The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-06-20
PERSONS OF MORE.

Items Of Interest From Different Parts
of the World.
President Faure's father is an uphol.
sterer.
The dignified Charles Francis Adams
bowling along on bicycle is one OF
the sights of Boston.
A recent suit in New York discloses
that the late Henry S. Ives, Napoleon
of finance, left 81, 500.
George du Maurier is at work on an
other book, said to be love story. The
first chapter is completed.
The bicycle of the khedive of Egypt
is gorgeous machine, almost entirely
covered with silver plating.
The Rev. Allen Thompson, of Bor-
dentown, N. j., now 80 years of age,
is the Oldest active preacher in the
state, if not in the country.
Bishop Potter, who loves to ride
horseback, is out almost daily in New
York, and takes rides against time,
though he is seldom> in the saddle more
than an hour.
Houng Dong Six, just arrived in
Washington, is the first of the young
Coreans sent by their government to be
educated in this country. He will re-
main ten years.
Miss Mary Cary Thomas has been
nominated for one of the alumni trus-
tees of Cornell university. She is the
first woman to be so honored in any of
the great universities.
Senator Hoar has had this sign placed
on his grounds at Asnebumskit, Mass. !:
"Notice-You are all welcome. Build
No Fires. Bring No Guns, and Pull
Up no Flowers by the Roots.
Anthony Higgins, of Delaware, is
suggested by Editor Dana as an avail
able candidate for vice-president on the
Republican national ticket. He is
called Southern Republican.
Mrs. L. W. Stokes, the artist of the
Peary North Greenland expedition,
who returend to civilization last year,
has been elected an honorary member
of the Hogarth Club, London.
Mrs. Harlan is said to be almost as
large physically as her husband, the
supreme court justice, who is six feet
two inches tall, and when together in
public they naturally attract good
deal Of attention.
Lord Rosslyn will shortly make his
debut as a professional actor, having
been engaged at large salary by Mr..
Charles Wyndham. Lord Rosslyn has
long been regarded as one of the best
amateur actors in England.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dudley War
ner have been the guests of Professor
Willard Fiske at his beautiful home
near Florence. This house, once the
home of Walter Savage Landor, is one
OF the most beautiful villas in Italy.
Old Jules Simon is quoted as saying
that the young German emperor speaks
French like a Partisan, whereas the
first Napoleon spoke it all his days
with an Italian accent, and the third
Napoleon with strong German accent.
Miss Agnes P.S Mahoney, of Haw
throne, N. j., who carried off the first
prize in materia medica of the New
York college of pharmacy, is the first
woman whose name has been inscribed
on the roll of honor in that institution
The Samoan natives showed their de-
votion to Robert Louis Stevenson by
cutting steps in the rocky mountain up
to his grave, so that his widow could
reach the almost inaccessible spot
The work was accomplished with in
finite pains.
The Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir
to the Austrian throne,
who recently returned from trip
around the world, has given his diary
to the public at the request of many of
his subjects. The first volume ap-
peared a few days ago.
The great dinner which the emperor
of Germany is to give in Holtenau for
the guests in the opening of the ship
canal is to cost $25, 1000. The contract
has been taken by a Berlin caterer to
feed 1000 persons. There are to be
fotry-two cooks and two chefs.
Rufus Scott was the first man in
Mich, to take the Chicago
Daily Times. That was forty years
ago last September, when it cost $12 a
year and cents a day postage. He
was also the first man to take the new
Democratic daily, the Chronicle.
Gustav Freytag, the famous German
author, who died few weeks ago, left
a fortune estimated at 1000, 600 marks,
about $3.50, 900, in addition to his real
estate in Weisbaden and Gotha. He
wrote his will himself. His library
contains many rare books and manu-
scripts.
Of the thirty-two secretaries of state
who have held office since the organi-
zation of the government, four have
died while in Office, Hugh S. Legere,
Of South Carolina; Abel P. Upshur, of
West Virginia; Daniel Webster, of
Massachusetts, and Walter @. Gresh-
am, of Indiana.
Philadelphians have been able for a