The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-19
,.n-Iish Newspaper Employs a
Reporter With a Title.
CAB FARE In LONDON.
Dog and Cat Cemetery in the Heart OF
London-German Kaiser and the
Crown Prince Will Visit Uncle
Edwardin acknowledgements
can Matches in England.
By Paul Lambeth.

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By Paul Lambeth.
Especial Gable Dispatch TO The limes.)
Copyright l9o2.)
LONDON. Oct. lS.-Audrew Carnegie
I'D. not, as was reported, visit king Ed
ward VII at Balmoral Castle, the other
day. Mr. Carnegie, however had had
previously the honor of meeting the King
ar rather the King has had the honor
Of meeting Mr. Carnegie.
His Majesty visited slkibo Castle while
IN the vicinity hunting, and Nr. Carnegie
rave him as hospitahle g reception as
he were an American
The King ai,nircs Mr.. Carnegie very
much. 1t is known. and commended him
personally FOR his benevolenceA ia~provld-e
ns many English and Scottish tow:s
with libraries.
His Majesty is very fond Of Americans
ind always makes a special effort 10
meet American captains OF industry.
j Pierpont Morgan. Andrew Carnegie.
Charles NJ. Schwab James r. .l<acne are
but a few of the famous Americans the
King has shaken hands with this year.
His Majesty is kept unusually wei 4
Informed q
prises tho Americans he meets ny ms
knowledge OF the country, its industries
and leading men.
Titled Reporter.
There is only one newspaper in Eng
land which employs a reporter with q
title.
lie Is Lord Mountmorres, visconilf1
and \ baron His viscourltcy dates back
to 1868 but his baronetcy is more aliel'nb'
having boon created in l65i
His Isordship despite the age of his
tides, is not rich. wheia fore he works IoF
a daily newspaper. He is young ana i
clever reporter
The papers have been polSillg fun Al.
him this week because he procured q
SCOOP. which turned out TO be not true.
15is Lordship's scoop was the announc-
n,ent that Chief Wells, of the London
Fire Department, had resigned II Was
a good story but it was spoiled .bE
chief Wells declaration that he hadn
resigned and wouldn't
Lord Mountmorres takes assignments
from his city editor with as m0ch moo
estv as ,f5 he didn't possess two tides and
.s tr his family name weren. I'M imam
Godfrey Bouchard de Montmorency-
Sixpenny Cab Fare.
The London cabInen. are excited because
aorne Of their fellows are talking ABOUT
inansurat,ngs a 8six-penny fare Slxpeiac ,e
,s twelve cents. American money. ana u
adopted would mean a ride IN a s1ll;t l
hanson for any distance up - 80
miles -,
,ay fare but 1t is cheap for a shiny
c,h Ora wn by n good-iooking horse ne
cetuer, despite an American impression
10 the contrary. do not MAKE if1uch
money.
e@3rcs.nt legal fare IS shilling for
two miles or under 1t IS customary 10 70
i've the ca},n1an a tip of threepence* 70
oertx,s for each ride. and generous Amer1-
.rs usually give him silver siXpence, 4
.ha9 an,,iyaient of an American dime in.
r,-e ,f not value. The cahlnen have not
Mad a prosperous year DESPITE the cor
onat.on. and many think they Wo''ld 90
he,,er with sixpnnny instead Of a shil-
m. London cahman doesn't receive
raec. he lives on his lips. He pays from
10 TO ia shillings a day for his cab and
horse
NM he doesn't always have a margin.
Tba average cablnan processes TO con- 4
e,der himself We'll of if he earns or
ebillircs a day the Year around, or IRON
81 TO sl.25 "a day. There are 1000 CABS IN
London.
value a
s.5a The horse averages $3.50, set of
harness from sc5 to $50 IT is estimated
that the sum invested in the London cab
trade is sotSi0.ro0
1t will require an enormous number OF
Scent fares 10 return a profit on The
invcstnent and allow a margin for the
cahman. The sxpenng cab fare. While
desirable. IS alas! far from probable
Yale and Oxford.
Hon. Andrew D. White. ex-Ambassador
OF the United States to Germany. has &C
ocpted an invitation TO represent Yale
University at the approaching tercenten-
airy celebration of the Bodleian Library,
oxford University, Of which the Bodleian
IL It's chieftest treasure, is very. ancient.
When Nale was founded in lihl, oxford
was already hoarv with age. Elihu Yale
rf.ade his name imperishable by giving
$500 TO found what's now Yale Lniver-
sity.
The collection OF books given to Oxford
College by Sir Thomas Bodley in 1898
cost twenty times the sum with which
Yale purchased immortality4 But the
rame Of Yale is as impcrishahle as that
OF Podlcy.
Centuries hence perhaps. the name Of
Carnegie viii be linked with those of
T3odley and Yale.
Dog and Cat Cemetery.
In Hyde Park, in the heart OF FASH
tcnable London is plot of ground set |
side for the burial OF pet dogs and cats
abe little cemetery contains many marble |
Grayestoncs.
Not long since a hcat-broken woman
buried her murdered Tabby in the Park.
The cat had been slain by boy. The /
owner ordered a monument with an in /
sc,ip,ion which consigned TO everlasting
torture the ASSASSIN OF her pet.
The authorities wouldn't permit the
monument to be set up over Tabby,s
grave.
The mourning. revengeful mistress |
thercupon consulted Chaldean student
and had the inscription translated into