The Washington times., 1901-08-02
PERSONAL.

Tanner of fasting fame. now sixty-eight
years old, has challenged the brewers of
Denver TO a fasting contest. Six men are
to drink beer only and he is to drink wa
ter. The brewers have agreed to the con-
test.
Anders Zorn. the famous Swedish artist.
Threatened" as he put it, to some day
present one of his pictures to the st. Louis
Museum of Fine Arts That was when he
first visited the city several years ago.
The other day the picture arrived. 1t is n
Portrait of Woman" and is valued at
over 5000.
The Government Indian school which is
under construction at Riverside, Cal, is to
be known as Sherman Institute, in honor
of J. s Sherman. of New York. Chairman
of the Congressional Committee on Indian
Affairs.
Thomas W. Lawson is something of n
fatalist. The toss of coin has deter
mined for him more than one stock trans
action. He believes that whatever befalls
after a man has done his best is part
of a grand scheme OF the total of human
events. He believes in the good luck of
certain numerals; the figure or its null
tiples appear in all his affairs. His Office
is at 80 State Street. His telephones are
S33 and 1899. respectively. His yachts first
sailing test took place on the Sd of June.
He wears a watch chain consisting of 333
gold beads.
Perry Belmont has organized his ser
wants at Newport into a life-saving corps.
with the gardener as chief. The station
which he has established is supplied with
a lifeboat. buoys. and all the latest ap-
purtenances for getting people out of the
water in a hurry. The crew is being drill
ed daily by an instructor.
For the first time in its history the
Wisconsin board of university has a wo-
ing lust been appointed DR. F'risby was
born in West Bend. Washington County.
Wis. in 1857. She received the degree
of NJ. L. from Boston University Medi-
cal School In 1883.
Governor Geer of Oregon, has again
refused the offer of number of his ad-
niirers to buy him an executive mansion.
Il am too poor to accept it," he says. II
am living comfortably in the house / rent,
and to buy a fine house for me to furnish
would be laying too heavy n burden on
my shoulders"
Miss Myra L. Dock of Harrisburg, Pa,
has been appointed by Governor Stone a
member of the State Forestry Commits
sion. Miss Dock is young woman, but
she is known in her own State and in Eu-
rope as an authority on forestry and for
est preservation.
Emperor Francis Joseph has forwarded
n generous gift from Vienna to Sonora
Concha Mendez. the Mexican songstress,
on the occasion of her ejghtieth birthday.
After Emperor Macmillan had been shot
and Empress Carlotta had gone insane.
the audience at a Mexican theatre called
upon MendeZ to sing song vilifying
them but she cried out: mo, ! shall not
yilify the dead and the unhappy" and
hush fell upon the house. The incident
is recalled in connection with the gift.
Monsignor Farsaglio-Bavona. an Arch
bishop Of the hierarchy and Apostolic
Delegate to the Republics of Peru and
Ecuador, is in New York as a guest of
Archbishop Corrigan. He is on his way
of his office. 1t is mis- first visit to this
country.
The Russian General Bobukow, who
was recently recalled from the post of
Governor General of Finland. is one of
the most unpopular men In the dominions
of the CZar 1t was not by service in
war but by intrigue. subServiency, and
selfishness beyond all description that he
sed to reach the rank of major gem
eral
Count Tolstoy is keenly skeptical of
physicians When he learned Of the dia-
metrically opposite views of his case
taken by the doctors he said: You ex-
cellent people know everything that medi-
cine teaches, but medicine itself knows
nothing
A rather unusual incident has just oc-
Cured in LAGRANGE. Ga. where Judge
Frank 7. Longley. retired from the bench
of the city court. ana was succeeded by
his father. Judge Frank Nj. Longiey.