Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-03-02
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
Tic Roy. Addison Foster OF Boston, on
account of impaired health. has res gned
his position as secretary for New Eng
land Of the American Sunday School
Union.
Tho Dutch are forming committees
throughout the South African colonies
for the purpose of presenting Mr. Steyn
with u national testimonial on his arrival
on February IL.
Congressman Recder of Kansas. known
generally us Irrigation Bill" is one of
tho most fcrvcnt republicans in the
House. His father is IL sturdy democrat
and the two have had many n hot discus
sion.
John y. Rockefeller has agreed tn
give $4,000 as an endowment for the
Mississippi BAPTIST College at Jackson
If the ,5aptists of the State will raise
sioN"o.
Thirty-fvc thousand prisoners have
faced Judge Rufus u. Cowing. senior
Judge of the General Sessions Court
in New York city. since he took his
scat on tho bench in 1877.
Charles j. Glild.n of Boston has
set II new record for the automobile
having reached. with the auto. poin,
further south than the horseless carriage
was ever before driven. lie went as fai
as Bluff New Zealand
The Rt Roy. Bishop John ]. Connor
nf Newark has tr;Insf,rrs the Roy
Henry q. Coync from the Holy Gross
Church. Harrison. to St. Joscph's Church
Paterson, to succeed the Rcv. owen \
Clark, deceased.
Senator W. Murray Crane. Zena,
Crane and Fred Crane have offered t,
build for the Dalton. Mass. Young Men!
Christian association "a home out of thu
Baptist Church in that town. The Mcssrs
Crane own the property.
Dir. g. X. Parkn, managing trustee o
the cecil Rhodes scholarship fund. il
about starting for England lie says tina
he has finished his travels organzn.
the scholarships and would hereafter
have his headquarters in London.
Dr. \. NJ. Fairbain, principal of Mans
ii"ld College, oxford, England. has ac
iccptcd the appointment to the Deem
lccturo=hip At New York University fo
In" coming yca". lie delivered the Has
kcll lectures i'll india four years ago.
NJ Crabbc Of Paris. has invented
vest of paper which will enable tour
lists /" stand the rigors of the extra
ordinary Winter while going about tn
country in their automobiles. it
made in beautiful designs to please tn
most fastdious.
Judge Joseph u. Kibbcy. who has jus
been appointed by the President to b
governor of Arizona. has II high rcpu
tation as an expert on irrigation law. ii
is IA native of Indiana and his father an
grandfather were lawyers OF dstinc
ton
What appears to be an art collectio
Of rare value has been disc ,vercd i
the possession of Mrs II. NJ. Cooke. c
: st. Louis. Some of the magnificcn
( paintings collected by the woman
I husband. now dead are claimed to b
genuine old masters.
, Bishop Anthony Kozlowski, head {
, the independent Catholic Church ,
, from California. after picking out
favorable spot for Il large colony
, his people. lie has planned to blu
: several sections of good farmin
ground. Colonists will be brousl
@ from Poland.
John Maynard Harlan. who has bee
nominated by the Republicans of Oh
y cage Tor Mayor is tho son of John
HARLAN. Associate Justice of the 81
' prcmc Court of the United States, al
, idcnt of Lake Forest University, Il,
of James :. harlan. former Attornc!
i, General OF Porto Rico.
$ General Mortcza Khan. the new Pc
c sian Minister. Is expected II arrive
t Washington in a few days and preset
o his credentials. lie is a bachelor. e.
o tremcly wealthy and comes Of mob
line. His father was tho first man in Il
= Empire to introduce European ideas al
i started the "lran," the first publicatit
= approaching the newspaper as American
u understand it,
, Among tho countless admirers Of Il
, immortal Lincoln there Is none who
!. more enthusiastic. none who had a great
! fund OF information concerning him thu
y Miss Dorothy. I4amon, of Washingto
v Her father was Il law partner OF I.inco
: and she possesses number Of relics al
N has written a book in which she gives
n interesting description of them.