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TO LIST ALL BAR0NETS
WILL PREVENT ABUSE OF
TITLE IN ENGLAND.
Commotion Caused by Joseph Eos
ter's Book Thirty Years Ago
Recalled.
roreirn corresnondence of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON, February 10. 1910.
Sir Vavasour Firebrace, the somewha
bounding baronet in one of Disraelf:
novels, would he delighted to hear tina
there is henceforth to be a special rol
of baronets. No person whose name I:
not entered upon it is to be recognized
as belonging to 1.-THE order or to bs
addressed or mentioned as bart in any
Official document. 1t will be news t
most people that there are many persons
calling themselves baronets who have
either no right to that style and title
or are not in position to produce evil
dence of the rights that they may actual
ly possess.
Work Aroused England.
A great commotion was made among
doubtful baronets when the late Joseph
Foster published his "Peerage and Bar
onetage'' about thirty years ago. Mr.
Foster was less oourtly than Sir Bernard
Burke. or, let us say. little more
strict. The section of his work which
dealt with the baronetage was followed
by a chapter called "Chaos." It called
attention to the numerous instances in
which a title could not be proved and
in which presumably title did not exist
The cases were not limited to three OF
four, as Is now suggested. They wen,
into scores.
Vast dismay was occasioned in some
quarters by Joseph Fosters "Chaos, u
and some actions at law were threatened
One result of the publication of disagree
able facts was Il more close inspection OF
family documents, in consequence OF
which some families were able to estab-
lish a clear right to their title. There
will no doubt be similar fright and an
other hasty investigation now that there
is to be a baronets' roll of honor"
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BAR silver quiet. . 3-l6d per ounce.
Money. ia per cent
The rate OF discount IN the open market for
short bills 10 = 5-l6a2% per cent.
The rate of discount In the open market for
three month bills Is ~ per cent.
sEx-div.
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NEW YORK CURB PRICES,

Quotations furnished By y. r. Hutton Co..
members New York Stock Exchange: Edv. Floy
Cavery, manager. 1901 r street no9thwest.
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Treasury Statement

The condition of the Treasury at the beginning
of business today follows:
TRUST FUNDS.
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AZTEC COPPER COMPANY.

Ore, assays and other information at
local offices, 712 Colorado building. We
can show a splendid chance to any
interested in mining. This Is not merely
a scheme to sell stock. Ohcers (execu-
tive committee): General II. II. @.
Dunwoody, president: Judge @. O.
Clements, vice president; General B. &.
Roberts, director.
fe26-7ts
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| "EX Div-Union Pacific, 21z; Union Pa
| cific, 2, American Locomotive, II; Ca
madam Pacific 317s Laclede Gas Of ST.
Louis. IL; American Sugar Refining Co..
Ia; American Sugar Refining Co., pfd..
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MARKET IS bUOYANT
Stocks Strong on Increased
Volume of Business.
GOOD ISSUES AGGRESSIVE
Rumors of Extra Dividends Stimu-
lating Factor.
ENCOURAGEMENT TO BULLS
Returns of Railroad Earnings an
Invigorant-Call Loan Rates by
Financial Institutions.



NEW YORK. March 1.-Stocks were
strong today substantially increased
volume OF business. and there were in
fiuences of Wall street appeal to make
them so. In the first place. the market
was characterized chiefly by the agrees
sive movement of what are called good
stocks-that is. the standard dividend
paying issues in contradistinction from
the shares which represent prospects
largely. In the second place. there were
developments during the day of the kind
which is always the most stimula ting
to the ina gination and interest of the
stock-market community - developments
in the direction of dividend declarations
and railroad reports
Perhaps the most stimulating factor
of the lot was the declaration of an
extra dividend of per cent by the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
railroad. AS the Lake Shore common
stock is practically all owned by the
New York Central. the strength which
the senior Vanderbilt issue has been
showing lately seemed to be satisfac-
torily accounted for by the event
Effect on Other Considerations.
At the same time, this extra dis
bursement was potent in its effect
upon other speculative considerations.
because when taken in conjunction
with the contributions which the un-
DERIVING properties of the PennsyI-
vania railroad have been making late
~ to the parent company's treasury. 1t
called attention to the possibility,
which has often been suggested in re-
cent months by various happenings.
that the stockholders of corporations
having rich equities seemed to be in
a fair way 20 derive some immediate
benefit from them.
Naturally, the Lake Shore extra div
idend revived all the new and old rumors
about increases I'm the regular dividend
rate, not only by the New York Central.
but some industrial corporations. albeit
tho time does not seem to be sing,llarly
propitious for stirring up expectations of
this sort.
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Hamlin, at the time of it's birth as
q surname, was perhaps handicapped
rs Haemhlynna. All along the ages. 1t
has taken on variety of forms, and
in records Of the Hamlins we find that
Hamelinus (the Latin form was one
of its variants. And there we're 9TH
ers: Hammelin. Hamelin. Hameline.
Hamline. Hameln. Haemlyn. Hamlyn.
Hamlen. Hamblin. and Hamblen.
Hamblen and Hamlin are the more
usual forms of the present day.
Hammeline is a name found in
Domesday Book. One Of William the
Conqueror's followers was called
Hamelinus, also Hameline And Hame-
lin. 1t was a custom, after the Con-
quest, for persons who had come over
with William to be called by the name
OF the places they had come from. eth
er In France or other countries, and
to bestow these names upon the es-
tates William 30 lavishly dealt out to
native of France or Germany. Hamm
Is a town In Prussia, and was thus
called In the eleventh century. Hamme
is a place in Belgium. Hameln. or
Hamelin. in Hanover. is famed as the
scene of the myth of the pied Piper
of Hameln." Although q myth, for Q
considerable time the town dated Its
public documents from that event"
In the seventeenth century some one
writing Of this myth. or fact" az
he calls It. says: mo music Is ever al
lowed to be played in this particular
street,. e.. the street through which
the pied piper piped the children.
Hameln or Hamelin Is also called
Hameola and Hamelowe. Hamburg.
founded by Charlemagne In the ninth
century. is a name having the same
derivation, that Is. ham, hama. hanna,
or hame. q word meaning house. or
dwelling. or home. From the word
also comes hamlet . collection Of
houses. Lin. linn. lime or llyn means
q pool. pond or lake. Hlynna is SIM
liar Saxon word meaning a torrent
1dmmeiyu, anu AtS varibuous, tnoTo-
fore. meant originally a home by the
pool"
II Hameiinus. the follower of the
ConQueror. was q Frenchman born. his
native place was undoubtedly Ham. a
small town and fortress on the river
Somme. This town was In existence
as early as the ninth century.
Among seats Of the family. dating
from that indefinite period known as
time immemorial. may be named Lei
cester; Exeter; Hamlinston; Clovelly
Court. Devonshire; also Leawood.
Bridestowe. Paschoe and Colebrook OF
the same county. One name we find
In the records Is that OF Thomas Ham,
line. alderman Of Drogheda-
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Ia TRUE STORY Of the
SECRET SERVICE
BY COL H. WHITLEY Former Chief u S. Secret Service
A PIPE DREAM
LEY. Former Chief U. S. Secret Service

Fillston of Greenupberg. KY. had re-
Gently arrived In Washington and
visited the secretary of the treasury
for the purpose Of calling his atten-
ton to the revelation previously re-
ported by General Bristow.
While Secretary Richardson was not
very much upset by Kings story. he
thought II was case that ought to be
investigated. Consequently Mr.. Ban
field. the solicitor Of the treasury. was
called into the conference and 1t was
determined to take the trio Of Ken.
tuckians to New York City. where the
work necessary for unraveling the
plot was expected to take place. This
city was then. as now. the headquar-
ters for frenzied finance. King. his
lawyer and Colonel Hoagland. for the
purpose Of better maintaining secrecy.
separated from the company of the
solicitor and quertered themselves at
the Metropolitan hotel. II had been
previously arranged that King should
come to meet me at the Fifth Avenue
hotel. At the appointed time he sent
up his card. upon which was written
Col. Houston King. Elliot county. Ky"
I put the card In my pocket and told
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low conspirators for a purchase Of
$4,000 Of the spurious greenbacks
which were to be paid for In gold coin
furnished by the government. The
persons appearing to deliver the bogus
stun were to be arrested and finally
the conspirators we're all to fall into
the hands Of the government detec-
tives. After this arrangement was
made and King had taken his de-
parture from the hotel The next
morning at the appointed hour King
put in an appearance. l suggested
in q friendly way that he might
as well take a carriage when he
went out to meet the conspirators.
This seemed to please him. !
called a porter and instructed him
to secure a carriage for the col
onel. King left with promise to
return and meet me at four o'clock In
the afternoon at the solicitors room.
had previously arranged the car
riage business and King entered a
hack and was driven away by trusty
government detective. After the drive
King came 10 meet me as agreed and
was now laboring under considerable
excitement. He declared that he
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ACorneri IN Ancestors
Cumming Family


was ono who vowed - ouppo5s Mar
gnrst daughter q Aloxnn1og m, =
her tttIs TO ~ crown A. ~ 900
he became compstisos fos IL 9ovn
u Scotland - IL soa and ho1S q
John. who vas soa q Dpnald. kins q
Scotland.
The great house q Coninsg- =
the usual styie. when speaking q H.
family. but you CA spsI ths name n
20. more or Len. wayu.
Here are . few samples Tor grafu-
itous distribution: Beginning Confines.
the name Of the French town. the ~
riations have been Cunmin. Cummin.
Cummins. Cumyn. Comm. Comyn.
Confines. Conynges. Comyns. Com
ings. Cummings. >Cumings. Cumming
Virginia and Maryland vers early
homes Of the Cumming family. and
there the name was usually spelled
Cummins The marriage connections
Of the southern branch include the
Folks. Dennys. Hydes. Hollis. Jen-
nings. Edmundsons. Herberts and
Langs.
In New England the more common
orthgraphy has been Cummings. Isaac
Of Ipswich. Mass, IL the f0refather Of
this line. and q valuable asset - IN
holding many ofices. In 1641. he was
constable. and his son Isaac was the
deputy. and he also held many oflces
and was sergeant in an Indian war.
Isaac. the first. was pillar Of the
church. and none was more worthy
in the town than old Deacon Cum
mings
The pilgrim had several children:
besides Isaac. there was John, who
married Sarah Howlet. daughter OF
Sergt. Thomas and Alice French How
let of Woburn, Mass. !.
Heitman's Officers of the AmeIf
can Revolution" records the names of
the following members Of the Cum.
ming family-all thus spelled. with
the exception Of Lieut.. Alexander
"Cummins" Of Virginia. The other
names are Lieutenants Thomas of
Massachusetts. rs to rs. and Thomas
of the same state. rs; Lieutenant
lothian of New Hampshire, his name
having the addition of ST.; Lieut.
Col. John Noble Cumming of New
Jersey, '75 to '83. William Cumming.
born in Georgia. 1890. was In the war
of 1912, and his brother Alfred In the
Mexican war.
The coat-of-arms reproduced, II
blazoned: Azure: three garbs Tor
wheat sheaves) within bordure. or.
Crest: A garb. or.
Motto: Courage.
Another coat-armor. blazone6 in
Burkes, is similar. Azure. az oval
buckle. between three garbs. within .
bordure. or.
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6aansairs

be settled In 1889. Another immigrant
was Capt Giles Hamlin, also called the
Honorable Giles. He settled at Mid
dletown. Conn.
The statesman Of the family wa
Hannibal Hamlin. born In Maif.. Leon
idas. who spelled The name Amline.
was lawyer. bishop. editor 9 author.
The coat-of-arms illustrates. for the
Hamlins Of Leicester. Is blasoned By
Burke: gules (red). . lion rampant
ermine, crowned with an antique
crown. or. (gold).
Crest: Seven arrows. points upward.
proper q. e.. In proper or natural col
oring).
The Hamelins bears arms: Argent
(silver), three bulls PEASANT sable.
Crest: a hand plucking rose from .
bush. proper.
The arms illustrated was granted to
John de Hameline, q knight Of Leices-
ter, time of Edward l.. or from 1273
to 1907. No date is given for the
granting OF the crest; nor do we know
upon whom It was bestowed. While
arms may exist without crests, all
crests have their accompanying armA
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the porter to show the gentleman up.
As the Kentuckian strobe into the
room with a soldierIy step and bear
ing he faced about and saiuted me In
a military fashion. He seated himself
with an air of dignified Importance
and looked as though he thought him
self In the presence Of a rnan Of con-
sequence. AS he unfolded his won
derful tale he went balloonfng WY up
into the murky sky OF finance. There
was nothing small about HIS talk He
spoke of millions as though they were
but trifles and of a colossal scheme
that was a sumner I'm financial way.
What amonnt do you expect the
government 20 pay your inquired.
He said he did not want TO be unrea-
sonable and the payment OF a million
dollars would be satisfactory to him.
Now came my turn to assume an air
of importance. With a voice and face
that betokened sincerity. J assured
him that the amount asked was less
than l had expected and quite little
enough for the risk he was taking. and
that l would have no hesitation in
recommending the payment of the
sum demanded. l suppose he thought
my promised recommendation equivs.
lent to a million In his hands, as he
expressed himself as being we'll salts
fed. 1t was agreed that he should
again come to the solicitors room at
the Fifth Avenue hotel at nine o'clock
on the following morning and that he
was to go out into the city and make
arrangements with certain of his fel.
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sure. The case was now mUrs Of {
POSER than ever. What on earth was
the Kentucky colonel up to? Was he
trying to do the government out Of the
$4,000 In gold. feat that would ap
pear impossible to man Of sensei
Or was he trying to play . Joke or
the detectives:
The affair had now narrowed down
to pretty close margin. but the de.
movement was not yet. Just how Il
was to end was q mystery. On the
next morning while was waiting IN
the solicitors room II the Fifth Avenue
hotel for King to show up according
to promise. who should bolt into the
room but L. J. Fillston. Kings lawyer.
He was quite out Of breath and much
excited.
There's hell to pay. They are try.
ing to kill King! Here" said be.
look at these!"
He handed me . handful Of cards
with deaths heads and cross bones.
words Of warning and threats Of death
to q traitor marked upon them.
These" said the lawyer. were
thrust under Kings door during the
night and he 10 pretty nearly scared
to death"
still had the card In my pocket
sent up by King on the occasion OF
his first visit- to the solicitors room.
/ pulled II out and compared the wri-
ting with that upon the threatening
cards. II was plain that all had been
written by the same hand. Il will
give King government protection q.
once" informed the lawyer. Calling
a couple of officers that l had sta
toned near, started with them and
the lawyer to the Metropolitan hotel.
Upon ascending to the third story
and reaching Colonel Kings door. we
found 1t locked. After some hesita-
ton and parleying King opened 1t and
sprang back and took hts seat on the
side Of the bed. where he sat bolt up.
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feared the conspirators had somehow
discovered that he had sold cut to the
government. He thought he was Ia
king a great risk, but said he was not
going to weaken. He said he had met
five OF the men he wanted to see and
had planned a deal for $4,000 of the
bogus stuff. Matters began to look a
necessary for me. IN order to carry
out the arrangements with King. to
furnish $1,000 in gold coin on the fol-
lowing morning In order that the deal
might come OF as planned by King I
told him ! would furnish the 5000.
but that on account Of the short no.
tice would be compelled to borrow II
temporarily from the sub-treasury.
The bag Of coin. told him. would be
under the government seal and II
would be unnecessary to break II
open, especially as We expected to
capture It back at the moment when
we arrested the counterfeiters bring
ing their bogus stun When l saw
the detective who had been Kings
hack driver, learned that as he
started away from the hotel King
stuck his head out and told him to
drive up to High Bridge. From this
point he was driven to many other
public places. His only purpose
seemed to be TO get look at the
slightly places about the city. During
the trip King had only got out of the
carriage once. and only for the pur-
pose OF taking drink. He had spoken
to no one; Of this the detective was
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IRfIWC WH/ZZ K/IYC.

right with hrs hands clinched around
the back of his neck and his eyes
rolled up and staring at the ceiling
as though 1t were frescoed with
bloody daggers. Great drops Of per.
spiration were standing upon his fore
head. Il am gone up" he muttered.
The devils are after me-"
What's this scar upon your head.
colonel?" inquired
"Oh, that's where a Yankee bullet
raked me-" he said.
Look here. King. don't you know
you are crazy!" | asked.
Certainly | am. and one Of the
most guilty men alive" he replied.
II must take you to a safe place.
Colonel King. so come along with US"
We took him before United States
Commissioner Shields. where he made
an AFFIDAVIT against himself for the
purpose of securing his entry into
Ludlow street Jail for safe keeping. ]
sent for William A. Hammond, then 3
noted professor of diseases Of the
mind. He came, examined the colonel
and pronounced him lunatic. II was
a lamentable affair, but nevertheless
a huge. joke upon Colonel Hoagland
and the lawyer. who had been all this
time gallivanting crazy man about
the country. Colonel Hoagland was
no doubt in the affair for the sole pur.
pose of rendering service to the gov
eminent. but Lawyer Fillston was un-
questionably expecting a large share
of the rnillion dollars.
Copyright. 1910. BY w. q. Chapmanl
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This b family which rose To great
power and eminsncs both IN England
and Scotland.
The name b derived from Comines,
. town Of France, nsas Lila Robert
Comins. . follower Of the ConQueros.
became earl Of Northumberland.
when William in 1866. or thsreab0uts.
was dealing out lands. manors and
titles, with q lavish hand. From Rob
ert descended william Cumine, lord
chancellor Of Scotland. 1874. time of
David l. The lord chancellor laid the
foundation Of this powerful house, one
Of the most powerfsa Of Scotland.
Before the time Of Robert, there
was an abbot Of Icolmkill In the sixth
century. who was called Cummine.
and In the following century another
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-12-12

abbot. named Comineas Aibus. Sir
Kenneth Cumming was a knight err
rant of later date.
According to one story. the first OF
note of the family was killed with
Malcolm III. In battle about 1898. and
he left two sons. John and William.
and from John all the Cumins Of
Scotland descend"
OF this line. Sir John. the Red
Cumin." or Comyn. was the first lord
Of Badenoch. and in 1910 ambassador
to the court of France. His son.
John. called the BLACK Lord Of Bad
enoch. was inferior to no subject in
Scotland for wealth and power. and
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Han1lirl Family

In colonial times the more usual or
biography of the name was Hamblen.
and many of those who now bear this
name. as well as many who are called
Hamlin. descend from James Hamb-
len. who was one of the founders Of
Cape Cod or Barnstable. Mass. where
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-04-22
RULERS WITH MANY TITLES,
The Sultan of Turkey Has SO and the
Emperor of Germany rs.

1t is curious fact that the monarch Of
the greatest and most important nation
IN the world has almost the shortest and
least imposing title of any
Most of the crowned heads of Europe
revel in a multiplicity of styles and dig
mites, but apart from mere peerages the
ruler of the mightiest empire the world
has ever seen has to be content with the
simple formula: Edward VII, by the
Grace of God of the United Kingdom Of
Great Britain and Ireland and of the
British Dominions Beyond the Seas,
King, Defender of the Faith Emperor
of India
Even in these titles the reference to
the Britons over seas was added only OH
the present Kings accession, and the
style of Emperor Of India was conferred
on the British sovereign late in Queen
Victoria's reign. Queen Victoria was
crowned simply "Of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, De
fender of the Faith" though on some of
the early coinage of her reign-the FORM
for instance-she is styled by the
Grace of God of all the Britains Queen
Defender of the Faith fine, digni-
fed and comprehensive style.
Besides his regal appellation the King
has of course many lesser titles, but even
these are not nearly SO numerous as in
the case of most foreign potentates
When one turns to other monarchs the
list appears very trivial, the German
Emperor, for instance. enjoying the lux
ury of seventy-fve subordinate titles, the
King of Spain fOrty-twO, the Emperor of
Austria siXty-one and the Sutton of Tur-
key eightytwo.
The Sultan of Turkeys various styles
are somewhat amusing to the western
mind. He is. of course, SULTAN and
Kha-Kkan (high prince and lord Ct lords
to start with; then he claims sovereignty
over most districts. towns. cities and
states in the east. specifying each by
name and setting out with great delibera-
ton in each of his various title, ''all the
forts, citadels, purlieus and neighborhood
thereof in regular legal form, and final
ly his official designation ends, ''Sover-
eign also of divers others nations, states
peoples and races on No. face of the
EARTH All this is of course in addition
to his high position as Head of the
Faithful and Supreme Lord of all the
Followers of the Prophet" direct and
Only Lieutenant on Earth of Moham-
med
The Emperor of Austria. the Pope, the
Sultan of Turkey, the King of Spain and
the King of Portugal are all king of
Jerusalem" The Emperor of Austria
and the King of Snain both call them
selves King of Galicia."
Of sovereigns who claim BIRTHS terri
tories the worst offender is the young
King of Spain. He is among othc- things
king of Gibraltar" king of the East
Indies" king of Oceanica," king of
the West Indies,' and king of India"
the last title being also owned by the
King of Portugal; while of titles former
ly borne by the mOnarchs of Britain the
King of Spain is also King of CASTLE"
king of Arragon" and king Of Ma
yarre ANSWERS.