The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-03-21
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.


Mr.. Gladstone is now to take his turn in
demolishing Robert G. Ingersoll The Brit
ish statesman will work his religious batter
les through an American magazine next
May.
The executive committee of the Beecher
| Memorial Fund Committee of New York
| city, have decided to erect the monument to
the famous Plymouth pastor on the Prospect
Park plaza. the site selected by Sculptor
| Ward a few months ago as the most desira-
| BILE for the monument.
The Berlin correspondent of the New York
| Times, in his account of the Emperor's flu
neral, said that one Of the most interesting
| personages present was the Grand Duke of
Baden, who bears a striking likeness to
| James G. Blaine. He is Of the same height,
has the same profile. the same shape, white
| hair and beard
A movement is on foot to erect in New
York city monument OF memorial to Adon-
IRAN Judson, the pioneer American mission
airy to foreign lands. He was one of group
that went to India in 1872, under the auspices
of the American Board of Commissioners
for Foreign Missions. As he died at sea,
and was buried in the Indian Ocean no ma
teral monument has ever been erected to his
memory His son, the Rev. Edward JudsOn
Of the Berean Baptist Church, Downing
street, New York, has $4,000 in hand, and
a conditional subscription OF $4,000 from
John ID. Rockefeller The purpose is, If
possible, to have the memorial take the
shape OF massive and beautiful church
edifce.
1t may be regarded as certain that Bis
marck's illness is genuine. not merely di-
pomatic. All readers of DIR. Busch's book
are aware that the German Chancellor has
long been afflicted with many ailments, and
that his big physical frame is rarely ever in
sound condition. A German American
medical practitioner in New York city, who
knows the facts of Bismarck's case SAYS he
is fully aware of his liability to sudden
death by ap0plexy, and that his physicians
have recently become more than ordinarily
watchful OF his symptoms. He has also be-
come more careful of himself, and more prl-
dent in his table habits than he used to be.
He is man of highly emotional nature as
well a, of stormy temper, and is doubtless
profoundly depressed by the old Kaiser's
DEATH He is 70 years Of age.
The marriage of Prince Oscar of Sweden,
which has been so much commented upon
of late, is really one of the most romantic at
tachments on record. AS the second son of
the reigning sovereign, with only three lives
between him and the throne, Prince Oscar
could not be regarded as removed altogether
from the chances of succession, and in any
event, as the oldest brother of the heir to the
throne, he might fairly have expected to hold
at court a position of great influence and
possibly to become regent As the penalty
for his infatutatlon in marrying Miss Munck
he has been compelled to abandon all his
privileges as the Kings son and to content
himself with the rank and title of a Swedish
nobleman. He bias been allowed to retain
the family name of Bernadotte, but will be
exiled from court with his bride.
Australia celebrates the centenary of her
settlement by grand International Exhibit
tion at Melbourne, commencing August LIST
next, and continuing for six months. Con-
gress has appropriated $4,000, will appoint
commissioners to represent the United
States, and it is hoped that very many pri-
vate firms will make exhibits. The govern
ment of Victoria controls the exhibition and
gives space and steam for motive power free.
The exhibition building and annexes will
cover twenty-four acres of ground, and the
display, both local and from foreign coun-
tries, will be the largest ever seen in the |
southern hemisphere Goods for exhibition |
are admitted duty free. Australia is a rich |
and growing country. American goods sell |
well there, and the comparative nearness of |
Australia TO America should inspire our bus |
mess men to control her markets. Mr.. John |
NJ. Ives, who for the past three years has
been in the aptipodes as manager for the I
we'll known Safe Cure House of ii. II. War
ler & Co, has just returned with letters
from the chief secretary and commissioners;
llso blank applications for space, which he
will be pleased to send free on application to
him at Rochester, N. Y. Applications should
be made at once, as goods must be In posi-
lion not later than July 1st next. |