Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-07-06
PERSONAL AND GENERAL,

1G00ONAL AND ZEN EKAL.
Modicska. it is said. will sell her ranch
in California; and will return to Poland
to pass the rest of her life in her native
land
Prof f.. q. Holland. of Syracuse. N. Y.
has been elected assistant in pedagogy
at the Inliana state University at Bloom
ingtcn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Payne Whitncy's baby boy
has been christened John Hay Whitney.
in honor of his grandfather, the Sec.
rotary Of State.
Rev. Patrick Cody. rector of st. James
Church. Newark. n. j., has been chosen
dean of Essex county, succeeding the Ia ito
Mgr. George NJ. Doanc
Ono Of the most faithful attendants at
baseball game in Washington IS the
Chinese Minister Sir. Chentung was a
famous pitcher while at Amherst.
Former Governor r. +. Lubbock has
just died at Austin. Texas, in his nine
ticth year He was the last of the Civil
War Go"erners, either North or South.
Although but 4s years old, President
Edward \. Alderman of the University
of Virginia has seven ILL., II. degrees in
Guiding the ono just received from Yale.
Ada Rchan, the American actress, is
quite i'll in London. She has been COM
PEELED to abandon her trip to the north
coast of Ireland, where she has a cot
tage.
Tolstoy is in nosense popular writer.
yet his works have II wider circulation
than any other living writer. Up to the
present his books have been printed in
fOrty-fivc languages.
The Natalie Coal company announced
that its collicry at Shamokn, Pa. would
resume operations on September /, after
an idlencss of two years. One thousand
men and boys will be given work.
The Pennsylvania democratic state
committee has decided to recall the state
convention to meet in Harrisburg on
August 16 to nominate candidate for
supreme court justice.
The Chinese chamber of commerce at
Sclangor, Malay Peninsula. will meet
July . to consider the question Of join
ing in tho boycott of American mer-
act is repealed.
The Russian transport Anadyr has ar
rived at Diego Suarcz. MADAGASCAR with
some of the survivors Of the Russian bat
tleship Orcl, which was captured by the
Japanese during the battle of the Sea of
Japan.
Mayor Weaver Of PHILADELPHIA, in n
~ or I -, Ack l,, in,
tended tn sue the McNichol firm for the
restriction of all money of which the city
had been dcfraudcd in connection with
the filtration contracts
Emperor William has promoted Adj
niral Won Rooster to be grand adj
miral of the German fleet. Won Koes-
ter has long held high commands and
has the complete confidence of the
government as an exceptional admin
istrator.
Rrigadier General T. J. Whit has taken
command of the northern division of the
'nited States army, with Headquarters
at Denver. Ills career covers almost half
a century Of strenuous service. He is a
native of Pennsylvania, having served
through the Civil War with the Sixth
Pennsylvania regiment
Miss Margaret w. Tartum. of Trenton,
n. j.. has notified Booker II. Wash.
ington. principle of Tnskegee Normal
and Industrial Institute. that she will pay
for the erection of II building at the in
sttnto in memory of her father, the late
T.r.James b. Tantum. Of Trenton
nirce ST. Cyr. the young Fronchwon,-
an who has been for several years on the
American stage. has just obtained the
exclusive right to translate the plays of
Tomaso s,alvini. the Italian tragedlan, to-
gc.hcr with the rights OF translation and
production of the italian League OF Au-
thcrs.
If Norway docs not become Il republic
and IL none Of the royal families of Eu-
rope will lend one of their number to es-
tablsh Norwegian dynasty. a suitable
person for the throne could be found IN
o. i. Rusteaard. of Duluth. MIMI. who
is direct descendant of the cid royal
family Of Norway.
Andrew Carnegie is an adopted citizen
of many lands. He has received the free
dom of almost every city in England and
Scotland, for which he has contributed
la free library or other institution. He
will soon require museum to accommo-
date the caskets containing parchment
rolls of his citizenship.
As family record the following would
he hard to beat: In the town of Thurso.
Eng. an old man. 81 years old. still fol-
lows his duties as superintendent OF
some flagstone quarries. Among the
workmen he has seven sons. six sons-in.
law. twenty-nine grandsons. four grand
sons-in-law and two great-grandsons.
Forty-nine members Of one family all
connected with the same trade. employed
in the same works and living in the same
district. is something decidedly out Of
tho common