The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1902-01-22
MAINLAND PERSONALS.

rers.ty Of California says That. al
though he believes n the higs=- ID
p ucatioa q women. he Is opposed %
b coedacstion-
Charles Richmond Henderson. D
D. D. Of the University OF Chicago. has
Just received the title q doctor Of
philosophy OF the University cf Lip
Sic
President Ira Remssa. Of -hs johns
Hopkins University. viii deliver the
address at the laying OF the corner
stones OF the two new buildings now
being erected a Baylor University.
Waco, Texas.
General Lew Wallace Is spending
the greater part OF each day q MS
home at Charlottesville. Ind. al work
on mis- autobiography. He hopes 10
complete the work within yea
Timothy Bloomfield Edgar. q retir-
cd St Louis banker, 81 years old and
totally blind. dictates interesting
verses 70 an amanuents. and recently
published q volume under the title.
Poems, Rhymes and Sayings
Ex-senator PETER. OF Kansas. has
r prepared a topical index Of all the
debates in Congress up 70 1851. and
. proposes TO make the work complete /
&c the present time. and viii Try 10 f
sell to Congress the result c. his la
tors.
General D o. Shavs. known a the +
leader of Shays' Rebellion II 1886.
IS buried near Scottsburg y. Y and .
bis grave is so neglected that il is .
almost impossible to find Il Il is
marked with a common slate stone
covered with moss and ccloEed with
age.
lie Baron Loring Austin recently
elected president Of the Illinois So
ciety Sons of the Revolution. is a de-
scendant OF Major Jonathan Loring
Austin, secretary Of the Board of
War in Massachusetts during the
Revolution. and a son OF The New
England novelist. Mrs. jan q. Aus
tin.
Mr.. Charles F. Lummis auJaor and
champion Of the Western Indians,
will soon 20 Tor washington 20 confer
with President Roosevelt on The sub
Jet of the approaching eviction OF
aborigines from their home On the
Warner ranch in san Diego County,
California
Pro John w. jerks. who has iEst
completed his scientific observations
Of county government in southern IL
lnois. is now on his way 10 Asia,
where he will gather data concerning
British administration in India. he
is professor of political economy in
Cornell.
Prof. J. Henry Thayer. late BGssey
professor Of the New Testament in !
the Harvard Divinity School be
queathed to the library Of that
school such books in his library,
lot owned by the library Of the
school as may be needed by The IL
brary for professional purposes.
Anna Colson. a musical composer
Of Maine has about los compositions
to her credit. She quite recently
wrote a quartet. using the words of
Longfellow's poem. The Reaper and {
the Flowers" for the Bangor Apollo 4,
Male Quartet. and it has been accept {
cd by a London publisher, Il
The diaries. letters. and manu- ,
scripts OF James X Polk. oompris- ,
ing all hts known writings. have been ,
purchased for Ss.5oo b. the Chicago 5
Historical Society Of Mrs J. n. Fsll ]
OF Nashville Tenn. stepdaughtsr OF
President Polk The diary covers the
period Of his Presidency.
Captain Luke Wilder, Of Bangor.
Me. and Daniel Webster we're very
close friends. At a bsnQue; il Ban
gor in 1885 Webster ordered Wildsr's
picture painted at his expense. It
was done. but Webster never sent J
for II. and it Is now owned BY Mrs
Eliza Hazard, of Bangor. who is
grandchild OF Captain Wilder.
Carlo Bersotti. prominent italian
OF New York. is taking M subscrip- l
tons among Italians. to secure funds
for the erection OF tablet 10 the
memory OF the late President Nckin-
ly. It will be designed and executed
BY Italians. and when finished will
he placed In the Capitol At Washing
tcu
Prof. Jefferson Pollard known as
the Sten,or of sll Missouri is now {
Judge az the Fourth District Coart Of
81 Louis. His voice. which is de
soribed bv an enthusiastic local pa
per as weird. wonderful witching
Powerful as the basso profundo, p ne q
trating as Gabrieis silver trumpst /
and sweet as an Aeolian harp. won :
him the position Of reading clerk in
the Missouri! State Assembly. and in
many city and State Democratic con.