The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-05
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

The Queen of England has commits
stoned an artist tn paint her portrait for
the Pr,issian regiment OF which she is
honorary colonel.
The oldest cashier in New York is Alex
ander Gilbert of the Fulton bank, who ell
tered that institution as receiving teller i'm
1850 and has been cashier since 1855.
The Empress of Brazil was a patron of
Sonora n, a worthy business woman of
Rio, whose sign now reads: "Senora ".
corset maker tn the republic of BRAZIL"
George Francis Train will leave Boston
March . ON his proposed trip around the
world in 20 days. He will sail from Ia
coma. WASH, March IL, by the steamer
Abyssinia.
Henry Gladstone, who was recent
married to Miss Maudc Rcndell i'm Lon
don, is Mr.. Gladstonc's fourth son, and is
connected i'm business with AN East India
firm at Calcutta.
The young Chinese emperor appears tn
he developing into a rcfOrmcr. He has in
sisted upon the closing of gambling cs-
Establishments in Pekin, and is trying to cut
down expenses connected with the gov
administration.
A solitary sailor has been discovered on
n desolate island near Santa Cruz nearly
dead from exposure. He gives the name
of Rodrig'ies, and claims to have lived
eight years on the island. He has been
sent to his home i'm Spain.
Alexander =. Murray. director of the
British Museum, is expected To make u
visit tn New York in May, on an invitation
of the trustees of the Museum of Art. Mr..
Murray will deliver three lectures on
Greek sculpture during his visit.
Mrs. Long, the postmistress at Char
lottesviile, Va, and wife Of the blind Com
federate officer, Gen. A. l.. Long, is likely
to remain in her present position as long
as she wants to. Presidents Arthur and
Cleveland declined to remove her: So does
President Harrison.
William Walter Phelps has taken pos
session of his new house i'm Berlin, and
has introduced American styles of drapery
and furnishing. This was n severe strain
OH Berlin decorators, who found, to their
horror. that the first object of American
effort was light, air, sun-iust the points
where their skill limped.
Secretary Balfour while i'm Dublin re.
Gently met n Catholic priest who did no,
belong to the Nationalist party. Are the
Irish people as bitter against me as GER
tain people say they are? asked Balfour.
"Since yoI have asked me l will tell yo,
the TRUTH" answered the priest. "If ouy
fiocks hated sin half as cordially as they
hate you, there would be no use for priests
i'm lrcland.'
One of the most famous story writer's al
the last two generations, j. +. Smith, died
last week in PlattsburR, N. Y. Most al
his work was published in the leading
serial story papers in New York. He was
u great traveller and was present at tho
funeral of Napoleon's mother. 1t is SAID
that one Of his stories furnished BulweI
with his ~oft-quoted line. "Thc pen 1,
mightier than the sword"
~ rode down with Mr.. Carlisle from
the capitol one day i'm "a street car" say,
u Washington correspondent, Nand wher
we had reached the avenue n young @
girl entered the car. There was no sea-
for her, and she grasped the strap as she
looked up and down the benches OH botl
sides. l was surprised to see Speaker
Carlisle, for he was then speaker of tho
house, half rise tn give her his place. A
moment later he saw that he could make
| room beside him and he ovid the res
of us up against the end, and motionet
her to sit down.