Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-04-27
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Emperor Franz Josef of Austria has
given $1,000 for the erection OF q Mozart
building in Sazburg.
Bishop Broderick. of the island OF
Cuba, has been appointed bishop OF the
New Superior. Wis.,. diocese. He will live
at Superior.
Dr. W. G.. Farabee If the anthropologi.
cal department of Harvard University,
will conduct an expedition to Iceland dur
ing the present summer.
The Rev. DR.. George S. Bishop has just
celebrated his thirty Years Of Il most sue
ccssful pastorate of the First Reformed
Church Of East Orange. n. j.
John w. Daniel. United States senator
from Virginia, will be the principal
speaker at the meeting in memory of the
late Senator Hoar IN Worcester. Mass,
to-day.
Irving Bnoheller. the author. has pur-
chased a tract of forest land. containing
100 acres. at Bog AXE. in the Adiron-
dacks, where he viii build summer
home this year.
DR.. J. Paul Goode Of the University of
Chicago. spent the Easter vacation week
IN a tour of the leading cities of ken
lucky, making address in the interest OF
forest conservation
Baron Otto Won Gottborg. n German
diplomat will arrive III New York to-
day. He comes to write about America
and political conditions in this country
TO, German magazines.
Governor La Toilette was so busy this
spring over the railroad rates that he for
got to issue the usual proclamation for
Arbor day. AS a result there was no cele-
bration in the schools this year.
The members of the London bench and
bar. who recently entertained Ambassa
dor Choate at "A banquet in Lincoln's Inn.
will give him an album containing the
signatures of all his entertainers.
The Rev Or. l.. L. Chl the oldest mis-
sionary of the Evangelical Lutheran Cen
eral Synod who has been stationed at
Guntur. India, for the past twenty-five
years. is visiting Syracuse. n. Y.
Dr. Richard Strauss is considered to be
the richest composer in Europe His
compositions have brought exceptionally
high prices and he has also been singu-
larly fortunate in the investment OF his
| spare cash.
Representatives HUI. of Iowa, and
Wadsworth. OF New York. own a large
farm in Virginia near Mount Vernon
They have very comfortable residence
| Tilted up there. with electric lights and
hot and cold water.
Mrs. Joseph r. Hawley. widow of Cen
eral Hawley, has deposited with the Con-
| necticut Historical society large num-
her of relics of her husband, including
mementos of the Civil War and gifts
| from foreign governments.
| Luther Burbank. the California wizard
of agriculture. has managed to grow a
curiosity-a pink that changed color three
times in three days He is going to
| make an cffortt to grow a number of
these changeable pinls.
John A. Conquest. father of Ida Con-
quest, tho actress. although worth 500 900,
is a laborer packing fish in Boston at s.
n day. He says he works for the pleas
ure it affords him, and that work brings
health. and that's better than wealth.
The finishing touches are now being
put on the splendid Washington mansion
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Larz Anderson. of
Brookline, Mass, and all Washington is
awaiting the beginning of the society
balls and receptions at which the beau
tiful Boston hcircss will be hostess
John n. Simon, health commissioner o.
st. Louis, has drafted an ordnance pro
hibitinR kissing where one of the partic
pants is afflicted with consumption. The
ordinance is to be submitted to the mum
cpal assembly for passage by that body.
On Friday. April IS. Major-Genera
Albert Won Pfister of Wurtemberg.
Germany. will arrive in Baltimore, and
will bring with him a reproduction
of the famous statue OF Schiller. the
poet, by the sculptor Dannecker. s q
gift from the King Of Wurtembcrg Il
the Johns Hopkins University.
Secretary Martin of the Massachu.
sets State board of education, has
sent to the superint endents of schools
through has state circular leite,
setting forth the recommendation OF
the board that appropriate exercises
be held in tho schools of the State or
May IS, the anniversary OF the openin.
of The Hague conference In 1899.
Lieutenant General Chaffee has tho
most remarkable pair OF spectacles ir
Washington. They are Of enormous size
perfectly round, and are encascd In heavy
rims of black tortoise shell. When h'
puts them on they impart an unusually
severe look TO his strictly military fea
lures. They say about the war depart
meat that the general wears the glasses
in order to frightcn young lieutenants.
George ]. Gould. head of the entir'
Gould system of railways, has chosen
a Chicago man. Frederic A. Delano
to be entrusted with the active contro
of the Wabash road. Mr.. Delano wa
born In Hong Kong. China. was edu
Gated at Harvard. and began railroad
ing as an apprentice in the I1achih
shops of the BURLINGTON, at Aurora.