The National tribune., 1906-08-16
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dacy of Lewis Emery, Jr., Fusionist, for
Governor of Pennsylvania. The deCi-
sion was left to him. and 1t Is adverse to
the hopes of the Fusionists. Castle is
the man who created such furor in
politics last Fall by his charges Of
crookedness, which resulted in the fail
ure of the Enterprise Bank and the
election of w. H. Berry, Democrat. as
State Treasurer. By his decision the
Fusionists lose $4,000 votes In the State.
Castle will accept the nomination for
Governor himself. and will stump the
State from end to end this Fall
Senator La Toilette, OF Wise rnsin,
says that Bryan will be the next presi
dent unless Roosevelt consents to run
again.
The Illinois papers are making much
of the decision of the Pension Bureau
that the youngest soldier Is an Illinois
man. Lyston d. Howe, who now lives
at Streator. He first enlisted at the age
of 10 years. nine months and eight days
in the 55th Ill. as a musician, but was
discharged on account of extreme
youth. He re-enlisted Feb. IL, 1862.
and was mustered out Nov. 81, 1865.
Howe has been for some years a hard
ware merchant at Streator. HI. He and
w. II. Livermore were chums, and Liv-
ermore, who is now a proof-reader in
the Government Printing Office at
Washington, d. c., lost leg at Atlanta.
and Howe helped carry him off the
field.
Capt. o. C. Merriman died at Mime
apolis. Aug. 2, at the age of 79 years.
He was born in New York, graduated
from the Gouverneur Wesleyan Semi
nary, entered upon the practice of the
law and went to Minneapolis in 1859,
when the present city was known as ST.
Anthony's Falls. He was elected Mayor
in April, 1861, and was active in organ
izing troops for the first call. Later he
enlisted in Co. B, 9th Mimi, and Served
three years In that organization with a
high record for gallantry, but he was
compelled to resign on account of fall
Ing health. He returned to the practice
of the law, going into partnership with
William Lochren; was elected Mayor of
st. Anthony. and in 1867 became Treas
urer and General Manager of the Mis-
sissippi and Rum River Boom Com
pany. Later he retired from this to
engage in the lumber business, from
which he withdrew in 1891.
Maj. Joseph Mcdowell. for sc years
business manager of the Cincinnati En-
quirer. died in Chicago last week from
heart disease following a long illness.
He was 73 years old. His father was
Gen. Joseph Mcdowell, former member
of Congress.
Mai. William B. Schofield, Paymaster
in the Regular Army. son of the late
Lieut.-Gen. Schofield. u. s. A, retired
shot and killed himself at San Fran
cisco, Aug. 8. He was on leave of alb
sence on account of i'll health, and in
explanation of the suicide it is said that
he feared an attack of locomotor ataxia,
and that he would become a burden to
his wife. He left a note addressed to
Whom II may concern" reading: This
is deliberate suicide. No one is to blame
but me-" Maj. Schofield contracted
dysentery in the Philippines, and went
to Japan early in the year. Not i'm
proving rapidly. he came to San Fran
cisco last April. and entered the Gem
eral Hospital at the Presidio. Just be-
fore he sailed from Nagasaki he was
informed by cable of his fathers death
in Florida. After spending some time
in the General Hospital he became
somewhat improved, and was granted
a three months leave of absence. Maj.
Schofield was 46 years of age, and for
merly was a teller in the Nevada Ma
tional Bank. OF San Francisco. and also
for a time in the New York branch of
the bank. He served through the Phil
ippine and the Pekin campaigns. Two
years ago he was married in the Phil
ippines to Miss Laura Eagar. He has
one brother, Richmond. Major and
Quartermaster in the Army, who is at
present stationed in Manila. and a sis
ter. Mrs. w. d. Andrews, the wife of an
attorney in Philadelphia.
Bugler John Martin, the sole sur
vivor of the Custer massacre. is now a
ticket chopper at the 103d Street Sta
II
a bugIer for % of the 80 years he serv-
ed in the Regular Army. and has in his
possession General Order signed by
Gen. w. T. Sherman, stating that John
Martin was the sole survivor of the
Custer massacre. He was with the Reno
column up to the day before the battle,
and then was sent to Gen. Custer. When
Custer saw how badly he was Outnum-
bered he orderd Martin to ride for his
life to Maj. Reno with orders to attack
vigorously on his side. At the Court of
Inquiry Martins testimony helped
greatly to clear Maj. Reno of the
charges against him. The last time
that he blew his bugle officially was
when he was sent to West Point to-
sound taps over the remains of Gen.
Custer, which were reinterred at that
place. Maj. Gibson. of the New York
Street Cleaning Department. was a
VI IN u ~ Sds.,
in the Sitting Bull campaign, and Sc
cured the position of ticket chopper for
Bugler Martin. who was retired some
years ago on $50 month pay. The
Interborough Railway Company pays
him $45 a month, so that he has a good
living assured him, but it is monOtonOus
work from o'clock in the morning un-
til in the evening.
Capt William Henry Bunting, one of
the few surviving members of the crew
of the Confederate fronclad Merrimac
during the naval engagement in Hamp-
ton Roads between that vessel and the
Ericsson monitor during the civil war,
died at the Norfolk Protestant Hospital,
July 13. following an operation. He was
u leading Virginia truck grower.
F. E. Coyne, the one-time Postmaster
of Chicago and a leader in politics. hasi
filed voluntary petition in bankruptcy.
1t is claimed that the embezzlement of
a large amount of money by an emploSe
while Mr.. Coyne WAS Postmaster
brought about his bankruptcy.
Col. James Resan, who was com
manding officer of the Fighting 9th l.
S." died at Manila June %. AID his