New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-11
PERSONAL.

The Rev DR. Samuel Eliot president of the
American Unitarian Association. denies that ne mas
been called to succeed the Rev. James Seis as pas
tor of the First Church, in Boston.
James j. HILL the president of the Great MOTIF
ern Railway Company. will celebrate his sixty-seV
ertb bir,bdav ON september ls on which occasion
banquet will be given in his honor by rep'esen-
tative men of Minneapolis Mr. Hill was DOT Snr brIs-
Guelph. Ont. and lett his fdther lam 10
ness life in Minnesota.
The Rev. William A. shanklin Of Reading,
Penn who has been called to the presidency 0i
Upper Iowa University, is gradSaee s institute
ton College and of the Garree SEATTLE and
He has occupied pulpits at opohahe'
Dubuque
P. Waldenstrom, the Free Church ieader Oh ~.
den and for many years a distinguished Hiei
of the Riksdag. who now is IN the west us
has made three tours in this country lecturins anu
preaching His writings on ecclesiastical topics are
published in fifteen volumes He is soon 10 retiie
from politics. and his last public utteranees M
Of the Swedish Norwegian union.
Professor Hugo Munsterberg of Harvard. author
of American Traits and THE Americans, mas
declined call from the German government to the
chair of philosophy in the University Of * Konig s-
thirty years by Emmanuel Kant.
Mrs Belva Lockwood had important part IN
settling the Cherokee claims case the decision In
which gave the Eastern and emigrant Cherokees
nearly s50oo000. The suit pending for years
presenting her arguments skilfully. point by point
Her share the fees will be about $4,000 she mas
another 100000 case before the Court OF Claims
DR. William w. Keen the eminent Philadelphia
surgeon is especially famous for the rapidity with
which he performs operations. He was comph-
n1ented by a layman on this ability not long ago.
whereupon he told of English surgeon who had
performed delicate operation a millonaires
wife The bill was suited both the nature OF
the operation and to the patients pocketbook
The millionaire grumbled saying the operation
took ONLY ten minutes eff that's your only objec
ton" said the surgeon, 1.-The next time any mem
Der of your family needs operation III keep
the patient under the knife for couple of hours
Everett E Parri. connected with the Maine
United States Coast Survey is the tallest man in
the State, standing feet inches in his stocking
feet, but weighs only 215 pounds
General William Booth, of the Salvation Army,
who has been making extensive tours of foreign
countries, is described being slave TO work on
shipboard. His cabin is workshop, his couch, en-
bazoned with army flags. resembles warriors
his staple food is rice. and he ignores the dinner
table.
OF the boyish ambition of Lord Curzon THE
Westminster Gazette saws that from the time he
first knew that the Government House at Calcutta
was a replica of his ancestral home. Kedleston
Hall. near Derby. he determined 20 occupy it as
Governor General of India When the old East In
dia Company decided to erect palace in Calcutta
the stately homes OF England in search of model
The palm awarded to Lord Scarsdales house.
and the Governor Generals house at Calcutta was
accordingly built in facsimile of Kedleston Hall.