Arizona republican., 1898-10-12
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

According to the latest news from Stockholm there seems very little chance of the late Alfred NobelfS hu- manitarian benefaction. bearing pTac- tical fruit during the present century. The Swedish government has cut short the interminable suit between the rel atives Of the late dynamite maker and the executors cf his last will and tesla meTt. The claims of the former ara to be satisfied by sum of rather less than two million crowns, which will be divided between dozen or more bspeficiaries. As regards the residue which will be available to institute prizes for these who have most for wardel the cause of peace, some legal difficulties still remain to be cleared up. These arise from the want Of pre- cisicn in the language used by the test ator.
 Some years ago when the Emprsss Elizabeth was in Paris she questioned NJ AndrieuX, then prefect Of police. f at some length on the anarchists, their ways and objects. Andrieux gave tl,a empress the desired information, and ! jestingly warned her never to seek more practical acquaintance with these men and th5ir theories. Her majesty laughed and said: Do you imagine that I am frightened? I only asked you for these details because some one, who is said to be able 10 foreteil tile i future, once told me that I should be struck by an anarchist, and that I should not die natural death. But, of course, I am not so superstitiCus as to attach the smallest value to such . i prophecy
 i Rear Admiral Sicard, who has just been retired, saw hard service during i the civil war, participating in the bom- bardment and passage of Fort Jack sor and Fort St Philip Assisting in i the destruction Of the rebel flo,illa and gunboets, and in the capture of the l Chalmette batteries and the capture of i New Orleans, in 1862. Just a month l before the war with Spain was actually i declared, the admiral, then with his ! fleet lying of the coast of Florida ready to swoop down upon Cuba, broke down in health and by order Of a med 1 ical board was relieved of the com mand of the squadron by Captain Sarlpsor-
 Herr ReinhoId Begas, the German sculptor, has made a model for a Bis march sarcophagus, to be placed in tho ! GJCIn Gl ut- ' Is c figure Of the late statesman, with his fayorite dog Tiras at his feet To the right and left are figures representing i Power tTampiing on the pernicious ele- mel2ss in society, and Protection guard ing tho right. Herr Begas is also en- gagged upon a design for a Bismarck memorial for the reichstag. Both mod els have been seen and admired by the Emperor William, so that they will doubtless bs executed.
 Pope Leo XIII has always done his best to encourage art Some time ago
 he offered the sum Of S2,o00 to the ar tist who could paint th5 best picture Of
 the holy family. Forty-six paintings
 were accordingly submitted to 8 special
 ccm mission recently to be judged, but
 as none was considered Of sufficient
 merit to gain the prize, another com petition is to be held. His holiness ex-
 pressed disappointment as the result of the competition. which was open to
 all Italy
 " F. Tull, famous as the first man
 up San Juan hill,'' is 9 descendant of Ezra Hyde, who distinguished himself by unusual bravery in the revolution.