The herald., 1897-10-24
IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Frederick w. Lincoln, jr., who is the
Oldest surviving mayor of Boston. began
to serve in 1858, and, with the exception
of three years, served until 1885,
1t is understood that a syndicate has
"cornered" all of Whistler's future work
in England, securing exclusive control,
and that gallery exclusively Whist
lerian Will be opened shortly
Miss Lizzie o. Thomas, the prominent
young Florida woman, has gone to
Hiroshima, Japan, to take charge of a
school there, under the direction Of the
Methodist Episcopal church. Miss
Thomas will probably stay five years.
Dr. Andrew p. Montague, professor of
Latin in the Columbian university of
Washington and dean of the faculty, has
been elected president of Furman uni
versity in South Carolina. He is grad
uate of the University of Virginia and
a Pm. d. of Johns Hopkins.
A. ]. Simpson, who has just been ap-
pointed, UCited States minister to Ecua-
dor, lives in Phoenix, Ariz. He is law
yer by profession and was the first at
torney general of Colorado after the
state was admitted into the union.
Professor Vallauri, whose death was
announced last week, has left his for
, tune, amounting to $400, 900, to the
Academy of Sciences at Turin for the
purpose of establishing prizes for the
| best works on physical science or Latin
literature.
Lord James of Hereford lately settled
labor dispute on the Northeastern
railway so satisfactorily to both sides
that the men sent him an address of
thanks and the company has presented,
him with a gold badge as pass over its
lines
The design of the monument to the
late Senator Zebulon p Vance at Ashe
vile, N. c., has been decided upon. 1t
will be shaft about seventy five feet
high, the core of which will be of brick
and the surface of granite 1t will stand
in the public square ir, front of the court
house.
The sultan of Morocco has been Of
fered "a bicycle as a present, but the poor
moUarch dare not accept ii. At any
rate his grand vizier, who is the power
behind the throne in Morocco, wouldn't
let the sultan ride a bike because he
was afraid he would fall off anG get
hurt, and the chances are that he would
have done so.
The famous U1cas, "the last of the
Mollioans," is buried near Norwich,
Coma, and the visitor who will go to his
grave at Midnight and alone and ask
with proper solemnity, "Uncas, have you
any message for me?" and then bending
his ear reverently to the ground, will
listen in patience. will hear Ur.cas say:
Nothing al all! Nothing at all!''
Senator Hoar said the other day, in ad
dressing a graduating class of young
women at normal school in Massachu-
setts: "Whatever plans or VOWS of
ceiibacy may prevail among the young
ladies who get on to your catalogue,
suspect a large number of them will get
married The microbe or bacillus of
matrimony cannot be kept out by any
diet or eXterminated by any DOCTOR"
Following the continental superstition
that successful literary man must be
a good politician, Gabrielle d'AnnunZio
is runring at Pescara for the Italian
| parliament and making poetic speeches.
He warts to know What have the men
who have ruled over Italy for thirty
years done for beauty, art, culture, for
all our richest treasures, for all the most
noble ornaments OF the Italian spirit?"
Rev. Washburne West, who died late
ly in London, had the distinction of be-
ing able, through a judicious dstribu-
ton of his property, to cast twenty
three votes at each parliamentary cleo
tom He was kept busy in rushing
from one polling place to another on
election day, as he was interested in
politics. At the 1892 election he man
aged to vote the Conservative ticket
seventeen times.
Ore of the most interesting figures
among the Moaris of New Zealand, the
famous chief, Major Roysala Waharsah,
died at the beginning of July at the age
of 80. He rendered gallant service in
behalf Of the Europeans in the early
days of the colony In return he had
the New Zealand cross conferred upon
him. and he received handsome sword
from the queen, liberal pension and
seat in the legislative council
The new piano prodigy" Bruno
Steindel, who is only years DID, will
make his first appearance in England,
at the Crystal palace, in Lordon, at the
opening concert of the season. The
child has already created a sensation.
on the continent, and his teacher, Prof.
Leschetizky, Is said to have expressed
the opinion that he is by far the most
extraordinary of all the wonder chill
dsren" who have vet come before the pub
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