The Washington times., 1901-07-13
PERSONAL.

NJ A. Cotton. who has been appointed
! superintendent Of education in the De-
partment of Mindanao and Jolo, p. l.,
was formerly an instructor in French at
Yale. -
Viscount Wolseley has just celebrated
his sixty ninth birthday, being eight
months younger than Lord Roberts, who
however. has not been in the service so
/ long as WOlseley.
Ex-Gov George 5. Bcutwen. of Massa-
chusetts, and Mrs. Boutwell, celebrated
the siXtieth anniversary of their marri-
age at their home In Groton, Mass. on
last Monday. The venerable couple re-
ceived the congratulations OF many
friends and neighbors.
The Earl of Enroll. who succeeds to the
Knighthood of the Thistle. left vacant by
the death of Lord Butte. is the nineteenth
! possessor OF one of the most distinguish
ed titles in Scotland He is also the
! twenty-third holder OF the Office of Lord
| High Constable Of Scotland.
The Duke Of Devonshire has lent his
first folio Of Shakespeare, which Is one
of the principal treasures of his splendid
library at Chatsworth. to the delegates
of the oxford University Press, and ii is
to be produced in fac-simile by the colo
type process
The much discussed Sultan Of Sulu is
physically one of the smallest Of the
worlds royalties. He is somewhat less
than five feet in height.
The Rev j. C.-Roehm, pastor Of the
First Evangelical German Lutheran
Church in Galveston, Texas. celebrated
thu fiftieth anniversary of his ordination
Sunday He was ordained in Lerach Pro-
vince Of Baden, Germany, and, with fve
others was sent to do mission work In
Texas lie has almost completed his TWEEN
E.~r &c az ~ II he
church.
Constantine Demeter Stephanove, ma
| tive of Macedonia, who, after seven years
work has taken the degree of master of
arts from Yale, supported himself nearly
all that time by working as a conductor
on a trolley car IN New Haven. When he
first came TO this country he worked on
farm while he learned the language. Then
| he went to preparatory school and from
thence To Yale. Next fall he viii go to
Germany to continue his studies
Both NJ. de Witte. now Russian Min
lister of Finance, and Prince Khilkof, the
present Minister of Ways of Communi-
cation, have had practical training as en-
Rineers The former worked through the
locomotive shops, drove an engine. and
was subsequently stationmaster for
some wears ON the southern Russian rail
ways Prince khilkoff, under an assumed
name, worked through all the practical
Millionaires succeed each other so quick
ly and out-miIlion each other so amaz-
ingly that Colonel North is little more
than a memory. Yet but few years have
passed since the nitrate king dropped
in his tracks at a company meeting and
passed from the sight of men His man
sion at Ethan. England, of which so
much was heard in the early nineties of
the last century, IS to be sold at auction
and a gorgeously illustrated catalogue is
at the disposal of those who can afford
to bid for II.
The Rev Charles Pinckney Mason d.
d. whon President Mckinley has ap-
pointed as Consul to Grenoble France
has resigned his pastorate in Philadelphia.
to take effect September l. and will as
sumo his new duties shortly thereafter.
DR.. Mason Is a native of Newburyport
Msss. and is in his sixtieth year In 1862
he was graduated from Williams College
and at the breaking out of the civil war
he became a volunteer aide in the Fifth
Army Corps serving from 1863 to 1865 In
lS12 he was graduated from the Theo-
logical Seminary at Andover, Mass. and
| ordained pastor. In 1899 he served as
acting pastor of the American Church
| IN Paris. Williams gave DIR. Mason the
! degree of ID. d. two years ago.