The National tribune., 1907-10-10

The usually well-informed Marquise
de Fontenoy drifted into a number of
errors In the obituary notice of the late
Earl of Dunmore, who, 1t was reported,
commanded blockade runners and
served on the staff of Gen. r. q. Lee for
the closing year of the war. As mat
ter of fact. the Earl of Dunmore did
nothing of the kind. He was at the
time of the war Lieutenant in the
Queens Life Guards, and came to this
country in search of adventure. He did
not command the Nashville at any time,
but while he was in Charleston the
Nashville made a sensational passage
thru our blockade. and Lord Dunmore.
or. as he then described himself, Mr.
Murray" begged for her flag as a SOU
venir Heidi not stay in this country
long. but took passage outward on a
blockade runner which was captured
by one of our vessels. When he SaW
that capture was inevitable he tried 20
save his precious souvenir by wrapping
It around his body. He told the officers
of the cruiser that he was a british
subject but his possession of the flag
was too strong evidence against him,
and he was sent to Fort Lafayette as a
prisoner. Then ensued some froEy
business with the British Legation,
which demanded the release of the I:arl
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Life Guards. The commander of Fort
Lafayette denied that he held any SUCH
prisoner and the State Department had
some trouble to convince him that Mr
Murray with flag around his body vas
on the other side of the water The Ear,
of Dunmore and an officer in the
Queens Guards. His release was final
" secured. and he went back to Eng
land, having had all the adventure 'h;:t
he cared for.
Gen. Charles E. Furlong, of New
York. died at Portland, Me-, sept. 20.
He had been in Maine on his vacation.
He was taken il with diabetes on July
4, and had been growing steadily worse
ever since Gen. Fur1ong died a bach
elor His death brings to close the
remarkable and picturesque career OF
a soldier, traveller and phiianthropist
The personal estate that he leaves is
estimated at 100000 SO far as known
he had not a relative on earth. During
the civil war Gen. Furlong served on
the staff of Gen. Grant, and became a
fast friend OF the Grant family and
warm personal friend of Gen. Grant
1t is reported that because of his init
macy with the Grant family much ni
his property has been left to the chill
dren of Gen. Fred d. Grant and Mrs
Nellie Grant Sartoris.
canon Henry B. Bryan, Archdeacon
of Queens and Nassau Counties. n. Y,
is to give up his duties with the Long
Island Diocese to accept the commits
sion of Archdeacon of Panama and
Vfcar-General of the Panama Canal
Zone and adjacent sections. On his
arrival at Panama, about NV /, he
will virtually take the position of Bishop
of the Isthmus of Panama, the Canal
Zone and one-half of the United States
Of Colombia, having all the powers of
4 Bishop with the exception of ordina-
lion and confirmation. The first work
of the Archdeacon will be the estab-
Eshment of Episcopal churches under
American supervision, for the benefit Of
the 10000 Americans there.
A veteran has passed away at Gov
ernor's Island, N. Y, who numbered
among his friends nearly every living
officer of the Army. He was Abraham
Rrokaw, better known as Abe" who
was for nearly 80 years one Of the
eadauarter messengers of the Gener-
ais commanding the Department of the
East He was a jealous G. A. r. man.
His death resulted from pneumonia He
was buried with military honors on the
Island.
The Rev. George Boardman Taylor,
we'll known thruout the country for his
missionary work in Italy. died at Rome
Oets-3 He was born in Richmond, Va,
Dec 27, 1892, entered the ministry and
beeame~@Cha plain to Gen. Stonewail
jackson during the war. After the war
he was a member of the faculty of the
University of Virginia, and then held
pastorates at Baltimore and Staunton.
He went to italy 33 years ago, and made
astonishing headway for his church
there, founding several churches and
schools. and becoming a member OF
King Humbert's intimate circle.
Capt Oberlin NJ. Carter, who was
sentenced to serve five years in the mil
ltary. prison at Leavenworth, Kan, on
the charge of conspiring with Greene
and Gaynor, to defraud the Government
OF nearly $4,000. 900. has been appointed
consulting engineer of the East Florida
Coast Railway, at large salary.
Col. Charles S. Parrish, of Wabash
Ind. who was Lieutenant-Colonel of the
sth Ind. and Colonel of the both Ind,
committed suicide Sept. "a by taking
morphine.
Gov Johnson of Minnesota, made
q formal statement last week that he
Is not and has not been candidate for
President He also states that he knows
that w. ]. Bryan is and has been can
didate for that honor for the past three
months