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PATRIOTIC PRIZE ESSAYS
Sons Of the Revolution Compete for
Literary Honors.
Cold Ma1aI fnr the Rest Treatise
Gold Medal for the Best Treatise
OH "The Greatest Event of
the Revolution."

The prize essay contest, given under the
auspices of the Society OF the Sons OF the
Revolution and the Society of the Sons of
the American Revolution, of Washington,
closed yesterday The competition for the
handsome prize offered is lively, as is
testified by the large number OF compost
tions for warded TO the committee which
will examine and pass judgment on the
papers.
The compositions are all written on thu
one subject: The Greatest Event OF the
American Revolution. This topic was
chosen, IL is understood, for the three
fold purpose of necesstaung studyin the
history Of the Revolutionary War. inspir-
ing patriotic sentiment and also because
Of its fruitruness as subject for descrip-
tive writing.
The conditions imposed are simple and
will allow the writer's ample scope 10
give expression to their imagination, and
expressions, events which took place IN
the early days OF the history OF the country
and also prove the extent and faithful
ness in preparing their essay. Each com
petitor will be allowed ! 200 words in
which to tell the story of what he or
she may think the greatest event OF the
American revolution.
The committee has offered handsome
gold medal valued at about $50 as a
prize.
The winner in the contest will be an
nounced and the prize awarded on the
evening OF June "a, at Convention Hall,
during the commencement exercises OF
the city high schools.
The committee in charge OF the contest
are: DR.. j. W. Bayne, No. 116 Second
street southeast; Mr Gaillard Hunt, No
1866 Rhode Island avenue, and Mr. B.
NJ Whitman. The committee desires
competitors who have not already sent
in their compositions to do SO at once.
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Hs.nges Wins a Road Race.

st. Louis, June 5.-Albert C. Menges,
unattached, with an allowance Of nine
minutes, won the annual Forest Park
bicycle road race this afternoon by q
ouarter of q mile. John Davis, unattached,
with an allowance Of seven and half
seconds. finished second. Arthur Stock
boff, unattached, allowed twominutes. cap
tured the time prize, covering the twenty
miles In fifty two minutes, twenty and one.
fifth seconds There were 110 starters to-
day. aud $4,000 people witnessed the con-
test,
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DIAMOND DUST.

pm Hin strained his arm while pitching.
ue VIII be laid off for week, which is
hard luck for the Colonels
F. E. Goodwin, the Cincinnati basenah
writer, says: "It is noticeable Iace
that the Reds lose oftener than they WIN
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Any day you will find a crowd at our
office examining the Hartford typewriter
and purchasing, too. The GramophonetaiS-
ing and singing machine helps TO oring
the crowd: free exhibitions daily; como
one and all Typewriter Headquarters
and Manufacturers Agency, 1907 sd
INV. Burket & Hewett, Agents je5-u-eu
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All diseases of a special nature
of either sex are treated 1or ono
dollar per visit UNTIL. CURED.
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ONE DOLLAR

Per visit is our only charge, All
MEDICINES AND SERVICES IN
cluded.
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other Games Yesterday.

At Syracuse
Syracuse :. :. .......... o 0 o-4
Providence :. ....0 0 0 0 0 o.
Hits-Syracuse, Z; Providence, 8. Errors
Syracuse, 2; Providence, B. Batteries
Mullarky and Shaw; Braun and Coogan.
New Haven, June 5.-Nearly 5000 peo-
ple saw Yale down Princeton this after
noon, in most interesting contest WI
son started in to pitch for Princeton, and
was knocked out of the box in the first
inning. Jayne took his place, and did re
markably good work, but Yale's lead was
SO great that when Princeton finally over
came them in the ninth inning, the New
Jersey twirler was going. Score:
Princeton :. :. -. 0 o 1 O. 3
Yale. . 90 0 o o 1-1O
Base hits Princeton, 13; Yale, Il. Er-
rors- Princeton, 8; Yale, g. Batteries
Jayne and Wilson; Keefer, Murphy and
Greenway.
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This generous and honest system
Of treatment has met with the
hearty approval OF all. Let no one
afflicted with ANY DISEASE of a.
SPECIAL NATURE fail TO call at
once. No such frank and honest oIier
has been made In this city before.
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THE L. & R. ROUTE
For Athletic Goods.

NERVOUS TROUBLES, all kinds, cured
with ANIMAL EXTRACTS. tree Book
tells how. Wash'n Chemical Co.. Washing
ton. d. @
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worth up to $3.50 for $I.2o

and you get the privilege of credit if you wish it.
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Evening Session.

The Engrossment Committee reported
twentyfour bills properly engrossed.
VOORHEES, S. B. go to pay for the re-
pairs and construction of buildings in
Yosemite Valley and for the improve
ment of the valley, was read third time
and passed.
Americas A. B. 521, to pay Louise
Rienzi $1,000 for services to the State
Board of Silk Culture, was passed.
The rest of the evening was spent in
second readings, considering appropri-
alton and claim bills in Committee of
the Whole and Senate messages
The House held a bare quorum in the
beginning and the file of third read
ings, scheduled for the evening was
given up as too difficult and precarious
an enterprise.
SiXty-four bills We're read the second
time; sixteen were considered in Com
mittee of the Whole and reported back
favorably, and many were amended
Not less than thirty Senate messages
were received, the amendments read
and concurred in by the House
All this which takes but a couple of
paragraphs to tell. took up long ev-
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Evening Session.

Consideration of the special urgency
file being in order, A. 3. 40, by the
Committee on Revision of Codes and
Statutes, relating to the sale and re-
demption of property sold under power
of mortgages and trust deeds, was read
the third time.
Seawell and Gillett spoke for the bill
and Boyce, Stratton, Bulla, Wilmington
and Dickinson opposed it. For an hour
the debate continued and after its con-
clusion the bill was refused passage by
vote of to %. Seawell changed
his vote and gave notice of a motion to
reconsider.
A. B. 4S3, by Shanahan, appropriate
ing 81, 1868 4S to pay the claim of Mo-
doc County against the State, was
passed by vote of % to 0-title ap-
proved.
S. b. 336, by Gillett, to amend Sec
ton 1888 of the Code of Civil Proce-
dure, concerning the right of eminent
domain, was passed by a vote of % to
0-title approved.
A. E. coo, by Hudson, providing for
the furnishing to Sheriffs and Chiefs of
Police of certain information, descrip-
ton and photographs of convicts about
to be discharged from the States pris-
ons, was passed by a vote of 20 to
0-title approved.
A. B. $50, by Sims, to provide for the
organization and management of coun-
ty fire insurance companies, was pass
ed by a vote of 26 to 0. Boyce, who
had voted no, changed his vote and
gave notice of a motion to reconsider
At 1000 o'clock, on motion of Sea-
well, the Senate adjourned.
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Afternoon Session.

VOORHEES, called up the notice given at
Thursdays session, and moved the re-
consideration of the vote whereby A
3. 9I1 was refused passage.
Gillett submitted that the Senate had
already refused to pass the bill, and
he hoped to see the motion defeated
Boyce said he had understood that
the Examiner" intended to score any
Senator who had the temerity to vote
for the measure, and as it had been
amended to suit his taste, he proposed
to give that sheet a chance to score.
SeaWell spoke to the motion, and in
cidentalIy for the bill, contending that
it was a good one and ought to pass
The motion to reconsider carried by
a vote of p to -, and further con-
sideration of the bill was made a spe-
cial order for Monday at 800 O'Clock.
CITRUS FRUITS.
Simpsons resolution requesting an
increase of the tariff on citrus fruit was
called up, and Smith, for the Fresno
raisin growers, offered an amendment,
appending to the resolution a further
request that the duty on Zante cur
rants be made 3 cents per pound in
stead of l cent, as recommended in
Langford's resolution, and that the
duty on prunes and dried plums be
fixed at 49, cents per pound.
AS amended, the resolution was
adopted by a vote of % to /, and inn
mediately transmitted to the Assem-
bly,.
DUTY ON WINES.
LaRue offered concurrent resolu-
a inc
all reciprocity movements looking
towards the removal of the tariff on
imported wines.
The preamble to the resolution, which
reflected somewhat upon the action of
the Republican party concerning it's po-
sition relative to reciprocity, was, on
motion of Bulla. stricken out, and as
amended the resolution was adopted
by vote of 30 to 2
Morehouse called up the notice given
ty VOORHEES,, and moved to reconsider
the vote whereby S. B. sol, in relation
to insurance, was refused passage The
motion carried, 30 to o, and after being
amended by special committee, the bill
was ordered printed
ASSEMBLY BILLS.
4. 3. 40 by Bridgeford, to provide
for the organization and government of
irrigation districts. and to provide for
TIE acquisition or construction thereby
OF works for the irrigation Of the lands
embraced within such districts, and
also TO provide for the distribution of
water for irrigation purposes. was
placed upon its final passage, and lost
by vote of 16 to Is. Simpson
,.l
motion TO reconsider. The bin was in
tended 10 modify and partially take the
place of the present Wright Act"
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Handsome Clothing
for Little Fellows.

For the past week our Clothing
men have been busy putting into
stock the new Spring styles in Chill
dren's Clothing. We are pleased to
say these garments show many de-
partures from the somewhat conven-
tional styles of the past few years.
They have created much enthusiasm
among our own people, and are sure to
awaken a similar interest when shown
to customers. The "Yorkshire" Suit
IS one Of the new ideas. The coat is
cut short, with straight front and
Prince of Wales lapels. The vest
has the buttons concealed, and is
made with flap pockets. Trousers
with ribbon and buckles at knee.
The above suit in three stylish color
ings, one a tan plaid Price, S.
Ages, 4 to 9 years.
Dark blue English Worsted Suits,
for dress wear; 4 to 9 years. Price,
S. so.
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WOMEN BARRED.
Senate Declares They Shall
Not Vote.
Congress Requested to Increase
Duties on Citrus Fruits.
Slight Furry in Coyote ScalP With
No Results.
The A&enbly's Day On the Files One Of The
Heaviest Of The SeSsiOn-lrriga-
ton Bill Defeated

Several interesting measures met
with disaster in the Senate yesterday,
prominent among which were the Con-
stitutional amendment proposing to ex-
tend the right of suffrage to women,
regardless as to whether they were
new or old, and the bill to modify
the present Wright irrigation law.
Gleaves' pilot bill also met with defeat.
On the other hand the resolution re-
guessing Congress to increase the i'm
port duties on citrus fruits was adopt
ed by an overwhelming majority, as
was also that offered by LaRue, re-
questing that all reciprocity measures
looking toward the removal of the duty
on imported wines, be defeated.
The evening session of the upper
house was almost entirely consumed by
debates upon legal points in the two
CT three bills under consideration.
ROSEBUDS AND VIOLETS.
Soon after the Assembly convened
for afternoon session a page appeared
at the desk of Assemblyman Cross with
a pretty glass bowl filled with souve-
nir dun Ami roses and dainty ferns;
on the attached card was an inscrip
ton, For Captain Cross, in apprecia-
ton of his efforts against woman suf-
rage. Signed, Many ladies' The
gallant Captain was greatly pleased
with the attention and only wishes
there were rosebuds enough to divide
with his associates who had voted with
him.
But this was not the only floral offer
ing. Pretty soon the pages began to
pass up and down the aisles laden with
big and fragrant punches of long
stemmed California violets to each of
which a card was attached. There
We're thirty-eight of these and they
went to faithful ones who had voted
for Constitutional amendment No. 20,
tor woman suffrage. A particularly
large and handsome one was present
ed to Assem- blyman Emmons, with this
legend on the card.
Hon. E. Emmons, with the compli-
ments of the State Suffrage Society.
Mrs. John F. Swift, State President"
DOWN TO BUSINESS.
File work was lively in the Assembly
yesterday. Sixteen bills were passed.
Not less than fifty We're read second
time, many of these being amended and
a good many others, carrying appro-
priations, were considered in Committee
of the Whole. A score of Senate bills
were considered under the head of
Senate messages and their amendments
concurred in by the House with few
exceptions.
The advantage of the work done by
the expurgating committee last week
is apparent now in the fact that but
few bills are refused final passage
those left on file being nearly all mer-
itorious in one way or another.
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sons voting at a general election shall be
exempt from the payment of poll tax,
was adopted. This measure provides
that the payment of poll tax shall fall
upon foreigners and upon citizens too
indolent or too careless to avail them
selves of their franchise.
Treacy's $40, providing for liens and
for suits to foreclose said liens in the
case of contracts entered into by Su-
perintendents of Streets Of municipali-
ties, was read a third time and passed.
Toland's 80, for the employment of
the homeless and the unemployed, and
for the punishment of Migrants, came
up on third reading, and Toand made
a vigorous speech in support Of the bill.
but there appearing some objection to
its construction, a select committee of
three was appointed by the Speaker, on
motion of Bridgford, to frame amend
ments and report this morning. Bridg-
ford, Toland and Seward constitute the
committee.
CONTESTED ELECTION EXPENSES.
on motion of Emmons, the several
reports of the Committee on Contested
Elections, embodying the expense ac-
counts of the several cases of contest,
were brought up for action, and each
was adopted. The aggregate expenses
in each case We're as follows:
Bennett VS.. Toland. 1896 10.
Kelsey VS.. McLaurin, 81 .234 30
Lundquist VS.. Dennery, S1,216 60.
Code VS.. Mahoney, S1.092 80.
Hedemark VS.. Dolan, 1888 10.
WOULD NOT RECONSIDER.
~
who had given notice of motion to re-
consider the vote by which the coyote
scalp bill had passed on Thursday,
should bring it up at once or set a time
when he would. Emmons claimed that
it should be disposed of forthwith, as it
would not be fair to him to take it up
when the friends of the bill were all
absent.
Price took some umbrage at this sug-
gestion as to when he should bring up
his own motion, but finally consented
to do so.
Emmons took the floor to speak
against the motion He alluded to
charges in the San Francisco morning
papers that votes had been secured by
Illicit means during the call of the
House on Thursday. If that was so, he
said, he did not know it, but if it were
So he still stayed by the bill, which was
a righteous one and hoped the motion
would not carry. To the objection that
the claims were not all legal. he replied
that by the conditions of the bill the
whole matter was left to the Board of
Examiners, and no claim could be paid
until passed upon by them. Emmons
made very strong speech. For two
days he fought for this bill in the face
of almost every sort of opposition, and,
although charges of purchase, fraud
and other illfavored things We're rife.
neither person nor paper has thought of
attributing anything to Emmons but a
disinterested desire to see the States
just debts paid. The motion to recon-
slider was lost.
The House took a recess until $50
ID. m.
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TRAPPED BY A LAWYER.
The Witness Was All Right, Only He
Forgot All About the Almanac

| The story of Abraham Lincoln's con-
| founding an opposing witness with an
| almanac record of the moons phases.
| finds parallel in the case of Waterson.
recently acquitted on a charge of muir
! der in an Iowa court. The main wit
| ness against him was one Delafield.
who swore he was working just out
side the window of the accused on the
day of the alleged crime. and saw Wat
erson open a cupboard, take down a
| bottle, move about as if preparing a
| potion. and then administer the
draught to Mrs, Waterson. who died in
great agony later in the day
| A lawyer named Bradford, for the de-
Tense, had asked the jurymen on ex-
animation of them as to competence. if
| they had faith enough in the Weather
Bureau reports to attach credence to
| them, and had found every man on
the panel believed the records were fair
and reliable. The State had not UNDER
stood the drift of these questions, but
had not objected
When it came to cross-eXamining
Bradford asked the witness, DelafieId.
what he was doing outside Waterson's
window, and he said he was digging a
cistern.
when did you begin digging that
cistern?"
November 18th, the day Mrs. Water
son died.
How much did you dig that day."
'Oh. about three feet
what tools did you use?"
"A shovel"
And a pick?"
mo: the ground was mellow"
work in an overcoat?"
mo; in my shirtsleeves. The day
was warm
Have anything to drink?"
Had little pail of water on the
ground within REACH
did it freeze?'
No" The witness smiled scornful-
ly.
Then Bradford offered in evidence a
certified copy of the Weather Bureau
report for November 10th and 18th,
and showed that the temperature had
been below freezing the first day and
below zero the day of the alleged crime.
The jury accepted the official docu-
ment, and to that extent regarded the
witness as impeached, for Waterson
was acquitted.-Chicago Times Herald.
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IN THE ASSEMBLY.
A Lively Day on the Files-Bouquets
for Suffragists.

Rev. c. L. Mel, Chaplain of the SEN
ate, offered the morning prayer in the
Assembly in the absence of Chaplain
Oehler
COURTESY TO THE GOVERNOR.
The first action of the morning session
was the adoption of A. c. r. l., granting
six months leave to the Governor at any
time he may wish to take it during the
remainder of his official term. Lack of
quorum at the time the resolution was
offered, Thursday evening, had pre-
vented it's adoption then, but there was
no dissenting voice yesterday and the
resolution was ordered to the printer.
SPECIAL ORDERS.
Waymire's 657, to provide for the al
teration of boundaries of incorporated
towns and cities by the annexation of
uninhabited territory thereto an Act
enabling the city of Alameda to take in
some bay-shore territory, was the first
bill passed.
S. b. 696, relating to the powers Of
Boards of Trustees of certain cites, was
read the third time and passed.
STATIONS S. 3. 4G3, enabling County
Clerks TO get out supplemental Great
Registers at the expense of the county.
was passed.
Warehouses; S. p. 351, providing for an
improvement in the method of printing
the names of candidates on ballots, was
amended on second reading. The
method provided for in this measure is
that of grouping the names of all candi-
dates OF each national party under a
party headline, on one side of the bal
lot, while all independent candidates
those having their nominations by petit
tion-are grouped on the other side and
no names of the national parties may
be used. in combination or otherwise, by
independent candidates
Kenyon's A b. lis amends the Po-
litical Code to conform to the recent de-
olson of the Supreme Court that voters
moving from one precinct TO another
within thirty days of election shall lose
their vote. 1t was read the second time
and ordered to engrossment.
Assembly Bill S15. creating a commits
sion for the purpose of examining test
ing and investigating voting machines
and reporting to the Legislature at it's
thirty-third session the result of such in
vestgation and making an appropria-
ton for such commission, was passed
Americas A. b. 3o4 is also an amend
ment to an election law The amend
ment portion providing that bids for
specified paper upon which ballots are 10
be printed shall be advertised for in the
papers of San Francisco and Sacra-
mento for a stated time previous to the
printing of the same.
Mead's A. c. A. 10, providing that per-
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Code by adding a provision relative to
adverse occupation, was read third time
and passed
Langfords 312, regarding the right
| Of eminent domain, was read second
time and placed on third reading file
SeawelPs ia, amending the Penal
Code, relating to charging the jury, and
his JIG, amending the Code of Civil
Procedure relating to a change of place
of trial, were both passed.
Luchsinger's 102, to provide for the
sale of excess of water when owned by
municipality, was read third time
and passed.
FILE OF EIGHTY.
Sims A. B. 449, relating to the State
Board of Dental Examiners and regu-
lating the practice of dentistry in the
State, was lost
The Act for the establishment of a.
State Polytechnic Institute in San Luis
Obispo county, a substitute for S. B.
81, was considered in Committee of
the Whole and favorably reported to
the House, as also was Hills A. B. So
fer the purpose of dredging Humboldt
Bay.
Henry's A. B. 500. adding O new Sec
ton to the Political Code prohibiting
the imposing of a license upon any
PERSON soliciting orders for the sale of
any articles manufactured in this State
which under Federal law cannot be le-
gally imposed upon persons soliciting
orders for the sale of like articles man
ufactured in any State, was passed:
also Guys A. B. 242, to pay the claim
CT r. l.. Peeler. for expenses incurred
in attending the funeral of the late
General Dimond
Shippee's S. B. $50, for the erection
of an additional building for the State
Normal School at Chico, was reported
favorably from the Committee of the
Whole.
A. B. 800, amending the Act relating
to commitments TO the Industrial
Schools of the State, was amended and
sent to printer.
Shanahan's A B. 942, to provide for
the auditing and examination of the
Indian war claims, was passed.
Shippee's Act to authorize the Gov
ernOr to appoint agents to collect State
claims against the United States was
passed.
Americas A. B. 926, giving a lien
to blacksmiths, woodworkers and all
other persons employed upon any We
Eicle or implement of husbandry for
labor performed or material furnished
and for liens upon horses for the cost
of shoeing the same, was passed.
The House took a recess until s p. m