El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-05
Heard In Hotel LObbieS
El5paso. Tex

Among the passen gers on the Southern
Pacific train this morning were Steph-
en- DENLY and Jesse b. Wilson, OF
New York, who are on their way to
Shanghai, China, where they will enter
she Chinese imperial maritime custom
service.
Mr.. DENLY 10 q nephew of Hon. Chsrl-
es DENLY of Indiana, for many years
minister to China and mem Der Of the
irst commission to the Philippines.
He is q we'll known and popular young
msu Of the capital city, where he was
Southern railway company.
Mr.. Palen, q native OF New York,
but for some years q resident of Virgil
mia, and Mr.. Wilson, received their ap-
pointments from the nomination of the
president of Cornell university, where
she two young men were students
last year. Minister Conger at that
Robert Hart. who Is 1t the head of sne
service, made the request for two Cor
nell students. Messrs Palen and VIII
con received the appointments last
October, but requested thst they not
take effect until after graduation last
June.
Mr.. Wilson is the son of Jesse b.
Washington. He has q wide circle of
friends In the capital. The three
young men will maze China their
homes for several years, and their
duties there q life work.
The Chinese imperial maritime Gus
tom service is modelled on the lines OF
the Indian civil service. positions In
which are much sought after in Egg
land and other European countries. It
| l.. II Iva If no
French, German, English and Ameri-
cans, and is almost intern atiopsl in
character. The proportion between
the appointments of the four powers is
kept as nearly equal as possible. The
three Americana who are on their way
to take their position in the
service are exceedingly fortu-
nate, az the appointments are very de-
sirable and difficult to obtain.
The present trouble In China,
strange to say, has not impaired the
service, bnt has rather tended to
strengthen IL II anything. Sir Robert
Hart, who has figured In the newspa-
pers considerably lately, has almost
autocratic power In the service. BE
has the confidence of the
powers who are represented In
the service, and also Of the Chinese
government Ae well.
The party of young men will leave
San Francisco on the Pacific mail ship
China, which is due to arrive at ShanR.
hal on October 2.
Talk about outlandish names" said
81. p. McCarty of Chicago at the
Pierson the other day, "bus those that
ing out with . lavish hand to all the
homeless wallis picked up on the
Windy City streets beat anything in
that line that have ever heard.
at Is the superintendent of the out
door department who has done the
actual naming, and 1 understand I'd at
they are going for him on tli 1t account.
Why during the blizzard of 1898 when
there were 60 many strange youngsters
gathered In by the city, whose parents
were unknown, the most peculiar names,
shat would have been a reflection on
the inventive qualities of South Sea
islander, we're tackled on to the helpless
children who will now have to 20
through life with the handicap of q
horrible cognomen In addition to she
heavy weight OF poverty hanging
around their necks.
"During that cold spell such nance
as January, Blizzard, Frozen, Chilly,
Thermometer and many others of such
denomination were scattered around
lsvishly among the destitute psupers
OF the Lake City.
"a man without a sense OF humor
wouldn't see anything ridiculous in q
name like John January or Evangeline
Blizzs rd, o. Gladys Cold, but the
average being with little bit of
human nature about him would pause
TO contemplate the awful com binationss
"DurinR the hot weather jus
past such names as Sarah Sweat,
Jacob July, Clementine Rooster and
other names suggestive of the Arizona
desert we're the more popular with
she department OF names of the city
department Of charities.
'One great desire OF the naming
officials, which amounted to almost .
craze, was to call the homeless
children of the streets after Americas
famous millionaires. A ragged little
Polo without u In his tattered
knowledge of the