Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-12-24
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Major General John c. Bates will, on
january I. open offices in St. Louis, maxi
ing that the headquarters of the Northern
division of the army.
Congressman Ollie James of Marion.
and avid Highhaugh of Hodgeville, are
called the David and Goliath of the Ken
lucky delegation in Congress.
Israel Zangwil is writing a book on
Xionism, which he deals infinitely and
at some length with the problem of the
return of the Jewcs to Palestine.
Conan Doyle does not care to have
the Sir" put before his name on the title
pages of his books. and he especially for
bids It in the casec of works published In
this country.
George Franptons bust of Godfrey
Chaucer. Just unveiled at the Guildhall
library. the Gift of Sir Reginald Hun
son. Is "a conventional likeness of the
father of English literature.
Headed by it's secretary, the Rev Ro-
land d. Sawyer the Anti-Profanity
League has begun a crusade in Boston
the league thinking that such a crusade
is much needed in the Hub.
Kuno Fischer, the eminent historical Of
philosophy. has at last 5cen obliged to
give up his professorship in Heidelberg
Heidelberg since 1872.
Mrs John j. ingalls, has been asked
by the Kansas executive council to go
to New York TO expect the clay model Of
the bust OF former Senator ingalls,, which
is to be placed in the Capitol at WASH
ington.
The Right Rev. Thomas Fielding Scott.
the first bishop of the Episcopal Church
IN n
1853. The 50th anniversary of his consc-
creation will occur in Portland on Jan
uary S next.
Dr. Hans Meyer, the famous German
explorer. passed through New York city
the other day on his way home from
Ecuador, where he spent all last summer
studying the glaciers and ice fields of the
high Cordilleras.
DR.. Sergeant, who is regarded as
among the best living authorities on the
subject. says that Arthur O. Christensen,
IA Harvard student, approaches physical
perfection more nearly than any other
man he has ever seen.
Arthur Chamberlain, of Birmingham,
England, a nephew of Joseph Chamber
lain. has been touring Canada, partly on
business and partly on pleasure. He
bears strong resemblance to the Hon.
Joseph. and looks and talks like a sharp,
shrewd man of business.
james Robert Sturgeon. late secretary
of legation for the United States and
charge daffaires at Monrovia, Liberia,
Africa has been spending several days
in Brooklyn prior to his return to Lii
beria. where he is to hold n cabinet posi-
ton under President Barley, who will
assume office on January 1.
Canada's new archivist A. j. Dough-
ty. of Quebec, who succeeds the late DR..
Brymncr, is an Englishman by birth.
and graduate of Oxford University. He
IL better known to Americans by his re-
searches into the site of the Battle of
the Plains of Abraham, which gave
Canada to the British than anything
else.
C. d. Tenney, LII. D., has entire chargs
of education affairs in the metropolitan
province Of Chilli, China. The govern
ment has placed him at tho head OF the
! educational movement. and he superln-
tends the instruction given in all the
academies of the province "a we'll az the
two universities at Pao-ting Fu and
| Tisntsin.