Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-09-05
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait. president OF
the Womans Suffrage Association. said
in a recent speech al Ocean Park. Me,
that onc-forth of the millionaires In Amer
lea are women.
Queen Wilhelmina and the Prince Com
sort of the Netherlands will probably pay
a visit to England in the autumn where
they will be the guests of King Edward
and his Queen,
The death Of Lacasze Duthiors, tho
French naturalist, leaves vacant a chair
Of zoology at the Corbonne and profess
sorships in the Academy of Medicine and
the Academy of Sciences.
Prof. ieorge c. Tilden the noted min
craloeist. who became insane in San Fran
cisco rec Gently, has considerably improv-
ed, and it is now thought that his trou-
BILE is merely nervous collapse dug to over
work.
President Mckinley Is most kind in the
matter of giving his autograph, and when
unoccUpicd he will often write his name
on cards prepared for the purpose, so that
they may be ready to be sent when asked.
The unycling Of the Garibaldi statue in
Lincoln Park Chicago, will take place ON
the 10Th of September next. The sculpto r
is Victor Gherardi, OF New York. and the
statue is the gift of the city Of the Leg
lone Garhaldi
The Hon. Mrs Arthur Bertrand Russell
rois st s" of snds 81 to establish chair ' of
temperance in the London University "as
a sct-of," she says, for the chair of
brewing at birmingham University.'
King George of Greece has been spend
ing the summer on his farm in the noun
tains He is up every morning with the
Il
common farmland.
Miss Therese Schwarze has, after many
failures succeeded in inducing ex-Presi-
dent Kruger to sit for his portrait Dom
Paul posed seated, reading a Bible.
Commissioner Kerr, head of the City of
London Court, is retiring after long legal
career He is a native of Glasgow and, at
the age OF So he is entering upon the en-
joyment of apension of $4,000 year.
winfield Scott Stratton, the bonanza king
of Cripple Creek, who ten years ago was
working as a carpenter, will, on Labor
Day, march with the Colorado Springs To-
cal lodge of the Carpenters Union.
Donald G. Mitchell CIk Marvel'), of the
class Of ~ at Yale, will deliver an address
at the dedication of Woodbridge Hail the
administration building at the time of the
Yale bicentennial celebration,
Ex-Governor John NJ Lind, of Mime
sofa, is practicing law IN Minneapolis and
says he does not want to be Governor
again, but adds that his highest ambition
is to serve the State in the city council
General Booth, the founder Of the Sal
walton Army, intends TO visit Chicago In
in November, accompanied by twenty-five
leaders in the army. A general inspect
ton will also be made the work In this
country,
Captain r. G. +. Candage, of Brookline
Mass, president of the Farmers National
Congress, will deliver the annual address
at the twenty first annual session of that
organization at Sioux Falls, S. D., october
l next.
1t is now thought that the monument
| for BENJAMIN Harrison will be in the form
of an arch to cost 500 600, over $4,000 has
already been raised,
Tho fund for the erection of a Whittier
monument in Amesbury. Mass, which was
started only week or two ago, already
amounts to over S5ooO
King Edward VII has a violent dislike
of poor English His own words come
slowly, but are always well chosen, and he
frequently Corrects any bad grammar that
comes to his ears.
Senator Itoar OF Massachusetts spends
his vacation in resting, He rises early
but Is In bed every night by and during
the day takes long walks and does a good
deal Of light reading.
Lord Salisbury said recently that in his
opinion the art of public speaking was
merely question of training. ANY one,
he added, who knows his language, Is
a good observer. has a fair memory ant
has something TO say can say it in public
and win applause,
Alfred Vanderbilt who is now the hcat
OF his family, Is one of the best amateur
tennis players in New York lie is a gooc
racquet player, too, and during the winter
is an enthusiastic devotee OF the latter
game.