The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-04-17
PROMINENT PEOPLE

Kaiser wilhelm's latest fad is agriculture.
Twenty lives lie between the Emperor OF
Germany and the British throne.
Ii Hung Chang's name is really Just Ii.
All the rest of 1t is title Of honor
Krupp, the German gun manufacturer,
has fortune estimated at SO, 100000.
Queen Victoria is suffering greatly from
rheumatism, which renders her almost help
less.
Secretary Gresham Is the Oldest member OF
the cabinet. He was slxty-three on st. Pat
rick's day.
The Marquis OF Downshire IL the wealthiest
irish peer. His estate in that country total
,621 acres, with revenue OF $3.50, ,000 His
English estates add $4,000 to this amount.
Justin Mccarthy, the Irish Parlamen.
tartan whose novels have been so widely
read in this country, is In his sixty-second
year; but even at this age. II Is no unusual
thing for him to sit up all night over his
typewriter.
Maturin NJ. Ballou, who published Ballou's
Magazine, the first illustrated weekly, and
was an original proprietor OF the Boston
Globe, died. few days ago, at Cairo, Egypt,
aged seventy-four.
Prince Bismarck recently said to visitor
that he had only one serious complaint to
make against old age, that was that he had
been obliged OF late to abstain almost entire
ly from tobacco.
Theodore Thomas the orchestra director,
will celebrate his golden jubilee in July. He
was born In Hanover sixty years ago and
came to America lad Of ten. He played in
New York while youngster as kind OF ju-
venile prodigy.
Should the present Duke OF Saxe-Coburg
abdicate on the score Of Ill health, as It is as
serted he IL on the point Of doing, the Prince
Of Wales will be uncle and mentor to four
monarchs Of Europe, namely. the Emperor OF
Russia, tho Emperor OF Germany, the Grand
Duke ofHesse and the Duke OF Saxe-Coburg-
Gotha.
The physician of Harriet Beecher Stowe an
nounces to the public that Mrs. Stowe is In
better health than usual, and that she de-
votes considerable time out OF doors, visiting
freely her friends and nelghbors.
Gear Nicholas, OF Russia, has made reduc-
tions In the establishment OF the police
charged with the safe custody Of his person,
but has not, as recently reported, decided to
entirely abolish the secret police.
NJ. Caslmir-Perier intends to publish In tho
near future sensational brochure entitled
"Six Months OF the Presidency" In 1t the
| journal says the ex-President will relate the
history Of his captivity at the Elysee. the
role OF victim to which he found himself
| condemned, the conflicts OF each day and
the snares into which he narrowly escaped
falling.
Prince william, OF Hesse, Is said to have
gallantly rescued a woman from drowning
after she had attempted to ocommit suicide by
throwing herself into the river Woog re-
Gently. The Prince had great difficulty In
swimming ashore.
The Archduchess Maria Theresa is the only
daughter OF the late Archduke Albrecht, oi
Austria, and inherits personal property
valued at nearly ESQ, ,000,0 ,000 She was born
! in 1845, and was married thirty years ago to
Duke Philippe, Of Wurtemberg.
Napoleon Sarony, the New York artist, II
the son Of Prusslan officer Of hussars, wht
fought against the first Napoleon at Leipsic
but named his child after him. Young Saro
ny came to New York when ten years OLE
and made his first lithograph two years later