Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-26
PERSONAL NOTES.

King Edward travelled from BiarritZ
to Saint Sebastian in an automobile
last week and received the officers OF
the Regiment of Zamora, of the Span
ish army His majesty is honorary
colonel Of this organization.
Commander n r. Usher, L. S. n,
now in COMMAND of the st. Louis. has
been relieved and ordered to Washing
ton TO await orders. At one time ne
was detail officer in the Bureau of
Navigation when Admiral Converse
was chief of that bureau.
Father Gregory Petroff. the noted
Russian labor leader and Constitution
III Democrat Deputy. who recently has
been applying himself to the study OF
the English language. announces that
he viii visit the United States. where
he will give a number of lectures.
Col Robert Hough, a Confederate
veteran. and we'll known to horse own
er5 throughout the East, died last
week in Baltimore, Of congestion of
the lungs. aged 81 years. He was one
of the founders and for many years
secretary of the Pimlico Driving Club.
Judge William Lochren, of the Unit
ed States District Court OF Minneapo-
lis, III an interview has announced that
he will resign his position on the Fed
eral bench, the resignation to become
effective on May 81. Judge Lochren is
IS years old and has been on the Fed
eral bench for twelve years.
Sixty-eight letters written by Mich
ael Angelo to the historian and poet,
Giorgio Nasari. have been found in the
archives of Count Rashponi-Spirelli. ill.,
Florence. The existence of these let
tiers had been unknown. and the dis
covery is considered to be of great his
| turiciil and artistic Importance.
| 1t is not generally known that Sena-
| tor Julius c. Burrows Of Michigan. was
| born III Pennsylvania, served with a
| Penn sylvana regiment during the Civ
| il war. and received his academic and
! law cduca ton in this state. Through
| OYER 20 years OF age. Senator Burrows
| is still a man of commanding appear
| arce and forceful as speaker.
| The Duchess Of AoSta has arrived
in Eutebbc, Uganda, with the Hon. SUI
san Hicks Beach, from an adventur-
| Gus journey across Uganda, after visit
| ing GonLokoro and the Congo. The
Duchess expressed the desire to go or
an elephant shooting expedition. but
the Government has withheld its per.
mission owing to the danger.
Governor Rollin S. Woodruff. of Con.
| necticut has announced the appoint
ment of President Arthur T. Hadley
of Yale; Charles Hopkins Clark, Of
Hartford, and Col ~ G.. Osborn. d
| New Haven. as delegates to accompa.
ny him to the conference at Washing
ton with President Roosevelt. from
May IS 10 May Is. relative to the con
servation Of the natural resources O
| the country.
Sir Nicholas O'Conor, the British
ambassador to Turkey, died in Con
stantinople last week. He has been il
for some time past. Sir Nichols wa
| born in 1S43. He has held the Constan
tinople post since 1898. He was one 0
the few Irish gentlemen who rose t.
eminence in the diplomatic service. H
began his career in 1866 as an attach
at the embassy at Berlin and served a
secretary in Washington in 1857. H
was Minister to China in 1852 and late
Ambassador to st. Petersburg.
The Earl of Dudley has been ap
pointed Governor General of the Com
monwealth of Australia in succession
to Sir Henry Stafford Northcote
whose term is about to expire. TIL
Earl was immensely popular in Ireland
where he was Lord Lieutenant from
1902 to 1906. During his term of offic
he became practically converted t
home rule and On several OCCASION
since he has shown that he has idea
in sympathy with the present govern
ment. This partially explains the ap
rointment of a Unionist to be Govern
or General OF Australia by radica
government Lady Dudley also is :
great favorite. She is the daughter 0
a Quaker banker named Quincy.