The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-02
PERSONAL.

EMPEROR WILLIAM OF GERMANY has appointed
/ Col Rossuer, who is one Of the fea Jews in the
German army, an Gid-de- camp on his own
sian, as an imitation OF his Cisapgrovsl Of the
. prosecutions 70 which t at race is subjected in
tue hai5srs own realm as well as elsewhere IN
europe.
/ TIE late Gen. John Pore, by dating one Of his
/ orders headquarters in the sadd e" prompted
+ the confederate com nander, Robert Z. Lee, 10
perp ira W lat was said to be the only joke of
his lie. 90" hat Gao you expect, " he is creuite ed
with saying, of general who puts his head
quarters where his hIndduarters ought to bes''
/ d. C. TYRLASDRR. a Finander, who was In
| Finland at the time Mrs Aino Sainio poisoned
her husband, says that the frightful sentence
passed upon the woman is merely matter OF
form and tradition, and that she will not be be
Leeded' put lmprlsonei FOR LIE. He asserts
that no crime has been punished by execution
IN Finland since that country separated from
sweden IN 1893.
MAJ. FCKCsHIMA. the Japanese officer who
has undertaken to ride from Berlin to Japan,
has reported his arrival in Semipolstinsk, on
the lrtish river In Western Siberia. His Journey
is not yet half accomplished. From mis- last
station II Is over 400 miles to the Monaghan
frontier, and thence he is TO ride over the Cobb,
I III aud other deserts l.4SO miles more.
WINTER, with heavy snow storms, will probably
set IN before he reaches his destination.
THE REV. CHARLES FERGUSON, rector Of ST.
James Episcopal church. in Syracuse, has re-
signed. In referring to the matter from the
pulpit on Sunday, he spoke disparaginRly of
tine parish system, with hired ministers. high
priced oirs, pew rents, church fairs ami caste
distinctions Some of mis- expressions shocked
uhe congregation not a little. Mr.. Ferguson is
a friend OF Father Huntington, son of Bishop
Huntington, and is in the latter's diocese.
The late Duke of Sutherland was an enthu,
siast over the American fire department sys-
TEN, and when features Of it were adopted by
Capt Shaw of the Metropolitan fire brigade in
London the duke had his residence stafford
housel Geographically connected with the head
quarters. He also kept in his dressing r ON
the cleaning helmet, ak, belt and all the minu-
uae OF the nreman's costume. Over twenty
years ago he and the Prince Of Wales we're al
ways among the first to arrive at the scene of a
great coniagration.
The recent death of Cardinal Howard re-
minds the Philadelphia Telegraph that five or
six years ago he attended a garden party at
MARLBOROUGH house, where he was presented to
the queen, who alluded to the old days when
he had frequently canJered beside her carriage
in command of her escort of life guards. 1t was
at TINS same garden party that he came across
ms former colonel, who, being ferVent Cath
ole, reverently kissed as in duty bound the
cardinals hand. AS he did 80, he remarked TO
his ex-lieutenant that it was probably the first
time that the colonel commanding one of her
maJestys regiments Of the guards had been
known to kiss the hand of one of his subal-
terms.
GEN. Phil" SHERIDAN is quoted by Judge o.
S, Stoddsrd of St. Louis, who says that he once
read to that gallant officer the poem immortal
lzlng the ride from Winchester TO Cedar Greek
very soon after the verses first appeared in
print. Thereupon Sheridan replied in sub
stance: Il think If the versiher had seen that
steed and knew how l lad to spur ard whip the
old crow bait TO get it to go over the road he
would not have had the attack OF hysteria of
which that poem, Is the off ,pring. Once my
famous charger stumbled, and l came near
going over his head into a mud-puddle. Instead
OF his plunRing with me into the thickest of the
fray, he played out completely and I had to
take the mount OF an orderly. The rhymesters
are blessed with very VIVID imaginstlons"