New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-24
machinery were constructed upon plans and
specifications furnished by the Government the
ship should be accepted.
PERSONAL

rs pocbester Chamber OF Commerce has A.
clded to raise 10000 by popular subscription for the
University Of Rochester as an inducement To
President Hill to remain at the mead OF the in-
stituton.
Henry Russell, Of London. the author Of Cheer
povs Cheer," "a Life on the Ocean Wave" etc,
will be eighty-four years old on next Tuesday.
Many years ago he visited this country and ne re.
ates the following incident as illustrating the hazy
ideas OF music entertained by many peop.e In thoss
DAYS: 81 gave a sacred concert one night at the
PRESBYTERIAN Church at Rochester n. Y. and
among other pieces / played on the organ tn.
.Hallelujah Chorus The concert over, one Of tbs
deacons Of the church, sall angular 'd,ar Yankee Yankee
came up to me and said: WAL, Mister kusse.-
on on that aeu noble origin but don. IKE psyn
theatrical music In the church 'Theatricai music!
H saGl, chSras which the Handel and Hayda
Of e TSe Sd
HAYDN Society. did yew say? wa'al. they're
most Thsse s we're So the so Of may hsS 70
deal with then honest ana kind'y p@DDIl 'horss
Would always move them; and stirring PATRIOTS
song would rouse them to enthusiasm
Colonel c. A. Lincoln. poor farmer OF Co"iey
County. KAN and said to be cousin of Abraham
Lincoln, has suddenly become a Popuiist leader.
He has made dates for 100 meetings In school,
houses in Bourbon County. He assumes the COM
monplace characteristics Of "Old Abe" and drives
a little bay mare, which. he says ne mas dIiyen
OF 5000 miles
The statue of Ole Bull, which the Scandinavians
OF Minnesota are to erect in Minneapolis, Is being
modelled by Fjelde. the Scandinavian sculptor OF
that city 1t is expected that the bronze statue
will be completed in about SIX moHths.
J. n Baneri,. a teacher In deaf mute instNu-
ton in Calcutta, India, is in Rochester inspecting
the Deaf Mute Institute Of that city. He Is pur-
suing a course of Audy at the Galiaudet College
in Washington. In order to learn all the latest
methods OF teaching deaf mutes employed In this
country There Is one other school than ours in
India" he says. 1T is located at Bombay and has
been in existence about eight or nine years. This
Is only the second year since mine was started,
cause considering the success which has attended
your schools. you would not consider II anytnlnst
but In comparison with the Bombay School. which
has only twenty-five pupils. while we nave twenty
one | think we have done well. There are abou&
two hundred thousand deaf mutes In India, bug
the majority of the people do not take kindly II
these schools: they rather consider them now
city OF course. the educated class see the Denent
Of it, and are willing to help us.
The rumor that Joseph Cook is i'll in Kobe Japan,
is not credited by Henry l.. Clayton. his manager.
now in Chicago "He was here" he says, Just
before sailing for Australia and made arrangements
with me to book him for occurring tour OF this
country for the season OF 1898. and have done
So | have heard from him within the last few
weeks. and II he was in such poor health ne would
have written something about it.