The National tribune., 1903-03-12
PERSONAL.

Col. Frank n. Wicker died Feb. at
New Orleans He served as Lieutenant
in the 2Sth N. Y. to the end of theSregi-
ment's term. After the war the Govern
n1ent- started upon a project to construct
| telegraph by the way of Behring'S Strait
to communieate-with the. rest of the world.
and Col. Wicker was made commander
and paymaster of the land forces. The
completion of the Atlantic cable put an
end to this enterprise, but during its prose-
cution Col. Wicker had made the survey
OF Alaska, upon which he based a strong
recommendation to buy the country. As a
reward for his services he was made Col
lector Of Customs at Key West, which po-
sition he held for .12 years. and was then
appointed Appraiser in the Custom House
at New Orleans, which position he filled
until the time of his death.
The wife of Col. Washington A. Roeb-
ling, the distinguished engineer of the
Brooklyn. Bridge, died at her home in
Trenton, N. j., Feb. %. She had much
more than ordinary connection with the
army during the war of the rebellion. Her
husband went into the army as Lieuten-
ant of the 9Th n. Y. Battery, was pro-
NOTED to Major, and breyetted Lieutenant
Colonel and Colonel for gallant services
before Richmond. lie was on the staff of
Gen. G.. Il. Warren when the latter was
in command of the Fifth Corps. Mrs.
Roebling, who was sister of Gen. War
rem, visited him while in camp and SO be-
came acquainted with Col. ROebling, whom
she married Jan. Is. 1865. Col. R0eb-
ling's father prepared the plans for the
Brooklyn Bridge, but was killed during
its construction, and Col. Roebling sue
ceeded him. Col. Roebling was stricken
with caisson fever while experimenting
the sinking of the foundations, becoming
an invalid, but supervised the work from
his house on Brooklyn flights, from which
he could see the bridge with field glass.
His wife was Of the greatest assistance
to him in this work, and much has been
written about her help. She was the first
woman to cross the bridge, which she did
in a barOuche. with a rooster on the box
to symbolic victory. After the ROSTERS
death he was mounted and kept in con-
spicuous place in the Roebling home. Mrs:
ROebling was a member of number OF
ladies' patriotic organizations, and was
also the author of several small volumes.
Col Eugene G. Dimick, ID U. s. Cav,
has been placed on the retired list after 40
years service. He entered the army in
1861 as a private in the I'd n. J., became
a Sergeant in the 9th n. Y. Cav, was
to Lieutenant and Captain, and
in 1867 Second Lieutenant
i'll the 9th U. S. Cav.
Rev. J. G. Taggart, who served as Lieu
tenant in the 10Th Ohio, has just cele-
brated the 35th anniversary of his pastor
ate of the First United Presbyterian
Church of East Liverpool, 0. When DIR.
Taggart became pastor of this church it
was mere cottage. 1t is now mag
nifcent structure, located on the most de-
sirable site in the city, and is worth
$4,000. During his entire ministerial
work DIR. Taggart has been strong tenn
perance advocate.
The Department Commander of Georgia
announces in a general order the death OF
Comrade Alfred Guiton. of Augusta Post,
No. ., which occurred at Whipple Bar
racks, Prescott, A. T., Feb. 8, 1908. He
was one of the earliest comrades to build
up the Department of Georgia, &. a. r.,
in which he held a number of important
offices. He had been in the u. $. Quar-
Department in the Philippine
Islands for several years.
Henry Lehfeldt, of Milwaukee, Wis,
has been made a member of the Asso-
ciated Veterans of Farragut's Fleet, on ac-
count of being the eldest son of his father, |
Otto Lehfeldt, who was Quartermaster on
the gunboat Octorara, where he performed
a most astonishing feat of gaIlantry. On
the night of Jan. 26, 1860, he was acting
rs -Ndpldlu VI 4NO. / gun, WITH IL littic
rebel torpedo boat crept by to the side of
the Octorarajto. torpedo her. The torpedo
arm was hung too low and passed be-
meath the hull, and while the rest of, his
ran to the stern to get away as
far as possible from the expected expfo-
sion, Lehfeldt rushed out, caught the
of the torpedo boat, and held
it firm till his companions could come to
his assistance, when the boat and all its |
crew were captured. His exploit was cele
bra ted in all the pictorial papers of the |
and a copy of one of the pic |
lures, enlarged from that which appeared |
in Harper's Weekly, has been sent to :he
son as mementO.
Col "Dick" Walker, as he was familiar
" known, and prominent figure in Kan
sas politics, died Feb. 10, at Topeka. lie |
entered the 10th Ohio in 1861, and was |
out at the close of the war as
A Major, and migrated to Kansas in 1868.
He was appointed United States Marshal |
by President Harrison, and served five
years in that office.
g Comrade Horace Baker. Of Weather
ford, Tex, who is the liyeliest veteran in
he Empire State of the South. is now
7isiting his old comrades in Wisconsin,
md stirring them up to go down to Texas |
md settle. He is not so anxious to sell |
hem real estate though he has plenty of |
hat in stock, as to build up a strong G. |
4. X. element around him. The home pa |
)ers all give him great send-off.
Miss Anita Rosecrans, daughter of the |
ate General, died in Helena, Mont, Feb. |
ID, after a brief illness, at the home of |
Ter sister, the wife of Gov. Toole. Of |
ate years she has been engaged in writ
ng memoirs of her father.
: Gen. Chas. C. Doolittle died at his home
n Toledo, Ohio, Feb. 20, of heart trouble
by inlammatory rheumatism
contracted during the rebellion. He went |
,ut in 1861 as First Lieutenant in the
Eth Mich, became a Captain, then raised |
he 18th Mich, of which regiment he be-
came Colonel, and was made Brigadier-
General for good conduct at Decatur and |
Nashville, and brevetted Major-General of |
Volunteers. He was for many years
Cashier of the Merchants National Bank
If Toledo, Ohio.