The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-19
NOTABLE PEOPLE.

a lIneal descendant of the famous Scot
fish cflieftain Rob Roy MacGregor lives
in Washington City. His house contains
many relics OF the great warrior whose
name he bears.
Rev. Moses y. Hoge, of Richmond. Va.
has been pastor of the Second Presbyte-
rian church in that city for fifty years.
His congregation includes grandchildren
of former members of his flock.
The white marble house of George W.
Childs has it's windows boarded up and a
sign OF For Sale on IL. Ii is house
that has sheltered more famous people
than any other residence in Philadelphia
A claimant for the honor OF being the
youngest grandmother in America is Mrs.
John w. Pierce, of Boston, whose age IS
- She was married at the age of IA years
only II years old.
John /. Blair. the New Jersey railroad
king, who has over So. 10000 invested in
Western railroads, boasts that he has
ton, and none of his money has been made
by bulling or bearing stocks.
Mrs Kate Chase says that before the
days OF telephones her father used TO go
the senate wing of the capitol and wave
a handkerchief to her as a signal that he
was not coming home to dinner.
Lacadio Hearn is small. dark. tinid
csc among whom he has lived for the last
four or five years. He was born in Smyr-
ma, the child of an Englishman ana a
Greek woman, and made his literary de-
but in Cincinnati.
Hall Game. the brilliant novelist. is a
Manxman, in the prime of life, tall, but
not robust, with pallid face, hazel eyes.
dark chestnut hair and beard, and has a
delicate, nervous organization which is
readily upset. He is without affectation
or mannerisms and receives his friends
and visitors with simplicity and genuine
cordially.
II ord Do, r0lyA h. hos hoo
pointed lord steward of the queens house
hold in the place of that very magnit-
cent creature, the Marquis OF Bredalbane,
Is an exceedingly handsome man, and Will
prove not only very useful but also an
ornamental addition to Queen Nictorla'S
court. AS Sidney Herbert he was reputed
the best looking man in parliament. The
post of lord steward of her majesty's
household is not only lucrative-it carries
with salary of $4,000 year and many
allowances and privileges, including that
and liveries-but an important one as We'll
On all state occasions he attends upon the
sovereign, carrying the white wand OF
seneschal in his hand a wand which at
the death of the sovereign he breaks over
the coffin, this invariably constituting one
of the most dramatic features of the cere-
mony Lord Pembroke's salary and al
lowances Will come in particularly well
come at this time, as he is financially en-
barraSsed by the enormous death duties
which he had to pay on the demise of his
elder brother and predecessor. These du-
ties amounted to over 100000, and he has
been obliged to close up the family seat,
Wilton house, and to dismiss most of the
gardeners and estate servants. besides
leasing the home farm. Lord Pembroke's
younger brother is married TO a New York
girl. the daughter of Richard Wilson. and
a sister of his lordship is the still beau
tiful Lady de Grey, one of the financial
hackers OF Sir Augustus Harris theatrical
ventures in Covent Garden and elsewhere.
Another sister, married TO Baron Won Hue
gel, is the intimate friend of Mrs. Navarro.
better known as Mary Anderson; while
the Countess of Pembroke herself Is a
quarrelsome individual, Lord Durham.