The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The editors of Scranton. Pa. news
paper have caused the arrest Of several
parties who furnished a reporter with
false information, which caused the paper
TO be involved in a libel suit
1t is to be noticed that the queen of
England, in her address to Parliament,
avoided the use of the word war" She
referred to the present situation in Africa
as difficulties events" and "a state of
affairs"
The Boston Transcript hears of an I'M
sophisticated minister living in town in
Western Massachusetts who made in
quiries by letter of men regarded as
more experienced than himself as to how
he should go to work TO buy no-license
votes at the annual town election"
"A coroners jury in St. Louis returned
the following verdict: I'VE, the jury. find
that the deceaed. an unknown beggar,
came to his death from fracture of the
skull by blow from an unknown man,
who was protecting an unknown woma1
from the insults of the unknown beggar."
Dime contributions in the last ten years
have built a 100000 Roman Catholic Ca
thedral in Eliza beth, n. J. It will be ded-
icated it is expected on the 18th or the
l2th of November next, and the chimes, it
is intended, shall ring for the first me
on New Years eve, to usher in the year
1900.
Trade ingenuity is never at fault. Some
distiller in Berlin has, writes an Augsburg
correspondent, invented a liquor which he
calls "Dreyfus' tears" He calls it the
most innocent" of all spirits, and if you
buy ten bottles he will grant you extern
uating circumstances consisting of 10 per
cent. discount.
There is so much more grain consign-
ed to Canadian lake ports than the Cana
dian lake vessels are abe to carry that
the dominion government has suspended
for the remainder of the season the OPP
Grafton of it's coasting laws forbidding
American vessels TO carry freights be-
tween Canadian ports.
"A schoolgirl in Wabash, Ind, is suf-
fering from paralysis Of the muscles of the
mouth, caused by too persistently chew
ing gum. AS a result the left side of her
mouth is drawing up toward the ear, and
whether the affection will yield to treat
ment, aided by RETAINING from the perni-
cious practice, is sdll problematical.
The crew of the United States cruiser
Newark have presented to Mayor Phelan
of San Francisco a model of the battle
oliib 4ud1it maui " nan III ilalC4lSeA, W LiO
was on the Maine when she was Blown
up in Havana harbor The gift was made
in token Of appreciation of the welcome
extended to the Newark on her arrival at
San Francisco.
Alfred Krupp, the German gunmaker,
has just had the pleasure of seeing the
town of Essen, with 100000 inhabitants, adj
mitted into the ranks of German cities.
The town was made by the Krupp Gun
Works, which were started there by the
present owners grandfather, in 1910 There
are eco employees, and there has never
yet been a strike.
In order to quiet the title to half of the
Brigham Young graveyard in Salt Lake
City Utah, it has been necessary 10 bring
a friendly suit against quite 100 of Brig
ham Young's heirs. A judgment is asked
restraining the defendants from ever as
sorting any claim to or interest in the
property, and it is understood that the
suit will not be contested.
The special expert sent abroad by the
agricultural department in search of new
seeds and edible plants has brought back
an "everbearing strawberry" which it rec
ommends highly, 1t comes from France.
where ID has been recently bred. 1t is said
10 produce fruit for months on the same
plants and a small patch will supply a
family table whole season.
Spanish army officers are receiving
honors and rewards on a lavish scale,
Notwithstanding their ill success in the
war. 1t is said that the honor list for the
campaign will contain the names of be-
tween 500 and 600 officers For their serv-
ices in Cuba in 1896 and the following year
fifty-eight generals, 1882 other officers and
$50 non-commissioned officers have been
rewarded
The recent proposition TO undertake
the raising of cattle on somewhat large
scale in Eastern Maine has aroused the
oldest inhabitants to say that many years
ago large herds of cattle and sheep were
raised there, but the tracts of land thus
occupied were given up to the raising of
blueberries. The canning of these berries
mas been carried on somewhat extensive
~ in Maine in recent years.
The annual report of the Yale CO.
operative store shows prosperity. The
coop" is managed entirely by under
graduates and for undergraduates, and is
strictly college department store. The
cash sales for the first six days of the
present term were about 5000, and net
profits for the year $2,700. The total mem
bership of the coop is $50. The cash
business for the year was $i5123.
founded by some of the Netherlandish dis
ciples of the Russian teacher at Apa Hioorn,
in Holland, where William III had his ia
vorite hunting seat before he became King
Of England. Three professional men have
renowned their positions and have Joined
as agricultural laborers. One is Prof Van
Ries. the other two are Protestant clergy
men. Each is 10 be paid yearly wage of
$3.50 for his labor
Three hundred Japanese colonists To-
Gated two years ago in the southern part
of Oxaca, Mexico, near Jimiltepec, under
authority of a concession granted by the
Mexican government. The colony has been
experimenting in tea growing and has
made such a success that 5000 more Japa-
nese men and their families are to be
brought TO Mexico to join the original col
ony. Other tropical products are also
raised by the colonists. Their extensive
plantations are located in the Verde river