The Portland daily press., 1894-03-16
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

the wife of the Confederate general, has
been elected an honorary member of the
Association of the Maryland Line, a
Confederate society. In May, 1861, she
armed, clothed, uniformed and fitted
out with tents and camp equipage the
First Mary land Regiment (of the Army
Of Northern Virginia. and during the
summer of that year she nursed the SOL
diers of the command during an epidemic
of typhoid fever.
Ex-Gov. John Evans of Colorado, who
was eighty years old on the 9th inst,
had good deal to do with starting Chi
cago on it's career of prosperity. "In
1885," he says" accepted chair in the
Rush Medical College in Chicago, when
the city only claimed IL, 900 inhabitants,
and labored to get it started. helped
to inaugurate the movement to build
the Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad,
now called the Pennsylvania road, and
was one of it's active directors until |
came to Denver"
Richard Croker spent week in the
country near San Antonio, Tex, and
was so impressed with Ibis part of the
country as horse raising and horse
training country that he has decided to
purchase an extensive ranch near that
of Mr.. Morris and engage in the fine
horse breeding and training business.
The will of the late Clute Wilmerding,
wholesale liquor dealer of San Fran
cisco, contains bequest of $500, 900 to
the regents of the University of Cali
fornia to esta blish and maintain the Will
merding School of Industrial Arts, to
teach boys trades, fitting them to make
a living with their hands, with little
study and plenty of work. One of the
amount of the bequest is not enough to
carry out Mr.. Wilomerdipg's Intentions
Gov. Tillman of South Carolina says
he will not again be candidate for re-
election.
The Harvard clubs. which exist in
nearly every city in the country, propose
to take fitting action regarding the 25th
anniversary OF DR.. Eliot's presidency of
the college. They have ordered that a
gold medal be struck to commemorate
the 25th anniversary of his accession to
the presidency, to be presented at the
dinner of the alumni on next commence
ment day, A committee has also been
appointed, with full power, to act
upon some plan to make the commemor-
by raising fund to establish fellow
ships, or for other desirable objects.
Hetty Green, the richest woman IN
America, was the other day rescued from
a perilous position in front of an ap-
preaching street car on Broadway. New
York, by a policeman named John
Kane, who probably saved her life, but
who received neither thanks nor reward
from the rich woman, who was more
concerned about her many bundles than
anything else.
Al Drexel, jr., of Philadelphia has
rented big French steam yacht, luxuri-
ously appointed, and after some prelimi-
nary cruising in home waters intends to
take select party of friends to China
and back, if not around the world.
1t is said that Mr.. Gladstone completed
his translation of Horace's Odes into
English verse on the day when his resig-
nation went into effect.
The legislature of Utah has before it
a bill making train robbery punishable
with death.
A French priest stationed at Jeru-
salem has been the fortunate finder of
ga talent of the time of King David.n
The bacillus of chronic rheumatism
has been tracked down, isolated, recog-
nized and reproduced by Prof. Max
Shuler. IL is said to be short and thick,
with bright granulations which can be
easily shown up by dyeing with aniline.
A literary woman of California has
brought divorce suit against her hus-
band, who is an artist, and who, as she
has set forth. "does not furnish his wife
the means Tor literary leisure, he being
an able bodied man who could make
more money by manual labor than by
his art"
Herr Krupp, the great gun maker, pre-
sented 100000 marks to the city of
Essen, in honor of the last birthday of
the emperor. The money is to be used
to found a fund for the benefit of the
Essen poor, to be known as "the fund
of Emperor William II and Prince Bis
marck." His majesty gave permission
to have his name coupled with that of
the ex-chancellor.
Ex-Empress Eugene, according to for
eign papers, as given / 600, 900 lire as
wedding present to her niece, Princess
Eugene Letitia Bonaparte, who became
engaged to Prince Fabrizin Massimo a
few days ago. The princess is 81 years
of age and the bridegroom 26. Princess
Eugene is the second daughter of Prince
Charles Bonaparte. Her eldest sister
was married few years ago to Lieuten-
ant Enrico Gotti, of the italian army.
OF all the exhibits at the California
Midwinter fair probably the most inter-
esting to eastern people is the old min
ing cabin occupied by John Mackay
when his circumstances were such as
hardly day laborer would envy. But
the crude comfort and hospitality of the
cabin had a genuineness about them
that his daughter does not seem to have
found in the palaces of an italian prince.
Another interesting cabin in this same
exhibit is that occupied nearly half a
century ago by Senator Perkins. Both