The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-10-01

Department Commander Royce, of the |
Potomac, appeared in her usual spirits at |
San Francisco and her old vivacity delight
ed her many friends, yet she was imme-
diately stricken down after the Encamp-
ment and for q while there was great
alarm felt for her. She is now. however.
reported out of danger. Comrade Royce
and she make their home at Chico, Cal.
A fitting end is made TO the efforts of /
the misguided philanthropists who secured |
the release of the Younger brothers from |
the Minnesota penitentiary in an action /
for ENLIGHTENMENT of $1,000 made against /,
Cole Younger and Frank James by the |
manager of the Wild West Show. The |
parading of these rascals through the cOun- |
try was an offense against public deceney, |
and did incalculable harm in encouraging
the criminal element.
Col. Albert f. Pope, the well-known
bicycle manufacturer, is one Of Gen. !
Mies's most intimate and enthusiastic |
has treated Gen. Miles so much that he |
has refused to go upon the delegation TO /,
visit the President. He says that if the |
Democratic Convention will nominate Gen. |
Miles he, Republican he is, will stump
the country to help elect him.
Col c. V. Deand, one Of the oldest and
best-known newspaper men in Michigan
died at his home at Jackson, Mich. Sept.
| /, after long illness. Col. Deland went
out in 1861 as a Captain in the 9th Mich.
but in 1863 raised the 1st Mich. Sharp
brevetted March 10, 1860, for gallant and
meritorious service during the war.
Comrade William Faulkner, Guthrie.
Okla, had his left leg amputated above
the knee on Sept. 2, and he is now doing
well. The leg has heretofore sustained
several surgical operations, necessitated by
| injuries inflicted at the battle OF Gcttys-
burg, which injuries sent the coDradc 10
the hospital until March, 1864. At the
SpOtsylvania fight in May Of that year,
Conrade Faulkner was taken prisoner and
was confined in Libby. Andersonri!le, Nil
len, Savannah. Blackshear. and Anderson
vile again. He was exchanged April A.
1865, and went to Parole Hospital, Vicks-
burg. When captured Comrade Faux
ner's weight was 1S6 pounds; after his
bath at Parole Hospital he weighed 81
pounds, having lost 1C2 pounds in IL
months. The comrade enlisted Jan. II,
! 1862, in the old Palace Gardens, 18th
Street and Broadway, n. Y. and was n
member of Capt. w. II. Ryders's Co. f,
| 18th n. Y.
Consul General Robert H. Skinner, of
Marseiles, who is now visiting at his home
at Canton, o., will shortly start on a most
! important mission to Emperor Menelik, of
Abyssinia, to open up trade relations be-
tween the United States and that remote
country. The first effort will be to get
Abyssinia to send an exhibit to the st.
Louis Exposition. Then effort will be
made to open up trade relations between
this country and Abyssinia, from which
| there should be much trade, as there are
100000 people in the Empire. and they
have very valuable exports which should
be traded for United States goods.
Comrade Church Howe, of Auburn.
Neb., who was Department Commander
of Nebraska in 1894, and who has been
serving as United States Consul at Liver
| pool, Eng, has shown so much ability and
fidelity that he has received very fatter-
| ing promotion. being made COnsul-General
at Antwerp. Belgium. Besides his eleva-
ton in official rank he got an increase of
| salary from $3.50 to $500 which, of
course, is not displeasing.
Elaborate preparations are being made
Mt Lincoln. .Neb., for the marriage of Miss
| Ruth Bryan, daughter of the Democratic
candidate for the Presidency, with Mr..
William II. Leavitt. the artist. 1t is ex-
pected that it will be the greatest social
| event in Lincoln for many years, as Miss
Bryan is very popular i'll the little city.
Emmett Chatham Wilson, of Savannah,
! Ga, has broken the records at West Point,
| in the way of dement's, and has accord
| ingly severed his connection with the nur-
| sery of future Generals. Wilson entered
the Military Academy June 10, and in the
course of the first month managed to pile
up ITO dement's, which he proceeded to
greatly enlarge upon in the second month.
when the Board called a halt and dis
missed him. A maximum of 200 dement's
in year is one more than is allowed the
cadets.
| Judge Peter S. Grosscup, of the Federal
Court at Chicago, has had offered to him
| the position of counsel for the Northern
Securities Company, with a very fiatter-
ing offer of salary, and it is believed that
he will accept the offer. Judge Grosscup's
decisions and utterances from the bench
have of late years attracted much atten-
ton for their strong common sense and
| just ruling as to the functions of the .Ju-
dietary in regard to trusts and similar
combinati tons. His recent decision that
| the local beef combine was a trust in re-
straint of trade, brought him much prom
inence. His rulings, though sometimes
startling, are generally confirmed by the
| higher courts.
/
J. NJ. Wheeler. an old and highly-re-
spected citizen of Richardson County
Neb., died on train in Wyoming while
returning from visit to his daughter in
Oregon, whittier he had gone from the
National Encampment. He enlisted in the
LIST Wis. Cav. at the age of IL, was one of
the company which helped to capture Jeff
Davis, and received part of the reward
He belonged to the Post at Sumner, Neb.
|
| Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow Of the
| President of the late sO-called Southern
Coufederacy, is lying in critical cond-
ton at Castle Inn, the former home of
Willard Fillmore, at Buffalo, n. Y. Her
trouble is obstruction of the alimentary
canal. 1t is reported not necessarily fatal,
and no surgical operation is at present an
Iticipated.
Rev. A. r. Adams, of Knoxville, Iowa,
is receiving strong support from the vet
Grams of the State for appointment as
Chaplain in the Army. Rev. Mr. Adams
whose father and only brother lost their
lives in the army, is very able man, an
eloquent lecturer, and is in demand at ev-
cry soldier gathering. He goes whenever
he can, because his heart is in the cause,
and we hope very much to see the appoint
ment that is desired for him.