The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-02-05
AS TO PERSONS.

AS TO PERSONS.
The person who came nearest to a vio-
| lent death at McVicker's Theater in Chi
| cago was the late Edwin Booth, who was
once fired upon by an insane actor named
| Mark Gray. He discharged several shots
remained calm throughout the fusillade
and later had one OF the bullets mounted
in a gold setting, which was inscribed,
From Mark Gray to Edwin Booth
Grays attempt was made on q night in
April nearly a quarter OF a century ago.
Governor Van SAINT, of Minnesota, is
visiting Washington. The governor was
q burly and breezy steamboat captain
! on the Mississippi and is called cap
tain" to this day. Every time he goes
to the capital they tell the story of his
first dinner at the White House. When
he sat down at the table ne found several
spoons, several forks and several knives
in front of him. The governor inspected
the cutlery carefully. Then ne chose one
knife, one fork, and one spoon. brushed
the rest aside and allowed he would eat
his dinner with the selections he had
made.
DR.. Edward Everett Hale once served
for six months as private secretary to mis-
father The elder Hale was at that time
engaged in important work connected
with railroads and canals and bearing on
the resumption of payment of the interest
on the Pennsylvania debt. Doctor Hale
looks upon this period as one Of more
value to him than any other period cf
equal time in his life, as he considers that
it brought him into closer touch with the
practical business and political world and
gave him a discipline and an insight
which he would otherwise never have
gained.
On the United States pension roll of the
Topeka agency is the name of man
who has served in three wars and is 100
years Old. He is Thomas Z: Sauls, of
Webb City, No. where he conducts a lit
tie shoe shop and makes MS living in.
spite of his 100 years. He was born in
Tennessee in 1903. He was u soldier in
the Seminole, the Mexican and the civil
wars In the civil war ne was a ser
geant of the Sixth Kansas Cavalry. That
was after he had passed fifty. After
the Mexican war he represented the coun-
ty of his nativity in the Tennessee lesis-
lature. While he lived in Tennessee he
was lawyer. His pension is $50 a month
and was granted by special act of con-
gress.
The French minister of war, General
Andre, is one of the best abused men in
France because Of his recently announced
purpose to promote equality in the ranks
of the army. To further this object ne
has recently abolished the custom Of pre-
senitng arms" as mark of respect. He
is accused-o fostering socialism in the
French ranks and of deliberately follow
ing out q policy OF religious and political
persecution. He condemned to two years
hard service in the ranks sixty polytech-
mic students who rebelled against the
severity of an examination General An
DIRE is a great favOrite with the common
soldier. He began life in the army as
lieutenant in the imperial guard.
Through the entire civil war General
J. B. Gordon's wife accompanied him.
never leaving his side, save when the
exigencies of campaign made her pres
ence impossible. To the faithful devotion
of his wife General Gordon owed his life.
In the bloody battle of Sharpsburg Cor
don. while III the midst OF the carnage,
was shot five times. As soon as he fell
his wife rushed to his side and carried
him TO safety, stanching the flow of blood
and attending his wounds until medical
aid could be procured. She remained
with him irf the hospital until he had re-
covered and when General Gordon went
back to join his command Mrs Fannie
Fy,nl.
Prof Carl E. Myers. of Frankfort. who
has had charge of many balloon expert
ments for the war Department, has been
requested to take charge of and super
wise the department of airship exhibits
at the St Louis fair.
The last of the eishty-three agents au-
thorized by the Maine fish and game de-
partment to sell licenses to non-resi-
dent hunters has been heard from and
1t can now be stated that the exact num-
ber of such licenses sold for the year
has been 1854. There has been turned
into the state treasury by the depart
nent during the year the sum of $4,000
.ron the sale of LICENCES and fines.
Two Gloucester, Mass. romen were
asked what they were going to receive
loF OHrlSlInaS presents. One OF them re-
piled: Il am going to give mother So.
and she is goin gto give me S25 also,
and we are both going to borrow the
money from Aunt Hannah
Mrs. Hetty Green. the richest woman
in the United States, has gone back to
Hoboken and taken a little fat in
building where the flats rent for from
s19 TO SO a month. The fiat is just around
the corner from the So a month fat
house. 12a Washington street. Hoboken.
in which Mrs. Green lived p year ago.
Mrs. Green's fat is on the third floor. Ii
contains four rooms and a bath. The
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