The National tribune., 1899-08-31
PERSONAL.

They cannot down the Rev. Luther F.
Mckinney. Probably because he was
born and brought up on farm in Ohio.
He served two years as Sergeant in Co. d,
! 1st Ohio Cav, and was discharged for dis
ability. He then went to Iowa, and became
farmer and teacher. Next, he graduated
from college and entered the ministry, hav-
ing his first charge in Maine. He removed
to New Hampshire, and was elected to Con-
gress from that State in 1856. Was de-
feated for reelection, but elected as a Demo-
crat in 1890. He went back to Maine, and
last year was candidate against Thos. B.
Reed for Congress. He was showed under,
but bobs up serenely as candidate in case
Reed resigns, and there is special election
to fill the vacancy.
Col. Charles D. Elliott, editor of the
Kewaunee (Wis.) Republican, died at Potts
vile, Pa, July 20. He was a newspaper
man before the war, and then enlisted in
the 9th Wis, in which he served until dis
abled by wounds and transferred to the
Veteran Reserve Corps. After the war
he edited several papers, and then returned
to Wisconsin, and established himself in
the newspaper business. He was one Of
the first white children born in Wisconsin.
The Governor of Massachusetts has pro-
noted Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes to the
position of Chief Justice Of the State. He
is the son Of DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes,
and was Captain in the Goth Mass. His
distinguished father wrote, in his mimi
table way, an account Of his journey to the
Army of the Potomac, to find and bring
home his son, who had been terribly wound
ed at Antietam.
letter from Manila says: Gen. Fred
erick Funston has been temporarily re-
lieved from duty at San Fernando, and will
go to the second reserve hospital to receive
treatment necessitated by the reopening
of wound incurred while in the Cuban
army. 1t is thought Gen. Funston will
not again return to active duty, as his
term of service will expire Sept. 2, and he
has requested and been granted permission
to return to the United States with the
Kansas regiment"
Mrs. Robert Ingersoll has been appointed
administrative for the estate of her late
husband. She estimates its total value
as not over $4,000. The widow and two
daughters are the heirs.
Capt. Edward A. Goodwin, sth q. S. Cav,
who has been appointed Colonel of the
doth U. S. Vols, served as private in the
1st w. Va. Cav. He then went to West
Point, and was a Captain in the Stl, U. S.
Cav. at the outbreak of the Spanish-Ameri-
can war, when he was appointed Colonel of
the 7th u. S. Vols.
Maj. J. Milton Thompson, 24th q. s.,
who has been appointed Colonel of the 42d
U. S. Vols, served two years as private
in the 7th N. II. He was then commits
stoned in the colored troops, and came out
as Captain. He has been in the Regular
Army ever since.
Chaplain James Mailey, of the 1st Neb.,
must be added to the long list Of fighting
Chaplains.' As soon as his regiment
went out on to the firing line he developed
an instinct for the militant, shouldered a
rife, and went with the boys. He staid
with them to the end of the chapter, and
seemed absolutely fearless. At one time,
after some hot firing, the regiment halted
to rest, but the Chaplain went on little
exploring expedition into some brush.
Presently a few shots rang out, and the
Chaplain reappeared, dragging rebel by
the collar. There were two others there,
one of whom he killed and the other wound
ed.
Rochester, N. Y, the birthplace of Gen.
Eugene Hale, is to erect statue to him.