The Washington times., 1901-09-08
PERSONAL.

Prof. William Willoughby. of the De-
partment of Labor. will probably have
charge of the St. Louis Worlds Fair de-
partment of social economy. the appoint
ment having been made by the Commit
tee on Education. subject TO the approval
Of the Executive Committee. Mr.. VIII
loughby had immediate charge of the
work in social economy for the United
States at the Paris Exposition.
Sir Henry Irving has been appointed
By the Royal Institution OF Great Britain
to be their representative at Winchester
in connection with the national COM
memoration of King Alfred. and, in re-
Sponse to an invitation from the mayor
will give a reading from Tennyson's S
Beckett"
Camille Saint-Saens, the French COM
poser, has been made knight of the
German Order Pour le Merite for his SER
vices to art through his contributions to
musical literature. This recognition of a
French artist by Germany has given great
satisfaction in France.
George +. Parker. who has recently
served as United States Consul in Bir-
mingham, England. has been appointed
as the representative in Great Britain of
the St Louis Exposition.
Now that Queen Victoria is dead, the
Emperor of Austria, who was seventy
eign.~ who has had the longest reign in
Europe at the present time. for he has
been on the throne for nearly fifty-three
years He has the reputation of being
one of the hardest working sovereigns In
the world. and this has been character
istic OF him all through his long life.
Miss Helen A. Wilder of Pennsylvania,
has been chosen to occupy the English
chair at Lawrence University, Appleton,
Wis. She is graduate OF Radcliffe Col
lege, Cambridge, and for three years was
an instructor in the University of Mich
iSan-
Among those expected to deliver ad-
dresses at the celebration by Dartmouth
College of the Tooth anniversary of the
graduation OF Daniel Webster are the
president and Profs. Richardson and
Lord, of the college, Samuel w. Mccall,
x-Governor Black of New York, Edwin
w. Sanborn, the Rev. Edward Everett
Hale, Senator Hoar, the Governor OF New
Hampshire and Chief Justice Fuller.
The State of Kansas will on September
% hold notable celebration to unveil
monument commemorating the occasion
and the spot where Lieut.. Zebuion NJ.
Pike on September %. 1906. at the Pawnee
village lowered the Spanish ensign and
raised the United States nag. This his
toric spot is in Republic County, Kan.
The will of Mrs William J. Cooper.
late OF Lancaster, Pa. bequeaths $500
to the city OF Lancaster, the interest
to be used in buying coal for the poor of
the city. She also leaves $2VD to the
Ann g Wilmer Home for Aged Woman.
Lancaster. and 1900 for the Home for
Aged Couples, in Philadelphia.
The will of the late Jennie Kampmann,
of Quincy, H., gives about 81, 900 to vari-
Gus churches and charitable Institutions
Of this country and Europe. The residue
of the estate is left to St. Boniface
Church.
Many charitable bequests. aggregatiug
81. 200, are made in the will OF the late
Elizabeth +. Harney. of Boston. The resi-
due of-the estate. after the payment of a
number of private bequests. is given to
Boston.
While Luke Fildes, r. A, has been at
work on his now nearly completed por-
trait of King Edward his colleague, Ed
ward Hughes, has been painting picture
OF Queen Alexandra as she appeared in
her robes of state
A monument is being erected on the
grounds of the old Government fort on
Mackinac Island to DIR. William Beau
mont who, more than a half century
ago made n number of surgical dscoy-
cries which resulted in methods of prac-
tice of inestimable value. not only to
army surgeons, but TO the medical pro-
born In Connecticut and was known as
one OF the greatest investigators in the
profession. He was appointed surgeons
mate Sixteenth Connecticut Infantry
December 2, 1872. transferred to the Sixth
in January, 1913. and later to the Eighth.