The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-20

/ Thus fsr i2s applications have been received
I for admission. 10 she West Point Military
I Academy
One OF the hest preserved o. British peers
IS tho Earl Of Nansaeid who at p is in ex-
/ ceucnt health.
Knox College at Galeshurg, III, has con-
ferred the honorary degree Of master Of arts
/ on Eugene Eield-
AIexius Columbus. q former shipbuilder
now nearly 81 years old. who claims 20 be a
lineal descendant Of great Christopher has
been discovered In Bunalo y. y.
Lord Lorne receives 5000 a year as gov
ernor and constable Of Windsor castle. Abso-
lutely his only duty In this sinecure is to sign
a receipt for his salary every quarter.
The accident that befell Lottie Collins at
the Tivoh. in London. was due 10 the same
cause as the one that upset" her on a New
YORK stage. In attempting q particularly
ambitious kick she lost her center Of gravity
ana came down with a thump fiat on her back
Capt. James B. Hatch Of Springfield, Mass
who figures in r. Fl. Dauas Two Years Be
fore the Mast" as 'eNIr. Il " is still living. He
says the book is true ia the main, but that the
author in making himself out TO be a good sea
man stretched the facts as he was only
boy without much experience.
The Queen Of the Belgians is reputed to he
one Of the best living performers on the harp.
When recently her chief lady in waiting be-
came ~ nun the queen as sponsor. presented
the pOstulant at the altar and then PLAYED
solo on the harp, to tn great delight of the
sisters who thronged the convent.
Little is printed about the Empress Au-
gusta Victoria Of Germany. wife Of the young
kaiser, vet She is woman of strong per
Sonality, and il is said that the somewhat
erfatlc ruler Is frequently diSSuaded from his
startling projects through her advice She Is
thoroughly German In her appearance and
disposition.
Ex-President Harrison leads a very quiet
life in indianapolis He is seldom seen on
the streets and never goes into society," He
mas not renewed business relations with his
old partners, Messrss Miller < Elam. but has
desk in the Office of his old confidential
clerk, Howard Gale, &where he transacts his
private business. "a
Historic homes are cheap in, london. The
house of the bankenand poet, samuel Rogers,
was withdrawn from an auction sale last
week because Of the smallness of the bids.
Ihis house, still in a Fashionable quarter, was
in its prime, the Resort of Fox Wellineton
more, sydney Smith, Wordsworth, Macaulay
and q host OF other great people, Rogers oc-
cupled 1t for nearly half a century.
Another distinguished Japanese artist on
his way to the worlds fair is Chutaro Ando,
who will visit Chicago as art critic. for the
Japanese government md secretary of the
imperial japanese commission. He received
gold medal at the last world s exhibition in
Paris Tor his painting OF group Of Japanese
girls ENJOYING picnic on the shore He has
TWO pictures on exhibition at Chicago Mr.
Ando acts as Correspondent for Kol1umin, a
leading newspaper of Toki0 in which he has
a proprietary interest, and he has been SO
struck with American newspaper methods
since ne has been in this country that he in
tends to introduce them in his paper on his
return.