The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-12
NOTABLE PEOPLE.

Miss Dorothea Baird, the, London pcr-
trayer OF Trllby. Is said TO be engaged 10
Sir Henry Irving's eldest son.
Mrs. John A. Logan and the party ae.S
campaigning her have arrived at Conssan.
unople. They VIII make a short stay
after which they will proceed TO Egypt
A good many years ago Mrs. Keeley, Re
Enghsh actress, who has jGst celebrated
her ninetieth birthday, said Modem
theatrical art is like a spring chicken; re
is all legs and wings
Charles Kingsley's niece. who has hesn
exploring the west coast OF Africa, has
reached the Cross river in safety after
having assembled to the top OF the Cam
eroons mountain, which is 13oo0 feet sha
is the first woman to accomplish the feat
Fred L. Mcdonald. druggist OF Phlla.
delphia, has just sold an old copper eoa
for 500. The coin is very rare. u 10 &
the date of 1888, and on one side has 10
bust or Washington and the words VASE
ington and Liberty" and on the othsT.
One Cent" He took the coin in raaa
at his store for Its face value, one cent. 6,
Whitelaw Reid. owner and editor Of tbs
New York Tribune, is spending the wlntero
quietly with his family at Phoenix. Anhs
where he has rented a house and found ms
climate Unexpectedly agreeable. In q le9.
ter TO the Philadelphia Times speaking o
the Arizona region, he says: Eastern
folks viii have TO form new ideas OF At
IONA. II fs not merely land OF tarah-
tulas, Apadhes and cactus. | am keeping
house here with great comfort, in wei.
built brick residence, with hoS ana coas
water. electric light and Telephone. ahI
the climate is really better than that o.
Cairo" ooos
Hall Caine is quoted by MeClure's Mas
aZine as saying that he knows bis BIDS
as few literary men know H. There :
no book in the world like r. and the nnss.
novels ever written fall far short N DE ~
terest Of any one of the stssles u te.ls.-
Whatever strong situations ! nave IA ~
books are not OF my creation, put ~
taken from the Bible. The Deeufs,T :
the story OF the Prpdigal son. The boh5-
man is the story of Esau ana sass,
though in my version sympathy attstE
70 Esau. The Scapagoat' is the st0ls Z,
Eli and his sons, bue with Samuei az =
little girl. The ManxmaR is the sto'l -
David and Uriah. Ny new book a. a.
comes out Of the Bible. from percy"
startling source"
Richard c. Edwards. OF New YORK, 81,
a distant relative of Aaron Burr. aas lEs
presented Burrs watch 70 Princeton "a
iege. Burr is supposed 10 have iInporsea
the watch, which IL a handsome -.
repeater, about the year l3s3. ana ne 49, 80
ably carried IL until 1850 In tns So -.
year as the story goes. he came my ~
office OF ogden Edwards Of Ne" -s,e'
who was the son Of bis first csasin, -
othy Edwards. ana Informed hfgl Tia =
had pawned his watch with Telny,
Broadway and Murray strset, Tor W. % 20
gave Mr.. Edwards the pawn tlck-s =.
means OF this ticket Ogden Edwseus
deemed the watch The watch vas
ried for many years by Timothy DaNAss.
and al his death in lssi he gave y y a
son. Richard c. Edwards. who. ~ s,ssI sd =
presented II 80 Princeton. 90; ps IL
said To have carried the watch ohli5s
term as vice president Of the Unit sA.
The fact that Burr was graa3lia4 80
Princeton. mat bis body rests " s.,ss- o
Princeton cemetery. and that re 80
was the second ureSifent OF PFincrftogs,
lege. led Mr. Edwards 20 Pace tns 800
in Princeton's keeping. where Sc 80
historic SURROUNDINGS exist IA csssih7s9
with the Burr family.