The National tribune., 1905-12-28


quiet Of his home in Iowa.
| Col. William III. Clapp. L. S. A.. re-
tired, died at East Hartford. Conn.
Dec. FL. He was born in Ohio and
enlisted at the beginning Of the war in
,, the list y. Y. Then he became q
Lieutenant in the 42d Ohio and in
1868 was appointed Captain and a. A.
c.. in which capacity he served
throughout the war. he was breSettcd
Major and Lieutenant Colonel, and re-
ccived a commission as Second Lieu
tenant in the I'd L. S. in February
1856. and was retired as Lieutenant
Colonel, Sept. 4, 1909.
Daniel E. Storsnes, Secretary of State
Of Indiana. and now serving his second
term. has been found short in his ac-
counts to the amount Of $1,000 and
has put has property IN the hands OF
trustees to meet his inleOte dness He
says that he took the Taoney to use in
investments, anG such has been the
practice OF his predecessors. but that
they had been apie to meet their in
debtedness to the State when called
upon. He had also done SO. and did
not now owe the State one dollar.
Comrade William Padgert. OF MILL
rift. Pa. is famous as rattiesIiake
killer, in which profession he makes
much profit. He sells the skins for la
dies belts and the oil as an iafallihie
cure for rheumatism. He occasionally
sells n large RATHER for good price
u some collector He tells a romantic
story of his service in the 5th y. j.
He was captured with nine others at
Laurel Hill. Va, May s. 1864, but man
aged to escape from prison. After a
| march, which he says was 500 miles
long, he got within 20 miles of the
Union lines. when he was captured by
a band Of Sucrrillas. who determined to
kill him. He was taken to the house
|
ca had been killed the day before, and
she was only too willing to execute him
in retaliation. In the morning he was
taken out under q tree. where the
young woman measured off 20 PAGES
and then fired at him, but aimed a lit
tie too high. A Confederate Lieuten-
ant came up in the nick of time,
stopped the proceedings and took Pad
gett back TO prison, where he was soon
after paroled and exchanged.
Col John II. Hard, Of the Cd KY.
has just learned that he was brevettcd
a Brigadier-General for gallantry at
Shiloh, Stone River and Chickamauga.
It seems that the notice of this honor
has been wandering around somewhere
in the mails and in the Offices until
within a few weeks since. Gen. Hurd
entered the I'd Ky. as a Captain, be-
came Colonel of the regiment, was
mustered out in 1864, and then raised
the 173d Ohio, of wrich he became
Colonel He was finally mustered out
OF the service June Is, 1865, and has
been for many years living at Pueblo,
Colo, and is a member Of the Colorado
Legislature.
The Rev. William Howe, said to be
the oldest Baptist clergyman living, will
be 100 years old on May &c, 1906. He
| is the founder of fremont Temple, Bos-
ton, and lives in Cambridge, Mass
John Hawkes., Cincinnati lumber
man, has just returned from Europe
after crossing and recrossing 22S times.
He is known among travellers as the
old man of the sea-"
Professor Yosfifaro Nakamuro, grad
uate of the Imperial Agricultural Col
| lege at Sappiro, japan. is a student at
the Minnesota State School of Agri-
culture. taking special course in ami
NAL industry and meats.
Archbishop Williams. of Boston, who
recently underwent second operation
for cataracts on his eyes. is at home
| with improved eyesight. His eyes are
still weak, not having recovered from
the effects of the operation.
| The rocks in Mayor DUNES official
way increase. FOR the first time in its
history the City Council has refused to
confirm an appointment by the Mayor.
He sent In the name of Capt. John. F.
| Finerty as member Of the Board of
Local improvements. The Council re-
| ferred the nomination to a committee,
and the roll call showed the committee
standing seven to six against Finerty'
| confirmation. Six Democrats and one
Republican voted against the nomina-
ton and two Republicans and four
| Democrats for it.
The last blow at Addicksism in Della
ware politics has been delivered in the
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| Senator Al1ee'S political fieutenants, to
/ be Collector Of Customs for the Dis
| trict Of Delaware. The nomination was
confirmed by the Senate within an hour
after it's receipt and this has unusual
significance. 1t is an honor rarely given
to appointees, and is believed to indi-
cate the desire of the Senate to unite
| the factions in Delaware and allow the
party to elect some one to fill Senator
| Balls long vacant seat.
| John A. Burbank, at one time Gov
| ernor of the Territory of Dakota, died
at his home in Richmond, Ind, Dec
18, at the age Of Is. He leaves widow
and two daughters. One of these is the
wife of Justice Joseph H. Kibbey, OF
| Arizona and the other the wife OF
Harry I. Miller, Superintendent of the
Chicago & Illinois Railroad.
Henry S. Pritchett, for the past five
years President of the Institute of Tech
nOlogy at Boston, has resigned to be-
| come President Of the Carnegie foun-
dation fund for the pensioning of aged
and needy professors.
The Administration is dissatisfied with
| Irving F. Baxter, who was appointed
| United States District Attorney for Ne
braska last Spring, and he will be asked
to resign. He conducted the prosecu-
ton of Comstock and Richards, charged
with illegal fencing of public lands, and
they were convicted and sentenced tc
six hours custody with the United
States Marshal. Secretary Hitchcock
| says the sentence was entirely made.
quate. The convicted men were placed
in the custody of their attorneys tC
serve out their sentence, which re.
ceived the disapproval Of Attorney
General Moody, who recommended
| Baxter's removal
The President has appointed w. w
Sewell Collector of Customs in the Dis.
trict Of Aroostook, Me. The appointee
| better known as Bill Sewell, lives al
Island Falls, Me-, and was a guide fol
Mr.. Roosevelt when he made hunting
trips in the Maine woods 20 years ago
He attracted the Presidents regard a,
that time, and was taken by him to his
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