The Washington times., 1901-07-02
PERSONAL.

| House of Lords on the charge of biga-
! my, will be the first British nobleman
| who has been tried by his peers" since
| lS4l. In that year Lord Cardigan. after
/ ward the hero of Balaclava but then
| more famous as a military martinez, was
| tried by the Lords on the charge Of
! nghting a duel
Six former Governors of Tennessee are
still among the living citizens of that
| State, one being United States Senator
William 3. Bate,
! President Rafael 1glesias of the Re
| public of Costa Rica, is on his way to
| New York for brief vacation.
Vice President Roosevelt and Mark
| Twain have been invited to deliver ad-
| dresses in Kansas City at the eelebra-
| tion on August 10 of the eightieth ami
yersary of MIssourfs admission to the
| Union.
! The Commercial Club of Kansas City
has invited Count Won Waldersee to stop
in that city as the guest of the club on
his return from China.
The King and Queen of Portugal will
start for visit to the Azores on Friday.
sailing from Lisbon on the cruiser Don
Carlos.
The following were the American ar
lists receiving medals at the recent Old
Salon of Paris: Painting. H Hartwick,
g. II. Mosler. Seymour Thomas, Miss S.
Watkins. and Mrs. MacMonnies; sculp-
ture, Barnard and Walter.
Lafcadio Hearn has just been made an
honorary member of the London Japan
society.
Prof. Hinckley G. Mitchell. of the Bos-
ton University School of Theology, has
gone to Palestine where he will spend a
year as director of the American School
al
Judge LindIey. of the St Louis Circuit
Court, is fond Of quiet joke. The other
day in his court a raw German, who had
been summoned for jury duty. expressed a
desire to be relieved ''Schudge." he said.
Il can nicht understand English goot''
Looking over the crowded bar, his eye
filed with humor. Judge Lindley replied;
understand good English You won't hear
any here
Prof. Angelo Heilprin Philadelphia's
celebrated geographer. geologist, and ex-
plorer who, last week. expressed the
opinion. based on his knowledge of Arc
tic exploration, that he did not believe
that the Peary party was in any stress
or danger is a Hungarian by birth but
has lived in this country since childhood.
The governors Of McGin University
Montreal. have elected II. w. FluX, Jew
ons professor of political economy in
Owens College Manchester. to be first
professor of political economy in McGill
University, TO fill the chair recently en-
dOwed by Miss Dow. f Montreal Pro-
fesSor FIuX is 4 graduate Of Cambridge
University and has had a distinguished
career.
Prof c. lie Neve Foster. = Sc, the
British Inspector of mines, is retiring
from a post which he has filed for nearly
thirty years His blae books on mines
and quarrieS are well-known works of
reference. on at least one occasion he
was placed in imminent peril through car
bOnic-oXide fumes, the result Of eX-
plosIon in the Snaefell lead mine Isle of
Nan. During the interval which ensued
before aid could b. rendered from the sur
face. and while his companions We're be-
ing drawn up each in turn and in various
stages of unConSCIousneSS, he made pencil
notes Of his sensations and the surround
ing conditions.
President Charles NJ. Schwab, of the
United States Steer Corporation. will cele-
brate the Fourth of July this year at
Loretto, as is his usual custom. There
will be house party. but no fireworks.
according to report Last Fourth's cele-
bratiOE cost Mr. Schwab just 81 900 But
il was not all fer powder. Part of 1t was
for fire and smoke. One of the great
rockets set fire to a neighbor's house, so
dition TO paying 5000 for his fireworks on
the day we celebrate, also paid S, 900 for
the neighbor's house and its contents
James e. Campbell, formerly Governor
of Ohio, has sold his home In Hamilton,
that State. and viii go to live in New
York. where he will practice law Mr.
Hoadley. his predecessor as Executive of
the Buckeye State, is already established
there as lawyer.
The Queen Of the Netherlands. her hus-
band, Prince Henry, and their present
host, the German Emperor, are all third
cousins, all three being great -great-gran
children of King Frederick William III of
Prussia Prince Henry is also descended |
from Frederick William Ill so that he |
is the Emperors second cousin The |
Queen is also somewhat nearer than a |
third cousin 10 the Emperor, through their |
descent from the Emperor Paul of Rus |
sia.
Jewell B. Knight, OF Belchertown. !
Mass, a graduate of the Massachusetts |
Agricultural College, has been appointed |
by the British Government to go to In |
dia and establish an agricultural college !