The Washington times., 1901-09-05
PERSONAL.

Sir Thomas Sutherland, President of the
| Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Com
pany, has just completed an active busi-
ness career of sixty seven years.
Gen. Nelson a. Miles has added to his
| collection of arms, which is one of the
| best In this country. a sword worn by
| Simon Bolivar during one of the South
| American campaigns.
Senator Clark's Partisan house is one
Of the handsomest In that city and gem
orally regarded as only second to that of
| ex-tlueen Isabella of Spain.
The Rev. John Kerr of Lima, Ill. is
said to be the owner of the Oldest Bible
! in the United States.
| The hobby of Governor Geer, of Oregon.
| is love of good horses He is said to be
| the best Judge of horses in his State
Anton Lang. who appeared as Christ
| in the last Passion Play at Oberammer-
gau, has completed his visit to London
and returned to his home. His trip was
the first he ever undertook to make be-
yond the limits of the German Empire.
The Grand Duchess nf Mecklenburg-
Sterlitz, who has just re ached the age of
eighty. is the last surviving grand
daughter of George H. and her brother.
the Duke of Cambridge. is the last surviv-
ing grandson. The st. James Gazette"
says that no fewer than ninety-nine of
George III S descendants are living at the
present time.
Major James Geddes, superintendent of
the Nashville division of the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad, was rendered a
banquet by the railroad officials on his
completion of fifty years of service in the
employ of the company.
Henry Rustin, the electrician who de-
signed the Pan-American illumination at
Buffalo, will be rewarded for his work.
The superior jury of awards has decided
unanimously to give him a gold medal in
recognition of his success.
Barney McGouldric. well-known
Maine ''roadhouse'' keeper, once said that
in fifty years his only visitors who had
refused his invitation to break the pro-
hibition Laws of the State were Judge
Peters and Senator Hale.
Frank II. Buhl. ex-President of the
Sharon Steel Company, has promised to
give 100000 for a public building at
Sharon, Pa. The town must provide for
its maintenance. and IT must be kept
open seven days week.
The memoirs begun by the Empress Eu-
genie soon after the death OF the prince
imperial are believed to be now practically
completed Her manuscript has been seen
by no eye save her own.
By a provision in the will of the late
\. a. Ryder, of Marengo. H., that village
after term of years will receive S25. .0OO
for public library;
Cumming Macdona, the new Member of
Parliament for Rotherhithe, has had a
varied career. He has been successfully
a clergyman, n soldier. an explorer, a
lawyer. and. politician. He is also noted
as a dog fancer and as the greatest
breeder of st. Bernards in the United
Kingdom.
Panmure Gordon, of Laudwater House,
Shropshire, is distinguished among Eng
lish country gentlemen by the possession
of "A remarka BILE coach house which con-
tains a specimen of every European road
vehicle.
The descendants of Queen Victoria and
Prince Albert constitute the only Protest
ant branch of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
family order. The three other sets are
Roman Catholic-the royal family of
Portugal the descendants of Prince Au-
gustus and Princess Clementine d'Orleans.
and the royal family of Belgium. The Co.
burg succession Is at present vested in the
English branch, the young dukes heir
presumptive being Prince Arthur of Con-
naught Failing these princes, a younger
son of the Duke of Cornwall and York
would have the choice of remaining Eng
lish or turning German.