Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-05-27
EVENING Chat

Seven of the ninety-one campaign
medals issued by the adjutant gen
erafs department for the War Depart
ment to veterans of wars of the United
states come to residents of this city
and vicinity and another one goes to
Colonel Horace l.. Haldeman, of Mari
etta, commissary general of the Ma
tional Guard and well known here.
CoIonel Haldeman is the only one in
the nlnety-one to receive a Civil War
medal The names of those receiving
spanish War medals are John C,
sergeant major at gen.
eral headquarters; Lieutenant Samuel
q. Brommer, Company H. Eighth In
Iantry; George Eckert, battalion major
OF the Eighth Infantry; John f. Dech-
ant, sergeant, Company II, Eighth In
fantry; John A. Dutton and Jerome r.
Miller, of the Governors Troop. and
Herbert f. Fleck. sergeant, of the
sheridan Troop. The troops are in
the second Squadron, of which Major
+. M. OFT is commander.
DeBenneville Randolph Keim, the
veteran newspaperman, who died at
Washington Monday, and whose letters
were a feature of the Telegraph for
several years, was almost the last of
the veteran newspaper correspondents.
lie spent most of his seventy three
years somewhere close to newspaper
Office, having taken to the work at an
early age. AS will be recalled by those
who read the history of the Harris
purg military companies by Charles p.
Meek. recently published in the TeIe-
graph, Mr.. Keim was one of the or
ganlzers OF the First City Zouaves.
He left the command early, however,
to become a correspondent and was
one OF the New York Herald's staff.
General Grant was a close friend of
Mf. helm, who was with him in a
NUMBER OF campaigns, and said that
the neWspaperman had never violated
a confidence. He was for years one of
the leaders among Washington corre-
spondents and an inspector of con-
sulates. on which work he went aroma
the world. He was known for his
historical writings and activities in
patriotic projects.
FROM Nanticoke comes one of the
funniest stories of all the series that
nave followed the primary campaign
parties that recently toured the state
pleadlng Tor votes. 1t appears that the
man put in charge of the arrange
ments for the meeting at which pal
mer and Mccormick were to speak in
Nantlcoke despaired of getting out
anything like a crowd. but he got an
ldea. In Following out the idea he
pew the fire alarm whistle for a box
located about $50 feet away from
Where the candidates were to speak.
The alarm went in just about the time
the meeting was to start and the can
dldates were surprised at the en-
thusiasm, which was duly chronicIed
IN the newspapers. The funniest part
or the fake call to get a. crowd was
that one of the borough firemen in
hustllng to his engine house was bitten
on the leg by dog and intends to
sue the borough. At Lewistown and
Chambersburg it happens that the ar
rival of the Mccormick caravan was
tlmed for Just when court adjourned
Tor lunch. In both cases the automo-
biles were late and the bulk of the
talks. '-io
Few people in this city know that
William B. Rodgers, the eminent
Pittsburgh lawyer who died Monday
was one of the experts of the state on
municipal law. He was one of a com
mission named in 1877 by Hartranft to
coolIy the city laws for the State and
spent much time here. The report
was the start of most of the municipaI
laws. Mr.. Rodgers was an uncle of
Judge Elliott Rodgers and of ]. Frank
lin Rodgers, both we'll known to MANY
residents of this city, and was at one
time law partner of Senator George r
Oliver. His last visit here was two
years ago.
Simon N. Patten. the University of
Fenhsylvan1a professor, who is writing
about the Importance of building q
canal up the Susquehanna to Harris
burg Is one of the professors of the
university we'll known to Harrisburg
graduates. DR.. Patten is a great be-
never IN localizing matters to illus
trate his points and once was plagued
by a student from one of the eastern
counties where German is much
spoken 1t happened that the doctor
was ulscoursing on race traits and the
questloner was asking some questions
about love of dress among some races
He spoke of the French and Chinese
and some others and said that the Ger
mans did not tend much that wav.
belng or frugal nature. I'm from q
German community and some of them
wear pretty gay clothes at times" n1It
In the student. "Yes, and YOU wear an
Easter egg tie to prove the exception
TO the rule fired back the professor,
our SOCKS ought to match your tie,
IL that is possible. And I'll pass YOU
now for the term if you dare 60 home
with that combination"
some expense accounts which ar.
not required by the law are beine
tled at the Capitol. 1t appears that
some men who ran for nominations or
for state committee are of the poinion
that they must burden the files at the
Capitol with their affidavits They are
ming the papers daily and gettfna
them back.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE