Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1893 — MAJ. E. W. HALFORD. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MAJ. E. W. HALFORD.

“Ldge” Halford Appointed Pay* —7 master, ' . . With the Rank of Major la the Regular Army—He Will Be Confirmed Without Opposition. Private Secretary Halford’s name wai sent to the Senate, Thursday, by the PresIdentic bepaymaster in the army with the rank of major. He will be confirmed

at an early day and doubtless without opposition. The office has a salary of $2,500 a year and an allowance, which makes the total income about $4,000 a year. Mr. Halford was born in England and came to this country when a small boy. He lived in Hamilton,!)., duringhfs youth, but, has, for many years, been a resident of Indianapolis. He was a printer when a young man, afterward becoming "a reporter, and afterward an editor. With the exception of some time spent In Chicago as managing editor of the Inter-Ocean, bis newspaper work has been with Indinapolls newspapers. Mr. Halford is about forty-eight years old and a widower, his wife having died more than a year .oga