The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1899-01-26
PERSONAL.

Assistant Adjutant- General on the staff Of
Gen. j. p. ;. Goblin, commander Of tho
Third Brigade, First Division, Second Corps,
stationed at Augusta, Ga, died suddenly
Jan. Is, at the Harrisburg Club, at Harris
burg, Pa. Capt. Norris came home on a
fu-lough to attend the inaugural ceremo-
MES, and was apparently in good health
until o'clock, when he was taken sick
while conversing with friends He was a
nephew of the late Auditor General A,
wilson Norris, and was a Vice -Presideu1
oil the State League of Republican Clubs.
Gen. Marcus p. Miller, who is in COM
mand of the Iloilo expedition, has been in
the army since 1888, and viii have reached
the age-limit next March. He commanded
battery in the 4th u. s. Art during the
rebellion, and received brevets for gallantry
at Malvern Hill, Winchester. and Dim
widdie Courthouse. After the war he re-
ceived brevet as Colonel for gaIIantry at
the Lava Beds, and for special gallantry
and military ability at Clearwater. Idaho,
July II and IL, 1871" He became Colonel
OF the Sd u. S. Art, April 30, 1891.
In accordance with the law of Connecti-
cut, Senator Hawley has forwarded to the
Town Clerk of Hartford, a sworn statement
OF the expenses connected with his re-
election as Senator 1t is as follows:
Amount OF disbursements-Nothi
Amount of expenses-Postage, not to
exceed 50.
Amount of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
And designated no person to act as my
political agent.
Senator Gear has introduced Joint reso-
luton to appoint Oscar W. Deignan, Of
Iowa, one OF the Merrimac heroes, Cadet
in the United States Naval Academy.
The members OF the Royal Arcanum pre-
scented Admiral Schley with a magnificent
ieweled sword at Carnegie Hall, New York,
Jan. 20. About 5000 men, women and
children were present, and the presentation
was made by Supreme Regent Schryver.
who said that it was the gift of the 200, 600
members Of the Order, as a token of heir
appreciation of the qualities of their fellow
member. Admiral Schley made graceful
speech of acknowledgment.
Col John N. Partridge, who has been
for 40 years President of the Brooklyn and
Newtown Railroad, of Brooklyn, has been
appoiated Superintendent of Public Works
of the State of New York, by Gov. Roose-
welt. Col. Partridge served as a Captain
in the oath Mass, and was wounded in
front Of Fort Darling. He joined the 23d
N. Y. N. G. in 1868, and rose to be its Col
Onel, and commanded it at the great rail-
road strike at Hornellsville in 1871. He was
very popular with his regiment, and also
with the labor element, which petitioned
for his appointment.
Maj. J. G. Wham, Paymaster, U. S. A.,
served in the first regiment commanded by
u. S. Grant-the 2fst Ill.-first as private
and Sergeant; and toward the close of the
war as First Lieutenant. He is a man of
unusual intelligence and scholarship, and
a student of history. Last week he de-
livered very interesting lecture before u.
S. Grant Post, of Washington, and invited
friends. The audience was large and very
appreciative of fine study of Gen. Grants
character and achievements whic1 de-
velopcd many novel thoughts and features,
Maj. Wham said that Gen. Grant set the
pace for the war of the rebellion at Shiloh
as Dewey did for the Spanish war at
Manila. His passages of the Mississ ppi
in front of Pember;on, and of the Rapidan
and James in front of Lee, were entirely
worthy of the comm endation which has
for Z, 800 years been given Alexander for
his passage OF the HydaSpeeS III front OF
Poros, and Shiloh might be fifty compared
with Napoleon great battle OF Marengo.
Naturally, the Porto Ricans were eager
to see their new Governor, Gen. Guy Y.
Henry, and flocked around him in great
numbers. They saw slight, spare man,
in faded uniform, his brown face scanned
with scars, and with one eye that burned
like coal. They saw him on Sunday
stand in the plaza, with Bible in his
crippled right hand, and hold services, adj
dressing the crowd gathered around him
homely. forceful words. They have not
yet been able to quite make him cut, but
they understand that steady, bright-eye,
and those scars of many battles.