The National tribune., 1901-11-21
PERSONAL.

Thomas Il. Lonergan, who was well
known as detective throughout the
country, died Nov. I at his home in Brook
lyn. He was born in Illinois, and served
throughout the war in the Goth H., be-
ing mustered out with the rank of Major.
Going into newspaper work he was en-
ployed on the New York Times, the New
York Sun, the Chicago Times, the st.
Louis GlobeDemocrat, and other papers.
From newspaper work Maj. LOnergan
went into the United States Secret Serv-
ice, and for many years was in charge
of the Western division.
Hon Franklin Murphy, whom the Re
publcans have elected Governor of New
Jersey, enlisted in July, 1862, In the 18th
n. j., leaving his studies in the Newark
Academy to do so. He was promoted to
Corporal in Co. A the next month, and
the next year received a Second Lieufen-
ants commission. Feb. "a, 1864, he was
promoted to First Lieutenant, and came
home with the regiment as such. The
18th n. j., of which Gen. Ezra A. Car
man was Colonel, was attached to the
Third Brigade, First Division, Twelfth
Corps, and began rs fighting at South
Mountain. After Gettysburg it went
paign, and had its last fight at Benton
vile, n. G. 1t numbered 947 when it
took the field, and received 444 recruits.
1t lost "a killed and Al By disease. Gov.
Murphy is President of the 18th n. j.
Regmental Association.
+ Col. Russell B. Harrison, son of former
President Benjamin Harrison, was admit
ted to practice law by the County, State
Supreme and Federal Courts at Indian
States Attorney General w. II. III. Miller,
former law partner of the late exPresi-
dent Harrison. and State AttorneyGen-
eral Taylor. Col. Harrison will open a
law office in indianapolis, and it is said
that his associate will be Prof. Ingler,
dean of the Indianapolis College of Law.
Col. Harrison, in reply to an inquiry, said:
This cOnsummatiOn Of long-chcrIshed
intention has been hastened by my own
desire. and my fathers dying wish that
| should carry out his intention to fight
to the end the unjust and unmilitary treat
ment meted out TO me by the War De-
partment. To do this successfully | found
it necessary to nave n complete training
in law. and | have, therefore, since my
fathers sudden sickness and death, de-
voted all my time to completing my final
studies and examinations, thereby round
ing. out my law studies in work and ex-
perience as Inspector General and Pro-
vost tMarshal-General,i in connection with
the establishment and maintenance of civil
and military Governments in Cuba and
Porto Rico"
Under the head of "a Day with Mrs.
Sherwood" the Toledo Times has fine
picture and long sketch of its distin-
guished townswoman, who has filled so
large space in the literature of the
country, the life of the G.. A. r. and W.
X. c., and who is well known to all read
ers of The National Tribune. AS a grace
full writer of prose and verse, and as an
assiduous worker in great movements,
Mrs. Sherwood has a grand place in the
hearts Of a wide circle of friends.
An unusual honor has Just been con-
ferred upon the accomplished wife of
Gen. r. Burd Grubb of Edgewater Park,
n. j., by the Queen of Spain. 1t is known
as the Order of Noble Ladies of Maria
Luisa, and was conferred upon Mrs.
Grubb because of her popularity at the
Spanish Court during the time that her
husband was Minister to Spain. She is
the first American woman to be thus hon
ored, and there are but four English
speaking women entitled to wear the en-
blem. The number is limited to %, and
Mrs. Grubb succeeded to the place made
vacant by the death of an Austrian Grand
Duchess. The Order was established in
1892, and gives entrance to every Court
in Europe The insignia, a handsome
gold-and- purple enameled cross, is topped
With a golden laurel wreath. Between
the crosses are the castle and liOn' of
the Spanish seal. 1t has a purpleand
white ribbon, the colOrs of the Order, at
the top, in the shape OF q bow, and is
carried pendant to long ribbon of the
same colors, suspended around the shoul-
ders and to a point at the waist.