The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-26
PERSONALITIES.

The queen of Greece is the only woman
admiral in the world. She was appointed
to that position in the Russian fleet by
the Car Alexander Ill.
Miss Elise Farrel, of Ansonia, Conn,
a college graduate and the daughter of
millionaire, is acting as typewriter In
her fathers Office In order to learn busi-
ness methods.
T. B. Aldrich the poet, is a great
smoker of cigarettes. II always do my
best work after a short smoke" he
says. "and my favorite hours for writing
are before noon or after midnight"
Major General Sir w. Gustavus Mich
olson, who has been ordered to join Lord
Roberts in South Africa, is one of Bob's
old followers. lie took part in the fa-
nous Candahar march: he waS field en-
ginecr at Cabul and took part in the op-
erations around Cabul in December, 1872,
! including the engagement at Lataband.
General S. y. Lee, president of the
Mississippi Historical society. delivered
| an address at its annual meeting recently
| on the defense of Vicksburg. in which
| he took part. General Lee said In the
| assault of May % General Pembcrton had
| 9.9}9 men and 80 guns on the fighting line,
| opposed TO Grants 5000 men and 1856
| guns.
| Irian Clyde Cullen, of Warren. Va.
| has invented a gun for the firing Of
| large projectiles In which the spiral
| grooves in the bore of the piece are fitted
| with ball bearings. This causes less
| friction in the passage of the missile from,
| the gun, and he claims that the proiec-
| tile. being thus less retarded. will go far
| ther and faster.
The resemblance between Senator
Kenny. of Delaware. and Senator Nc
| Comas, of Maryland. is so close that
! when the one has risen for recognition
| In, he 1n off n
| mistaken him for the other. Each now
! sends up his card before speaking. un-
| less he rises hurriedly. when he avoids
| mistakes by announcing his name.
Recent events have recalled that Gen.
| eral Sir Redvers Butler. until this war.
was on terms of warm personal friend
ship with the Kruger family, and that
they were wont to exchange cards of
| good wishes every Christmas. The friend
ship dated from twenty years ago. when
| Butler had q regiment of Beers under
his command in the war against the
| Zulus.
General Theodore Schwan. who is dis
| tineushing himself in the Philippines, is
| a graduate of the ranks. He entered the
army as a private In 1857. and quickly rose
through the grades of corporal, sergeant,
| first sergeant and quartermaster ser
| geant. which grade he got In 1863. A year
| later he got his leutenancy for merito-
rious service, and in 1866 was made a
captain.
Two grandsons of Ii Hung Chang ar
! rived in San Francisco from China re-
| Gently. with DR.. Walter Lambuth, secre-
tary Of the Southern Methodist Episcopal
Board Of Missions. Mr.. Lambuth's home
[ is in Nashville, and the young men will
prepare themselves there for n course In
| Vanderbilt University. They are accom-
| plished Chinese scholars. but have
studied English only two years.
| When John w. Bookwalter was a can
didate for the governorship of Ohio, in
| 1882. the cry was raised against him that
| he had changed his name from Buckwal-
ter, and 1t is said that through this he
| lost 90.006 German votes. He did not
know until then that his ancestors
| spelled the name Buckwalter. He then
started to trace his genealogy, and found
that his great-grandfathcr, John Buck
walter, had lived in Colebrookdale. Ohio.