The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-08-28
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR

Senator Hansbrough wore recently the
most remarkable suit ever seen in the
senate chamber. At first glance it. looked
like the cheapest Japanese silk 1t is
straw color, with Broad dark stripe
running round and round the material,
like the stripes of a zebra.
Mrs. Emily Parker, wife of the law
partner of the late Ben Butler, lived
alone in Maiden lane, New Rochelle, N.
Y. She was recently committed to the
insane asylum at Poughkeepsie. While
she was being taken from her house to
from her skirt amounting to 100000.
The most effectively busy of contempor-
airy English playwrights is Arthur Wing
Pinero. He commenced dramatic writ
ing in 1881 and sThe Magistrate" was
his first comedy. Since that time he has
given us whole series of successful
pieces. Mr.. Pinero was born in London
in 1855. When he was 10 he became an
actor, but, after developing marked talent
as dranatist, he left the stage after
seven years experience. Mr.. Pinero now
lives at Hamilton terrace, in the north
west of London He is genial and socia-
Bile and his acquaintance with celebrated
people is wide. He is member of the
Garrick and Beefsteak clubs of London,
a golf enthusiast, plays cricket and rides
the bicycle.
Sarah Bernhardt returned to Paris
from England only to be off again a day
or so later to her holiday diggings in
Brittany. There she becomes a true child
of nature, spending most of her time in
rambling and shrimping. This time she
hac ,odx with fov Ia
of the English nation and even goes SO
far as to assert that the Londoners have
begun to belle their reputation of glacial
GOODNESS.
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland will be-
come Of age next year and plans are al
ready formed for the coronation. 1t will
take place in Amsterdam, instead of at
The Hague, although the latter city is the
capital. The chief reason seems to be
that the royal palace in Amsterdam is
more commodions than the one at The
Hague. The palace in Amsterdam is an
imposing edifice which faces the busy
square known as the Dam, in the heart
of the town. Although it is nearly three
Centuries old it has never been favored as
a residence by the Dutch monarchs.
Capt. Edmund R. Cooke, whom the
fOpullSuS u NuSlul1 nave uoiuluttucu lOI
Lieutenant Governor, in the hope that the
Democratic State Convention will indorse
and accept him, was their partys candi.
date for Governor at the last election,
four years ago.
The famous old windmill at Nantucket
was put up at auction the other day and
was bought by the town historical soci-
etyEfor 1886. One private speculator bid
against the soiety and ran up the price
with little sympathy from the townsmen,
The mill was built in 1747.
1t is said that Judge Benjamin r,
Sheldon, who died recently in Rockford
ILL.,, bequeathed $780, 900 to Williams Col.
lege, Massachusetts,, besides 900 each
to the Rockford and Freeport iii
Young Mems Christian Associations. His
estate is Apr aised at little over 81, OOO,-
600.
The Maryland Prohibitionists have
nominated James W. Frizzell of Balti.
more for State Controller and Richard T.
Turner, Jr., of Kent county for Clerk OF
the State Court of Appeals. An adden
dunn to their State platform Endorses
woman suffrage, and in fact declares that
the right should rest on no Circumstance
Of race, color, sex or nationality.