The National tribune., 1906-04-05

| SOl. fbdluWlIl, VI Tic
gineer and Artillery Regiment Of the
| Continental Army.
The military reservation at North
| Coronado Island, near San Diego, Cal,
has been named Fort Pho Pico in honor
! of Governor of California under the
| Mexican sovereignty.
The late Gen. Hawley, Senator from
| Connecticut, has had battery at Fort
| Baldwin, Me-, named after him.
First Lieut.. John Hitchcock, 18th U.
s., who was killed at Murfreesboro, is
honored by having n battery named
after him at Fort Strong, Mass.
Col. Curran Pope, 18th KY, who was
| killed at Perryville, is honored by hav-
ing battery named after him at Fort
Revere, Mass.
Battery Sanford Kellogg at Fort
Banks, Mass, is named in honor of
Col. Sanford C. Kellogg, who served
with distinction in the Army of the
Cumberland.
Battery Samuel Spear, at Fort Hamil-
| ton, Y. Y, is in memory of Gen. Samuel
p. Spear Colonel of the 11th Pa. Cav.
The memory of Maj.-Gen. Alexander
Mcdowell McCook is preserved in Bat
terry Alexander McCook at Fort Han
cock, n. J.
Brig-Gen. George Ruggles, who was
Meade's Acknowledgement, and after
ward Adjutant-General, U. S. A, is
honored by the name, Battery George
Ruggles, conferred upon a work at Fort
Monroe, Va.
Battery John Rawlins, Fort Flagler,
| Wash, is named in honor of Maj.-Gen.
John A. Rawlins, who was Grants
| Chief f-of-Staff and Secretary of War.
| Raffprv panl Fort Fla pler-
| Wash, is SO named in honor of Brig
Gen. Paul j. Revere, Colonel, goth
Mass, who died of wounds received at
Gettysburg.
Brig.-Gen. William S. Worth, who
| made a high reputation in the Mexican
War. is honored by the name. Battery
William Worth, at Fort Casey, Wash.
Gen. E. NJ. McCook is in a hospital
| in Chicago for treatment of his eyes.
He is suffering from glaucoma of the
right eye, and is threatened with loss
of sight of the left. Gen. McCook was
born in Ohio, and appointed a Second
Lieutenant in the 1st u S. Cav. in
May, 1861. He became Major of the
| I'd Ind. Cav, and rose to the rank of
| its Colonel, and was appointed a Brig
adier-General of Volunteers April 81,
1864. He received a brevet of First
Lieutenant for Shiloh, Captain for
Perryville, Major for Chickamauga,
Lieutenant-Colonel for East Tennessee,
| Colonel for Selma and Brigadier- Cen
eral for gallant and meritorious service
during the war. He has a host of old
friends who will be panied to learn of
| his troubles.
Judge Charles w. Thomas, of Belle
vile, ILL.,, who was nominated by the
| Republicans for Supreme Judge of IL
| linois from the First District, died in
the hospital last week from an opera
| ton. He was born in 1910 In Jackson
County; graduated from the Urbana
University in 1861, and enlisted in the
| celebrated Fremont Body Guard, COM
manded by Maj. Zagonyi. Later he
raised n battery, and served with it
until wounded at Prairie dan. Judge
| Thomas was a personal friend of Pres
ident Roosevelt, and highly regarded
all over the State.
Mr.. Henry c. Ide, who is acting Gov
ernor-General of the Philippines in the
absence of Gov. Wright, will formally
| assume the duties of Governor General
April 2 next and will serve in that ca
pacity until Sept IT next, when he Will
| be succeeded by Gen. J. F. Smith, of
| California. a member of the Philippine
Commission, now away on leave of abb
Sence.
in the National Encampment at Min
neapolis will be of unusual interest, as
| he was one of the $50 delegates to the
first Convention which organized the
| G.. A. r. Col. McCord is a charter
member of John A. Rawlins Post, of
Minneapolis, and gave the Post its
name. He went into the army in the
66th ILL.,. and then became Lieutenant
| Colonel of the 1st Ala. (Colored), which
was subsequently changed to the 55th
u. S. c. T. He claims that it was the
| first regiment of colored soldiers to be
mustered in by the authority of the
| War Department. Comrade McCord is
trying to bring about a Reunion at
Minneapolis of the McCord family of
six brothers, who served through the
war, making a credit to the family of
II years service. during which time
they participated in 29 great battles.
All of the brothers are alive, and met
at the National Encampment at Chi
cago.
| There are prospects of lively fight
in the courts of Carlisle, Pa, over an
estate left by Miss Minerva White, who
| is said TO have come from an excellent
| Virginia family. Disappointed In love,
she went to Cumberland County, Pa,
and took an obscure position as toll
gate keeper at Mount Holly. She filed
|
died, at the age of 76. The Republican
leader of Cumberland County, Col.
| Charles II. Mullen, and his family were
very kind to MinervG, and supposing
her to be absolutely penniless constant
ly did things which they thought would
promote her comfort and happiness.
She never allowed any person inside
/ her rooms, and after her death, when
a search was made, sums of money
were found stored in all sorts OF hooks
1 bushel Of silver and nickel coins were
/ secreted. In the attic and in old chests
the searchers discovered faded silk
and satin evening gowns Of great value
magnificent laces and great rolls of
silks hidden away with care. The value
of all these amounted to several thou
| sand dollars. Under the Pennsylvania
law any one who informs the State of
the death of an intestate or one with
out heir is entitled TO large share of
the estate. A young lawyer rushed off
to Harrisburg with a statement of these
effects, but found that he had been
beaten by Col. Mullen by two hours in
| filing a formal notice of Miss Whites
death and estate. The attorneys of
both claimants have filed papers for {:
| suit.
Past Commander-in-C Chief John S.
Kountz celebrated his 18th birthday as
a drummer boy in the 37th Ohio on
the canal dug around Vicksburg He
Is now Secretary and Historian of the
Vicksburg NatioSai Park Commission.
Sunday March 25, was his birthday
| again, and his associates remembered