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TIE C~~.. Balance of Power.

Mr.. Hanna hss said that possibly the
electoral vote OF little Delaware might de-
eide the Presidential contest OF 1900. Il
~ equally trUo that not a few popular ma
JOTitiss or pIGralities in close States or dis
tricts nay depend upon the crank vote,
and there ts 10 doubt that the fact is giy-
ing the Republican campaign managers
more than a little unessiness.
In 1888 ths conditions were radically diff
ferent FOr two years the leaders Of all
soCts and conditions OF eccentric or wholly
insane organizations and movements had
been progressively bought up and taken
into cemp- 1t was nOtoriously hard to find
any member Of the crank or defective
classes who was not willing to swear him
self black In the face that he was the
original MCKINLEY man. and that Brother
William AZ heart, was a firm believer in
his particular FAD. whatever it might he.
The clever preliminary work OF Mark
Hanna. persisted in day and night from
the beginning OF 1894 in 10 way showed
to better advantages in the general result
than in the direction to which we refer.
By the tt1ne tho canvass opened the prop
er elements were thoroughly if variously
imbued with the conviction that Viii
liam Mckinley was an a. P. A." a Pro-
hibtiOajst. wOnaD's rights man, a IA
naticaI Sabhstarian who would insist upon
law to prevent grass from growing on
Sunday. strict vegetarian, a Christian
Scientist. and in fact. anything and ev-
erything with long hair and little sense
How things have changed Tae Admin
istration has disappointed the hopes and
expectations Of its crank supporters most
completely. The a P. A." element is re-
sentful over tie provision made fer the
Spanish friars in the Philippines in the
Treaty OF Paris, and because the President
has seen at to take their Part. The Fro
hibitio1ists want his political hearts blood,
because hs VIII not forbid the use OF vine
on the White House sabI, The Christ aa
Scientists desOts him because he d0s5 rot
admit tASt hS IL -1rcA improved by their alb
seEt treatment, and does not app5irt some
OF them To chk,9Izlncies in the Army and
Navy. 10 10 q great but natural reaction
from. tAs fsellags they all had for M
Mckinley fsas ycsrs ago. based upon the
assurasGes aaa pledges of Hanna and his
astute CO S-xOnkers. The extent OF the Ieso-
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luton may be conjectured from the ar
raignment of the President. cohtained in
the national platform of the Prohibition
party. adopted yesterday at its Convention
in Chicago. One Part CT it reads as iol-
lows
eve charge President Mckinley. who elect
ed 10 his high Office by appeals Christian senti
meDt and Patriotism slErust unprecedented and by
a combination OF moral Influences never before
seen in this country, that by his conspicuous
ample as a wine drinker at public baDquets,
and as a wine-seryins host in the White House,
he has done TOre 10 encourage the liquor bull
ness TO dPTnCralize the Temperance habits OF
young men, and TO bring Christian practices and
requirements into disrePute than any other Presi-
dent this Republic has had
How poor Dir. McKinley's flesh will creep
under that Indictment Let him pause In
his mad career as a corruptor Of youth
and violator OF tne Methodist discipline.
and reflect that he is compared to his own
disadvantage with such shining lights
among total abstainers as Azdrew Joi=son
and Grover Cleveland! But evidently, the
crank vote has slipped through his fa-
gers. He could hardly regain it now were
he 10 join the Jocadabs. appear ca the
streets in boomers, and dismiss Surgeon
General Sternberg TO make place for
Mrs. Eddy.
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COST OF NATURALIZATION.
Price in Maryland Raised From co
Cents to SsS.G0.

BALTIMORE. Nd. June 2S.-The Su-
preme Bench. at its fraI meeting yester-
day. ador ed rules and regulations govern
ing naturalization uader the acts OF 1900.
chapter 705.
The new naturalization rules take efTe
At once They rescind the order Of june
3. 1897. requiring applications for natural
ization to be on fIa ten days before being
acted on. They also increase the cost Of
naturalization from 60 cents to S310. 10
cents being charged in each case for the
internal revenue stamp The increased
cost consists CT q fee OF S2.50 to be paid the
clerk OF the court
Hereafter no application for naturaliza-
tion will he acted on in the State courts in
Baltimore until thirty days after the fling
cf the application. The petition must be
signed by and sworn TO by the applicant
II must show the following. The name OF
the applicant. with the date and place of
his birth. the name OF the applicants wife
Gf any, and the names OF his children Cif
any). entitled 10 citizenship by virtue Of
the applicants naturalization with the
date end place Of birth and residence Of
such children: the time Of the applicants
arrival in this country the place at which
he arrived, and the place CT Places Of his
residence since his arrival
When the application is based on the
preliminary declaration OF -, lion to be-
come cit zen a certificate Of such decIara-
tion must be fled with tho petition II
the declaration was made before one Of the
courts IN the city reference 10 the date
Of the declaration and the court will be
sufficient.
The application must set forth the aopli-
cant's service and date Of his discharge
when il is based On service in the armies
Of the United States. The same must be
done when the application is based IA
service in a merchant vessel Of the United
States.
Within ten days after the fling of the
petition the clerk OF the court in which il
is filed is required to advertise IL in some
newspaper published in Baltimore. The
advertisement must state the name and
place and date Of birth Of the applicant
the time Of his arrival in this country. the
place at which he arrived. the place or
places of his residence since his arrival.
and the names of his witnesses.
Protests against the naturalization of
any applicant must be in writing ana fully
state the grounds Of the protest The fee
of $3.50 to be paid the clerk Of the court is
10 defray the expenses entaiIed in carrying
the rules into operation.
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FRoM ANCIENT BABYLON.
Many Relics on Exhibition at the
British Museum.

Il Is now thres-quarters CT a century
since Mir. Rich. travelling in the Ezst. vi5-
tied Kur5estan. Mcsul, and B3ghdzd, and
succeeded in collecting a few fragments Of
Antiquities from the mounds so bountifully
scattered over the valley OF the EuphrEt 6
These he placed IN the British Museum.
and thus formed a nucleus CT WHIT Is roF
Sae OF its most Important and most in
tereSIng Department.
The -earra1 gemeCJ Of the antiquities II
the Bsbyll-nian rOJm at the British Eu-
scum. and tie exhibition CT many new ard
important reC0ryi5 bearing on TIE history
aad civilization Of ancient Babylon, IS q
welcome evidence that tee Museum has not
been unmi2dfCl OF is cuty in the eEdeay or
tO obtain fair share CT thsSs impOT, at
relics
A new and somewhat significant COllec-
tiCn Of large Go-UEeHt>-y clay tablets. t.
scrieas with oiscial tor teEple) records
OF leSzl ard business Matters trzns2c. e }
3.CCe years before Christ. is Al interest
irg addition 10 The cay Literature On view;
but even more unique are the series q
roUzd cakes CT baked clay With c-ea- IL
cisive Inscriptions. giving lists cI IS AZ S.
OF = sort Of Ba5ylOa-an -DOmescaJ Book
CT a period l Geo years before AbrshaIc-
TIE letters and correspondence Of Ham
nurabi. Kirs of BsbyiOGiz, 3 c 22c0. are
Interesting Is h0wiEs the Political co-di-
tiOl OF the cOUC--T at that time.
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MAJOR WALTERS NERVE.
Leader of Marines Rt TIentsIn Had
Faced Mob> Before.

Maj. LittletoR W. T. Waller. who led the
American marines in conjunction with the
Russian detachment in the assault upon
the Chinese line in front Of Tientsin, had
a previous experience Of almost exactly
the same kind. and one that proved the
extraordinary nerve Of the man in the face
of extreme peril.
At the time the English bOmbarded
Alexandria. Egypt. in IsS2. the Quirnebang
was the caly American war vessel in the
harbOr. With the decfTe TO protect inEo-
cent persons from possible loOting Of the
city. the marine guard OF twenty-five men,
under Lieutenant Waller. was ordered 70
report on shore TO Lord Charles BeresfOrd.
captain OF Her Maiesty's ship Condor, for
such duty as might be assigned
Lord Charles BereefOrd. who had under
his command several hundred marines. in
formed Lieutenant Waller that the centre
OF danger was in a square containing the
principal banking houses. residences. ard
clubs Of the city. Il was generally ru-.
mored that the followers OF the False
Prophet would burn the foreign buildings
and massacre their inhabitants. so II was
necessary that the square should be clear
ed. Waller replied:
Very well. sir; I'll clear out two sides
and keep them safe. Which two sides
viii you select?"
His position assigned. his small. thin
line was formed across one corner Of the
rectsDgle, barely reaching from curb 10
curb AID almost impossible OF alignment
on account Of the su-giEg mass Ct the
gC5Ulace-
Struggling to TIE front OF his men. he
ordered that they shCGld load ball cart
ridges. BayOnets were fixed ard Waller
loaded his revolver. Then, addressing his
men. he said:
My lads. We have got to clear two sides
OF this square. We don't want TO have 70
kill these people unless necessary. Ny
place is behind you all Any man who fires
without orders l Will shoot down myself.
every man, when he fires. must XIII a
man"
a short drill followed as an object lesson
OF what might be expected Arms poTtl'
Charge bayoDeLs," Aim" and the mass
es saw that these few Americans were sat
isded that they would pull through
With arms port the English and Ameri-
can forces started simultaneously around
the square The Americans pushed s,esci-
Iy onward without firing a shot The
yanced. 1t each corner Cf the streets open
ing into the plaza waller detailed ma
riRe for sentry duty
EOiley after vOliey was poured out by tns
English sailors az they advanced At the
opposite corner TIE two commands net.
Wsllers uJtle band lot having fred a shot
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TIE CITY OF BAGDAD.
Many Charactersities Suggesting the
CSIiph Periods

CFrOm Lesie's weekIy)
Basdad Is one OF the last OF the unSpoil-
Cd great cities Of the East. The Bazaar Of
COnstsnUncpls has bsen defiled by Western
Innovations, and European fashions are
stealing into the shops Of Tab-iz. Bagdad
is changing. too. but its cOlOTs and ways
are rich still with suggestions Of the days
Of the Calpls and the luxurious era OF Is
lam The aid part OF the Customs House
is The palace OF the Caliphate hosry with
the marks of more than eight centuries. ani
mosque. and milG<at recall great names
Of great days which viii never come again
In the palace court now are iron from
Birmingham and cotton from Manchester
matches from Sweden, and cheaper and
more suiphuTous ones from Japan. china
ware from China and Russia. spirits and
sugar from Marseiliss. with wheat for
shipment to London and wool and hides
fo9 America Where TIE CaliDh's fayorits
once sold kiGgdcrns, inspectors now tGks
their petty bribeS- Il IS a curious bedl2rn
Caravans ecme in from Persia, Arabia. and
MesOpCtamia- The laden ~cameIs. horses
ard dOnkays surge out east. north. west
and south 4 hamal. or porter. pushes D.,
carrying cn his back q 356-pound bale ol
cotton. And the Bsgdad natives are dis
tinguished from the rest by the Bagdaa
button, a scar about the size of a da1s.
often on the end Of the nose. always on
the face. the mark Of an ugly scab. which
sooner OF later comes TO disfgure almost
every resident Of Bagdad-
Hebrews .cf whom there are 40.CCO. one
third Of the population CT the city. Arms
mans. many Of whose women have been
married TO Europeans. Arabs from tac
desert. Turks. soldiers. and fat civilians.
some dark, some blonde as the janizaries.
chaVadGTs with their caravans. Persian
traders OF all kinds. pass to and fro under
the covered streets between the bazaar
shops displaying all the produce of the
East.
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Whee tho Republican managers-chiefly
the Hon. kArcus A. Hanna-get ready to
explain To tho country why they lodged
the Porto Rican question in the PhiladeI-
phiA platform they also may be willing to
eniishtao 70 tho powers and emolu-
me0ts which have been granted to the
Hon. Chsr+kps Il. AEen. the first Governor
OF our frst Grown Colony. We are aware
that GOVernoS AllsD's salary Is defined by
statute. We sRs also aware that Governor
AIIea ps~ssO&Ay is a gentleman, and.
theC6orc. al honest man. Holding this
opinion Of ban IL 10 cisarm criticism TO a
large extSak
But Gs~s-uuz AHeR is only an instru-
me0t 10 Porto Rico. Being an instrument
he is oez&z~God By forces and subtle in
fiuences q vADSs existence he may not be
aware. Ii ~ouiA therefore. be interesting
to kuOS GOvsFnOR Allen made requisi-
ton, etthsr so<TnAHy or informally. for one
OF the ships oejOnsaCs TO the navy to be
placed at his 6spSSal for jaunting pur-
poses. Fitted Qua 80 IL she were the float
ing palace OF a prince, the Government
>
New York for San Juan which is the site
OF the of1eiAI residence Of Governor Al
len We are told that on arrival at San
Juan the Mayfiowes viii be placed at the
personal disposal of the Governor Of Porto
Rico"
To what public use Governor Allen is
Going to put this yacht we are not in
formed ne only Information vouchsafed
20 us on the Doins Is that it is to be used
for his personal convenience. Granting that
the GoveTnInent should look well after the
personal comfort OF its servants. still We
are unable 10 understand why any officer
should consider luxurious yacht essential
to personal comfort, While he was Assist
ant Secretary Of the Navy Governor Allen
had free use OF Government boats when
ever it was necessary for him to move
about on the waters The theory Of his
necessity thea wa net questioned But as
GoVeCnOS of POrt0 Rico Mr.. Allen has no
Official connection with the navy. He deals
directly With tAs President: and in order
to obtain = Government yacht for his per-
sOnal cOBvoRisEcs or Official duties he must
apply to the PTssI3>nt Hence. the Pres
ifelt 10 re&10nslSIs for the Mayflower be-
ing sent 10 SaA JusA
We shall coUbtirSS hear more Of the
MaghOWe<. vi1A Governor Allen and his
guests aboard Of AeC. before the summer
is over.
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Cir ulztiou Statement.
seyI..ur and tAe Ministers Safe.

ScTIasur and tho Ministers SAFE
The news from China today is distinctly
encouraging Ths Seymour McCalla relief
column has been rescued. and che foreign
ministers from Pekin, who are now shown
60 have been with IL. have arrived at Tien-
tsin. We have yet 10 learn the details Of
this highly important intelligence, but it
seems 70 Be straight as far as it goes. The
Berlin Foreign once has heard directly
from Taku. and within a few hours it is
reasonable TO expect that some message
from Minister Conser. If no more than the
announcement Of his safety, will reach the
State Department
A terrible suspense has been ended. No
doubt tho StOry ot the retreat from Pekin.
and the terrible lighting against fearful
odds connected with it, will be narrowing
enough; but at tho worst it will not be half
as bad a. what tho world has been fearing
for the peSt ten days.
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POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP

Heath Is to Go--When the Cuban pos
tai scandals first we're unearthed The
Times stated that their political effect upon
the Hon. Perry S Heath probably wou d
be more harmful than upon any other per-
son prominently connected with the Ad-
ministration. The Times also at that time
pointed out that Mr.. Heath was not re-
sponsible for the appointment OF TIE
thieving Neely except in the sense that he
consented TO the selection in the interest
of harmony in the Eighth IDdizra district
1t was very well understood then. as It IS
now, that the Administration woa,d fnd il
advisable to make a Sacrifice" In order
TO appease tho popular wrath, Just as it
was advisable year ago to make 'sacr.-
fee" in the War Department to check the
public claDor against the frauds in that
department Mr. Heath is the most avail
able sacrifice" in this cess. as the we4k
and inefficient AgeT WIS tSe most avail
able in the other case. II General AIstr
could have commanded the support of SEN
atorS Mcmillan and RurroSs he would nOt
have been invited 10 quit tho C2lizet.
Everybody even partially acquainted WITH
the Administrator relations real
izes now that this is trJe.
If Heath could command ths sup
port CT Senator's Fairbanks and BeveTidge
he would net have to make a vicariOus
atonement But this he cannot DO. and
hence he viii have 70 t2nely submit TO de-
c2p-tation. Nor - IL certain that he even
viii be let down Is easily as was at FIRST
announced. By being placed 81 the head OF
Mr.. H2nna's Literary Bureau Criticism
would spiCtter al around the head OF the
aniable Mr.. Mckinley if be should force
Heath out OF the PostoEice Department and
permit Mr. Hama TO bsstOW conspicuous
honor upon Heath in the party orsaniza-
uon. II seems likely that u complete sac
rilce will be made Of Heath and that soon
he viii entirely disappear from the stage
OF national affairs Whereat the Hon.
Charles G. Dawes. Comptroller OF the Cur
reRcy, will not repiEe. There 10 an inter
esting story OF tks relations between
Messrs- Heath and Dawes which doubtless
viii be developed for publication before
the campaign is in the full fury O. its ex-
citement.
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Dispatches continue to reach US stating
that Taylor. the Kentucky fugitive from
justice. is heading for Canada, though he
does not seem to be moving very rapidly
toward his objective. This may be because
the deal with the Canadian Governor Cen
eral for his harbOring has not been COM
pleted. One would think that Taylor's
presence in Canada might be as great an
embarrassment to the Administration as
would be his hiding in Ohio or Indiana.
In the former case President Mckinley
would be compelled TO place himself on
record as refusing to issue Z requisition
for the extraction OF the fugi i've. and
such course would surely result in Great
ing a public opinion that might lead to
political consequences of an unpleasant na-
ture. II is well for the Republican man
sgers that they have not many indicted as
sociates like Taylor to maintain in foreign
parts and save from justice, out of the cam
paign subscriptions On a wholesale basis.
it would be rather costly business.
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NAMED IN NAPoLEoN's HONOR.
Purchase of n Maryland Farm Re
cnIIs Interest," * History

EASTON. Nd. June 2s.-Mar-ngo. the
farm recently purchases BY Capt Johs W
Hall Of Baltimore. IS IL. Mles River y ok.
On Miles River. opposite TIE town o. s..
MichseIs. II wss Eaned by fosm
owner. the eccentric ard brilliant Jacob
Gibson. Who owned AID lived on ShsrP's
Island when il we visited by Admiral
Cockburn i the war of 1sI2-l4. II was then
a much ls<ger estate embracing q Ia g
peninsula bounded CT three sidgs by Hunt
i.g Q reek. Miles River, and Leeds Creek.
Er- GiCsOl wzS a Democratic leader IN
Talbot county, Maryland. and great a.
r-iTer OF Napoleon Bc2zpaTte. in whOss
kccCr be named ire farm after NaEOleOn
won the blccle C5 NzrzEEo- Some years
later and 10 cffzC5 tE5s. E3Sard Nee3l 5
HambletOn. a Mh-g .e2CsT. wEO had a dis
like for Napoleon. named a farm he Laid
or from q large tract be owned near Hole
iE-the-WaH. Waterloo, and the name IS
sim retained There are Talbot "a rs
named Bleuhei-l. A-stsrlitz. aid Hoae--
linden contracted into Linden. ard =
hamlet named Manassas
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tFrOu ne LonuOn NnTOnlcIe-l
Some curious relics Of former supeTstitiOns are
preserved under the courthouse in Edinburgh The
little wax figures. stuck all over with pins are
the pieces de conviction in the charges Of witch
craft which were so frequent in the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries. II was supposed that
II a wax mag, OF an enemy were made. prOdded
with pins, ana then melted in the FIRE the origi-
nal would suffer similar t0rtures and dissolu-
tion. The belief is at least as old as the days
Of Horace.
Indeed, The superstition has survived to our
time The late ". G. Wills. the drarnatist
when staving at a kcntish seaside place was
annoyed by dramatic critic Half in Jest he
modelled his critic in wax and melted him I'D
4 day or tive later he heard of he death Of his
assailant. Mr. Wills who was t'e kildliest and
most careless Of BOhemans, could never rid him
sell of the suspicion that he was an unwilling
homicide
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An Ideal Platform.

(From the Hartford TImes-)
The next National Republican platform may
resd something Ike this:
We declare;
l. We are exceedingly good
3 We take pleasure in COntemt !. Cing and zp-
preciating oUr goodness
3 We are in favor Of true goodness every
where and az all times
4. We are equally opposed to badness Of every
sort, and hereby disapproye it and condemn
II unrexervecly-
5 We desire to obtain possession OF the Federal
Government for four years longer
Tkis Is much brisfer than the platform adof ted
at Phsladelphi1 "Wednesday and. on many i'm
po-tsnt subjects. II Is equally explicit.
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Not So strong ms Formerly.

While McKinleys nomination was a forecone
coaci-sion and without opposition. no one pre-
tends tEst he - sLrong getter as he
vas four years sgo. Then lie was strong in his
personality. To-Day he IS weak. for the people
with unerring precision have gagged the weakness
Of the man zad tested his moral fibre His ad-
IninIsjTstye policies created divisions in his
own PARTY and welded together a hitherto dis
cordsnt opposition Tie power of money. OF cor
DoTatiUns. Of banks. and OF trusts Is very great
but VIC doubt If IL can be rallied on Mckinley ;
behalf as il was four years ago
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when the cowpunehers Meet.

Tne Rough Riders to rguae at Oklahoma
City and Teddy is 10 be there. Turn your i'm
agination loose and reaiize its inadequacy Mix
up cowboys, bucking brnnchos. lassOes six shoot
ers. cattle punChers. ministers, merchants gam
hers. half breeds, full breeds other classes more
O. less full, fireworks, Denny Flynn's scntillat-
.ng Oratory, constant FIRE Of heavy artillery
fsCs. bunting. and Just plain men, women. and
children Then take something 10 give you
nightmare and dream fantastic dreams about the
affair 1t may give some faint minor ideas as to
what Is coming OF.
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Our Interests In Central America
From the Review Of the Republie.l

For more than half century enterprisng and
perhaps adventurous citizens Of these United
States have visited Central America. and in many
cases settled Gown there in agricultural or b,ssS
ness pursuit These interests have grown stronger
and more prominent az the knowledge of their
value and Importance has increased, until now
oSergrowirg tendency promises 10 still further
develop and bind more closely the trade relations
between th~ses comparatively infant Republics
and their older and more powerful sister Repub-
lie in the north
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An African Bird Idea


We gather from numerous Republican utter
ances that the failure of the Philadelphia plat
form to mention several imDortant issues simply
obliterates those issues from the campaign And
OF course. that u true. Do not all know that
the burying of the ostrich's head in the sand
renders the entire bird inVisiblef
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DiRerent Construction..
(From the Detroit Free Press.)

tFrom the Detroit rree freSS-
''Why don't you bring your bow and
arrow with you, Mr. Gszz2m!' asked Benny
BlOCmbumper.
''My bow and arrow, Benny" repeated Mr.
Gszzam I'm no archer"
But papa says you often draw the long bow.
Won't yoa show il to mar
The evening times., 1900-06-28
Helarca Information.
From the PHI adelphia Record

From the Phill6eipha Record)
Wedding Cuest-Ncw ttat the ceremony is over,
I'd Ike % ask yuu ii you know that yOCr soz-
in-iaE j. deeply IL Geh-G
Mr Stockton BcuGs-IiesvCus, N0l
.-It's a fact I'm sure D. Simply married Your
daughter So as 90 be able 10 pay his debts
-.UAy 6-dn'- ysu tel me OF this bcf1reT'
'Im one Cf his creditors"