People We Hear About

New Zealand Tablet, 11 September 1913, Page 41

People We Hear About

Mr. Wm. Redmond, M.P., completed his thirtieth year as a member of the House of Commons in July.. L ~ '." '- The Duke of Norfolk and the Marquise d'Hautpoul were godparents to the infant son of Lord and Lady Camoys,. who was christened at the Oratory, Brompton, receiving the names of Ralph Robert Watts Sherman. Lord Ashbourne, the new Catholic peer, presided at the fifth international Pan-Celtic, Congress which opened at Ghent recently. Lord Ashbourne is a fluent speaker in German, French, and Flemish, in addition to Gaelic. Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria, is planning to celebrate the sixty-fifth year of his reign next December in great style, should he live until that time. He succeeded his uncle, > Ferdinand 1, as Emperor of Austria, December 2, 1848. On July 6 King George and Queen Mary celebrated the twentieth anniversary of their marriage. With the exception of Princess Victoria, the King's sister, and Princess Patricia of Connaught, all the -bridesmaids on that happy occasion are now married, one of them, the Queen of Spain, having had as many children as Queen Mary herself. Wednesday, July 23, his Eminence Cardinal Gibbons celebrated his seventy-ninth birthday. Although in very-good health his Eminence expressed the opinion that he thought he would not live very much longer. My life is nearly spent,' he said to an interviewer. 'But I am ready to answer the call of God whenever He sees fit to demand an account of my stewardship.' Mr. John O'Callaghan, national secretary of the United Irish League of America, passed away at Carney Hospital, Boston, on July 27, after a brief illness. The deceased, who was a native of Cork, was in his 48th year. In his early days he was engaged in newspaper work in Cork city, and from there went to the United States,. where he had been connected with the Boston Globe for over a quarter of a century. He took a very keen interest in Irish affairs, and was highly esteemed by Mr. John Redmond and other prominent members of the Irish Parliamentary Party. The will of the late Lord Ashbourne bears on the face of it some of that bigotry which we would fain see absent from the words of testamentary dispositions (says the Universe). His successor in the title is a convert, and is at the same time noted for his strong adherence to all things Celtic, evidence of which is seen in his constant use of the Irish National costume. The late Baron, who was formerly Lord Chancellor of Ireland, left the present holder of the title the sum of £BOO, the bulk of his estate and personalty going -toother members of the family. There is no express mention of exclusion from benefits by reason of religious differences between father and son, but, prima facie, the present Lord Ashbourne seems to have suffered in a worldly sense by reason of his religious convictions. Mr. . J. D. Rockefeller is said to be the richest American, with £130,000,000, and next to him comes Mr. Andrew Carnegie, with £100,000,000 sterling. The late Mr. Pierpont Morgan and the late Marshall Field were bracketed together in the third place with a fortune of £75,000,000; while £40,000,000 are claimed by Mr. Henry Frick, the great speculator; Mr. James Stillman, the partner of Mr. Pierpont Morgan, and the family of Mr. Hearst, the king of the Yellow Press. Not until the eighth place do we reach the fortunes of the railway kings. Mr. Huntington died leaving £20,000,000; Mr. Jay Gould possessed £15,000,000, and Mr. Harriman £14,000,000. Mr. Russell Sage left £18,000,000 to his widow, who employs it in charitable works. Mr. Leland Stanford left a great portion of his £15,000,000 to the University of California. Mme. Krupp, the richest woman in Germany, possesses only £15,000,000; Prince Henckel, of Donnersmarck, the richest man, only has £12,800,000.