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Show Personal. WASHINGTON, April 15. Arthur Ferguson, Fer-guson, secretary of the Philippine commission, com-mission, sailed today from Yokohama In charge of fifty prominent natives ot tho Philippine islands, for San Francisco. The party Is sent to tho United States at the expenso ot the Philippine Government, to afford them an opportunity to study American institutions. NEW YORK, April 15. Prof. Brauncr of Prague has asserted himself as the discoverer of two natural elements found In thorium. He thus opposes tho claim to the title made by Prof. Baskorvillo of tho University of North Carolina. WASHINGTON. April 15. Tho President Presi-dent today sent the following nominations to the Senate: For Postmastnrs: California, Cali-fornia, Charles E. Tucker, Fortune: Edward Ed-ward E, Stanton, Avalon. Idaho. David E. Smlthson, EmmetU Nevada, Theodore R. Hofer, Jr., Carson City. NEW YORK, April 15. Among the passengers pas-sengers today ou the steamship Cedrlc from Liverpool wero Sir Thomas G. Shaughnessy, president of tho Canadian Pacific railway; R. Blehyden, Commissioner Commis-sioner for India at the St. Louis exposition; exposi-tion; Louis Vldal, tho Dutch commissioner commission-er at St. Louis, and the Right Hon. Thorn-as Thorn-as Sinclair, a privy councillor of Ireland. NEW YORK, April 13. George B. Cor-telyou, Cor-telyou, Secretary of tho Department of Commerce and Labor, made his first official of-ficial visit to Ellis Island today. |