Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-10-17

as museum.
A "IIarrison Day" has been appointed
for all the public schools in Indiana, when
every teacher will be asked to contribute
~ cents and every pupil cents to the
fund for a monument to the memory II
the late ex-President Harrison.
Lady Marlborough, who was in this
country to attend the yacht races. Is the
wife of the fourth Baron Newborough,
head of the historic family Of Wynn,
whose founder, John Wynn, was a stand
ard-bearer at the Battle Of Norwich in
1JiA
DR.. Bousland will leave the faculty of
the University Of Michigan for the chair
of romance languages in Western Reserve
University, and Prof Ladd of Yale. will
become the first incumbent of the Dr.
Leonard Hanna Chair in the Medical
school of Cleveland University.
Grace George is to play young socictY
miss in the "Smait Set" The comodr
that has been selected for her coming New
YORK season.
Andrew Mack in Tom Moore" has
closed his long run at the Herald Square
Theatre in New Ycrl; ana has begun his
tour Of the rincipal cities AZ the country,
which will carry him to the Pacific couSt.
"rou-Itur" at the Illinois Theatre in
Chicago, is duplicating the marvellous re-
cord it made its first season at tn, Ero1d-
way Treatre in New York
Sarah Bernhardt's latest fad is the col
lection of curious marine plants of which
she has some very rare and valuable
specimens.
Edward Rostand. the French dramatist
is au inveterate cigarette smoker His
favorit" tipple is the distinctly French
/ ono, absinthe
Rudyard kipling recently received half
n sovereign and request for "a senti-
mem from California girl. The author
sent her card on which he had written
the words "FIurrah for California"
! Tho heroic equestrian statue of General
Rop"rt Il. Lee, at Richmond. Va. has boon
found to have great quantity Of honey
stored inside of it by swarm of bees that
have been making it their home.
| Governor Stanley has withdrawn his Of
| fer of silver cups to all triplets born in
Kansas during his administration. After
having to purchase twenty cups within a
foW months he decided that the plan was
too expensive.
Boston people are planning to give n
jcwcle1 sword to Capt1iu Frank Wldes
when that officer becomes rear admiral
this winter. He is a nttiva of Boston and
commanded the cruiser Boston at the bat
tie Of Manila Bay
/ Dr. W. d. shelby captain and assist
ant surgeon in the United States Army,
has given Hanover College Ind, u fund.
from. the proceeds of which a medal will
be given each year for the student who
ranks highest in scientific studies.
President Roosevelt has been prese Mt
cd with "A handsome cane and several
pieces Of cloth manufactured in the Phil
hV A
merchant now raVcling in this country
| to get knowledge of American mercan-
tile methods.
DR.. Kulesh, the Russian savant, made.
shortly Lefore his death. translation
Of the Bible into Little Russian" which
the censor would not allow to be printed.
Dr. fulesh's widow has now sold the
manuscript to the British Bible Society
for 5000 ruheS.
William Loeb, private secretary to the
President. was originally a stenOsrapher
in the public Offices at Albany, n. Y.
A london paper notes he fact that the
death of President Mckinley occurred on
the university of that of Wellington and
of General Montcalm.
George Nierins, the composer, who
died recently in Berlin. left to a charit-
able institution of that city the substan-
4 tlIl sum or l,rW,pn marks.
X. Hatoyama, professor in the Imperial
University of Japan, is to deliver a course
of five lectures at Yale on Japanese jur-
isprulrnce.
! The young king of Spain will presently
begin "A series of visits to the yari us
courts of Europe. previous to his ascend
ing the throne next May.
King Edward VII is the first king Of
England to visit Denmark since the time
when England. Denmark and Norway
were all ruled by Canute.
A monument to the memory of General
Philip Reed, hero of the Revolutionary
battle of Caulk's Fold. Is to be erected
10y the citizens of Kent County, Mo
| Lord Morris. who died recently at his
! home in Galway was the originator of
the famous phrase, Think God. nobody
who ever hears me speak Will take me
for anything but an Irishmdn."
/ Donna Lima widow of Crspi, has left
the famous villa to which her husband
mad given her name and is now living
very quietly in Naples. Crispi's property
Is all said to be heavily mort gagged.
Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew is now a
director or trustee in more companies
than any other man in this country. He
is a director i'm SevertY-si< different com
panies, f0rty-nine OF which are railroad
companies; Is president of six and chair
man of the board of directors of six or
seven others.
Bishop Thomas Underwood Dudley. of
Kentucky, who has been chosen to preside
over the Protestant Episcopal House of
Bishops in San Francisco, is a graduate
of the University of Virginia, class of 1858
lie was born in Richmond in 1881 and
served in the commssary department of