The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-08-01
PERSONS OF NOTE.

Pertinent Paragraphs of People of
Prominence throughout the World.
With the exception of the king of
Denmark. Queen Victoria is the oldest
reigning sovereign of Europe.
John Hare, distinguished English
comedian, will act in this country next
winter, making his first appearance in
New York, December %.
T. 81. Tucker, the conductor who
ran the first train between Boston and
Worchester, Mass, on July 4, 1885, is
still living at his home, Melrose, Mass.
The Duke of Westminster has spent
over 100000 pounds in rebuilding
Eaton hall, which is now considered to
rival Chatsworth as England's finest
house.
Mr.. Gladstone derived marked bene-
fit from his trip to the Baltic. The
improvement was especially noticeable
in his voice, which is now firm and
strong.
Dean Farrar pleads for hospital con-
tributions with the assertion that near
ly half the population of London use
them in the course of the year in one
way or another.
Carl Zerrahan, who has been the
musical conductor of the Handel and
Haydn Society of Boston, for years,
has resigned, and B. J. Lang has been
elected to the position.
Baron Edmond de Rothschild has
purchased the recently exhumed speci-
mems of Roman silver works found
near Pompeii, and has presented the
collection to the National museum OF
Paris.
Lizzie Borden was delegate to the
Christian Endeavor convention in Bos-
ton. 1t is two years ago since she was
on trial for the murder of her father
and was acquitted. The Borden MUIR
der remains mystery.
The new Portuguese minister to the
United States, Mr.. AIDE Sequeira Che
dim, is particularly handsome man,
about 40, with very elegant and at
tractive manners. He speaks English
with only slight trace of accent.
The old Paramus Dutch church at
Ridgewood, N. j., has seen its first
wedding since Aaron Burr and Mrs.
Theodosia Provost were married there
113 years ago. The distinction fell on
DIR. W. L. Vreom and Miss Blanche
Miller.
Senior Don Carlos Yslesias, a brother
of President Yslesias, of Costa Rica, is
now in this country. He is mining
enigneer, and has been commissioned
by the government of Costa Rica to
study the methods employed in the
United States mint.
The new Duke of Hamilton and
Brandon, who is the premier poet OF
Scotland, is paralytic and confirmed
invalid, while the only son and heir
of the Duke of Norfolk, who is the
premier peer of England, is deaf, dumb,
blind and imbecile.
Mr.. Weyerhauser, of st. Paul, Mimi.
has given sufficient fund to main
tain chair for Semitic languages and
history in the university of Minnesota.
Professor ]. R. Jewett, of Brown uni
versity, has received the appointment
for that professorship.
Professor David Mason, who for
thirty years has been professor of Eng
lish literature in the university of Ed
inburgh, has announced his intention
| of retiring. He was appointed profess
that university in 1865.
It is stated that Michael ]. Tanning
has resigned the Prohibitionist state
Craftsmanship Of Michigan. In a recent
congressional election there the Popu.
lists nominated the Prohibitionist can
didate and ran the campaign for free
silver. Mr.. Tanning objected decided
ly, and after considerable ill-feeling
has finally given up the place he held.
Fragments of two gravestones with
Jewish inscriptions have been found
during the demolition of the disused
barracks at Mauer, near Vienna. At
the request of the authorities, Profes-
sor DR.. David Muller, of the univer-
sity of Vienna, deciphered the texts,
which record the deaths of two jew
esses, the one in 1860 and the other in
| 14O2.
Mr.. John Bloundelle- Burton, whose
story, "The Desert Ship, has created
such stir, was born in 1850. His
parents intended him for military life,
but when at 21 he came into comfort
able inheritance, he determined to see
something of the world. Mr.. Burton's
first long story was "The Silent
Shore" which had quite a career
under several different guises.
The Empress Eugenie, before leaving
Paris for Cape Martion, gave Lieuten-
ant Colonel Bizot, who is under or
ders for Madagascar, the campaigning
kit of the prince imperial, and also
that which she herself used in her sad
pilgrimage to the scene of her sons
death in Zululand. Colonel Bizot is
the son of the late General Bizot,
whose wife during the empire was one
of the ladies of the empress. .
A Twilight Interview.
twas the first twilight interview.
She, swinging in the hammock on the
side veranda, and he sitting submis-
l,or foot hic 1aro don,