THIS STTXHAY UKKGOMAN. POKT1.ANU, jUIjX. 7?7,
LATE COLONEL BUSH FIRST EDITOR TO SUPPORT LINCOLN
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Portland Man, Recently Stricken, Leaves Notable Career as Newspaper Worker, Soldier and Politician Service Had in Mexican and Civil Wars.
COLONEL DANIEL. BROWN BUSH,
who -died in Portland last week,
had a memorable career.
He was the first editor in the United
States to mention Abraham Lincoln's
fitness for President of the United
States. The article was published
February 9, 1860, In the Pike County
Journal, Plttsfield, Illinois. On day
John Nlcolay, who afterwards became
private secretary to Lincoln, dropped
into Colonel Bush's office according to
the story often told by him. Colonel
Bush invited him to write an editorial.
Up to that time Lincoln had been men
tioned for the nomination as Vice
President. The editorial which, Nir.olay
wrote Colonel Vush follows:
For Preeldent, Hon. Abraham Lincoln, sub
ject to the docimlon of the National Re
publican Convention.
We are very confident that we express
the almost unanimous sentiment of the Re
publicans of Pike County in the announce
ment we make at the head of this article
a sentiment founded not only on the per
sonal attachment to and admiration of Mr.'j
Lincoln, but prompted also by a careful
estimate of his qualification, both as to his
ntness and availability to be chosen as the
candidate to be chosen in the coming cam
paign. It Is conceded that the States of
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Indiana and Illi
nois will be the decisive battleground in
the approaching contest, and of these Penn
sylvania and Illinois are the most hopeful
for Republican success. While that Mr. Lin
coln would be as acceptable to the Repub
lican voters of Pennsylvania -as uny man,
whose name has yet been mentioned, we
know he Is beyond comparison the strong
est man for the State of Illinois. We do not
state this as mere speculation the fact Is
susceptible of demonstration by figures, dive
us Lincoln as the candidate and we can
promise the electoral vote of Illinois for
the Republicans as a sure result. It is due
to the growing Interest and power of the
West that the National Republican Conven
tion shall give her a candidate on the
Presidential ticket, And to no man in the
West does the honor more pre-eminently
belong than to Lincoln. From the introduc
tion of the Nebraska bill to the present
time, he has fought the extension of slavery
as the champion chosen and pitted against
the great apostle of popular sovereignty
and has wrested triumph after triumph from
the little giant for Republicanism in the
West.
Lincoln's Arguments Favored.
We shall have yet one more battle
with the delusion of Douglaslam In the
State of Illinois and with no man's weapons
can we arm ourselves as securely, or fight
as successfully as with the arguments of
fensive and defensive which Abe Lincoln
has furnished us. Whatever may be the
choice of the politicians the people of Illi
nois are undoubtedly tor Lincoln. They
know him, honest and capable, a man of
simple habits and plain manners, but pos
sessing a true heart and one of the noblest
Intellects In t r.a land. He maintains the
faith of the Fathers of the Republic, he
believes In the Declaration of Independence,
he yields obedience to the Constitution and
laws of his country. He has the radicalism
HORRORS OF WRECK ON PACIFIC
ELECTRIC ARE TOLD BY SURVIVOR
Killed and Injured Unattended Long Only by Frightened Passengers Aged Man Unable to Explain Failure to
Keep Suicide Pact Marvelous Operation Saves Woman's Life.
LOS ANGELES, July 16. (Special.)
S. L. Brlson, of this city, tells a
graphic story of the recent Pacific
Electric car wreck, when 14 persons
were killed and 160 were Injured. As
a passenger on the flier, which crashed
Into the stalled car at Vineyard Junc
tion, he was an eye-witness of the
vents immediately following the acci
dent. "We were coming from the beach and
running about 30 or 40 miles an hour."
said Brison. "Tha aisles of the cars
were crowded. There was absolutely
no Intimation of any danger ahead.
Not a brake was applied.
"We were laughing, talking and jok
ing when the crash came.- Instantly
our lights went out.
"We were hurled against the front
of the car and stunned by the shock.
Then came a scream from some women
in the car ahead. Then there were
more screams and we knew that peo
ple were killed.
"Some of us. fought our way through
the car windows and rushed forward.
Men and women were plied and pinned
under the seats and wreckage. one
woman leaned halfway out of a win
dow. As I looked she fainted. She sur
vived and Tainted again, and it was
half an hour before she could be got
out. There were no tools for wreck
ing work. Only some of the dead
could be carried out, while those pinned
beneath the wreckage had to wait
long time before relief came. There
was not a single doctor in the crowd
and it was an hour before one arrived.
"On both sides of the wreck banks
rose to a height of nearly 20 feet. For
a time everything was pitch dark, but
finally the railroad men lighted red
torches, which cast a weird glow on
the terrible scene. A man I do not
know who he was found an arm and
the sight of it must have made him a
maniac, for waving it in the air he
raced about shouting, "Look what
have! Look what I have."
"Finally an auto with three police
men arrived on the scene. A man and
woman were placed in the machine in
the expectation they would be imme
diately rushed to a hospital, but the
driver of the car disappeared and the
two people had to wait for a half hour
before a volunteer driver was found.
'A man named Fraier was carried
from the wreck and laid on the bank.
He kept calling and moaning for his
wife. Soon a woman was laid near
him and she was moaning for her hus
band. By a coincidence it was found
they were man and wife. Their hands
met and they ceased calling for each
other.
"If I live to be 100 years old I hope
never again to know the horrors of
such a night."
"I do not know whether I was the
coward and she the brave one or I
the brave- one and she- the coward."
Delving into true psychology of life
and death, an old man, head bowed,
fingers twitching and with eyes peer
ing into the unfathomable, sat in the
County Jail and feebly discussed the
i ethics of seir-lnf licted death.
This old man, John G. Boyle, and his
aged wife, decided that it was right for
them to end their own Jives. Bound
by a suicide pact they went to Redondo
Beach, when the wife deliberately
walked into the waves and drowned
herself.
"As she sank' beneath thA waves
something came to me," said the old
man. "It was not fear, maybe it was
conscience, maybe it was weakness.
But I decided not to die.
"I walked away and they arrested
me. I think she is happy and I am not.
But was he right, was I right or were
both of us wrong?
"For six years, off and on, wife and
I have talked this problem over. She
said we were poor, we were old. we
were wretched. There were no chll
4ren, life held 'nothing for us. She
aii she would go if I would.
"I said no, oh, many times.
"But things got worse for us. We
were unhappy. She said that somewhere
there was peace, rest and happiness. I
thought so too, but something held me
Vack, But the thought grew on me
of Jefferson and of Clay and the conserva
tlm of Washington and Jackson. In his
hands the Union would be safe.
Colonel Bush was born at Plttsfield,
Mass., November 4, 1872, and died In
Portland, Or., on the 16th day of July,
1913. He was of old. Puritan stock on
both sides. , His great-gr,andfather,
Captain David Bush, moved in 1749 from
Westiield, Mass., where his family had
lived for many genera-tlons. to a new
settlement or "plantation" In the Berk
shire hills, later called Plttsfield, where
many of his descendants still live. Cap
tain Bush was one of the proprietors
of this "plantation," and held in turn
all the offices In the New England town,
ship, dying in 1801.
His son David Bush, Jr., was married
to .Anna Brown, the daughter of Cap
tain Jacob Brown, who led one of the
four divisions against Quebec when
Montgomery fell. His brother. Colonel
John Brown, preferred the articles of
treason against Benedict Arnold before
General Gates and later presented them
In a memorial to the Contlnontal Con
gress. The second son of David Bush, Jr.,
Daniel Brown Bush, was the father of
the subject of this sketch. He was born
in 1790 and was an active public citizen
in his native town. In 1825 when La
Fayette was a guest of the city of Pitts
field, "he was escorted by the Berkshire
Greys, a favorite military . company
commanded by Colonel Daniel B. Bush,
the citizens crowding about the proces
sion to touch the hem of his garment."
Colonel Bush married In 1819, Maria
Merrick, whose family was of old Rev
olutionary stock. Daniel Blown Bush,
Jr., their fourth child, was born in the
old home, but in 1S35 the Bush family,
with several of their neighbors, moved
from Pittstield, Mass., to Illinois, where
they founded the town of Plttsfield in
that state. Here Colonel Bush, Sr., prac
ticed law and took an active part in the
political affairs of the new state until
1864 when, on account of falling health,
he retired. He lived at his old home
until November, 1885, when he passed
away at the age of 95 years. Colonel
Bush left seven sons and daughters,
all men and women of unusual ability
and strong character. Joseph Merrick
Bush, for 50 years editor of the Pike
County Democrat published in Pittsfield,
111.; Ellen DeWitt Bush, wife of Colonel
R. B. Hatch, a distinguished soldier of
the Civil War; Maria Merrick Bush
(Grimshaw), Daniel B. Bush, Jr., Chaun
cey Carroll Bush, a prominent lawyer
and politician of Redding, Cal.; Colonel
Edward G. Bush, of the Regular Army;
and Lucia M, Bush (Bates.)
The eldest son of the family, J. M.
Bush, had remained with relatives in
the East and later graduated from
Williams College. Daniel B. Bush re
ceived his early training in the rude
log- schoolhouse of the neighborhood
and later was sent, as was his younger
brother, to a leading New England
academy. Like many youths that grew
up in the pioneer towns of the Middle
West the two Bush brothers were
anxious to enter the United States Mil
itary Academy and prepare for Army
and I brooded over it and we talked
about it more and finally, TueBday
morning, an unhappy morning, I said
to her, "you are right."
'After that we made our plans.
'Once before In San Francisco I had
almost agreed and we planned poison.
I even tried to buy the poison, but they
would not sell it to me. This time my
wife suggested the ocean.
"We had $18 left in the world and it
was in my wife's purse. We threw the
purse on the sand for some other poor
devils. Then she walked in. I watched
her until she was up to her neck, but
could not bear to watch longer. I
meant to follow her but something held
me back. Finally I looked at the ocean
and my wife had disappeared. All night
I walked the beach debating whetner
to follow her. Late Wednesday they
arrested me."
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There are 500 couples living In the
Russian colony in Los Angeles who are
not legally married under the United
States laws. 'They have been married,
however, under the Russian custom.
This was the assertion of C. F. Moos-
Iln, an attorney Thursday, in Judge
Wilbur's court. On the strength of this
the Federal authorities may be called
on to make an investigation.
Reports showing that 15.29 persons
out of every 1000 died in Los Angeles
last year, figuring on a basis of 400,000
populatton, have just been filed by the
city health commissioner for the fiscal
year ending June au. I he deaths re
ported during the year totaled 6116,
an increase of 849 over the previous
year. ,
Of the total number of deaths, 979
were certified te by the Coroner and
479 of these were cases of accidental
death.' During the year there were 45
homicides and 120 suicides.
The report shows that 97 men com
mitted suicide and 32 women. It also
shows that 49 of the suicides were mar
ried, 12 were widowed or divorced and
59 were single.
Dr. Stuart Hutchinson and Dr. T. M.
Williams, of the Good Samaritan Hos
pital, and their associates are receiving
hearty congratulations from the medi
LAD, AGED 2 YEARS, AND BABY SISTER WIN PRIZE AT
SALEM.
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GEORGE ARTHCR AND CLAUDIA SETTLEMIER,
One of the prize-winning entries in one of the parades at the
Cherry Fair at Salem was a combination tricycle baby carriage, car
- rying George Arthur Settlemier, 2 V4 years old, and his 13-months-oid
sister, Claudia. v
Master George rode his tricycle, pulling the carriage which his
baby sister occupied. The decorations were purple and white, tha
Elks' colors.
The little winners are children of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Settlemier,
of Salem, and grandchildren of Mrs. M, M. Murphy, 5404 East Sixty
ninth street, Portland. .
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COLONEL DANIEL
life. The younger brother, Edward G.
Bush, graduated from West Point,
served through the war with the Army
of the Potomac and later on the West
ern frontier, where he won promotions
for gallant and meritorious conduct. He
was appointed Colonel of the Twenty
fifth Infantry in April, 1882, and died
a few months later. The elder brother
was called home from school to assist
in the work of building up the pioneer
home, but at the age of 17 enlisted in
a military company organized to do
cal fraternity of Southern California
for having performed what is declared
to be the most remarkable Caesarian
operation ever performed. The success
of the operation drew from the brink
of the gave Mrs. C. A. Casey after her
heart action had entirely stopped for
many minutes. Mother and baby are
doing fine and unless unforeseen com
plications ensue both will recover.
During the process of the Caesarian
operation the mother's heart stopped
beating and she was pronounced dead.
Nearly three hours the surgeons
worked desperately, skillfully and with
SECRET TRIALS NO MORE
DEATH BLOW IS GIVEN
- HOUSE OF LORDS.
BY
Every Judge in England Winces as
Result of Unexpected and
Drastic Decision.
LONDON, July 26. (Special.) Secret
trials of law cafseg In England have
just received their death blow at the
hands of the highest law tribunal in the
land the British House of Lords. The
law lords in this august, assembly have
just decided, on an appeal, that a
Judge has no authority to punish any
body for breaking the seal of confi
dence that he has imposed on the world
at large by the use of closed doors in
his court when a particularly squalid
or unpleasant case has been investi
gated. This utterly unexpected and drastic
decision has made every Judge In Eng
land wince. It has taught him that he
is still the servant, and not the mas
ter, of the public that come to him in
their perplexities and difficulties, and
It has warned him that he will not
be allowed to abrogate any British lib
erties merely to suit his convenience
or the supposed interest of the liti
BROWN BUSH.
duty in the 'Mormon war" at Nauvoo,
111. The little army spent the win
ter of 1844-1845 In the City of Nauvoo,
from which the Mormons had been
driven, and a number of the soldiers,
young Bush among them, were quar
tered in the former home of Joseph
Smith, the Mormon leader. A few years
ago. Colonel Bush wrote an account of
this little-known incident in our Na
tional history which was published In
several Illinois papers.
Colonel Bush was also, at the time
delicacy. Then the mother's heart re
sponded. '
Atter August 12-, the thirsty will have
to wait an hour longer in the morning
for their first drink. . In ' recompense
they will be able to drink an hour
longer at night.-
City Prosecutor Ray E. Nimmo has
advised the police commission that a
new section of the penal code would
have this effect. There is no serious
change in the liquor law other than
this.
G.' Harold Powell, general manager
of the California Fruit Growers' Ex
change, who has returned from Wash
ington, declares that he has assurance
that the citrus fruit crop of Southern
California, regardless of the freeze, will
not only exceed the January predic
tions, but will bring at least 80 per cent
of the normal revenue.
The shipments, he said, are much
larger than anticipated. The normal
shipment runs from 40,000 to 45,000 car
loads. .
gants in front of him. Not since the
House of Lords punished a clergyman
for refusing to- administer the holy
communion to a man who married his
deceased wife's sister has such a sen
sational and far-reaching decision been
given.
Ten years ago the matter was
brought to the front in England in a
case which came before the late Lord
St. Heller, then Sir Francis Jeune, the
head of the divorce court. His Lord
ship was then asked to hear certain
evidence about the results of a mar-
riage in private, and before coming to
decision he considered the whole
question of the power vested in Judges
to make any evidence secret. The ef
fect of his carefully worded decision
was that judges have no statutory
power to close the doors of a court
of justice for any reason whatever,
but that they possess an Implied or
inherent power to do so, in all di
visions of the high court, if, in their
opinion, a public hearing would inter
fere with the administration of Jus
tice, or if the evidence were of such
a character as to be harmful to the
public sense of morality.
Since that time this supposed in
herent power has been exercised, but
not, it must be conceded, to a degree
arousing serious complaint. Cases of
a particularly noxious character,' both
on the equity and the common law
side, have been wholly or partly heard
in camera by the order of the Judge
concerned. Other cases not involving
questions , of morality but affecting
trade secrets hare been similarly han
dled. The House of Lords has r.ow de
cided, however, that there is no au
thority for this form of procedure in
England on any other ground than the
fear that publicity might endanger the
administration of justice.
Unless it be strictly necessary for
the attainment of justice," declared
the Lord Chancellor, "there can re no
power in the court to hear in camera
either a matrimonial case or any other
where there is a contest between the
parties. . . . A mere desire to con
sider feelings of delicacy, or to ex
clude from publicity details which it
would be desirable not to publish is
not enough as the law now stands."
A subsidiary but important effect
of the decision of the House of Lords
is that even after a case has been
heard in secret on the one legitimate
ground there is no legal restriction
placd upon any ot the parties con
cerned. They still can circulate tran
scripts of the shorthand notes of the
evidence given, or -they can make
verbal explanation of what has tran
spired, to any parson.
Lord Shaw put this clearly. He
pointed out that, when the hearing
was ended, what transpired afterwards
had nothing to do with the admin
istratlon of justice. "Justice had been
done," said he, "by the hearing in
camera and its task was ended, and I
know of no warrant for an extension
of secrecy beyond the time when that
result has been achieved.
Lord Justice Fletcher Moulton ex
pressed the same view even more em
phatically. Nothing could Justify, in
his opinion, the imposition of perma
nent silence upon a person whose case
had been heard in camera, as to what
had transpired, once the object of the
secrecy had been secured namely, a
fair, unprejudiced trial.
Apparatus by which gas lamps can be
lighted and extinguished by wireless waves
bas eeen invented in Germany.
of his death, one of the few surviving
veterans of the Mexican war, having
served for two years in General Tay
lor's command under General Wool.
At the breaking out of the Civil
war Colonel Bush was editor of the
Pittsfield Journal. M. H. Abbott, edi
tor of the Pike County Democrat in the
later '60s, has this to say of his former
fellow-townsman in the Dayton
(Washington Territory) Weekly News
twenty-five years later: "In 1860-61
Colonel D. B. Bush and I were rival
editors and the way we pitched into
each other was a caution to outsiders
and sometimes to ourselves. Talk
about "Oregon style." Why, the people
here don't know 'what severity is. Bush
gave us much trouble and worried us
terribly, but as we knew it was only
a question of time and powers of en
durance we felt sure that he would
weaken" sooner or later. So, sure
enough, one fine morning after we had
made a fiercer onslaught on Bush than
usual we learned that he had Just re
turned from Springfield with a com
mission in his pocket as Major in the
Second Illinois Cavalry regiment and,
of course, he , had abdicated his posi
tion as an editor. Wo felt greatly re
lieved. Subsequently he went down
South, was in many engagements and
acquitted himself with honor. He is
credited with being the first editor to
urge Mr. Lincoln as a fit person to be
run for the Presidency by the Republi
can party. Colonel Bush left the Army
poor man. One reason why he aia
ot succeed better was, he would not
steal. A man in high position in war
times -who couldn't obtain filthy lucre
In some indirect or illegitimate man
ner was considered no man at all. Well,
may good rortune attena mm now,
henceforth and forever."
The announcement of the resignation
of the editor of the Journal was char
acteristic. -To
the Public:
With this number of the paper Mr.
O. Topllff takes charge of the Journal
and will carry it on as heretofore
There will be no difference in the bus
iness arrangements of the office with
the exception that Mr. Topllff is not
authorized to contract any debts what
ever, in my name, but I hereby au
thorize him to collect any money due
said office or hereafter to become due
and his receipt will be good for sub
scription, jobwork or advertising.' I
most cordially recommend him as he
has had experience In this line. He
a straight-out unconditional Union
man and I trust him to carry on the
Journal while I assist In carrying on
the war.
D. B. BUSH.
October 10, 1861.
Record la Brilliant.
The Second Illinois made a brilliant
record, seeing more hard service than
any other regiment that went out from
thestate. It took part in many of the
campaigns of the West and was espe
cially distinguished at the battles of
Forts Henry and Donelson, Shlloh and
RUMORS ABROAD THAT MURPHY WILL
SEEK TO REMOVE GOVERNORSULZER
Deadlock Between New York Executive and Legislature Creates Situation Without Precedent Governor in
Retaliation Promises More( Investigations Mellen, of New Haven, Unpopular With Road's Patrons.
BY LLOYD F. LONERGAN.
EW YORK, July 26. (Special.)
The fight between Governor Sul
zer and the members of the Leg
islature has created a situation with
out parallel.
The Legislature will not confirm the
appointees of the . Governor, while on
the other hand, the Governor will not
sign any appropriation bills designed
to aid the departments of the state
government that are arrayed against
him.
The Legislature wants to adjourn,
but does not dare to do so. While it is
in Albany, all appointments must
be submitted to the Senate, and the
Senate has a pleasant little habit of
rejecting them. Should the Legisla
ture get out of the way, the Governor
could make recess appointments, and
he had planned to fill every possible
place with men of his own choice.
. The lawmakers are also in a pickle.
They want to pay their clerks and
other employes, but are powerless to
do so. At a special session the legis
lators are debarred from taking up
any subjects except those that are
specified in the Governor's call. Nat
urally Governor Sulzer has no inten
tion of helping his enemies. As he
diplomatically puts it. the Legislature
has disregarded so many messages
from him that there is no reason to
believe that thev would pay any at
tention to him now.
Talk of Removal Heard.
There are mysterious rumors afloat
that Charles y. Murphy plans to have
Sulzer removed by the Incoming Leg
islature. It is impossible to take any
action at a special session, but after
January 1 the lawmakers will have a
JUDGE TELLS OF CLIMB
ON HOOD 47 YEARS AGO
First and Last Experience at Mountain Scaling Almost Cost Life, Says
Supreme Court Clerk Night Remembered With Horror.
SALEM, Or., July 26. (Special.) J.
C. Moreland, clerk of the Supreme
Court, with a party of friends,
climbed to the summit of Mount Hood
47 years ago today. All the other mem
bers of the party are dead, and Judge
Moreland is probably the only man liv
ing who scaled the lofty peak as early
as 186S.
"Few persons had reached the top of
the mountain before us," said Judge
Moreland today, "and our trip was re
garded by many as foolhardy. And
that was about right, for I came close
to being lost. Mre were descending
when I slipped and went rolling down
toward a crevasse. Luckily the leader,
Rev. H. K. Hines, heard my cry for
help, and as I reached him he braced
himself with his alpenstock and seized
me by the left arm.
"The party, besides Rev. Mr. Hines
and myself, consisted of Abram Waltz
and H. W. Waltz. All of us lived In
the Willamette Valley, and we started
from a point near Salem on the after
noon of Julv 25. We rode horseback.
and arrived at the snow line before
dark.
"Tbe night was passed in a beauti
ful pine grove. But what a night! I
could never forget the terrors of it.
Hardly had we made camp when the
cougars got busy. They howled about
the camp all night, and we had to keep
a big fire going to save ourselves, our
only weapon being an ax. Even the
horses hovered about the fire for
safety.
"We reached the summit of the
mountain at 1 o'clock on the afternoon
of July 26. The highest point was a.
flat rock about six feet square. Never
before or since has such a view been
spread before me. We could see for
miles. Great peaks like the one we
were on could be seen on almost every
Holly Springs and in the siege or
Vicksburg.
At Holly Springs Colonel Bush won
distinction by saving his troop of
cavalry when General Murphy disgrace
fully surrendered to the Confederates
without offering resistance. During
the late Fall of 1862, General Grant had
brought the supplies and munitions
for hii army, during the coming Winter
to this point by rail from Columbus,
Ky. These supplies were guarded by
three regiments under General Murphy
who occupied . the town. The cavalry
detachment under Colonel Bush was
stationed at the fairgrounds Just above
the Springs. On December 20 General
Van Do'rn and Forrest with a large
force of Confederate cavalry surrounded
the town: General Murphy surrendered
without firing a shot and the attack
ing force took possession of the town;
Colonel Bush refused to surrender,
sounded the call to "boots and saddles"
and making one of the most daring
cavalry dashes on record led his
soldiers through the enemy's line and
saved his command and the honor of
the regiment. Major C. Newell, of this
city, a life-long friend of Colonel Bush
who was with the cavalry brigade at
the time a few miles south of Holly
Springs says that Colonel Bush's re
markable performance was one of the
features of the war In the West.
In the preliminary fighting about
Vicksburg, prior to the siege, the Sec
ond Illinois performed a prominent
part. When Grant carried out his plan
of investing the city from the ' south
Colonel Bush with one division of his
regiment was among the first to cross
the river and from this time until the
surrender of Vicksburg, July 3, 1863,
this cavalry regiment was kept in con
stant service, the commanding officer
frequently being sent under a flag of
truce to carry supplies to wounded
soldiers within the enemy's lines.
Commanding Officer Slain.
The first commanding officer, Colonel
Mudd, was killed in action and Major
Bush succeeded him in command. He
remained in service until the close of
the war and on July 7, 1865, h issued
his farewell order to the regiment with
which he had served for four years.
Colonel Marsh, who succeeded him, said
of him: "The regiment have lost their
best friend and the Army a good officer
and soldier."
The most kindly and cordial affection
has always been expresed by the en
listed men of the Second Illinois for
their "old Colonel." The feeling of the
retiring officer was shown in the words
in which he Issued his farewell order.
Officers ana men or the second Illi
nois cavalry: The time has come when
I must say good-bye to one and all of
you. My term of service has expired
and I can truly say to you that the
pleasant anticipation of soon meeting
wife, children, relatives and friends at
home is saddened only by my regrets at
leaving my comrades in arms, and by
the fact that they, too, cannot at the
present time enjoy the same pleasure
It is my wish and my hope that the
Government will not long require the
free hand, A new assembly will be
chosen, and the general opinion is that
Tammany control will be ended. Mur
phy's friends, however, say that this
will not really matter, for the Repub
licans are as much opposed to Sulzer as
are the members of his own party. It
cannot be denied that several of the
Republican leaders have taken a posi
tion of antagonism to the Governor,
but whether they would carry It to the
point of impeaching him is another
matter. A number of active men In
the party believe that it is the best
politics to let the Democrats wash their
own dirty linen, and that Sulzer is a
valuable Republican asset where he Is,
while if he were removed the people
might look upon him as a martyr.
The Senate inquiry into various state
departments is avowedly designed for
the- purpose of securing evidence that
can be used against the Governor. It
Is the present Intention to turn this in
at the next legislative session with a
recommendation that the Governor be
Impeached.
It must not be imagined that Sulzer
Is Idle these days. It Is rumored that
he is preparing to start a counter In
vestigation that will set the Murphy
men and Republicans by the ears, and
that investigations will be all the style
this Bummer and Fall.
Mellen Unpopular With Patrona.
President Mellen, of the New Haven
Railroad, who has just retired, was ex
tremely unpopular among the patrons
of his road, which is given as one
reason for his downfall. He deeply
resented criticism, and at meetings be
fore the State Public Service Comm. a
slon or' kindred bodies, Mellen's atti
tude was always one 6t indignation.
rather than or conciliation.
On one occasion he announced at
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J. C. Moreland, Who Climbed J
Mount liood 47 Y ears Ago To- t
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side. The forests, hills and valleys
were beautiful. The ascent was not
difficult, but it was all we could do to
descend.
Judge Moreland skid that was his
first and last mountain-climbing ex
perience. He passed today in his office,
but every now and then he looked, in
the direction of the mountain where
in his youth his life almost paid the
penalty for his daring
it s
services of men 'that have done so muck,
already and so willingly have re-enlisted
to aid in putting down a rebel
lion in comparison with which all
others in the past sink into lnsignifi
cance. . . Soldiers, let your future
be as bright as your past. -Ever keep
in sigh, the fact that it is not only
your own reputation that Is at stake,
but the honored dead, officers and men
of the Second Illinois cavalry. Nevet
fsrget the dear ones clustered round
the hearth and do notihng that will
cause grief or mortification to them.
When in a few days I shall have re
turned to civil life "my cottage will b
small and coarse my fare." but I shall
teach my children that the name of tha
Second Illinois Cavalry must be a
quick counter-sign, and they must i
hasten to open the door to one and
all of you. Come and see me."
Portland Home 35 Yean.
In 1873 Colonel Bush removed from
Pittsfield to San Diego, Cal., then a
village only five years old and contain-
ng less than 2000 people. Here ha
made many friends among the men
that had gathered from nearly every
state in the Union to the most south
ern town on the Pacific Coast. In 1876
he was president of the Hays-Wheeler
Club and assisted in carrying the Re
publican ticket in California at the
November election. Two years later
Colonel Bush came to Portland, which
has been his home for 35 years. Twen
ty years ago he retired from active
business life, but has always kept his
interest In politics and has written
much for the newspapers with which
members of his family have been con
nected. His kind heart, quaint humor,
and cheerful optimism have won and
kept many friends during his years ot
retirement. He was a member of tha
Loyal Legion and the George Wright
Post
In January, 1911, Colonel Bush had a,
slight stroke of paralysis, and from,
that time his health gradually failed.
For the past three months he has been
almost helpless and, like our old friend.
Colonel Newcomb, he has been living
over again the ftirring scenes of his
early manhood, frequently Imagining
himself at the head of his loved regi
ment, and when the time came for him
to answer the last roll call he answered
it as placidly as did our old English.
Colonel, and slipped away from the
troublous things of this lower life. He
had fought the good fight, like th
brave true soldier he was, and could
well afford to go where alarums are
never heard and conflicts never come.
Colonel Bush was married on Sep
tember 30, 1850, to Lucinda C. Hatch, a
member of a family distinguished in
the early history of Illinois. One of
her brothers, O. M. Hatch, was Secre
tary of State in Yates" war adminis
tration. Another brother. Colonel R.
M. Hatch served with great distinction
on Grant's staff in the Mississippi Val
ley. Mrs. Bush and a daughter. Mrs.
I. N. Matlock, survive him. The only
son of the family, Jackson G. Bush, a.
young man of brilliant scholarship and
great promise, died in 1874.
representative gathering that he did
not care whether his road carried any
commuters or not, that ' they were a.
noisy, dissatisfied crowd, and that bus
iness with them was done at a loss.
This, despite the fact that the New
Haven's commutation rates are fright-
rully high and the accommodations ex
tremely bad.
Toward the end of his term Mellen
awoke to a realization of the fact that
the public amount to something, and
hired a press agent. His selection was
not fortunate, his aide being an In
dividual who was out of touch with
present conditions, and who had been
so since the days of Thomas C. Piatt.
The result was that sentiment did not
change to any material extent, and for
some time before the formal announce
ment It was generally believed that the
days of Mellen were numbered.
It-is not gambling to play cards for
money, if one simply does it "to pass
the time away," and not as a means
of livelihood. This decision was rend
ered by Magistrate Frozen! in the Es
sex Mirket Police Court, and lawyers
declare that It establishes a precedent.
Frederick Dohrman owns a livery
stable on East Ninth street. A passing
policeman happened to look through,
the door and saw a card game in prog
ress. He promptly arrested Dohrman
on a charge of being a common gamb
ler, as the game occurred in his placo.
It was admitted in court that the
men were playing casino for S cents a
game, and that it was for keeps. The
court held, however, that the stakeu
were so small that there was no reason
to believe that anyone was in the gama
for the money therein, and on that
basis discharged the prisoner.
Dr. Charles C. Pease, known princi
pally to fame for his continual war on
tobacco, is now trying to prevent men
from smoking In the city parks. If old
Doctor Pease had his way any man who
smoked would be sent to states prison
for not less than 10 years. He has for
warded a memorial to Park Commis
sioner Stover asking him to prevent
smoking, at any rate at the Sunday
concerts. Mr. Stover, however, does
not see it in that light.
"I don t smoke myself," the Commis
sioner remarked, "but I have no ob
jection to tobacco smoke in my neigh
borhood. And I think men should be
allowed to enjoy smoking while listen
ing to the music in the parks."
it must be admitted that old Doctor
Pease feels extremely angry because
he could not bring the Commissioner
to his way of thinking.
HISTORIC BRIDGE CRUMBLE
Old ' Notre Dame Span in Paris Is
Closed to Heavy Traffic.
PARIS, July 26. (Special.) Ninety
nine out of a hundred Parisians wer
amazed the other morning to learn that
the old Notre Dame bridge was fall
ing in. A few of them, perhaps, had
seen the scaffolding there for the last
two or three years, and might have
read that the Public Works Department
had undertaken important repairs. Now
and then traffic was also barred, and
motor-'buses were sent round over the
neighboring bridges. But no Parisian
ever suspected that the famous Pont do
Notre Dame was threatening to crum
ble into pieces, and that its grey stones
would some morning fall on the head3
of passengers in the bateaux-mouches.
The fact is, however, that the old
Pont de Notre Dame has been for years
unsafe. The third arch, especially. Is
in a perilous state of decay and some of
the stones have fallen. All heavy traf
fic across the bridge is forbidden. Nav
igation under the third arch is likewise
prohibited, and an order has been post
ed up that all boats going down tho
river must follow the right arm of the
Seine through the lock in front of the
Mint. Boats going up the river are
allowed to pass" under the bridge only
under arch No. 2. The repairs at pres
ent in progress are extensive, and
amount to rebuilding and widening the
greater part.