New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-03
PERSONAL.

,,,o will NJ the late General Malone. dateu De-
cenher 1892. leaves his estate to his family
r,. De,,a Kappa Epsilon Society OF CODY Uni
v.rs,,v in Watervilie. Me-, gave reoep"o" III
honor OF President Harper or the '"iNe's"' "a
Chicago, the other evening"
pishop julius OF New-Zeaianc IS much trouo'ea
~, ,ho number OF spurious coins found In the church
r.o.,as % m. diocese In a recent sermon he
.,d. 81 never saw so much bad coin In all my IRE
ro orer 70 the ChurAh-the cause or God-money
that the baker the butcher would no. asceP s
shocks me The man that woulu 90 .ha' wants vi"
grace OF God badly-or three months
Mira Priscilla Spooner living near Kent ONO
has ,us. rtnewed her subscription to The Weekly
Tribune Though she was lO2 years OLD on .he III"
Of last December she reads The Weekly tribune
through every week. anu 'aNe' MUM "
the topics Of the day
IT., r,,rsror of Austria dsllkes German cooking
and cares only for French cuisine. When his rela-
tyes of the House Of Tuscany visit him. 10 pease
their tastes he has Italian dishes served on GER
tain occasions the Empress. WHO - =" p''"''"'''
orders German dishes.
The widow OF Alexander Campbell. the founder OF
the Christian or Campbellite Church, Is lving at
the age OF nnety-four. In Bethany, W. va Mrs
w x. Thompson. VINO was ior SO mar! yeas
postmistress OF Louisville. KY, Is her daughter
The St. Jamess Gazette says that Sir Jacobus
DE Wet is unpopular because he sent man who
could not speak English with the Queens order to
Dr Jameson to retire from the Transvaal This
has lust been discovered with the arrival OF the
messenger In question in England. He had an IN
tervew with Mr. Chamberlain the other day, at
which Interpreter was needed ior everything
this messenger had to say. He was a Dutchman
who could neither speak nor understand word OF
the English language
The Rev Charles d. Tenney. who is to be the
president OF the new Chinese University at TlenTsln
China Is an American. and graduate OF Dart
mouth and Obcrn. He has been a missionary in
China since 1882. The projectors OF the university
say that IL Is be conducted on broad lines with
mining and law and Mr.. Tenney is to have full
power not only in the choice Of instructors. but in
matters OF discipline
The death OF Ambrose Thomas at the age OF
eighty-fvc years recalls to a French writer that
the next oldest among celebrated composers Is
Verdi. who recently celebrated the eighty-second
anniversary OF his birth Other musicians at
HAYDN. seventy-seven: Rossini. nty-seven;
Gounod, seventy-hve; Meyerbeer and Wagner, sew
enty; Haevy sxty.tw two: Boieldieu. ffty-n.ne; Bee
thoven hfty-seyen, and Mozart. fifty. 1t would
seem from these examples that the average life OF
famous composers Is long
President Homer T. Fuller. OF Drury College,
Springfield, Ohio. has received a letter from a
Massachusetts man. who offers a large sum OF
money for the verncation OF a war episode The
story liz that In the early days Of the war a de-
tachment OF Confederate troops In Missouri took
about four hundred Union prisoners. Twelve Of
these prisoners were lined up and shot without
provocation by the Confederate officers. Upon
hearing Of this act. the commander Of the Fed
erai regiment drafted twelve Confederate pris-
oners to be shot in retaliation. As the line was be-
Ing formed young man named William Lear
stepped forward and asked to take the place OF
The request was granted and Lear was shot In
place Of his friend.