The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

"A collection of continental curren-
cy owned by E. G. Vaughan of Rich
mond, Ind, will be seen at the Worlds
Fair. 1t consists of siXty-one pieces,
ranging in denomination from one
sixth of a dollar to $40. The total
value is $I,022.S3 1-3. Mr. Vaughan has
had the collection since 1S49.
In May last a woman was run
down by an automobile in the Ave-
nue. du Bots de Boulogne, Paris, and
died an hour later. The chauffeur, Jules
Pradine. appeared in the police court
the other day on a charge of man
slaughter. He was found guilty and
sentenced to one months imprison-
ment.
According to the Chicago law d.
rectory for 1903, just issued, there are
ATOP attorneys in the city. In the last
year 120 attorneys left the city, 20
ceaesd the practice of law, and 80 died.
The increase in the number of lawyers
was 800. There are about 1,200 law
offices in Chicago an average of one
suite of offices to every four attorneys.
1t is expected in Copenhagen that
King Christian will go to Paris after
his visit to Gmunden, where he Is at
present. His Majesty will arrive in the
French capital after President Loubet's
return from London. In view of his
advanced age, King Christians official
visit to Paris will last only twenty-four
hours, but he desires to remain there
for a few days incognito.
The ex-Crown Princess Louise of
Saxony, as already announced, is to
take up her residence in France with
her infant daughter. She will live in "a
small provencal chateau near Vau-
cluse, now belonging to the heirs of
the Comte de Chambord. Her other
children will be allowed to visit her
occasionally on the express condition
that she shall have nothing to do with
NJ Giron.
1t will be interesting to total alb
stainers to learn that the senators of
France saved 5000 francs last year out
of the yearly allowance they received
to quench their thirst when making
speeches, or for the ''buvette," as it is
known in France. The sum win go to
charities. In comparing the thirst
quenching bill of the deputies with that
just issued by the senators it is de-
clared that the betting is six to one
on the senator's"
The new steamer the Queen (the
largest turbine craft afloat), for the
Dover-Calais route, which made her
trial trip the other day, is 80 feet
long, with a nodded breadth of 40 feet,
and a depth of 20 feet. She has a COM
plete awning deck and large deckhouse.
The machinery consists Of three Par
son turbines. A number of special
cabins have been fitted up for pas
sengers. Thong larger than the Queen
Alexandra, the Queens speed is the
same-21 knbts.
1t is reported from Eldoma Ravine,
British East Africa, that work has
been stopped on the Uganda Railway
for a distance of thirty miles because
of the continued trouble with the Nan
di tribe. In "a recent conflict two Sikh
soldiers and five coolies were killed and
pie inhabit the Nandi hills some few
miles distant from the railway. They
have never really been subjugated, and
come down at intervals to murder peo-
pie and raid cattle.
In addition to the suppression of
| the Breton language in sermons or
| public discourses, it is reported from
Paris, the project of Marseilles has
lect in a meeting recently held in that
city under the presidency of NJ. Clio
laneli, supported by several Corsican
| orators. The measure has caused dis
pleasure at Bastia and Ajaccio, and
| the we'll known clannishness of the is
landers may lead to an Interpolation
by one of their deputies in the French
| Chamber.
The secret of the Humberts' arrest
is out at last. 1t seems that Senior
Cotarello of Madrid, who informed the
French authorities, was not actuated
by mercenary but by family motives
His son fell in love with Eve Humbert,
and in spite of his fathers refusal to
allow him to propose, the young man
| sent letters to his sweetheart through
her aunt, Marie Daurignac. The father
| revealed the whereabouts of the Hum
berts in order to prevent an elopement
The young man, it is said, intends to
| go to Paris and carry out his resolve
after the trial.
Owing to the recent death in Paris
of M. Henri Chevreau, there are now
two persons living who were ministers
| of the Second Empire. One is M Emile
| Olivier, who passes his winters at St
Tropez. He is still hale and vigorous,
and is. at work on a voluminous his
tory entitled ''L'Empire Liberal" The
| other is M. Pinard, who many years
! ago instituted proceedings against
| Gustave Flaubert, and later against
Henri Rochefort, the too caustic PAM
phletser. NJ. Pinard is described as
an ardent Imperialist. He is small
and worn-looking, and usually lives
| quietly at Versailles.
THE London, Brighton and South
Coast Railway, in conjunction with the
Western Railway of France, are about
| to accelerate their service between Lon
don and Paris. The French Railway
will introduce in July a number Of
powerful siX-coupled, four-cylinder
compound locomotives, and the distance
| between Dieppe and Paris will be COW
cred in S1a hours. instead of the usual
nine hours. The London company,
whose Continental expresses now take
So minutes to cover the 56h miles be-
| tween London Bridge and Newhaven
Harbor will be accelerated so as to
! give all eight hours service through
from London to Paris, and vice versa.
The coroner's jury which investi
gated the fatal fire at Elton School.
England the other day. returned the
following verdict: I'VE find that the
death of Lionel George Lawson and
| James Kenneth Horne was due to suf
location, and we strongly recommend
electrical communication with the fire
station from every boarding house i'm
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