The National tribune., 1906-04-12


enlisted in the 5th Wis. one of the
lighting regiments" and was promot-
ed to Corporal and Sergeant Major. In
September, 1868, he received an APP
pointment to West Point from South
Carolina. and graduated four years
later at head of his class. He reached
the grade of Lieutenant-Colonel in jan
uary, 1904, and was for term Engi-
neer-Commissioner for the District of
Columbia. where he made q wide circle
of acquaintances. He retireS on ac-
count of ill health.
Capt. George E. O'Neal, who be-
longed to the 30th Ohio. is now living
in retirement in Steubenville, o. He
was for many years a pilot of the first
class on the Ohio River. When volun-
teers were called for to take the trans
ports past the batteries of Vicksburg
Lieut.. ONeal and nine men from his
company were accepted and took
charge OF the steamer Silver Wave, in
which they made the trip successfully
only one shot striking the boat. After
the army made its crossing at Grand
Gulf Comrade O'Neal. with his men,
rejOined his regiment in the rear OF
ne VI SiS Ollt VI tilc StltCltu
storming party of $50 men on May %.
and succeeded in planting the flag Of
the goth Ohio on the rebel fortilica-
tions. In this engagement he was struck
four times. but all were flesh wounds.
Ex-senator Thomas Kearns. of Utah
with some other managers of the King
Mining Company, has been sued for
5000, 900 for unlawfully taking ore, and
it is possible that other claims will
to-
of dollars.
Mrs. Mary SeIz. of Washington Town
ship, Morrow County, o.. was left a
widow three years ago with three small
| children and nothing to support the
family but an old-fashioned grist mill
upon which was mortgage. She was
then SO years old. She tool. hold of
the mill, has managed it most success
| fully and does most of the work her
self, only hiring assistance in the very
busiest season.
Representative Hull has given notice
of suit against George L. Dobson. his
competitor for the Congressional nomi-
| nation, because Dobson declared in
opening his campaign that Hull had
used the Office for his personal enrich
ment; that he was in league with
Rockefeller and Wall Street, and had
| corruptly used money to secure his
| denomination two years ago. Capt. Hull
says he does not propose to make any
| reply TO these charges, expecting an
! appeal TO the courts to do him justice.
Hon. Allen Smalley, formerly COM
4 Ind ipnv -,
| Ohio politics and the G. a. r., died near
BIoomdale. o., April 6. of pneumonia.
| The affairs of Zion have eliminated
| in the unanimous action OF those in
authority TO Oust the Reincarnated
| Elijah, John Alexander Dowie. from all
munity. The news was communicated
to Dowie in a telegram which accused
him of extravaganza. hypocrisy. mis-
representations. cxaggerations, tyranny
| injustice. polygamous teachings and un-
endurab squanderinS of the communi-
tvs money. This dispatch was signed
by Wilbur Glen Volira. General Over
seer; William Hammer Piper. Overseei
| for Chicago; Harry Eugene Cantel
Overseer for United Kingdom: Harvey
| D. Braseiield. Vice President Zion Uai-
versity; Overseer John Excel. General
Ecclesiastical Secretary. and John q
Speicher. Overseer for Zion City
Dowic protested. and sent telegram
jeposng Voliva, but this was treated
with contempt, and he was Informed il
he resisted at all that exposures would
| be made which would blast him for
ever. 1t is asserted that Dowie squan-
dered S1,000.000 belonging to the COM
munity. and that he reduced thousands
to suffering by his mismanagement. His
wife and son have turned against hin:
Mrs. Dowie says that she has had an
awful time for two years, and frequent
ly called upon her husband to repent
and tell the people how he had wronged
| them. Gladstone Dowie is said to be
ready to make startling revelations. All
| of the household effects of Shiloh
| House, including Dowie's horses, car
riages, library and even his bed, have
been taken. The physicians say that
he is very sick from paralysis, dropsy
and pulmonary troubles.
| Col. Edward NJ. Mobiey died at Ha-
gerstown, Md, Of paralysis, aged 81
He was born in Frederick and was the
son of a man who served as drummer
| in the War of 1912. He was one of the
| loyal Marylanders of the mountain re-
gion, and raised company for the eth
Nd, of which regiment he became Ma
| jor and brevet Lieutenant Colonel. The
9TH Md. belonged to the famous Mary
land Brigade, which served in the
| Eighth Corps, Armies of the Shenan-
doah and West Virginia. until July
| 1868, when it was assigned TO the Army
1 of the Potomac, finally bringing up in
| the Fifth Corps. The regiment was
! terribly shattered in the lighting in the
Wilderness and at Spotsyivania.
The death at Portland. Ore. of Lieut.
Col. Theodore j. Eckerson, U. S. A.,
retired. takes from the Army list pos
sibly the man of longest service upon
it. Col. Eckerson enlisted in 1888 in
the Sd u. s.. and during the next 10
years of service was promoted to Cor
poral. Sergeant and First Sergeant. He
| had in the meanwhile transferred to
| the artillery, and was appointed Mill
| tary Storekeeper in the Ordnance De-
| partment. In 1865 he was commission
! ed Captain and A. Q. NJ. and in 1885,
| having reached the age of 64, was re-
| tired Major and Onartprma q