The National tribune., 1906-08-09

have a fair trial; that Illegal evidence
not summoned in his behalf. and that
Gen. Wood exercised his power as Mill
tary Governor to secure his conviction
retired, died at Worcester. Mass, Aug
s. from an Illness contracted in TIE
Philippines. he was 81 years old. He
entered the Army ip July. 1899, as Cap
tain and Assistant Surgeon, and at La
bao, Oct, 30, 1899. while under a severe
are, he Seized a carbine and helpel re.
pei an attack upon the Wounded Off
GERS and men under his charge. fol
which he received a Medal OF Honor
1t is claimed that he was the only mar
in the Medical Department so honored
Mr.. and Mrs. David McCandless. Of
Elizabeth. n. j., attribute the happiness
OF their 10 years of married life to the
fact that they never gadded about, hu
stayed at home. she attending to hel
household duties and he in the appre,
citation and enjoyment of this. They
were driven out Of old Ireland by the
famine. and went to farming in thi:
country. soon getting a fine start. David
McCandless served in the 9Th n. j., ant
Is member of the Grand Army. They
have five living children, 1s grandchil-
dren, % great-grandchildren and one
great-great-grandchi
Ell A. Gage. son of former Secretary
Of the Treasury Lyman ]. Gage, com.
mitted suicide in his room in the Tour
ist Hotel at Seattle. Aug. 2. by shooting
himself through the heart. Death was
instantaneous. No cause is known fol
the suicide. Gage came to Seattle q
month ago with a letter of introduction
to J. d. Trevholme, President of the
Northwestern Steamship Company. He
applied for a position. A bank book In
Cages pocket showed he had s211 ir
bank on July "a. Cages wife and chile
came to Seattle Sunday. They have
been searching the city for him since
Gage worked in Alaska for the North
American Transportation and Trading
Company in 1896 and 1897.
Judge Wright, of the General Land
Office. and Gen. Daniel E. Sickles are
believed to be the only surviving col
leagues of the late Russell Sage in the
34th Congress-. 81 years ago.
Chairman Harvey CARRIER. of the
Ohio Democratic State Committee, has
appointed the following Ohio Demo.
Gratis to represent the Buckeye State
Democracy at the reception to w. j
Bryan in New York Aug. %; w. S
Thomas. Springfield; M. E. Ingalls,. Gin
cinnati; j. J. Lentz, Columbus; NJ. A
Daugherty. Lancaster; S. A. Hoskins
Wapakoneta; C. w. Hughes. Hines.
boro; A. ]. Andrews. GAINESVILLE; w. G
Sharp, Elyria; d. D. Donavan, Napo-
leon; E. H. Moore, Youngstown.
Joseph w. Ripley has been selected
by Chief Engineer John F. Stevens, OF
10 Tgt n mi ra yyNic tn
struct the canal locks. He will be
known as Principal Assistant Engineer
and will be in full charge of plans and
construction Of locks and of the regu-
lating works and such other matters as
Mr.. Stevens may see fit to turn over tC
him. Mr.. Ripley is now in charge OF
the 500 Canal locks. For the first few
months he will probably be in the Unit.
ed States most of the time preparing
plans.
Rear-Admiral Charles Train diod al
Chefoo, China. of Bright's disease, Aug
8. He had been Commander int Chief
Of the Asiatic Station since Sept. IS
1904. He was born in Massachusetts
graduated from the Naval Academy in
1861, and saw much service during the
war Of the rebellion. All told, he had
over 10 years active service at sea and
gether As years In the Navy. He reached
the rank of Rear-Admiral Sept IS
1904. During the Spanish-Americar
War he commanded the Prairie. one OF
the patrol ships assigned to the defense
of the North Atlantic coast. During the
Russo-Japanese War he had important
duty in preserving neutrality in the
Oriental waters.
Herbert Compton, the English novelist
and biographer, committed suicide al
sea Aug. 8. while on a journey to the
Island of Madeira.
Charles P. Neill, who came into Ma
tional reputation as the Presidents per-
sonal representative in investigating the
Chicago packing-houses, has been
named as Acting Secretary of the De-
partment of Commerce and Labor dur
ing the absence of Secretary Metcalf on
his vacation in California.
still alive. has assumed the title OF
that there is a genuine Baron and
Baroness de BazuS in Bavaria.
Maj.-Gen. Macarthur, U. S. A, re-
turned to San Francisco Aug. 8, after
an absence of 1S months in the Orient,
and at once took command of the Pa
cffic Division, relieving Maj.-Gen. A. w.
Greedy, who assumes charge Of the
Northern Division, with headquarters at
St. Louis. AS Gen. Corbin will retire
next month, it is likely that Gen. Mac
Arthur will be promoted to Lieutenant
General, but he will continue to COM
mand one of the great military divisions
of the country. Gen. Macarthur was
sent to the Orient to observe the war
there, and after the conclusion of the
struggle made visits of inspection to the
military posts in China, Japan and Hin
dustan.
The friends and admirers of the late
Rev. William Henry Harrison Murray.
the Boston clergyman who gained Ma
tional reputation as Adirondack" MUIR
ray by his writings on those mountains,
have formed an association to preserve
his homestead at Guilford, Conn, erect
a monument over his grave and repub-
lish his works.
The Executive Committee to manage
the reception in New York to William
J. Bryan has been made up of Edward
Murphy, Jr.. of Troy, n. Y; ex-Gov.
Garvin, of Rhode Island; Clifford
Breckinridge. of Arkansas: James H.
Lewis. of Chicago. and ex-senator Da-
vid B. Hill. of New York.
The remains of Col George Croghan
who made the heroic defense of Fort
Stephenson on Aug. 2, 1913, were
brought from Locust Grove, KY, and
reinterred on the scene of his victory
near Fremont O., on the anniversary