Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-06-19
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

II. II. Kitson's statue THE Volunteer
will be unveiled on July at Newburyport,
Mass.
Grand Duke Constantine of Russia is suf-
fering from overwork, consequent upon his
overstudy at Shakespearean translations.
Joel Chandler Harris, the author of
Uncle Remus," has had conferred upon
him the degree of doctor of literature by
Emory College, Oxford. Ga.
Mrs. Helen Fuller Potter, of New York.
widow of a former president of Hobart
College, has given the entire library of her
late husband to the college.
Louis A. Berger has held office in st
Louis for thirty-nine years. he says, by
keeping out OF politics" He holds the re-
cord for continuous service in that city.
c. r. Lauman of Boston, has been elected
an honorary member of the Royal Asiatic
society in London. The number of honor
airy members is limited to thirty.
Tho Societe Franchise des Amis dcs Arts
! Is having an engraving made of Mrs. Theo-
dore Roosevclt's picture painted by Char
tran, which will be incorporated in the al
bum given to the societys subscribers an
nually.
| Queen Alexandra has sent an autograph
letter to lady Curzon expressing her great
pleasure at the beauty of the Indian
drsses made under the direction of the
N1cerine for the Queen to wear at the cor
onation fetes.
When Senator Spooner is in an exciting
debate his hair seems to brstle up little
more than usual. and he frequently runs
his hands through it, catching it in punches
and twisting 1t into varied fantastic figures.
DIR. w. II. Milburn, the senate chaplain,
| la his Way California. where he will
| spend the summer.
Bjornsen Bjornstjerne. the Norwegian
poet, dramatist and writer. has completed
a new modern drama for Sarah Bernhardt.
Carrie B. Hunter, of Snow Hill, Md. has
| Just received the first license for female
pilot issued by the Baltimore Board of
Steamboat Inspectors.
Booth Harrington says that when ne re-
turns from his bridal tour to Europe he
will turn farmer, as he wants the rest and
quiet that only the country can give.
r. G. Thwaites superintendent of the
Wisconsin Historical Society, has just I'm
ished a new biography of Father Mar
quette. which is a valuable edition to the
| history of the West.
DIR. II. r. Fairclough has been elevated
| to the head of the Latin department of the
Stanford University, to fill the vacancy
| VI.
| Pease.
Miss Hetty F.. Watt will celebrate the
| hftieth anniversary of service as a school
| teacher in the Medford. Mass, schools on
June TO- and scores of her former pupils
are preparing a fitting celebration.
M. Michael Lagrave. the Commissioner
| General from the French Republic to the
| Worlds Fair St. Louis, who arrived with
the Rochambeau party. has selected the
/ site for the French building, which will
be modelled after the Petit Trainon, at
| Versailles.
puted to be the largest tobacco grower in
the world, is in New York,
l A monument il to be built for Rouget de
Lisle, author of the "Marseillaise." His
body lies at Choisy-le-Roi.
John w. Abercombe, a native of Ala
bama, and relatively II young man. has
been elected to the presidency Of the State
University.
The empress of Germany has a special
body guard, consisting of 81 picked soldiers,
from the tallest men of the lofty imperial
guard.
John Gardiner of Norwalk, O., is the old
est active banker in that State He is sc
years OF age "a OF which were spent In a
banking house.
President Furber Of the international
Oympan games Is making an effort to
ecre the cooperation of contngents from
foreign armies for the contests of 1904
Sergeant Hon. whom American visitors
to Paris knew as the guardian OF the Arc
de Tlionphe, is dead. lie occupied the
post for 80 years.