New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-15
PERSONAL.

Dr EIsin Ralston Lowell Gould. lecturer on socio
economies in Johns Hopkins University mas 40
cepted the professorship OF statistics III 'he N1'
versty OF Chicago
monument TO the memory of Marshal Cahro
brt i to be erected at Salnt-Cere. his native place
rho president OF the committee Is Generai oe
coiomb Great interest Is taken IN the pan
In an article on engineers and public works Inc
pevis,v Of Reviews" says: the very great IN
terest that American public opinion mas oesu" 20
show In the idea of a Nicaragua Cahal coi's'iue'ea
nv th. Government, In a Natioha cdpie me !" 'he
Hawaiian Islands, In deepened chahieis oe."'e" 'ne
roat lakes and the eastern seaboard, ana IN other
Irga nroiects of engineering. may well make the
ootn,rv thankful for the superb training wnch
West Point Wiletts Point ana our otei Hr my
schools nave given the accomplished COZ ~ laen
,bo heIong to the United states military ehslheer-
ing service one of these eiIiheIlt fsnuarv
& Tho )" nresdency of the American society OF
t'ivII Engineers His incumbency has dohe HoCn 70
nromote a closer relationship between the uos ~
mments engineering corps and the civilians OF phe
engineering profession IS sa'u s,,cceed 70 The
headshp OF the military engineers =. i 10 80
born in Loudoun County. lrgni"' ana ~ i'' fter
graduation ne was assigned to the Eng neer So'Rs
ana rose be- one OF the SIX coI9hels III TO-
Acknowledgement Thomas J.. Casey, cnlet OF eng,
nrers Will be retired. and Colonel Mehdeii, "Eo
ranks Colonel Craigh, Will reach the age limit I'D
a few months.
Prince Lobanoff the Russian Chancellor Is
q writer Of note. He was Of the most brllIiant
contributors to the "Rousskaia Starinai me "a
NOUS Russian historical review. Inc - ISterpis
Academy of Sciences elected him TO membership
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes celebrated the
af,v.fourth anniversary OF his birth the other day.
Sir Hercules Robinson has remarkable record
as A co,onil. administrator. After short service
with the Royal Irish Fuseers. he became President
Of Monserrat : long ago as lS3i the lee"arl ISL
euJs were mis- next ncld Of LABOR and after no
,t., Gov. h,a HrTE
mis- cnarcr. Four years later. i'm Boo sa" MIN AZ
C,eylon. and then the GoVernoEsnip OF New SCUM
Zealand was the sphere Of service In 1919. ana
A year later he made Governor IN Soutn AFRICA
He L. now Governor Of ;fe cape OF GOOD Hope
Mss Nellie f. Wood Of Earlham Ind. has just
carried 81 the prize AZ the annual contest oil the
Indiana State Ora,or.cal Association. She had as
competitors SIX young men.
Theodore l.. sewall is associated with his VIA
Mrs MAY Wright Se,, al. in the management OF an
educational institution in lniiana He Is amiable
In opposition. and has keen sense OF nuIlot'
France hl, lost in ". Auguste Nacquerie one OF
her wit,iest knights Of the pen He was born In
1919 al Vii.cqu!cr Normandy. and began his Jour
nalis,ic career at an early age BEFORE the fali OK
the Empire he started the "Rarrc.' a Radical
newspaper. which he e1iJct until MS death. n
U;ltl shed number OF MS pprt.cll euGS!onS ana
wrote some plays He WAS Victor Hugo's gr-tt
friend and companion IN exile His brother, u may
ter and sacrificed his life after an unsuccessful
attempt to rescue her from drowning.
Frederick Holbrook. one OF the few living war
Governors Of New England. celebrated his eighty
second birthday recently, at his home in Brattle-
boro, VT.