New-York tribune., 1897-01-25
PERSONAL.

Ciucinnatus IIene Miller better known as joaquin
Miller. will lecture in Cincinnati Tonight
.orhe cbicapo Times Herald" says: Alarming re-
norris concerning the health of Professor herman
Won Hoist head professor OF the department u
history at the University OF Chicago, nave oee" ~
ceved by his friends in Chicago fears are ga
pressed by the professors most ihti'i"'o
that the distinguished historian may DE ui'"D'o ~
resume his Iabors at the university this spring anu
,ho, n. may even he compelled to stay away rom
tho ,igorors climate OF Chicago altogetherr IL IT,
fessor Won Hoist is now In Naples i'a' fii' The uni
xSrsfv authorites have expected him PACK s1H'o m
time in April and have SO Ia lar ,t ho' 'famiIv however
the Intelligence has been conveyed that nf "
Hoist has had another relapse when @ ~ the system
hnmorrhaqe and a serious weakening Oh the - 49,
IN General Should he survive the present ~ as'dJn him
nothing but the iron VIII 9r rnrica .re aia' '" ~
"The Philadelphia Press" says Ihicaeo
corealopist. having ventured to thread the in'i,-
cate labyrinth OF the Mckinley geneaiogy III M io'N
County not very successfully MI. spahsiei 'o".
TO the rescue OF historical accuracy anu sNeS W
real facts Of the McKineys OF YORK. MT Spa"s,'
noints ont that 1T is that Presdent-eiect NC
Kinley is a descendant (great-grandsoh) oi Law"
Mckinley who was born in Chanceford TOWNSHIP
York County May 16. 1850; but II is not true Una"
David was the of James Mckinney. Do'h aoou,
$780, The courthouse records OF YORK snow Dey1ie h
disputaon. that the SAID David Mckinley waS Hd ,,d
son of John Mckinley who was the son or Darrd ard
Mckinley weaver an immigrant. anu
settled in Chanceford Township about li4S. imeo i,
forebears OF the Presdent-eect were hohes, " w a.
to-do citizens. and Mr.. Spangler notes tnai ~ 10
easy to construct a genealogy or lor'n a, a
Revolutionary record If the imagination Is drawn
upon for facts. presiden-eect Mckinney Is ,ran m
tincture pervert the truth in order 10 eniiao'
Inc antiquity dignity or honors of his family
Among the newly created knights OF the Legion
of Honor are the Commandants Patrice Mac
Mahon and Chanzy. MacMahon. Duke or Ma
genta Is the son Of the late Field Marshai au7
President MacMahOn. He is forty-one years o'
age and married last March Princess Marguerite
OF Orleans daughter of the Duke OF Chartres.
formerly the Chasseurs d'Orleans. OF wnich ms
father the Marshal, was the hrst commahdef
lie dIstinguis shed himself during the Madagascar
campaign. and attached to the person OF Ile
oar ar the time OF the review at Chalons on Oc-
tober O. Commandant ChanZy also had Drlinaht
career In Madagascar at the head OF MS oattahoh
In the l50th Regiment, infantry.
The Connecticu, Board of Education is 10 celebrate
the eighty-seventh birthday anniversary or Henry
Barnard the veteran educator Of that State who was
born on January "a. 1911. public meeting VIII be
held al the Capitol in Hartford to-day at which
addresses will be made by prominent educators
from various sections of the country. The list OF
speakers includes William r. Harris United States
Commissioner of Education: professor " iiIidin u
Sumner of Yale University Charles X skinner
Sunerintendent OF Schools of the state OF New
York, and T r. Pynchon acting president OF drily o
College In the evening complimentary banquet
will be given in honor of DR. Barnard Secretary
Hne of the Connecticut Board of Education mas
arranged TO have the day appropriately observed
was graduated from Yale in 1880, and was the Hrst
commissioner of Education Of the United States.