The Washington times., 1901-07-25
PERSONAL.

The crack scholars of Harvard '01 were
Freund, Bauer, and PeteTsen-two Ger
mans and a Swede.
Arrayed in all his state clothes the Sui
tan of Johore is glittering curiosity. He
wears gems worth 81. 0a0,098. They spar
kle in his crown, on his epaulets. in his
girdle. and in his cuffs.
Sir Ellis Ashmeae Bartlett in bankrupt
cy proceedings recently testified that his
losses in South African shares at the
time of the Jameson raid amounted to
500. 900. and that he had recourse to mon
ey lenders. One of them. he said. was
fairly moderate" and the other fairly
heavy" the heaviest one charging him
GO to 20 per cent.
Reginald d'Iberville, eighth Baron de
Longueuil. of Longueuil. in the Province
of Quebec, is the holder of the only Ca
madam title in existence. 1t was granted
by Louis XIV in 100. when Canada was
under French rule. and it was confirmed
by Queen Victoria in 1850 The present
baron is forty-three years of age; he sue
ceeded TO the title on the death of his
brother in 1898.
Prof William B. Scott, of Princeton
University. has arrived in La Plata. Ar
gentina. He is on his way to study fauna
in Patag gonia. He will receive every cour-
tesy from Argentine officials to aid him
in his Investigations
Frederick w. Vanderbilt. the only broth
er of W. X Vanderbilt. jr.. is a sick man.
He is suffering from a serious prostration
and is practically a recluse at Newport.
William Dorsey Jelks. the new Governor
of Alabama, is a lawyer by profession and
has made fortune by his practice.
]. H. Jones on last Saturday closed
-N..E.. T.
consin Industrial School at Waukesha
and celebrated the event by rendering his
resignation. In his long term of service
Mr. Jones has had charge of the garden
ing and has had supervision of the meat
supply besides taking charge OF family
of boys.
Tenney. the well-known portrait painter
of Portsmouth n. H., has completed an
exceptionally fine life-size oil portrait of
Commodore stephen Decatur The %ork
is considered the artists masterpiece. 1t
was painted for stephen Decatur, OF
Portsmouth, a descendant of the famous
commander.
DIR Frank s. Norris of McCooI juno
tion, Neb., has wireless telegraphy sys-
TEN of his own. He has a number of car
.rier pigeons and these are left with his
patients within fifty miles of his home, 50
that whenever they are i'll they send
message.
Herbert Crombie Howe for n number
of wears secretary to President Schurman.
OF Cornell University, has been appointed
professor of English at the University of
Oregon.
Mr. McHugh, a member Of the British
Parliament, who Is in prison for six
months in Kilmanham jail for seditious
articles in his paper. the Sligo Cham
pion." takes a commercially cheerful
view of the situation To his Irish col
leagues in the Institute of Journalists he
lately wrote: None but the experienced
can fully appreciate the charms of soli-
tude, and / don't think press mans
life can be- regarded as perfect without
some such experience as that | am now
enjoying. St Simon on his tower. Di-
ogenes in his tub and Rasselas in the
happy valley were fairly well Off. but
not nearly so satisfactorily situated as
myself at present. 1t will be a satisfaction
to the members of the association to
know that at least one of the members
: is safe and happy"