The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-16

600 for building a church in Manila: SPEAK
ing in Boston In behalf OF the mission NJ
has expressed confidence in ITS success
Madame Patti says the most priced OF
ALI her autographs is the one she received
from Queen Victoria. which reads; II
King Lear spoke the truth when ne . salo
that a sweet voice was the most precious
Gift \ woman can possess. you. my oear
Adelina. must be the richest woman III the
world"
Parvin Wright. Of Denver, Col, an ar
ship inventor. will be a competitor TOT the
100000 prize offered by the st. Louis
Worlds Fair Company. In letter 20 the
exposition company he declares that ~
viii sail from Denver TO st. LOUIS ~ nis
airship Il will not send 1t there Dy rah'
he says. =.
When Representative Bartholdt. Of st.
Louis. went abroad recently he was given
an audience by the Kaiser He introduced
himself as a German American. don
know you. then" the Kaiser is said 10 nave
replied IF YOU are an American you are
not nv subject. and If German you are
I do not recognize German-Amerlcahs
J. A. Howells, a brother of William Dean
Howells. still edits the paper, the ASH
tabula Sentinel. on which the novelist
worked when a boy. Mr.. HoweHs says.
Il was born i'm the room next 10 the
one I'm which my father worked on the
ST ClairsvilIe CO., Gazette, ana nave
never been much farther from a pruning
office since"
The Earl OF Dysart' who has onereo AN
600 toward the establishment Of national
opera house in London, is devout Wag-
merriam and some years ago offered El,Vvg
and a site at Ham hill for the erection OF
a music theater on the Bayreutn mooel.
Music is not his only HOBBY, Tot ne II al
amateur chemist, working hard IN ms laoo-
ratories at Ham and Buckminster. and a
feryent hOmeopathist.
A few evenings ago Lord Rosebery sailed
forth with the chairman Of the Epson Or-
ban Council to inspect the new electric
lighting scheme. They came 10 an open
space where a great crowd was listening
70 the witty words of a cheapjack. BY and
by Lord Rosebery went up 10 the man ana
offered to buy all his remaining crockery,
etc for G5. He then proceeded 10 give the
goods away TO the poorest women ana CHI
dren-
When Theodore Roosevelt was member
Of the Civil-service Commission w. w.
Bowers. then a congressman from CalifOr-
MIA. had some trouble with the commission
and IN an interview referred TO Mr.. Roose-
velt as a ssfakir'' Mr.. Bowers was made
collector of San Diego by President Nc
Kinley, and has been reappointed by Presl-
dent Roosevelt. who remarked when re
minded of the Interview: i shall reappoiht
Mr.. Bowers. He is a good official His per-
sonal opinion OF me twelve years ago mas
nothing to do with the case
Professor Edwards, librarian and archae-
ologist Of Notre Dame University, an
uounces that the university has received
valuable collection Of books on heraldry
and archaeology, old documents and valu-
able paintings from Mgr. Seton, OF New
York. who is about TO sail for Rome. The
hooks on neraldry and archaeology are es-
pecially valuable and number 900, making
the best collection I'm the United States.
This collection will be kept in special
alcove at the university and used for orig
inal research work.