The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1893-05-31
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

n. PAsrEu7, the great French scientist, b
the son of tanner.
The Archbishop Of Canterbury receives q
salary Of $75, 900 year.
LITTLE QUEEN WIHELM1SA is the last OF
the princely race Of Orange In the Neither
lands.
RuDYARp KrpL1No has abandoned short
story writing to devote his time to longer
works Of fiction.
S1R JAMES ANDERSON, who was In command
Of the Great Eastern when she laid the At
lantto cable, is dead. , az..
The Queen Of Greece Is President Of SIS
terhood devoted to the reformation Of crimi-
mails, and she personally visits prisoners.
EX-SENATOR JOSEPH E. BaowN, Of Geor-
gia, Is seventy-two years old, and he is re-
ported to be enjoying ripe and serene old
age" ,s
JOSEPH g. Harris, who succeeds Mr.. Nc
Leod as President OF the Reading Railroad
system, is civil engineer by profession and
in early Life was connected with the Coast
Survey.
Ex-PBEs1pENr HARRISON will begin his
course Of lectures on International law at the
Stanford University, California, next Octo-
Der, when the new school OF law Will be
opened.
GOVERNOR RUSSELL, Of Massachusetts,, re-
lies on long periods Of sleep to keep him IN
good physical condition This and his peri.
odical trips to the woods are the secrets OF
his splendid vitality. rs
SECRETARY SMITH has brought his favorite
saddle-horse to Washington. and may be seen
every morning taking a canter on the ave
nues. He Is at his Office desk by 8 80 o'clock
refreshed for hard days work. @rS -
In view of the frequency Of such acci-
dents to him. It is Of interest to note that
there Is popular superstition In Germany to
the effect that the Kaiser will ultimately
meet his death through carriage accident.
EDWIN DUN, OF Ohio. the new Minister to,
Japan, Is nephew OF Allen G. Thurman.
He is q farmer and has never been heard OF
in Ohio politics. He has lived in Japan since
1878, and married the daughter OF Japanese
general. .a..
Mas. ELISE HEaEMAN DEpEw, wife Of
Chauncey NJ. Depew, died In New York City
after an illness from which she had been suf-
fering for about three years. She had never
fully recovered from an attack OF tho grip
three years ago.
"Bun NYE's" income Is probably the largest
Of any humorist alive, for besides the Inn
mense amount he realizes from his annual
tours, he has yearly income from his books
OIL OV6E YZU,UOU-uo AO41 lnSOARO bOaAS 0os2-
mated at S50,000.
JAMES ANTHONY FEouDE, the historian, is
a tall, keen-eyed, handsome man, Of singu-
larly genial manner, with ruddy, clean
shayen face framed in close-ftting, IRON
gray side whiskers. He Is seyenty-four
years old and looks ten years younger.
Doctor WILLIAM EVERETT, the preacher
politician who has just been elected to Con-
gress from one of the Massachusetts, dis
tricts, is accomplished in the art Of dining,
tells good story, makes rafting speech
and is gifted with some pleasing personal &C.
centriciues. ...s
JAMES WK1rcoMB RILEY, the "Hoosier"
poet, has q striking psculiarlty-he talks In
his sleep. At hotel where he Is known he
is always assigned to q room as far away
from the other guests as possible. Not long
ago on Southern sleeping car he gave one
OF his complete lectures in his sleep. He was
awakened by the applause of the other
travellers.