The Washington Bee Newspaper, June 22, 1907, Page 6

= WAR HEROES HONORED MONUMENTS ERECTED TO NOT- ED SOLDIERS AND SEAMAN. Statue to Gen. Lawton, Who Fell! in the Philippines, Unveiled at Indianap Presi- dent R a Filipin His com- } 2S mission as a brigadier general in the regular was being prepared when he was shot. When war with Spain he was in demand in the fi for he had enjoyed not only civil war’ experience, but a career as an Indian fighter on the plains of the wes One of the famous episodes of his career was his pur- suit and capture of Geronimo. He was in command of the second divi- sion of the fif army corps Santiago, and ¢ the conclusion out of peace was transferred to the Philip- | pines He captured Santa Cruz, a Filipino stronghold, 10, 1899, and San ro on May 15, and on June 1 was din command at Manila. He had begun an offensive campaign looking toward the ture of Aguinaldo when he was kill while directing an at- tack upon the insurgents in an en- gagement near San Mateo, about 15 miles from Manila. A monument was erected by American soldiers at the spot where he fell. This memorial is in the shape of a pyramid 15 feet high. On the top an old Spanish can- non is mounted, surrounded by four modern shells. The brave command- er was greatly beloved by the soldiers who fought with him in Cuba and the Philippines, and his character was most highly esteemed by President Roosevelt, his comrade in Cuba, a fact that led the latter to accept the invi- plac tation to make the principal address | P tribute to Mr at the unveiling ceremonies at Indian- apolis. The equestrian Franz Sigel has ens forts of Mr. Bitter commi: for three years a Tr monies will The site for the Drive, and it will tant adornment dy come ropolis of Ne statute of Gen. ged the best ef- since he received the work about e unveili cere- October x memorial is Riverside one more impor- a locality that has known as the the be be York atue was presented to w e Barry § » city of Phi ety of Friendly s of St. of which the naval hero was a mem- ber. It is of bron and of hi size and stands in front of Independence hall, where it was unveiled on March 16 by a great-sr andniece of Bar- ry, 12-year-old Miss Elsie Hazel Hep- burne. Barry is often called “the Father of the American Navy,” and his right to the title was defended by Rear-Admiral George W. Melville, re- tired,‘in an address which was leading feature of the unveiling cere- monies. Barry was born in Ireland in 1745 and came to the colonies when 15 years old. He commanded the first ship that flew the continental flag and captured the first vessel taken by an American wa Soi before | lelphia by the Soci- | Patrick, | the | , HONOR MEMORY OF AGASSIZ. i | Centennial Aaniversary of Great Nat uralist’s Birth Celebrated. Boston.—The centennial of the bril- | liant Swiss-American naturalist, Louis Agassiz, was brated by the whole scientific and educational world on May 28. The d was the hundredth annive > birth of 4 Motier, Switzerland. Inte centenary in this country cente Harvard univ where Agassiz lived and labored from 1847 to 18 the year eath This was a period of growth for Harvard. The con work of Agassiz for the unive the great musuem which nd to which he ave remarkable tal- ary of of er uow Agassiz. The uw s with th u inguished ASS: whos: ed by a monu- cy natural ie glacier of the -the memorable rated glacial explor- , lives the three lizabeth years old child and only son, z, who wa lives with his mansion on Quincy lived and died. eat wealth and scien- 2 two daughters are than their dis- y are Mrs. . Wife of Maj. Henry L. » munificences found- hony orchestra and Soldiers’ field and its Ha and Mrs. Quincy (Pauline) Shaw, the founder of Boston free kindergartens and other philan- thropies. 2 of his ec: In Ca M 85 ssiz’s Prof. Ale. jon his la stepmother in the street, where day, He is a man of tifie genius ed the I gave t NEW ENVOY FROM SWEDEN. Herman L. F. Lagercrantz Presented to the President. Washington.—Herman L. Fabian Lagercrantz, the new minister from Sweden, who was formally presented to the president, the other day, is a well-known business man in his na- tive country, g been president of the Svartal i, in the heart of the iron minin: rict of Sweden. H, L, F. LAGERCRANTZ. (New Swedish Minister to the United States.) the army, and for several years was a lieutenant in the Royal artillery. When Mr. Lagercrantz retired from the army he engaged in manufactur- ing and other business pursuits. This his first diplomatic appointment, and his selection for the Washington post is considered here as a marked Lagercrantz’s abilities. Dick Turpin a Plain Ruffian. Dick Turpin was really a most ro- mantic ruffian, who first appears in history about 1735 at Loughton, where jhe threatened to put an old Mrs. Shel- ley on the fire unless she gave him her money, says the Westminster Ga- zette. Turpin’s “sphere of influence” was not Hounslow Heath, but Epping For- est; and the only true part of the pop- }ular myth is that he really did shoot his comra Tom King. The legendary ride to York on Black if at all, by who in 1676 robbed a sail ads Hill at four a. m. and established an alibi by ap- pearing the same evening on the bowl- ing green at York. Big Spoon. It is said that the largest spoon in Idaily use is the wooden soup-stirrer at | Rilo monaster, The old spoon at It has been used for more than 2 s, and has had | predecessors of its own kind for cen- turies. It has stirred soup for thou- sands of refugees who have sought safety in the monastery from the persecution of the Turk. The monas- tery was built in medieval times. VOY, DUKE D’ABRUZZI. Great Explorer a Visitor in Amer- ica—First Man o Scale ‘ Mount El in the open mestown ex } hanc curing | ordinary quent s word, if 4 to win fo: ple of that hz fore | his ra rm some f ed DUKE D’ABRUZZI. (Italy’s Sailor Prince Who Has Made a Record as an Explorer.) wins for him fame, in spite of his hav- ing been n the steps of a throne; something intrinsically worthy of such lasting renown as to relegate to an altogether secondary place his status in the social system. Prince Louis can boast achieved this. dures he will ing been the first man to scale Mount St. Elias, while he can in the same way boast of having been the first hu- man being to make the ascent in Cen- tral Africa of the loftiest peaks of snow-capped Mount Ruwenzori, until then regarded as altogether inaccessi- ble; and until Commander Peary’s born o of having last dash for the pole the duke of the | Abruzzi held in the entire history of arctic exploration the record of far- thest north. As King Edward re- marked at the meeting of the Royal Geographical society in London last winter on the occasion of the descrip- tion of the ascent of Mount Ruwen- zori, given by the duke, the latter still young, being but 34 years of age, and his past succe unique in history of modern royalty, give splendid prom- ise of still further brilliant achieve- ments. Like most men really entitled to fame Prince Louis is extremely mod- est, and quite averse to figuring in the role of a hero. In which he has written on his periences, and a polar ex- so in the descriptions which he has given of his ascents of Mount St. Elias and Mount Ruwen- zori, the keynote has been the anxiety to give all possible credit to his fol- | lowers, and to efface himself. It is this modesty, thoroughly in keeping with the chivalrous character, that has led the prince to remain much in the background during the recent visit of General Baron Kuroki. The strain of old-time chivalry in the character Prince Louis, and which has figu rgely as an incen- tive to his de of daring, may be said to have been inherited from his father, the late duke of Aosta, who re- called so much to mind the knight of the middle as how or anoth« ter half of the out of place in the lat- nineteenth century. The loftiness of his principles and of his sense honor. were scarcely in keeping with the age in which he lived, and were hardly of a nature to fit him for the duties of modern government. Elected to the throne of Spain, which bh aly accepted with the utmost reluctance and from® a sense of duty, he contemptuously abandoned it after years rather th compromises r the situation, but not bend his con a 2 submit to political ered necessary by to which he could Easily Answered. Mrs. Hoyle—How often does your husband come home drunk? Mrs. Doyle—Well, he goes out every evening in the week.—N. Y. Press. UNIQUE REQORD OF LOUIS OF SA- Son of a Former King ef Spain and As long as America en- | emain on record as hav- | the clever book | s that he seemed some- | reign of three | royal and visited ived years | a claim on of the Prince i who ian fleet > admiral Better Investment To-Day. 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