The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-08-28
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| PE9LplIIE .

| George H. Ketchem. the millionaire
horseman and driver from Toledo. is In
town for the Narragansett Park races.
l His Mr.. Middlemay. with record OF
2liL. Is entered today. and Is the only
| animal he will have I'm Providence, but
the monarch OF his stable is the stallion
| Creceus, 206 who will so against time at
| Syracuse this week and attempt TO pull
| down Directum's record OF 2.05A.
| Mr. Ketchem was standing by lamp
post I'm Westminster street as came
| along and remarked as sort or plat
form I'm an honest farmer" He owns
the Valentine Theatre I'm Toledo, which
| Is admitted by many playfolk to be the
most elegant dramatic house I'm the world.
i've been I'm every theatre I'm the
world he said, "and mine makes 'em
all look like dog houses"
Another of Mr.. Ketchem's tastes Is for
club life I'VE had a club In Toledo" he
said with only one rule. That was that
IL any member came to the rooms and his
key didn't fit he had TO go away and new
err come back. You see we had a way OF
changing the lock and not passing new
KEYS TO all the members-usually to all
but one. One fellow said the only thing
meaner than that would be TO move the
club"
ply To my friend James l.. Sherman, the
veteran policeman. at the city hall, who
is the city messengers right-hand man.
Many other policemen who Joined the
force about the time Jimmie" did have
been placed upon the superannuated list
Yesterday, Friend Sherman asked me If
we were going to have war. / replied
that | was I'm constant turmoil, but that
was not what he meant. IL seems. He
said: "If we arc going 10 have war with
China. l would go I'm minute. II they'd
take me-" Brother Sherman always was
something OF "A fighter, even long before
he got into the police department. He
went through the Civil war. and came
out with distinction and credit
met the Rev. DR.. Henry NJ. King. pas
tor OF the First Baptist church. yester- |
day afternoon, looking as brown as a
berry. DR.. King had just returned from |
Portland, Me-. where he has spent two |
weeks renewing his boyhood acquaint- |
ances. His pulpit has been vacant two |
Sundays, but he said that he would |
preach as usual next Sunday I'm the old |
church orr North Main street. that stands |
on the site Of Roger Williams first chap |
ell, erected In 1886
There's conductor on the Brook |
street trolley line who is something of a |
political prophet, at least he thinks he |
has the gift of prophesy I'm such mat |
ters. / rode on his car last night and |
heard him declare that William r. |
Vaughan will be the next alderman from l
the First ward. He was really i'm earnest |
and TO back up his judgment. or prejudg- |
ment declared that Mr.. Vaughan, as |
chairman of the railroad committee OF |
the city council, was the only man who |
had ever successfully fought the railroads |
In the interests of the city. Didn't he |
compel the railroads to build the new |
passenger station after others had failed |
Tor years. and wasn't he kicked out for |
MS pains? He wasn't appreciated then. |
put ne Is now and he'll be sent to the |
board OF aldermen where he can again |
snow that there is n way to deal with |
.he railroads. without fighting in the |
courts or In the newspapers"
AS feeler OF the political pulse of the
electors OF this city, Henry A. Murphy Of l
the FIRST ward Is an expert He isn't ex-
acuV = SPHINX, but he is not disposed to
talk much about what he discovers In |
the way OF political probabilities and nos
sipiiities IL was with some surprise.
therefore, that / heard him remark last
evening that there was one man in tbis
town who could be elected mayor. hams
down, by the Democrats "who is be?,'
asked. Arthur ". Smith" was the re-
ply. "Will he run?" I'm not answering
mat question Just yet, but If he'll get on
board he'll sail into the big chair at tho
city hall on a flood tide OF ballots. Mark
you, ] don't say he will run for mayor
this time. but he'll be member of the
city government after next January. TO
a dead certainty
Jhs GOSSIP.