The National tribune., 1906-03-15

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| Brighten. Edward Wellman Ser
| rell,. a civil engineer, who attained to
| one Of the first places in his profession
| as the constructor of the Hoosac Tun-
| mel and who also obtained high rank
as military engineer by the construc-
ton or the Swamp Angel Battery in
| front of Charleston, is now lying in
an infirmary on Staten Island, to which
he was admitted as a free patient. He
came there last October. All the money
| that he made by his great railway and
bridge jobs is gone, lost in unwise ven-
lures. and he has nothing to support
| him but petty pension. Gen. SerreN
WAS born in New York City in 1925
and bred civil engineer, for which
profession he showed great ability, and
when he was but 81 was sent by the
| Government as q member of party
of engineers to survey the Isthmus Of
Panama. He went all over. the promi-
| nent routes, and also laid out a route
| of his own between San Bias and Pearl
Island Harbor, which he firmly held
to be the cheapest and best of all. He
| surveyed the route for the Panama
| Railroad, and then came back to this
| country to superintend the construc-
ton of the Niagara Suspension Bridge.
! During the next few years he made
rapid progress to the front of his pro-
fession, but gave 1T all up at the out
| break OF the war to enter the army
In September, 1851, he began the or
| ganization of the list N. Y. Engineers
also called Serrelrs Engineers, and be-
| came Colonel of the regiment. He re-
manned in service until the close of the
| war, and took part in 1875 engagements
| He was Chief Engineer Of the Tenth
| Corps, and then became Chief Engineer
| of the Department of the South. He
| did a great work in devising the sys-
| tenn of parallels by which Fort Wag-
ner was finally taken, after the first
| assault had demonstrated that that
| method Of attack was hopeless. He
also built the battery by which Fort
! Sumter was battered to ruins over the
| head of Fort Wagner. Then he built
the famous Swamp Angel to lombard
| Charleston, managing to get q founda-
ton for his 300-pound gun in 20 feet
OF mud. The remains Of the Swamp
Angel are now set up in Trenton. N.
| j., as q monument Three times Goa
gress passed him vote Of thanks. and
| gave him the privilege of the floor in
| both Houses. In 1848 he married Miss
Jane Pound and they had four chill
dren, two Of whom are living. The
daughter is married to a Captain in
| the Army and the son lives in Paris.
Upon learning OF his condition a num-
Der Of the Geperars friends went ac-
| lively to work to induce Congress to
do something to make a proper provi-
| sion for the last days of the old hero.
A bill will probably be put through
giving him some form Of relief.
| Francis Burton Harrison has return
ed to New York from a trip to Pan
| anna, where he spent a week carefully
| inspecting everything. He says that
| istic to the administration as a citizen
| and a Democrat, and believed in the
| charges against the management.
| While in Panama he talked with al
most everybody Of importance on the
| Isthmus, both American and foreign,
and inside and outside of the Govern
ment service. He has come to the
| conclusion that the work is being eff
| GENTLY and honestly done. There is,
| of course, ground for minor criticisms,
but these are SO trivial as to not affect
the execution Of the great purpose in
the best way possible. There has not
been much actual progress in digging,
| but the work Of thorough preparation
has been we'll done. The jungle has
been cleared away. good houses and
| hospitals have been fitted up and the
| yellow-fever mosquito has been COM
pletely banished which is a great tri-
| umph for the American management.
He feels that the main mistake that
| we have made was in assuring the
Panamans that we had no intention
upon the Zone. We should have SOW
ereign rights there, and should also
take over the cities of Panama and
| Aspinwall
| It is regarded as significant that the
Republicans of the Eighth Congress
sional District of Ohio in convention
| at Bellefontaine to renominate Repre-
sentative Ralph Cole, passed resolu-
| tons strongly approving Of President
Roosevelt and Mr.. Cole. but ignoring
| Senator's Dick and Foraker.
| Peter Duryea, the well-known race
horse breeder, has been defending a
| suit brought against him by Sarah
Madden. who claimed $4,000 damages
| for breach of promise. Mr.. Duryea
was secretly married last August to
| Viola Allen. The trial created a great
| deal Of sensation, but it's abrupt ter
| mination was even more sensational.
1t was suddenly stopped by the dec
| laration of the plaintiffs attorneys that
| they would not go on with the trial.
| but there was more than q hint that
If there were further proceedings there
would be development of some ex-
ceedingly crooked performance in
Memphis for the beating Of Lou Dill
Ion. Apparently Mr.. Duryea feared
! this, and in some way managed to Sc
4 cure a stoppage OF. the suit While
racing men are all more or less I'M
scrupulous and will do substantially
anything to win. yet each of them has
a certain well-defined limit as to what
he will permit himself to do. He Is
| fearful of passing this and losing his
| standing among his fellow-grafters.
i This seems to have been the case with
| Mr.. Duryea.
All Of the papers in Buffalo. without
regard to party, express their great
qualification over the reappointment of
Col. Charles A. Orr as Pension Agent
at that city.