The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-06
Personal.

Don MANUEL BRAZILIAN, president of Guate-
mala, is a magnificent shot with rifle. He is
reported to have never missed a shot.
THE new Lord Wolverton is the fourth peer to
wear the coronet of the barony since Mr. Glad
stone cunobled the great London banker Glvun.
some elghtesn years ago.
President BoGRAM of Honduras has re-
Quested his friends to send him photographs
and autographs. as he intends to entirely
cover the walls of one of his TO omS with these
souvenirs of friendship.
DONALD DINNIE, the noted Scotch athlete, has
been posing a. a model to a Melbourne sculptor
The sculptor has commission to produce
statue of Wallace, the hero of Scotland, for the
botanical gardens of the city of Ballarat, and
the stalwart Donald is the model.
THE EARL OF DUDLEY will probably make
flying visit to America in September He is
considered one of the handsomest of the
younger men Of the nobility. Should he come
to this country he will be accompanied by his
old tutor. In England he is considered a great
catch"
Mr.. GEORGE D'HERIssE inspector of the Bank
of France and his secretary Mr.. Felix Lacour
called upon Secretary Falrchd and other Off
cials of the treasury department in WaShin gton
for the purpose of obtaining information as to
the financial operations of this government
their inquiries however, being directed more
particularly to the national banking system.
NINE Mursu, wife of the Japanese minister in
Washington, is one of the favorate ladies of the
mlhuuoh court. CHt II Iclllt anu Slefuer III
person and gentle i'll manner. and has the dead
black hair clear olive complexion and kindling
black eyes of the Oriental Her white teeth are
perfect, and there is not a line of care or wear
ness in her mobile face. She has an only
daughter, who is Ii years old. She dresses
with refined taste, and has all her gowns from
Paris
MRs. DIAz. wife Of tho president of Mexico,
has labored for years to ameliorate the cond
tion of the poorer classes of her sex. She has
ctoh nod rip inst for tha
pOyment of poor women and girls and has
popnarized work which, until she became its
protecting patroness was looked upon as unbe-
coming and contrary to established customs.
Under her patronage these institutions have
become fOuriShing and afford respectable EN-
ployment to hundreds of her sex. She is ever
studying some new scheme for the advance
ment of the poorer classes. and her name will
be future household word associated with
benevoence and kindness
On. MoRELL MACKENZIE says that after the
operation OF tracheotomy was performed upon
'Cnser Fritz" he was set aside for upward of
a month. II could only see the Crown Princes
larynx twice day, and ] was not allowed To
treat him All could do was to say to the
patient: Your Royal Highness, how are your
He used to reply in voice which was getting
feebler and teebler: Fairly well doctor; thank
you The princess displayed throughout super
human courage. She knew her husband was
doomed. She saw in every newspaper that he
was going to die. Always calm and self-com-
posed in his presence, she used 10 smile TO him,
and then rush into her room and burst into
tears, The emperor in his dying moments,
showed admirable courage and rcsigna-
ton" WAS he aware OF the seriousness
of his condition." II do not know. At
any rate, he did not believe that he
had cancer. Whilst he was suffocatng he re-
manned calm and still, without n tear. and with
out pang With "A smile on his palld lips he
expired with the resignation of martyr in the
arms of the empress"
The death at the age of 81 of Louis
A. Woenweber, who started the first
daily German newspaper in the United
States, recalls some Of the obliga-
tons American journalism owes TO Germans.
He was man of wonderful energy and perse-
verance, and was the only honorary member of
the German press club OF New York Mr..
Berthold Wolfram. the handsome editor of the
Heroid, is now perhaps the most interesting of
the younger German journalists Of New York.
He founded in Richmond, Va. about 1869, the
first daily German newspaper in the south, the
ences, Mr.. Wolfram, who is vet on the sunny
side OF 40, became the editor In chief and large
stakeholder in the Heroid, which is the evening
edition of the Zeituig. The Sunday edition OF
the two is called the Reruc three separate
| journals of those names having been consoli-
dated under one ownership and management
and allowed in this odd way each to retain for
mally at least It's own individuality Mr.. Wolff
ram conceived and executed decade and a
half ago the idea OF the first American illus
trated daily. The HerOld under his manage
ment has attained a very large circulation. He
IL n finely proportional man, whose rudy
| checks aud blonde moustache aud imperial give
him an air Of distinction.