The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-11-09
PERSONALITIES.


Mrs John j. Ingalls, is famed through
out Kansas for her blackberry jam.
Mrs. Maria Allen, OF Elyria, o., who Is
9S years of age, is the oldest member Of
the Woman's Relief corps.
1t is not generally known that Rudy.
ard Kipings fun name is Joseph RuG-
yard Kipling.
Mrs. Sorchan, a society woman of New
port. r. l., has been nominated as a
member Of the School board of that city
W. G. Coleman, the richest American
negro, has started a large cotton mill at
Concord. n. c., which has jO)J spindics.
General Cipriano Castro, the new
president of Venezuela. is but So years
old. He is well educated and mas spent
several years in Europe.
The Rev Dr. Wayland IIoyt, Of Phila-
delphia, has decided to accept the call
given him recently from the First Baptist
church, of Cambridge, Mass.
The adjutant general Of the state Of
New York, Avery ID. Andrews, enjoys the
distinction of being the first president
of any organization Of automobiles in this
country.
Senator Bcveridge, of Indiana, owns
a remarkably good collection of auto
graphs in which is a letter from Presi-
dent Kruger To a friend distinctly fore
shadowing the present war.
Sir James Blyth, of Portland Place,
England, who has the finest dairy farm
In the world offers a silver bowl weigh
ing twenty-five ounces for the best Jer-
scy COW bred in Great Britain,
The Cleveland Plain Dealer has started
a fund to build monument over the ne
elected grave Of General Moses Cleve-
land, the founder of the Ohio city, who
lies buried in Canterbury, Conn.
Aristides Lconori, the architect, who
has been visiting Archbishop Corrigan
| and Cardinal Gibbons, has been recalled
| to Rome to superintcnd the erection of a
cathedral and college to cost S2,0OOO0O.
| According to the latest report of II,
| clay Evans, commissioner Of pensions
| there is now only one survivor of the
war of 1Sl2-IIram Cook, Of Northwest
ern New York. lie Is 20 years Of age.
! Father w. d. McKlunon, chaplain of
| the First California volunteers in the
| Philippines, has been appointed chap
| lain IN the regular army and started from
| New York on his way back to Manila,
| President Patton announces that eN-
| President Cleveland is to be a lecturer al
| Princeton this year. He has agreed, II
! seems, 10 deliver the lectures called FOR
by the Stafford Little fund Of $4,000, which
| establishes a leCturcShip on themes con
nectcd with public life.
| Lieutenant Valentine l.. Gibson, Of Bos'
tOnn, overtops all other members of the
| Massachusetts State militia, being 6 feet
s inches In height. Ilo served in tho
| Spanish-AmoriCan war, and Is conceded
| to be n first class marksman.
Count ShOrzewski, a wealthy land own
er I'm Posen, Germany, has recently as
! tCniahed the natives by employing q
| camel, instead of horses or oxen to draw
the plow on his estate. The experiment
has proved most successful and is likely
to be copied in other agricultural dis
tTiCts.
Maitrc Labon is stil at Samois, neal
| FCutainpblrau The bullet IN his baCt
causes him considerable suffering anC
prevents him from standing upright The
bullet viii only he removed when q
leaves the muscles TO which IT at presCn
adhcrcs In this way II is hoped that Z
simple incision of the skin will suffice t'
j bring about its extraction.
The noted author, Lucas Malet' Is II
reality a daughter of the famous Charie
Kingsley. As Lucas Malct she came int
existence with the production Of Mrs
LorimCr' Up 10 this time it had seelne'
probable that her power would find al
outlet on other lines-that she would be
come a painter, She studied as gir
IN the Sade school, and did very wei
! there.
James Whitcomb Riley says that whcl
| nc was I'm Atlanta, Ga, last year. as IN
| guest Of Frank j.. stanton the latter pro
posed that they surprise his friend, Joe
handler Harris by driving over to hi
| ,lace outside of the city. would II b
.air 10 jump down on him that way"
asked Mr.. Riley, "lsn't he very uer
rous man?" 80 much So" replied Stan
ton, "that II he knew YOU were comm
md had TO wait for you he'd have rer
ly0us prostratlon