The National tribune., 1906-09-27
PEOPLE.

Mrs. Marion Wallace Owens Vail diea
at st. Louis last week. She had quite
vivid experience during the war. She
was an ardent Southern sympathizer
and served for while as a volunteer
nurse to the wounded and sick Confed-
crates captured at Fort Donelson. She
afterwards followed this work I'D into
other prisons. but became too active in
assisting the prisoners to escape, for
which she was banished from St. Louis.
Lieut.. Commander Charles F. Stokes
In charge of the Naval hospital at San
Juan, Porto Rico. has brought suit for
$4,000 damages against Henry ],
Dooley for publishing stories derDga-
tory to him. Lieut.. Commander Stokes
was President Roosevelt's physician for
three years.
There has been much talk of Post
master-General Cortelyou as a Repuo-
lican candidate for Governor of New
York, but he told the newspaper men
that he was Postmaster-GeneraI and
engaged only in improving the postal
service. When he was a candidate for
anything else he would let them know.
For the first time in eight years Ex-
Senator David B. Hill did not have
place on the list of delegates to the
Democratic State Convention. This in
dicates that his retirement from poll
tics is fixed fact.
Thomas F. Bayard, of the Whining
ton delegation, and son of the late Sena-
tor of the same name, has been elected
Chairman of the Democratic State Com
mittee. He is Secretary of the Anti
Bribery League of Delaware, and his
election as Chairman indicates that the
Anti-Bribery League and the Demo-
cratic Party will work together in the
coming election.
Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Chichester.
who commanded the British squadron
at Manila during the Spanish-American
War, died at Gibraltar, Sept II, OF
pneumonia. He was particularly dis
tinguished for the ability with which he
managed the sea transport service dur
ing the South African war. He con-
veyed a quarter of million men more
than 1000 miles by sea in the most
effective way. Americans will remem-
ber him with affection for the stand
that he took with Admiral Dewey dur
ing the Spanish-American war when he
presented a firm front to the German
AdmiraPs bluff. and favored the Amer
leans as far as a neutral possibly could.
letter from Mrs. Elizabeth Adams
Nye gives a melancholy report OF the
condition Of her husband, Gen. George
Henry Nye. whom she says is wholly
not been able to dress himself for q
year. He Is getting only a miserable
pension Of $3.50. which is difficult to
make sufficient. Few men have a bet
ter record than Gen. Nye, who enlisted
In 1861 in the LIST Me-, became a Cap
tain in the 10th Me. and then in the
2sth Me-, and finally Colonel of the lat
ter regiment. He was brevetted Brig
adier-General and Major-General for
gaflantry and faithful service
Bishop Leighton Coleman. of the
Episcopal Diocese of Delaware, has just
completed walking trip along the Sus-
quehanna River and through the Cum
berland Valley, in Pennsylvania and
Maryland, during which he covered 210
miles in 10 days. The Bishop. who Is
one Of the most noted divines In the
United States, travelled incognito. 1t II
his custom every year to take trip Of
this nature during his Summer vaca.
tion. Last year, when he made a tour
Of the Holy Land and other parts OF
continental Europe, was the first time
that he missed the pedestrian Journey
for many years. The Bishop always
travels alone ana keeps his identity .
secret. In fact, he win not reveal hia
route. sithsr before or after the trip.