some consolation to
you to know that he died for his cOun-
try on the field of honor. You have in
this trying hour for yourself and the
children the sincere sympathy of Mrs.
Mckinley and myself"
Was "a Chip of the Old Block.
When it came to fighting John A.
Logan, .Jr., was "a ship of the old
block" and like his gallant father, the
hero Of Illinois soldiers, he liked moth
ing so well as military affairs, and was
a natural-bOrn soldier He had Oc-
cupied much of public print within the
last few years. He was born at Car
bOndale, Ills, July q, 1860. At an
early age he was sent to the Chester
Military academy in Pennsylvania.
where he received the greater part Of
his training. He was appointed to West
Point, but after year and half left
the school and engaged in the real es-
tate business at Washington, d. G.
About this time he married Miss Edith
Andrews, daughter of G. II. Andrews,
of Youngstown, o., and soon after en-
gagged himself in business with his
father-in-laW.
Could Not Keep Out of the Army.
Although successful as a business
man, Major Logan could not resist the
temptations of his natural bent, and,
acting upon this impulse, he left his
business in Youngstown at the begin
ming of the late war and came to Chi
cagO. He much reSembled his father
in appearance and was ambitious to
make as illustriOus a name on the bat
tlefield as had his parent. At the out
break of hOstilities with Spain he came
to Chicago, and, encouraged by prom
Uses his mother had received at Wash
ingtOn, set about to raise a regiment
OF cavalry, assuring those who enlisted
under his standard that his organiza
ton would be taken on the first call
for troops. He enlisted a full regi-
ment, but much to his chagrin, the
regiment raised by Colonel e. G.
Young, with four troops of the Hi
nOis National Guard as a nucleus, was
alone called out by the president from
Illinois.
Went Into Service in Cuba.
Disappointed in this undertaking
Young Jack" Logan went to Wash
ington and received an appointment as
major on the staff of General Bates,
and was assigned to service in Cuba