The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-09
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

General Miles inspires respect, apart from
his rank. by the fact that he is an athlete,
and particularly skillful boxer.
Nine. de Valsyre, the noted French ad-
vocate OF woman's rights, handles the foils
with great skill and is fond of steeplechas-
ing.
A letter from Venice says that Don Car
los, the preIender to the throne of Spain, is
in very straitened circumstances and re-
Gently pawned valuable jewel.
The Philadelphia Record makes the start
ling announcement that John L. Carncr0ss,
the old-time minstrel manager aud sweet
voiced tenor, Is studying theology.
Lieutenant Guedenfeldt of Berlin, who
started out last winter to explore the Willis
OF Asia Minor, has returned. Sickness pre-
vented the accomplishment of his object
Professor Leslie A Lee. who headed the
expedition to Labrador which discovered
the Grand Falls, tlkes party of BOwdoin
students every summer on some notable
excursion.
Jean Ingelow is now a gray-haired littl
old woman Of 63 years. She is a kind friend
to the poor, and at regular intervals gives
them what she calls copyright dinners"
from the proceeds OF her books.
General Wchcote has died. aged 81, the
last English officer who fought at Waterloo.
He was born in 1894. He tagged at Rugby
for Macready. the actor. lie also was al
the great ball at Brussels the night before
the battle of Waterloo
Miss Betham Edwards, the author has
just received signal honor at the hands of
the French Government. In recognition of
her numerous works on rural France she
has been named "Officier de obstruction
Publique," distinction not often conferred
upon foreigners, especially Of her SEX
Carleton Graves. the man arrested by Ger
man authorities while he was phot0graphlng
the forts at Mayence on suspicion that he
was spy, Is the agent OF Photographic
company OF Philadelphia, and was merely
adding to his stock of negatives. In this in
stance he pressed the button and the police
did the rest.
When in Berlin the Emperor William has
In his study private telephone which COM
municates W tn the Empress apartments
and is only used for family intercourse. 1t
is said that if the Emperor be in one of his
fits of high spirits he often summons his
children to the instrument and jokes with
them per wire.
Sir William MacGregor, Governor OF
British New Guinea, recently assembled
Mount Yule, or Kovio, as he prefers 10 call
it. The KovlO range is volcanic and Isolated
from the main chain, of which Mount Owen
Stanley is the elimination. The KOvio
range is under 1900 feet high, and Is
wooded TO the very summit.
The late DR.. Soule, whose death in Indi-
ana was reported last week, was the 0rigl-
pator Of the Go West. Young Man" ad-
vice which Horace Greeley reiterated so
constantly atterward. DR.. Soule put these
words in headline over an editorial In Hne
Terre Hante Express, Of which he was eat
tor, and Greeley copied aud Endorsed the
article.
Miss Salie Matthews. the new postmis-
tress of Cloyerport, KY, is an energetic
little woman. For six years, though she is
still under 50, she was agent at ClOverport
of a large eoOperage company, with 200 men
and several steamboats, under her contrnl.
She often stood on the hurricane deck of
boat aud ordered work done, and at times
was known to stand her watch at the wheel.