Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-17

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A hne study BY Munkacsy. entitled
er day for upwards Of 5000.
Asa Boyden Underwood. the frst Iowa
soldier to be killed In the present war.
was the son Of the late Senator Under
wood. pioneer settler and surgeon Of
iowa. rs +
Prince Ferdinand Of Bulgaria, has been
an ardent naturalist in nils time. md. dmr-
accumulated one Of the finest collie ions
In the world. - 4
@. w. Cable. the well-tmown American
author. who has had such succes1tul
trip In England. Is most enthusiastic In
his admiration Of the sympathy the Eng
lish have for America. 81.
The Duke Of Portland was recently In
stalled grand master Of the Nottingham
shire Free Nas0ns and afterward laid the
memorial stone Of the new Win8-9f the
local hospital. -
It is expected that DR.. Ernst n. Lie
Der. the leader OF the Centrist party in
German Reiehsses win b present at the
I'M Mfltsapkeei On shtgrstseGr
There h widespread regret In Cincinnati
over the death Of Frederick H. Aims, the
millionaire dry goods merchant and plilll
anthropist ofsthat sdity. He served
threagh the, GiviLiWaE VIII distinction.
W.FWaldorfi Astor IL gUing,,to stay at
the Schweizhof, at Lucerne. Mrs. George
Jay Gould and party are also to put up
at this "haunt of millionaires." Mr..
Astor's sister. Mrs. Delano. has villa
at Geneva
The Sultan Of Turkey is an amusement
loving man and takes especial delight In
conjurors' tricks. II troupe passes
tain to receive an Invitation to give q
performance,
Sarasate, the famous violinist, Is a
Spaniard. He declares that his extraor-
binary command over the violin Is due to
the face that he has practiced. ON. an av-
erage, SIX hours day ever .since ne was
II years OF age.
Hon. J. Sterling Morton has Just issued
at Nebraska City the prospectus Of THE
Conservative" a weekly journal for the
conservatism Of all that Is deemed de-
sirable in the social. political and indus-
| trial life Of the United States,
Mrs. McCulloch, who recently died. In
Washington. was the widow OF the late
Hugh McCull0ch. twice secretary of the
treasury. Mrs. McCulloch was. Interested
in several charities, but her favorite wAs
the Newsboys' Home In the CapitaIse ity.
Remarkable prices we're realized IN
London at the sale of the pictures Of Sir
~ shillings. an average of S265 per lot
Love the Pilgrim brought $500 i9uineas.
and, 1t is understood was purchased ~
the Duchess Of Sutherland. 4g
The Emperor Francis Joseph OF Aus
tria. in order to provide a residence near.
er Vienna for his daughter. the Arch-
duchess Valerie. and her children, haS
bought the Frohsdorf chateau. In Lower
Austria, In which the Comte dc Chem-
1883. q. , : "a ii !
Dan DAILY. now a Union Pacific section
hand In Kansas, was gunners mate Of tho
Baltimore under Captain Schley Mhep
that vessel carried the body OF CaDt9in
Ericsson to Sweden. and he says that
Captain Schley Is every inch a gentleman
besides being ever ready for = night "a
Mr.. John van voorst. whose death de-
Cured the other day. was the oldest Of
London publishers. Born In 1so ,0f -
Dutch family settled In England for sey-
eral generations. he served six years with
Messrs. LOngmans, and started business
on his account about 1882 In PaternOster
row.
Evan eMacColl the Scottish Canadian
poet Of Toronto. who has just died. at the
age OF 30 years. was born In Kennlaee,
Argyleshire. Scotland: became con$rt6u.
tor to the Gaelic Magaxine of GlasgoW,
In 1887, came TO Canada In 1850, and until
recently was an attache Of the Kingston
custom house. " sN 49, 81
1t Is stated that Mrs. Gladstone with
tHc HucIuUckB u uCE AdIlllys uNS nn8O9 AZ
rangements to proceed shortly to Felix
stowe. Suffolk. for the benefit OF her
health. Mrs. Gladstone Will stay at the
Anchorage. Sea Road. an attractive resi-
dence belonging to the Hon. Alfred Ly-
ttleton, u. Y. asssS5 s.S, Z
After the attempted assassinatI6n OF
Bismarck in May. 1896. his wife said: IF
| were In Heaven and saw the villain
standing on the top of ladder 1oodlug
down to hell. would have no hesitation
In giving him push" Hush. ny DEAR
replied Bismarck. s'you would not 10 II
Heaven yourself with such thoughts -
those" .s,,s sss Il, ~.
c. A. Parsons. whose turbine enslnea
have created great eenaatioa In the
realm Of steam engineering. ID 3 noA Of
Lord Ross, who made the great eix-loot
rejecting telescope. The latter gentle-
man, before he was elected to the poor.
age, was known a. william Parsons, an
Parsonstown, Ireland