New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-09
PERSONAL.

Vincent Ray, Chippewa Indian who died the
other day In Superior WIS. left an estate OF N9.VD
A marble bust OF Paul Verlane Is TO be placed IN
the Garden of the Luxembourg
The Rev Frederick F. Sherman Ep!scopaD.
chaplain Of the United States Navy has resigned
his chaplancy. because he has become a Roman
Catholic. lie Is son OF Judge SHERMAN OF the gu
perior Court OF Massachusetts
Edwin Wheeler has presented to the natural his
tory department OF the British Museum 2,i4s water
color drawings from nature OF various species OF
fungi be found In Great Britain
"In many respects" says gossper In THE
Chicago Times Herald III. Clay Evans. OF Chat
tanooga Tenn. closely resembles Major Mckinley
Like Mckinley, his moral character Is without
blemish. lie never has used tobacco In any form;
never drinks liquor OF any kind never swears never
tells a vulgar story or remains where one Is being
told: Is as pure and gentle the purest and gen.
TEST OF women. In all OF these respects. Mr. Evans
IL like Major Mckinley. They are about the same
a high type OF American citizenship. both ex-
soldiers ex-Congressmen and ex-Governors."
vicomte JustInen- Nicolas Clary. formerly Dep
uty OF France, who died the other day, was man
OF great ability He was educated at St. Cyr. and
took part In the Pores lie Fer expedition, In Agers
lie was In the French Chamber a number OF years
after the February revolution. The Vicomte
painter OF some note. and exhibited several pictures
In the Salon.
ofical reporter OF the United States Senate Is de-
scended from French Husenots During the long
vacations OF the Senate" says The Philadelphia
Times" covering nine months every other year
Mr.. Shuey has travelled In Europe and all
own country lie is a lnguist a scholar and has
perfected himself In all branches OF shorthand work.
lie can easily write 200 words per minute. and the
spssd ss N for the
poston Of cher ,nSer meets With the hearty
and important work OF the Senate.
Pere Hyacinthe has no, been converted to the
Coptc religion. recently reported. Tho latest
papers from Cairo Egypt say that the ex-
Roman Catholic monk. who left his Church long
while ago. married and has been known since as
NJ Ioyson. went to Alexandria and Cairo only TO
give lectures. which were highly successful Hav-
ing proclaimed himself a Catholic OF the primitive
Church or an "Oid Catholic" he addressed = re-
Primitive Church thai he and his wife be permitted
by the Patriarch OF the Coptic Church in Egypt.
THE Rev. Austin Wiley" says THE Springfield
Republican" who has just died at Mortified.
Minn at The age OF eighty-nne. had the distinction
OF being the first editor OF the earliest anti-slavery
paper In the country. This was The Advocate of
Freedom which was started In 1885, at Bangor. by
the Maine abolitionists. Mr. Wiley was then
taking a theological course at the Bangor Semi
nary. but left this for the edorship Of the paper
which he kept until 1885, when he had to give up
the work account OF nervous prostration. Soon
after he went to Northneld and. after preaching
q short time. went back to editorial work. being
connected for time with The st. Paul Po-
neer Press. The chief work Of his later years was
the publication In 1886 Of A History OF the Anti
Slavery Cause In State and Nation which IL In
Use as textbook In the Maine schools"
The stream OF honorable tribute continues to flow
toward Henry Irving. The faculty of Princeton
College has elected Mr. Irving honorary member OF
the. American Whg Society. That Ia q distinction
seldom conferred and doubtless 1t will be all the
more valued for that reason.