The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-20
PERSONAL.

Col GRIFFIN, an American aud an army vet
eran. has been chosen president Of the Baptist
/ Union of England.
IT Is EXPECTED that the bronze statue OF ex-
/ President Woolssy, 10 be erected on the Yale
campus will cost $4,000.
SIR JULIAN GoIDsmD has returned tn England
with very good opinion of American news
paper men. He says he found them to be gen
orally ian intelligent and most polite set Of
men," Sir Julian must be gentleman and
scholar.
PRoF. E. D. COPE of the University of Penn
sylvania has a collection Of archaeological YER
tebrates, gathered while in the government serv-
ice ana on which he says he expended S75, 600
of his own money. Secretary Noble has or
dered him TO hand the collection over to Uncle
Sam, but he refuses to do so.
WILLIAM D. HowELIs lives in an apartment
house on Commonwealth avenue in Boston. He
and his wife have led a retired life since the
death Of their eldest daughter. Mrs. Howells is
fond of painting, for which she has great talent.
Mr.. Howels likes to take long walks through
the crooked streets of the old part of Boston.
THE ROYAL ocULIsT, Duke Charles Theodore
of Bavaria, has just concluded what this most
useful and hard working of princes terms a
months holiday at Meran in the Tyrol. AS soon
as his arrival became known afflicted peasants
from all the valleys and mountains of the Aus
TRAN. Italian and Swiss Tyrol focked into
Meran and were treated gratuitously by the
Duke, who In four weeks performed fifty-three
operations for cataract and III minor opera
tions.
Rev. DR.. JOSEPH D. WIcKAS of Manchester,
Vt, is the Oldest living graduate of Yale College
DR.. Wickan is 90 years old and was born in 1897
He entered Yale when but IA years old and
graduated in 1915, four years later. In the
college class following Mr.. Wickan there is now
no member living and in the second class but
one. He enjoys the best OF health and does
not appear over 40 years old. He travels ex-
attends to himself and is as active and ener-
getic as man half his age. He bids fair to live
out century
QUEEN VICTORIA, although 20 years of age. has
found favor in the amorous eyes Of Alfred Car
ter young man who has been studying for the
wesleyan ministry. Carter. who is Lanca-
SHIRE lad, went to Windsor and failing to OBJ
tam an interview with the object OF his affec-
tions, wrote her several loving letters proposing
marriage. Sad to tell, the letters were handed
10 an unromantic and hinthearted police inspec-
tor OF the appropriate name of Savage, who
found Carter wandering about Windsor fields
signing the name Victoria and hauled him off
to prison on the charge of being a lunatic.
SPECIAL EMBASSY has been sent from Stock
holm to Teheran, for the purpose Of presenting
to his imperial majesty the Shah the insignia of
the order of the Seraphine. The decoration is
Enclosed in beautiful case of very artistic
leather MOSAIC lined with red plush. On the
I'D are the initials OF King Oscar In oriental
style and colors. The order and accompani-
ments are of very fine workmanship. The en-
bassy also takes the Shah another present viz,
large atlas from Baron Nordenskiold 1t bears
the following dedication: 'Sa Majestic le Shah
Nordenskold;" and is very handsomely bound
in red morocco.