Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-06

Personal AND OTHERWISE.

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General Coxey, of tramp army fame, ha:
bought a steel mill.
George w. Gable, whose recent lecture
tour of England was so very successful, In
tends to make another visit to England this
summer.
Sir wilfrid Laurier, the Canadian pre-.
mier. is an admirer OF David Garrick and
has the best collection OF Garrick autographs
in the world.
Sir Henry NJ. Stanley has expressed to a
French journalist his opinion that after
Spoke and Livingstone Major Marchand was
the greatest African explorer.
James W. Bradbury of Maine is the oldest
living ex-member of the United States
senate. He is 81 years of age and served
with Webster, Calhoun and Clay.
Tim Healey, the cattle king Of New Mex
leo, has more money than he knows what
to do with. He has an income OF ss7, 900 a
year and lives in a hut that cost about $50.
Captain Samuel w. Bartlett OF the steamer
Diana, which carries the Peary relief expe-
dition, is one of a large family of Arctic
explorers. Three of his brothers have died
north OF the Arctic circle.
The rewards OF literature are frequently
disappointing, but many a worker in other
DTdUCUeS OIL dCllNlly WOulu De SdllSutu W
leave his family the $40, 900 bequeathed by
the novelist, William Black, to his wife and
children.
Alison S. Sherman, mayor Of Chicago In
1874, is still alive, and in perfect health.
He is the last surviving chief OF the old
volunteer fire department and was a mem
Der of the first bucket company" formed
in Chicago.
Io-a11 JxHfa-,a t. q Dtant nv Enr1iuh
elm in Tower Grove park, st. Louis, near
the Shakespeare statue, where Adelaide
Nelson, Olga Nethersole, Booth and Bar
rett have in years past planted trees from
Shakespeare's birthplace.
Presidents Monroe and Tyler were buried
in Hollywood cemetery, Richmond, Va, and
it Is proposed to remove the remains OF
Chief Justice Marshall from the neglected
Shockoe hill cemetery to this spot. The
grave of Jefferson Davis is near by.
The city OF Winchester, Va, has received
a gift OF $50, 900 from Charles Broadway
Rouss, to be expended in the erection CT a
public building on the public square. Win
chester was Mr.. Rouss' birthplace, and in
the last ten years he has given 1t over $780,
900, including a water works system.
The name Of the governor of New York
and the colonel of the Rough Riders is pro-
nounced in various ways by different peo-
pie. but the one and only correct pronun-
citation is. according to the governors ex-
PLANTATION in answer to a recent inquiry,
"Ros-y-velt, a word of three syllables."
A volume OF clippings valued at $4,000 is
to be presented to Admiral Dewey upon his
arrival. The book contains between It's
solid silver covers a wealth of printed mat
ter, from profound editorials on the ad-
miral to humorous poetry regarding him,
and from the comments OF the president
and cabinet down to the jokes Of the street
A monument recently placed in a cemetery
in Louisville, KY, bears inscriptions to the
memory of John Austin, a soldier Of the rev.
James Allen Austin, his son, a
OF the war OF 1872; James Grigsby
Austin, his grandson. a soldier of the war
Mexico, and James Richard Gathright,
his great-grandson, a confederate soldier, |
who was killed at Murfreesboro, Tenn,
/, 1863. All were privates.