The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-18
JNO. w. RICHARDSON,
Register OF the Land Office.
BY LA 4IARQUIsE DE FONTENOY.s
Y ORD sCOWDRAY, better known by
his former name OF Sir Weetman
i Pearson, who Is due In this coun-

DY LA 0IARQUfSE DE FONTENOY.
y ORD COWDRAY, better known By
his former name OF Sir Weetman
4 Pearson, who Is due In this coun-l
try next week from England en-
route for Mexico. is the principal fs-
rival very seriously the Panama Canal
when completed; for he is the builder
OF the recently opened railroad across
the lsthmus or I'chuantcpec; and since
the line has been opened. the traffic
developments have pcen so enormous
that the Mexican government has con-,
stracted with Lord cowdray for the I'M
mediate doubling OF the track under
"a partnership agreement with-him.
There are already fifteen steamship
companies which are running services
to and from Salina Cruz. at the Pacific
ocean terminus, and to and from Puet.
to Mexico, at the Atlantic terminal; Mt
both of which places the most modern
facilities for handling cargo are In
use; and preparations are being made
Tor still further expansion OF the
steamship services, among others nnt,,a the M,
Vancouver and Salina Cruz. Indeed. a
large amount Of the wheat from the
western provinces OF Canada is 70 pc
forwarded this year TO Europe bg me
the leading Japanese companies axe
likewise in negotiation with the new
Transmexican Railroad. and unless the
United States government fXes me ..Sn.
mage dues of the Panama Canal When
completed alta price sufhcisntly low 70
undcrbid Lord Cowdray's Tehunntepec
| Railroad. the latter Will retain the
bulk OF the Transi3thnl!an TRACE.
Not only I{hediye Abbas, but otner
members Of the reignins house OF
Egypt, arc extending their real estate
holdings in Turkey, which may pc r. 'a ,he
new regime, while hundreds Of rlch
Turks, who found 1t prudent to take W
their residence in Egypt during ans
reign of Sultan Abdul H lam III - l,berty
SO as to protect 7heir property from
| confiscation. are now returning 70 Lne
Hand OF their birth. with all thelr DC ~
llongings. -, !,
iConstantinople, and also a number O.
4 Islands, one OF them being ina. ..
| Thasos, which. celebrated by Hero !, o.
tus and by Pliny, inva inaa - ia ar III
Great, was presented to MehemEeft
All. the first viceroy Of Egypt
and the great-grcat-grandf father OF u t II
i present Khedive.. by the Sublime Ports
In 1871. Mehemet All was q n nad We, o. :
4 Kavalla, the port Of the Mac az noni Ia.
4 across a narrow strip Of sea. Mehemne
!, Ali never forgot that he was an Al
bantam by origin and native &c. @
Kavalla by birth, and 70 fh ay, gay an ar,
!: maintained by the bounty OF his helr'
on the throne Of Egypt. d,
Another island owned BY the Khediy.
I Is one Of the group known as tns g, ds = ra
!. of tho Princes, in the Sea OF sMarmor,a
:. to the southeast Of Constantlnopl y
And thereby hangs a not altoge. u 9,
savory. tale. English dlpIoTnails5 1 my,
Worldwide reputation for :, int .le Z
lions 'are very. few and far. etWee =,
I In fact, one OF the raIG instances o. J,
J. record Is that Of Sir Horny Lytto BGi
Il Ing tons from $40 to So, who Is know y,
|, I'm this country as the author OF "
= Clayton Bulwer treaty. and who lroI
:. 1853 toS1S65 was unlbassad at con 2
i the the peerage as Cord Dallings and BY,
3 Iwer. An elder brother of the 1amon
4 novelist, Rulwer Lytton (who died y q
( Lord Lytton), he accepted from s 3.
!. 5ticular island. and transformed the 81
I castle, built by Genoese niarauder
y some 500 years preylously: in 1,lpt !
Of ROMANTIC retreat 1T. WIS W its
e ing tales being current at Constantine
D ple concerning his mode Of life Eth Z! g.
Y IT used to be said that sultan y g J
il Aziz was oftena guest there at aec 5lme
With weighty affairs OF state N. =
nalaces at Constantinople, and that,
4 deaf ear was turned IN London, 70 y
Me Aeoings-on in this island retreat,
& View Vie Of the influence which he was q
ab Id thereby to exercise Use upon. q
Z "a u SIR Henry te;n was often in straitent
Z aTnancialS circumstances and u was !,
EfDissaP st Stam tpo
tnaI ne a,,nWmsIfias ny his friend. Suite
h xbdu d'Asa ziz. Was indeed is, ~ t e
sRst
y Henry " nq fom having e3poused the. eau
elRissd I've isa| eon nSeSssa
Win my hi y'sfa Tiea "a ths Suit,
~ Y! lcl q z,z that No was In the pay
fnis ,s t tsse os "a
fact q itsypt III S65 In come
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