The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-17
NOTABLE PEOPLE.

John Strange Winter, has written
song, The Princess of the Poor in hon
or of the Duchess of York.
r. J. Henderson, Of Illinois, who has
been a member of congress for the last
twenty years, now wants 10 be clerk or
the house.
Gen. Gutierrez. now visiting the. At
lanta exposition, is the governor OF the
state OF San Luis Potosi, Is general-in n
chief of the Mexican army, and Is one OF
the richest men in Mexico.
Gen. Hyde says that II the navy depart
ment does not accept the ram hatahdlh.
he does not care. He can sell her to the
Cubans for better price, and II VIII soon
clean out the whole Spanish fleet
Sixty-two years ago Mrs. Gibbs, Of
Georgia, bore a triplet of boys. The three
met recently at the Atlanta fair: They are
all over six feet tall and weigh over Zeo
pounds apiece One lives IN Georgia, one
IN North Carolina. and one IN South caro-
lima.
DR.. Jose Ignacio Rodriguez. Spanish sec
rotary OF the bureau of American repub-
lies. will shortly receive a check from
the treasurer of the United States for
$500 900, his. fee as attorney for the ne. Mora
claim. 1t is one OF the largest fees ever
paid an international lawyer.
The Union bank inquiry at st. Johns.
Newfoundland. has ended, resulting in
the conmittal of the directors OF the bank
directors are Sir Robert Thorburn. Hon:
Augustus Harvey, Walter Il. Grieve and
William Joseph Donnely. They will be
admitted TO bail. which has been fixed at
$4,000 each.
Emperor william OF Germany sent a
special courier to Sandringham with a
birthday gift for the Prince or wales
who was 81 years old on Saturday last.
The emperor IS also said TO have written
to the Prince OF Wales expressing the
hone that the Duke Of Yorks son VIII
have the name Of Shakespeare bestowed
on him. among his other names.
al s-rf hat 10
people residing in Letcher county. KY,
are related 10 one another, directly or In
directly. The reason Of. this Is found in
the remarkable Webb family. There are
three brothers and three sisters az the
original family, all living near Sergent,
and they have no fewer than rs descend
ants living in the neighhorhood. The. ed
est member of the family. Lett!e, is Sc
years old. and has twenty children. ninety
five grandchildren and fifty great-grand-
children. Polly. aged 50. has sixteen chill
and greet grandchildren IS Lett.e. The
Youngest Wiley, has the fewest descend
ants. He IS 20 years old and has eleven
teen great-grandrh1dren
The suicide Of the Marquis OF Waterford,
due TO continued pain. recalls some other
eases Among the most notable suicides
IN the English peeraze within the memory .,
Duke OF Bodford-prohab bly, the richest
peer % the British realm-the MARQUIS OF
Ioudond cry, who cut his throat from ear
10 ear after having been driven 10 desper-
alton By blackmailers. Lord Cougleton.
ire head OF the house % ParneII likewise
took MS own life and 30 ala the Earl Of
Delaware. Lord Lyttleton. Lord Cion-
curry. Vfscount Forth. whose son. Lord
Dr7Ynu70rd. died i'm New York as a porter.
ana the Earl Of Munster an iileg.timats
son Of King william ". There are others
to whom the coroDer's fury gave the ben
eft OF the doubt n ascr!hng their death
n accident. such as Lord prumlanrig cid
est son Of the Marquis OF QueenSberry
the late Ear Of T.orsriale and the Duke OF
Hamilton. who IS pretty generally known
% have blown ont his brains while craze4
WITH pain from govt. during a visit 70 Al
rse~s and Lord Beaumont. who Rad
brought suit for divorce a few 6ay~ before
RS violent death from Violet. LADY Beau
mont. who gave birth 70 a daughter two
weeks afterward