The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-29
Personal Paragraphs.

Two descendants OF Christopher CO.
lumbus are said to be inmates of a poor
house I'm Cadiz.
There IL only one thing I enjoy more
han singing" said Jean De Reszke the
other day. THAT one thing Is bicycling.
William r. smallridge. who died a few
days ago I'm West Virginia. carried n bull
let In his heart for 81 years. He received
Il in 1861, while a soldier In the civil war.
The Scotch forefathers of President Nc
Kinley spelled the name MacKinlay. the
first instance OF the present spelling oc-
curing In the signature OF James Nc
Kinley in the last century.
Rear Admiral Archibald Lucius Doug
las. who has Just taken command OF Eng
lands East Indian squadron, Is a Cana
dian by birth. and the first son of that
colony to attain so high a place in the
English navy.
Alexander Mcdonald, the Cincinnati
millionaire. has given the Young Mems
Christian association of his city $4,000
In addition to 5000 presented a short
time ago. This is to free the local associa-
ton from debt.
Governor 1lnkTtt = COllttllOh VI Wdi
scrap books Is of enormous proportions.
Much of the material consists of corre-
| spondence with this or that individual
Michigan volunteer who demanded or en-
treated special attention.
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The seasons new chrysanthemums at a
New York flower show were up to date
In their names. The Theodore Roosevelt
Is a large bronze yellow bloom. the
V,l.a Van NlNcE a rosa nfnk shading IN
white the Admiral Dewey a crimson one
of japanese variety. and the Hobson a
bright maroon. and the Clara Barton a
delicate pink.
Adelbert Dewey. one of the admiral's
many relatives. delivered a lecture In
Brooklyn the other day in the course of
which he said that the victor OF Manila
was a direct lineal descendant OF Alfred
the Great. and that from Thomas Dewey,
who LANDED I'm Boston in 1880. there had
descended more than 1000 persons bear
ing the family name.
For months past the magazine editors
have been endeavoring to secure an ar.i-
Gle from the pen OF Admiral Dewey. The
latest 20 be refused Is an editor who Of
fered S.G0 for a short article on the
Philippines. Dewey cabled this answer:
Thanks. but | am busy Hobson was
paid 5000 for a magazine article on his
exploit In sinking the Merrimac.
Walter Mcwhlrrell. a life convict In the
penitentiary at Kingston. Ontario, SEN
fenced for the murder OF an old man and
his daughter, says he is a son OF the late
Lord kinnaird. and he wants a pardon In
order TO assert his right to the estates
and title Of the Scotch earl
Rev. Joseph II. Rylance. ID. d.. has re-
signed the rectorship OF st. Marks I'm the
Bowery. New York. after an incumbency
of q years. He succeeded DIR. Alexander
Ninton there in 1871. having been pre-
vfously rector OF st. James. Chicago. DR.
Rylance is % years old. and retires be-
cause of age and III health.
Al n Vienna dinner given TO MARI
Twain recently. one of the speakers q
~well-known lawyer. stood with his hand
In his pockets as he remarked: "Doesn'
IL strike you as unusual thai a profes'
stonal humorist should be funnyT "Oi
that a lawyer should have his hands In
his own pockets Interrupted Twain.
The lounges chaplain of h navy Is
said to be Frederick c. Brown. = years
old. now on the Iowa. which Is on hei
way 20 Manila. He will be the only
chaplain In the feet since there Is non