The Washington times., 1901-10-29
PERSONAL.

Roger Wolcott. son of the late ex-Gov-
| ernor of Massa chusetts, has been sworn
in as an election ward officer from Ward
j Il. Boston. ard has thus made his debut
in practical politics Roger Wolcott is
the Oldest of three sons, and is student
in the law school at Harvard. He ives
with his mother at 173 Commonwealth
Avenue.
Lieut.. Thomas NJ. Bains, ir-, whose
quick wit and bravery prevented the sur
prise and destruction of the American
garrison at Samar. is a Philadelphia boy.
He was horn in Philadelphia in 1877, and
was educated in the Friends Central
School After he was graduated he went
TO Cornell University. AT the outbreak
of the Spanish war he enlisted in the
Sixth Artillery, and with his battery was
sent to Tampa Fla. Later he was order
ed to the Philippines, and made quarter
master sergeant of the battery. On July
%. 1899 Rains was made a second lieuten
ant, and assigned to the Ninth Infantry:
He Joined his regiment at Peking, and
saw much of the work done there
Lord Pauncefote. the British Ambas-
sador to the United States, and Lady
Pauncefote, Andrew Carnegie and Mrs.
Carnegie and Ada Rehan Travelled by the
American Line special train on Saturday
morning from London, to join the steamer
St Louis at Southampton, bound for New
York. The United States Charge d At
faires. Henry White. was among those
who bid farewell to Lord Pauncefote.
Since last July Cornelius Vanderbilt has
been granted three patents on improve
ments in railway cars.
Experiments by experts showing that
the apparatus of a patent is capable OF
transmitting speech are not sufficient as
proof that the patentee had succeeded in
so using it at the date of his application.
esptcially where it is not shown that
such experiments were not cCndu Il d
under similar conditions. holds the Uni
ted States Circuit Court of NlaSsachuS 5tts,
in the case of American Bell Telephone
Company VS.. National Telephone, etc,
Company Q09 Fed. Rep. $50.
Joseph Fielding Smith, President of the
Twelve Apostles, becomes the next prest-
dent of the Mormon Church. He is in his
sixty-thfrd year, and in 1866 was ordained
as an apostle by President Brigham
Young and set apart as one Of the twelve
apostles on October s. 1861. The new pres
ident has three wives.
Baron Ludivor Moncheur, the new Bel
gian Minister is expected in Washington
soon. His marriage to Miss Clayton,
daughter of the United States Ambassa-
dor to Mexico. will take place iC Decem-
Der in the City of Mexico.
Inc BuIdlO tOInnefcldA quotes 2 let
ter from raachman of Medora, S. D.,
who says that Theodore Roosevelt has
never been Teddy with the men on
the ranges That is another appelIation
for which the East is responsible. He is
always spoken of on the ranges and by
the men with whom he associated in the
West as Mr. Roosevelt And the same
rough men of the West for years before
he became a political star of the first
magnitude have predicted that some day
he would be President of the United
States They knew the stuff he was made
of. and they felt sure 1t would tell in the
long run. The West, too. feels that to 1t
he owes the training that has helped him
The Spanish Minister. the Duke of Ar
COS. having received an extended leave of
absence from his Government, will leave
here in December to spend the remainder
of the winter superintending his estates in
Spain. He will De accompanied by the
duchess. During the Ambassadors alb
sence Senior Riano. who is Just home from
New York. where he went after the death
OF the Duke of Alva, will act as Charge
d 'Affaires.