The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-06-05
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

The Shah OF Persia will not remain st a
table on which salmon or lobster Is placed,
Hon. Jerry Simpson, the Kansas Populist,
saved fifteen thousand dollars while In Con.
gress.
The golden jubilee OF Archbishop Will
iams. OF Boston, was celebrated there In o
magnificent manner.
"Mark Twain" Is said to have lost the
greater part OF his fortune In injudicious
business Investments.
Lord Rosebery's physicians think every
week he remains Prime Minister OF England
takes year Of his life.
Gladstone has written letter commanding
the movemen. for n reunion OF the Scottish
and other Presbyterian churches.
Private Secretary Thurber is said to be
one Of the cleverest narrators OF dialect
stories ever known in Washington.
The Mikado has instituted m "Tmperial
Order OF the Kite" to be sort OF japanese
equivalent Of the British Victoria Cross.
Mayor Strong, OF New York City, has Or
dered that the American flag shall float over
the City Hall whenever he Is In the building.
The Marquis OF Londonderry, with the view
OF encouraging his tenantry, has decided to
establish an agricultural show for their
| special benefit.
The Parkhurst memorial subscription,
opened in New York City to commemorate
the reformer's success, was closed, the total
being s2s, s,959.57.
DR.. Won Stephan, the.genial and clever
head OF the German postal service, has Just
celebrated his twenty-flfth anniversary as
| Postmaster General.
T. D. Aldrich, the poet and writer, Is an
alert, active man OF fifty. He Is always fash
ionably dressed and wears his mustache
waxed In French fashion.
Admiral Meade, whose name was con-
nected with an interview criticising the Ad-
ministration's foreign policy, Is n first cousin
Of General George Meade, the hero Of Gettys-.
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| : As soon as II was announced that Henry
/ George had been named In the will OF q
wealthy English manufacturer he was be-
J sieged by callers asking aid and by begging
| letters.'~ --s,
| ], General Grants grandson, Algernon Sar-
toris, is youth nearly six feet tall and fair
| Of complexion. He was born In England,
but is said to prefer his mothers country to
his native land.
Miss Rose Cleveland, sister OF the Presi-
dent. Is gray-haired and has a pleasant face.
She is rather stout, but her taste in dress is
excellent and she is invariably attired accord
Ing to the latest fashions.
| Senator Manderson. OF Nebraska. has fine
collection OF Indian relics at his home in
Omaha. and one that time will render each
| year OF increasing value for our Indians and
their ways will soon be things OF past gen.
Grafton.
Senator Vest, OF Missouri, Is an auction
fend. He attends oil the rug sales, art sales
and auctions OF fine brac-a-brac, and often
picks up some article OF vertu. His taste
and judgment In such things is said to be
J infallible.
James Whtcomb Riley writes very slowly
and with painstaking care. "Bill" Nye, his
old associate and friend, says that he digs
his pencil into the paper so hard that the
several sheets below form manifold copies Of
the original.
General William Malone seems to have be-
| come permanent member OF the Southern
| colony In Washington. His political pres
tige is only a memory, and he is not the rich
| man he was few years ago. Rut he dresses
as neatly as ever, keeps up his spirits and
tells entertaining stories at his favorite
hotel.
| Probably no master mariner has saved so
many lives as Captain Hans Doxrud, the
| commander OF the Red Star steamship
| Switzerland, trading between Philadelphia
and Antwerp. He has saved the lives Of
eighty-three persons, who were rescued from
nine sinking vessels. Four gold medals have
been awarded him.
J Major Heros Won Borcke. who died re-
| Gently In Berlin, was one OF the most trusted
members Of the staff Of General J. E. b.
Stuart, the Confederate cavalry leader. Won
| Borcke was giant In stature, and his cav
airy sword, which he presented to the State
| OF Virginia at the close Of the war, is an i'm
mense weapon which the ordinary man can
handle only with difficulty.