The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-29


an events, fine new place is being built
IN readiness for the Princes new house.
( mold. This palace is quite an innovation
I Tor japan, because il win be built of iron
instead of being lightly constructed like
the ordinary japanese dwelling, for fear
/ OF earthquakes. However the Crown
Prince palace is to be specially plann d
TO resist the shocks which so constantly
AFFECT the land of the chrysanthemum.
The Queens farewell to the highland
ers ordered TO the Cape from Scotland re-
minds London writer of a story viii h
is Told Of how Her Majesty saw the
guards off forty-fve years ago, when they
I left London for Malta en- route for the
Russian war. They marched past in
/ front of Buckingham Palace, the Queen
and Prince Albert looking On from the
balcony, As the last company was going
| by the Queen-young, girlish, impulsive-
! stopped down. atook off one of her shoes
and threw il among them, with the cd
! English idea of giving good luck. Even
the discipline of the guards broke down
ana dozen men scrambled for it, Who
| actually secured the royal token of good
| luck was never known.
George De Forest Hyde, a prominent
engineer and authority on railways, in
speaking to a New York Tribune reporter
!
| says that even Russia possesses a fine
| railroad service. The Russian Minister
/ of Railways" says Mr.. Hyde, secured
much of his training in America, and he
looks to the United States largely for ideas
and for aid in his work. While the rail-
way trains of Russia are comfortable, and
! even luxurious, the imperial train is one
that in point of general lavish construc-
! ton is unsurpassed anywhere in the world.
! There are eleven GERS in this train. Every
! car is connected by telephone with every
| other. The interior furnishings are rich
| to gorgeousness. There are over 300 elec-
| trio lights in use on the train. The din
| ing room, reception room. bedrooms and
even a nursery for the children are all
| furnished completely and carefully. The
/ last is kept for the railroad official in
charge Of the train, and from there the
| lighting, heating, ventilating and speed
are all regulated"
| 1t win not be long now before the Nah
dis tomb the spot where Gordon died, and
whatever other features of special int rest
| there may be in the old or new city of
Khartrm win be within the easy and COM
| Portable reach of the tourist, says the
New York Post. Lord Kitchener, who re-
| turned recently to Cairo after abandon
! ing for the present his chase of the hha-
llla made the distance from Khartum in
| seventy-onc hours. He has announced his
| intention of prOclaiming the SOudan open
| 10 all corners early in Dec amber, when the
| railway, which has been delayed for over
two months by storms, wiz have been
| completed to Khartum. He has organized
| a tourist seEv'Ce between Wady Halfa and
| Khartum, with dining and sleeping cars
| for eighteen passengers, and a small holel
will soCn be opened n the latter city. Dur
| ing his recent eXpe dition Lord Kitchener
ascended the river 400 mi es and penetrated
! so miles inland TO within 80 miles of the
/ Khalifa, when. finding the latter in re-
| treat, he dec d not 10 pursue him, as
| he had made no arrangements for the CO.
| operation Of native tribes. He does not
consider The Khalifa, who has 5 600 follow
| ers, dangerous at present. The Sultan Of
Oar Fur is said to be showing a friendly
disposition towards the English.
The messenger who was arrested for
the theft of 800 from a Wall street law
firm which had employed him was the
exception which proves the rule. the New
York correspondent of the Inter Ocean
| The hoy was sent to cash a draft, and
! he never came back with the money The
| messenger boys employed by the large
! Wall street banking and brokerage offices
are trusted every day with large sums of
| money and very rarely does one of them
| prove untrue to his trust The rush of
1 "
| during the hours devoted to IL that it is
| necessary 10 employ messengers frequent
| ly to transfer valuable securities
! and money, The young men who
serve as messengers are just be-
| ginning course of Wall street
training and some of them are sons of
wealthy parents, who will ultimately start
them in business for themselves. A colo e
! man brought into a large bank downtown
one day last week a handbag, which he
| carelessly pushed over the receiving tel}-
| er's glass partition. The depositors who
were standing in line behind the colored
| man saw the teller open the bag md take
out eight large packages of greenbacks.
| They varied in denomination from s. TO
| $50. The bas had contained thousands Of
| dollars and il the messenger had been
! dishonest he might have run away with
| a fortune. Isn't such confidence as that
| unusual?" asked one of the depositors.
| Not bit" said the receiving teller "Our
| heaviest depositors send their money here
| by messeEg gers" Considering the tempta-
| tons, the number of dishonest messen-
gers, judging from the police reports, is
very small.
The ancient office Of "headsman and
executioner TO the Queen has just be-
come vacant through the death at the
| Tower of London of old Stephen Swee-
| ney who, in addition to his other titles.
| bore that of ''yoeman gaoler to Her Ma
! jesty," says a London correspondent He
| was a very picturesque figure in his cos
| tune of the sixteenth century, consisting
of long scarlet tunic, slashed with black
| velvet, red stockings with rosettes of red,
white and blue ribbon at the knees, and
| upon the low shoes. 1t was only ON
| grand state occasions and at the official
| parade of the Yoeman of the Guard or
| Beef Eaters, that old Sweeney used to
| be seen with the instrument of his office,
namely, the state AK of execution. 1t
| is a wicked-iooking implement, win a
broad, big blade and Sweeney was
wont TO bear it over his shoulder with
| the edge turned forward so as to show
to all men present that it was not
destined on that particular day for use
upon any fellow-crea ture In days
gone by the public were always made
aware by the manner in which the
'headsman of the Tower carried the ak
whether the prisoner who marched i'm
| mediately following him in the process
| sion to and from the place of trial had
been sentenced death or not Tor