Show PERSONAL MENTION Thomnp AEdisons first large earnings nero JJOOGO This he got from a lele l praph company for tho model of the now famous ticker for which he had Intended In-tended to ask 5000 < Robert J BUrette Jr Is said to Inherit much of his fathers abllll > Ho IB at present n student at Havcrford cole e and has recently conlrlbulcd several I bits of humorous verso to Now York papers a S I The resIgnation of James S Sherman Republican of New York of his scat as Congressman In order to accept the sec relaryshlp oC tho Senate Is the more notable no-table because he was one of the prominent 1 I promi-nent candidates for Speaker 6 I or Iho deceased author of David liaruin the London Alhcneum supposed to bo an authority on literary matter I says Mr YVcstcolt has iho I making ota ot-a good novelist He has the gIf of ap predating and portraying characterS character-S U 1 Queen Victoria always breakfasts prl vilely us a toilet from the formally of other meals Jh summer wherever she Is she has the breakfast served In the open air I I 0 Poullncy BIgelows admiration for the Kaiser Is well known Ono person however how-ever who recently tried to Joko with him about IV I did not get oft unhurt You remind mc began Mr Blgelow not of the Gorman Emperor cried tho person addressed No was the reply Tho Kaiser Is I gentleman I I a Thomas Eplcston who died In New York Kist Monday was the planner and founder found-er of tho School of Mines of the Columbia Colum-bia university hero ho was professor emeritus of mineralogy and metallurgy mlncraloS ant lelClur lie was born In New York city In 1S32 graduated from Ynlo In 1851 and from tho Ecole ties Mines In Franco In 1SCO HoWl Ho-Wl ono of the founders of tho American Institute of Mining Engineers of which he was elected president In 1SSO Ho received re-ceived tho rank of chevalier of tho Legion of Honor from the French Government In 1SW In addition to his sclonllllu work ho took a lively interest In religious and benevolent work |