Arizona republican., 1899-08-31
AMONG NOTED MEN.

| The young bTE already we'll known
Abbe PerOsi is working hard, in his
modest little rCom in the great Byz-
antine Basil:oa eff St. Marks in Ven
! ice, at another of his much anticipated
oratoIios, which is entitled the
Slaughter of the, InnoeeE.s'' The
small room in which he lives Is an elo-
quent witness to his rapid rise to fame.
Five years ago, when he went to Oc-
cCpy it, and, indeed, until last winter,
walls and furniture were as bare as
these in the cell of a Trapp:st monk,
while the room is now decorated and
ornamented with objects OF great value
and exquisite taste; on tine walls hang
magnificent sacred pictures and por-
traits of iluStrious perSonages; in a
frame is also to he seen the diploma
of the Legion of Honor, which proves
that the maestro, although priest, is
not ineensible to worldly honors. The
most interesting thing to the casual
observer, however, is PEI haips the COL
lection of batons, presents sent from
almost every quarter Of the globe,
some, very rich, as, Tor instance, one in
ivory and chased silver in the shape of
a ecepter, incrusted with rulbies and
emeralds, given by an anonymous ad
mirer in Vienna.
William Henry Ijams, who has just
resigned as treasurer of the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad company, was in the
service of that corporation fer forty
six years He saw the laying of the
corner stone of the comCanyS first
building, near Mount Clare, July 4,
1928. For thirty years he handled
about S25, OOO,OG0 a year. During a
period of twelve years he took but
one days vacation. At " Mr.. Ijams is
in good health.
General Funston's mail is probably
the largest in the Philippines. There
ure quantities of letters of eongrs'sula-
tions from friends and strangers, re-
quests for autographs, political advice,
sample cigars, which seek to bear his
name, stocks of newspapers clippings,
and tcoi1ntless gifts of every descrip-
ton.
Rev. H R. Hawies is said to be the
greatec,t clerical traveller CT the coun-
try. Between 1885, when he was up
pointed Lowell lecturer at Boston and
preacher at Cornell and
and 1895, he covered no few
CIR than 100 600 miles outside of Eu-
rope
1t is not generally known that Rich
ard Mansfield started in life in Lon
don as a pairter He had poor luck,
however, and often Used to spend his
meal hours outside Of restaurant win
dows instead of behind them. This he
row humiorously refers to as dining
On smells"
DIR. Richard Kandt, the German
whose recent journey to the
JJurce of the Nile has attracted much
attention, is to be paid an annual sal
airy of 1000 marks by the German for
e:gn office TO enable him to continue
Ills exp0oI atfons.
1t is int.mated in Boston thcE Mayor |
J3sjlh Quincy may reconsider, his de-
and consent to run once
mere fer mayor, to avoid a possible |
jacticunl fight in the democratic party. |
He is now in his second term
The 81. Petersburg correspondent OF
The LorI1on Daily Telegraph says that
Emperor Nicholas and the empress
Will visit Queen Victoria about the end
IF the present month.
Piss Perry, the new editor of the
has been professor of Eng
ish literature at Princeton.
Grand Duke Michael, the heir to the
RUSSIAN throne, is fond of hunting.
lrld is an excellent shot