The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

who recently incurred heavy losses al
the Monte Carlo gambling tables. has
sold nearly all her property in order
to pay the debts contracted.
Because of threats and demands OF
labor organizations it is said that the
railroads of this country are consid-
ering a plan to establish a general en-
ployment bureau, which will engage
all the minor employees.
james j. Hill, who built success
full railroads in the Northwest when
everyone said he couldn't make them
pay, has had a personal representa-
tive in China, looking up the chances
for new railroads there.
The estate of the late Daniel Wells,
Jr., of Milwaukee, has been inventor
led at about $4,000, 900. While he was
regarded as "a wealthy man during his
life few supposed he was worth more
than a quarter of the sum named.
-Artimisia Folerie, a telegraph Oper-
ator. living at 1O5 Hudson street, Ho-
boken, has had her name legally Chang
ed to Cora Folerie Garfield, because,
she says, the name of the dead presi-
dent reminds her of a good and great
man.
For quick first aid" in remov-
ing a grease spot try dry cornstarch.
Often it will do the work acceptably,
and is always safe to experiment with,
even on the most delicate fabrics. Dust
off the first application and repeat once
or twice.
A statue of Col. Josias r. King of
St. Paul, said to be the first to vol
unteer for service in the Civil War,
will surmOunt the monument to the
soldiers and volunteers of Minnesota,
which will be erected in Summit Park,
st. Paul.
Charles NJ. Booth of Englewood, N.
j., who has just celebrated his Tooth
birthday, claims to be the Oldest hold
er of a life insurance policy in the
United States. He was insured in 1913
in a company just organized and still
in existence.
Princess Ferdinand of Roumania
has inherited much musical talent from
her father, the late Duke of Coburg,
who was. the fiddIing Prince of Great
Britain" The Princess plays the violin
we'll. She has a hobby for collecting
perfumery bottles.
John Crump, a mulatto, and re-
ported son of a prominent Southerner,
has been obliged to seek a home in
the Denver poor house at the age of
102 years. He served under Farra gut
and was severely wounded during the
battle in Mobile bay.
The Nielsen china factory, in Sax
ony. is making water pipes for water
vxr,,-lrs v-I7ioL, ~, aeacup+ Of tho 1,aria,1e
advantages they have over iron and
stone pipes, seem to be a promising
article although they are more eXpen-
sive than the latter. These pipes are
very thin and glazed, and are embed
ded in iron pipes, the space between
the two substances being filled up
with cement. '.itt
The French railway companies have
issued to all stations an album which
contains pictures of every possible ar
ticle that a traveller is likely to have
about him. Owing to the great num-
Der of passengers who are unable to
speak French, it is often found difficult
to trace lost articles from the descrip-
ton given. Now all that a passenger
has to do is to point to the missing
article in the album.
Mrs Minnie F. Folliett of Cleveland
is the only woman banker west of New
York. She has recently opened an in
stitutfon where women can speculate
in stocks. All the employees in the Of
fee are women, and girls instead of
boys will mark the boards Mrs. Fol-
lett was the first woman in the real
estate business in Cleveland. She also
started the Union Investment Com
pany and was its manager for about
three years.
Some idea of the size of John D.
Rockefellers mail may be drawn from
the fact that 500 letters addressed to
him have been received at the Eldorado
Springs. Mo-, postoffice as a result of
a report which was sent out recently
that he was going there to drink the
waters. Rockefeller wrote to E1dorado
Springs asking if he could get suitable
accommodations in case he should go
there. a boomer of the town imn1e-
diately announced to the press that
the multimilhonaire was coming Let
ters addressed to him began to arrive
the next day.
People close to William E. Corey,
Charles NJ. Schwab's successor as head
of the United States Steel Corporation,
actually fear he will kill himself work
ing. Iney say ne is so wrapped UP
in the affairs of the steel corporation
that he is literally working himself
to DEATH" For instance, they say that
he lies awake night after night solving
or attempting to solve problems that
come up, and frequently at 2 or 8
O'Clock in the morning will call up his
lieutenants by telephone to consult
them. His friends believe that no Hy-
ing man can go through this sort Of
thing and survive it.
Under date of April 25 1903. there
was incorporated under the laws of
Quebec royal school for the purpose
OF establishing and carrying on an
agricultural school, experimental farms
ana all works in connection herewith
ana subjects kindred thereto This
school is to maintain two or more
schools and experimental farms in the
province of Quebec, one to be located
in the district of Montreal and one
IN the district of Quebec. Each of the
two said schools is to contain accom-
modations for at least 50 pupils. who
VIII be given a full course of three
years tuition, together with board
free of charge.
Judge William C. Toole, who lives
at 500 North Fourth street, st. Joseph
Mo-, has several claims to distinction
he is the Oldest living citizen of ST
Joseph, having moved there in 1898
He is the oldest lawyer in Buchanan
county, and, perhaps, in Missouri. hav-
hRan admitted 70