New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-26
PERSONAL.

The Rev. DR.. JOS IN Agar Beet. OF the WesleyaS
Theological School. q London who IL now Iecturns
In this country. VIII preach to-day In the Walnut
Hills Methodist Ep.t opal Church, in Cincinnati
1t Is said that DR.. Max Wolf OF Heidelberg. whe
has discovered a .nber OF asteroids has
directly seen an asterod. His discoveries have
been made from the Photographic plates. on which
the planets appear as short lines. owing 10 theii
motion. while stars are shown as points.
General George w. Jones. who has just died IA
Dubuque Iowa, at the age Of ninety-two. Q
classmatc of Henry Clay In the Pennsylvania Uni.
versity at Lexington, Ky. In 1927 he settled In
Michigan. when It a territory. and became 10
Chief Justice. He gave the States OF Wisconsin
and Iowa their names. In 1913 he was elected
Iowa's first United States Senator, and reelected
in ls52 President Buchanan appointed him Min
lister to Bogota. where he served three years.
Senator Jones took part In many duels as second,
and in his early days had little affair Of his own
Army officer named Williams They met. but VIII.
Jams apologized the field Of battle. For this
d dc s Sa' A'Ae' - 'e'''" '''' Wv WV -"N
Some years ago Prince Edward Of SAKE Weimar.
who was then visiting in England. met the Prince
of Wales day. and mentioned the fact that he
had Just been playing a game OF golf at the Ethan
Club. whereupon the Prince asked him nm where
cause one Of the titles of the Prince Of Wales Is
Earl Of Ethan.
The Episcopal Church Club Of Rochester. has
adopted RESOLUTIONS euioBntB tHo iaec DisHop
Arthur Cleveland Coke, and expressing the
Church's sense Of loss in his death.
Babu Dourga Chorrone Roquitte. a Bengal
Frenchman Of Chandevnagose. India, has been
made Knight of the Legion OF Honor. He hos
accumulated a large fortune as merchant In Cal.
cutta.
The Minnesota State Historical Society Will place
a pastel portrait of Ambrose Freeman in the rooms
of the society in st. Paul. Freeman was noted
pioneer and officer of the Army who was Killed IN
the Sioux outbreak In 1862
A correspondent of the Paris Temps" says that
the Emper or Menelek gets bushels OF letters con.
graduating him his victory. An Engshman.
with a sly sense Of humor, addressed him as MY
dear Negus" but Australian clergyman. whose
sense of humor by means so keen. sent him
long quotations from the Bible. Inhabitants Of
Trieste. dislikng Italy, sent him an address In
Swiss admirers reminded him or their own
struggle for independence Germans and Austri-
ans rdcu.ed their Italian allies. Schoolboys begged
for Abyssnian postage stamps. Jews onered 10
float Ethiopian bonds. A French girl sent him
prayer which cured all diseases and warded on
all bullets. The correspondent also saw French
which His Majesty very merry. When com.
plimented upon his hospitable treatment OF his
prisoners, he remarked that, though the Italians
might have depicted him as savage. he had In
this respect simply followed Abyssnian usages
Professor DIN A. Curtis formerly Of the Boston
University Schoo. Of Theology. has been chosen
TO succeed the late Professor John Miley as pre-.
fessor 81 systematic theology In Drew theological
Seminary.