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The Washington times., 1906-05-15
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President Explains
Meeting With Chandler

The White House, Washington,
May IA, 1906.
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Not Against Law.

Not Against Law.
You then asked me whether II such a
provision were declared unconstitutional
Il would affect other provisions of the
law. l told you that IN my opinion II
would not as that provision would be
easily separable from the remainder OF
the law Recalling The advice which
had the honor 10 offer 20 you, that you
should not at any stage become finally
committed beyond recall 20 cny form Of
language in any part OF the bill and af-
firming your belief in the wisdom OF
that course. you then said that q pro-
vision limiting the court review to the
authority Of the commission and the
ccnstitutionality Of its acts md a pro-
vision limiting the issuance II Interlo-
cutory injunctions, as far as was con
stitutionally possible. would be accept
able 20 you, provided II was decided
rot 20 try 10 pass the Hepburn SIll sub
stantially unchanged, and YOU asked
me 10 meet the gentlemen named IN
conference.
The conference was arranged by Mr..
Chandler and occurred on April 10. 1t
was full and free. II would be impOs-
sible to state all that was said IN a con-
ference Of two hours, but ! think. no
false color is given 20 the conference by
the following statement:
l informed the gentlemen of my belief
court review were TO be expressed IN
the law at all that II should be limited
to the two subjects hereinbefOre named
that in such case the sO-called Long
amendment was acceptable 10 you; that
you would be glad 10 see a rigid Hmi-
tation on the issuance Of interlOcutory
intunctions II such Limitation were pos
sible; and I stated further that l would
not assume 10 agree 20 any form OF
language whatever for you, but would
submit any proposed amendment to you
for your consideration.
] also stated my doubt whether In
any event IL would be possible TO enact
a provision entirely forbidding interloc-
utory injunctions.
In Accord With Bailey.
/ found myself in entire accord with
Senator Bailey as TO the rules of consti-
tutional law applicable to the situation.
with the exception OF those relating 10
the power Of Congress to forbid all in
terlocutory injunctions upon which did
not offer any final opinion. only saying
that Mr.. Bailey's argument needed an
swer An attempt was then made TO
adopt phraSeOlogy which would effect
the intention of the two Senators. l
made some notes upon this branch of
the subject. and at the close of the in
terview said to Senator Bailey that 7
would put my understanding OF their
views upon the question of phrase
clogy n writing, send IL TO him, and If 1t
met with his approval, submit II TO YOU
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REMOVAL NOTICE

The Offices OF Roland c. Booth and
Booths Farm Agency are now located IN
the OUTdy building. 1st floor. 704 sJh ST.
NV Call and see US. Iay13-3Gt
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house which he utilized as a revenue
collectors office. The proprietor Of the
Parker House even paid as high a rent
al as $4,000 Building lots costing
500 at the beginning Of 1S4S sold up to
$4,000 at the end Of 1S49. The prices
at the mining camps were still higher
That class Of people fiocked to San
Francisco and all the mining camps. in
whose company a man had to take his
life into his own hands, goes without
, saying. Gamblers and hazardous men
Of all sorts, whose only aim was to get
rich quick, abounded in numbers. They
were desperate and sensitive characters.
If, at times, they did show & certain
fairness, even admirable honesty-espe-
cially in paying their debts-they were
nevertheless bent upon cheating and de-
ceiving and always ready to commit VIC
lence.
San Francisco, at this period, was a
most unsightly place in it's exterior ap,
pearance. The houses had been erected
without plan and style, all low, irregu-
lar huts and shops of all possible shapes
and forms, offensive to the eye, and lust
so many blots upon the picturesque To-
cality. And the crooked, sandy, dirty
streets along the swampy shore, all torn
up by the lively traffic, full of holes and
pools into which man and beast sank
down knee-deep,-coulda anything have
aroused the patience and the gall Of the
hasty gold diggers more than such thor
oughfares? Then came the great con-
f1agrations Of May and June %, 1851.
and they brought relief in clearing the
city Of its old shanties and unsightly
buildings, making room for more solid
structures and for wider, straighter and
better streets. The old City Hotel, the
oldest tavern Of the place, a building
with a mighty tile roof, the whole Plaza,
the office Of the Alta California" the
old Custom House, the Postoffice, and
numerous historic huts were destroyed.
Up to 1852 San Francisco greatly re-
sembled a Spanish Mexican town. Grad
uaIly these characteristics wore away,
and the place developed into a truly
American city. Eastern vehicles and
omnibuses succeeded In driving out the
gaily dressed ranchero riding on a fiery
steed and equipped with tinkling bells
and spurs and great sombrero! The
sand hills were leveled down into the
svampy lots. The city extended its
area continually. What was once the
little, lazy Yerba Buena Of 1S47, now
became a metropolis of factories and
workshops, stores and warehouses,
churches and schools and all kinds of
institutes. People no longer paid 81 for
a pill, or $40 for box Of carpet tacks,
for the wild town Of by-gone days be-
came the grand Queen Of the Pacific,
the beautiful city at the Golden Gate,
which the earthquake and fire Of April
IS, 1906, destroyed
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Short Meter Sermons.

People who take no risks secure no
reforms.
Rites are no more religion than lit
erature is love.
It's hard eating garlic and covering
your history.
The grating church does not grow
on the true vine.
The Christian always travels best
with head wind.
Many saints are sour because they
eat only picked piety.
You can measure your soul by the
amount of food it demands.
The only safe escape from an IN
pleasant duty is by going through it.
No man has greater poverty than he
whose riches hide him from the poor
Some preachers look for most fruit
from the sermons that are most foggy.
Heredity is often the towards at
tempt to lay on the dead the sins of to-
day.
The promise about the last being
first is not for the woman who always
comes late to church.
The collection would often be larger
If the sermon was less a collection and
more of creation.
Some churches make a lot of fuss
over the heather because they are the
only people who live so far away that
they do not quarrel with them.
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TWO CLAIM LOST LAD
SEATTLE AND NEW lORK FAMILIES
WANT BOY IN MISSOURI.
Western Man Says His Child Was Kid
mapped Two Years Ago-Eastern
Woman Declares She Is Aunt.

ST. LOUIS. Mo-. June "a special
TO The GlobeDemocrat from Bonneville,
Mo-. says: The chief of police of Boone
vile received the following message from
w. W. Mclaughlin, chief of the detect
I've bureau or New York city, as folowsi
Press dispatches inform us that you have
5-year-old boy. Willie Farris. he having
Deen put off the train Mt Bonneville, Mo.
his aunt here Is expecting him. Put him
on train and send to u.s.
Agent Waltz repeated the message to
Supt. y. j. Finney in Sedalia. in whose
possession the boy now is. Another mes
sage from Richard ID. Baker of Seattle,
Wash, was received here addressed to
newspaper and is as follows:
My boy was kidnapped two years ago M
clue The description agrees with the boy
left in your town.
RICHARD u. BAKER.
Agent Waltz says the boy answers the
description. Mr.. Baker has been wired
by Supt. Finney from Sedala and it is
probable Mr.. Baker will come TO Sedaha
Immediately.
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of men, women and children, entering
the Golden Gate, the lovely port. That
ship was the Brooklyn" of New York,
bringing q new class of people to this
distant shore-Bishop BrannOn and his
colony of Latter Day Saints" Nor
mons. Indeed, with somewhat mixed
feelings this increase in the population
of Yerba Buena was received by the
mixed assembly of pioneers. But these
Mormons brought money, tools, nipple
ments Of various kinds and a printing
press. Some of them soon got into an
alteration with the very worldly bish
op, and before long the majority of the
flock abdicated the doctrines of Brigham
Young. These Mormons brought the
first prayer meeting into the quiet vii
Iagc at the Golden Gate. and they like
wise introduced the first jury trial; and
the same types that had been used in
New York to print the organ of the sect,
called THE Prophet" in January of the
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there by the breezeS or risen out of the
earth, and told the most wonderful sto-
ries about the newly found rich depos-
It's. Who was to stay behind when
such gain came In sight? Fever-fe-
yer grasppd and heated every one Sail
ors abandoned their ships, soldiers de
serted the barracks, laborers took their
picks and shoyels, carpenters left the
house without roof and windows, black
smiths and bakers eXtinguished their
fires, merchants closed their stores, and
everybody fastened to the Ell Dorado.
even the two newspapers printed
farewell number" and the knights of
the quill exchanged the small "stick"
for heavier one. Gold !'-the cry
srnlded forth to the shores of the At
lantic, the pillows carried it across the
ocean to the countries of Europe. And
the multitudes came, a veritable migra-
ton to San Francisco set in by ship and
overland, such as had never been wit
messed before.
Prices began to soar upward. The
records Of the city tell us that a barrel
Of flour during the month Of December.
1S4S, sold for $50, and butter at 90 cents
a pound; laborers received $40 a day,
tradesmen up to $50. Gold dust became
the only circulating medium, and It's
price soon had to be fixed at SIG an
ounce. From one week to another the
bay filed up with vessels of all descrip-
tons, and everywhere along the shore
tent was added to tent. During the first
six months of the year 1S49 more than
$4,000 people arrived in San Francisco.
The first Corners hailed from Mexico.
Chile, Peru and the Central and South
American countries; then the throngs
followed, coming around Cape Horn, via
Panama, across the mountains and over
the plains, from Hawaii, Australia
China and from everywhere-all de
scriptions Of men under the heavens.
They lived in tents and In huts, and
without tents and huts, slept on tables
and counters, in carts and wagons. on
sidewalks and lumber piles,-anything
being good enough. Wheat -four scared
to $40 barrel, shovels and picks cost
SO each, a tin pan or wooden bowl S.. a
pair OF boots $40, lumber went up to
$500 a thousand feet; small loaf of
bread could not be had for less than 50
cents, and a boiled egg often cost 81. A
bill of fare dated Oct. 81, 1S49, from
the old Ward House was kept among
the city archives, and a few items may
seem quite appetizing and worthy of re-
print:
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s San Francisco's Early Days s
OK
=S1C

When Captain Montgomery, on July
8, 1916, raised the American flag on the
heights of Ierba Buena at the Golden
Gate, this spot was nothing but poor
village Of about 200 inhabitants, writes
Louis Wagner In a very interesting ar
ticle published In the Illustrated Home
Journal. But even then it was quite
up of Spaniards, MexicaGs, Germans,
Swiss, Englishmen, Scots, Irish, Swedes,
Danes, Indians and Kanakas.
Undiscovered the precious yellow met
al slumbered in the mountains, and the
picturesque pioneers of the Ti3lage on
the beautiful bay dreamed little of the
Unsuitable, feverish thirst for gold. They
rather cast their eyes upon the sea day
after day. Every morning at sunrise
some Of them would climb upon the
highest hill, which was soon called
Photograph HILL" and, glass in hand,
they would search the great expanse Of
the ocean for vessels bringing commerce
and newcomers. The white sails and
the long drawn cloud Of smoke could be
seen from this high viewpoint in the far
distance, and thus the arrival of a ship
could readily be announced to the whole
populace in due time. And then the
whole village assembled at the landing
place.
1t was during the last days Of that
July month, when messenger hurried
~ came down from his elevated point
of observation and announced to the
dwellers in the adobe houses the cheer
full news of the first American ship, full
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ing the men Of New York regiment
under Colonel Stevenson. They were
skillful tradesmen, one and all, who at
the time Of their enlistment had prom
Used that they would settle down In
California, at the close Of the Mexican
war. Their arrival brought on the first
speculation in lots. North of Market
street, the principal thoroughfare Of the
place, lots sold at SIC, and the very best
locations along the water front brought
from $50 to 500. By Aug. !, the pros
porous town had 151 houses, where
there had been only 80 standing hereto
fore. The populace now had grown to
500, and San Francisco recorded its first
boom. The day for its second newspa,
per had come. And soon the town elect
ed it's first city council, consisting of six
men The duties assigned to these men
consisted in laying out streets, grant
ing building permits, appointing police
men. and COnceding licenses. On April
3, 1S4S, the first school Of San Francis
co opened its doors. By this time two
f1ourishing hotels and a number Of
stores and warehouses sprung into ex-
istence, two large wharves were built,
and commerce and trade of the young
town numbering about $50 people and
more than 200 houses began to get live
ly.
Then came the news of gold found In
the foot hills Of the Sierra Nevada.
Miners, sunburnt and ragged, with long
hair and rough boards, and with pouch
es full of shining gold dust, appeared
on the streets on the town. as if blown
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LITTLENESS AND GREATNESS.

By Rev. J. T. Sunderland.
when l consider thy heavens, the
work of thy fingers,
The moon and the stars, which thou
hast ordained
What is man, that thou art mindful of
him?
Psalm I: 3, 5.
The feeling of the insigniticance of
man in the presence of the greatness of
nature, and especially in the presence
Of the vastness and splendor of the
heavens above, is one that has been
very common in all ages. Nor is ii
wanting to-day Indeed, since the rise
of modern astronomy, which makes the
heavens incomparably more vast and
glorious than the boldest mind dreamed
in the ANCIENT times, this sense Of dis;
Proportion between the physical little
ness of man and the vastness of his
own environment, becomes all the more
clear and strong.
If we catch a butterfly in the sum
mer time, we shall find left upon our
hand from the butterfy's wing, some
thing which we shall be likely to call
dust. Looking at it with the greatest
care, we shall not be able, with our IN
aided eyes, to see that it is anything
more than fine dust. But bring a mi
croscope and see what that reveals to
us. Now we discover that this so-called
dust consists of a mass of beautifully
colored and eXquisitely fashioned feath-
ers, arranged in as perfect order as the
feathers of bird, yet SO minute that a
single square inch Of the wing contains
a hundred thousand of them.
The universe is Gods palace, and a
marvellous palace it is. But is not a
child more than any building?
So, as L go out under the sky at
night with no one near, and look up
into the glorious and illimitable heav-
ems, hear in the silence a voice speak
ing from the Eternal Throne: o man,
whom | have made only little lower
than myself, thou art more to me than
all else. | did not create thee for my
palace; l builded my palace-all this
glorious palace Of green earth and shin
ing heavens-for thee. Before sun or
stars were, 1 loved thee. Even whilst
thou vast yet Graded in far away fire
mists, l watched over thee. Our des-
TIMES are one: nothing shall pluck thee
out of my hand.
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AMERICANS LEAD
THE REVOLUTIONS.
Soldiers of Fortune Are Heading the
Insurgent Army in Guate-
mala.

MENICO CITY, June 0.-News from
the Gautemalan revolutionists operating
in the southern part of that republic is
that an American contingent consisting
of loo men, enlisted in San Francisco,
are included i'll Gen. Toledo's army.
These men, who are especially well
armed, came down on the steamer En-,
pire City. now composing practically the
navy of the revolutionistS and the first
warship ever employed in any Guatema.
Ian war. Much is expected of the Amer.
lean fighters. An American named Hill
sey is reported to be in command Of the
revolutionary forces i'll the northern de-
partment of San Marcos.
United States Cruiser Sent.
PANAMA, Tune 9.-The cruiser Mar
blehead, anchored i'll this port got ur.
gent sea orders at o'clock Friday, and
after taking on a quantity of supplies
sailed last night.
No information was given out as to the
cruisers destination, but it is thought
she will proceed to San Jose, Guatemala,
to protect American residents of that
city in the event of fighting and to cap
ture the Empire City, the American
ship now being used by the revolution
lists
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following year stood in line here, on the
Western shore, to print the first news
paper of the Pacific coast, the "Califor-
MIA Star" which namewas soon changed
to that of Alta California;
At the same time the name of Yerba
Buena-'good ss'-disappeared Off
cially. The picturesque grassy coast
had easily suggested TO the Spaniards
the choice of a name for the beautiful
spot, but why should Americans, in an
American town, be required to twist
and torture their tongue in trying TO
get the correct pronunciation? Captain
Montgomery appointed Washington 4.
Bartlett, lieutenant of the navy, to the
office of alcalde, i. e., chief of the place
with military and civil powers, and
this new officer by public proclamation
summarily abolished the old name and
bestowed upon the place for all time
TO come the name of San Francisco. He.
however, was not the author of this
name, nor the first man to apply it to
this town. Already in 1886 Alexander
Forbes had written Of this place: The
POI VI san ASAtASASNO IL 4ASll I4S
ed by any other in the world" and ten
years later. but one and 4 half year an
feeding Bartlett's proclamation. the
Secretary Of our Navy, George Ban
croft, i'll a letter written to Commodore
Sloat touching upon the possibility of
blockading the port of San Francisco, .
had also applied this appellatiou to the
locality.
sci brought most important addition
to the population Of the town, by land
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Laundry was done at So a dozen
pieces. The owner of a dirty shirt
therefore rather cast 1t aside and bought
was-very dirty. Rents were awfully
high-S3, 900 a month in advance for the
poorest kind Of quarters for a store
Wright & Co. paid as much as $75 600 a
year for miserable hut at the corner
Of the Plaza. where they conducted the
Miners Bank, and Uncle Sam had to
pay $4,000 rent year for an old adobe
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He Got 1t Fixed.

The following story. illustrative of the
red tape that used to prevail IN GER
tain department of the federal govern
ment at Washington. is told by an official
who began his service there in the hum
bic capacity of clerk:
shortly after entering upon the dis
charge of my duties" said the official,
4 witnessed a scene In the division to
which | had been assigned that aston
ished me to a degree. one day an elder
Iy clerk whose desk was near mine sud-
denly rose from his seat. dragged his
chair to a fireplace and. Selling poker.
attacked the offending piece of furniture
with what appeared to be maniacal fury.
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NEW VIEW ON BET ACT.
Man Who Recorded Wager in Missouri
Fined-Horse Race Promoter
Freed by Jury.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, June 9.-In the
criminal court here today Charles Old
ham, bookmakcr, was convicted of vjo-
lating the law passed by the last Mis-
souri, Legislature prohibiting the regis
tering or recording of bets on a horse
race and was fined $500. He took an
appeal DR.. j. S. Gardner, president of
the Elm Ridge Jockey club of Kansas
City, at whose track the races were run
in order to test the law, and who was in,
dicted jointly with Oldham, was found
not guilty. The judge had instructed
the jury to discharge President Gardner
on the ground that the law does not
horses, but simply prohibits the register
ing or recording of bets.
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VICIOUS VIRTUES.


"If therefore the light that is in thee
be darkness how great is that dark
ness ?"-Matt. 6: %.
He who pretends to virtues he does
not possess soon loses those he may
have had. Professional holiness brings
The most INSCRIPTIONS men in this
world are those who make the noisiest
parade of their scruples. 1t is never
safe to trust your possessions to those
who advertise their piety.
1t is better to be honestly, avowedly
bad than to attempt to acquire spiritual
standing by means of padded assets.
There is always the hope that the bad
man may become good; his heart is
soil in which good seed may terminate.
But the heart of the hypocrite is crust
ed over it is a rocky place, scared and
SCARED by habits of false living.
Professional religion spells the par
alysis of religion. He who Stimulates
emotions he does not feel, who excites
himself into asserting convictions that
have not gripped his heart, or who
loudly proclaims virtues he does not
practice. is sealing himself to the doom
of all liars, that his life itself should
become one dark, black lie, his soul
forced to 90 on singing the songs Of
paradise while it still sinks deeper and
deeper into the mire Of perdition.
Let a man beware how he falls into
the habit of substituting coats for char
;cter, shibboleths of holiness for the
substance thereof. The love of the APP
probation of others, the demands of So
ciety, the possibility of turning an hon
est penny out OF a holy pretense, may
all easily lead a man into the path of
the living lie; many are the ways into
it, but few there be who come out into
truth again.
Self-conceit is the consequence of de-
ceiving others, and a deadly conse-
quence it is. A man ceases to discern
the nature Of his hypocrisy; his dark
ness seems to be light. He mistakes his
simulated sanctity for that which
springs from a chastened spirit and a
pure love So long has he fed him
self on the husks Of pretense that he
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
REBELS ACTIVE AT MOSCOW.
Workmen Are Being Armed and Sys-
tematiCally Drilled.

MOSCOW. June S.-There is a no.
ticeable increase in revolutionary activ-
ity here and it is evident the leaders are
preparing to take advantage of the first
opportunity to start an armed uprising
The workmen of the factories and mills
are being systematically armed with
Mauser rifles and drilled under the SUI
pervision of army reserve soldiers. Rev
dictionary emissaries have been sent out
in all directions into the country to in
cite the land hungry peasants to appro-
pirate land and strike on the big es-
tateS.