New-York tribune., 1901-11-29
About People and Social Incidente

on Christmas Day. 1855, in Chikuzen. and
fore not quite forty-eight years old bu, 'ners-
experience and energetic ability em,.., is vide
for the great responsibility now put ~ ut Mn
preserving the peace between Russia -, "ln Of
until Japan is in bette condition f,- - Japan
come to be regarded as the inevitable cors;.. aes
chief. Prince kuroda Harvard - MS feudaI
seven years ne was graduated from the Law asr
and was influential in securing the indepesdeOOrcs Ocs
When he came to washington in WSa Isa with China
concluded WITH Secretary Gresham m i ~ ne quickly
independence by abrogating the trea+; ational
upon that country before She took 1,eS nm forced
immigrants might flood This country tb bst japanese
not concluded until Great Britain had concIsssxsas vas
kurino has been minister at Rome and FsTis' Ar
Bridgeport Conn, has new Navor
ffty-eight years old and has spent twentv-s,.s.
those years shovellins coal into the Furnaces =,
big manufacturing concern in that cftv Devils ~,
vfhirs political career began six years aeo
he was elected alderman or the Democrarc ,,l
His action in opposing what he considered r,-.
pal extravaganza won him the Democrats ~
ination this fall. and, much the SURPRISE a, -.
Republican regulars (many independents vo.s5 ~
him) he elected head OF the ctv govarr,..1 VI
Rugged Honesty the watchword= of bis bii,aent
quests that he allow Manufacturers a. VIII re-
soap, etc. TO make use of mis- trademark ~
down high salaries Chis own ne II in.snss .s M
four times the salary of Denis Mulvihil ststss
and see that more poor are employed In -.
work. ~ Guy
The German Emperor has been teaeh,nr NJ,
barber a lesson Very punctuaI himself the En-
peror insists that his servants shall also ba nrr..
ual. and he noticed some time ago that b
barber was almost always a few minutes Ia.
when the time came for shaving him ne gave him
gold cfronometer and urged him to make good
use of it. Much to his surprise the barber con
tinued to be a few minutes late aImo-t ever
morning and after waiting in vain for some sion.
of Improvement the Emperor said to him at last:
Have you still the chronometer which / gave
you2'
Yes. your majesty. here it is replied the
barber taking it from his pocket
Give it to me-" said the Emperor "It is ey-
IDENTIFY of no use to you and you can have this
with these words he placed the handsome gold
chronometer on his dressing table and handed to
about dollar.
A story that amuses the friends of Secretary
Long and Captain Lerny, Judge Advocate General
of the Navy. concerns little Miss Lennly. who re-
CARDS her father about the biggest man in the
country. Her teacher. in a talk to the scholars
on current events. asked If any could tell who
hand was raised at once ''TfIe Secretary Of tbs
Navy" she said, ts man who works IN ny
fathers Office"
Senator Nevada n. Stranahan. selected as the
successor of George R. Bidwel as Collector Of the
Port is one Of the most indefatigable workers in
the State legislature OF slight wiry build, he has
a clean shaven. acute face. His position chair
man of the Senate Committee en- Cities is re-
sponsibIe post. and he has been invaluable as
sstant to Governor OdelI, at whose request he has
decided to serve in the Senate until the coming
session ends. and not to assume his Office IN
Ill April 1. Senator Stranahan's full name is Ne
vada Nebraska Stranahan. This queer name was
given to him by his father. who was farmer
near Oswego. At the time Senator stranahan was
named the great West just beginning to de-
velop At that time Nevada and Nebraska wers
much in the public eye. and the elder stranahan,
! named his son after them
Murat Halstead is one Of those old newspaper
men who do not need a newspaper to find great
audience He has reached a time OF life when ne
enjoys his independence, his College Of Journal
ism and in general way his fling" all the
more from not carrying too much luggage IN the
shane OF an established paper whose traditions
and interests he must conserve. His last perform
auce is a Life of Mckinley" sold by subscrip-
ton. with comfortable copyright per volume, on
which the publishers already settling with him
for sale OF over nai. laa l0h e9D5ss GO go Ine m M n
other subscription book with subject OF similar
attractiveness, for which the publishers pfeolct q
similar fortune.
One Of the highest saIaried of his years IN
the industrial world Is Herbert C. Hoover. who at
the age of tvyenty-nine is in receipt Of SaaD
puaIly for his services a mining expert. He was
graduated from Stanford University in 1876, after
having worked his way through college, and has
spent much OF the last five or six years in the
antipodes. He is said to have sold his shares in
which he was for a time general manager, for
nearly 100000 He says that the stories Of rich god
China is the greatest coal producing country IN the
world.