The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-09-26
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Some Interesting Notes About Those
Prominent in the Public Eve.

Some Interesting Notes About Those
Prominent in the Public Eye.
DR.. r. Masujima of Toxic, distin-
guished member of the bar of Japan, has
accepted the Invitation TO deliver the an
nnal address before the New York State
DR.. Martin Brown. a physician of
Anderson, Ind, died suddenly the other
morning. being the last member of his
family. all of whom except the mother
met unusually tragic fate. One of his
sons committed suicide some years ago
suddenly Ill on the street and died while
being taken to the hospital. DR.. Browns
brother. a druggist. took poison by mis-
take and only lived an hour.
James Oliver. a much respected citizen
of Burlingame. Kan, died there a few
days ago. In his youth he was a school
one of his pupils When the latter died
an adventures laid claim to part of his
fortune on TIN ground that she had been
married to him while he was young
surveyor. Letters in Mr.. divers pos
session disproved the .woman's claim and
led to confession that she had at
tempted blackmail.
Lord Charles Beresford was coming out
Of his hotel in New York the other morn
Ing when a stranger saluted him in
nautical fashion and said: beg pardon,
douiildt, Dut l. dHt JACK BILLINGS, one
of your gunners on the Condor at Alex
andria." Lord Charlie" shook hands
with the man cordially, and finding that
his former gunner was out of work
handed him some bills, saying: Let me
hear from you II you don't get work and
whatever you do brace up and don't get
discouraged"
The morning after the ARRAY which re-
suited in his brothers death Stuyvesant
Fish was giving such information as he
could to some reporters in New York.
shot of Mr.. Fish. The latter, angered
at the bad taste displayed, denounced
the newspaper man and smashed his
camera, saying in effect: Tell your
manager that IL he will send bill for
the camera l will pay it. and if he will
call In person | will see that he is
soundly thrashed."
Woodrow Wilson, the new president Of
Princeton University. performed his first
official duty the other day by addressing
t the entering ter class He urged them
probation of the true spirit OF a scholarly
brotherhood. He declared that his ideal
was the rounded scholar. who must neces-
sarily be gentleman. He had SYM
patty, he said. with the manly sport and
the social intercourse of undergraduate
life, as well as with the academic work
Captain Reiter of the battleship Wis
consin was in Puget sound when he re-
ceived orders to start for Panama. The
sound was thick with smoke, but Captain
Reiter plunged through 1t, speeded TO
San Francisco, entered the harbor through
thick fog without a pilot and in twenty
four hours was ready to sail. As he
and for a tim - 'ked as though the
battleship would CO., = the transport. but
no serious injury. resulted and in a
short time the Wisconsin was thrashing
southwark.
When Steinttz, the chess player, lived
| in Vienna one OF his pupils in the game
was Gustave Epstein, among the richest
bankers of the Austrian capital. One
| day the teacher puzzled over a position
so long That Epstein said impatiently
well. But soon the banker himself
was in a hole and his too prolonged
meditations were interrupted with dis
who you are and who / am" said Fps
tein. angrily, but Steinitz retorted: oh
| the bourse you are Epstein and I am
| Steinitz; over the board l am Epstein
and you are Steinitz."
During King Edwards recent visit to
| Deeside. Scotland, the Cameron highland
ers furnished the guard of honor to his
| majesty. 1t is recalled that many years
| ago, while the late Queen Victoria was
| engaging a Cameron to act as one OF her
bagpipers, she said to him: But you
Camerons were all for the Stuarts when
| they came overt And so we are now,
my leddy!" exclaimed the faithful high
| lander, with his right hand raised. The
Queen was struck by the audacity of
| the man. and she was still further
| amazed when he declined to leave his old
master until the young dogs were trained
| and the season" was over.