The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-16
Philadelphia, and has earned the title of 30.
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P. F." which stands for Oldest public function
airy.
AT last accounts Richard Watson Glider,
editor of Century, was in Berlin to attend the
wedding of his sister-in-law to an Italian noble
man. The bride is a sister of General DeKay,
United States Consul-General.
CASTOR Paris, who has recently been ap-
pointed rector of the University of Paris to
succeed CASTOR Boissier, the new perpetual
secretary OF the French Academy, is reported
to De the greatest living Romance philologist
Miss Ella Erving of Gorin Mo-, feels quite
fiattered when her friends call her "a pocket
Venus" She is only 20 years old, but she is 8
feet inches high, weighs 256 pounds, and has
feet that measure II inches from heel to toe.
A majority of the Judges of the Common
Pleas Court of Philadelphia have decided that
the Judges OF the court shall wear black gowns.
1t is also expected that the Judges of the quar-
ter sessions will soon vote to wear scarlet
gowns.
The descendants OF old Governor Thomas
W1gg1n have had their second annual reunion
and banquet in Boston. Thomas Wiggin came
to America in 1851, and for many years was
the virtual owner of part of what is now
Southern New Hampshire.
John B. Harlow, the new United States Civil
Service Commissioner, is universally known as
major, though he never attained q higher
rank in the army than captain A relative
who was then in high official position wrote to
him offering to have commission sent to him
Tor majors place, which had just fallen va
cant. Young Harlow declined the offer
Though strongly urged to reconsider his refusal
he remained firm. When the story leaked out
MS comrades dubbed him "major" by courtesy,
and he was never able to get rid of the title.
The life of Senator Jones of Nevada has been
continued romance. One year he is a mil
honalre and the next year he is fat broke
To-day he has 100000 to his credit, to-mor-
row he is SOC, 1000 poorer than when he was
born. He is really brilliant man. He has a
remarkable fund of useful information and
he can make good speech on any subject
with very little preparation. He is an inveter-
ate stock gambler and always a bull At one
time, fifteen years ago, he was worth So ,00O,-
0OO severe streak of bad luck followed and
in two years he was broke.
During his flush period he presented, says
the Chicago Times Herald, his wife with
500 900 worth of diamonds. When he reached
the financial zero he asked his wife to lend
MIN the diamonds. She did so. He sold them
and invested the proceeds in mining stocks
The venture was lucky and in less than year
the $50, 900 had increased to 100000. He
then returned the diamonds to his wife, in
creased by % per cent. Jones is interested In
mines in Nevada, California, Arizona and Col
orado. His wealth is now up in the millions
again. Rich or poor, Jones is always happy.
He is a firm believer in his own good luck He
is spirited but not wise poker player. He
lost $S5 900 at one sitting at Tom bstone, Ariz.,
and raked in $25, 900 of Tom Bowen's money
the first week the latter served in the Senate.
Richard Olney, who has just succeeded
to the premiership" is a stockily set
brief-necKed, beetle-browed man of mid
ding height, with a broad, high forehead, a
square-jawed forceful face, adorned by droop-
ing iron gray mustache, and is dignified rather
than suave of manner. He is rising three
score and comes of a "fghting Baptist family"
While he is not and never pretended to be an
orator, he yet speaks with much force and de-
liberation, and legally ranks with the king
pins of the Boston bar, says New York Vanity.
Corporation law is his forte, and he has peck
eted many fat fees in his time for advice rem
dered TO railroad and other companies. When
appointed Attorney-General his practice was
worth quite half hundred thousand dollars
year. So that he did not enter Mr.. Cleveland's
official family without making considerable
pecuniary sacrifice. Socially he is a most
charming companion, and his is essentially
the smart establishment of the present admin
istration. devout believer in the truth of
Carlyie's favorite proposition that "silence is
golden" he has always eschewed publicity.
So that he is not so politically popular as some
OF his fellows. Withal he is taciturn, quiet
going man, of bookish tendencies, who can
play lawn tennis like professional. He once
refused a seat on the bench of the highest
court in his native Bay State. Then he did it
again. Moreover, he enjoys the distinction of
never having had photo taken till after his
appointment to the Cabinet.