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drnn of boiling water when three years
old; was barely saved from drowning
in his sc nth, and was badly frozen in
a Connecticut blizzard at the age Of Is.
Among other remarkable instances of
escape from death he related this:
President Young said he wanted
me TO take my family and go to Bos-
ton, and stay there till / could gather
all the Saints of God in New England
and Canada and brin~ them to Zion.
That was the mission he gave me on
my return from the pioneer tourney to
winter quarters. / went in the spring,
as he told me-. and took my family.
We came one evening to one of the
brethren's houses in Indiana. Several
of us We're there. Orson Hyde had a
team as we'll as myself We drove
into long yard l set my carriage
within six inches of his. l had my
wife and children with me. I tied my
animals to an oak tree on the side of
where we camped. I went to bed in
my carriage. AS I lay down the
spirit of the Lord told me to get up
and move nv carriao l did not ask
the Lord what he meant l did as /
was told. The same spirit told me to
go and move my animals away from
that tree 1 did that. My wife asked
me why 1 did it, I told her l did not
know. l had not been in bed twenty
and took that oak tree, which had
stood there perhaps fifty years, split it
right through the trunk, and it swept
both of those fences where my carriage
had stood. 1t never touched Brother
Hyde's. carriage. but it would have
crushed me and my family to the earth
If had not listened to the voice of the
spirit.
That preserving power" he con-
tinued, " has followed me all the Way
through my life 1t has been with me
upon my missions abroad as we'll as at
home. 1t has followed me until the
present day. and / have been placed in
a great many strange places.
Il was ordained to dedicate this Salt
Lake Temple fifty years before it was
dedicated. l knew l should live to ded-
icate that temple. l did live to do it,"
While President Woodruff held that
the miraculous preservation of his life
formed the chief incidents and the ded-
ication Of the temple the greatest event
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an opportunity to display their cat
treasures.
There are three regular Batteries,
or "cat kennels" which are run by San
Franciscans at the present time, and
all of these are devoted because OF
the popular demand for members of this
particular breed, to the raising of An
goras. All the long haired eats are
comprised in the four varieties pre-
viously mentioned and were formerly
known under the generic appellation of
French cats" as they were originally
imported into England, and thence to
the United States, from France, where
they were, for many years valued as
pets before the English people awoke
to a sense of their real beauty and de-
sirable qualities.
A San Francisco gentleman, the pro-
prietor of the Alameda County Kennels
in Fruitvale, was the first one in this
vicinity to recognize the fact that cat
raising can, If managed intelligently,
be made profitable business. The first
female cat that he owned was the cell
ebrated Lady TatterS. one of the gems
of the Johnson collection, and Beauty
Boy, a fine silver gray, was brought
across the continent for mate. Mar
vel, a silver blue beauty two years old.
is a granddaughter of this couple and
is almost a perfect likeness of her
grandsire, who was unfortunately ac
cidentally killed before he had been
long on the coast
Leon, son of the famous Duke Haw
thorne of Walnut Ridge farm, in Mas
sachuset4s was sent for to take his
place, and his kittens are in great de-
mand among Western cat fanciers. He
is pure white cat with blue eyes and
a magnificent coat, ruff and tail, and
is one of the largest of his kind.
Lady Tatters is a tortoise-shell An
CORA, and outside of her multiplicity
of points" is especially noted for her
love for kittens The share of philo
progenitiveness which has fallen to her
lot altogether exceeds the demand made
upon it by her own numerous offspring.
She is never contented with the num-
Der of kittens which fate bestows upon
her, but makes a practice of adopting
every litter from which she can man
age to drive the rightful owner. Very
recently she added two different fami-
lies of three kittens each to her own
four and cared for the whole success
fully. At the present time she is
mothering four of her own ten days
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OF his career, am disposed, writing
as DO from Gentle point of view,
TO count as the most remarkable page
IN the unique history of the Morrnons
and Utah that one written by him in
september, $780, which contained the
startling proclamation that polygamous
marriage would no longer be cele-
brated by the Church of Jesus Chris,
OF Latter-day Saints When this de-
clslon was sustained on the 9Th day Of
october OF that year by nearly fifteen
thousand members of the church. as
sembled at the tabernacle in annual
conference, and issued as manifesto,
that proclamation opened the door to-
statehood for Utah and revolutionized
her social fabric. 1t made possible the
separation of church and state and the
reconstruction of the civil policy of the
territory on national party lines.
In 1883, at the age Of &c. Milford
Woodruff journeyed with his father
from his birthplace at Pennington.
Conn, to Oswego, N. Y, and Joined the
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presidency:
Lorenzo Snow, Franklin D. Richards.
Brigham Young, Francis M. Lyman,
John Henry Smith, George Teasdel,
John w. Taylor, Anthem H. Lund, Mar
liner w. Merrill Matthias Cowley, Owen
Woodruff, Heller J. Grant.
At the moment of the death of Presi-
dent Woodruff Apostle Lorenzo Snow,
who is now 81 years of age, became
president of the apostles and will no
doubt be elevated, as all his predeoes-
sors had been, to the presidency of the
church, with power to select two coun-
sellers. Until that occurs, however.
Counselors Cannon and Smith retire to
their former positions as apostles and
owen Woodruff and Heber j. Grant,
the last ordained of the apostles, step
QUITO be reinstated should President
Snow select his counselors from the
twelve. LEWIS H. EDDY.
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Mormons When they were driven into
exile and came to Nauvoo, Ill, young
Woodruff accompanied them. and wnen
Brigham Young crossed the plains and
desert to the modern land of Canaan
at the head of an ambitious band OF
pioneers MILFORD Woodruff accom-
panied him as one of the twelve
apostles of the church and helped to
lay out the site of the present city Of
Salt Lake.
For many years Apostle Woodruff
was the most successful of the mission
aries sent cut from Utah by Brigham
Young. 1t was he that drew into the
church some two thousand United
Brethren and fifty ordained ministers
of that faith. 1t was in the time Of
Joseph Smith that he made the Journey
to Fox Island in 1899 at the time of the
great apostasy in Kirkland, n. Y, and
there received the letter from the
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prophet ordaining him an apostle He
baptized one hundred persons on the
island. There are many other instances
of his missionary work that would be
of interest only to the Mormons them
selves.
President Woodruff was the fourth
successive ruler of the Mormon church.
Brigham Young succeeded Joseph
Smith, who died in Jail at Nauvoo, Ill,
on June 81, 1874; John Taylor became
president in 1877 at the death of Brig
ham Young, and in 1887, at the death
of Taylor, Apostle Woodruff succeeded
to the presidency. He retained as his
counselors George Q. Cannon and
Joseph F. Smith, who were selected by
his immediate predecessor.
Following is the complete list of the
apostles as they stood before the death
of President Woodruff, given in the
order that they should succeed to the
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r HAD a lease on life until I dedi-
Gated the temple said MILFORD
Woodruff, president and prophet Of
the Mormon church, few days pre-
- vious to his death, which occurred
at the home of Isaac Trumbo in
San Francisco on the I'd inst. Then
the lease expired and 1 have since had
no assurance of life, but have lived
solely by the faith of the saints.
had to come away" he went on, speak
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sens along the way.
F-em childhood MILFORD Woodruffs
life was It series of chapters Of acct
dents and events. In the last general
conference of the Mormon church. held
at the Salt Lake Tabernacle On the 7th
day OF last April, he delivered his last
public address to the whole peooie. 1t
was accepted as prophetic Of the end
that he should then tell the story of his
life He related many incidents, as 1t
seemed to him, of miraculous ESCAPES
from ath. He had almost every bone
IN his body broken, except the neck
and the back; was thrown into a CAL
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ing of his visit to this city, "for had
1 remained at my home in Salt Lake
the apostles would have been laying
hands upon me, and meeting again in
prayer, for the further preservation Of
my life
These oddly prophetic words were
spoken to President Nye, who has
charge of the Mormon mission in this
city. President Woodruff's tone and
manner seemed to imply his readiness
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president N00DRUFFS Greatest WORK for ts MORMON CHURCH
ABOUT THE MAN WHO WILL SUCCEED HIM.

awaited him. But he was cheerful
about it and seemed in as good health
as he had for two or three years,
though wearied by recent overwork.
Having passed the age of 81 and done
his work, he died as he had lived, with
characteristic simplicity That he
lived past 81 was not surprising, since
many men live far beyond that age, but
that he miraculously escaped death on
numerous occasions before he came to
old age President Woodruff himself be-
lieved to be due to the fact that fifty
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years before the great Mormon Temple
at Salt Lake was completed, and ten
years before the site was selected, 1t
was revealed to him that he should
dedicate to the Lord temple on the
shore Of a new Dead Sea. He had not
then the slightest intimation where that
temple would be builded, nor in what
part of the world the counterpart Of
the Dead Sea in Palestine might be
: found.
The dedication occurred on the 9th OF
April 1893, the ceremonies covering sew
eral days. He had been in feeble
health for some time and the activity
duties in those events caused a slight
relapse, from which, however, he soon
recovered.
On March first of that year occurred
the last public celebration of his and
his wife's birthday, when he sent out
to the people the following invitations:
"On Monday, March l, is my
birthday, and the birthday Of
Mrs Emma Woodruff. On that
day l shall be 80 years of age
and Mrs. Woodruff will be SO
years of age. 1 expect to meet
my friends upon that occasion
in the tabernacle at 10 o'clock,
and / freely invite and welcome
the presidency of the church,
the twelve apostles, the patFl-
archs, the seventies, the high
priests, the Bishops, elders,
priests, teachers and deacons,
with the whole of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latterday
Saints, and in fine Jew, Gentle,
Catholic and Protestant. clergy
and laity, editors, reporters and
all who feel disposed to spend
couple of hours upon that occa-
sion at that place.
"WILFORD WOODRUFF"
Thousands of people thronged the
tabernacle on that day, representing all
creeds and beliefs, for President Wood
ruff was respected by Jew md Gen
tile as he was loved by the Mormons
On his 91st and last birthday, however
by his own request, there was no &C.
monstraticn, except that as his car
riage passed through the street that
morning carrying him to the church
Office, he DIS were uncovered and hand
kerchiefs waved in salutation by per-
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HERE is going to be a cat show
here in San Francisco.
Ever since the long past time
when Harrison Weir exposed
himself to ridicule by deciding to
give a public exhibition of beautiful
rare, or otherwise interesting speci-
mems of the feline race and won for
himself no little celebrity by carrying
his novel plan to a most successful con-
clusion, cat shows have been popular
IN the larger cities of most of the
worlds civilized countries.
San Francisco is a little slow at times
abou falling into line and taking up the
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MAPS SHOWING
CANAAN, THE
OF MORMON,


to
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age of eruption of the volcanic rock here was thought to be tertiary, which was stated by authorities to be due to the escape of heated vapors of water and perhaps other vaporS or gases, py the action of which the original cryS- talline structure of the mass mas been completely decomposed or metamor- phosed with the production of new chemical compounds. Among these the turouoise is the most conspicuous ana important. .
 In this mine it is said blue-green stains are seen in every dlrectioh among the decomposed rocks, but the tnrou0ise in mass is extremely rare and many tons of the rock may be broken without finding a single stone that ieweler or collector would value as gem.
 Dr. Branner gave Kunz on precious stones as an authority for the state ment that the American turquolse was as vet of little worth except as capl. net specimens or as momentoes or travel This author thought 1t pOsSl- ble. however, that deeper WorkiHS would develop finer stones, perhaps oI such material as will maintain a more permanent color.
 Concerning the origin of the turquoise veining rocks pr. Branner said both Professor John s. Newberry and Fro lessor Beniamin Stillman Jr. regard It
 
 as eruptive.
 In speaking of the very small veins heretofore discovered and their limited distribution Dr. Branner gave Professor F. w. Clark's views that the turquoise was of local origin. This investigation emphasized the idea that it has re- suited from the alteration of some other mineral. The practice of coloring the American turquoise is to be regretted by all scientists since it will cast a suspicion on any fine turquoise that may be found in this country hereafter Tn referring to the supposed antiquity of the newly discovered turquoise mine reference was made to the Los Ger rillos mines of the same gems, which are known to have been extensively worked prior to the discovery of Amer ica. This fact is proved by the frag- ments of Aztec pottery vases, drink ing. eating and cooking vessels, stone hammers, wedges, mauls and idols which were discovered in the debris. As regards the high esteem and the superstitious veneration in the Indian mind surrounding the turquoise the in- teresting incident related by Major Hyde after exploring the region Of Los Cerrillos was mentioned.
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In order to arrive at a perfect under standing of the marner in which these sums of money were transferred from the States stron~ box to the pockets of those interested, without the disagree able formality of rendering any return, reference should be had to the follow ing extract from the original specifi- cations under which Cronin secured his contract:
 The entire walls of the gallery in the rear of the second story, as well as the ends and walls of the waiting-room throughout, are to be finished in galvan- ing-rooms, both inside and out, galvan- ized iron is to be used in courses with flush joints, formed by bringing the true edges of metal close together and secur- ing the same with fishplates of No. IS galvanized iron six inches wide riveted with galvanized iron flushed rivets, not further apart than three inches, centerS, staggered in two rows on each side of joint and well soaked with solder; fish, plates secured with galvanized clips to the rough construction of the outside walls. which is composed of small chan nels and T irons, as indicated on the framing plans, or joints, may be V joint the architect All this work to be of No 22 galvanized iron, as will also be the outside and inside of the corridor and bridges in the second story.
 After contracting to do this work in the manner specified. it became neces- ", in order to find favor with the men who held the strings to the public purse, to devise some scheme whereby the terms of the original contract could be avoided, and free access had to the good things that were being handed out by those high in authority. The scheme rnaterialized and was put forward In the form of a letter addressed to the
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CONTRACTOR
 GROWN IS
 IN CLOVER

permission to do the work at the price named.
 Cronin was in clover. Here was wealth untold and unexpected. All that had to be done was to conceive a scheme and the execution was made easy. Being long on conceptions, the contractor proceeded to evolve a scheme that netted him somewhere be- tween S5000 and $S000.
 A glance at the specifications already quoted is again necessary. Reference is had to that part that reads: Tn the treating of the waiting rooms, both inside and out, galvanized iron is to be used in courses with flush joints" etc. The cut accompanying this article gives a fair illustration of what is meant by the wording of the specifications, as well as the manner in which they were executed. To carry out the work as specified would have involved consid- erable amount of labor, time and the use of heavy and expensive material for fish plates and other details of the plans. Cronin accordingly ignored the plans and specifications and went ahead with the work, tapping the edge of one sheet of metal over the other and mailing through the Tapped edges
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as a farmer would nail shakes on the roof of his barn. Those who are com potent to judge of such matters esti- mate that the contractor by this pro- ceeding effected a saving to himself in labor, material and time between $5000 and $S000.
 The effect is apparent even to blind man. Instead of being smooth and regular, as they would have if con- structed as provided by the specified tions, the walls are marred by the un- slightly seams where the sheets of metal lap one over the other, as well as by the rows of nail heads and the general rough and "buckled" appearance of the entire surface of the walls. Added to this is the prophecy of those who are competent to know that in few months the expansion and contraction caused by heat and cold will cause the nails to draw out of the wood. The en- tire covering will then have to be re- moved.
 Having had such alluring success with his first lot of extras" Cronin rubbed the magic lamp again, and on February 19 of this year put in a bill of 1856 for A extra windows and GA windows filled in with galvanized iron panels. These are the windows in the galleries leading to the ferry slips. All are of the plainest possible con labor and material of less than $500 This being known it does not require the services of an expert to figure out
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conjecture until the region is thor oughly investigated"
 Professor Fairbanks.

Professor Le Conte referred the in- quirer to pr. Harold " fairbanks of Berkeley, who has made an exhaustive geological study of nearly all California and made an Investigating trip not long since in the northwestern part of San Bernardino County.
 Dr. Fairbanks, when seen at his home this evening, did not hesitate to declare that the discovery was of the greatest interest as throwing light upon the history of mining as well as being of great archaeological tmpor- tance. The mere fact of the discovery of pottery does not prove necessarily that the ruins are of -reat age,' he de- clared, but the finding of so many inn plements and evidences of mining in- dicate to certainty that people Of a different race from an of the present Indian tribes of California at one time inhabited the region. The Indians Of Arizona, even at the pre:ent day, un- like the Digger Indians of California, make pottery, so the discovery of earthenware vessels. while not estab- fishing great age of the ruins, strengthens the belief that their build CTS were allied to tribes living in the re- zion of Arizona
 ISo eItdln traces nave SVci UcAoIe e been found in California of the Ari- zona cliff dwellers. Evidently the re- zion must have been a mining locality for some very extensive people. They must have come from Arizona merely for the purpose of mining the precious gems, just as we know the Mound Builders used to go to Northern Mich igan for the purpose of mining copper.
 While the locality in which the dis cOyerieS were made is one of the few regions in California which l have never visited, I have travelled consider ably in the territory lying to the north west of it. I have never found tur- quoises In that part of the State. but 1t is region of great volcanic outbreaks
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ducts, louvre posts, gutter behind sky light in rear of gallery, ridge roll. vent pipes, front window frames, end window frames and all concealed portions or roof ing, including clips.
 eductions0Change No. P iron, as specified, for all galvanized Iron, except roof and gutter. for No. A and No 26; omit galvanized iron on easterly sides Of waiting-rooms and extreme ends. of build of 12 feet inches; omit hydraulic device for opening and closing louvres and sky lights.
 1 hereby agree to make the above ad. ditions and deductions for the sum of s2S75 in addition to the present contract price. Yours respectfully,
 WILLIAM CROWN.
 Indorsed Accepted December 10, 1886.
 In accepting this proposal the Com missioners entered into bargain which, in a nutshell, is as follows:
 En return for forty-six capi- taIs and one hidden coat of cheap paint they gave the con- tractor SIS75 fm cash. allowed him 10 substitute a light for a heavy material at a saving to himself of $25OO. permitted him 10 dispense with putting galvanized irO1s On the ends and one entire side of the " a it. ing-roOm 70 the height of m ore than twelve feet-an item that
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The above figures have reference to sums paid by Commissioner Colnon and his associates to William Cronin, who holds the contract for doing the galvanized iron work on the new ferry depot building They will serve as an introduction to a more detailed state ment of the manner in which the State has been robbed of a sum approximat- ing $200O0 on a contract, the original amount of which was only $43.5
 It should be stated at the beginning that not only has the Board of State Harbor Commissioners paid Cronin more than $10 900 for extras" but 1t has given it's official sanction to changes in the original specifications, thereby permitting the contractor to perform the work in manner that ef- fected a saving to him of about $10,000.
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The Bar Association.

Shyster lawyers, the charter makers and the juries are leading articles in to-day's News Letter, and the pool rooms and Supervisors and municipal pensions are vigorously treated. An in- teresting New York letter. an article on the mining laws of Alaska by A. H. Ricketts, good stories on the Hawaiian Minister Thurston, Louis Sloss and other people; pertinent paragraphs The Town Crier, who plays the devil with you" Society sparks, the plays of the week and finance and library table make up the number, every page of which is interesting. A double picture, eight views at Fort Mason, goes with the News Letter free.