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Show CATHOLIC EDITOR'S REWARD. j Boston, Mass. Dec. 15. James Jef- I Toy Roche,, of Briokllne, poet and edi- i tor of the-Boston pilot, was nominate 1, by the president for consulship of I Genoa, Italy. 1 . . ' I Mr. Roche i-sald last evening at-his home in Brodkline that the appoint- jj: ment was not; a surprise; to him.- The president knew that MrRoehe desired K ja life abroad in a milder climate for rest and rocreatfen;. Mr. Roche had I his choice cf ts'ey.eraV' tonsillar officer I em the Mediterranean. Genoa is re- g sarded as an inui' riant consular sta- tion, there being a large amount of business for the official representative of thic ountry. Mr. Roche only last week returned from Washington, having hav-ing then and many times previously dined with the head of the nation. The friendship between the biographer biograph-er and. John Boyle O'Reilly and President Presi-dent Roosevelt began in 1S91. In the recent campaign Mr. Roche was a staunch supporter of the president. Up to a month ago he had received no in-timatipn in-timatipn that he" xvas to be selected for the consular service. Mr. Roche will probably take his departure de-parture for the Mediterranean early in January. He will in the meantime poo of his interest in The Pilot, of which he owns the controlling interest. inter-est. . James Jeffery Roche has been editor in chief of . the Boston Pilot since 1890, and for seven years previously was assistant as-sistant editor of the same paper under the late John Boyle O'Reilly. He waft a member of the Metropolitan Park commission before that. lie is a poet of considerable power, having written "Songs and Satires," "The Story of t..e Filibusters," "Ballads of Blue Water," "Her Majesty the King." ' Byways of War" and man fugitive pieces. He was the biographer of John Boyle O'Reilly. Mr. Roche was born May 31, 1S47, in Mountmellick. Queen- county, Ireland, but Was brought at an early age to Prince Edward Island where he was graduated from St. Dunstali's college, Charlotietown. and has since received the degree of L. L. l. from Notre Dame University, Indiana. He came to Boston in IStlfi, and xvas; for many-years many-years in commercial pursuits before his c mneetion with the Pilot. |