New-York tribune., 1903-01-28
PERSONAL NOTES.

Az the dinner given by George Westinghouse to
prominent scientists and railway men N London
short time ago. Lord Kelvin made speech ~
vhich he acknowledged England's indebtedness 70
their host After referring to the invention or the
airbraks and 10 the frequent visits wnlcn MI
Westinghouse makes to the mother country. ne re-
marked: 'The present development or the electrical
industry in the United Kingdom owes MS growth
IargsIv to him 1 do not think any man could
be named in the world Of engineering TO whom
more Is due than TO Mr.. Westinghouse for nis
nat England was Indebted 70 their entertainer
for bringing and causing 10 be apprecla1ee HsEe
American methods OF industry, resolution anu oS-
termination
An anti-tubercuIosis union for Austria has been
formed. with Count Lutzow as president Tne
Vienna correspondent of The Times" reports thas
tions and the government has promised the fullest
support In combating the disease
.arhe Daily Man' states that Sir Ernest Cassei.
who gave sOOoOoo for tuberculosis research. has
offered 10 give 100000 toward the study and inSes
ttgation of ophthalnlia In Egypt
Kaid Sir Harry MaeIean. who. eommander-in-
chief of the Moorish army, Is the Sultans nsnI
hand man in this present rebellion. ranks hsh
among the famous Scots who have wooed toFEuh9
with their swords. Since he has been MOORISH com
mandsr in chief he has conducted many brilliant
campaigns in the Sahara, and is the only Christian
who has openly crossed the Giania Pass and visited
tha sacred tomb Of Mulai All Shereef In the Fanise
district The regular army under his command
numbers about twenty thousand men, with an ir-
regular militia OF eighty thousand Fits salary -
said 10 be SIS. zoe which compares We'll Will
Lord RObertss So 5O0 and better with his own 800
per annum as q British lieutenant. He lives N
a magniicent palace at Marakesh.
Dr. Arthur Evans who lectured recently ae the
Royal Institution. London. upon the most rernarka
be archaeological discovery of modern times. has
been traveller and digger OF the soil all his days
and has on at least one occasion spent a term m
an Austrian prison for supposed completely IN An
insurrection. He is detailing the results OF his
three years digging into Cretan hili wherein
he found proofs that have discredited the Phoe-
nicians as the inventors OF letters. have put that
great step back at least a thousand years before
their time have shown the thing In the maktns
from pictures so that the letter o is but simple
drawing OF an eye. Among other Things; sucn a.
the birth OF high art and OF mechanical science,
he has shown that an extreme degree OF tiSht iae-
ing obtained among feminine tereadoFs in crete
al least thousand before our era. so that
this custom tnoculated into European ciVtlisa-
tiOn in its cradle
Professor Walter RauschenbuSch to-day assumed
the chair of church history in the Rochester Theo-
logical Seminary as successor to the late DR.. Ben
iamin Osgood True. Professor Rauschenbusch was
born In this city October 4. 1851 Ills early sduea-
tIon was obtained in Germany, continued at the
University Of Rochester. and completed at tne
Rochester Theological Seminary, where he Was
Graduated in 1886. For ten years he pastor et
was made acting professor of New Testament In
terpretati and natural sciences In the German
department of the Rochester Theological Seminary.
In 1899 he made full professor.