Show PERSONAL MENTION G W Brodbcck of Kansas claims lo have heard President McKinley mnko hln first public speech It was nt Mubslllon 0 on IL Fourth of July before the Civil war Gen Chaffcc not having tho advantage of a military education before he bucamo a soldier has taken every opportunity presenting Itself to bccomo proilclent ill hla profession Ho has completed courses In law and military tacticu c I Charles A Sauerwliio a commercial traveler of Evansville hid has petitioned the Suprino court there for permission to change hit name to Charles A Erwln lie allegro his name often uxeltea ldl cule and not Infrequently proventn his selling Roods Moreover ho 13 tired of being called Mr Sweetwlne Kir 13t ter Booze and tho like and for these good and sulllclout reasons asku tho court to grant him a change I 4 a M Fernand do Roduys tho editor of the Paris who has Figaro been made a I knight ot the Legion of Honor Is u memo her of the Council of tho Syndicate oC iho Paris Press He has also Idled Important IostH In connection with his profession at the exhibitions of JSS9 and 1900 Ho bus had tho chloe editorial control of lie t Figaro since the death u few years elucc of M Mngmird i and associated with him us administrator of tho paper la I M Por Ivlor ft ik Tho poslmostcr ut St Jamas i ontr Island lo seriously contemplating aut lug an assistant to help hiindlo thj vbluml ious mull which IB pouring In his olllco ns u rosiilt I of a recent publication 01 tho philanthropic work In which MHH Lilian I 1 Dunham Is engaged The publicity ulven to Miss Dunhams charitable disposition a led to an overwhelming number of un peals for aid of all sorts and conditions of men and women Miss Dunham Is tho daughter of Jamca II Dunham the Nuv York dry goods merchant Mli Dv > nha < n hUH been Intel cnled In tho klmlecgjirlon I connected with the pariah and also In Its summer homo for the poor children and nho turned her attention to iit vliltne a I tow weolco of wholesome country llfo for children of tip slums Seeking put a iloaon of the moat forlorn aho ook I lau to Si James Long Inland where lio found a spacious furmhouMo and thire In stalled horaolf and her chai7 > H After two wccko the children all iHrls i cni back to their city homes with u new CUM ccptlon of life budding In their voting minds and then a batch of boys waS taken to the farm Miss Dunham will continue to entertain parties of poor children chil-dren until school begIns |