The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-21
PERSONAL.
CYRUS FIELDS life was insured for s25o. 900.
srGNoR RoMERo, finance minister Of Mexico
Is seriously i'll.

CYRUS FIELDS life was insured for SIS. 900.
SIGNoR RoMERo, finance minister Of Mexico,
is seriously i'll.
TIE Bulgarian prime minister, VI. Stambulof,
was at one time barkeeper.
NJ ALPBoSE DAUDEr. the French novelist,
does not believe In literature as profession.
OLIVER ScHHErSER, who wrote the story Of
an African Farm, received only $55 for that
production.
II is reported that General Nancy Of Ten
nessee, has concluded 20 resign his mission 70
Paraguay and Uruguay.
Dr.. ALEXANDER SCHADENBERG, botanist, re-
Gently discovereI the largest flower on record in
the Philippine islands. 1t was nearly yard in
diameter, and weighed more than twenty-tw o
pounds.
JOSEPH COOK, the noted Boston author and
lecturer, is described as broad shouldered ann
with a massive head and intellectual face
framed in becoming side WHISPERS of mixed
gray and red ana kindly features illumined by
par OF large blue eyes.
The murderer Blockman, who was executed
at Greensboro, n. C.. the other day. had the
distinction OF being hanged with the rope that
ended the life of one Of the Chicago Anarchist
on the scaffod BlOckmRn was the fourth
criminal TO be strangled BY the fatal cord.
CAPT. W. P. GRAVES Of DanvilIe, Va who died
o9N 4 Aeayf sSFFeu VIII AisLluCtlOu VII OukA4OuL
the Mexican war. At the close Of the contest,
1t IS related. he went TO Washington to settle his
accounts las an assistant commisSary) with the
government, 1uc h books were pronounced
the best kept by any officer in the army.
CHARLES F. LuAldIs, the novelist and explorer.
who is well-known to magazine readers, is be-
tween 80 and 40 years OF age. He is a clergy
mans son, but Bohemian in instinct and fond
OF life in rugged and wild places. For four
years he has made his home in one OF the Mex.
lcan pueolos, with thousand IndlaaS for friends
and neighbors.
The Sultan Of Johore who is soon to visit the
United States, is an oriental potentate with all
the vices but with few of the virtues of his
kind. His grand tour OF Europe a couple Of
years ago was tracted spree from start 10
finish, and costly one, for he was the prey Of
every gambler and ad, enturess OF Quality on
the continent. The sultan is said TO be hand
some man, with an immense amount of vanity
and consuming fondness for bedeckin2 him
self in fine clothes and brilliant jewels,
The queens annual outings cost the British
taxpayer pretty penny. Her majesty's trip
TO Grasse last year caused an outlay Of fully
S5O,OO0-exactly one years salary Of the Presi-
dent Of the United States-and 1t was estimated
that the continental tour this year would in
volve no greater expenditure, but the visit TO
Darmstadt and other deJours from the original
journey raised the entire cost of the trip to
$4,000. In 1888, when the queen visited Flor
ence and Berlin, the expense was even heavier.
The late Charles Stewart Parnen left two
brothers John Howard Parnell. a man Of nearly
90, who lives In Georgia, and Henry Tudor Par
nell, a barrister- at law, who is q few years
younger, and who lives on estate in Ireland.
Each OF these brothers is college-bred, and
each, like the late dr. Psrnell, is man OF fine
physique. Americans are more Familiarity &C
quainted with the elder brother. whose Georgia
peach farm is occasionally written on" in the
press. He bears marked facial resemblance
to the deceased home ruler, and Is a strong alb
herent of his cause, but unconquerable dim
dence prevents him from advocating it with
success on the platform.