El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-25
POPULATION
LONDON ON
DECREASE
High Water Mark Reached;
Decrease Shown to Be in
Metropolitan Districts.
FAMILIES LEAVING AT
RATE OF 1900 A DAY

London, England, May 25.-The re-
mote suburbs of London are growing.
but the metropolitan district proper is
rapidly becoming depopuIated accord
ing to the rate returns OF the London
county council Every year the per
oentage Of empty houses grows larger.
John Burns, president of the local gov
eminent board ste ties hat families are
leaving The central London borOughs at
the rate of 1900 a year. London in
population has apparently reached Its
high water mark.
ProverbiaI Black Swan.
The premiere OF a play here this week
was enlivened by the presence IN an
orchestra stall OF a man whose Grsss
clothes were set off by Jet Hack shirt
properly starched ana fashionably
frilled. When he rose with the rising
OF the lights after the first act all OF
the white shirts in the stalls followed
him as if ne had been the proverblal
black swan. He wore white collar
and a white stock tie and a white
vaistcOat, but unlike others who have
attempted sartOrial novelties, he wore
the usual black instead Of white duck
coat and trousers No one recognized
Tie mysterious Wearer and fashionable
London is wondering II his presence
was due to an attempt to introduce
new fashion In evening dress
London Has Monopoly.
awakened to the fact that London mas
what amounts to a practical monopoly
On the money Of American travellers
and q campaign is being planned where
Ey the transatlantic tourist may be
persuaded to linGer in the British Isles
instead Of passing on to the continent
after seeing the metropolis One sea
shore resort, BlackpOOl is a ranging to
send a commission to the United States Z
where an endeavOr viii be made to dis I
cover the things which appeal 10 the I
American pleasure seeker. Other sea
size towns are considering the same /
step AS the result Of a conference, 4
several hotel managers have decided 10 /
run their places on American lines,
using both the American and Euro
pean" plans. Among other things, the I
hotels have decided TO fly the American I
flag; post prices in dollars and centsi q
engage American cooks for special D
American dishes; maintain American 4
bars; have on each floor at least one I
English speaking attendant supply }
English and American papers, tobacco !
and cigars serve buckWheat cakeSi Z
maple syrup; bear steak; green corn I
on the cog; terrapin, clam chOWder; (
Rock Island oysters; pie and other deli /
cacies supposed to be dear to the Amer
lean plan, supply unlimited Ice water /
grape fruit peaches: provide better I
telephone service; and generally TO put I
in the continual hotels reminders OF {
home.
Fletcher Enthusiastic.
Henry Prather Fletcher. United
States minister TO Chill, who stopped in
London on his way to Washington, IS
enthusiastic over the possibilities Of
the West coast OF, South America. and
declares that the opening of the Pana-
ma canal will bring unprecedented
to the territory.
He says that the business men Of
Chill are fully alive to the advantages
which viii accure TO them. The Gillian
government is already planning to sub
51diZe a line Of steamships which viii
2 . az Z q 0r
which the canal will create So strong
5 the feeling OF optimism in the cOun-
-ry that various industries are already
Jeglnntng TO boom IN anticipation mis-
s especially true of the nitrate fields,
which expect to profit greatly by the
shortening OF the route TO the great
central valley of the United States.
The recent III health OF CHIEF justice
ord AlverstOne has given rise to
5peculations in regard to his probable
IT possible successor and added inter
he question Of the eligibility for the
EOOlsack Of attorney general Sir Ru-
us Isaacs, who is a Jew.
There is good authority for saying
hat the attorney generals religious
attn does not exclude the wOOlsac6
rom the range Of his ambitions. Pre-
nier Gladstone in introducing his re-
igiOus disabilities bill by which RO-
nan Catholics were to be made eligible
or the lord CHARACTERISTIC, emphasized I
he fact that there were no legal OBJ
Iacles TO the ofLce being held by
eW, by a MahOmmedan, by a Budd-
list or a Hindu"
Fishery Destroyed.
A telegram TO the Fishing Gazette ]
las announced the mysterious and COM
,lete wiping out Of the trout and roach
lshery Of the Friendly Anglers So
iety on the river COlne. None but a
sherman could appreciate the calam-
tOus nature of the news. for within a
ew hours 5000 magnificent trout and
s many fine roach were lying dead
n the surface of the river and three
cars of careful planting OF the mem
'ers Of the society had come to naught.
The fishery had just developed into
ne Of the finest in the kingdom. Chem
zts are now busy analyzins the water
n an effort to discover the nature OF
isb.