The Washington times., 1901-08-19
PERSONAL.

Some Of the Russian newspapers are
displeased with the monument to Bis
marck recently unveiled in Moscow. They
think it strange that a foreigner should
have been thus honored. while Aiexande,
| III. Gogol. Asakoff, and many others are
| negl ected.
| J. K. Shipton. of Bernadotte, Fulton
County. H. who died recently. left S25,-
0n5 to the Lutheran Board OF Church Tx
| tension of the General Synod. to build
| churches and parsonaSes for weak con-
| gregations.
By the will OF the late John a. Kohl. OF
Brookline. Mass. $500 is bequealhed to
| St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Lam
| bertviile. n. j.
N o. Booth has resigned his position
as horticulturist in the University OF Mis-
| souri, to accept a position In the New York
Agricultural College at Geneva
Ainsworth R. Spofford, the Assistant
| Librarian of the Library of Congress, is
to spend three months in Europe in the
| book markets.
The Pope has read "Quo Vadis." and
| recently Henryk Sienklewicz received a
| letter from the Vatican expressing salts
faction for the Catholic ideas expressed
in the novel The Polish author has also
received from Leo XIII. a marble tablet
of the time of Constantine. recently found
in the Ostriano Cemetery. the scene of
some of the incidents OF Quo Nadis'
Gen. Alexander Candiano Popesco, one
OF the most brilliant soldiers in the Rou-
manian army. has just died. At Pievna
ne won high distinction. taking a redoubt
by storm at the head of his battalion and
capturing Il Turkish flag. He was also
known in Roumanian literature.
Admiral Sir Edmund Fremantie, who
has just reached the age limit and been
retired from the British navy, was in the
service longer than almost any other liv-
ing English officer. He entered the service
fifty years ago, and served through the
Burmese campaign of 1852.
BY the will of Miss Emily Phillips, who
died recently In Philadelphia, the charity
fund Of the Grand Lodge of Free and Ac-
cepted Masons of Pennsylvania will
eventually received about 100000 Miss
Phillips. was the sister of the late Henry
NJ Phillips. who was a. grand master.
The Duke of Cornwall and York has
had five doctorates conferred upon him
The latest was the ID. C. L., given by
Melbourne University.
Surgeon Major General w. A. Thomson,
NJ. B., who is honorary physician to King
Edward, has been selected for good
service pension of ei0o a year. IL Is
nearly UIly years SlLCc ne received MS
first commission as an army surgeon.
He has served in many parts of the
world and at the time of his retirement
in 1892 he was principal medical officer
in India. He was appointed honorary
physician to Queen Victoria in 1885.
The ex-Empress Eugene is making a
tour of the west coast of Scotland, and
has visited the Glasgow Exhibition.
The present is the thirteenth summer
hot he m hos in,
part in Norway, the fJords OF which are
an ideal place for his yacht, to which he
is so much devoted that the officers
among themselves, have nicknamed him
"Gondel-Willy." At Molde and elsewhere
he allowed the passengers of the tourist
steamers that happened to be present to
come on board and inspect his yacht.
King Christian of Denmark will take
up his residence at the castle of Fredens-
borg about August 80 Many distinguished
guests have been invited thither for the
autumn.
The late Baron Wilhelm Carl Won Roth
schild of Frankfort on-theMain bequeath-
ed to the Institution for Sick Foreign
Jews in Frankfort, founded in memory of
his daughter. Georgine Sara. 1000 900
marks and to the Jewish Religious Com
munity of Frankfort 100000 marks In
trust, the income to be distributed among
good needy Jews on the anniversary of
his death and OF the death of his wife.
Sir Clements Markham. who as Presi-
dent of the Royal Geographical Society,
wished the Discovery godspeed in its Ant
arctic work in London. the other day.
was seventy-one on July 20, and this year
he celebrates the jubilee of his return
from the Arctic expedition of 1850 81
Aside from his Polar exploration one of
the great pieces of work he has done was
to Introduce the cultivation of the Gin
chona tree from Peru to British India.