Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-12
Personal NOTES.

Robert Church. nesFo .nu
subscribed 1000 to the fund 10.
tanning the ex-confederates NJ Me"pn''
| next summer. Here Is citizen 'no ''"A
try may we'll be proud OF.
Baron Kaneko. whom the mikado mas 'u''
| eppointed minister Of justice IN tno
nanose cabinet, is a graduate OF Harvard
p,ass =, ga and returned to this country
in 1899 TO receive his LII. d. degree from
that college.
Frederick Holbrook. the war governor
-, yormont will he ss years old on Feb
ruarv Il. 81 walk several miles daily ne
said last week. 81 DO my own writing ana
read a good deal. smoke, but use mostly
mild cigars
Richest OF all the sovereigns OF Europe
ia Wilhelmina, young queen OF the Neither
lands. She has an allowance OF $loooo'-
mo from the civil list, besides an enor-
nous nr,yate fortune. Who doesn't envy
her new husband. too?
Mark Twain addressed last Saturday
meeting at the University settlement In
Nav York. 81 see," he said. that you give
dancing lessons at cent lesson You
can't learn for nothing. That's why
never learned to dance
Carl Kisselbach, a veteran OF the German
army now living In La Crosse, WIS., mas
received from the kaiser gold medal In
recognition OF his service during the
Franco.Prussiau war. Kisselbach served
four years in the Prussan army.
The late DR.. Creighton. bishop Of London,
was objected to by several curates under
him as being too brilliant for bishop!
II was stated that his wit was too nimbie
and that he was not always patient with
the slowness OF others In appreciating H.
winston Churchill, the author OF Rich
ard Carvel," Is with Mrs. Churchill. MAX
ing his home in Cambridge. Mass, this
winter. Mrs. Churchill Is one OF Boston q
most promising amateur artists and Q
| member Of the Arts and Crafts society oi
that city.
A correspondent Of Leslie's Weekly an
nounces that David b. Hill Is not candi-
date for the presidency and that his chie'
concern now Is to make money. II Is even
said that Mr.. Hills best friends greatly
doubt whether he will ever consent to lead
his party again in presidential campaign.
He has, so we are told. found that ONCE
holding is unsatisfactory and unprohtabie.
On January I. 1899. there was a deficit II
the state treasury OF Pennsylvania OF "a
900, 900. Owing to the unexpected increase
in revenue this deficit has been entirei,
liauldated, there Is suffcient money to pa!
! all outstanding appropriations and ther,
was a balance over and above the amour
necessary to liquidate all demands OF abou
81 500 900 on January I. The receipts TO
the fiscal year ending December l. 1900
were N7.494,3lE
1t was predicted when Verdi was a bo!
that he would not live long. because h
was Of so serious a bent OF mind snt
Thought so much Thought usual!
lengthens a philosophers or a mathema
, ticians years and men OF science live long
| but in the case OF musicians the emotioni
interfere to shorten life. Mozart died a
as, Schubert at 81 (after he had composed
r 600 songs, in addition to his numerous
sonatas) and Chopin at 4o
At the conclusion OF Mr.. Towne's notable
Z speech in the senate on the Philippine
l question he received many congratulations
Chauncey Depew said: IL congratulate
: YOU. Mr.. Towne. Your delivery was fine
r YOUR diction elegant, your perorattol
= superb and your argument damnable.
I "Mr. Depew," replied Senator Towne. in
4 stantiy, Il am delighted to know you sp
prove OF the only features Of 1t you coui
!, comprehend
large number OF relatives and friend
e were gathered around william NJ. Evarts o.
brated his eighty-third birthday, MI
Evarts is almost blind but is stron
enough to move about his home at -Four
. teenth street and Second avenue. Ne'
York One OF his chief pleasures lies 4
the fact the name OF his old law Arm re
, | mains the same as when he was active 4
= the affairs OF Evarts, Choate & Bearnan.
3 Harry p, Dwight OF Toronto is called tn
A father of Canadian telegraphy. Mr.. Dwigh
A was born OF New England parentage q
}. Belleville Jefferson county, n. Y, Decem
[ ber 23. 1928. He entered the service G
!. the Montreal Telegraph company In tn
il year OF its inception-lsT He moved
Toronto and was appointed general west
ern superintendent OF the company. Tn
+ efficiency and extent Of the Canadian tele
n graph service today is largely attributabl
= to Mr.. Dwights energy and enterprise.