The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-09
STORIES OF NOTABLES


One day group OF representatives
were gathered in the cloak room OF
the house. discussing matters of gen.
erai interest In the course Of the con-
versation Representative Cannon (now
the speakerl said to Speaker Hender-
son: Il would rather be speaker OF
the house OF representatives than pres
ident OF the United States" The pos
sibility OF Mr.. Cannon's election was not
In sight then. and Mr.. Metcalf, who
CHANGED to be present, remarked TO
him, half laughingly: well, II you
are ever candidate. Uncle Joe, l will
vote for you Time passed on, as II
has way OF doing. and 1t was not
long before Uncle joe Cannon was
a candidate for the speakershlp, Among
those who were his rivals for the place
was Representative DalSell. of Penn
sylvania, who was probably Secretary
Metcalrs nearest and dearest friend
in the house. The ties OF affection
pulled his way, but the promise, given
half jestingly though II was, pointed
in another. Mr.. Metcalf explained the
situation TO Dalzell and--voted for
Cannon.-Sunset Magazine for August.
Kuropatkin will be only 56 years old
next month. He is an inspiring figure.
trusted because he has never been
afraid. Five years ago Kuropatkin was
warned that the great powder maga-
zine at st. Petersburg was to be blown
up within twenty-four hours and the
magazine at Toulon. too. Toulon was
outside his sphere, but Kuropatkin, who
received the warning while in bed, rose
and went at once to the St. Petersburg
magazine stores. Calling together Of
ficers and men, he inspected the stores,
declared the inspection satisfactory
and gave every man three days leave
of absence as a token of his pleasure.
Other guards and sappers were sum-
moned, rampant was dug around the
magazine, and before night it was cer-
tain that any danger that had existed
had been averted. Nothing happened,
but the next morning the powder mag
azine in Toulon was blown up.-Kan-
sas City Journal.
King Edward is not so tall as many
people imagine, and whenever his maj
Iesty is photographed in group he Is
invariably asked to stand on some
small eminence, such as step, In order
that he may compare as well as pos
sible with those about him. In his
stocking feet he is just feet ~
inches. His majesty wears boots with
high heels, and his total height as he
walks is 5 feet So inches.
Jay Cooke, S4 years old, is an en-
thusiastic angler along the New Jersey
coast. At Beach Haven, few days
ago, the old-tlme financier landed III
weakfish and four other members Of
his party added 2s7 more to the catch.
Mr.. Cooke sent the entire lot to the
members of his Bible class In Ogontz,
Pa. The class has been one of his hob
bies for the past fifty years.
The sultan Of Turkey has seventy
one titles and on the parchment con-
tanning them are the words, "as many
more as may be desired can be added
to this number" Among the titles are
Abdul Hamid, the Eternally Victor
ious," the Eternally Smiling" "the
Eternally Invincible," Distributor Of
Crowns to the Heroes Seated on the
Thrones" and Shadow of God on
Earth"
The shah Of Persia has also many
pompous titles. among them being 'Lu-
minous Star Of the Firmament," "the
One Star That Gives Light to the Ter
restrial Planet" Pivot of the Uni
verse" and the Magnetic Center of the
Globe" The funniest title, however,
is borne by the ruler of Ava, small
kingdom on the borders of Afghanis-
tan. This monarch signs all the de-
crees as follows: Signed and sealed
by the King of Kings, whom all the
world should obey because he pre-
serves life In all human beings, be-
cause he regulates the seasons, be-
cause he is the father of the sun, and
because he is the king of the universe"
Beerbohm Tree tells that recently
while playing golf he had particu-
larly silent and stupid-looking caddie,