Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-07-28
pERSONsl AND GENERAL.

A nophew OF President Dole. Of Hawaii,
Is campaigning in the Philippines lie Is
Alfred Dole. of Company *, First cali
fornia Volunteers. This commsnd formed
part OF the first expedition to Mania
Manila is the diminutive OF mano !hand'
and, therefore, means little hand
When Columbus discovered Cuba in li'2
he named the island Juana.
Prisoners when arrested in Morocco arc
required 10 pay the policeman i"r MS
trouble in taking them to jan.
Miss Elizabeth Ashc, of San Francisco.
who named the tornedo boat destroyer
Farragut. is descended from long line
of soldiers, and is related to the Farrasut
family.
August Bruchct, tho philoloGist, who
died d few days ago at Cannes. was once
employed by the Empress Eugene to
teach her how to pronounce french with
a Partisan accent.
New Englandcrs have organized the
American-lrish Historical society the or
icct of which Is to make better known the
part taken by lrishmen in American mis-
tory. It is non-political and non-sectdrian
and already has about 900 members.
The Chicago Tribune accuses Mississippi
and Tennessee of sending recruiting CT
ficers to that city to get volunteers 10 MI
the quotas OF their states under the Pres
ident's second call.
Senator Frye of Maine preferred to GO
to the Resteouche for fishing to acting as
chairman Of the Hawaiian commission.
and is already on the fishing ground.
Gov. I.owndcs of Maryland is making
arranecmcnts to present to Commodore
Winiit Id Scott Schley handsome and val
liable sword as II token of Maryland's es-
teen for him.
! Gladstone'S judgment CT the late Charles
Stewart PARCEL was this. as reported by
Lionel Tollcmachc in his new book OF
Gladstone's talk; Il found Parncll most
satisfactory man to do business with, until
| discovered that nc was II consummntc
1 lar"
Mrs Mary Cruwinsheld tndicott Cham
Ierln, wifi of the honorable Joseph Cham
berlain of birmingham, England has
given So to the fund of Nassachusett.
Volunteer Aid Association, Mrs. Cham
berlain, in A letter to her mother, Mrs
William c. Endicott of Danvors, says sh'
wishes to be unidentified with the Nolun
teor Aid Association.
Mrs. Cora Herner, who was chief of th'
women detectives at the Worlds Fair, II
to take charge of "A similar department a
tine Paris Exposition. Mrs. Hcnncr per
sonally made 200 arrests here, ana she nae
ninety-iive women detectives working un
der her. She Will take 100 to Paris.
Hobson has been offered $4,000 for
series of ten public addresses on his San
tidgo experiences, and to soften the nlov
the manager promised that all receipts
over expenses shall be turned over to tn
fund for hospitals in Cuba and elsewhere
Senior Sagasta is civil engineer by pro
fession, and entered public life in SPAN
as "A republican, being one OF the mos
vehement opponents of Queen isabella
IL.
ORLEANS Meyer, the African explorer
will once more try to ascend the kiliman
jaro this year, I'm order to decide whethe
its glaciers are old. The expedition vii
last about SIX weeks,
OF the 1859 conyicts now in the prison
of Massachusetts, 1887 are women, Dur.n
| the year just ended there was an increas
: of sixty-eght in the number Of wome
4 and IA decrease OF loo men.
, Archdcacon Brady. chaplain of the Firs
3 Pennsylvania, has in two cases Marie
by letter soldiers in camp to their sweet
hearts left at home. The questions wer
asked and answered by mail, and tn
: whole thing was legally done,
AS superintendent of the public school
= of Chicago. President Andrews's salar
: will be $1,000. He will have under his su
peryision nearly three hundred schools
, $500 teachers and about o75,0Oc pupils. Tn
: value OF property controlled by the boar
= of education Is estimated at s22 100000.