New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-03
eraI. for New-York City Is the chief postal dis
tributing centre Of the United States.
PERSONAL.

President George y. Roberts. Of the pennsylvania
Railroad Company. with his family mas gone 70
the coast OF Maine to spend several weeks; Inc
trip Is for recreation as ne mas pee'' "'i"'s Ca
tremely hard recently.
The Countess Caciiia PlaterZybeck one OF the
weaIthiest women in Russia. has peeh ehrohed IN
guild of master-tailors OF INV one nd az
the head OF a cutters 5cnooi III 'hdt c''' anu uoes
much help the poor.
Dr. Arthur G. Webster. OF Clark University. re-
comfy received notice from Paris that he had won
the Elihu Thompson prize OF 5OW francs Tor tho
best treatise electricity The subject OF DR..
Websters thesis is IAN Experimental Determine
ton OF Periods in Electrical Oscillations The
nrIze was originally instituted by the city OF Paris
for the best electric meter, and was awarded to
Professor Thompson. Desiring that II should serve
IN develop theoretical knowledge OF electricity.
Professor Thompson requested mat IL ne ofered as
ton DR. Webster who has been thus sIgnally
honored, Is Harvard graduate OF the class or 1888.
The King OF Slam now possesses five white ee-
plants one of which is no larger than a pony.
They are led daily to the river TO battle. the only
exercise they have save when they take part in
some imperial procession. They also lined
about His Majesty when he receives foreign Am
bassadors.
George W. Chds Drexel and family Of Phladel-
phia arrived at Booth Bay Harbor on Thursday
night on the steam yacht Alceda' and proceeded
yesterday morning TO 1siesboro
The University OF Virginia and the country have
suffered a loss In the death OF Professor j. 3.
Minor for fifty years professor Of law at that old
institution OF learning Professor Minor born
on June 2 1873 in Louisa County, Va, and entered
the university as a student January I. 1892.
His first haf-session and the whole OF the
ceedng term were devoted TO the studies In the
schools OF Mathematics Chemistry and Law, and
he was graduated in the first two in June. 1898.
His last session was given to work in ancient and
modern languages and In law and in June 1894.
he was graduated. with the degree OF Bachelor Of
Law He practlsed his profession for time, and
in 1874 appointed professor in his alma mater.
connection only severed by death. For many
teachers OF law in the United States. Mr. Minors
eminence due not merely to his well-balanced
mind, but to a capacity for study and the pursuit
of legal Investigations which have been recognized
genius. and from which he was not diverted by
any political or lay dgressions. lie was a prolific
writer. \ critic. in speaking OF him recently said:
Minors Institutes cannot be surpassed wade
mecum Of the law
Rabah. who has made himself master OF the
Sutanate OF Bornu Africa and much OF the sur
rounding country, Is tall negro, who was slave
OF the dealer Xobehr Pacha. lie has immense
treasures OF gold. silver and ivory Several men
who recently arrived in TripOs say that he is a
genuine robber knight and has imposed poll
OF 81 on the inhabitants OF Bornu.
Miss Dodge CGall Hamilton') is slowly I'm
proving in health; Friends who have seen her
Gently say that she Is In excellent spirits
The Rev. Edward Beechor the brother OF Henry
Ward Beecher who died in Brooklyn on Sunday
at the age OF nneiy-two is reported as saying: IT
never smoked chewed tobacco. and never drank
ardent spirits in any form. but was fond OF out
of-door exercise"