The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-28
PERSONALITIES.

Eldridge T. Gerry, in his house on
Fifth avenue New York, has the finest
private collection of law books In the
United States.
Albert Pierre Levy, a resident of At
lanta, Ga, was a classmate of Dreyfus,
and says the latter was the most popu-
lar lad in the school
The enmity between Senators Chandler
and Gallirger, of New Hampshire, was
caused, it is said. by a dispute regard
ing postotfice appointment.
Colonel NJ ]. O'Brien, the new presl-
dent of the Southern Express company.
started life as a driver of one of the
wagons of the Adams Express company,
Rosa Bonheur left many unfinished pic
tures among which was one depicting
horses running at full gallop. Though
offered $4,000 for this she refused to finish
1t.
Tim Healey, the cattle king OF New
Mexico, has more money than he knows
what to do with. He has an income Of
$4,000 a year, and lives in hut that cost
about $50.
NJ. do Block, whose work on war is
said to have inspired the present peace
conference, is rich Dutchman, 60 years
old, short. fat gray-bearded and with
rugged features.
ife-sized portrait of General Miles, to be
hung in University hall, at Harvard,
| from which college General Miles re-
ceived his LID degree.
Governor Joseph D. Saycrs. of Texas,
owns the first federal flag captured by
the Confederates in the War of the Re-
| bellion. He intends presenting 1t to
the State Historical society.
Rudolf Aronson is trying to get Ade-
| lima Patti to promise him another tour
| in the United States and she is seriously
thinking of 1t. She has just proved by a
series of concerts in London that her
voice is surprisingly well preserved.
De witt c. Cregier, eX-mayor of Chi
| cago, went to the Windy City in 1850,
| and was urged to accept the nomination
| for mayor. "Of a city of 6O,OOO?' he
| asked. "Wait twenty-five years and ask
me then" He was elected just quar-
ter Of Il century later
Secretary and Mrs. Gage will remain
| all summer at Chevy Chase, where they
| have the handsomest cottage in the lit
tie community. They will, however
spend a few days at Long Branch dur
ing the coming horse show, in which the
| vice president and attorney general nave
taken such an interest.
1t will probably surprise most people
| to know that Sir Arthur Sullivan is the
inventor of something else than tunefu
melodies. His brain evolved the contriV.
ance known as the Sullivan safety shaft
which is so constructed that if horse
becomes entirely unmanageable and bolts
it can be released, leaving the occupants
| of the vehicle in safety.
Dr. Edward Everett Hale says tha
when he brought home his first repor
| from the famous Boston Latin school 4
showed that he stood only nine in a cls'
of fifteen. "Probaby the other boys arr
brighter than you," said his mother
God made them so, and you canno
help that But the report says you arr
among the boys who behave well. Tha
you can see to. and that is all l car
about"
An officer who has been under Gen
eral Wood at Santiago says of him: ''
saw General Wood at his desk for thre
days, when, l really believe he was tn
sickest man in Santiago. Once, goini
into the palace in the morning, l say
him lean against the wall for support
but in a moment he braced up again an
went on and worked just as hard tha
day as on any other. With chills shaking
his entire body he would press his han
hard against the desk so as to stop tn
trembling while he wrote"