The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-12
PERSONAL.

JAMES d. FISH, ex-President of the Marine
Bank of New York, now serving out his SEN
tence in the Albany Penitentiary, is said to be
suffering from a severe attack of govt. Per
haps the prison fare for rich rascals is not the
same as thai served to the small thieves.
j. II. Willard, President of the Omaha
National Bank, said to a New York reporter:
1--WE are looking out west for the nomination of
Blaine for President in spite of his letter. He is
strong in the West. | think we shall see lot of
ballotiug in the national convention with no.
body ahead, until everybody gets tired and goes
back to Blaine"
THE Duchesses of Montrose, Manchester. and
Newcastle are known in English sporting circles
as the strawberry Daisies" Their graces have
successfully secured notorety, the first by her
ownership of race-horses, the second by her
trtations with the Prince of Wales, and the
thirdly her elopement and subsequent mar
riage with a tenor singer.
KING HuMBERT, of Italy, has grown very gray
of late. He is only A., but he looks much older
Humbert is not handsome man. nor does he
look highly intellectual. But he has face
which one cannot but like and which clearly in
dicates that he is honest dignited and sensible
On formal public occasions King Humbert dons
the uniform of n 'enera, but he much prefers
civilian dress and is something of an Anglo
maniac as regards his attire His favorite rec
reetion is in riding horseback through the parks
of Rome.
WASHINGTON is excited over the report that
Mrs. Il. +. Briggs, a newspaper correspondent
VINO writes unuef tne name OF 'OlNla, has do
mated about 10000 square feet of land known as
maple Square, " situated between South Caro-
lima avenue and Sixth, Seventh and d streets, as
a site for womans university, to be patterned
after Girard College. Philadelphia The property
is worth about S20,000. The proposed institu-
ton is to be wholly under the control of women
The instruction given viii be in the form of lee
lures, so as to give the women chance to talk
THERE has been a rumor current in Baltimore
of late that Col Jerome Bonaparte, who is now
n huratot abrOqI with the pv mediation of
bringing with him on his return Eu euie, eX-
Empress of the French, who would thereafter
make her home in this country. Charles j. b.
naparte of Baltimore. said Wednesday, how
ever. that he knew of no ground for the rumor;
that his brother had gone to Europe ON private
business, and that he would return about June
/, but not with the Empress Eugene The ex-
Empress has often talked of visiting America,
but never spoke of making her home here.
president CARNor." says g. Mouod in the
Contemporary RericH, 4" is a good engineer;
he did good service AZ Havre during the war of
1901; he has since shown administrative fac
ulty as Minister of Public Worksand OF Finance.
He has been a member of the Cabinet under
both NJ Ferry and NJ Freyci ret Moderate in
his opinions, he nas made no enemies in any
party; and his rigid honesty is not the less un-
disputed that il never had the opportunity Of
display attributed TO il by the legend. He is
rich, and he has a very charming wife, who not
withstanding slight deafness, loves society,
and likes having receptions.
LIE lestulllg lllduuldCIulti IN tus CouuJIy 10
come out IN favor of tariff reduction and against
the protective policy is Michael ID. Harter, of
Mansfield, O. Mr.. Harter is tall muscular
man, with a frank, busness-like face. a big
moustache and close-cropped hair He is proud
of Ohio and proud of Mansfield, although it is
the home OF John sherman aud hotbed Of Re
publcauism and protection, and has done much
20 beautify and benefit the picturesque old
Buckeye community which was named for Ed
ward Mansfield the great Republican coDtro-
versialist and afterwards editor Of the Cincn-
matt Gazette. The fact that he is chief stock
holder in Mansfeld's biggest manufacturing
establishment, and a large shareholder il
nearly all the manufacturing enterprises of that
rich section Of the country would seem to the
average Republican mind evidence q priori Of
his being q DrotectioniSt