The National tribune., 1900-04-19
CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.

CHAT OF lfiE CORRlDORS.
Capt J. E. Culver, sd U. s. Vols, is
home from the Philippines suffering from
q leg severely injured by Filipino pony.
The Captain has an unusual military
history. AS boy he served four years in
the 1st Wis, coming home the Color-Ser-
geant of the regiment. He settled in
Nebraska, and was active in building up
the young State. He also took deep
interest in his old comrades, and is one Of
the pillars of the Nebraska GAR. He
was Department Commander in 1896.
He entered the Nebraska N G., and took
an active part in the Indian wars in the
early history of the State. At the out
break of tho Spanish war he raised a COM
pany for the Sd u. S. Vol Cav>-"Grigsby's
Rough Riders" He had four sons in his
company, the youngest his bugler. The
regiment did not get to the front, owing to
the unexpected close of the war. He was
then given a commission as Captain in the
32d u. S. Vols, and has two sons with him
Another son, Clarence, who showed
usual ability as a Quartermaster-Sergea
was retained in the service after the muster
out of the Rough Riders. as a citizen en-
ployee, and sent to the Philippines. Re
Gently at the request of Maj. Batson, young
Culver was commissioned as First Lieu
tenant, and assigned to the battalion of
Macabebes, which Maj Batson commands.
He will be heard from in a very creditable
way before long. Capt. Culver saw good
deal OF lively skirmishing with the in
surrectos," after his regiment reached the
Philippines, and then was placed in com.
mand of the town of Mexico, a place of
$4,000 inhabitants, with number Of popu-
lous villages nearby. He succeeded in
quickly winning the entire confidence of the
people by Il course of frank, straightfor-
ward manliness and justice. He began by
telling them that he and his men were
gentlemen, and representatives Of the
there to protect the Filipinos in their rights.
He expected to treat the Filipnos as gem
tlemen and ladies, and should require the
same treatment for his men and himself.
He amazed them by absolutely refusing to
receive any presents, even the smallest, and
telling them that they must not offer them,
as it implied that they We're seeking to
wrongly influence him. This was an
utter revolution from Spanish practices,
where the assignment of an officer to such
place as Mexico was intended to give him
an opportunity to make his fortune, and
at every opportunity he sold his power to
the highest bidder. There was no such
thing as justice. The decision in all cases
went in favor of the man who paid most
Capt. Culver exercised an Intelligent des-
potism throughout Where he could
reason with the people, he reasoned.
Wnere IT was necessary to simply order he
ordered, and had his orders carried out
He made the people clean UP the town, and
keep it clean, for their own health, and used
good Nebraska sense in settling the dis
puteS and problems that came before him
He pleased the people so well that they
were wild with sorrow when he was COM
PEELED to leave, and did everything to retain
him. The Captain is quite sanguine rs to
the future Of the Philippines and their
y1llIp To the limited States
Last week Maj. Ebenezer Burgess Ball
died in Washington. His principal claim
to distinction lay in his descent from the
same stock as the Father of His Country;
and his remarkable resemblance to him
His ancestor was the father of Mary Ball,
who became Geo. Washingtons mother,
and this descent was farther emphasized
by Col. Ball, of Revolutionary fame, and
Maj. Ball's s grandfather, marrying Frances
Washington, the first Presidents niece
This made a double line of descent Mai
Balls picture, in the uniform of the Con-
tinental Guards, in which he was an officer.
looked stikingly like the generally ac-
cepted pictures OF Geo. Washington He
was born in 1917, and was in business in
Washington until 1910, when he went
West to grow up with the country, and
sold goods for years in Missouri, Oregon
and California. He came back during the
1cDtHlpli, Dtlt JllotlSn Ills Sy LnDdIUlcS We're
with the South he took no part in the
actual fighting. He,went into the butter
business in the Center Market, but did not
make a business success, after several
years of trial, and then he was given the
privilege of selling cigars and tobacco in
the Pension Office, at which ne did fairly
well.
The Senate Committee has agreed to
report favorably on the bill TO permit the
Daughters of the American Revolution to
erect a memorial building on Rawlings
Square.
Lieut. Commander J. c. Gilmore. who
has been in Washington recuperating from
the effects of his long Imprisonment by the
Fflipinos, has been ordered to duty as
Executive Officer of the Prairie, and will
spend the Summer in short cruises with
the Naval Reserves of the Atlantic and
Gulf States.
John Addison Porter, tho Presidents
Secretary, has rendered his resignation. to
take effect May ], and the same has been
accepted. The reason is ill-healtfI, as Mr.
Porter has never recovered from a severe
illness a year ago. Mr.. Geo. b. Cortelyou,
the Assistant Secretary. is to be promoted
in New York, in 1862, and came into the
public service as a stenographer. Presi-
dent Cleveland appointed him Executive
Clerk, and President Mckinley Assistant
Secretary.
The Secretary of the Interior reports.
regarding the employees in that Depart
ment:
Between IA and 10 years, inclusive. 80;