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celebrated case before the court meets September 12.
 l Meanwhile the clerical force of the l judge advocates department can prepare the mass of documentary evidence necessary for use before the points may be gathered ready for the l opening. It should be noted that un- der the ordinary rules of practice the | judge advocate general of the navy is l called upon to review the proceed ings of court-martials and courts of inquiry. Secretary Long has prom ised Capt. Lemly that he will be ex- empted from the duty of reviewing the proceedings of the Schley court.
 Capt. Lemly has probably had more experience in the prosecution of naval law cases than any other of fcer in the navy, and is generally re- garded as one of the best equipped officers in the navy for the important duties which will devolve upon him as judge advocate of the court se- lected to pass upon controversial points resulting from the conduct of the naval campaign in the West In dies.
 Prior to his assumption of his du- ties as judge advocate general of the navy, in June, 1899, he was prom inently identified with several of the most important trials and investiga- tions in the recent annals of the navy. As judge advocate and record CT of various courts he traversed nearly all points of the world visited by United States warships, going as far as China and Japan in the prose cution of such work.
 He was judge advocate of the court martial convened in China as a re- suit of the loss of the United States steamship Ashuelot, and was also judge advocate in the court-martial case of Paymaster Watkins, which sat at Yokohama. He was also judge advocate in the court-martia1 cases appointed for the trial of ex-Surgeon General Wales and ex-Paynaster General Smith. Probably his most important work of this kind, how ever, was as judge advocate of the court of inquiry which investigated the loss of the Jeannette in the Arc tic. That investigation was con ducted in Washington and was marked by almost as much aerimony and controversy as. the pending Sampson-Schley case.
 Naval officers in speaking of the
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MAN OF EXPERIENCE.
Capt. Lemly, Judge Advocate o1
 Schley Court of Inquiry.
Has Had More to Do with the Prose cution of Naval Law Cases Than Any Other Officer in the
 Service.

Capt. Lemly is particularly well fitted for the exacting duties of judge advocate. He is now serving his third term as judge advocate general. He is a civil as we'll as a maritime lawyer. So far as known he has never expressed an opinion as to the merits of either Rear Admiral Sampson or Rear Admiral Schley. He served with Schley in the Essex on the South Atlantic station, and was watch officer on board the Thetis, commanded by Capt. SchIey, which, with the Bear, formed the Greedy relief expedition.
 Capt. Lemly says he would feel hurt to have it intimated that he has any personal feeling whatever in the controversy. In all the time he has been at the head of the legal depart ment of the navy, his service. dating back to 1892, he has, fortunately, never had occasion to pass upon any ques- tion that involved either Sampson or Schley in any personal aspect. He has known both-Schley better than Sampson, perhaps. He was one of Schley's. personal friends when he (Lemly) was in active line service. Indeed, he accompanied Schley on the famous Greedy relief expedition, and he rendered valuable service to Schley on that occasion, which tha senior officer recognized. On tha other hand, Capt. Lemly has known Sampson officially in the navy de. partment when the admiral was at q "A and they were thus thrown into close contact in a business point of view at least for several years.
 Capt. Lemly had already arranged to depart from Washington on his annual leave on trip through Cana da some time in August. He will ar range to leave on later date now, h order to be able to study up this
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ACCUsER OF sCHLEY.
Pen Picture of Edgar s. Mac1ay,
 Clerk and Historian.
Never Was Considered Brilliant by His Newspaper Chums, But AL ways Was a Hard Worker
 and Close Student.

stWho is Edgar Stanton Maclay ?" Is a question that is often heard and seldom answered these days. Maclay suddenly became figure of prom thence because of the charges that he has made in his naval history, reflect ing on the conduct of Rear Admiral Schley during the war with Spain charges that are so serious in their nature and made in such language that the secretary of the navy has for bidden the use of Maclay's book in the naval academy, while Rear Ad- miral Schley has for the same reason secured from Secretary Long an or der for an official investigation of his actions in the war.
 Macfay is the son of clergyman and is about 3s years old, He is under the average height, but of sturdy build, with broad shoulders and heavy legs. He is persistent and stubborn in character and is proud of his Scotch ancestry.
 While at work on the first volume of his naval history, says the Chicago In ter Ocean, Maclay was a reporter on the New York Tribune, covering the DOdrQ euuCdIlOn. IIOOeIl IdCldy, a relative, was then prominent. in sedu- cational circles and was at one time president of the board. At that time there were nine sons of clergyme n on the Tribune, and Maclay, like all of, them, was fond of staying up in, the mornings after work was done. but as he had a life work ahead of him he decided he would have to practice economy.
 It was hard work for Maclay to write. Words came slowly to him, and it was difficult for him to, handle al pen or pencil. He wrote a small, cramped, irregular hand, the lines be- ing so close as to make him unpopular with copy readers. At that time he had all his data for his first volume. It was while at Cornell that he con- ceived the idea of writing naval his- tory, having come to the conclusion
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that there was none in existence worthy the name. When he left the university he had a little money, and he went abroad for data. There he made use of what knowledge he had of French and German and searched the libraries.
 One day after Maclay had learned all he could he found him mself in Germany with just enough money to pay his way to New York city on the steamer. He had three days in which to get the steamer. How to live without eating those three days was a question, and how to get the steamer was another. Somehow he got on board boat going down the Rhine and on that boat he found bags of unroasted coffee. The if bags were of canvas and his knife was sharp enough to cut holes in canvas He laid in store of green coffee beans, and he had not starved to death by the time he reached the steamship. Ever after that he liked German cook ing and the Germans.
 When on the Tribune Maclay would hurry every evening to little Ger man restaurant at Third avenue and IGnJn street anu Ill nIEnS01I With the products of that German kitchen at 8 moderate expenditure. Sometim in the summer he would take a glass of imported German beer instead of coffee, of which he was extremely fond even when cooked. Beer he drank in moderate quantities on Saturday nights, when he usually went to Will liamsburg, bought ticket for some ball given by fower-makers or paper box makers, or shop girls. He would dance to his hearts content and then be very careful for the rest of the week.
 Maclay always believed that writ ing was low art, and that no matter how we'll a man could write he could never achieve fame unless he really had something to say. When he got through writing the first volume of his naval history he got Erwin Wardman, then copy reader on the Tribune, to go over it for him. Wardman was a Harvard man, and was considered an authority on English language and lit- erature. Wardman often grew tired.
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WESTERN IRON KING.
John W. Gates, of Chicago, One of the Important Factors in American
 Business Life.

John W. Gates stands in the fore most rank of iron and steel manufac- turers in the country. Business asso- eiates say that they have never known him to be wrong on the iron and steel market, and his ability and judgment have placed him at the head of some of the most important enterprises in that industry in the United States.
 MT. Gates was born in Du Page county, H., on May IS, 1855, and was educated at the public schools and at Northwestern college, Napierville
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but he kept at the work of editing the volume, and when it appeared in print it had smoothness to it.
 In 1894 Maclay left the Tribune and began writing naval editorials for the New York Sun. When he got ready to write the second volume of his history he obtained an appointment as light housekeeper at Setauket, L. l., and got married. He has children. Maclay kept plugging along until Assistant Secretary of the Navy Allen was sent to Porto Rico. Maclay wanted to be his successor. He is now a clerk in the Brooklyn navy yard.
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WILL SUCCEED ALLEN.
William H. Hunt to Be Appointed d Civil Governor of the Island
 of Porto Rico.

There is no longer any doubt about the retirement of Gov. Allen of Porto Rico, who will be succeeded by Viii liam H. Hunt, the present secretary of the island. Gov. Allen will retire on September 1, but he will not re- turn to Porto Rico if he can avoid it. He will spend the summer at his home in Massachusetts. Gov. Allen feels that his work in Porto Rico has been accomplished.
 A civil government and free trade have been put in operation under his regime, and since he was made the ex- ecutge head of the island he has done much toward rehabilitating it. He is
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THE MODERN MOSES.
That Is the Name Given by Man5
 to Theodore Herzl.
Pen Picture of the Leader of Zionfsm, in Whose Vision Is Ever Present the Immortal Image of
 Israel Nation.

A year ago, while I was drinking afternoon tea in a London drawing room, there entered tall, 1.-the man. with coal black hair, beard and mus taches, restless visionary eyes, and nervous mouth, twitching with half sad humor I did not know him, but he magnetized me immediately. I intuitively divined the intensity of his personal force, the rich radiance of his character, the passionate idio- syncrasy of his soul, says a writer in the London Star.
 At that time Zionism was mere shibboleth to me, one of the husks that are blown about the social and political highways. But the moment I saw this modern Moses, this prac- tical prophet, Zionism became vivid reality. For I recognized in him at once one of those apostles who work miracles by the power of their will and the empire of their egotism. At that time Herzl could not speak a word of English. After a few com monplaces he drifted away again, leav- ing me profoundly interested in his romantic genius. He had done noth- ing, said nothing, but he had been himself. Now, the man who can be himself in a drawing-room is rare. And this mans self was so bizarre, so disturbing, so strange, that l caught myself wondering at it's per sistence in my mind.
 We'll, the other day I met Herzl again in another drawing-room- the drawing-room of the Hotel Cecil Here it was I who drifted in, and the first thing that disentangled itself from the rout of men and women was the old restless visionary gaze that had haunted me before. The Jewish leader was holding kind of 1evee. with lyrical interludes in the shape of songs by his Hungarian compat.
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ILL, from which he graduated in 1873. He entered business as a dealer in g'rsn, and then in hardware. While there he foresaw the possibilities of the wire business, and finally estab- ished the firm of J. w. Gates 6 Go. ' to deal in wire products. He organ ized in 1881 the Southern Wire com pany, and became it's president. Three years later he formed the Bad dock Wire company, of Pittsburgh, and with his associates became inter ested in the Iowa Barbed Wire com pany, of Allentown, Pa, the St. Louis wire mill, and the Baker Wire com pany, of Lockport, III. These com panies were combined in December, 1892, into the Consolidated Steel and Wire company, with a capital of $4,0OO,O00
 MT. Gates resigned as president of the Consolidated Steel and Wire com- pany in 1895, and in that year he be- came president of the Illinois Steel company He held that position until September, 1898, when the company was taken into the Federal Steel com pany. In the meantime the Consoli- dated Steel and Wire company con- tinued to grow, and in April, 1898, it was combined with other companies into the American Steel and Wire company, and MT. Gates was elected chairman of the board of directors. MT. Gates remained in that office for some time after the absorption of the company by the United States Steel corporation this year.
 MT. Gates is travelling abroad now, but has large business interests in Chicago. He and his friends bought the control of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company recently at an average price of about 50 for the stock. He is largely interested in Port Arthur, Tex.
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Killing Rats with Gas.

Some interesting experiments have taken place at the London docks to show the effect of a new system for the extermination of rats on board ships. The vessel is charged with sul- phur dioxide gas,, which apparently has the effect of attracting the rats from their hiding places, and as soon as they breathe the fumes they be- come suffocated. In the experiments on the steamer Gourkha several hun dred rats were destroyed in few minutes by means of the gas, which has no injurious effect upon the dec orations of the saloon.
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of the opinion that the work of the future can be left to other hands.
 When Gov. Allen left Porto Rico he brought all of his household effects with him.
 William H. Hunt, who has been se- lected to succeed Gov. Allen, was born in New Orleans, La., on November 5, 1857, and is the fourth son of the late William Henry Hunt, of Louisiana, who was secretary of the navy in the cabinets of Presidents Garfield and Ar thur, and who served as minister to Russia. Judge Hunt received his edu- cation at Yale, but on account of il health did not finish his course. In 1896 Yale conferred upon him the hon orary degree of master of arts.
 When he was 27 years of age Hunt was elected attorney general of the territory of Montana. He subsequent 1y removed to Helena, and in 1888 was elected a member of the legislature, where he served al chairman of the judiciary committee: He was mem Der of the constitutional convention in 1884 which framed the constitution of the state when it was admitted to the union, and also held important jul dietary positions in Montana.
 When Gov. Allen went to Porto Rico MT. Hunt was requested by President Mckinley to become secretary of the island and to assist Gov. Allen in or ganizing the new civil government.
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riot, Mile. Aurelia Reyy, a young prima donna who has won golden praise with the Carl Rosa Opera com pany and at Covent Garden.
 I was astonished to find that Herzl had learned to speak English with wonderful 1uency. Now and then he falls back on charming Latinism (such as s'avitate" for avoid), but he expresses himself with surprising 1ucidity. The dominant note in his idealism is his confidence. He has faith in his faith. He believes through walls of difficulty. And this imagin- ative prophet has in him a granite basis of common sense. He keeps his visions we'll in leash, and prefers to talk of the hard, practical side of his vast scheme for leading the peo- pie of Israel back to the promised land.
 It is potent force, this new pride of race which Herzl has rekindled. was struck by the passionate en- ergy with which he and his comrades protested against the. injustice of judging the Jews by their black sheep. The core and heart of the Zionist movement is it's canonizat ation of the Jew as a Jew, it's gloriication of the Jews historic heritage, it's call to the Jew to emerge from his subterranean hiding places and to stand before the world as a racial unity. Zangwill put. this all in par able. "The Jew in the past" he said, "has acted like the ostrich. He has buried his head in the sand, with the natural result that the world has been tempted to kick the most prom inent part of his anatomy Some in- Auential Jews prefer to continue these tactics. But we think the time has come to stand erect"
 And as Mile. Revy sang some of her own wild Hungarian folksongs I could not help thinking that there is more dynamic force in this Jewish re- nascence than the Gentle ina zines. For the Jews, above all races, are idealists. If this great ideal took fire and blazed through their ranks, who shall say where it would end? But the men who are organizing it are prudent. Herz1 deprecates wild and nebulous aims. He prefers to keep the movement on the practical line of an agriculturalvand industrial col Ony. Yet, in his restless visionary eyes there is loftier dream, a more splendid conception, the immortal image of Israel a nation, and not the least of the nations of the earth.
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The Heaviest Automobile.

A wealthy Australian owns what is said to be the heaviest automobile in the world. It weighs IA tons. and is run by a gasoline motor of 75 horse power This enormous vehicle, which is capable of speed when needed of eight miles an hour, is employed to carry freight to and from gold mine situated S72 miles in the interior of the country.
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ent incumbent of this important office is a gentleman by the name of M. Courtol, who, judging from the statement that he kills an average of 1,50o vipers year, and one year killed 2,502, must be pretty expert in the business. He receives five cents head for all he destroys and makes tolerably comfortable living out of his employment.
 M Courtol says the viper when at rest is not easily seen, according to the Philadelphia Times, as it assumes the color of the ground or rocks of the locality, becoming bluish black upon basaltic rocks and reddish upon volcanic scoriae. In addition to this, according to him, the viper chooses its bed before retiring by seeking ground of the same color as it's skin-
 M Courtol has utilized 1,S00 skins of these snakes in making himself two suits of clothes. One of them, which he is seen wearing in the pie ture, consists of a pointed cap, jack ct, waistcoat and trousers; the other is in the style of Louis XV.
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Ex-EMpREss EUGENE.
The Only Recreation fin Which the Lesser Napo1eon's Widow In-
 du1ges Is Yachting.

One of the most familiar figures i'm European waters in recent yachting seasons is Eugenie, the ex-empress of France. She is now cruising in the Mediterranean. Her yacht, the This tie, was once the property of the late duke of Hamilton. To meet the re- quirements of her majesty the. vessel was considerably enlarged. As all ways, Eugenie is attended by numer- ous and stately retinue, for she still
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Copper Deposits in AIagka

The rich copper deposits of Alaska are beginning to be developed, the first shipment from the White Horse belt having been recently dispatched to Tacoma. This belt, which tra- verses tributary of the Yukon, is 25 miles long and four miles wide There is from 25 to 75 per cent. of copper in the ore, and each ton carries from six to ten dollars worth of gold
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enjoys the traditions of great court following, though her personal attire in these untoward days follows the
 simplest lines of the tailor's art. One of the best friends of this woman of former majesty is the captain of the Thistle, who, though an En g1ishman, invariably escorts her from the yaeht
 zthe train at the end of a<s,raiise, fand, at leave-taking, bends over Snd kisses her hand with eeaart lime6s
 worthy of the days of Louis XIV. Though Eugenie is always treated in England with I he greatest considera- ton, her life has been sadly embit-s tered by the long exile from France. Her nearest friends declare that her passion for yachting has been the means of preserving her life through the trying vicissitudes that have fol- lowed her through nearly three deo- ades. She still retains traces of the rich Spanish beauty that made her fa- nous in Paris half a century ago, when an emperor sought her hand.
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Suffrage Laws in Belgium.

Under the Belgian law unmarried men over 25 have one vote, married men and widowers with families have two votes, and priests and other per sons of position and education have three votes. Severe penalties are inn posed on those who fail to vote.
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Cork Put Her Eye Out.

A careless waiter, while opening a bottle or cider in Paris restaurant, so held the bottle that the cork struck Nile Andree in the eye, causing the loss of sight in that organ. She sued. and the restaurant proprietor was fined 5000 francs.
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Bullets Cause Acute Pain.

Army surgeons declare that the ex- pression on the faces of soldiers killed in battle reveals the causes of death. Those who have perished from sword wounds have look of repose, while there is an expression of. pain Dn the faces of those slain by bullets.
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Most Intricate Game Known.

Japanese chess is the most intricate game in the world. The board has s1 squases, 20 pieces are used, and the pieces change in grade when they arr rive at certain position on the board.
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Has a Ten-Foot Bed.

Miss Ella Ewing, the Missouri giant ess, has erected house for herself in Govin, a town in that state. The doors in her home are ten feet high, and the ceilings Is feet. Her height is eight feet four inches, and she sleeps on a bed ten feet long.
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citv Tax on Hen Coons

New Haven's board of health has voted that hen GOODS kept in the city must pay license. The rooster that crows at 3:3o 9. m. is responsible.
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cbance for MedicaI Men

A queer organization in New York is the National Locomotor Ataxia league, which offers $1O,ooO for the discovery of a cure for the disease
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THOUSANDS OF VIPERs.
slain Every Year by Peculiar Om- ciaI Employed in the Prefec-
 ture of Hnute, France.

France, according to La Nature, they
 have an official viper killer. The pres
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Field for Young Lawyers

There are 40 counties in Texas which have to seek legal advice outside their limits, as they have not single attor- ney of their own.
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fairness of Secretary Long in select ing the court of inquiry point to the fact that Admiral Kimberly was Schley's commander back in the 7o's.
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rt,1v,. Soldiers Get Cigars.

Cigars are given to soldiers in the Italian army as part of their daily ratiouS
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Uncle Sam's Penny Coinage.
 Last year the United States coined 66,546,243 cents, which sounds big but it is less than a penny apiece.
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A Western City Sport.
 Three bears were killed recently within the city limits of Seattle, Wash.
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Speed of Ocean Llnes~

In an article in Cassiers Magazine on steam speeds at sea, Mir. Oldham says twenty-five years ago the Atlantic had never been crossed by a screw steamer at greater rate thaa fifteen miles an hour, that of the fastest liner. Scotia. Today steamers have reached the speed of twenty-five miles an hour. and. although the power required to propel a steamer varies w.Ih the cube of the spe d, yet, before third of the next century expires, another increase of at least 50 per cen in ocean speed may be safely predicted. The con- struction of steamer of 65,000 tons will probably not trouble the con- structors of the future nearly as much as did the building of the Great East
 srn those of the past.