The National tribune., 1906-09-20
PEOPLE.

Lieut.. r. T.. Treadwen. of the Philip
pine Scouts. was killed Sept / By PuIa-
james six miles south of Barauen. He
was in command of small detachment
Of scouts. whose biyouac was attacked
during the night by 100 Pulaianes
Lieut.. Treadwell was the only man hit
He was one of the Idaho volunteers who
went out to the Philippines at the first
call for volunteers in 1898, being a Ser
geant in Co. III of the Idaho Infantry
In July, 1899. he was appointed First
Lieutenant in the United States Volun-
teers. in the 36th Regiment. and served
| there until he was mustered out and
appointed in 1901 a First Lieutenant in
the Philippine Scouts. He was 81 years
old
Vice President Fairbanks has RETURN
ed to his home in Indianapoiis greatly
pleased over his Western trip, and his
| friends say that there was such an out
pouring of the people at all the places
he visited that his popularity with the
far Westerners is no longer doubtful
1t is said by friends of Mr. Fairbanks
that his campaign IS reaching out into
the West and that he has pledges of
some of the most astute politicians of
that section for support in the National
Convention. He is not as well pleased
with his Eastern prospects
Samuel Gompers. head of the Amerf-
can Federation of Labor has sent word
| that he is going to Connecticut to fight
| the reelection of George +. Lilley. Con-
! gressman-at-iarge. He says that tho
| Federation has decided to open war on
Lilley because he is employed by beef
trust firm. Lilley's plurality two years
ago was $4,000. Charles E. Donohue
| of Derby, has been nominated on the
Democratic State ticket to oppose him.
Donehue is the agent for the American
/ Federation of / a hOr in ('Onnartia,,t
Roy G. Smith. Jr the son of Conn
mander Roy C. Smith, u S. N. was
admitted as a midshipman at Annapo-
lis. last week He is grandson of the
| late Admiral William T. Sampson, and
joins the class to which the two sons of
| that officer now belong. These sons are
Ralph f. Sampson and Harold B. Samp-
SON The former was member of the
previous class. but was turned back,
| The latter has just entered
The Oakland. Cal. papers have ex-
| tended notices of the death of Daniel
| H. Priest one of the most popular
members of the Oakland EIks and a
widely-known travelling man on the Pa
| cific coast. Pop Priest as he was
| familiarly known on the coast. belonged
/ to the st. Paul company of the 1st
Mimi. which met with such Il frightful
loss ut Gettysburg. OF 10 men who
| the company. of whom one was Pop"
| Priest He went to California II years
ago and travelled industriouSIy and con-
| tinuouSiy over the coast, making friends
wherever he went. Some years ago he
| left the road to become manager of the
cigar and tobacco department of 2 large
] drug store. and at the same time began
earnest work to build up the order Of
the Elks in Oakland. and was known as
one of the fathers of the Oakland lodge.
He leaves widow and a daughter, Mrs.
! Peatrice' Priest-Fine. n noted vocalist,
who has achieved much success in New
| York. He is also survived by a son, e.
| Frank Priest. who lives in Oakland.
Samuel Hamm, who had Travelled for
years with the Barnum circus and who
| was at a local museum in Boston. died
Sept IA at his home in Chelsea, aged
! so. He served throughout the war and
afterward rejoined the circus. and was
| known in side show as the Human
| Spider Later he was at Boston
museum as the Living skeleton" Flo
rarely weighed more than 90 pounds.
| The American Institute of Home
opathy. in session at Atlantic City. elect
ed the following officers: President. DR..
| r. B. Hooker. Hartford. Conn; First
| Vice President DIR. James W. Ward,
| Health Commissioner of San Francisco:
I
ly. Fulton. Mo-; Secretary. DIR. Frank
Kraft. Cleveland Treasurer. DR. n.
Franklin Smith, New York: Registrar.
DR.. ]. Fl. Bald. Bay City. Mich: Ne
crologist, DR.. G. B. Kinyon. Ann Arbor.
Mich; member of the Board of CensorS,
! DR.. G. H. Quay, Cleveland.
| The Society of Army Surgeons has
elected the following officers: President.
Col Nalery Havard. L. S. A: First Vice
President. Rear-Admiral Presley NJ.
Rixey. U. S. N. Second Vice President.
| Assistant Surg.-Gen. George T. Vaughn,
U. S. N; Third Vice President. Col. Jo-
seph K. Weaver. National Guard. Penn
| syivania: Secretary. Maj. James EVELYN
| Pitcher. L. S. V. Treasurer Maj. II.
A. Arnold. National Guard. Pennsylva-
mia. and Recorder Capt. J. c. Devries,
National Guard, New York.
Dispatches from Manila announce the
| marriage of Mrs. Carolina Townsend
| Fremont. divorced wife of Mai Francis
| 2. Fremont, L. S. A. and Surg. Frank
| Woodbury., of the Army. who is sta
toned in the Philippines. Mrs Wood
| bury has one son. Francis I. B. Free
mont. now grown. and not many years
younger than her new husband. Young
| Woodbury. was born in Pennsylvania.
and was appointed to the service from
his home State in 1899. Mrs. Fremont
secured a divorce from her husband in
Washington.