Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-16
P[NaON'F0R SHERMAN.
Ex-Governor Of Iowa Given q Good
Pension By the Present
Congress-
A Brave Soldier and Honest Official
to Whom Fate Has Been
Unkind.
Two New Books By Iowa Authors
Major Byers and Am.
herst OFT.
.s-Republican.

Il &
Des Moines, June 16.-Buren r.
Sherman, former auditor of state and |
later governor of Iowa has been grant |
ed a pension of $50 a month by con-
gress, and it comes at time when u
lis very much needed. Governor Sher-
mans present sad condition is the re-
4 suit OF his having first been brave
4 soldier and then an honest official. He
4 was a member of the Thirteenth Iowa
volunteer infantry and was severely
q wounded in the battle of Shiloh. He
4 made several efforts to resume his work
4 in the army, but was compelled to re-
1tire with his health permanently shat
= tered. Altho he was afterwards a great
4 HIpower in Iowa politics, his lack OF
. physical vigor seriously interfered With
his work and with his happiness. HIS
speaking campaigns caused him much
u pain and hastened the breaking up OF
1.-THE man, altho his courage and his
!, pride prevented him from showing the
suffering he endured. When he retired
:. from his four years service as COVER
4 nor in 1856 he went into a life insur-
ance company in Waterloo. Thru the
,l'fault OF those who We're associated Win
!, him in the enterprise it failed and car
! ried him down with 1t. Since that time
! | Governor Sherman has been wlthoul,
: | any regular business and has occupied.
! himself chiefly With an office he holds
lin the Masonic order. The business
. failures of friends and relatives VINO
/, might have helped him made his trials
q harder to bear He has always until
: this year refused to apply Tor pension
. but his friends persuaded him that ne
: ought to do it, because no one was pet
: ter entitled to receive the bounty OF TN
: government. The Iowa delegation
o gladly took hold Of the matter and Sc
g cured the passage of a private bill.
A Governor Sherman was born in On
d Itario county. New York. May %. 1886.
: land came with his parents to Iowa in
y 1855. They settled on unbroken prairie
: land in Tama county, and We're there
Is fore among the earlist pioneers in that
y Section After the war, from which
r. Buren r. Sherman came with the title
e of captain, he was elected to various
offices, including county Judge. clerk OF
s 1.-THE district court and in January. lSto
= became auditor of state. an office which
~ he held for six years. He now spends
n most of his time in Ninton, which has
e been his home for many years.
y Two new iowa books have just ap.
!, ,s peared One is novel by Professor
: , Edward Amherst OFT, of Drake Uni
! lversity, entitled Philip Gerard, an In
I dividual,' and the other is book o.
- reminescence. history and travel called
y Twenty Years in Europe" by Majol
lis. H NJ. Byers, of this city. who wa:
.. - for about twenty years in the United
!, states consular service at Zurich
=. Rome and ST. Gall. Major Byers ha
- written Il book that IS both c.;arn:!a:
,,' ind instructive. During lis long resi-
- dence in Europe he met on intimat
of terms many famous people. and thei
4 Interesting personalities are cleverl,
ha woven into his story of the sights the
tn saw together and the conversation
re. they had in Europe. One OF the mos
re valuable features of the book is tn
ry 4 correspondence of the late Genera
,e 4 William Tecumseh Sherman. He an
cir Major Byers were close friends durin
III and since the civil war. Major Byer
sir 81. one time prepared for the Mort
he i American Review a large collection c
the letters and papers of General Shel
man, butethat was during his lifetim
Since then the major has felt at lbert
~, to publish many that We're not to /
given to the public until after the deaf
,h of tn writer. and they are of the higf
-, est Importance and deepest interes
!, They clear8up some doubtful historic;
h.i5points and throw light upon the life
~ the great commander. They are valus
an. bic to the historical student. Majt
70 Al rpt n 4 he n
- interesting points in the character
,a,f every man and place he saw. He WI
-. told these things in his simple, deligh
full style that makes his book a plea
.u- ure to every reader. One of his clio
..s friends in Europe was Bret Harte. WI
onf Fin 1879 was United States consul
/ Crefeld. Germany. near the low
ant Rhine. where Senator Julian Phelps.
as Atlantic. is now consul. The book co
,ck from Bret Harte. While the consul du
nv from Bret Hart. While the consul du
ling his official lifetime was forbidd
.re to tell many things, he has drawn fre
ish IN upon the information obtained in /
cad official capacity and brings to light
lad 1.-the first time many important histn
in ical facts connected with the consul
service during the years in which
belonged to it,
Professor Otis book was evident
written with purpose. but unli
sSs- tmany novels of this class. the ambiti
'ist, of the teacher has not spoiled the lite
my airy artist, tho occasionally it has. be
:, the cause of an awkward stroke. Phi
anu Gerard might have been an Iowa b'
:. or he might not. He had a rather ha
W road to hoe. but 1t made man of hi
aAe in college and elsewhere. Unlike Ha
AZ lin Garland. another writer OF ticti
,es1 who went out from Iowa. Prof. OFT dt
I, =, not make industry and thrift and
. ho necessity for both, crush his hero
ota. his hope. His life is intended to tea
nav that no man can be his best witht
. in the inspiration OF tcniet
his life; that not only brains. ener
mist and honesty. but regard for the rig
Iack Of all others. including employees, ct
1 Il lstribute to success in the busin
aout world. and that strenuous life is OF
To al who will follow IL No doubt 4