New-York tribune., 1901-10-09
Vantage or New-York?
PERSONAL.

Harrison Day" has been appointed for all the
public schools in Indiana, when every teacher will
be asked TO contribute 10 cents and every pupil o .
cents to the fund for a monument TO the memory
of the late ex-President Harrison.
Speaking OF the tact shown by the Duke Of Corn
wall in his present journey. THE Candid Friend"
says: Perhaps he owes much OF his success to the
fact that he has always had at his elbow as coun-
selor and friend that remarkably shrewd Scotcn-
man whose career has been one OF the most re-
rnarkable of modern times. allude to Sir Donald
Mackenzie Wallace. who bids fair 20 become sort
OF twentieth century Stockmar. Sir Donald wal
lace first came into prominence in the late sew
entities when his book Russia took the town by
storm 1t was. of course prohibited in the coun-
try 1t described. but the whirgig Of time brings
its revenges and to-day it is translated into Kus
grade schools Sir Donald began his career l3ns H1
before this book was ns oss
1t occurred to him TO go to Russia
Dr. Bousland will leave the faculty Of tho Uni
versity OF Michigan for the chair OF Romance Ian
guages In Western Reserve University. and Pro-
curnbent OF the Dr. Leonard Hanna chair in the
medical school OF Cleveland University.
The Rev. Burris A. Jenkins, who has just been
elected dean of Kentucky University. is thirty-two
years old and one of the youngest in the
country to be chosen head OF college. He was
born in Kansas City. where he received his early
education in the public schools. after which he
entered Bethany College. In West Virginia. from
which he was graduated with the highest honors
He was a reporter 1.-The Kansas City Times
before he ordained TO preach. and went TO
California. where he filled several pulpits. Later
he preached in the Hawaiian Islands Returning
to America. he entered Yale taking the graduate
course for two yeacs.
'The hamlet of Dervock in County Antrim, Ire
land" says The Scotsman SIS visited by thou
sands of Americans In the season. for 1t
thence the McKineys came. In plain little farm
house there born James Mckinley. ancestor
of the President Mckinley The present occu-
pant has preserved the original features of the
house much possible The greatest change
has been the replacing Of the matched roof with
one OF slate
Washington, Oct. DIR. F. ". True. head cura-
tor of the department OF biology of the Smithson-
ian Institution been selected represent that
institution and the National Museum the board
select and prepare the United States Government
exhibit for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
st. Louis.
Berlin, Oct. S-"The University of G6ttingen re-
Gently offered the newly founded chair of inor-
ganic chemistry to Theodore William Richards. of
Harvard University. which conferred upon DR..
Hoeben the honorary degree of LII. D. says the
National Zeitung." THE effort to Pro-
fessor Richards failed because everything
done to keep him In his country. The offer
was probably the first German recognition of the
young but jealous American striving in natural
sciences, and heretofore 1t had been almost
heard Of that an American should be called to a
German university