Tuesday evening the Order the Red Cro...

  Tuesday evening the Order of the Red Cross was conferred by Ann Arbor Commandery upon Mr. Newton, of Ypsilanti, and Dr. Clouchek, of the University hospital. There was the largest attendance in years at this meeting, there being a large number of guests from out of town present,  among them  Judge Goddard, of Denver, ex-supreme justice. After the degree was conferred upon the candidates, a spread was given the members in attendance which was greatly enjoyed.

  It is rumored that Andrew D. White, formerly professor of history in the university, and now ambassador to Germany, will retire next November because of his anxiety to get back to his college work. Andrew D. White is recognized as the most experienced and finished diplomat in the service of the United States. His present term as United States ambassador to Germany began in 1897, but he served as minister at Berlin from 1879 to 1881, and afterwards, in 1892, was ambassador to Russia. Mr. White stands as high in the educational world, both in the United States and Europe, as in the diplomatic service. His work in the chair of history at the University of Michigan, at Cornell, and at the Stanford University of California, has given him a standing excelled by but few.