New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-03
PERSONAL.

| General Beauregard has resigned the Public WORKS
| Commssionership at NewOrleans, and exceptional
activity in the pcDclous propaganda OF the LOUISIANA
| State Lottery may be looked Tor
| Tho late Thomas Carney was tho second Governor
Of the State OF Kansas, and tho first to die There
have been ten in all Mr. Carney took Office In jan
uary 1863, when the credit Of tho state was ruined
| and its bonds scarcely worth % cents on tne
dollar lie at once pledged his own vast weath 10
the states credit and hoaed bonds almost al par.
Mrs Carnegie made fine collection of Photographic
views during tho coaching tour from London to Cuny
Castle.
Baron Reuter-, the telegraph king Of Europe keeps
secretary whose sole business It IS to investigate ana
relieve cases OF distress.
Senator Ransom and HIS son resemble each other In
appearance closely that IS not easy to distinguish
one from the other at distance
Colonel G. G. Green. of Woodbury., n j. member
Of the Governors STAFF has purchased largo tract OF
land at Pennington, N j.. adjoining the seminary, and
is making great improvements thereon In the inercst
OF the seminary. fine now avenue Is Delng cut
through II.
Boston boasts a new chess player OF importance.
Allow me- says writer of that city in The Times
Democrat OF New Orleans, to say something ABOUT
our young maestro. NJ Constant Ferdinand Burlllc.
lie is Of French descent, born in Paris; has played
chess only two years; is aged twenty-five, and has
beaten thirteen games 10 one, with one draw NOW,
perhaps, there are Frenchmen, Germans Jews
and GcntIles domicled in the United States who can
duplicate this little feat, but have yet to meet them
and when conclude By saying that am the only,
save other land this game lost by %glaHnaebun-
der when already won In our club who mas won even
game Of him since he Joined the 0fganzaton you
judge something of his strength Inc cluD VIII
send him their representative 10 the SteniZ tour
nament-f It materlalzcs this fall. give you as
my judgment that neither Stelnitz nor Mackenzle can
defeat him at the present moment"
Lord LcvesOn swallowed halfcrown at Christmas
time and IS still trying to digest it. 1t may not
afford him much nourishmen but he certainly Is In
splendid health and IS gaining weight He has
gained eleven pounds said Lord Granville to youth
full colleague the front BENCH who was inqulrfng
after Lord Leves0n's health "Ah,' said the witty
peer, " that makes ell IS 3D."
Field Marshal Kuhn who has Just been placed,
practically on the retired list the Austrian War
Minister from 1868 to 1874, and It is due TO his efforts
that the army has been entirely rcorganlzed on the
principle Of universal obligation to military service
II was also by him that the organization Of the Aus
trlan LanGwehr was carried out. As soldier Field
Marshal Kuhn his first laurels in the campaigns
Of 1913 and 1s40 In Hungary and Italy, and In 1856
he VIGOROUSLY defended the Tyrol against Garibald
Last year he celebrated the fich anniversary OF his
service I'm the army which occasion he received
the most fattering acknowledgements from his Sow
eregn Field Marshal Kuhn Is now in his seventy
second year. but IS still in the enjoyment of full
physical and mental vlgor
Washington, August 2.-The State Department Is in
formed that the ncwly-appolnted Minister Plenlpo
Tertiary from Persia to tho United States Hadji Hos
seim Koull Khan Mohamed ell Vesar, will arrive at
hu. Vol aho he mil n