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

Excovernor Roswell Farnham. of Bradford, VT,
who Is visiting his sons In Buffalo. will deliver an
address before the Buffalo Society Of Nermonters
tomorrow evening.
A handsome granite monument to Hugh Brown,
the late Highland attendant of the Queen has been
erected over his grave I'm Crathie churchyard. The
inscription at the base of the monument Is as fol-
lows. "In loving memory OF Hugh Brown High
land attendant to Queen Victoria for seven years
Eighth brother o. John Brown. the Queens per
sonal attendant Died at east Lodge bamorai'
March 80 1896 aged hfty-seven years
Professor Prudhomme who will retire on the I'D
of the present month from the position of head OF
the department OF foreign languages at the United
States Naval Academy. will be succeeded by Lieu
tenant Strauss.
Among the passengers who sailed for Havre on
the French steamer La Bretagne was Henry Foy,
the son OF NJ Foy. director OF the FORCES ct Chan
tiers de la Loire. the great shipbuildinS shops at
St Nazaire. Nantes and st. Denis. NJ. Foy has
made an exhaustive study Of American methods Of
shlpbuilding. having visited the Government shops
at Mare Island. Cal: Norfolk and Brooklyn, and
the Union Iron Works. in San Francisco; the
Cramps yards. in Philadelphia. and other we'll
known concerns He was sent by the Ecole dap
plication du Genie Maritime Paris one OF he
places to which American naval constructors have
been sent by this Government. and MS Visit TO
this country IL due to the fact that the French
authorities deemed 1t advisable TO nave the A,nen
lean yards made the scene OF course oi study N
preference to the home yards. where the French
students of naval architecture have heretofore
taken their postgraduate course
Senator John NJ. Thurston. of Nebraska. will
be the principal speaker at tho great Republican
mass meeting to be held in Baltimore on Monday
evening next
Professor Stowe the husband of Harriet Beecher
Stowe often said that he saw visions OF people in
whom he was Interested. and Mrs. Field recalls an
instance of this In The Review of Reviews on
one occasion Mrs 'towe was in her room when II
WAS supposed she oat of town. Professor
Stowe came in looked about him with preoccu-
MED air but did not speak to her. She thought his
him: at last me situation became so extraordinary
that she began TO laugh. Why. he exclaimed.
with "A most astonished air. rs that YOU?
thought IL one ~ my Visions
The will of the late George NJ. Connaroe. OF Phil
adephiL contained requests to the American
Church Building Find Commission and the Penn
sylvania Hospital
In the death tho other day OF NJ. Casenove de
Pradine Deputy for the Loire-Infereurc. France.
disappears one Ct the last representatives Of the
Legitimate monarchy. The sternness OF his Royal
list and Catholic convictions allied a most
ter and respect for the opinions Of others. During
the tribune and made thu following declaration:
II am an adversary OF The Republic | It's
most determined adversary. 1 was so yesterday.
am to-day. and shall be so tomorrow Every.
always be "A loyal adversary. and Will never fight
hut In open daylight. as Royalist and Catholic,
In the name OF my principle and under my nag"
Henri Durant. the founder OF the Red Cross
movement. Is In q Swiss hospital. sick and In pow
erty.