The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-21

The craving for Thespian distinctions ap-
pears to have taken hold of Peter Jackson, the
colored fighting man. He is very keen on play
ing .Othello" and has not only learned the
part thoroughly but has actually memorized
the whole of the play, says London exchange.
Dr. Marmorek, young Viennese studying
with Pasteur, is said to have discovered the ba-
ciIlus that causes blood poisoning and in
famed wounds. He calls it Streptococeus pyo-
genes and says that he has found out the anti
dote as well. The remedy can be used also for
cases of diphtheria too malignant to be cured
by serum.
The late NJ. Guzman of Paris left 80, 700
francs to provide musical entertainment for
the sick in the hospitals and asylums of that
city. Some years ago musical enthusiast left
% 900 francs for that purpose, but the sum
was not large enough for any practical use. NJ.
Guzman's addition makes it possible to carry
out the philanthropic project
Among the royal visitors expected in Lon
don during the coming season are the King of
the Hellenes, Prince and Princess Henry of
Prussia, the Duke and Duchess of Sparta, the
Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Hesse, the
Prince and Princess Frederick Charles Of
Hesse, and probably the Crown Prince of Dem
mark and his eldest son, Prince Christian.
In speaking of a recent visit to Constantine
pie, the Rev. Mr. Jessup of Baltimore says "Of
course we heard in Constantinople of the Ar
menian outrages. Minister Terrell thinks that
both Armenians and Turks are to blame. How
ever, our Minister stands in with the Sultan,
and he is about the only representative of a
foreign power in Constantinople that the Sui
tan receives privately and confdentially, for
he is afraid of all the rest"
Speaker William P. Watson of Delaware, who
becomes Governor of the State by the death OF
Governor Marvil, was born in Milford, Del, in
1S49, and was educated at Chestertown, Md.
Some of his early life was spent in Philadel-
phia, but he afterward returned to Milford,
and in 1885 he was elected member of the
General Assembly, but after the election q
question was raised as to his eligibility, and he
refused to serve. In 1892 he was chosen a
State Senator. Mr.. Watson has never been
identified with the machine of his party.
Mayor-elect George B. Swift of Chicago was
born in Cincinnati, but spent his boyhood in
Galena Ill. He began his business career in
Chicago as cashier of the drug house of Lord &
Smith. Then he became q partner in the firm
of Frazer & Smith, manufacturers of lubricat-
ing oils, and in 1870 became vice-president OF
the company. He first entered politics in
1879, when he was elected an Alderman.
Since then he has been q United States Treas
ury agent, Commissioner of Public Works and
Mayor for the unexpired portion of Mayor Har-
rison's term.
An extraordinary collection of books the
library of Mr. Gennadus, late Greek Minister
to England is about to be brought under the
hammer in London. 1t consists of the first and
rarest editions the Greek classics in unusually
good copies, Aldines, Juntas, Stephanuses. Oh
Homer there are 40 copies, of Anacreon forty
OF Longus sixty, of Theocritus fifty and so on
Among the books are Racine's Plutarch, Henri
Estienne's Aldine Thucydides, Melancthon's
editio princeps of Demosthenes, all with manu-.
script notes of their possessors. Besides these
there are 154 lots of Byroniana, including tho
| original manuscript of English Bards and
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