New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-06
PERSONAL.
pieasantness.

vor mara than a century tho Macleois have been
leading men In the Church or Scotland, rhree OF
them have presided Moderator over the General
Assembly, aud the fourth tho Rev hr. Donald
Macleod Of Glasgow, has just been chosen for that
olnce hr Macleod IL the Editor 81 Good Words, y
has travelled over most 81 lhe w9glt loves ,"a',hs
aud nshlnH, Ia capital Story teller ana has mo
most fashionable congregation W GLASGOW
The Duke ~ Anhat GERMANY celebrated hts
birthday recently by establishing decoration for
worltnsmen, EVERY iahofer IN Ms iamhlshA whe
has been twenty nve Years y, ,hs smb,aas '' "'
rrofessor William dafiner iiale head professor ~
latin IA tho University of chicago In 90 10 director
~ tho new American achool of thpslcs IN Rome
for year Tho Hchool viii probably 10 established
nj tho Aurora Casino Palace tho villa Of tho Ihlo-
vic TWO fcllowshps have been established Of A
value ~ 500 each. Four fellows In the University "
Chicago WIN accompany Professor llale They are
oyct college, Michigan, and Professor swearinsen,
OF Mllshops college Missouri. The principal sub
monument, tho topography OF Rome. ANCIENT art.
and the Latin nssrBHns rrSfrSASr ods as w "n
took his bachelors degree from Harvard In 1870,
leading his class. He was professor at Cornell
OF the Classical Review" and has written notable
treatses on Latin constructions.
Harlow N. Hginbotham. of Chicago. is having a
beautiful country home built the old farm near
Joliet, H., where he was born
Margaret Puttens. Rood Lane London. has Just
died She was the granddaughter OF Charles Wesley.
the hymn writer. and daughter OF the composer OF
the Cathedral Service in +. She educated ms a
musician by her father and was lady OF many
accomplishments Mendelssohn. Braham. the poet
Rogers Dean Milman. and many other celebrities
OF the early Victorian period were among her
friends
DR.. Claudius Il. Webster. for many years United
States Consul at Sheffield. England. and prior to
that time principal OF young ladies' seminary In
Norwich, Conn. Is now the Oldest surviving grad
uate of Dartmouth College. having been graduated
In 1896 In the same class with ex-Prcsident s. C.
Bartlett. Dr. Webster Is now this account,
president of the local alumni association in Concord
n. H. The venerable Doctors name was recently
mentioned by THE Boston Journal In connection
with interesting bit Of history. In May. 1871,
and secured permission to pursue the same studies
and the same textbooks the boys In the
Academy OF that place. Among them was Elisabeth
Knight, who not only struck blow for co-education
OF the sexes more than century ago. but after
ward became the mother OF three men who became
prominent In various ways--John Calvin Webster,
an anti-slavery agitater; Dana Webster. General
Grants chief OF artillery at Shiloh. and br Claudius
Is. Webster.
Vincent ID. Markham who has just died In Dem
yer at the age OF seventy. for many years re-
garded as one Of the foremost lawyers Of Colorado
He was a native Of Virginia, was graduated from,
William and Mary College In lSa& was admitted "a
the bar In 1854 and moved TO Kansas In 1858 He
went to Denver In 1862. and at once became promi-
nent a. citizen and q lawyer.