The Washington times., 1901-07-14
PERSONAL.

now complete and will ., dedicated on
/ Saturday next.
| Glasgow University conferred 100 hon
| orary degrees OF doctor of laws on the
occasion of its seth anniversary. Among
! the American recipients were Prof VIII
liam G. Farlow. of Harvard: Prof. Thorn
/ as D. Seymour, Of Yale, and Prof. Paul
Haupt. of Johns Hopkins
The smallest Freemason IN the world
| is Casper III. weis. of Philadelphia. who
| has just taken the degree OF master ma
| son. Brother Weis who is twenty -four
years old. was born In Morschingen, Be-
zirk. Rhineland. is matchmaker by
trade. and stands three feet eleven inches
| in his stockings He belongs to Richard
Vaux Lodge, No. Ss4
Ex-Gov. Bob Taylor of Tennessee has
been invited 10 take part in a fiddling con
test between the old settlers OF Missouri,
which is to occur at Kansas City on An-
gust 10.
Archibald MacKellar. an American
sculptor of note. who died at Bridgeport.
Conn, recently, was native of Scotland.
but had spent most of his life in this
country. His statue. The Soldiers De-
fence of the Flag" has been extensively
copied. The figure represents a soldier
| holding aloft the Stars and Stripes with
sword in his outstretched hand. He re-
ceived much praise for his statue OF
James A Garfield at Wilmington. Del.
The municipal council of Havana has
passed vote of thanks to Capt. Lucien
Young, captain of the port, for his re-
cent display of promptitude and resolu-
ton in saving lives threatened by the
overfiOwing Of the Almendares River.
A Yamada, who is now on the Pacific
Coast in the interest OF a large japanese
cotton company. will spend three years in
this country studying American industrial
methods.
Sir Norman LockyeT. the English as
tronomer, will, at the close of the present
year. relinquish his duties as professor Of
astronomical physics at the Royal College
of Science. South KensingtOn.
Alexander Campbell, the professional
gslfer of the Country Club of Brookline
Mass. has driver OF ancient pattern
which is over 200 years old II was the
property of the Earl OF EglingtOn Origi-
nally.
The Doctor familiar to readers of In
nocents Abroad has been identified with
at least half dozen medical men. Mark
Twain has cleared up the mystery BY in
forming correspondent that the real
original was the late DR.. A. Reeves Jack
son of Chicago, whose too early death the
author still lamented.
Cardinal Vaughan is the eldest Of a
large family of brothers. each of whom
in turn gave up the family estates in or
der to enter the Church. These estates in
consequence devolved on the Cardinals
youngest brother the only one of the
family who is not priest No man is in
greater demand than the Cardinal for
various functions.
Henry Richards. of Worthenbury. near
wrexham. England. retired agrieulturist.
has attained his 102d birthday When
over ninety years of age he sang in the
WOrthenbury choir, and was probably at
the time the oldest chorister in the coun-
Try. In his I00th year he received a con-
gratulatory letter from the Queen. His
eldest son Is about eighty years OF age
and his youngest descendant is but few
months old. There are 1872 descendants of
this grand old man, namely. IL children,
60 grandchildren. 81 reat-grandehildren.
and 8 great-great-grandchild
Alfred B. Kittredge, appointed by the
Governor OF South Dakota as a United
States Senator from that State until its
meets, is forty years of age,
a native of New Hampshire, a graduate
Of Yale, and a lawyer. He has served on
the Republican National Committee and
has the reputation of being shrewd and
pushful political manager. He was at
0ne time law partner of Pettigrew. but
never shared his POpulist vagaries-
Arthur Ferguson, formerly Secretary Of
he United States Philippine Commission,
las been appointed secretary to the chief
Miss Belle Hyman. of Chicago. who has
,een appointed a trustee of the Illinois
Industrial Home. has been blind since the
lge of four years. but is an accomplish
d musician and linguist. She is well
Known for her enthusiastic efforts to
'eneht the poor and sightless-
Former Lieut. Gov William Cufaback,
eventy-two years old. married IN Lapel,
nd. on Tuesday. Miss Laura wachstat-
er, teacher Cumback was one Of the
Ounders of the Republican party. and
vas famous in Indiana as a Lincoln
lector.
Owen Robin, OF Ameiiasburg, Ont,
anada, is probably the Oldest post
laster in the world. having held Office
Dr more than hfty-six years The son Of
hilip Robin, a United Empire Loyalist
G was born December Z. 1906 and is con-
eduentIy in his niuety-fifth year When
e went TO Ameliasburg in 1879 the spot
as a dense forest. On January l. 1916,
t was appointed TO the position he now
oids by the Imperial Government
trough Earl LOnsdaIe.
The most sumptuous gift received by
lie Museum OF Material History in re-
mt years, and which. through the sus-
lined enthusiasm of the donor, has not
4 ceased expanding, is the collection of
ltterflies presented by the Very Rev.
ugene August Hoffman, D. D.. LII. D.
he specimens have been most critically
lected and. attractively mounted Dr.
offman began with the butterflies found
America. north of Mexico, and pur-
lased a collection Of 475 species and
80 Specimens Continuing his pa
onage, DR.. Hoffman authorized
e curator to extend the limits
the collection so as to include
e more important species Of the world,
ld beginning has been made in the Sc
ring of specimens from the rich col
citing grounds of Mexico, Central and
,uth America, Europe. Asia, Africa, In
'-Australia, and Australia
By the retirement of Chaplain Wesley
Holway. L. S. N. Chaplain David
oward Tribou, now stationed on the re-
living ship Vermont, in the New York
avy Yard. becomes the dean of the
aplains corps IN the navy. He was
,rn in Hampden. Ne. and entered the
rvice from that State February 5. 1872
afore receiving his commission he was
incipaI of HampdeIi ArsideIny and su-
rvisor of schools for PenObsCot County.
aine IL was on the frigate Colorado
at ne made his first cruise. His last
as on the armored cruiser New York,
en- the finest ship in the service, and
NINA nS;ed by the late Admiral Philip,
that time a captain. No other chap
n in the service has a record for hav-