New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-11
PERSONAL.

According to Boston estimates the builders OF
tho Defender are spending 10000 on the craft
This looks as If they had decided to supply the
Yacht with gold ballast
Within a year New-Jersey has lost four ex-Gov.
ernors. namely Bede. Albeit Price and Green.
Miss Tine Tsuda, head of the English depart
ment in the Peeresses' School. Toxic, JAPAN tens
in THE Independent" a touching story OF the ageo
mother of Sakamoto, commander Of the warship
Akaei who was killed in the thckest or the nght
during the great naval victory of the Yellow Sea-
commander Sakamoto left an aged mother, wife
and three young children. AS soon as MS deatn
was oc ,r as Ss Naya peparlment to convey
the sad tdngs TO his family ne S ,h o"
senser had LEFT the house IT had reached the ears
of the old mother, who totterng mo r tn gro,a
where the officer was awatng sau,ed ana yos
said: 80 It seems by your tIdlngs that my son
has been of some service this time
William H. McElroy is TO deliver the Phi Beta
Kappa Grafton at the University Of Rochester on
June is.
NJ Eugene de Robespierre, a grandnepnew OF
the famous revolutionlst, summoned before
Paris tribunal few days ago. charged WIN sell sen;
ing coal under weight. DE Kopespier'e oe'"s ''~'
merchant. He was acquitted
Mrs. Maria Fleming who is in charge Of the As
Economical Observatory Of Harvard. has good rec
ord as an astronomer In 1890 she was able TO an
nouuce from a spectrum that certain star IN tne
Constellation Cygnus was variable, ana during INC
next wear and a half she discover-d eleven new
variables. besides suspecting forty others. she
also has the honor of having first discovered piahe
tary nebula by aid of photography ana In 1888 she
discovered Nova Normae. in The Observatory;
says The Boston Globe. the reguar p,o''T rinn
OF the Greenwich (England) Observatory Mfs; 'e IN.
Ing has received very cordial recognition ior her
zeal skill and hard work and has been CARED more e,
over a brilliant discOverer.' The Driei reports OF
various phases Of the Draper memorial WORK nave
appeared for years in the 'Astronomiscnen Naeh-
rich.cn' and other astronomical journals over tne
signature OF N Fleming and ner name IS wen
known 10 scientific men in this country and Europe
Miss Maury Miss Leland and several others OF the
ladies associated with Mrs Fleming. nave oeeh en-.
gagei in important pieces OF investigation: MISS
Hrce's gift OF $4,000 telescope. to be used IN inc
Draper memorial work at Peru. Will make II pos
slble 70 photograph stars OF the smaIiest
The Interior OF the Draper Memorial Buding az
Cambridge Is very attractive TO the eye; Inc rooms
are large and light and pleasant, ana o, cou,se;
spot,-ssly neat The walls are hung with Deautiui
photographs OF the stars and other heavenly oo-
iects and OF views OF the different stations OF the
Harvard Observatory. There are good rugs on the
floor and large library tables and well-hl!ed book.
cases in the different rooms for the convenience OF
the workers with here and there magnfying glasses
and other optical instruments thai show what kno
OF work is carried there. In one room all the
photograph plates slowed away for reference IN
large convenient cases-ke library OF glass;
books over all Mrs. Fleming presides with WORD
OF welcome for the visitor really Interested IN Sci
entiic work"
The surprising news comes from Lisbon that the
famous Portuguese author and publisher. Pinheiro
Cbagas died In poverty in that city recently. He
was Cabinet Minister for several years