The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-10-27
Personal AND PECULIAR.

President Mckinley has definitely
promised to attend the Launching OF the
battle ship Ohio in san Francisco next
April, the exact date to be determined at
the Presidents convenience.
a Spanish paper asserts that two de-
soendsnts Of Columbus, Manuel and
Maria Columbo, brother and sister, are
at present inmates Of the Asylum for the
HO meless u Cadiz. 1t is said that d0cU-
ments IN their possession inCOntestably
prove their descent,
Professor Kraus Of the University Of
Freiburg, IN Baden, has disooverd a large
picture representing Christ and the four
Apostles. It was found IN the aDse Of
the church at Nisderzil, on the island Of
Reichenau, In Lake Constance, and Is
said TO have been painted in the eleventh
century.
Miss NJ. 2. BraddOn has written mora
than sixty novels since 1862. Previous to
entering upon her literary career she ap-
peared on the stage, having made her de-
but at the Brighton Theatre Royal In
1857 During the five months following
her initial performance she imDersonated
tfty-eight different characters. Her stage
name was Mary Layton. Though she is
now known to the public as Miss Rrad-
don, she is really Mrs. Maxwell and a
widow.
The Oldest princess IN Europe has just
celebrated the eighty-nlnth ann iYsrsary
Of her birth. This is the Duchess OF An
halt-Bernbourg, who is the elder sister
OF the King of Denmark,
The various notices Of the late Charles
Dudley Warner speak OF his honorary de-
gree Of NJ. A. but he received a doctor
ate Of letters from his alma mater, Ham
ilton College, in 1885, and several years
ago the University OF the South conferred
D G. L. upon him at the time he made
an address there. -
The Fairmount Park Art Association
Of Philadelphia has decided to erect
statue IN honor OF Robert Morris, re-
nowned for his great services to his coun-
try during the struggle for independence.
1t Will cost Sl5, 900.
Mr.. Wanamaker's friends feel a great
deal Of uneasiness about him. He has
had a carbunole removed by the knife
and has not recovered from the opera
tiOn. Mr.. Wanamaker is one of the Iarg-
est policy holders if not the most heavi-
y insured man IN America. He has more
than s1,OOC, 900 on his life.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Danforth, full
blooded Oneida Indians, living on the
reservation near Appleton, Wis, have
made wills in which they bequeath prop
erty worth about $4,000. The entire es-
tats is left to Rev. Hugh Latimer Bur
Lesson, rector Of St. Luke's Episco9aI
church at Rochester, n. Y. Mr.. Bur.
Lesson was formerly in charge OF a church
at Waupaoa and is son OF Rev. Solomon
BurlesOn, for many years Episcopal mis-
siOnary on the Oneida reservation. The
son has been adopted By Mr.. and Mrs,
DanfOrJh, both by tribal and by legal
process.
DR.. Edgar James Banks, recently
United States consul at Bagdad, has been
chosen director Of the proposed expedition
to excavate Mugheir, which is supposed
to be Or Of the Chaldees. where Abraham
and Sarah were born. A meeting was
held in New York the other day to ar
range for raising the necessary money.
The expedition is under the auspices Of
President William K. Harper OF the Uni
versity Of Chicago, as president. with |
the following named as Vice presidents:
Bishops Potter and Hurst W. f. Whit
ney and Z. N. PelOubet Of Massachusetts,;
Il. r. Mcleod, Isidor Stratus and Repre-,
sentative HIT. The work" says DR..
Banks, (which the expedition Is under
taking has received the approval Of the
State Department., which has requested
the Turkish government to grant permits
sion for the excavations to be made. A
careful estimats Of the cost Of the work
for one year, with staff OF two Ameri-
cans and force of one hundred native
workmen, is S12, 500. This sum, trifling
in com arison with the results which It
may yield, is being raised, with the nope
that the excavations may begin before
the end Of the present year."