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Deneen Abandons Trip.

Springfield, Ill. May 24-Reports from
Chicago to Governor Deneen today indi-
Gated the situation to be so serious that
the governor abandoned trip to rhebes.
ILL.,, where he Is to be present tomorrow
at the opening of the new bridge across
the Mississippi river. Instead he will re-
main in Springfield.
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Land Battle Is Expected.

st. Petersburg, May 24.-U p. m)-The
news from the front continues to point
to the proximity of fighting on large
scale Lieutenant General Linevitch and
Lieutenant General Rennenkampff's Cos
sacks on daring expedition around
Field Marshal oyamas left. Rennen-
kampff succeeded in penetrating to the
rear of the Japanese. but paid dearly, his
Cossaeks being badly cut up.
Many believe that General Lineviteh
is wing to take the offensive out of
Oyama's hands. The latter had made all
preparations against the possible inter-
ruptions of his communications, and the
cessation from transport service from
Japanese ports. All reinforcements avail
able and immense quantities of provis-
ions and munitions of war. have been
landed at Yinkow and Dalny since Vice
Admiral Rojestvensky appeared in the
Straits of Malacca.
Newspaper correspondents at the front
are prevented by the censor from tele-
graphing any intelligent view of the sit
uation. and this has always been the
precursor of important developments.
General Linevitch has taken far greater
precautions than did General Kuropat-
kin to prevent his plans leaking out.
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TEN BUILDINGS WRECKED.
Four Persons Injured BY Explosion In
Fireworks Plant.

Rockland, Mass, May A.-Ten one
story wooden buildings of the National
Fire Works company's plant of sixty
similar structures at West Hanover were
destroyed by explosion in the mixing"
room.
OF the hundred persons employed in the
plant, one man, Arthur Cate was severe
ly injured. while four girls were slightly
injured by being thrown to the ground
by the shck of the explosion. The plant
had similar experience about two years
ago.
The monetary loss is small.
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Lost Boy Is Located.

Asheville n. c., May PA telegram
from New York late this afternoon an
nounees the safety Of siegrried Roehling.
the 14-year-old boy who disappeared from
here last Sunday The boy is in the care
of W. A. Roebling. his grandfather, az
Trenton, N. J.
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Ely Appolnted Secretary.

appointed secretary of the Stock exchange
at a meeting of the governing commit
tee Mr. ELY was one OF the original
members OF the exchange and served for
some years as secretary. He retired from
the exchange in April, 1901.
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lnternationaf Golf Match.

London. May 24.-The executive COM
mittee of the ladies' golf union at Gro
mer today arranged for an International
team match between British and Ameri-
can women players. six on side, at
eighteen holes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-05-25
uearlna Sell in Perjury Case.

Jefferson City. Mo. May 24.-Judge
Samuel Davis of Marshall, who is the
special Judge to try the case of former
Lieutenant Governor Lee on the charge
Of perjury, today set the case for hear
ing on June a.
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Huntsville. May 24-(Special )--Charles
p. Lane. editor Of the Huntsville Tribune.
fell at his home last night and fractured
his ann.
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FEETS HAVE MET
JAPS ARE DEFEATED

MANILA May 25-There is an unconfifmed rumor
lVl here that the Russian and japanese fleets have
met south of Formosa and the Japanese were de-
feated
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London, May 25.-The st. Petersburg
correspondent of the Times says that
Lieutenant General Linevitch has deter
minted ur&n the recall of General kuro-
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All Come to New York.

Mr. Sargent declared that 81 per cent OF
all the immigration to America came into
the state of New York, the great bulk
of the aliens remaining In New Ho-N
City They do not, before coming here.
he said. look up the geographical situa.
ton. simply going to where their friends
have preceded them. All they know ls,
he continued, that there Is an old castle
garden, a Battery in New York City.
and great New York, which TO them
constitutes the world. What was needed
was to offer advantages to aliens coming
to the United States wheroaT they can
| gather some knowledge of the country
outside the great centers Of population.
| 1t would be a good thing not anly to
| say to the alien, Won may land but
| also furnish him IN nation regarding
the opportunities In various sections OF
! the country. He urged the delegates 10
use their influence with Congress to en-
| act a law establishing at Ellis island
bureau of information for Immigrants.
| There are thousands he said. who Would
be glad TO be directed to the open country
where there Is sunshine and plenty OF
room, and where 1t would be an advantage
| to the country to have them locate ina
| way to get immigration started was TO
| get people located. lie expressed ms de-
| sire to see some arrangement made where-
| by aliens coming to America would steer
| clear of New York.
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Officers Are Elected.

Officers were elected as follows:
President-Governor Robert Glenn or
North Carolina.
secretary-W. C. Murphy, Washington,
ID. c.
Treasurer-E p. Thaxton, Columbia.
s. c.
Vice presidents:
Aiabama-Wlllam Richardson, Hunts
Vile.
Georgia-W o. McGowin, Hoffman.
Mississippi-Hen Kernoghan, Jackson.
North Carolna-R. S. Reinhart. Lincoln
ton.
south carolina-E. J. Watson.
Tennessee--Robert Gates. Nashville
Texas-Joseph Schwarts. Corsieana.
Virginia-C. L. Holland Danyille.
Executive committee-W. T. Brown,
Ragland. Ga; p. j. Holiday. Washing
ton. Ga. ]. s. Mccarthy. Batesville. s.
G.; ]. A. Brown. Chadbourn, n. c.; Al
bert Akers, Nashville, Tenn: E. C. Robin
son, Houston. Texas; J. S. Browning
Pocahontas. Va; S. L. West. District of
Columbia.
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Immigrants Should be StGGfsd
to the Country
STRONG SPEECHES ARE MADE
Southern Industrial Parliament In Ses-
sion in Washington Elects Off
cers-lmmgrants Should
Be Chosen With Care.

Washington May PA discussion OF
immigration and an address by Gustave
II. Schwab of New York on Foreign
Commerce and Ocean Transportation
were the features of today's sessions of
the Southern Industrial parliament. The
immigration question was discussed by
Senator Simmons of North Carolina and
Commissioner General Frank 2. Sargent.
of the immigration bureau Permanent or
ganzation was effected by the election Of
Governor Robert Glenn of North Carolina
as president and other officers, including
vice president. for each of the states
represented.
Commissioner Sargent recite, the diffi-
culties involved in the handling of count
less thousands of foreigners annually COM
ing to the United States. No one, he
said, would deny the absolute necessity
of rigldly enforcing the immigration laws
II it was desired to maintain the high
standard of civilization Of whish this
country boasts. but in enforcing those
laws he said the policy of the govers neqt
had been to do so in a humane way. be-
cause unless kindness was shown to the
stranger first coming to the United States
he could not be expected at the outset to
have a good impression OF the coun-
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she lid Go to Country.

'I wish" he said, they would never
see New York until they live here long
enough to accumulate some money Many
and many an alien, he declared, comes
TO America who IL steered out OF New
York into the open country, would oeconue
a good American citizen
'Practical Settlement Of Italian btni-
grants In the South" was the title oil
paper by Bishop B. +. Broderlek, VINO
advocated the distribution of emgranis
by private enterprise as solution Oh the
problem. -
Dr. Charles r.. Borzilleri Of Buffalo, y.
Y talked ON "rhe Italian Immigrant As
a Farmer" His remarks had special rel
erenec to the colony at Fredonia, ~ T.
Senator simmons of North Carolina
spoke on the subject Of immigration. lie
said that as a result Of the agricultural,
commercial and Industrial activity and ex-
mansion In the south there was demand
for labor which could not be supplied
from its own population and that IN con-
sequence the south was struggling with
a labor famine.
Nearly every other section OF the coun-
try. he said had claimed and obtained
share of the enormous immigration to the
United States from abroad during the
last twenty-five years. II laborers for
tho present could not be gotten from
this country 1t was certain, he said. that
with proper effort the right kind Of men
could be obtained abroad.
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Rumor of Withdrawal.

There was a rumor afioat this after
noon that the United Gas Improvement
company, which corporal ation wants to
lease the gas works. has decided to with
draw its offer. This. however, was de-
MED. The rumor that an extra session
of the legislature would be held to pass
ripper BILL taking from the mayor
the power of appointing heads of depart
ments was also denied Governor Penny
packer said today that he knew nothing
about an extra session.
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Lane Fractures Arm.

The monetary loss is small.
The Washington times., 1905-01-01

IS; the church. IS; education and the
drama, law and nobility, II each. jour
nalisnn, 12s music and philanthropy, 10
each, and eight others scattering
July and August combined must stand
as the most fatal months In 1894. thirty
nine Of the worlds greater ones dying
in the former month and thirty-one IN
the latter.
The joint record of January and Feb
ruary. the period of the twelve-month
to stand next, includes hfty-efght
names. The month Of June seems to
have been safest" with but thirteen
deaths
Matter of "Mere Years"
The oldest of these who now have
gone TO join the mighty deaf was
the Rev Byron Alden, the 'sNestor of
Methedism,'' who. in May, passed his
ninety-seyenth milestone Not quite a
year younger was Dr.. R. A pI-iippi,
Germany's famous naturalist, while
Cardinal Celesia, the oldest member of
the Sacred College, and Admiral Sir
Henry Keppel. who bore the affe tionate
title of the Grand Old Man of Eng
lands Fleet" were each Of them nine
five
Four others n their ntneties were
Samuel Smiles and the Earl of Devon
(ninety-two); William Weightman the
largest individual real estate holder in
the United States (ninety-one}, and
The Washington times., 1905-01-01

and fair. with blue eyes and soft golden
hair. She is devoted to her husband,
prefers Il country life to the gayeties of
the town, and is rarely seen in smart So
ciety.
Hamilton Palace. the family seat in
Lanarkshire. is a magnificent building
Its most striking features are the por-
tico, with twelve pillars. each composed
of a single block of marble, and the
black marble staircase, with its spa
cious steps and stately balustrade. Like
Stafford House, 1t has state entrance,
which is never used except for brides
or royal guests.
The state rooms are somewhat bare as
a result of the famous Hamilton sale
of many years ago. but the living rooms
of the house comprise some charming
apartments. Notable among them is a
sitting room that was used by Princess
Mary of Baden, wife OF the eleventh
duke. 1t contains. among other treas
ures, a plain. small writing table with a
silver M on the top. and a silver
tablet with an inscription stating that
the table formed part of Napoleon's fur
niture In his bedroom at St. Helena
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
What Is a Gentleman !?

A case arose in an English court re-
Gently in which il was necessary 10 de-
ternine the meaning of the word gen
tiernan as used in certain ancient and
absurd statute which gives higher wit
ness fees 10 gentleman than to
those who do not deserve the title A
weI-defined popular meaning attaches
&c the fine old name of gentleman the
world over. The English tribunal w-es-
Ting with the question arrived at the
conclusion that man may be e gentle
man In tact but not a gentleman in law
The paradoxical decision that one
may be a gentleman and yet not gen
tleman was the climax to an argument
that displayed the ability of the law
yers TO spin out subtle restrictions
which appealed TO the risibilities of the
court and upset its gravity One OF the
counsel cited the Irishnan's definition
of a gentleman as the chap that never
did a ha'porth for himself, or anything
else The judge sententiously ruled
not engaged in trade would be a gentle
man. whatever qualities OF gentlemann-
ness might be lacking
The hapless individual who was the
target for the forensic fusillade was q
schoolnlaster. and 1t was as grayeIy held
that for that reason he was no gentle
man. The London News wants TO
know whether the profession viii tame
ly accept the judges startling conclJi-
sion, and urges that all the old defini-
tions OF the term gentleman" are OBJ
solete- The idea of a gentleman which
aroused CarlyIe's ire to the boiling point
--one who keeps gig. hence .gigman-
ity' lis ruled out of court by the
News" It prefers to accept the boys
defnition-'-a man who wears his Sun
day clothes on weekcays''-as more TO
the point
Time was when he who earned his
living by the sweat OF his brow was no
gentleman. According TO one of the old
English definitions OF the term, he who
studies IN the universities and processes
the liberal sciences-'.in short, he who
can live idly and without manual labor.
and can bear the port, charge and coun-
tenance OF a gentleman. shall be taken
for gentleman" The definition no
longer holds good. In these days a gem
tleman is one who conducts himself as
such
In America the designation gentle
man. is curiously used in the assessors
lists as a term TO identify those who
have no known occupation. One may
be a retired millionaire, an irnpecunious
soldier of fortuns awaiting something
to turn up. philosopher. an ex-ganl-
bier taking his ease in his Inn. re-
peater, a ballotbox stufTer-au are
gentlemen in the indiscriminating
and fiattering language OF the tax lists
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Washington times., 1905-01-01

could afford in the days of the second
empire. He met his death eventually
by falling down the stairs of a fash
lonable restaurant after q dinner which
had left him very unsteady on his legs
His extravaganza greatly impoverished
the family eXchequer. The last duke
did not relish the idea of the property
passing to a distant kinsman, and by
his will did his best TO tie it up, leav-
irg as much as he was free TO dispose
OF to his only child, Lady Mary Doug
las-Hamilton. who celebrated her TWEEN
tieth birthday the other day.
Stil the present duke is very far from
being pauper, and it is not because he
cannot afford the best cigars that he
prefers a lipe, as is shown in his
latest portrait. which is here repro
dnced. There are not many peers who
would care TO be photographed with q
pipe. bur the duke is utterly indifferent
to appearances, and gives himself no ais
whatever.
His extraordinary luck has not spoiled
him a bit Instead of seeking a grand
alliance he made a love match some
three years ago. marrying Miss Nina
Poore, daughter of Major Robert
Poore- She Is an attractive woman, tall
The Washington times., 1905-01-01

Austin clapp. H ]. Middleton. Charles
B. Spahr, John HoIlinshead.
The Stage.
Robert Taber. Frederic W Sanger,
Laura Joyce Bell. Wilson Barrett,
Mamie Gilroy. Dan Leno, Francesca
Janauschek, Dan DAILY, Nellie Farren.
John Coleman. Marie Laurent, Milt CT.
Barlow, Isadore Rush, and Mrs. G. H.
Gilbert.
Music.
Edouard Lassen. louisa Pyne. Cheva-
lier August Wiegand, Rudolph Henning,
DR.. Ernest Jedizka. Antofnette Sterl-
ing, Gerard F. Cobb, Emma Babnigg
Pan Antonin Dvorak, and Edouard
Hanslich
Miscellaneous.
George Francis Train. A Cass Can
field, Samuel H. Pine. William Rem
shaw. j. Malcolm Forbes, Paul Aurnont,
Frederic E Nesmith, and George L
Watson.
Armies and Navies.
BY this counting the military and
naval profess.ons-as, indeed, was tc
have been expected in year rnarke ed
by Ks wars and nsurrections-have lost
the greatest number of notable figures
thirty-six- The other two main branches
of the public. service, diplomacy and
politics, have together lost 2S, with Efe's
other calltngs following in order: Lit
erature, %; science. %; affairs, 20; art
The Washington times., 1905-01-01

Palmer, General Davout, Sir Robert
Molyneux, Gen. w H Thomas, General
BobrikofY, Rear Admiral H c. Taylor,
Vice Admiral Makaroff, Lieutenant Com
mander Oda, Count Kawamura, Baron
Won ScheIe. General Milo Hs sean, Vice
Admiral W. r. ROLAND. Sir Henry Nor
man. Gen. S. D. Ruggles. Vice Admiral
Van Stittart, Brig. Gen. @. c. Carpenter,
Rear Admiral E. NJ Shepard, Rear Ad-
miral F. P. Gilmore, Gen. S. D. Oliphant,
Brig. Gen. W. s. Worth. Col. W. c. p
Breckinridge.
Bench and the Bar
Christian N Bovee, Edward Shfppen,
Richard c. Dale, Abner Mckinley. W
F. Reeder, Justice Learned, New York;
James Scovel. Henry T. Thurber, Steven
son Burke. Charieton T. Lewis, Judge
Upton Muir. Judge Kirk Hawes, Eman-
uel NJ Friend, and Chauncey F. Black
The Church.
Thomas Underwood Dudley, the Rev
the Earl of Devon, Joseph A. Seiss, Mon
sfgnor Guidi. Bishop Riding (SouthwelD,
George c. Lorimer, Bishop Verhaegen,
DR.. B. F. DeCosta. Robert Machray,
Cardinal Celesia, Byron Alden. Freder-
lex D. Huntington, Dean Hole (Rochest-
err. Bishop K. n. Churton (Nassau),
Archbishop Elder, and Cardinal Mo-
cenni.
Philanthropy.
Col. A E. Goldsmid, Theodore Herzl,
Louis Felischmann. Benjamin Perkins,
James p. Colgate DR. William Latham
Victor Benke, Dr. Hermann Baer. Sir
Henry Stephenson, and Edna Dow Chey-
nev.
Education.
Dean Francis Wayland, Lord Bray
brook, Prof C. E. Beecher. James War
ren Sunderland, Prof C. W. Shields,
Prof. Daniel Fiske, President Thomas
N Drown, Karl Won Zittel, Provost
George Salmon, Alexander s. Murray,
DR.. Lemuel Moss, Frof. George Piric,
DR.. Samuel Curtiss. anc Prof. w. NJ.
Paxton.
In the Scientific World
Ferdinand Won Mannlicher, Emil A. de
Schweinitz, Sir Henry Sieveking, Sir
Henry Thompson, Etfenne Jules Marcy,
Dr. Isaac Roberts, Prof Anton Drasche.
Jacob II. Studer. Prof Friedrich Ratzel.
Sir Frederick Bateman, Benjamin r.
Everhart, Rufus Blanchard, James p
Lee. Henri Penotfn, Henry NJ Stanley,
F. NJ. MacMahon, DR. r. A Philippi.
DR.. w A Pryor, Joseph Weiner, Sir
William Banks, Sir John Simon, Neils
Finseu.
Among the Artists.
Jean Leon Gerome, Josef Hoffman.
Erskine Nicol, Richard S. Greenough,
Franz Won Lenbach. Caesar Decock.
Robert Crannell Minor. Frederick Good
all, Val Prinsep. Robert Gordon Hardie,
Erastus Dew Palmer, Madam Herbelin.
! Vassili Verestchagin, George Frederick
watts, John Rogers. James Archer. +.
August Bartoldi, General di Cesuola.
Literature
Elizabeth Wormley Latfmer. Karl
Emil Frances. Sir Leslie Stephen. Rich
ard voorhees, Risley, Adirondack 80
The Washington times., 1905-01-01
DUKE OF HAMILTON IS LUCKY
Was Distant Relative of
Noblennan Whom He
Succeeded.
Ls-1on. Dec. a.

LSa1on. Dec. "a.
T H luke of Hamilton, who re-
gently obtained on conscientious
grounds, certificate exempting
his little son and heir from vac
cination, is rightly regarded as the luck
lest man in the British peerage. At his
birth 1t did not seem that he stood even
a, sporting chance of succeeding to the
most iliustrious title in Scotland. His
father, grandfather, and great-grand-
father were all second sons; his great
greatgrandfather, curiously saned
Anne, in honor of his godmother.
Queen Anne, was third son, and his
nearest ducal ancestor was born so
long ago as 1862 when Cromwell was
still alive
But the man with the scyfhe. who
takes small account of the theories
Of human probability, cleared the path
for him, and in 1895. when only thirty
three years old, as the descendant of
the fourth duke, he succeeded his eE-
ceedinsIy distant connection, the
twelfth duke, and thereby became the
premier peer of Scotland. and acquired
more titles than any other British no
bIeman with the exception of the Duke
OF Wellington.
Crippled for Life.
Before that he had been known only
and that not widely-as a lieutenant In
the navy He gave promise Of deVei-
oping into Il good sailor, for with no
other prospects that he could count on,
apparently. save his profession, he took
TO 1t keenly, and there was lots of fight
ing blood in his veins to help him along
But an accident which rendered him
permanently lame, compelled his retire
ment from the service to what promised
to be lifelong obscurity, for fate had
as yet given no hint of the rich prize
she had in store for him.
1t is as the representatives of the
Douglas family, so gloriously famed in
Scotch history, that the ducal Hamiltons
owe their pre-eminence among the Scotch
nobility One ancestor, Sir James Doug
las, was a companion-in-arms of Robert
Bruce; the first Earl of Douglas was
distinguished at Poictiers and other bat
ties; the second defeated Hotspur and
fell at Otterburn in 1888; the fourth was
severely wounded. and taken prisoner
at Homildon. but at Shrewsbury a year
later he knocked down the King of
England
The first two Dukes of Hamilton
maintained the fighting reputation of
the family. the first being taken prisoner
at the battle OF Preston. in 1913. and the
second being slain at Worcester three
years later. The fourth duke became
one OF the most distinguished states
men Of his time. and perished in a duel
with Lord Mehun in 1712, 1t was sus-
pected through the treachery of one
CT the latterS seconds.
Some of the later heads Of the house
! added nothing TO its luster. The eiev-
enth duke was one of the most intimate
friends OF Napoleon III. and plunged
H=ea the widest dissipation which Papis