The National tribune., 1906-03-08
PEOPLE.

| Ex-President Cleveland has sold his
farm lying a short distance outside of
| Princeton. He bought the farm soon
| after going there to live, and intended
to make 1t an industrial farm for poor
boys. Phe project proved failure.
Comrade John T. Duff. editor Of the
| Index, Newcomerstown, o., has incurred
| the hatred Of the tough element of his
| town by a vigorous campaign that he
| has been making for decency and order.
| These scoundrels have taken their re-
| venge by smashing plate-glass windows
and otherwise injurfng the property Of
| the Index and of the residences of the
| better class of citizens, who have backed
up Comrade Duff The Town Council
has offered a reward of $500 for the
apprehension of the miscreants, and
| bloodhounds were brought from Dayton
| to put upon their track.
The term of Senator J. H. Willard, Of
Nebraska will expire March 3, 1907.
and he is a candidate for reelection
Attorney-General Norris Brown an
| nOunceS himself as a candidate against
him, and that he will not be candi-
| date for reelection as Attorney-Gen-
| eral. Brown claims to already have a
| half dozen Counties south of the Platte
and the whole North Platte region with
in the vicinity of Omaha.
| The family of James w. Alexander,
exPresident of the Equitable Life AS
| surance Co, announce that he has un-
| dergone two operations. His recovery
| is SO certain that he will probably be
out of doors within month.
Arthur Dixon, president of the Dixon
Transfer Co, of Chicago, has been
awarded a gold medal for A years
| continuous attendance at the Sunday
| school of the First Methodist Church.
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teacher Of a Bible class of young men
known as Stranger Class, among whom
have been some very prominent men.
serg't T. P. Morris, who now resides
at New Rockford, is claimed to be the
oldest enlisted man of the Regular
| Army alive. He was born on shipboard
| in the Indian Ocean in November, 1928,
of Scotch parents, and came to this
country in 1852, when he enlisted in
the Army and became almost at once
| a Drill Sergeant on Bedloe's Island. His
| next service was in fighting the Apaches
in Texas, and he re-enlisted seven times.
He has letters from a number of his
officers giving him high praise for his
soldiership. He was appointed Ord
nance-Sergeant in 1870, and retired on
full pay in May, 1885, when he took up
a homestead near his present residence.
He married in 1864, and has six living
children. He walks very erect and
sprightly, reads without spectacles, and
is in good health. He is an active Ma
son and Odd Fellow, and has been Drill
Master for the knights Of Pythias.
The Governor of New York has de-
cided that Hudson whose explorations
Of the State were so important, was an
Englishman, and consequently his name
| was Henry in place of Hendrick, as Is
| usually given. A contract has been
found between him and the Dutch East
India Company in which he is called
Henry Hudson, Englishman, and the
signature to this is Henry and not Hen
drick.
Ralph f. Sampson, son OF the late
Rear-Admiral, has been a student at
the Naval Academy and in the second
class, but he became fearful that he
would not be able to pass, and rendered
his resignation, which was accepted by
the Secretary in the ordinary routine
of business Young Simpsons friends
have interested themselves, however,
and the President has reappointed him
in order to give him another chance to
graduate. .r,
Gen. William l.. Distin, SurveyOr-Gen-
eral and Secretary of Alaska, is vet
eran of the civil war and Past Com
mander Of the Department of Illinois,
G. A. r. He was member of Co. c,
| 18th Iowa. and had dismal experience
at Andersonville. He recently contrib
uted to the Sitka Cablegram a very in
teresting and gratifying report of the
progress of Alaska and it's rapid devel-
Opment.
Mrs Margaret Curtin, a noted slum
worker of Chicago, died Feb. 10, at the
age Of SIS. She had been d member of
the Illinois State Board of Charities for
years, and had not only devoted her
time to charity, but spent literally of
har m q
tressed and comforting those in trouble.
She never would accept contributions,
and was a familiar figure at the jails
and elsewhere where she felt that she
could be Of service with her baskets Of
flowers and lunches.
Maj. c. E. Gillette, OF the Engineer
Corps, has been having some years of
rather warmer water than he likes He
went to Savannah to investigate the
misdoings of Capt. O. M. Carter, and
did the work bravely and thoroughly,
but met with social ostracism from
Savannah society, since, many OF it's
leading members were more or less In
volved in those frauds. He and his
wife were treated with actual Insult. At
the request of many prominent Phila-
delphians he was given a leave Of alb
sence from the Army to take charge of
the Filtration Plant, that was the SUBJ
ject OF colossal scandals, and there he
In addition to this there Is a strong
| feeling in the Army against the policy
of permitting Engineer officers, who are
educated at the expense Of the Govern
ment and are needed in its work, from
absenting themselves from the service.
| 1t is claimed in the Army that it is un-
fair to the other officers, who stay at
their posts and follow the routine of
duties, often monotonous and unpleas-
ant, to have officers given soft billets
with high pay and yet retain their right
| of promotion.
Maj. Gillette has solved the problem
| by resigning his commission in the
Army and accepting the appointment of
Chief Engineer OF the Filtration Blu
reau, position which pays $4,000 a
year. The resignation came as a sur
prise to everybody and particularly to
the War Department. The work upon
| which he is engaged is the construction
of system which will filter $40. 600, 900
gallons of water in "a hours and will
cost, when finished, about $25.000,000.
1t is on the cards to make Repre-
sentative e. B. Vreeland Chairman Of
the New York Republican Committee.
and this is acceptable to the President,
| though not to Senator Platt The lat
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