The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-28
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE.

King Charles, Of Roumania, has a salary
Of 100000 n year. He is fifty-one years of
e and military affairs absorb his atten-
ton most Of the time.
Miss Sarah Orne Jewett's literary work
has been interrupted this spring by severe
illness, from which, however, she is now
fast recovering at South Berwick, Me.
One Of the Queens Indian domestics,
who is described as "Prince Ahmed" has
been nearly killed by the cold. and was
obliged to leave AK for a more genial
climate.
The mother Of Rider Haggard, the
novelist, Mrs. Ella Haggard. was q writer
of considerable talent, and a posthumous
work of hers In verse will soon be pub
lished.
Dom Pedro, ex.Emperor of Brazil, is
writing for a German scientific journal a
valuable paper upon the language of the
Tupi race, the principal Indian tribe Of
Brazil.
Herr Bebel, the German socialist, is a
genuine workingman. He started as an
ivory-turner and, v now, when some
thing displeases him In the establishment
of Feslieb & Bebel, at Leipzig, of which he
is a partner, he tucks up his sleeves and
SloWS liz ktOTnut UT oostlildtt WOThIpuu
show II should he done."
The late Duke OF Manchester's cele-
brated herd of ~Shorthorns, at Kimbleton,
is to be sold off in July. This large herd
is one of the finest In England, and was
founded with the best blood, and has al
ways been most carefully maintained.
The Duke gave 1900 gs. for an Oxford
COW at the Dunmore sale In 1875.
General von Caprivi is described as a
just man, thoughtful and almost lender
toward subaltern officers i'm their straits.
Simple and unassuminR. as men Of merit
mostly are, he Don found himself beloved
by the navy, although never c~oncealing
his preference for the army in general,
and the guards I'm particular.
Princess Henry of Prussia. who has
been cruising in the Mediterranean dur
ing the winter with her husband, for the
benefit of her health, has arrived at Darn
stadt, and she Is TO remain there until
after the departure of the queen, when
she is to 20 to Hamburg 10 stay for a few
weeks with the Empress Frederick.
Miss Etheyln Roe of Setauket, Mass,
had n lively encounter last Friday. While
picking wild flowers In the woods near
Rocky Point q whitc-throated black snake
sItrdhk ~ heT out loTtuttutcay uiisbcu its
mark. After running some distance she
secured n stick and, returning, after q
short battle killed the serpent. II meas
ured six feet.
The Duke of Edinburgh Is evidently a
believer in the consolinR power of the
''wecd," for when he was first seen after
the theft of his jewels he pulled away Mt a
cigarette, N when the royal party ar
rived Mt Kings Cross he had no sooner
taken his seat i'm the carriage opposite the
duchess than he tool out his cigarette
case and began 10 smoke.
The German emperor has now taken
into his own hands the management OF
his private fortune. and il is asserted that
n short time back he negotiated a loan of
100000 marks, assured by a mortgage on
n house In the Leibnitzstrassc i'm Berlin.
Before concluding the treaty, the emperor
visited h said house himself several
times, SO as to he sure of his bargain.
Amembcr of the Stanley expedition was
asked what was the first news they had
from Europe after their "wanderings in
the wilderness" ut was contained" he
replied, ''in a letter from the English con-
sui at Zanzibar. and | well remember his
words. The Emperor William OF Ger
many" he wrote, lis dead: his son, Fred
erick. who succeeded him, is dead; his
grandson, William, is now on the throne.
But. thank God, Queen Victoria still lives,
and Is well, and rcigns over dear old n
land"