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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-15
8HOPEFUyL.. NEWS.
ReFolts Of french Bankers J. rs:
garded as Likely to Force
'5s,5S f ca e, ~ e d n
s(By. Associated Press y X

LONDON, Mar, ! 8. ..--T he revolt Of the
French bankers is considered by the Lon "
don ne wspapers us the most hopeful and !
important news Of the day, promising
nm early conclusion G Of peace "a II BET tTeen
Russia and Japan. Apparently the pro-
posed loan has not been absolutely re-
fused, but only post tponedf' ''s This. how'-s
ever. is regarded here rs being tantny-- anttt1y-3
mount to u refusal and ts expect ed I. 70
speak louder to tho Russian war party
even than General Kuropatkln's reverse
at Alhikden, IT is the general belief ,lts
governor Of the credit I4yonnais. Russia
lost her strongest financial friend in
France and that had no been alive no {.
difflcuty would have been Experienced
with the American and English markets.
closed to her. 1t is thought that Russia
can only turn TO Germany. who IL is not
likely to be much more responsive than
France. and the only alternative would
seem to be to make peace. Reports y 9 70
current here that Japan Will now de-
mand and Indemnity OF between Sboe,-Ifs
900, 900 and $3.50 900 900. M HI ii y 555$35
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5CzarWOuld Continued the
War But the Monley 81
lenders Revolt.
ONLY AL TERN ATIVE ..S.I
rs TO MAKE PEAC E8
Oyama's Delay Gives Kuropa.tt:-'
kin Time to Reorg Forces
at Tie Pass T threatened
Y. Turning N: Movement.
ss|s. ;s New Russian Com
rnander Probable.

N BY delay In pressing his pursuit OF Rus;
sia's defeated and demoralized army to-
sTle Pass, Field Marshal oyarna has 5at--{s at ti-{s
:forded General Kuropa atkin time to Sort
out the disorganized units i Of his CONF
tnand ard restore lis forces to at least
q, semblanco OF order s fan as know
there Is no onsidcrable force Of Japa-9
.nese: nearer r rle Pass Il han six " eight
miles; but In Russian quarters there Is 4
"a feeling of 81 api3reh ehenslon that some M I
4 turning movement Of which there Is no
definite information 5is In progress. From
Japanese sources II Is i rep ported that
many Struggling parties OF Russians cut
ioffg from their Commands in n tho retreat I
from Mukden are surrendering upon the i
appearance OF a. pun ese troops. s;a
4 n The Council OF War summoned by Enis,
3peror N icholas IFS re por tied to have de-,
/ cided yesterday tha t y the s. war must ba
I ca rrled forward IS. The all innportan t ques-I
ton OF financial means, however Is said
to have reached no soluti Ion, the sltua-5
4 ton being; complicated by the ePortedS
decision n (of Ri Frencll IS capit lists not to-
Il eRotiate the loan recen tly5 offered by ST.
Petersburg IL 53S \. n ss
The Gpro obabili ty us Tega rd az n = a,
2tersburg, seems to he 4 that wi hen Gene
! raj Kuropatkir5 has coiipl ted the task
81 reorgnnlzing what IS II eft sof ia army
he Will be permitted to return to RUS
sitL and that the command In Mapch 40
viii be entrusted to General sukhol llrnoff.a 1
whose war u apprenti ceship was served
under, General Drag goalnir who SiEll 81
been regarde as the foremost of Russ
sitt 8 Il scientific sold ters. It Is possb blc.
however, that the command will u go toi
the Grand Duke N icholaa III che olateyi itcl;
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Royy,;aEl Party, of.

(By Associated Press sl
n LONDON, Mar. 14.-Queen Alexan drin, y
Princess yictorin ana Prlnceta and Trin-&
ces Charles, Of Denmark, started to-day
for Lisbon to visit the King and Queen
OF Portugal. The trip Is largely for the
.health5of Princess Victoria. 55.s
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SPEAKER OF MEXICAN
HOUSE Of DEPUTIES DEAD

NIElXICOH CITY, Mar l4,--Afterh q severe
Illness. bartholomew g. Y. Serrano, direc-
5tor,generai OF the Bureau of Public Char
tiles and speaker Of the House OF loepuT
TESTS dead. aged 81 years. si5i8i
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I Compa1y's Property.
SITUATION a looks vERY 4 E !, BAD 3 4 Q
French Officials dignarlt t---F For
8 eigners at Caracas Much
Excited s85
I.
I tBx xIAsnoclated Press )

"a . o 4 k4
SWILLIEA1sTAD1 Il ISLAND OCCUR
Goa, Mnr. IL 4.---Advlces received here from
b Caracas, enezuela, announce Ss that q the
hearing OF the appeal OF the IN eW YORK
and Bermudez Asphalt Company against
the sequest trait Ion 81 Its property BY the
government Of Venezuela has been &C.
journe ed to make $wayS or s. theSS action q
the Venezuelan y 9 as asalnst m .ns n9
French Cable Company IT gis q a4leged
that Presto dent 4: stro ordered the
court TO render Judsmen Ai,ilnllin 4'ttie
ontracts and aut thorizing the seizure h ol
the Cable Company. y.ss Pr operty = ne re gov
ernmeiit B HIS Mclit the coast cable east
and west o. La Il Guaira TO prevent g com 9 4
munlcation with the revolutionists VINO
are active at r Trinidad. Thc Europeans
at Caracas are excited: y. lS s
Indignation in France.
PARIS, Mar, II The reported action
OF President Castro, OF 4Venezuel rela-- :
tive to the French Gable Company has
caused @ d surprise and considerable indig-
nation In official and cable circles here,
where the belief prevails that the g sltua- sl
'tion may become serious. Vi.
& Tho foreign office to-day received Il a
dispatch Il from Il Caracas indicating that
the situation ingregaru to the Gable Com
pany was strained with $50 possibilltles
that radica ! action might be tn ken. tdo W
ever, ne1tf.er@ lHe 1OIelsll Bo'LASC
company was advised up to tonight ithat a
the concession had been annulled or that
the cables had been cut and consequently
Fall that they wero }prepa red 4 to say was
that energetic steps would be taken 1t
is the official Wow that the company
has carefully observed every rule Of 3neu;- ,l;
trality. 81 ( S sa5 &; s,,j
Will Defend It's Interests. n
$rhe French Cable Company Informed
tho Associated Press that che reports
concerning the cutting OF the local cables
at Il, Guairn were not yet confirmed by
Its Caracas office. It was possible that
President Castro has taken that step to
prevent outlying bodies OF insurgents
from getting into communication, The
statement that President Castro had or
dered tho court to annul the concession
and seizo tho property, the company
added, was premature. Judgment has
not yet been delivered, Should such All
event occur the company would take
tho necessary measures to defend its
}intwasts. The company had always
maintained a position Of legality and
could not see any reason for President
Castro's alleged action. Tho ordinary
cables between Europe md Caracas are
. working 50 satisfactorily. i85 5
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FIRE IN CHICAGO,
Panic Among Employees in Build
8l.. ing in Flames, u
(By Associated Press.)


q CHICAGO, ILL. March l4--Fire to-day
In tho printing and box department q ne
eaased atas.a 4 loss 81 about s8O06tO, fully ln-
sured, 'rhe printing and box depa rtment
occupied a threeGstory ,brlck building, and
at5as tlons ~ ~ tlie biEpIunt contang ysluabe
machinery, were practically DESTROYED
inc entire plant, valued at 81 ,0OO.0 ems
ployed 500 persons. There Was u l'anlo
Among those working on nppei. floors, but
al escape \.
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TO be Hung in Woods,

a(SneciAI to The Titus. tJISpttfGI!'J ~,
IrAYiS'prEyILLEl. " A.. March lf-fihe 9
County Commissioners Will have the exc, g,
cntion OF n ne fona,G9nmGtu n,,t
5side nf the jail. so here In Inc WOODS,
lifhe hanging VIII. however, be prlY 20, ne
stnffold being enclosed by . wooasn os
canvas sore n. jt MA n is{ 58s fE
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Cast First Negro Vote.

(E}yl ASsocIa Ted I'FesH.l q, NJ
K RI.OoAfINl lsTO On, !. ", lar,Ss 4,TTpa'
5yid gstrother,8 tho negro ~ no cas- t the tiSs
vote by IN member of his lsl ce y IN TIC
United States. Il lead at Fllpa w saSs
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.L0OM|s IN MEXICO
WILL Be t: l0|.u.T.0F l|.u| v WAY ||' y
President Decides to Make As
sistant Ambassado Ru-
mors Denied.
iRY Associated Press,

WASHINGTON. March 1.-lFrancls B,
LOOMS, First Assistant Secretary Of
State, will be appointed, It Is planned
now, ambassador to Mexico, In success
shall retire next summer to become a
candidate for the goyernorsll.p Of Iowa,
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S&Ot4theS nineteen dead tnree DOul &lllose
Of hoy aud \ two ills; retnni In Sunidentl- II
fled. THO aidentif fled dead are as follows;
fRAcIEb SOTOMON.t45 AS years.
IL JACOB sOLOMON,,sS18 year. {8Y II nj x:
ISAAC. SOLOMON, !, 1S y ears II 5ss5
JESSE COHEN. Is yea re- % i g5E
5GERSHON FUCHs J 80 years.
ROSE WIENER, 23 years. VI Isl;
v SANDER WEINER,s45 years. Ss3j iyg3a
n SARAH KL1NE,56 60 years. q 4.5 3s&. {a
II BELLA ZEIDLER, 80 years. ,5s 4. 5
@ HARRY $ZEIDIIER. IL years. ~
IDA tMU aKOWIz, 10 years. -!.S s3@
u HARRY KAUFMAN ,s10 years.
4 ROsE MILLER, e years. {l
Il MORRIS MILLER. s months old. Z
RACHEL IEIDLER, y years.
e HARRY $zDIDLER, 40 years.
IA OF the five unidentified bodies one as
recognized this afternoon as that Of Harry
zeidler, 40 years, and another Is thought
TO be 4 that OF Rachel Zeidler. a gedS 1Gs
years. It Is possible that the other three
bodies never will be Identified, Every per-
son known to have been & In the house
when the fire started has been accounted
for, and 1T Is believed these threefYictlms
were visitors with some family who lived
there. The bodies were SO badly burned
that tlleyaare practically unrecognizable
Heartrending Scenes.
Crowded fire escapes in the rear oe the
tenement house were largely responsible
for the largo number Of 81 deaths and
injuries. Among Its population, which $np-
proached 200 souls. tho scenes 3wero heart
rendlng. 53s jfj3s s 81 Il. s. t54,
Tho fire started In the basement occu-.
pied by Isaac Davis, his wife and three
children. When Davis reached his home
early this morning and went into his store
on the same floor he saw a kerosene
lamp In tie rear explode, IIes awoke his
wife and both tried to put out the flaming
lamp hutSwithout success. a policeman,
who heard the dry Of alarm. rushed TO
the scene and every effort was mado to
rouse the sleeping people, q 3s
Meantime the flames had spread with
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!, . :, =, 851, IS . ]. .

IBy Htgu - iil
LONDON "a Mar rchs ss 15.--,r he Daily Mail al
declares that the Frenrh% q Goyernnen II has
given Parislant ding $lionse es clearl to
lnderstand that they must not conclude
the proposed Russ an n loan I'm essS n Russla
q pre- mar red to llegotIa to for pea ce.
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REEuSES;.:!N'lEi!W ! :! I.
Fran III II M,
BanksSNot toz C,o,ntc1ll ,7,tl n 5l's Z an M
sian n otiatior S

~ a ssoclnted Pres

(Bys "A ssoc at ed Press.) 8
PARIS, March Il 4.-In auiry to DAY ~ ~
three hanks prin cipally nterested ed i'm he;
$nroposed now Russian j lonl sbroug ht tho
response that sitShud been decide ed to post!
pone tho issue. J. "a Tho pos stponome was
attributed to the ullce rtaintles OF the sNar rs
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n ST. PETER!siBURG,SA 3 March y, "a semi
official denial was given out here to-day
or tho reported recall l$of the Russian seq
ontl Pacific squadron. rs Ftf .Ig
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Especial to o.The Tlmes-p pispateh.)

Especial TO The TImes-D Dlspatch) ~
CHICAGO, March l4-Francls p;
Loomis, Assistant Secretary OF State. was
In Chicago to-day, en- route to his ranch
I in the san joaquin Valley OF California,
Though Mr.. Loomis would not personally Y
discuss the charges of friction IN the
State Department over tho Santo Dos
.mingo protocol. ono OF his party. spea king
for him, said;
There is not the slightest friction be,
tween the President, Secretary Hay and
Mr., Looms over the Snnto Domlnso
protocol, Mr. Loomis not only has not
been asked to resign, but has no inten,
tion of resgning, and the most eerdlal
relations exist between him, the Secre-
tary and tho chief executive. &
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THRILLING RESCUES 33
BY FIRE-,W WORKERS
Escapes Blocked With i1 Rubbish
and; 1n1passable Men an and Y
Women Fall Into Blazing
Furnace and Die .Miser- sS5
ably Police Blamed
by Chief Croker.

w (Byg3 Associated Press BS 5 sI5l ~
4. NEW YORK, March Il IN Ninetcen per
sons 3wero burned to dealt In q fire which lg,l
destroyed tho flvc-storys tenement house
at No. los lien Street. earl y o-day. More '
than forty we're injured and only Q q few Ess
.of tho slccping inmntes escaped unlllurt. ''ts
Several OF those who perished were roast M
ed TO deaf in plain view Of thousand g IL,
tho streets. A s;;
Fl Coroner Goldcnkrans declared, tier an
Investigate that lie had reason to be-
Ilievo tile blaze was tile work Of oh 5in-
csndlary issued ubpoen1aaess for !, the g
fire marshall tenement house and bulk
ing inspectors ana health and police OF.
iflclals to appear Before him at the in:
quest Thursday HI 35 81 ,l S$jjS}S
sS5 House a Death Trap. ls
sThe fire started in the basement and
spread {with$frightfulra rapidity to The roof.
The Victims were caught ~ In traps 6 OF
flames, tho halls and dtexits being rendered
Impossible Sin a. few minutes after tile
blaze started. gTlle building was one Of
theausual crow dcd StenemelYts and the dis
!aster was the worst In the history Of the
Eastside s 8s,555 Is
\ The district attorney Of flee has bel gun
an investigation to place the blame for
tho great loss Of life. 83 Chief Croker, Of
the fire department. asserts that the po-
lice and the tenement house departments Is
arc to blame for the violations OF the fire
escape law. The tenement house depart
ment officials, however, ,S say hat the
blame is OIL the shoulders 81 the fire com
III Z
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POINTER 81 THE WEAT'H.lE i Err {;
s. gRiBcAsT-For
Eat IA I'M.
,tS;;%

warm 1er on the coast rhursda aslng3
ITO east 8wln nds. t
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4 Continued on Second lPFaatgeeo8
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The Identified Dead.

II $Of4the nineteen dead. three bodl those
Of a hoy aud n TWO 81 rls,sj rernnin unidenttl- t
AcHEb sOiLOMON As years.
JACOB sOL0MON N, 10 years S}89 ssssS
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-19
BANTY TIM.

CRsmarks OF Sergeant Tilmon Joy to the
White Mans Committee OF Spunky Point.
Ill. as rendered by John Hay.)
E EssE9R aI g IL. your your s s5it5 gents -
This is white mans country, -.HJ
You're democrats, you say;
And whereas, and seein, and wherefore,
The times bein ali out o. flint,
| The nigger has got to mosey
From the limits o. Spunky Pint!
Les reason the thing a minute;
I'm an old-fashioned dimocrat, too,
But 1 come back here. aiiowin'
Though it graveIs me like the devil to
Along o. sieh fools as you.
Now. dog my cats ef kin see.
In all the light OF the day
What you've got TO do with the quescfol.
IF Tim shill go or stay.
And furder than that, give notice,
Of one of you teches the boy,
He kin check his trunks TO a warmer clim1
Than he'll md in lllanoy.
Why. blame your hearts. Jest hear me!
You know that ungodly day
When our left struck Vieksburg heighta
And torn and tattered we lay.
When the. rest retreated stayed behind,
|, For reasons SUFFICIENT to me,
With rib caved in and leg on a strike
Isprawled on that damned glacee.
LORD. how the hot sua went for us.
And br'iled and blistered and burnedI
How the rebel bullets whizzed round US,
When a cuss in his death grip turned!
Till along toward dusk I seen thing
! couldn't believe for spell
That nigger-that Tim-was a-crawlin' %
me
Through that fre-proof. gilt-edged henl
The rebels seen him as quick as me-
And the bullets buEzed like bees:
But he jumped for me, and shouldered me-
Though a shot brought him once 10 his
knees;
But he staggered up. and packed me oR,
With a dozen stumbles and fails
TIL safe In our lines he drapped US both,
His black hide Fiddled with balls.
so. my gentle gazelles, thar's my answer,
And here stays Banty Tim!
He trumped Dea this ace for me that day
And I'm not goin' hack on him.
You may rezoloot TIL the cows come homa
But ef one Of you teches the boy.
He'll wrastle his hash tonight In hell,
or my names not Ttlmon Joy.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-19
TIE PREsIpEYTs PLAIN WORDS.


In his letter to Attorney General
Moody, regarding the allegations against
the dismissed assistant statistician of
the Department of Agriculture, Presi;
dent Roosevelt used plain language in
characterizing Holmes. He denounced
him as "a far greater scoundrel than If
he had stolen money from the govern
ment, as he used the government TO de-
ceive outsiders and to make money for
himself and for Others" Whether or
not Holmes can be legally punished for
his offense is as yet undetermined, but
In any event the stigma which has been
fixed upon him by the president Of the
United States will follow him through
his life and must operate 10 ostracize
him from the society OF all decent and
self-respecting- people. The possessions
he has acquired through his betrayal OF
trust will give him livelihood, but he
can never rid himself of the designation
"scounSSel" which has been fastened
upon him by the president, whatever
may be his conduct hereafter. That Is
an indelible stNin upon him.
Perhaps HOLMES will not be prose
cuted. It appears TO be doubtful whether
there is any law that will reach him.
What he did in giving out advance in
formation regarding the cotton crop to
brokers and spectators was manifestly
breach OF trust but OF a nature that
possibly cannot be legally reached. II
such is the case the next congress will
be called upon to enact legislation that
will apply TO an oifense OF this kind.
Meanwhile Holmes will walk among
men branded as a seoundrel and may
find in this punishment even more Sc
we're than would be term OF reparation
in prison. for there is forgiveness and
sympathy for the man who pays a right
eOus penalty for his wrongdoing.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-19

The patrons of the public schools will
be exceedingly gratified over the reten-
ton OF Superintendent Davidson, who
at the close of his first year of probation
has demonstrated his eminent fitness for
the position he occupies. But the tax
payers of Omaha will doubt the wisdom
and propriety OF the action Of the school
board in advancing Superintendent Dav-
idson's salary from $4,000 to $4,000 a
year at single leap. Until Superin-
tendent Davidson vacated similar po-
sitiOn at Topeka he was receiving 81, 400
1900 a year, was then regarded by him
as amply remunerative. So far as we
have been able TO ascertain no promise
OF a material increase above $4,000 a
year was held out to him by the Omaha
school board and a gradual increase
at the rate OF say $500 per annum
would have been a generous recog-
milton OF efficient and faithful service.
At that rate Mr.. DavidsOn's salary
would have reached $4,000 at the close
Of three-year term. The graduated
income scale would, moreover. have been
a stimulus to continued exertion.
whereas a nat rate of S4,50O will otfer
no incentive, except the ambition 10 earn
stil higher salary, which Omaha may
not be able to pay hereafter-with the
natural sequence OF yearning for a
new position in larger field. az a bigger
salary. In this respect the board may
have acted very much Ike a congrega-
ton that jumps the salary Of an eloquent
preacher, and fnds itself without him
at the expiration OF his term. because
another congregation with more lofty
, pretensions has made him call.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-19
WAITING FOR THE INrERURBAHs

hAIIANU FOh THE INIbhUhbAhO'
For several years Omaha has been
patiently waiting for the construction OF
interurban tramways that have been pro-
jected by enterprising promoters, but
have so far failed to materialize. Inter
urban railroads radiating from this point
and covering its natural trade territory
have been long felt want, If not an i'm
perative necessity, for Omaha's CONNER
cial and industrial development
No American city of Omaha's pOpula-
ton, enjoying equal advantages as dis
tributing center. is without interurban
railroad facilities. In the middle states,
notably in New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. there is a
perfect network of interurban railroads
connecting rural communities with the
principal population centers. Many Of
these interurban lines not only run regu-
lar trains for the convenience OF passen-
gers and carriage of farm products. but
they even supply long distance patrons
with sleeping car accommodations equal
in every respect to those of the large
trunk lines.
1t is conceded by the railway man
ayers that the interurban railroads have
almost revolutionized local railroad
travel and traffic, and. while in some
cases they have cut into the earnings
OF the steam railroads, they have in
most instances materially increased their
traffic by educating the people OF the
rural communities to travel more and
avail themselves in greater measure
OF the advantages offered by the rail-
roads for the transportation of commodl-
ties directly to the best market.
1t goes without saying that progressive
Omaha will not have to wait much
longer for its first interurban railroad,
nor is 1t unsafe to predict that Omaha
will within FIVE years have direct and
regular connections with the rural com
munities within 100 miles. This is the
Inevitable trend OF twentieth century
progress and we shall not he surprised
If the transcontinental and Iowa trunk
lines do not improvise a system Of inter
urban railroad connections as a matter
OF self-preservation as we'll as for the up
building of their own traffic.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-07-19
Personal PARAGRAPHS.

A. L. Lawshe. auditor for the Philippines,
having completed his official and personal
visit to this country, has returned to his
post Of duty.
w. II. Goodyear, curator of fine arts Of
the museum of the Brooklyn institute, is
in Venice to study st. Marks, especially
the projected reservations.
The old mansion of General Daniel r.
6ickles, in New Rochelle, N. Y, where he
was born over seventy years ago. has been
sold at auction for $3.50, and will he torn
down.
In order that he may familiarize him
self with the work of railroad men, Rev.
Dwight E Potter, pastor of the Union
Street Presbyterian church in Oakland,
Cal, has gone to work as an oiler in the
railroad yards of this city.
Mr.. Fornes, president of the New York
board Of aldermen, has been abroad s'v-
eral weeks. He gave a great deal OF at
tention to municipal ownership over the
way and confesses that things did not come
up TO his expectations. He says that he
is not nearly so warm on the subject as
when he went away.
When Thomas F. Ryan took hold of the
Equitable he began to patronize a news
paper clippings bureau. They had to cut
so many clippings for him that an in
crease OF readers was necessary and Ryan
was flooded with them. So he sought re-
lief by having only favorable notices sent
to him, and now they say he didn't have
a single clipping for ten days. Good cure
for conceit," quoth Mr.. Ryan.
1t is probable that should Lord Kitchener
resign his position as commandments
of the British forces in India he will be
succeeded by Lieutenant General Sir Will
liam Nicholson. The latter has seen a
good deal OF active service, including cam
paigns in Afghanistan, Egypt, Burma and
South Africa. He was British attache with
the japanese army during the early por-
ton Of the Japanese war.
James Arnold entered the choir Of the
village church in Bosham. England. nearly
seventy-six years ago and still takes part
in the services there every Sunday morn
ing and evening. He recently celebrated
his eighty-sixth birthday. Arnold has been
fisherman on the Sussex coast all his
life, and to this day does odd Jobs about
the boats there. He and his wife occupy
the picturesque cottage in which they be-
gan their married life many years ago.