The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-06-15

until you get home" When Lady Rob
| erts opened the parcel on her return home
she found it to contain the Victoria cross
won by her son at the first battle of Co.
ienso, where he was mortally wounded.
| -Hamilton Macdougali, organist at
Dr.. Thomas church, Brookline, Mass,
has accepted the call to Wellesley, where
he will assume the professorship Of mu-
sic in September. Prof. Macdougall is
prominently connected with national mu-
seal organizations. and is an associate
Of the Royal College CT Organists of
London.
| Admirers of the late John Rusk!n are
moving for the erection Of IL memorial to
the great critic. The spot most in favor
| is FrlarS Crag, Derwentwater England.
| thu view from which Ruskin used to re-
gard as one of the finest in Europc. The
/ memorial will probably take the form of
Il Silitably-;nscribrd early British cross of
| native stone.
! Queen Victoria has approved the
grant to the famous tenor. Sims Reeves,
| OF clvil-liSt pension of f1OO Il year in
recognition of his, eminence as a singer.
For long time past Mr.. Reeves has
been confined to his bed, and his state
| OF health does not warrant the hope that
he will ever be able to work again. He
is an octogenarian.
--Ry the death of Prehendary Stanley
LcatheS, rector of Much Haiham, the
| ecclesiastical world has lost d;stin-
guished Hebrew scholar, who Was for
many years connected with St. James,
| Iiccadily. and Kings college, London
l'rOt. LeathCS was Il conspicuous de-
fender of the rigid tradit;onalism, which
is now abandoned.
Gen. Reginald Pole-Carew, who cut
his way through the Roer forces on his
way TO the relief of Wcpener. went out
| TO Africa as EeuteEant-voOnel of the
| todStream guards, but was soon adj
van,c;l to briga,licr-gencral and then to
Encouragement. He fought in the Afghan
| war of 1879, when he served as aid-de-
| camp to Gen. Roberts.
The trustees of Oberlin college, at
| Gherl!n. O., have elected DR.. Alice H.
Luce of Wellesley college dean of the
woman 5 department., to succeed Mrs. \.
| \. f. Johnston. for thirty years the head
of that department. DR.. Luce is Il grad
nate of Wellesley college. of the class of
SO. She has studied ut the universities
Of Leipsir and Heidelberg.
John Singer Sargent. the American
painter whose portrait group at the Royal
academy in London is pronounced to be
the hest picture ON the walls, is the son
of DR.. Fitz Hugh Sargent of Boston.
His mother WAS Miss Newbold of Ph;la-
delphia, a clever water colorist. Mr.. Sar-
gent was born in Italy in 1857; and has
lived abroad since his childhood.
The first lady to run an automobile
in Stockholm is Mrs. Edward y. Wins
low. who is the wife of the United States
CONSUL general. Her machine is of Amer
lean make, and is propelled by electricity
There are only three or four ut pres
ent in use in King Oscars capital, al
though the roads and surroundings are
peculiarly adapted fer the sport.
Julian Story. the artist. has been in
Boston lately, painting an important por-
trait of prominent resident of that city.
He has just left, but will return in the
fall to execute a number Of commissions.
1t will be recalled that Mr.. Story is the
husband of Emma EamcS. th. opera sing
er, and son of the late William W. Story
the sculptor. who lived fer long in Rome
Daniel \. Ray Of Illinois. who is to
he appointed United States marshal for
the Hawaiian islands, WAS formerly Il
newspaper correspondent and served in
that capacity at Springfield for many
years. He has held various places I'M
tary of the Republican state committee.
and did good work as special agent of
the po>totiice department..
Henry DcmaS. the noted negro poli-
t:r!an Of Louisiana, who died ct New
Orleans recently, was - years of age.
He wa: the last Of the negro politicians
to remain in power in the South and held
absolute control of his district for Il quar-
ter Of century. He was a sugar and
rice planter i'll st. John. where he was
known as the Black Prince
-Rey. Richard Windsor of India spoke
III the Ecumencal conference in New
York of the effect that Chr stan Synlpa-
thy had on the natives OF Indian vii
lagos. He alluded gratefully to the gen
er"Sity Of the American people who had
sent shiploa,l of corn from Indiana dur
ing one of the recent terrible Indian fam
ines. With that Ship!oal of corn. he
SAID. 5000 people were fed at Il time.
-Maj.-Gen. Sir Herbert Charles
Chermside. who succeeds to Gen. Cat
acres command in South Africa. is a
very distinguished officer He was born
in 1850 educ ated at Elton and entered
the Royal engineer corps in 1868, grad |
uaily proceeding to the rank of colonel
by 1887. In 1877 he was military at
tache with the Turks in the RrSso-Turk-
ish war. and i'll the following year he
assisted in the delnlitatipn OF the Turk !
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