The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-15
BRIEF NOTES OF NOTABLES.

Following the step of NJ Chauvin, the
barber deputy of France, NJ. Faberoi,
the halter deputy. has resigned from
the chamber in disgust and taken up
his trade again.
Colonel j. L. Torrey of the Second
United States volunteer cavalry, Tor
-rey's rough riders, is a wealthy ranch
man and lawyer of Wyoming. He also
publishes a ma gazine.
A firm of scenic artists in Columbus.
o., has instituted suit to recover money
for scenery painted for the younger
Salvini just before his death. Madeline
Salvini. his widow, intends to fight the
suit
Duke Adolf Friedrich. of Mecklen-
burgSchwerin. an uncle of the grand
duke, who won an army steeplechase
at Berlin recently, is the first prince of
reigning house to ride in a horse race
in Germany.
Carl H. Blenner will leave this coun-
try in a week or two to paint the por-
trait of Lillian Nordica as Brunnhilde,
and it Is understood that he has
commission to paint a famous Ameri-
can artist in London.
Richard Croker lost 81, 500 on Knicker-
booker in the Hurtsbourne stakes in
England, and though he entered the
colt in the Champagne stakes at the
Bilbury club, he was not invited to
wear the Bilbury clubs button.
Mr.. George Bernard Shaw, the IA
nous critic, some time ago had to I'M
dergo a painful operation on his foot
Just recently, while trying to go down
stairs on crutches, he fell and landed
so heavily that he broke his left arm.
Sandow, the prophet of physical cul-
ture, is offering prizes, consisting of
statuettes in gold, silver and bronze,
besides gold, silver and bronze medals.
for the most symmetrically developed
competitors throughout the United
Kingdom.
Trinity college, Cambridge, England,
has. received a bequest of S50,000 for the
purpose of founding a fellowship or
scholarship as a memorial to Bishop
Allen, who held thesSee of Ely during
the first eight years of Victorias reign.
The gift is that of the late ]. G.. Allen,
the grandson of the bishop.
DR.. B. Tomatsuri of the japanese
navy, who is at Key West to study the
methods of United States army sur
geons, is surprised and enthusiastic
over the completeness of our prepara-
lions against disease in the army and
navy and at the preliminary precau-
tions and state of readiness for any
emergency.
Lieutenant John G. Quinby. who fired
the dynamite guns on the Vesuvius at
Santiago harbOr, is a son of the late
Brigadier General L F. Quinby, class
mate and friend of General Grant. Lieu
tenant Quinby was appointed to An
napolis by President Grant, and though
its youngest member he graduated
third his class.
Prince Victor Dhuleep SingIl's return
to his Norfolk place from his honey
moon with his English bride was mark
ed by many expressions of popular lik-
ing. The villagers fired a salute of
guns when the train arrived, the car
riage was pulled by men instead of
horses, a brass band escorted the con-
pie to their home and in the evening
the prince entertained over 1000 of his
neighbors on the lawn.
William III. Wilder who died in New
Orleans last week at the age of IS,
was the oldest member of the New Or
leans bar, and we'll known as the lead
ing counsel in the famous Myra Clark
Gaines suit against the city of New
Orleans, which hung in the state and
federal courts for so years. resulting in
a judgment in favor of Mrs. Gaines
and against the'city of New Orleans for
over $1,000 900.