The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-12
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.
General Lawton, in a recent interview, de-
cared himself total abstainer

General Lawton, in a recent interview, de-
cleared himself total abstainer.
Lord kitchener's latest honor IS an sp-
pointment as district granl master of the
Freemasons of Egypt and the Soadan.
In one county in Kansas there have been
so many gas wells drilled that a local pa
per complains that the county looks like a
porous plaster.
A Brooklyn man named Frederick Braun
owns a. collection of 500 Skeletons illustrat-
ing the craniumS of every living race and
many long extinct.
Princess Stephanie, widow of the late
Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria, will,
after her marriage with Count Lonyay,
take up her residence with her husband IN
London, where they will remain permanent
ly. She will formally renounce the dignl,les
of an Austrian archduchess, but will re-
tain her title as Belgian princess.
The occurrence of French names like Jou-
bert among the Beers is explained by the
fact that many Huguenots went to the Cape
of Good Hope while it still Dutch
colony and there became prosperous and
prominent. The descendants of many of
these HuguenOtS may be found in the
Trar svaal to-day, and are quite as Dutch
in all their ways as the other Beers.
Gen. o. o. Howard, while recently the
guest of a Mr. Converse in Maiden, Mass,
was taken by his host to see the public Ii
great historical painting, Lincoln at Get
tysburg." 1t was then discovered that out
of the entire group of twenty-one figures;
the leading actors in the civil war, General
Howard is the only one now living
In memory Of the wedding of his daugh-
ter, Lady Margaret Primrose, Lord Rose
berry has placed a silver-gilt altar cross and
pair of vases in Westminster Abbey. On
the cross are five medallions, four of
which, in relief, are the figures of St. Peter,
Mn nrnfn IF
Scotland, and Lady Margaret, mother of
King Henry VII. On the fifth Is an appro-
pirate inscription in Latin.
The Bourbon Duke of Parma, who was
obliged to quit his duchy in 1859, has a larg-
er family than any other royal parsonage
In Europe. BY his first wife, a princess of
Bourbon Sicily, he had nine children, all
of whom survive except the eldest, the late
Princess of Bulgaria. By his second wife,
who was a princess of Braganza and Sis
ter of the hereditary Grand Duchess of
Luxembourg, he has nine more children
Albion W. Tourgee, who wrote "A Fools
Errand'' and other semi-political novels OF
note, is United States consul at Bordeaux
He writes thence to friends in New York
that the city of Bordeaux has granted q
monopoly in street railway and omnibus
traffic on condition OF an increased service
with electric systems of propulsion. Mr.
Tourgee thinks this opportunity fol
American electrical equipment manufac'
turers.
Archibald Clavering Gunter. publisher Of
novel called 1.-The Gift of Bonaparte," is
thinking of bringing an action against the
author Of 1.-THE Song of the Sword the
play now being performed in New York by
Mr.. Sothern and his company. because some
of the plot and characters are deliberately
borrowed" according to Mr.. Gunter, from
the novel. The publisher says three full
acts of the play are taken bodily from the
story.
Mr.. Four Miles, of Bridgeport, Conn.,, has
made application to the court tc have his
name changed to Frank Miller, on the
ground that his present appellation is fire.
| quently used to hold him up to rdicule
| His father had five children, all boys, and
| instead of giving them ordinary Christian
names he called them by the first i've nu-
| merals. One and Three Miles have elIeady
had their names changed ty he courts
| Two Miles seems to be satisfied with his
| unique cognomen, and Five Miles cannot
| take a new name until he shall nave te'
| come Of age.