The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-02
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
Pleased With Milwaukee

Pleased With Milwaukee
 z. T. Rudulph has returned from Mill waukee, where he spent several days last week as a delegate to the annual meeting of the American Bar assocla- tion. About 500 relegates were pres ent and the event was interesting and pleasant in all respects.
 Milwaukee Is splendid city, sa1o Mir Rudulph. Tt Is well paved, Is re- markedly clean and 1t seems to be well governed. AS everyone knows MIL waukee has a large German-A -Amerlcaf' citizenship. The Germans are noted Tor their thrift and domestic virtues ana tbeir law abiding habits. The Teuton loves law and order, as well as beer Mllwau- kee is a great beer drinking town, put was told there was less whisky drink ing there than in other cities of Its size. Milwaukee Is one of the big cities of this country, but never saw man under the influence of liquor while was there. Sobriety Is always the rule"
 MT Rudulph said that the lawyers attending the annual meeting natur- ally discussed presidential politics. It seems to be the gensral opinion that Wilson will sweep the country. Three lawyers who said they had always voted the republican ticket, told me they would vote for Wilson this time,' said MT. Rudulph. T heard several re- publicans say that while they would vite for Taft, they felt sure that Will son would be the next President"
 Death of Distinguished Scholar
 q was distressed to learn of the death of Augustus Henry Keane, LL. D.. fellow of the Royal Geographical society and of the Anthropologica in stitute of Great Britain." said a pro fessional man. The distinguished scholar had visited the United Stages and was one of the best known men personally as well as by reputation in the old world.
 q first met him In Richmond Va, where he spent a few weeks looking over the manuscript of William w. Valentines Comparative Philology,' which he afterward edited and pub llSneQ III two NOluIfltS With hi ihti OobS- ton. When I was in London a few years ago. it was my privilege to see something of Dr. Keane. Although he was a profound scholar and prodigi- ous worker he was full of the comrade spirit and was delightful in small talk His home was in South Hamp- stead, London. He had a good wife but no children. When he asked me to come out and dine Sunday he said, we will give you a real English din- ner including plum pudding He and his wife were charming in their hos pitality and hundreds of men, eminent in science and letters, representing va rious parts of the globe had crossed their threshold.
 "Dr. Keane was born at Cork in 1S33, was educated chiefly in Dublin and in Rome. At the Propaganda college he carried off the highest prizes in lang uage. Although he devoted himself mainly to anthropological research, the London Times said in an obituary sketch, his point of view was mainly linguistic; and he had registered an- alyzed, and calssified properly almost every known language. Mainly on this tass he had worked out an ethnological system into which he fitted every tribe, family and race of mankind He was the author of many books. among them Compendium of Geography Several volumes) Men Past and Present. The Gold of Ophir' and The Worlds Peo- pes' For some years he was profess sor of Hindustani in University college, London Although Dr. Keane died sev- eral months ago, I only received the sad intelligence recently. He Is sur vived by his wife"