Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-15
Personal AND OTHER WISE.

Cora Hortensc Smith OF Arkansas City.
Kan, owns large ranch and 5000 head Of
cattle She is young, pretty and unmar-
rcd
Alderman Phillips, London's new mayor
is a Hebrew, and a man OF immense wealth.
by trade he is "A wooden draper in a very
large way OF business. He Is married to q
sister of Sir Edward Lawson OF the London
Daily Telegraph.
In the war OF the rebellion the Twenty
third ohio regiment included among its Of
fcers Rutherford B. Hayes, w. $. Rose
Grams and Stanley Matthews william Nc
kinley began his military career as prI-
yatc in the same regiment.
An army officer who has studied the sub
ject carefully, declares that the Indians are
not dying out but they are increasing, and
there are as many Of them In this country
as there ever were. This, however is not
such a hair-rasinG discovery as It might be
If sCalping expeditions were as much in
vogue among them as formerly.
Rev. James NJ Thoburn. missionary bishop
of the Methodist Episcopal church to India
and Malaysia, in recent conversation at
Rochester, n. Y, stated that as a conse-
quence of the failure OF the wheat crop
many families in India are selling their
children for 10 cents apiece, not SO much
for the small amount of money as to have
fewer mouths TO feed.
Prince Bismarck on his last birthday, re-
Yided into five compartments each repre-
senting one of the five divisions of the
world. The chest contained newspapers
| from every known quarter OF the earth men
tioning Bismarcks eightieth birthday. The
collection contains 100 papers. Forty-three
living languages and several dead ones
are represented.
Bishop William Taylor says that Dom
Paul is about the busiest man in Africa
At $50 o'clock a m, when most presidents
and kings are presumably eating their break
fast. Dom Paul has left his house and ap-
peared in the executive chamber to attend
to his numerous duties there. Sunday too
is sometimes a busy day with him.
for, whenever the pastor of his church is
absent, MIR. Kruger goes into the pulpit
himself and Bishop Taylor says he breaches
with ability and power.
While visiting the capital at Albany re-
Gently the editor Of the Poughkeepse
Eagle noticed that In the governors room
fine big picture of Roswell p. Flower Occu-
pied prominent place between the pOr
traits Of Washington and one OF the Clin-
tons, while Grover Cleveland was not repre-
sentcd at all. On questioning an attendant,
the editor was told that any ex-governor
who wanted this honor could get it by the
simple eXpedient OF paying for a portrait
and presenting it to the state. This Mr
Flower had done, while Mr. Cleveland had
not.
The European papers are commenting on
the slight to the king and queen OF Italy
at tho marriage OF the crown prince. When
they entered the church they found no prep.
aratioas made for their accommodation. They
looked in vain for a throne, or even cou-
pie of chairs on a temporary das, but moth
ing of the kind had been provided, and they
were fan to be content with seats in the
body Of the church. MOusignor Plscicclll
Who had charge of the service. was called
upon for an explanation, and all he could
say was that the details of the ceremony
had been arranged by his holiness, and that
their majesties had no part in the arrange
mcnts. The astOnishmcnt Of the king and
queen and the anger Of the court were in
creased when 1t was found that the usual
prayer for the royal house was omitted