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The San Francisco call., 1895-12-22

the globe, you must see them above and
out OF and over mighty mobiles bank of
clouds. And the stronger the movement
and the denser the cloud pack (only so that
1t be broken enough to let the light through
at sudden and short intervals) the grander
the spectacle and the deeper the thrill OF
alteration. From the plain is the place to
see all mountains; only so that you are
sure of the cloud wrack, the curtain TO the
divine drama. No, you can't see great
mountains close at hand. You may touch
the hem of their garments if close at hand,
YOU may breathe their perfume and listen
TO their harmonies, but you cannot really
see them. Great mountains. like great
men. can only be seen at distance.
The prevailing and almost painful
silence here in the heart of this vast and
seemingly shoreless sea of wheat is only
emphasized by the innumerable teams of
almost innumerable horses far away to
right and left and front ard rear. One is
accustomed to hear at least some noise
with so much action. Not word, not a
movement, save the strong, steady, mar
tial step Of the great horses, with arched
necks and glittering harness and champ
ing bits, that are dashing white with foam.
Now and then the one man managing al
most enough horses to make up q regiment
of cavalry lifts his face 10 the sun or the
Sierra; but that is all. The horses necks
are truly clothed with thunder" These
California horses are as lions in strength
and as lambs in gentle obedience. The
driver has nor thong nor whip; his voice is
all, and his voice is rather the voice of a
lover than that of a master or driver.
had rather drive one of those big teams,
sit up there in the careless silence all day,
the lord of all the land about me, and
smell the sweet breath of Mother Earth.
than sit in Budd's place at the capital ard
be Governor of California.
twenty-five years ago when passing this
way to Yosemite l was shown q field
where the furrow was more than twenty
miles long! And this sort of land monop-
oily is still only partially broken up. Men
hold on to land and hold on and on till
either death or mortgage shakes their
hands loose. Oh, this lust for land that
is in us Let US bear in mind that q man
may be miser in the matter of land as
well as in the matter of money. But we
came by. it legitimately, through good old
Saxon blood.
"Shall l tell you" cried the English
statesman, show to maintain the bound
less domain of England and let the sun
never go down on her empire? Get land !
get land get land! and never let go of a
single handful of sand" And that is
what the Union Jack is huttering to the
Jour winds to-day. The great islands of
the populous seas want land and will not
"let go a single handful of sand" And
that is why / prophesy to certainty, al
most, that we are on the eve of terrific
war with bold old England
Ii these great wheat-growers would only
cut up their vast fields and let the light of
civilization shine through Stanislaus in
the form of farms, cottages and school
houses, what a province this heart of the
heart of California might become!
Wheatl wheatl wheatl nothing but
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| Mediterranean Sea in still weather. Run
your eye up the long, wooded and wide
street toward the east-all is as level and
clean and white as newly sanded floor.
Turn your back on the marble fountain in
the public square and look the other way !;
the same serene, restful level of rich, soft
sand TIL the vision melts away in the misty
horizon, where the sapphire heavens and
the thousand square miles of green wheat
and stubble meet and mingle together.
Turn to the west, the same shoreless sea
of level harvest-felds, silence, serenity,
rest. The world is too big here to make a
noise of it. The boys are still; the very
birds are still. The large, lazy sun in the
soft haze of Indian summer goes down
magnifcently here, closing the heavens
and the earth together as a book that is
read.
But turn the other way as the moon
comes up, large, lone, full bosomed as a
golden harvest field of Stanislaus. The
haze settles down, down, in obeisance to
the mighty harvest moon, and suddenly
is sea of silver. Then. as suddenly
from out of ana beyond this silver sea OF
haze and mist shoot up the sentry towers
of snow, above the black Sierras. 70 see
the California Sierras or the Oregon ST.
erras, or indeed any great snow peaks on
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Eden trouble has grown out Of brave
and stupendous attempt to bring in water.
1t reminds one OF the piteous war that pre-
vailed years ago between the farmers and
the miners, resulting In the victory of the
farmer. And the farmer might well say
to-day with the King of Epirus, when his
generals came to congratulate him on his
victory over the Romans, Another such
victory and | am ruined"
Alas, and alas. that so "many of us are
born with and go about with chips on our
shoulders" If California had only had
some good man to go to the farmers and
the miners and make them listen to the
fable of the belly and the legs, and make
them heed as we'll as hear the lesson, we
need never to have made single halt in
our forward march.
And now here are men in Modesto, and
all up and down indeed fighting to the
death for water and against water. I
know nothing about the merits or de-
merits of the trouble now in the ultimate
court. But "Oh, the pity of it, Iago! the
pity OF itP' Thus far quite half a million
has been spent here in Stanislaus on q
single water dam; and how much in
lawsuits2
The dam is the largest in the world and
it is to be there on the day of Judgment.
1t is certainly a great honor to this rich
section. 1t is higher than the highest
church steeple in the land and is about
100 feet wide at the bottom and 20 feet
wide at the top; and let the deplorable
lawsuits result as they msy, the work is
and will remain marvel of bold engineer
ing and a great monument to not only
Stanislaus, but the State. The truth is no
man has seen California or her great
works at all who has not gone to the
heart OF her. seen the color, breathed the
perfume and dreamed dreams in the vast.
still levels of Stanislaus.
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many names as it had nomad tribes on its
banks. And so the stranger can see that
the Spanish priests, Captain Sutter, the
old Polish exile referred to, and the rest
of us often had no other course left than
to name the great objects of nature de
noyo. And while on the subject of names
let us recall little bit of local history that
somehow has always had a bit OF pathos
about it, a touch of tenderness in it to me.
When the railroad was about to pierce
this great hot heart of the State they
wanted name for the capital of the BAN
ner wheat county of California. So they
drove their stakes in the heart of the broad,
level land of Stanislaus, wheat to the left,
wheat to the right, wheat to the rear and
front, and named the new town "Ralston." /"
Ibis coming to the ears of the great and
generous Ralston, he promptly protested
and would have none of such honor. And
then the railroad men, meaning to COM
pllment the modest banker, gave the town
the insignificant name, Modesto. One
cannot help wishing Ralston had not been
so modest. For as time surges forward
there will continue to gather an increased
interest about this mans name. Cali
the beaten horse, the bottom doc, of vot-
ing for the unpopular man if he only has
heart in him, living or dead, and Ralston
had heart in him sure.
Let me tell one circumstance to prove it,
one out of so many such. One evening in
1872 when calling on Miss Coolbrith Prem
tice Mulord came, and he was in such
radiant spirits that Miss Coolbrith asked
what good fortune had befallen him. At
which he drew out a full handful of gold.
"That," said he brightly. 81 told you
l was going to see Ralston, and that he
would help me to go to Europe, and now
] am goingp" We were of course very
glad, and were eager to know how he had
managed it, for Mulford was the most
timid and gentle of all men. "Well "
said he. 81 first wrote him; next day
walked past the bank and took good
look at it. The next day [ went inside.
and was not the least bit afraid The
third day, that was this afternoon, went
right straight in and right up to where
Ralston sat behind the big counter in a
corner by himself, and before | knew it he
just dashed all this gold down before me-
wished me pleasant tour, and then be-
fore | could pick it all up was again busy
with his work, and | expect by this time
he has forgotten all about it"
When Charley Stoddard came in few
minutes later we told the whole happy
little story over again and we bohemlans
half decided to make 'srun on he bank. I"
But we did not and L never saw Ralston,
yet l can't help loving the very name OF
him.
This town of Ralston is as pretty as the
pink flower that grows on the green plains
OF Oregon. and it is as level as the tideless
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MISCELLANEOUS.
UNION CASUALTY and SURETY
COMPANY

OF ST. LOUIS, NTHE STATE OF MISSOURI
~ on the 31st day of December A. D. 1894 and
for the year ending on that day, made TO the In
surance Commissioner of the State of California
pursuant to the provisions OF sections $40 and 81
of the Political Code condensed as per blank fur
nished by the Commissioner.
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Where Is Charles Anus?

Chief Crowley has received letter from j.
c. Bentley, an attorney of Oquawaka, H., ask
Englishman, who left England about eight
years ago and came to this City. He is sup
posed to be a miner. His wife and four chill
dren are now in this country penniless, and
the wife is heartbroken at not having heard
from him for years. Anus is So years of age,
six feet tall and has sandy beard and gray Dyes.
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ots~z.Sh<<M-
"daAs.~a1-G GG.
Henderson Sentenced.

c. B. Henderson, charged with murder
and convicted of manslaughter for the
killing of Clarence Barr in the Baldwin
Hotel saloon, has been sentenced to twenty
years imprisonment by Judge Belcher.
This is the full term for the crime of man.
slaughter.
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Books OF all klnds-history, religion, poetry,
standard fiction, art works, childrens books,
etc. Closing out for storage charges at less
than cost of manufacture. Open evenings
TAI Market street.
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.ANDKERCHLBFS!

Everything in silk and cotton, for the
pocket or the neck. for man, woman
and child-at the right of the entrance
to store.
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DRUGS and PBRFUMBRIES!
CBLLULOID NOVELTIES!

Hand-painted, the latest and most
serviceable, from 25c up. Handker-
chief, Glove, Photo, Match and Card
Cases.
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RAILROAD TRAVEL,

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY.
lPAcrFIC sYsTEM.)
Trains leave and are due to ArrIve at
SAN FRANCISCO.
The Princeton union., 1895-05-23
STREETCAR WRECK
TROLLY SMAsH-UP ON UNIVERSITY
AVENUE, ST. PAUL.
one Car LOaded With People Re-
turning from n Base Ball Game
"a Crushed Into Another Similarly
LOnded-A Dozen People Injured.

st. Paul, May 19-Arthur Strauss
was seriously injured and nine others
were more or less bruised and hurt in
trolley car collision on University
avenue last evening. The cars were
crowded with men and WOMEN from
the ball park, and had the cars been
running at higher rate Of speed the
accident would surely have been much
more serious. The injured are:
Arthur Strauss, a clerk employed at
Foot, Schulze 4 Co.'s shoe store; in
jured internally.
Matt Jensen, clerk in the state
treaSurer's office; cut across temple,
right shoulder bruised.
Louis Smith, right wrist bruised.
Fred Eastman, printer on the Pio-
neer Press; face and head cut.
Henry Martini insuranc man; legs
bruised under broken seat.
Wilbur Tibbils. cigar dealer; right
hand cut and little finger crushed.
]. H. Whitaker, agent Minneapolis &
st. Louis railroad; back injured.
August Koerner, state treasurer;
right knee bruised and right hand cut.
H. j. Lehr, salesman Finch, Van
Slyck, Young & Co.; back injured.
John Lynch, head cut
The accident occurred at the inter-
section of Kent street with University
avenue, on down grade. There were
dozen ball trains, consisting of open
motors with trailers attached, in a line
gong east from the ball grounds on
Dale street to the city on University
avenue. There were three cars ahead
OF the two in collision. The cars were
al crowded to the steps, Arthur
strauss, who was the most seriously
injured, was standing on the platform
at the head end of the motor car in
colllslon. The cars were running
about four miles an hour, and at Kent
street the leading train stopped to let
on a passenger. The two next cars
stopped, Car No. 236, Iotorman G..
Enqulst, being west of the crossing
Car NO. 59l was following a car length
away. MOtOrman Schran applied the
breaks, but the track had just been
wet by the street sprinkler and the
brakes did not seem to work, and,
Wltnout moments warning, the car
crashed into the rear of Car No. 23G
ahead. Ihe collision came so suddenly
ana unexpectedly that every one, even
the mOtOrman, seemed taken una
wares. There was a sharp crash, and
then lunging forward of everybody
IN the colliding car. Seats were brok-
en- and the occupants of the car were
piled in an indiscriminate mass in the
middle of the car.
State Treasurer Koerner was in the
middle of the car. He was caught un-
der one of the broken seats and his
right knee was bruised painfully. The
cars We're delayed about twenty min
utes by the accident There We're sew
cral ladies on the cars, and their
screams nearly caused a panic. AS
far as could be learned none of the
women were injured, beyo receiving
a shaking up.
The Princeton union., 1895-05-23
CTLLOM WOULD ACCEPT.
He opens the Way Freely for Presi-
DENTAL Lightning

ne opehS tne way freely for PreSi-
Dental Lightning.
Seattle, Wash, May 10. - United
States Senator Cullom of Illinois, in
an Interview to-day, said he was in no
sense a candidate for the presidency,
but admitted that he would accept it
If it was offered him. He expressed
himself as believing that the tariff
question and not the money question
would be the leading issue of the ma
tional election
Senator Gallinger of New Hamp-
shire, who arrived here last night,
was interviewed on presidential possi-
bilities. He favors Reed, but thinks
Mckinley or Allison will be NOM
mated. If the Allison and Mckinley
forces are SO evenly divided as to
prevent the nomination of either, a
dark horse, possibly Senator Cullo1n,
will be nominated. Senator Gallinger
says that he considers Harrison out
of the race. Senator Gallinger is or
the coast for pleasure and will visit
Alaska before returning
The Princeton union., 1895-05-23
University Work Closes.

Minneapolis, May 21.-The academic
seniors Of the university closed the
regular work of their course at the
institution Saturday and will devote
the time Of the coming two weeks in
preparation for the exercises of COM
mencement. The members Of the class
are looking forward to their closing
exercises with great anxiety, and it is
needless to say that their aim is to ex-
eel the efforts of all preceding classes.
The class play is the matter which
just now troubles them, for it is un-
derstood that. they are somewhat
backward in their preparation, con-
sidering the small amount of time left
to get ready. The play will be given
afternoon and evening, and special
features will be the costuming and the
general scenic effect.
The Princeton union., 1895-05-23
SCARCITY OF LAND.
More Applicants Under the Pingrcc
Plan Are Disappointed.

More Applicants Under the Pingrcc
Plan Are Disappointed.
Minneapolis, May 21.-The Pingree
plan Of city farming has not met with
much encouragement in Minneapolis,
put there have been many difficulties
IN the way of it's progress. No soon
er has one cloud passed from it's
horizon than another has been found
III it's place. At first the matter OF
hnance was the apparent difficulty,
and land was plenty; then came the
desired finds, and now the commits
sion is looking very anxiously for the
land. Yesterday there were sixty call
ers upon Secretary Hove who asked
for land, the majority of whom got
none. 1t is estimated that 200 appli-
cants, under the present conditions,
will be unable to be supplied with the
land either in large OF SNAIL amounts.
The Princeton union., 1895-05-23

products of insanity. Herr Nordau
was born at Budapest on July 20, 1919.
He studied medicine there and tray
eled extensively after taking his de-
gree in 1873. He began in 1880 the
practice of medicine in Paris, where
he still lives. He is a correspondent
for important German and Austrian
newspapers, and has written for sew
eral French newspapers. He has pub
Hshed many books, most Of them Of
an original and sensa tional charac cter.
In his works DR.. Nordau combines
scientific knowledge, strong literary
power and remarka bic originality Of
thought.
The Princeton union., 1895-05-23

the organization. Maj. Johnston Is
one of the best known horsemen In
the United States. He was born in
Shiloh, Va, SIS years ago, and enjoyed
but few educational advantages. AS
a boy he became a marble cutters ap-
prentice, and wheel the war broke out
he promptly enlisted, serving with
gallantry under the Stars and Stripes
throughout the Rebellion. He rose to
the rank of MAJOR Of artillery. After
the war he studied law. He has long
been closely identified with harness
racing interests, and is president Of
the National Trotting Association and
other organizations of the kind.
The Princeton union., 1895-05-23
NORwAY'S DAY.

Celebration Of the Anniversary oc
the Declaration of independence.
Chicago, May 19. - The Norwegian
residents of Chicago celebrated the an
niversary of the declaration of their
independence from Denmark, which
occurred May II. 1914. The north
western part of the city was gayly
decorated with flags, wreaths and
bunting. Almost every building in
that section Of the city flew the stand
ards of the Fatherland of the Morse
man and that of their adopted coun-
try. The celebrations of the day were
in the form of professions, patriotic
speeches, dancing and feasts.
The Princeton union., 1895-05-23
HOUSE COLLAPSED.
Three People Are Killed and Eleven
Injured.

Three People Are Killed and Eleven
Injured.
Providence. r. l., May 19-By the
collapse of a tenement house three
persons were killed and eleven in
jured. 1t is thought that two of the
latter are fatally hurt. The building
had been raised to permit the building
of another story beneath it.
The killed are Mrs. Mabel Guertin,
sixty years old; occupant of house.
Asa Aldrich, fifty-fve years old; work
man employed in raising the house,
and a child of Louis LemOine.
The injured are Mrs. Joseph Le-
moine; probably fatally. Noah Rich
ards, workman; probably fatally. Mrs.
Louise Lemoine, seriously injured
about the head. Fred Baltic, scalp
wounds; unconscious Frank Lernoine,
leg fractured. Joseph Lemoine, seri-
GUS contusions. - Gosselin, scalp
wounds shoulder crushed. Two small
children named Gauniere. Two others
sustained slight injuries, but are able
to care for themselves.
The building was about fifty feet
long with a frontage Of twenty feet.
The lower portion was formerly a
store, and the owner recently decided
to raise it twenty feet and use the
lower stories for tenements, About
three weeks ago a contractor, Poole of
Apponaug, began the work, and the
structure was raised to the required
height. The two families in the upper
stories did not move out. To-day
while the men were at work at the
under-pinning the building, without
warning, slid off the piles on which it
rested and pitched endwise into the
street, striking the ground with a
terrific crash.
The Princeton union., 1895-05-23
PANIC IN COURT.
W1tc ess Draws n Knife ON the De-
fendant and nm Attorney

fendant and an Attorney.
Cincinnati, May 21. - There was a
panic In the criminal court ut Coving-
ION, Ky, to-day. The case Of Emma
Slaughter for $4,000 damages from
Or. Jarvis McCollum for seduction
was being heard. While Emma was
5testlfying her father, Henry Slaughter,
was seen drawing large dirk. The
Sheriff and jailer grabbed him before
ne could reach McCollum. This
caused great excitement in the court
room. Afterward Henry Slaughter
was on the stand, and the attorney for
the defense asked the witness wheth-
er he had ever beer in the peniten-
tiary. Without answering, Slaughter
ripped out another dirk and plunged
Tor the attorney. He was again held
Dack, but several were hurt in the
panic which followed, none seriously
1t was necessary to adjourn the court
III order to get rid of the crowd. In
the afternoon none but attorneys and
witnesses will be admitted.
The Princeton union., 1895-05-23
a HORSE ON CITY ATTORNEY.
Arrested for Violating One of the
Little Falls Ordinances.

Arrested for Violating One of the
Little Falls Ordinances.
Little Falls, Mimi, May 19. - The
chief of police has shown sudden
determination to enforce a city ordi-
nance, and to-day he swore out war
rants against J. A. Rhodes, city and
county attorney, and John Wetzel,
cashier of the German-American bank,
for riding bicycles on city sidewalk.
The offense was committed the even
ing previous. Both were brought be-
fore the municipal court and Wetzel
promptly pleaded guilty. Rhodes had
the chief of police on the stand, and
by line of questioning clearly
showed that information was wanted
about the chiefs acquaintance with
other ordinances and their possible
violators. The examination was quite
amusing - considering the fact that
the prisoner and questioner was the
city attorney and the witness the
chief of police After the attorney had
learned what he could about the mat
ter he pleaded guilty. Each of the de.
PENDANTS was fined S. and costs.
The Princeton union., 1895-05-23

schools of New York city for few
years and then entered the employ
ment of a morocco manufacturer. For
some time he has been in the real es-
tate business. He has been member
of Tammany Hall since it's reorganiza-
ton in 1872. His activity in politics,
and his great ability as 4 political
leader led to his selection as leader Of
the Democracy in the Twentyfourth
assembly district. In all affairs ex-
cept those of politics Delmour is now
a retired business man. He is to-day
the most popular man in Tamman;
Hall.
The Princeton union., 1895-05-23
Trolley Collision.

Brooklyn, May 21. - A serious COL
lision between trolley cars occurred
to-day by which several passengers
were seriously, il not fatally, hurt.
The employees have been placed under
arrest. Among those most seriously
injured are Adolph Fluger. Joseph
Williamson, William MeSserschmidt,
Robert B. Furman, James Benerman.
OF the hundred or more passengers
on the two cars the great majority re-
ceived bruises of a more CT less pain
full nature and Il veritab1e panic en-
sued.
The Princeton union., 1895-05-23

The Annual Big Event Among Cat
t1emen on the Great Sioux.
Fort Pierre, S. D., May 1S.-The an
nual spring roundup for the great
Sioux range commenced to-day, and
the wagons of G. Mathieson, T. Mad
sen, Louis Laplant, Kirby & SteaTls
and G. X. Howard started out this
morning. These outfits represent an
ownership of $4,000 head Of cattle on
this range. They will cover a tract Of
about 100 square miles, and the work
undertaken will consume about thirty
days.
The Princeton union., 1895-05-23
Appointed Receiver

st. Paul, May 1S-Judge Caldwell Of
the United States circuit court has
made an order discharging Tilden r.
Selmes as receiver of the Winona &
Southwestern Railway company and
the Winona & Southwestern Improve
ment company and appointing in his
stead F. w. M. Cutcheon Of this city.
Mr.. Selmes resigned on account Of
sickness. He is now in Baltimore
suffering from cancer in the liver, and
his recovery is almost hopeless.
The Princeton union., 1895-05-23
She Took Poison.

st. Paul, May 21.-There is Grape on
the hall door at 346 South Robert
street. Within is the dead body of
Nettie Ordermann, who took poison
with suicidal intent at IL o'clock Sat-
urday night and died at o'clock yes
terday morning. The girl is twenty
years old and the only daughter Of
Fred Ordemann, who has a paint shop
at the above number. She had left
home and thought herself deserted by
her lover, young man named Alex
ander Walter, who is head clerk of the
shoe department at Schuneman Il
Evans