The National tribune., 1899-09-28
PERSONAL.

| Comrade John Boans and his wife re-
Gently celebrated the 5Oth anniversary of
their wedding at their home on West Madi-
son avenue, Arkansas City, Kan. Nearly
so veterans and their wives were p;esent.
Comrade W. II. Pottlc on behalf of the vet
Grams presented Comrade Boans with pair
| of gold spectacles, and a gold GAR.
badge. Mrs. Boans was presented with a
pair of gold spectacles and a gold sugar
spoon.
Comrade John Glenn. of Chick amauga
fame, now Major and Quartermaster in the
Regular Army, is on duty at San Juan,
Porto Rico, and i'm letter to his old COM
rades of the 22d Mich, much regretted
that 'the white mans burden" would pre-
vent his joining il their Reunion at Ann Ar
Dor. The hurricane brought an immense
amount of hard work upon him, and he
says that for the next three or four months
he expects to be the busiest man in the
tropics.
Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, widow of
Abraham Thompson, Co. E, 22d Ind, died
at the Soldiers Home, Ind, Sept. 5. aged
80 years. Mrs. Thompson was born in
Virginia, July %, 1900, and when eight
months old her parents removed to In
diana. They located in the section of the
State now occupied by johnson and Bar
tholomew Counties, where Mrs. Thompson
lived until April 10. 1899, when she was
admitted to the Home. Her husband
Abraham Thompson, to whom she was
married in 1850. died in 1865.
Senator Davis, the Chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee was
in the city last week, and said: "We are
extremely prosperous in Minnesota, and
the sentiment regarding expansion is all
one way. We are all in favor of it. The
opposition does not amount to enough to
be a factor"
The officers and Corporals of the Porto
Rico 1nsular Police have presented Gen.
Guy V. Henry with fine oil portrait of
himself "as slight token of the regard in
which all Porto Ricans hold their former
Governor-General."
Maj. Orin E. Hine, n Republican leader
of Virginia, died at his home in Vienna,
Va, Sept. 10. He was born in Broome
County, N. Y, in 1886, and at the begin
ming Of the rebellion enlisted in the 5Oth
l. LIt NCLS
and distinguished himself at Fredericks-
burg, where he WAS wounded. He settled
at Vienna after the war; and though at
first denounced as Carpet bagger,"
in becoming recognized as one
of Virginia's S most respected and useful citi-
zcns. His son. Mai. Chas. d. l.. Hine, was
an officer of the 1st ID. G. n. G., and is now
residing in Findlay, o.
The Republicans of West Virginia are
of nominating Gen. Isaac H.
Duval. of Wcllsburg, for Governor. The
Moundsville Hernld speaks of him as ''the
par excellence soldier, gentleman, and
the typical Virginian." Gen.
Duval went out in 1861 as Major of the 1st
w. Va, and was later promoted to Colonel
of the 9th w. Va.
1t is said that Secretary Gage will make
Washington his home when his service in
the Cabinet ends.
There is some unpleasant gossip con-
nected with a Judgment which the Su-
preme Court of New York has rendered
against United States Treasurer Ellis HI.
for some S21, 900, on the suit Of
his sister, who claims that he misappro-
priated her money to that amount Mr..
friends claim that all the facts
have not been brought out.
Con. Brooke will soon visit the United
States, and it is stated on high authority
that while here he will be appointed as
member of a board which will draw up
civil code for the government of Cuba |
This code will be presented to Congress
for ratification. 1t is thought that he will
be succeeded by Gen. Leonard Wood, now
Governor of the Province of Santiago.
AT meeting of all the foreign Consuls, |
held last week in San Domingo, joint |
protest was drawn up against the action of |
the Government in destroying the value
Of the paper currency. This action was
rendered necessary by the contradictory |
DEGREES issued on successive days. The |
signatories say that their Governments will |
not permit their subjects to be losers on |
account of Dominican and domestic trou-
bles. There is q strong movement in favor |
Df overthrowing the constitution and max
ing immediate arrangements for the Presi- |
Dental election.