The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-31
ARouT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Swiss ornithologists declare that cats
have become so numerous in Switzerland
as 10 threaten the determination of all the
birds of the country.
Lieut.. J.. NJ. Worrell. a Confederate of-
Ger, has presented 20 the Statehouse. CO.
lumbus, o., a piece of the first fagpole ever
erected in honor of Abraham Lincoln.
South Carolina club-women, through their
State Federation. have awarded sixteen
scholarships in various educational ~institu-
tions of their State, ranging from kinder
garten training schools TO colleges.
John W. Mackay, the Irish-Americau
multi-millionaire who died recently in Lon
don. had a fine tribute paid to him once
by a friend. 'Mackay," said he, lis one OF
the few rich men / should like 10 know IL
he were poor"
DR.. Yung Wing. who was Instruments In
sending the new Chinese minister TO this
country for his education. was one OF the
three Chinese lads brought 10 TINS country
in lS4S by the Rev. Samuel Rollins Brown,
who established the first Protestant Chris
tian school in China.
II a little pamphlet called Better Say
Mr.. j. c. Fernald recalls the dispute of two
friends as to whether the word news" was
singular or plural. They telegraphed 10
Mr.. Greeley the question:: Are there any
'news?' and he promptly flashed back tho
answer: mot a new
Prof. Kuno Fischer, OF the University OK
Heidelberg, remarked 10 the students OF his
class the other day that he had reached his
seVenty-eighth birthday, and had tauShS
more than a hundred semesters without
having ever been i'll or asked for leave OF
absence or any other grounds
Professor Hamlin asserts, in the Forum.
that a low estimate OF the extent and cost
of the buildings erected during the last
twelve months in the United States EQUALS
or exceeds that involved I'm the erection OF
all the important cathedrals OF Enland ana
France together through the whole OF the
thirteenth century.
Robert Ledyard. an Englishman well
posted on Russian affairs, says the Car Is
known 20 be a man of most extraordinary
mental caliber, the worst defect I'm his char
acter being a want OF resolutlon; ~ - 10
name only, his ministers actually govern
ing the vast empire.
Representatives OF the Smith family have
applied for space for a building at the St.
Louis worlds fair, 10 be the headquarters
OF the members Of that great family when
visiting the exposition. Some genius mas
figured out that there are lA,vo,OO Smlths
i'm the world. but the number who may
visit the worlds fair is undetermined.
The ..Seton Indians are cropping up in
various parts OF the country. These are
boys who go out in camping parties TO
play Injun" and study wOodcraft along
Thompson Seton lines. The Blue Bunalo
band OF Seton Indians, under Deerfoot, mas
its camp at Summit, n. j. They number
over nifty already and are rapidly increas-
ing.
The entire estate OF William Lidderdaie.
late governor Of the Bank of England, who
died last month, amounts 20 only 5000. he
was an authority upon all questions OK
British finance, and for years was a power
in the operations of the English exchequer
and the London Stock Exchange. His pow
er was immense, but u had 10 be exercised
in accordance with law and with strict reg
ulations. His position, instead or bringing
him opportunities 20 gain wealth, deprived
him of such opportunities.
Henry p. Blackwell says that there are In
Boston 1850 women taxpayers, who last
year paid taxes on real estate in that city
valued at Sl5o. 10000, but who are not per-
mitted any voice or vote I'm city Affairs
About one-seventh OF all the taxes collected
in Boston, he adds. are paid by these un-
represented women property owners, WHILE
on the other hand. some 5000 men, or more
than two-thirds OF the city's present voters.
pay no tax whatever-not even the poh
taxes, for which they are legally liable.