New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-21
PERSONAL.

,r. ,,r, pov DR. Watkin Herbert Williams
Dean of St Asaph. who has been nominated " ..e
bishot rio OF Bangor England. was born III i'i''
was educated at Westminster School ana Chris'
Cs.,,oh oxford was ordained in 1870. and became
Canon of St Asaph In 1889. lie Is ranked as
Moderate High Churchman'
4 Young woman of Washington the other day
said to General joe Wheeler, "How Is 1t you
never any medals? You surely nave some
mo" answered the soldier. Il nave moi. am ~
bicvcllst and I never made n century run III my
life'
CAPTAIN Borchgrev!rk who has just started from
Hobart. Tasmania. on his Antarctic expedition
takes with him w. Colbeck. n naval lieutenant,
who has been connected with the Kew Observatory.
and Lewis Bernacci formerly OF the Melbourne OBJ
servatory who Will make the magnetic observa-
lions and endeavor to obtain information that VIII
assist I'm locating the earths south magnetic pole.
~ Hansen and Hugh Evans are the biologists.
Mr. Hansen In the employ or the Brltlsh
Museum at one time. DR.. Klovstead. Of Christi
anla goes as medical adviser. Captain Borch-
grevnk's ship the Southern Cross. counterpart
of Nansen's Fran measures 1862 feet In length.
and has beam Of 30 feet. She is l1la feet deep
Eleven feet Of her bow IS solid oak. and over all the
hull she wears an 'Ice hide OF a peculiarly hard
South American wood. the greenheart The yes
sells speed is nine knots Captain Borchgrevink
takes stores for three years and a supply OF
carrier pigeons. The boats comprise tnOse, Oh III,
coapsble pattern and kayaks made ia E IN;
veyed on slodges drawn by Siberian dogs OF whch
seventy taken on the expedition nneie iii, h''
a sailing slcdge, made In Norway, h'''" WIN q
square sail and bamboo mast.
Tho Rev John Colon Brooks. brother OF the
late Bishop Brooks. celebrated the twentieth ami
versary Of his rectorshp of Christ Episcopal
Church Springfield. Mass. on sunday
Miss Florence Caldwell daughter or uhi'ed
States Judge Caldwell. OF Cleveland. was graduated
as a civil engineer last June from the COLORADO
State School of Mines. at Golden she VIII no.
practise her profession. however as snG h - me-, in
10 marry another civil engineer, whom she met III
Colorado.
Mrs. Mary p. Throckmorton. who has Just ded
In Washington. was the daughter OF Charles ZEN
dleton Tut who served in the War OF ISL ana
who was n warm friend Of President Jackson. AT
the outbreak Of the Civil War Colonel John A.
Throckmorton. her husband, native OF VIRGINIA
Joined the Confederate Army, while his son, the
present Major Throclmorton, was appointed Ieu-
tenant in the United States Army At the first
battle of Bull Run the father and met on OPP
posing sides, and as soon as she learned the iact
Mrs Throckmorton secured the transfer OF her son
10 the Army of the West so that second meet
Ing OF the two In battle might be avoided. Mrs.
Throckmorton retained her residence in Washis-
ton throughout the period OF the war, ana leVOltu
herself to looking after the welfare OF the prisoners
In the old Capitol building.
Slgnora Duse appeared In Alexandria. Egypt,
from the 18th to the goth of this month. She Will
appear at the Khedivs Theatre in Cairo January
. to % and at the Grand Theatre. In Athens.
January 2s to February IL In April and May she
and h. Zacconi will produce "Gaconda' ny VA
briee dAnnunzio.
CONGRESSMAN Cannon. OF the Appropriation Com
mittee says: II once able to keep In my head
a complete map Of this country. was able 70
tell at once the cost OF the transportation Of troops
ETC. but now I've ordered n big globe 70 take IN
the Philippines. Cuba and Porto Rico.