The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-03-26
PERSONAL.

apoplexy March 10, after brief Illness.
He was born in Hamburg. Germany, in
1914. but came to this country as n cabin
hoy at the age of II years, and learned
the printing trade in the office of the
Nolks Freund Mt Cincinnati. He went
out with the list Ohio as drummer, then
became Drum-Major of the 9th w. Va.
and subsequently enlisted in the 1O6th
Ohio. in which he became an OrderlySer-
geant, and was SO badly wounded at
Hartsville as to be discharged. He made
a fine record. and was complimented for
his gallantry. He went to Louisville in
1866. and for many years before his death
had been business manager of the An
zeiger. He worked actively to secure the
meeting of the 29th National Encampment
of the G. A. Il. at Louisville. was the
Chairman of the Committee on Parade
and Review. and the Chief Marshal of the
grand parade. which was admirably man
aged. He served two terms as the Com
mander of August Which Post. No. 49,.
He was an active Democrat in politics,
and at the time of his death was an AL
derman of the City of Louisville. He had
been married less than q month. his
bride being a young lady from Richmond,
Ind. Col. CObn was noted for his unosten-
tatious charities, and stood very high
among the people ut Louisville. He was
a Colonel on the staff of the Governor of
Kentucky.
The members of the bar of Harrison,
Jefferson, and Tuscarawas Cos. Ohio,
have passed resolutions of the highest
complimentary character to the memory
of the late Judge John S. Pearce. Com
rade Pearce was born in Harrison Co.,
Ohio. in 1882, was admitted to the prac-
tise of law in 1855, and in July, 1862,
was appointed Major of the 9Sth Ohio
10 I, ~. ~,
the war until terribly wounded at Ben
tonvilie, and only recovered by virtue of
a strong constitution and mflexible will.
He was promoted to Colonel, and bre-
vetted Brigadier-General for gallant SER
vice on the field of battle. After being
mustered out, he resumed practise at Ca
diz. Ohio, and was quite successful. In
for the third subdivision of the eighth judi
cial district of Ohio, and served in that
capacity with great success and credit
to himself for 10 years, when he returned
to the practise of the law. He died at
his home in Cadiz, Jan. 8, 1903.
a lively fight is going on in PennsyI-
yanla over the request of Gov. Penny
packer for the resignation of Col. Thomas
q. Sample. of Allegheny. as Superintend-
ent of Public Printing and Binding. The
Governor had recently recommer ied Col
Sample to serve until July /, 1905, and
complimented him highly upon his conduct
known in the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie, having been Department Commander
of Pennsylvania, and active in all the
Grand Army gatherings, State and Ma
tional. He has replied to the Governor
that he will not resign. 1t. is stated that
the cause of the Governors action is
that Representative Thad NJ. Mahon
wa nj r,ln for f.fn rs L. II
and Sample have been at odds for several
years.
Maj.-Gen Robert S. Foster died at In
dianapolis March 3, 1903, of heart trouble.
1t was claimed for him that he was the
only officer complimented personally on the
field of battle by President Lincoln. He
was born in Jennings County. nd, Jan.
y, 1884, and at the breaking oft of the
war was a Lieutenant in the City Grays
He enlisted at once and was elected Cap
tain of Co. a, 18th Ind, with which he
took part in several skirmishes in West
Virginia. He was then commissioned
Major of the 18th Ind, and attracted the
attention of superior officers by his fine
talent for command at the battle of Kerns-
town. He WAS placed in command of a
brigade on the Peninsula, and during the
siege of Petersburg commanded division
in the Tenth Corps. In the pursuit of Lee
after the evacuation of Richmond he re-
ceiyed orders to resume the march at 2
O'Clock a. NJ, to hasten to the assistance
of the cavalry who We're holding Lee at
bay at AppOmattox. Other division COM
manders received similar orders, but
trusted to others to wake them, while Gen.
Foster remained awake and arrived ON
the field of Appomattox in time to relieve
the hard-pressed cavalry. 1t is asserted
that had lie not been so wakeful and earn
est the infantry would not have arrived
on time, and Lee would have broken
through and gained Lynchburg 1t is said
to the credit of Gen. Foster that he never
lost a battle or skirmist, and was always
successful in all his expeditions in front
of Richmond. At the close of the war
Gen. Foster was a member of the Military
Commission convened for the trial of the
assassins of President Lincoln. He was
LieGtenant-COonelo of the 9th
Z. s., but preferred civil life. He was one
of the original organizers of the Grand
Army of the Republic, and a charter men,
Der of Post No. !, of indianapolis. After
the war he held many important offices in
Indiana, and was appointed by President
Garfield United States Marshal for the
State. AT the time of his death he was
Quarterma ster-General of the State of
Indiana. His death created profound sor-
row throughout Indiana. The Governor
issued very complimentary order, and his
funeral was attended by all the principal
officers and public men,
Senator Albert NJ. Burns, of the Indiana
Legislature, died Feb. IA. 1903, at the
English Hotel, Indianapolis. He had
been i'll a long time. but his splendid nerve
kept him up. To the end Ire worked hard
for the success of measures to which he
had devoted himself for long time. He
was born in Clarion, Pa, Nov. "a, 1917,
Of Scotch-lrish parentage, and when the
war broke out he was at school in Platte
vile, Wis. At the age of IA he enlisted
as drummer in Co. l, 10th Wis, and
took part with his regiment in all the
battles of the Army of the Cumberland.
He was severely wounded at Chicka-
manga, and upon recovering entered the
i4th Wis. and served till the end of the
war, when he was brevetted Captain.
He graduated from the State Normal
School and then learned the carriage
painters trade. In 1881 he removed to
South Bend, Ind, to enter the employ of
the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing
Company. and later was General Superin-
tendent of the Sandage Steel Skein Works.
He took an active interest in the Repub-
lican party and was a leader in the labor
He was repeatedly elected
to the Indiana Senate, and there distin-
Suished himself by active influence in the
passage of bills to promote education and
the welfare of the people. He was an
worker in the Grand Army of the
Republic, and at one time Adjutant- Gen
eral of the Department of Wisconsin, G.
A. II. The remains were inferred at South
Bend.