The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-02-08
wAsHNeroN c. THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1906

tSDA4, FEBKUAK1 3, 1905.
tinguished gallantry. He was appoint
ed Second Lieutenant In the seth u
s. In 1857, and was q Captain ant
brevet Major when we went on his Arc.
| tic explorations. Upon his return HI
was appointed q Brigadier General b,
President Cleveland, and has held tina
| rank since March 8, 1887. Mai Gen
Greedy is comrade OF the Grand Army
OF the Republic. is in full accord witt
| that organization, and his we'll deserved
promotion will be received with glad
| ness by the comrades all over the coun.
the Southwestern Military Division
with headquarters at Oklahoma City
but will retain that position only a few
| months, until he succeeds Maj.-Gen
Corbin in command OF the Northern
| Division. with headquarters at st. Louis
| An effort is being made to have Mai
| Gen Wade, now In command Of the At
lantic Division. made Lieutenant-Gen
| eral upon the retirement Of Lieut. Gen
Bates in April He would only holt
the Office few days and retire in favor
| of Gen. Corbin, which would make &
vacancy to be filled by the promotion
| of Brighten. j. Franklin Bell. Gen
Wade is q veteran Of the war Of the
| rebellion. He was a son Of Hon. Ber
Wade, Senator from Ohio, and May IA
1861. received a commission as FRS
Lieutenant in the 9Th u. S Cav. the
new cavalry regiment organized under
| the first CALL He served in that regi.
| ment until 1854, when he was made
Lieutenant Colonel of the 9th u. S. G
Cav, of which regiment he became
Colonel, and did a great deal of gooG
service in the Army Of the Ohio in the
operations OF the last year Of the war
| In 1886 he became Major of the 9th
III s. nf ha
q. S. Cav. and was promoted to Briga-
dfer-General in the Regular Army. May
rs, 1897, and to Major-G General April
13, 1903.
Gov. Cobb, Of Maine. finds 1t neces-
| sary to rise and explain. He made a
speech at the banquet Of the Maine So
ciety in New York some months ago
in which he was quoted as saying
Restriction has done more harm to
the people of Maine than all the liquor
ever sold" The National Wholesale
Liquor Dealers Association took this
up and has spread 1t wide. The Gov
ernor denies that he made such re-
mark or said anything that could be
tortured into such meaning.
Gen. Wheeler was irrational at times
for several days before his death, and
at such times he would imagine that he
was in battle and earnestly inquire OF
the nurse when the firing would begin
At a dinner Of the American Insti-
tute of Social Service in New York
Hon. Carroll D. Wright, formerly head
Of the Department of Labor, was the
guest of honor, and was formally pre-
scented with the decoration Of Knight OF
the Order of SIS. Maurizio Lazzaro
This was conferred upon him by the
King Of Italy in recognition Of Col
Wright's work as a political economist
ma "a hU 10
Italian Vice Consul, Count Aldrovandi.
The Order of SIS. MauriZio Lazzaro
is among the oldest in Italy. with no
record of when it was not. The decora-
ton consists of a large Maltese cross
in white enamel and gold with a
wreath of laurel in the center and
carries with it the right to wear the
uniform of the Order. and Chevaliers
of this Order are classified with the
Chevaliers of other Orders in their pre-
cedence at Court functions. Col.
Wright, who has won much fame as
a political economist, served through
the war with the 14th N. H., coming
The United Brethren Church has sus-
tanned a severe loss in the death of
Bishop f. B. Kephart, of Annyille, Pa,
who died of heart-disease Jan. "a,
while on visit to the Indiana Central
College at Indianapolis. He was 70
years old, and had been a Bishop in
the United Brethren Church for &c
years. He was for years President of
the Western College at Toledo. Iowa.
and served several terms in the Iowa
Senate. He had travelled extensively,
and was the author of several books
Senators Foraker and Dick have made
a public declaration in favor of an open
State Convention in Ohio. with all the
candidates running upon their merits
and without reference to any cliques
or factions. The principal office to be
filled is that of Secretary of State, for
which A. G. Comings, of Oberlin, ex-
Speaker of the State House Of Repre-
sentatives, is the leading candidate.
Comings was a candidate for the office
two years ago, but withdrew in order
to permit Secretary Laylin to have a
third term, and is now engaged in MAX
ing a canvass from County to County
for the place.
Isaac Kinley is believed to be the
only living member Of the Indiana
Constitutional Convention of 1851. He
was then living in Henry County,
where the Wing Party was in the ma
jOrity, and was known as a Free SOiler.
He was a young man Of education and
character and quite popular. He was
one of the youngest members of the
Convention, but one of the most in
dustrious and valuable. Though he was
a devoted peace-man he helped recruit
a company for the 36th Ind. and be-
came it's Captain. He was soon pro-
NOTED to Major. and at Stone River
commanded the regiment. In that bat
tie his horse was killed and he was Sc
verely wounded. After the war he
represented Wayne County, in the In
diana Senate, and in the 70's went to
California for the benefit of his wifes
health. While living near Los Angeles
his lameness made him fall. and the
conditions resulting from his wound
produced paralysis of both legs. For
more than six years he has been help
less, with his sole support being a pen
sion Of $50 month. An attempt will
be made to get a special pension bill
through this session of Congress.
Ex-senator Henry G. Davis has
donated lot in Charleston. w. Va,
for a Y. M. c. A. building and started
the subscription for the building with