The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-05
Brief Mention.

It.
TIL finest shops in . Chinese city sre
those devoted to the sale Of conins.
Both the retiring and the newly appoint
ed postmaster general were born In Con-
necticut.
Alfonso XIII. according to the copsti-
tuition Of Spain. will be Of age May Il.
1900, when he will be Is years old.
The citizens of Boston propose collect
Ing public and private subscriptions in
order to build the long-talked statue OF
General Joseph Warren. who fell at Sum
ker Hill.
Captain Davidson, who was q MEMBER
of one of the relief expeditions sent in
search of Sir John and his COM
panions, died at wellington, New Zeal
and. recently.
Mrs. Roger wolcott. wife of Governor
Wolcott Of Massachusetts,. IL erecting a
Colonel william Prescott, one Of the he
roes of Bunker Hill.
Although 70 years Of age. Rosa BON
heur, the great painter of animals. ap-
pears as active as ever SO far as her
work is concerned. She spends about five
hours a day perched on her ladder In her
studio.
Representative Robert w. Davis. whose
district extends the entire length of Flor
l0d, anu eulOT aces 1O itlc VI AtldItlC
coast. with no protection. has been DEL
uged with requests for immediate protec-
ton against Spain's feet.
Captain j. H. Sands Of the cruiser CO.
lumbia has been 20 years In the navy. He
is described a. being in appearance very
much like a college professor. and. in
deed. is a scholarly officer as well as an
accomplished m
Michael Davitt recently visited Dart
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In penal servitude about 70 years ago. He
found that many improvements had been
made. but that much remains to be done
before prison reformers will be satisfied.
DIR. Nansen is to visit Vienna early In
May to lecture before the Geographical
society of that city. After his return to
Europe he was called to Christiania by
the illness Of his youngest child and re-
manned for some time at his home in the
country, near that city.
The great manufacturer Of perfumes at
Grasse, Louise Roure. was al active,
clever and ingenious Frenchman. All his
perfumes were extracted from flowers.
He combined the scents Of six or seven In
endless varieties. He made a large for
tune. His best customers were American
women.
Some time in May the students of Oak
Ridge. N. c.. institute will unveil a mon
uIItit ou tUG 4 6IOuifo ~
the memory of 'Ginies,' the drummer
boy of the legion of Light Horse Harry
Lee. This brave youth was killed near
Oak Ridge by a number of Tarleton's dra-
goons.
The wife of the late Earl of Bradford
had a sister of whom II is said she was
the only woman who refused offers OF
marriage from two prime ministers. She
was a Miss Forester. and In her youth
refused Lord Palmerston. She married the
Earl of Chesterfield. and as his widow
Lord Beaconsfield.
The reason Why Christopher Columbus
has not yet been numbered among the
saints may not be generally known. II
seems that his Qualification has been
urged for centuries. but has never been
decreed, because his marriage certificate
could not be produced. and consequently
his Welded life, he leaving a son Diego).
was considered co~ncubinage.
Senator Foraker, who has until now
made his home in a hotel while in Wash
has just moved into his handsome
new house on Sixteenth street and Madi-
son place. The lot was purchased and the
begun some time ago. The resi-
dence is a commodious affair OF yellow
brick and has those conveniences for prf-
vate consultation with his confreres
which were so difficult to obtain in q ho-
tel.
At a reception in a large English hall
some time ago Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone
were honored guests. While the EXPIRE
mier was in one of the galleries. his wife
and some other ladies on the moor below
were discussing some subject about
which they failed to agree. Finally one OF
the ~disputants said: "weIl, there Ii
above who knows all things and some day
he will make all things plain to US.
Yes, yes" replied Mrs. Gladstone. will
liam will be down in a minute and he VIII
tell us all about it,"
President Diaz of Mexico does not be-
lieve in measures of harshness when gent
Ter measures will compass his ends. A
tribe of Yaqui Indians recently rebelled
against his authority. The chief or the
tribe was caught, taken for a visit to the
capital. appointed general, given q uni
form and then released. He regarded him
self as the ruler of Mexico. and instead
of being rebellious has helped. with bis
800 warriors. to preserve peace among
other tribes.
According to his own story. as related
to some friends i'm Richmond. Va. Gen.
eral Fitzhugh Lees goatee was cut on
under somewhat peculiar circumstances.
One fearfully hot afternoon last summer
the general decided that IL his chin Wills
kers were cut off he would feel more COM
Portable. Accordingly he visited a barber
shop near the consulate in Havana and
by signs told the man to cut on the
goatee. Then he relented, but before he
could get his Spanish together the bar
Der had disposed of half the hirsute
adornment. OF course the rest had to go.
Another entry from among republican
congressman in Pennsylvania guberna-
torial race is Representative Connell OF
scranton A native of Nova Scotia, Mr..
Connell began as a driver boy in the
Pennsylvania Goa mines. from which po-
sition he has worked upward until he
Is now one of the largest operators In
the wyoming coal region. 1t was Repre-