The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-07
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

1t is reported that in his will Signor
Crispi has named a certain politician to ex-
anime his papers and superintend the publ
cation or his memoirs.
Andrew Carnegie has given G10O each to
Sheldon, Law, Jones and Dick, four miners
who displayed conspicuous bravery in the
rescue of their comrades at the time of
the recent Donibristle (~Perthshire) cOlliery
diaster.
DR.. Charles Smith, a physician of Phila-
delphia, contends that he was born in
Cairo, Ill. in 1775-126 years ago. He says
that he can produce indisputable proof that
he was more than thirty years old when he
was graduated at the medical school at
Jena IN 1SUS.
Henry Dickens, son of the novelist, with
his two daughters. the Misses Elaine and
Olive Dickens, recently arrived in this
country by way of Quebec. They are at
logg and Miss Fanny Kellogg, of Brooklyn,
at their country home, Kal Loeb, at Port
Kent, on the shores of Lake Champlain.
The palace of Emperor William L in Ber-
lin has been kept in the condition in which
he left it. In the bedroom there is still the
simple iron bedstead on which he always
slept and on which he died. 1t is suggestive
Of his simple tastes in all respects. His
economical habits are illustrated by the fact
that when, in his old age, the physician adj
vised him to drink a glass of champagne at
lunch the Emperor always had the bottle
cOrked and the remainder saved for his
dinner.
Acting Secretary of State Adee has a
vivid and picturesque vocabulary, which he
occasionally employs even in discussing af-
fairs Of state. The other day he was
asked whether the Colombia-Venezuela af-
fair was really only a couple of revolutions
or was going TO become a war between the
two nations. 81 don't know yet" replied
the acting secretary of state. There is
something going on down there, but l have
not yet blown down the barrels to see if
they are loaded"
The statue of Queen Victoria which is to
be placed in front Of the Ontario Parlia-
ment buildings in Toronto is a replica of
the one erected in Hong-Kong, the work of
Signor Reggi. The pedestal will be Of
Canadian granite. There Will be bronze
panels on two sides representing scenes in
the late Queens life. One will represent
her first Council meeting. The other has
not been definitely selected, but will prob
ably be the golden-jubilee ceremony in
Westminster Abbey.
Nineteen years old and nineteen inches
high. Such are the age and stature Of
Fatna, the famous East Indian dwarf. His
weight is thirteen pounds. Smaun is his
little sister. She is one year Younger and
one pound lighter. These creatures are
Veritable pigmles and quite different from
some dwarfs. in that their members are in
proportion to their size. Fatna's head is
about the size OF al orange and his arms
are the size of broOmsticks. In fact, he is
4 man in miniature. with none of the false
proportions OF infants.
The anti-clerical agitation in Spain has
recently been aggravated by an episode of
the "boomshel from within" order. It's au-
thor is a priest named Ordeix, who has
written a play as frankly anti-mOnastic in
general and anti-Jesuit in particular as the
now famous Electra of Perez GaldOs. 1t
is entitled Brotherhood, and was produced
of almost frantic popular applause which
bOde III for the public peace. The Catholic
journals strongly condemn Father OrdeiX.
There are even calls for his eXcommunica-
ton.
The Empress Eugene has greatly bene-
fitted by her recent cruise in her yacht. the
Thistle. II company with her hosts the
venerable lady, now s~eventy-five years old,
but stately and erect and enjoying fairly
good health, Travelled incoSnito from Oban
to Glasgow. The Empress manifested much
interest ia the historic relics on view in the
exhibition and was impressed by the
various objects associated with Mary Queen
of Scots. chiefly those which formed part of
Of the hands OF Scotand's hapless SOW
ereign.
y woman's club has been formed in De-
catur, IL, the object Of which is to try and
bring about 4 reform IN the way criminal
or semi-criminal stories are told in the local
These ladies claim that the
such matters are highly detrimental 10 IN.