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The San Francisco call., 1904-07-19

hear Of the immense popularity OF tnaJ
candidate for United States Senator
He is popular and conspicuous not be-
cause OF any great ability or parttcu-
lar fitness for the Office, but because OF
his peculiar industry in working for
the office-nOt because the people want
him, but because he wants the office.
This game has been played. especial
ly in the country counties, until it has
become sickening and disgusting 1t
has been the means OF pushing men TO
the front who would never have got
there BY reason OF any special fitness
for the positions which they have pro-
cured by this most Objectionable and
even contemplate political trick 1t is
time this kind OF political work was
condemned. and that any man who re-
sorts 70 II should be promptly retired
10 private life.
We want men 10 represent US in the
United States Senate who have correct
and broad ideas, and who have the
ability and courage to express them
And the man who cannot stand up
openly and Independently before our
people and show them that he Is pos
sessed OF these essential Characters
tics has no right 70 ask this great free
people to place him In position where
We require. and have a right to ex-
pect, the exhibition and use OF that
ability which he does not possess.
We should choose men for the Legis-
lature who have intelligence. discretion
and honor TO select the very best ma
terial We have for the high Office OF
United States Senator. and should
leave them free TO make such selection
If they fail in this great responsibility.
they should be retired at the first op-
pOrtunity as unfit for legislative
honOrs. E V. SPENCER.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-19

from the south North of the jety there is deep enough
water float the largest vessel The channel does not
begin shoa until beyond the shelter of
the ety Therefore it is supposed that when the etty
has been extended far enough to shut off the drift of
sand from the south the entire problem will be solved;
that thereafter the Columbia River will gouge the
channel and keep it free from distractions.
Within the past three months the jetty has been ex-
tended 434 feet and the rock work has been done for
that distance. Congress will probably be asked next
winter appropriate $I5ooooo which will provide for
the completion of the south jetty. The plans of the
gneers include the construction, also of north jetty
but is not likely that any appropriation will be asked
for that work the session of Congress, because
the necessity for its construction is still undetermined
The OF the entire enterprise including the north
etty estimated at $3,465ooo, of which $226oooo is
for the extension of the south etty Since April more
than 100000 of rock have been placed force of
225 engines and is constantly employed
eute
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-19

California, even Brick" was downcast
for the instant.
Then standing there in the midst Of
the detected group on the wharf. Clin-
tons presence of mind suddenly flick
cred into a glow. With tears in his
eyes he addressed the crowd:
Boys. you have all been my friends
and I thank you for your kind sup
port to me on this.har trip. But one
failure after another has not failed 10
have it's effect upon me. We have been
against the hardest kind Of luck and
I have felt it more keenly than you
ALL"
Morse's voice shook as he wiped his
eyes.
"You young men I have brought up
here to nothing but defeat. Here we
are, a thousand miles from home and
kind parents and upon me falls the
responsibility for this blight upon all
your young lives. 1 cannot stand it; it
is too much-too-oo muchl"
Then the gaping crowd of townsfolk
which had gathered about the orator
was stunned to see him suddenly throw
off his coat and hat and dash for the
edge of the wharf, desperation writ
large on his countenance. Before he
could reach the water, however, Dick
Tully and Milt Schwartz seized him
and cried loudly to him TO desist from
his attempt at self destruction. For
several minutes Morse was begging to
be released that he might end all in
the sound. Then by degrees he became
Modified.
That night the crowd at the perform
ance had TO be turned away an hour
before the doors opened.
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Heroes of Stnmbs.

You ask for manifest martial deeds,
Go back 70 Ohio's natal morn
Go back TO Kentuckie's fields OF corn.
Just weeds and stumps and stumps and
weeds
Just red men blazing from stump and
tree
Where buczskin'd prophets midst
strife and stress
Came crying, came dying in the viii
derness,
That hard. first. cruel half-century,
What psalms they sangi what prayers
they said.
Cabin or camp. as the wheels rolled
Silently leaving their bravest. best
Paving a nations path with their dead
What unnamed battles! what thumps and
What saber slashes with the broad.
bright hOei
What weeds in phalanx. what stumps
What rank vines fortressed in rows OF
stumps!
And the saying grew. as sayings will
From hard endeavor and bangs and
bumps:
He got in a mighty hard row for
But he tried. and died trying to hoe his
row"
o brighter and better that ten-pound
Loo
Nor ever fell soldier more truly true
Than he who died trying to hoe his row
The weeds are gone and the stumps are
gone
The huge hop-toad and the copperhead.
And a million bent sabers fash tri-
umph instead
From stately. clean corn in the diamond
sOwn dawn.
But the heroes have vanished. save here
and there.
Far out and aheld like some storm
riven tree.
Leans last survivor OF ThermOpvlae
Leafiess and desolate. lone and bare
Joaquin Miller, in Harper's Weekly.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-19

turing the blue ribbon OF the turf and
avenging Trafalgar, as the French
owner Of Gladiateur by his famous
victory IN 1865 wiped out the bitter
memory OF Waterloo. For Blanc has
the reputation Of accomplishing what
ever he undertakes. especially on the
turf. and he has set his heart on add
ing the Derby 10 his long list Of VIC
tories. His recent success in winning
with Ajax the Grand Prix. for the
seventh time. has convinced his ad-
mirers that his star is still in the
ascendant. SO phenomenal is his good
fortune considered that here the man
in the street swears by the luck OF
Blanc himself" Last year Blanc's
winnings on the French turf, in stakes
alone. amounted 10 10000 sum
never before equaled by a continental
owner Of race horses. and how much
more he made through bets no man
but himself knows. This year prom
ises TO be a still more fortunate one
for him on the turf, for in stakes he
has already pocketed over 100000.
no theory OF luck, however, viii ac-
count for a 1.-THE Of Blanc's successes
on the race track. IL is enormous
wealth, allied 10 brains and energy,
that has placed him so far ahead of all
OF his turf compatriots. He sticks at
no money when he has made up his
mind TO secure a crack steed and his
judgment Of horsefesh is marvellous
Even as a schoolboy a stable contained
far greater attractions for him than a
candy shop. Il was a genuine pas
sion that caused him 10 name his
earliest mount First Love. He has
owned a legion Of equine loves since
then, for he possesses what is reputed
10 be the largest breeding esta blish-
ment for thoroughbred horses in the
world. but every one Of his steeds has
had an equally warm place in his af-
fections. He personally supervises
everything connected with the man
agement Of his magnificent stud farm
and training quarters. Summer morn
ings find him up at ( o'clock and un-
til late in the evenings he busies him
self with the details OF his vast estab-
lishment II is a labor of love with
him. but il is hard nevertheless. He
plays the racing game 10 win and
adopts the same methods that COM
msnd success in any commercial pur-
suit Though Frenchmen swear by
him, he is far from being a typical
Frenchman- Nothing disturbs his
sangfrOid. Winning or losing he never
displays any emotion. His tempera-
ment is Anglo-Saxon rather than
Gallo.
Blanc is pOpularly credited with an
income Of $4,000. 900 year and the
probability is that it is over rather
than under that figure. The story of
the origin Of his millions is a familiar
one here. but IL may be less generally
known at home NJ. BIanc's father.
Francis Blanc, was the actual founder
of Monte Carlo as IT now exists Blanc
purchased the Monaco concession.
which up TO that time had been badly
managed, for what was then thought
TO be an excessive price-$35O,OOO. In
his hands il proved an inexhaustibIe
bonanza Red loses and black loses %
he said in that celebrated pun OF his,
but Blanc (white) always wins!"
And. thanks to the percentage in fa-
vOr Of the bank. Blanc kept on win
ming to such an extent that when he
died about twenty-five years ago. with
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-19
Concerning Pledges.

SUSANVILLE, July IS.
Editor of The CaIl-Dear Sir: / see
by your paper that George A. Knight
is a candidate for United States SEN
ator; and what is more important than
the fact of his candidacy Is the state
rnent made bv him that he is opposed
to the pledging of candidates for the
Legislature to any particular candi-
date for United States Senator He
would have all members of the Legis-
lature free when they come together to
select the best man for the high honor
of representing this great people in
that greatest legislative assembly Of
the world.
For this position taken by Mr..
knight 1 want to pat him on the back
and say Good man that you are" I
have seen a few Of those conventions
in which men are nominated for the
Legislature and are instructed to vote
for a particular candidate for IJnited
States Senator, and the trick is USUALLY
played in this way. The man who is
hunting for the Office arranges to have
one or two special friends in the con-
vention, who at the most approprfate
time jump up and move that the can
didate be instructed. if elected. to vote
for a named candidate for United
States Senator. The other friend sec
onds the motion. and rather than to
raise a controversy, or to oppose the
motion, the balance of the convention
is silent, the motion is put and a few
men say aye. The majority of the con-
vention. who have no candidate
selected and, perhaps. have not
thought of the matter. sit in silence
and the motion is carried. The candi-
date is instructed. and straiehtvav We
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-19

The Board of Public Works has issued peremptory
ders that the and walks of the city and OF
the business district cleared of their obstructions
to vehicles and pedestrians. What feeling Of
reckless confidence will take possession of if the
der is obeyed and will be able travel about the
town without imminent danger to neck
system. The usurpation of public for private
purposes has become chronic in San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-19

Let those that roam in the forests of the State or
seek pleasure, recreation and health in sylvan gades
and along messy banks sit up and take notice for the
hour of their trial and tribulation is hand They
in the midst of that dangerous time in the life
of country folk where the httest may survive
The deer has opened in California and expe-
rience sadly teaches that than deer pay the
penalty of the merry
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-19

At recent Sunday picnic, according to sworn test-
mony following tragedy, the fighting OF the merry
makers continued from o'clock in the morning until
o'clock night the festivities reaching an appar
emily and certainly logical conclusion in murder. This
incident seemingly Sunday picnics bone of
contention for of worthy fellow citizens. Re-
creation the of ones life rather stiff price to
nav
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-19

Germany is exercising every endeavor of national au-
thorty convict the bands of anarchists that have
made their headquarters in leading German cities to
operate their schemes of death against Russia This
effort of the Government of Emperor William must
meet with applause from every civilized people How
nations may differ in their theory and practice Of
national development they be against the an
archist-the common and cowardly enemy of them ALL
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-19

New York convict recently released returned the
other day to his prison home and begged haven of
shame because after long Imprisonment and the brand
of the maefactor him he found that in world
of free people he must either steal or starve Is this
indictment of charity and our civilization or
another lesson of that terrible law of cause and effect
which operates well in the moral world as in the
physical?
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-19
Millions in Horses.
Special Correspondents.

PARIS. July Though Edward
Blanc failed in his second attempt to
win the Derby. Frenchmen are con-
fdent that he will yet succeed in cap
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-19
44nSgerS to Queries.

WATER-E- S. J., City. Water is
densest or heaviest at 4 degrees cent?
grade.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-19

Special information supplied daily %
business houses and public men BY ths
Press Clfn~'-g Bureau (Allen's -. go Cali
tfornia street Telephone Main 1o41
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-19

POWER OF ATTORNEY-R City.
This department. cannot answer the
question relative to a power OF attOr-
ney without knowing the terms OF the
document
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-19

Townsend's California Glace fruits In
artistic hre-etched boxes. us Market ST.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-19

CAPITALIZING-S City.
In writing him" with the idea OF con-
veying reference to the Deity the word
should be capitalized; as. for instance,
If one were to write. In all her trou-
bles this good lady never failed to ex-
press her confidence in the care OF
him in whom she had put her trust"
the meaning might be doubtful; him"
might refer to some humane relative
or TO the superintendent OF the aims
house; but II written. This good lady
never failed TO express her confidence
in the care of Him in whom" etc. the
meaning that the Deity is intended be-
comes clear.
The San Francisco call., 1904-07-19
THE sHIPTON PROPHECY-sub-

THE SHIPTON PROPHECY-Sub-
scriber. Vallejo. Cal What was
palmed on the public as the prophecy
of Mother ShiptOn, who lived 14SS-
1860. was written by one Charles
Hindley and put in circulation in
1852 1t is as follows.
Carriages without horses shall 60
And accidents MI the world with woe;
Around the world thoughts win hy
In the twinkling OF eye
The world upside down shall be
And gold be found at root Of tree.
Through hills man shall ride,
And no horse by his side
Under water man shall walk,
Shall ride shall sleep shall talk.
In the air men shau be seen
In white. IN black. IN greens
Iron in the water shall doat
As easy as a wooden boat:
Gold shall be found mid stone
In land that's now unknown
Fire and water shall wonders do
England shall at last admit a Jew
And this world 10 an end shall come
In eighteen hundred and eigkty-one-
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MORMON COLONIZATION.

%s: w Il: is public .::ss
v It's astonishnent caused bY the testimony In
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-09

Present From Many States at Com
mencement Exercises.

Lawrence, Kan, June 9.-Alumni of
the University of Kansas were present
from all parts of the United States TO
attend the twenty-second annual COM
mencement exercises Wednesday, In
the number was the Oldest living grad
uate of the university, L. D. L Tosh of
Denver, a member of the class of 1873.
After the morning exercises in the
chapel the alumni and members of the
faculty marched in line to the natural
history museum. where a course dinner
was served. Covers were laid for more
than 900. Girls of the Junior and So
phomore classes served at the tables,
which were decorated with the univer-
sity colors and flags bearing the num-
erals of the various classes represented.
Prof. Erasmus Haworth was chair
man Of the dinner committee and Dr.
Frank Strong, the chancellor, presided.
He made an address on The Universe
ty.'' Other toast responses were as fol-
lows: DR.. Hugo Muensterberg, The
East and the West" DR.. John Harper
Long, II, "Then and Now Frederick
Hill Wood of Kansas City, arts 81, law
'99, Castles in SPAIN" Charles Harker
Rhodes, 'O4, The World Is So Full of
a Number of Things, I Think We
Should Be as Happy as Kings LEILA
F'erree Douthart, 80, "reminiscences of
The World Is Mine OYSTER" DR.. Geo.
Olien Virtue, 49, 1.-The Saving Rem
nant;" Charles Sanford Skilton, New
University Enterprises"
F. P. MacLennan, of the Topeka
State Journal, was chosen president of
the alumni association at it's meeting
The annual address to the graduates
was made by Prof. Hugo Muensterberg
of Harvard university, who took for his
subject, THE Conception of Duty" The
speaker compared the Mephisto of
Faust" to the many temptations that
beset one in life and to worldly wealth
that attracts many in place of what is
right and what is duty. In his COM
parison he said;
1.-The Mephistophelean spirit of the
world has a thousand pleasures to offer,
has wealth and comfort and speaks a
thousand tongues. Public life will fiat
ter you, too, but in the face of all dc
your duty. Do as you ought.
Americans live more by feeling than
calculations" continued DR.. Muenster-
berg. He advocated Emerson's motto
Hitch your wagon to a star" and quo
ted Emerson: 1T is not failure, but
| low aim, that is crime"
After DR.. Muensterberg's address the
degrees were conferred upon POI youns
men and women wearing caps and
gowns. The degrees given were as fol
lows: Master of arts, II; master of sci
ence, 8; bachelor of arts in law, 2;
| bachelor of science, IT; bachelor OF
ceutical chemists, %; certificates III
medicine, g. There were 243 candidates
for degrees, but only POI seniors receiv-
/ ed them. There are 81 candidates for
masters degrees.
| The invocation at the chapel exercises
/ lege. Mrs. Blanche w. Lyon sang
Haydn's with Verdure Clad and the
university orchestra played Gounod's
Roman March"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-09

Toxic, June 9.-NoOn.-W Of
ficers who have returned to Japan from
the Lao Tung peninsula, give interest
ing details of the battle of Nanshan
hill After the first Intellectual attack
on the hill the japanese scouts discoN-
cred that there were mines at this spot
near the hill. They determined that
they could only be definitely located by
the sacrifice of some men. Hundreds
volunteered to go to what appeared to
be certain death They led the second
advance and found that heavy rains
had washed away the covering of earth
and had exposed the mines. Engineers
cut the connecting wires. rendering the
mines useless and sustained no loss
The volunteers were nearly all killed
in the subsequent Intellectual attack on
the hill.
The osaka men from the right wing,
while advancing through the water
along the shore, encountered a body of
Russians, also in the water A fierce
fight ensued. Both sides being waist
deep in the sea.
When the Russians finally retreated
the water was literally crimson. Both
sides lost heavily.
During the day the Russians used
war balloons we'll out of range.
In the trenches after they had been
captured were found many articles of
clothing belonging to women and chill
dren, making it evident that the Rus
SLAMS intended their defense to be per-
na0ent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-09
RECORD PLANT WRECKED.
Men Armed With Shotguns Destroy
the Entire Equipment.

Colorado Springs, Colo. June "a
special to the Gazette from Victor says:
Eight unknown men, armed with
shotguns, rifles, pistols and sledge ham
mers entered the office of the Victor
Record at 11:45 o'clock last night, or
dered the men to throw up their hands,
broke up the machinery and then told
the men to set out of the district as fast
as they could.
There is no clue at the present time
to the identity of the men.
George Kyner, proprietor of the paper,
was at luncheon and Foreman Walter
Sweet was in charge of the men. They
were busily engaged getting out the
morning paper when suddenly eight
heavily armed men opened the front
door and walked back to the composing
room. They threw their guns on the
startled men who were at work and one,
who was evidently the leader, called
out, Line up now and throw up your
hands,"
The men obeyed quickly. The men
then wrecked two linotype machines,
several job presses and all the equip
ment of the office They smashed the
telephone and typewriter. When their
work of ruin was completed they
marched the Record employees out on
the sidewalk and told them to get out
The printers walked north and the
eight men started off toward the
south
The Record has been known as the
organ of the Western Federation of
/ Miners in this section.
The men who were ordered to leave
the district are: Walter Sweet, f. W.
Iangdon, printers; John Donnenheld,
pressman, and Art Caldwell, appren-
/ tice. The men have not decided wheth
/ er they will leave or not.
| A number of the force of the Victor
Record office, which was wrecked last
night. were Kansas men. George g.
Kyner. the proprietor and editor of the
/ paper, formerly lived at Junction City
until he went to Colorado about six
years ago. He was for some time sup
/ erintendent of the Geary county
/ schools. His business manager, A Q.
/ Miller. was another Kansas man.
/ John Dannenfeld, the pressnan OF
the paper, whom the dispatches men
/ ton as one of the four employees order
ed to leave the district, lived at Sa-
/ lima until about three years ago He
was for several years a pressman Of
the SaIina Union, when that paper was
owned by H. \. Gaines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-09
SITUATION AT PORT ARTHUR.
Much Damage Is Being Done by
Shells From TogO's Fleet.

Chefoo, June $3.50 D. ma
Chinese, formerly employed in the
arrived here today, says that only five
of the nine largest Russian ships at
Port Arthur are capable of going to
sea and that steam is kept up on but
three of the sound vessels. All the
guns from the damaged ships have
been removed to the forts and the
sailors from these ships have gone to
the front with the troops. The Rus
sian warships, which formerly were
painted black, are now painted gray,
as are the vessels of the Japanese
fleet. Russian torpedo boats leave the
harbor occasionally for half an hour,
but the larger warships cannot get
through the entrance.
The Russians are refusing permits
sion to skilled workmen to leave Port
Arthur, but many are escaping. Little
work is being done in the machine
shops because of the confusion among
the workmen each time firing is
heard One shell recently wrecked a
machine shop building, but did no
damage to the machinery. Another
shell wrecked the Offices in the dock
yard.
Three hundred and fifty mines have
been laid in the roadstead and many
others have been placed around the
shops in the naval BASIN Some of
the latter were exploded last week by
lightning, but no damage was done
The Chinese who have come out of
Port Arthur complain of the treat
ment accorded them by the Russian
soldiers. saying they were maltreated
if they did not supply the soldiers
with money and liquor. Villagers in
the vicinity of Port Arthur are COM
PEELED to supply the soldiers with rice
and Russian horses are turned loose
in tn cir wheat fields, destroying crops.
Japanese spies who entered Port
Arthur last week distributed notices
assuring the Chinese of liberal treat
ment in case the Japanese were vic
torfO11s