Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-01-15
PUBLIC PEOPLE PARAGRAPHED.

THE German Empress, says the London Star,
is perfectly colorless character. who has no
opinions of her own, and she is completely
under the domination of her husband.
THE Duchess Adelaide. of Schleswig- Hol-
stein, the mother of the German Empress, is
seriously i'll at her castle at Lomsenburg. The
Duchess is So years old, and the primary cause
of her ill-health is said to be a fall she had in
her room, by which she injured the back of her
neck.
MR.. HAMMER, the new President of the
Swiss Confederation, was Swiss Ambassador at
the Court of Berlin from 1868 to 1876 after
which he entered the Federal Council. He is
not brilliant orator by any means, but he is
described as conscientious administrator, a
man of a calm, just, moderate judgment, and,
over and above all, very gentlemanly.
FANNY DAVENPORT has had good luck. Not
long ago she bought some land in the suburbs
of Chicago known as the Grant estate 1t be-
longed to the late General Grant, and for it
Miss Davenport paid SlS,0OO Last week she
received letter from her attorney inclosing
an offer of S50,S for the property. Miss
Davenport will probably sell the land and in
vest the proceeds in other Chicago real estate.
A HARTFORD newspaper remarks: Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stoves restoration to health
after her serious illness last summer is great
surprise and delight to her friends. When she
returned from her summer home at Sag Har-
Dor her physician believed her end was only a
matter of a few days, but now his patient is
able to sit up walk about the house and in
pleasant weather venture outdoors, although
she is very weak. She has written several let
ters and there are no signs of weakness in her
usual firm handwriting"
FRANK CARPENTER, the portrait painter, is
working steadily on a historical picture which
he hopes to make fitting companion for his
''Signing of the Emancipation Proclamation"
now in the House wing of the National Capt.
tol. The subject of this latter composition is
the negotiation of the Washington Treaty ad-
justing the Alabama and other difficulties with
Great Britain. The negotiators are seated
around the table signing the treaty. The por-
traits are superb and the grouping is striking,
while reasonably accurate in a historical sense
The canvas is not as large as that of the Eman-
cipation picture, and for that reason it prom
ises to be even more effective.
HERE is a story which is vouched for by
weI-known Conservative Member of Parlla-
ment. Mr.. Gladstone walked down to the
House of Commons one afternoon enveloped,
after his wont, in thick dark cloak. Behind
him, at distance of a few yards, walked the
Conservative Member in question. When near
st. Stephens, the Conservative Member OBJ
served that man who was on the pavement
stepped forward and said something in the ear
of the Liberal leader. Mr.. Gladstone threw
his head in the air and walked on, while the
man looked after him with satisfied express
sion. The Conservative Members curiosity
was awakened, and he went up to the man.
What did you say to Mr.. Gladstone?" he said
"Oh." was the reply Il only told him he was
- old scoupdrelr'