The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-20

above nllllabilties, sls,sco; s's,o2s in 1893,
and $so,720 In 1904.
These are great days for, New York $
CHINATOWN, The two tongs. the rival chi,
nese gambling societies. which have wngeu
fierce and bloody war for years, took Part
this week II, great love n1aSI nm " con-
s snH over the hanquetlng board and
Judge Warren Wa Foster, who nrouE M
| the tongs together, WINS hailed ), a. as me
Fast Side e. About 15n Tamnan,y rolitl-
| clans attended the feast, and FUZZY thirty
! chinese were present. and the occasion
was not marrsd in the s,s, Members
j one of tho tones were In durance vile for
attempting to make chop suey or some. ot
their rival countrymon' Nor n, were re s sns
when Central office detectives - rlskeu.
| them for guns before they. were allowed
to enter the BANQUET hall as G ;, Name n
the Chinese TI a Police
C Comm !s sioner Bingham continues to send
double squads Of policemen INTO emma
| town at nght--j,lst to keep anseye on the
An instance Of the remarkable prices Of
land in the financial district Is et ,a sna
saua arc feet on which the latest Wall :,
Street skyscrnper will be built. On TINS
precious plot will be. erected the twenty
p trir, Of If America. a newiy-formed Gnan-
ciai institution. combining three, of the
Oldest trust companies In the city. ), ~ ne
building will cost considerably oVtr sl'o ~
CO., 1T will be remarkable IN mat me
banking offices on the first floor VIII prom
ably be tho most magnificent and elan POI
ate offices in the city The ceiling OF tils
wifi be- an Impressive study N
marble. bronze and mahogany. Eight
| r".,,,{ ,tNnr IL
ing, Externally tho building will be a nm
lshcd expression Of the Colonial architec-
ture which is seen to advantage principal
~ in old Philadelphia houses.
What Is a gentleman" Is the query
around which violent controversy has been
waging in one Of the local newspapers
, was started by correspondent who sng-
gcstcd that a gentleman was "a man
Who dresses for dinner Against this mil
liant democracy protested. q gentleman;
It was declared, was q man VINO carcu
for the comfort OF every one save hlmsel',
or n man who was at'home in whatever
society he found himself. Definitions
signed himself ''stock EXCHANGE" wrote
that gentleman sis 2 man who feels Ike
tho devil until noon" Another described
rs il he had lust bee shaved" Afurther
n'i made.i,p !" crnvat." The hotter tho con
tr0NcrSN grow. inc IfTtncT NWaE ulu lHc
varying suggestions drift. 1T has been
(, recalled That Andrew Carnegie recently
said that his old butler was nhe finest
gentleman he ever knew. Probably but
Ter hest fitted most OF the definitions Of
| fcred, a
The Jungle is a very quiet nlncc these
nights It IS the region along. Tenth Ave-
lnnn IN the Fiftieth Streets, the haunt OF
| tho Eat AlGcr" gang, n bnnd of Youth
| fri nc'cr do wells. the least harmful Of
| whose activities Is congregatlrg on 2 cnr-
nod to insult The passershv, Not only has
| the pedestrian long found the JUNGLE an
! l,nwhoesomo district to walk through
inter dark, but casoned nollcemen dread
| the heat that includes thn hnng-out Of
tho Fat Algnrs a few NIGHTS a"n there
cp,nn Int" ~" Jungle n now policeman,
| John Roos hv name. tnsvoun- fellow with
/ y fuzzy rnMnr lin and the face If r bow.
/ 1In ,fnpnd tho Eat 5AlGcrs loaflnr nos'lv
~ tive corner ne rr'ev-forrth street and
! Tenth Avenue. md ordered thc'n 10 move
Il on "fiurrHh 70" ;ihn row coN'' cried tho
gang and sn'lod into him, IT was n In d
"""h' ~" thn Fat A,~ers, Roos n'icl
abort him With his rightsticls. md whom
hmn,h"r nolicowAr came to his old he was
(! sitt'n" m two ~ tho Ranr md the rest
| hnh led, n ambulance surgeon had In
patch Up the cnD'lvcs before thcy could