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San Francisco Exposition of 1900 will hold a position inferior to none in this country except the marvel at Chicago
 The inducements are many and the promises are we'll founded. We invite to the subject the attention of the whole coast. The following letters from Governors, Mayor Phelan and other persons of position and power in the community show with what force the movement starts and clear before it is the avenue to success and triumph.
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ures to be presented. The President of the United States can be secured to de- liver an address on the 9th of Septem- ber 1900, on the fiftieth anniversary of the admission of California as State, and that fact alone would call to the fair large concourse of people.
 With no counter attraction, the peo- pie of California will spend two or three millions of dollars Tn visiting the Worlds Exposition at Paris, and while I have been jealous in securing a proper representation for California at the Paris Exposition, in common with other citizens of the State, I would be willing to forego that undertaking in
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TT WOULD DO
 GREAT GOOD.
Secretary Pitcher of the State Board of Trade Approves
 the Idea.

J. A. Filcher, secretary of the State Board of Trade, had need of ap- proval for the idea, as he naturally has for every plan which has for it's main- spring the veal of California. He said
 While I have an idea that the money spent in such an enterprise might pro- duce better results If expended in main- taining Californian exhibits in the Eastern and foreign cities, yet I have no doubt that much good would come
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MANY WOULD
 VISIT HERE.
The Resources of the State Would Be Advertised by
 an ExpOSition.

Harry T. Creswell-The Midwinter Fair was of great benefit to the State An exposition, such as sug- gested by The Call. would undoubtedly attract many. thousands of people here. It would be an advertisement of the re- sources and greatness of California. The benefits derived to the entire Pa cific Coast from it would far exceed the expense to citizens attending a credit able exposition. The exposition should be had.
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board could only appropriate for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1899. As the money would not be needed until 1900, the next board no doubt could be pre- vailed upon to include in the tax levy of that year sufficient for the purpose. I say by all means let us have the ex- position, and let it be. magnificent affair and one that will reflect credit on our fair State and outshine as the day does the night any former attempt of similar nature.
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The Governors

n ROMPT, cordial and approving
 come responses to the suggestion | of The Call that the semi-centen- nial of the admission of California to Statehood in the Union should be cele- brated by holding in San Francisco an exposition of the first order of magni- tude.
 Governor Budd advocates the enter prise in a ringing note, the Governors of several of the surrounding States express sympathy with the project, the Mayor of the city takes strong ground in it's favor, and a host of citizens of
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and work hard in order to assure the successful consummation of the pro- posed venture, but we should all make it our duty to put our shoulder to the wheel, and I am positive that in 1900 we will have an exposition that will excite the admiration of the world.
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MARK THE MILESTONES.

heartily celebration contributes amusement of peo mlestones of especially the milestone mark ing of l Of / / \ record sourown/ ; : ]: ; x
 
  Union NMS4&$$#S2J  of the Americans and in fifty made AX) produce s25OoOO00O which might  attract the the 
   California, buildings be  out my something I addition these buildings
  anything had time would make the suggestions To
  of their then the various counties then metropolses 
  
 heartily efforts until crowned with
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the interest of a great exposition at home.
 The year 1900 Is the centennial of the Christian Era. It will be emphasized by observances in all parts of Chris tendon. The year has, therefore, a double significance to the people of this State, and the fiftieth anniversary of the admission of the State has sympa- thetic significance at least to all the
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good suggestion. We have recently had a gratifying spectacle in the in- terest taken in the semi-centennial or the discovery of gold in California, and, notwithstanding the very short notice and the necessarily limited work of preparation, our recent jubilee was marked success That undertaking was, by comparison with this new proposition, a trivial matter, engi-
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IS THE BEST
 PROPOSITION.
It Should and Will Receive the Endorsement of All Busi-
 ness Men.

Raphael Weill-I am in favor of any legitimate means of bringing our city to the attention of the outside world, and feel that the proposition presented by The Call is the best of any. It should and undoubtedly will, receive the in- dorsement of the business community I am sorry that I cannot be here to give it my personal attention. but I will do all in my power to make the movement a success.
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RECEIVED at San Francisco. Gala
Olympia, Wash. Feb. l6, 'o8.

SanFr with regard the
  will at east in the
  of
 
  the peop o R. ROGERS, Governor
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LET IT BE A
 BIG AFFAIR.
Cooperation of the Native Sons Suggested by Supervisor
 HaSkins.

Supervisor Haskins-I am glad that The Call has been the first to take hold of the proposition to have Midsum- mer Exposition in 1900. for that of itself
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2l 1000 OFFICES IN AMERICA.
RECEIVED .. San Francisco. Gala.
Helena Mont.

Helena '98 W. Cal all it's and  admission of State into the Union
 B. SMITH,
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IA GOOD IDEA"
 SAYS H. D. KEEL.
Possibilities for Good Far Be- yond Those of the Mid-
 winter Fair.

Hugo D. Keil, chairman of the Com mittee of Publicity and Promotion of the Merchants Association, was asked his opinion of the proposition. 'I like
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profit to our State So let us hold an exposition in 1900-one that will bring us still greater results.
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era of ideas-the commencement of do- ing business on broader and more en- ergetic basis.
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WARM WORDS
 FOR THE PLAN.
Commentator From the Acting President of the Merchants
 Association.

A. S. Baldwin, acting president of the Merchants Association, expressed him. self enthusiastically in favor of the plan. T must say" he declared, that The Call deserves great credit for so
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ties. and. secondly. because at his trial for re-
bellion in 1899 It was found that he had used
his authority with the insurgents TO advocate
civilized methods OF warfare and tho humane
treatment OF prisoners. even of those who had
cruelty abused their Catholic fellow citizens.
Besides the above. named cyewttnesses OF the
events in tho field. other contemporaneous writ
ers. like Jonah .trrington, the Earl of Charlie.
mont. Charles Hamilton feeling Francis Plow-
d n, Miles Byrnc, DR.. w. Richardson. Frederick
Flood, McNcyen. and Father p. i. KavanaRh,
have left records of undoubted interest. even
though their 10 necessarily bnsed
for the most, part on hearsay testimony. The
writer has drawn from all OF these authorities
As stated in an earlier paper, he has also gath
cred considerable material among the descend
ants Of the "croppies' themselves in and
around Enniscorthy. and also further west.
This class of testimony is. however, open to the
objection of sometimes presenting facts in nm
exaggerated or distorted form, and he has been
very careful, therefore, to sift thoroughly all
such Information. and to compare 1t as far as
feasible with the versions of the earlier authori-
ties mentioned. Local tradition. which has
filtered through several generations among a
race SO eXuberant in temperament and SO
fertile OF imagination as arc the Irish. Is liable
to have lost in authenticity that which 1t may
have gained In picturesqueness
THE FIRST SHOT OF THE WEXFORD CAMPAIGN.
1t is a circumstance worthy of comment that
the county of Ireland the least tainted with
the virus of rebellion" to use n Tory historian's
expression, should have made the %stoutest fight
of all. when from a sheer sense OF self-protec-
ton it's inhabitants rushed to arms to rcpel tho
licentious soldiery ouartered Unfortunately
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4 vogue. tho version prevails that Father John
did not made up hts mind to offer resistance to
Nay e@s 20, %beS reaching SnSi s" Mii Ito ! snI he met a party {
ot,his parishioners. who had been troacheronsIy
IFs I upon by a BANG OF o 31nt SioS SSSmeIh mas a.
much as the victims had assembled at that place
In. order 10 deliver up their arms in accordance
lacked even tho verlest shadow Of On excuse.
onco his resolution formed, the mild and humble
OF activity ana determination wnich no one who
knew him could have thought him capable OF.
parties neS e OF royal aaE siav Shq @ had Been SS SECURING RiSE'V the
country burning down tho dwellings OF suspects
AND SnSit often IN m%nrdering dmnIo 9 Sf ,bs,a bands IL T tSs
Camolin cavalry. whose headquarters were at
Gomol,n Park. tho residence OF their iSo Gol ,hUss
tho command Of Lieut.. hockey. would pass
row. two miles northwest Of BSolaxoEne:
John started for that point. and placing himself
In ambush among tho bitches OF The roadside
awaited the coming OF the zoe; Inc psssa nnd
pitchforks. o few carried fowlinF pieces, with
which they were accustomed to chase the water
In order to impede tho flight Of tho yeomen, OBJ
strnctions were thrown across tho roadway CON
Thus prepared the rebels were in a position to
give tho nnsuspecting enemy a warm reception.
1t was barely dark when the chatter Of tho
horses hoofs announced tho approach Of tho
Kings. horsemen. Every ego was turned In
their direction. and the hearts of the avengers
palpitated with suppressed excitement rs each
second lessened the distance between them and
their hated foes. A little in advance OF the rest
rode, a. trooper named Donovan. just as ho
reached the harricadc q shot rang out in the air
and he fell in his stirrups. The shot was fired
by a namesake. whose descendants to-day
glory in tho remembrance OF 1t. 1t was
tho, first shot of the uprising In WcX'
~ ended. Emerging from their hiding place
the 'croppies dashed into the disorderea cav
airy and made quick work of the riders. Lieut..
Bookey was piked without a chance to defend
himself. The majority OF his men were killed
or wounded or driven into headlonR flight, Fol-
lowing up their success with remarkable celebrity
tho victors reached Camolin Park two hours
later and captured all the munitions OF war
stored there by its owner In provision of OK.
pected disturbances. The men Of Wexford had
won their first victory.
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To go over tho list of barbarities perpetrated
by the authorities, with the deliberate intention
OF Goading tho people OF Wexford into rebellion,
would of itself require more space than can
devote TO my entire series OF papers. | must
content myself therefore with the briefcst out
Inc OF this phase. Let il. be remembered that
the ultimate purpose OF the Protestant As.
cendancy party, who felt their power threat
ened by reason of the United Ireland Society's
propaganda. was TO bring about "A Legislative
union between England and Ireland. and thus
seal forever all hope OF Catholic emancipation.
This end could only he attained by the produC-
ton oI prima faCir evidence of the existence OF
u law less and rcbelliOus spirit among the Cath
olics themselves. 1t became q part OF the Or
angcniens creed to create this rebcllious spirit,
and they went about in a most eircctual. not to
say scientific, fashion.
According To Hay. the Orange system made no
public appearance In Wexford unit. the early
part of April, l7tiS, when the NOrlh Cork Militia
Regimcnt, recruited from the dregs OF tic
Anglo Protestant population Of County Cork,
arrived under tho command OF Lord Kings
borough. These creatures began operations
without delay. They arc said 10 have invented
the horrible p!tch.cnp torture described in q
previous paper. They certainly indulgcd In tho
savage pastiine very frequently. One OF their
serGoonis,. nicknNincd tom tho Devil" dis.
played n tondish ingenuity in devising new
modes OF torture. The victims hair being
CIT close. moisteped G%nnpowder was np.
the fact that pieces of the wretch's ears
were usually more or less Inadvertently clipped
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could have been assured of the permission to re.

COulu nave Dpeu HSSlTtu u II UeTUll5SlOnU 10 re-
main in n state of quictness."
Gordon describes the death OF one unfortunate
man from sheer fright NJ the prospects of a whip.
ping, and Alexander tells u pathetic incident OF
tho cruel torture inflicted on n humble village
schoolmaster for refusing to turn informer. Ono
characteristic story is also told by Hay with re-
gard to ono of these Orange magistrates. one
Hunter Gowan, who entered Corey triumphant
ly at the head Of his CORPS. n "~croppy"' finger
and fatigue OF the day Gowan and his men re-
tired to a public house to refresh themselves.
and, like true blades of game. their punch was
stirred about with the finger that had "graced'
their ovation in imitation Of keen fog
with ih,ef the "f brush HN' Of a to oS"' before pH ,heir
BOOKING begins, Not satisfied with this perform.
some trophy to the house of 9 friend and exhib-
tied it to the daughters. One of the young
women was SO shocked that she turned about
to a window. holding her hand to her face to
this, took the finger, and "%archly", dropped It
tainted and thus the scene ended.
1t isthrough such episodes as these that one
obtains a true idea of the psychological condi-
1t in the least surprising that almost the first
news Of the outbreaks near Dublin should have
iayin on May 24i The scene OF the slaughter
barely a mile beyond the Wicklow border. 1t
appears that for some days previous to the be-
that place had made the rounds of the
adjoining county, calling upon all able
bodied males of Catholic persuasion to en-
ter town and secure projections" The
few who were imprudent enough to answer the
call were promptly thrown into Jail, where a
number OF prisoners under sentence of trans
pOrtation were already herded. On Friday, the
18th. the day following the bloody outrage at
Dunlcvin, it was decided by tho commanding
officers to make another example. and without
trial or process OF law twenty.eight (some ac-
counts say thirty.six) Of these unfortunates
back to back. and shot down BY a detachment
of yeomen and Antrim militia. Among the vic
tins was n Protestant of good family named
William Young. who had been sentenced to
Punishment by a military tribunal for express
ing liberal views.
The news of this Wholesale butchery was con-
veyed through the beautiful county OF Wexford
as IL by unseen wings. Within twenty.fOur
hours 1t had reached the remotest hamlet and
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Orange prisoners from tho fury OF tho
mob-this at considerable Tisk to his
o o,Sn ss5SsSi appointed nnS T to confer Sns " With sp Gen. lake
for the surrender OF the town. . circumstance
which contributed largely to his snSssonent
is that OF an honest man. Candor. breadth OF
mind, humanity. uprightness, all these qualities
i SSenT SIn as b P,pin How diTero MI lis Spirit from
that which prompted the lucubrations OF q Mus.
There are truly individual monsters In all
parties. who would destroy every one not or
r res,F IN Ta their II e sHhlnT mi"asshln"tionss By fear
or force. and their principles arc unfortunately
too widely diirused and enSo%rsgSd by those;
themselves, frequently occasion its cominittal
by subtle assertion and implication Of principles
too dreadful to be admitted among ChristtRnsl
/ shall not by any means pretend to excuse any
bad action, let It originate from what cause It
religion incuicntes the principles OF charity and
general morality AS much as, any other on earth,
liRious persnnsion. Ny whole object in giving
M. M h SSsonnt to =. the hss gSp ss + + i IG..p r IN %S p "%iSn
among all descriptions ofmy countrymen;'
The writer keeps his promise. When the in.
s%urSonts. CALLED. rendered desperate by the
will turn and wreakod bloody vengeance. Hay
those Of their tormontors.' This is why his word
must carry weight with tho impartial student.
the uprIs .Gysi in Wexford SeS nID'I James ALEXANDER Of
New Ross, has lef n narrative apparently we'll
worthy OF crcdence. IL Is distinguished by an
absence of all religious or partisan rancor and
deals with events that came beneath tho writer's
immediate notice. among which was the fierce
and obstinate battle of New. Ross. AleNander's
pamphlet was published in Dublin In 1900.
or the leaders IN the rebellion. two. Thomas
Cloncy and joseph Holt, tho former q native OF
Monasced, near Enniscorthy, have left most
interesting memoirs Of the events in which they
took part. Cloney seems to be particularly trust
worthy rs an authority. first, because his state.
ments harmonic In most important points with
tho testimony OF the three preceding authori.
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had fired the hearts of the patient and long
suffering, people to seek revenge and liberty by
the most hesitating. decided now that it were
better to die on the field Of battle, arms in hand.
shot down like dogs on the merest sus.
picion, OF treason. The first leader 10
calumny. deserves to figure on tho roll OF the
worlds noblest patriots-the humble priest Of
hoolayogue, Father John, Murphy; Musgrave
has compared him to Attila and Ghengis Khan
for ferocity. and even more moderate writer's
and blooiihirsty, but a conscientious cxamina.
ton Of the facts from authentic sources leaves
little doubt that this first slandered bearer OF
and sterling qualities, who. but for u combina-
tion of adverse circumstances which no human
power could control. would have left a brilliant
name in the history OF his country.
Although the son OF a petty farmer and edu-
Gated ut hrsl at a s2;cailed hedge school. he
life. and to have there received holy orders.
During. the retreat of the rebel army from Vino.
pursuing British, containing his ~tcsfimoni.
nn, and diploma as doctor OF divinity.
villa. This was certainly no mean distinction
for n man Of his humble origin, and the circum.
stance OF his accepting 50 Obscure n post there.
AFTER as mat OF priest OF u rural Wexford parish
speaks wei for the. simplicity of his character
and his absence Of all worldly ambition. For
although. nature has endowed the undulating
woodlands and meadows OF his native county
with many, Of her treasures, not the least OF
"IiCh arc tlldl glorious Nerclfe ana II temperate
and invi9orating climate. it might ln supposed
that one who had long lived IN the enhancing
atmosphere of, SPANS ancient university town
would find little food for intellectual enjoyment
or mental recreation among tho sturdy though
uncouth farmers, 10 whose spiritual wants 1t
BECAME his duty to minister.
There Is no authentic portrait OF Father John
Murphy IN existence, hence we know next 10
nothing Of his personal appearances. Father
kayanAgh has essnycd a pen picture OF his hero,
which Is presumably based on oral tradition.
anu therefore open 10 discussion. lie describes
Him an nNn IIn RHtpu. NaNa.. -
chestcd and. strOng'limhed. OF remarkable uc.
urity Ms well AS strength. His complexion was
beauty lay more IN the expression than in the
shape, His white forehead rose over bright blue
eyes, &c Equally uncertain are the immediate
causes that led him to grasp the sword. Among
the peasants inhabiting the vicinity OF B0Ola-
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upon them by a cruel and INSCRIPTIONS Gov
eminent. The United Irishmen had made little
Roadway with their propaganda in this prosper
GUS county. with its $50 square miles and its
population Of over 13O. 900 souls. They had sue
ceeded In organizing but u few districts. The
men OF wexford were of mixed origin, and
less easily stirred to action than their Celtic
neighbors. The original stock had amalRamuted
with tho old Morse invaders. again with tho
Normans. and later still tho Flemish immigrant
had added his quota. They were slow to anger,
hut once aroused their display OF energy was
wonderful, surprising anything that had been
anticipated either by friend or foe.
But to repeat my various remarks, 1t would
be difficult 10 find, even Mt this day, q finer physi.
cal typo OF manhood than is seen among the
sturdy population OF Wexford county. With
Cruikshnnks, pictures in my mind. l cxpected
the very least many specimens of the +" flannel
mouthed variety of Hibernian with whom
the american comic periodicals and tho
vaudeville. stage have rendered us familiar.
rule, OF large stature and well proportioned,
with regular. often handsome. features. en-
HANGED by rosy compilations and the blush Of
health. The population Is very similar in its
general characteristics to that of ono of those
thriving American communities OF the West
which have not yet been wampe by European
immigration Of the wrong sort. II tho men OF
wexford OF a century ago rcscmbled their de.
scendants of to day there is hardly any cause
for surprise that they should have put up 80
good a fight.
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WHAT CRIyKS NE ARE
How the Jersey City MAN and Hls N~riGho''
Fay Their REM,

1t is sometimes brought home to me, sah
the Jersey City man. what awful cc.""- 80
human beings are. For instance, TAX" ihr man
upstairs and myself, We consider oHr''.'''
pretty good fellows. hut just listen. | n.N'''
stop in at the agents office TO pay ms rent, '..
recently there has been n change OF agents, ara
the new man sent his clerk around Tor tUc Uun'y
on the first OF the month. ! must confess ! wa?
riled ~ the seemingly implied dlstgIsl' .aNnt
Iold mo young man, not over schlIN, ma Do.
might get out with ulIcrity. aud thai P";,
The rent nj the Office as usual, lie left w.'".,'.,
visiting my friend upstairs. who later 40
month dropped in Mt the agents and paid 4,
with the advice 10 the clork that Il the money
was worth having IL was worth calling ioi an!
that II would not he forthcoming in the iAtN''
unless II were called for.
OF mankind !"