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Amador ledger., 1906-06-01

l1cious tantrum of nature reversed the
direction of the west wind the whole
populous district to the west, blocked
with fleeing refugees and unilluminated
except by the disastrous glare op the
water front, seemed safe by 9 o'clock.
Van Ness avenue is fiat as the earth
on the east side. Every pound of gun
cotton did it's work, and though the
ruins burned, it was but feebly. From
Golden Gate avenue on the north the
fire crossed the wide street in but one
place-the Claus Spreckels' residence,
on the corner of California street.
There the flames were writhiDg up the
walls before the dynamiters could
reach 1t; yet they made their way to
the foundations, carrying their explo-
slves despite the furnace-like heat. The
charge had to be placed so swiftly and
the fuse lit in such a hurry that the
explosion was not quite successful from
the trained viewpoint of the gunners.
But though the walls still stood, it was
only an empty victory for the fire, as
bare brick and smoking ruins are poor
food for flames.
EFFECTIVE WORK OF WEEK.
Capt. MacBride's dynamiting squad
realized that stand was hopeless, ex-
cept on Van Ness avenue. They could
have forced their explosives further in
the burning section, but not pound of
the terrible guncotton could be or was
wasted. The ruined block that met the
wide thoroughfare formed a trench
through the clustered structures that
the con1agration, wild as it was, could
not leap. Engines pumping brine
through Fort Madison from the bay
completed the little work that the gum
cotton had left, but for three days the
haggard-eyed firemen guarded the flick
ering ruins.
The desolate waste straight through
the heart of the city is mute witness
to the most heroic and effective work of
the whole calamity Three men did
this-three, simply, because they would
not trust their work to others-and
when their work was over and what
stood of the city for the first time
rested quietly, they departed as mod
estly as they had come. They were or
dered to save San Francisco; they
obeyed orders, and Capt. MacBride and
his two gunners made history on that
dreadful night
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grafton at any cost of life or property
With them they brought a ton and a
half of gun cotton, the terrific power
Of which was equal to the maniacal de-
termination of the fire.
Capt. MacBride was in command of
the squad, Chief Gunner Adamson
placed the charges, and the third gun
ner set them off.
The thunderous detonations to which
the terrified city listened all that dread
full Friday night meant the salvation of
many lives. A million dollars worth
of property, noble residences and
worthless shacks alike, were blown to
drifting dust, but that destruction
broke the spirit of the fire and sent the
raging flames cringing back over their
own charred path.
DYNAMITE A BLOCK DEEP.
The whole east side of Van Ness ave-
nue., from Golden Gate to Greenwich,
was dynamited a block deep, though
most of the structures stood untouched
by flame or cinder. Not one rye
failed; no one building stood upon it
foundations. Unless some second ma
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DONALD Daughters of the Revolution

old place of colonial architecture, and
it is only few years since Mrs
Ritchie, mother of Mrs. Mclean, died
She also had been prominent in D. A.
R. matters ever since the organization
of the society. Judge John Ritchie,
father of Mrs. Mclean, served in Con-
gress and was subsequently elevated to
the bench of the Court of Appeals of
Maryland. He was an orator of re-
nown, and Mrs. Mclean seems to have
inherited this attribute of her father.
Mrs. McLean's grandfather was
Judge William P Maulsby, and her
grandmother, Emily Nelson, for whom
she was named, was the daughter of
Gen. Roger Nelson, who was boy of
sixteen in college when the Declaration
of independence was signed. He ran
away and joined the revolutionary
forces He rose in rank to Brigadier-
General for conspicuous bravery on the
field of battle. He was left for dead
on the battlefield of Cowpens, and a
British officer in passing his body wan
tonly struck his hand with the fiat of
his saber, breaking the bones of every
finger. To his dying day, which oc-
Cured many years later Gen. Nelson
carried a stiffened hand. He became a
member of Congress and later was
made a Justice of the Supreme Court
of the State.
DATES BACK OF REVOLUTION.
Mrs. McLean's ancestry began back
of the revolutionary period, however.
Judges Lynn and Beattle, two of those
twelve Judges known as ''The Twelve
Immortals,' who first signed a protest
against the British stamp act in 1765,
ten years before the battle of Lexing-
ton, have in Mrs. Mclean descendant
who is not unworthy of the illustrious
|example of fearlessness of spirit set by
them. Lieut.. James Lakeland was also
an ancestor of Mrs. Mclean, as was
|also Deputy Governor Burgess, of
colonial Maryland history.
Mrs. Mclean was educated at what
was at the time known as the Woman's
college. She was graduated at the age
|of fourteen, receiving diploma which
lis one of her proud possessions to-day
She continued her studies in history,
Emusic and the languages until her mar
|riage, in 1888, to Donald Mclean. a
man of a long line of revolutionary
ancestors like herself and brilliant
lawyer in New York city.
Mrs. Mclean has made a practical
study of parliamentary law, and in the
ong years of battling for chapter rights
|bn the floor of the Continental Con-
gress and her own big chapter has be-
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| aid in bringing order out of the chaos
resulting from the earthquake Pres
ident Jordan has been mentioned to
succeed the late Professor Langley as
Secretary to the Smithsonian Institute
in Washington, but those who are in
position to know state that it is be-
lieved that he will remain at the helm
of the Stanford University and see
that the magnificent buildings are
erected again.
Stanford Universit. had its concep-
ton in Italy in 1884. There a four
teen year olo American boy tossed
his bed, struck down b, a malignant
fever. His fond mother knelt at his
bedside and as his yo'- life passed
out, she arose filled with an inspiration
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FROM LONG LINE OF PATRIOTS.

Mrs. Mclean has half yard or so Of
ancestral bars on her revolutionary
ribbon, and halls back to some very
distinguished citizens, both men and
women. She was born in Prospect Hail.
Frederick, Nd, the city made famous
by Whittier's poem, Barbara Fritchie." !"
The ancestral hall is big, beautiful
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STANFORD UNIVERSITY.
ALMOST COMPLETE DESTRUC-
TON OF THE PICTURESQUE
CALIFORNIA COLLEGE.

Built in Spanish Architecture and
Cost of Buildings Alone was Thirt,
Million Dollars-WiII Probably be
Rebuilt.
One of the NOSE serious results of
the Pacific coast earthquake disaster
is the destruction of Stanford Univer-
s1ty, near Palo Alto. More than $780,
100000 had been expended on the
buildings alone, and the damage has
been so severe that it will mean prac-
tically an entire loss. This group OF
buildings was planned and built on a
prearranged scheme and has been ac-
counted the finest group of structures
for educational purposes on this con-
tinent, if not in the entire world. The
buildings were all in the picturesque
Spanish mission style, with the arch as
tNe principal architectural feature. This
fact, which was so much a source of
beauty, has probably been the largest
source of destruction, because, while
the arch undisturbed is one of the most
secure of building forms, when thrown
out of plumb it must fall
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4 Bad Memory.

Senator Knox's physician advised
him to give up smoking a few days
ago and put him in the same class with
Senator Spooner, also smokeless, after
forty years of it. The next morning
Senator Knox's physician happened up
Amador ledger., 1906-06-01
Made a Good Sneech.

Senator Morgan the venerable states
man from Alabama. has that valuable
sense of humor which enables the pos
SCISSOR to enjoy joke when the laugh
is on himself. The other evening, as
he tells about it, he picked up an old
copy of the Congressional Record while
at home, and opening it at random be,
gan to read. Very soon," says the
Amador ledger., 1906-06-01
Sun Movements.

Standing on the seashore at a we'll
known Atlantic Coast resort, watching
a beautiful sunset, with its rays pierre
ing the clouds. were two Jews.
Look" said one of the followers of
Moses, "see the sun rays"
NO" replied the other, "dere is
where de sun SETS"
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at the Capitol and went into the Sen
ator's committee room to pass the time
OF day. He found Knox smoking a
cigar.
Here. Senator" he said, 81 thought
l told you to quit that"
Quit what?" asked Knox, in mild
Amador ledger., 1906-06-01
CHAMPIONED PAUL JONES.
MRS. DONALD MCLEAN FOUGHT
FOR BURL4L OF NAVAL HERO
AT ANNAPOLIS.
As President.GeneraI of Patriotic
Daughters of the American Rev
olution She Was Invited Guest OF
Honor at Ceremony.

v
olution She Was Invited Guest of
Honor at Ceremony.
When the annual convention of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
was in session in Washington a few
weeks ago the meetings were presided
over by Mrs. Donald Mclean. She en-
joyed the unique distinction of being
the first presiding officer of the con-
gress who was not the wife of some
man prominent in official circles. She
had been a candidate for this high
woman's Office for several years, and
the opposition to her election was
plainly stated because she could not
bring to the Office high national
prestige, which the Daughters of the
American Revolution felt was neces-
sary to the varied traditions of the So
ciety.
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Government Positions.

AS distance lends enchantment," so
perhaps are many people affected
who, living in the remote States, are
desirous of holding an appointive Of
fee under Uncle Sam at Washington.
Lured by the short hours, light
work, and comparatively large salaries,
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IRREPARABLE ART LOSS.

The main buildings are built around
an inner quadrangle, which contains
the offices of administration and some
class rooms. These buildings are all
one story in height. The outer quad
rangle, which comprises the principal
architectural features of the univer-
slty, has as main points of interest
the memorial arch, with its wonderful
frieze, by St. Gaudens, representing
the progress of civilization in America,
and directly opposite this, through the
inner quadrangle, the Stanford Memo
rial Church, with its mosaic front de-
picting the Sermon on the Mount"
This building cost, in construction
alone, $1,000,000, exclusive of the mo-
saics and carvings inside and out, and
its marble statues and art treasures
from Europe.
Perhaps it may be said that the loss
Of the buildings and equipment, in
spite of their great value, is the least
part of the disaster, because since the
university was started on Senator
Stanford's Palo Alto ranch it has been
a marvellous incentive toward higher
education on the Pacific coast. Not
only has it gone ahead with great
strides on its own account, but it has
carried the State University at Berke-
ley along with it in healthy rivalry,
until the two gave an equipment for
higher education in California that was
not rivaled by that of any other State.
MRS. STANFO4 DIS GENEROSITY.
If it were not for the indomitable
spirit which seems to have enabled the
university to triumph over many diff
culties it might be said that its career
has been particularly ill-starred. Fol-
in spite of its great endowment, said
to exceed that of any other institution
of learning in the country, it has been
unfortunate from the beginning. Vex-
atious litigation arose at the time of
Senator Stanford S death, in 1894, and
the claims put forward by those who
had received personal bequests, to have
them settled first, seriously impaired
the finances of the university because
it was impossible to realize upon its
property. After that the Pacific rail-
road suits tied up the university money
for a couple of years, until the Su-
preme Court decided in favor of the
Stanford estate. But Mrs. Stanford, |
with wonderful courage and singleness |
of purpose, unselfshly turned all of her |
property over to the university, saw
it through its crises until her recent |
tragic death in Honolulu, when the
Leland Stanford University was again
thrown in despair. Its present de-
struction by the earthquake seems to |
come as eliminating disaster, yet it |
is probable that it will rise again su-
perior to the conditions which seem
in league against it, though it has
practically been set back to an abso-
lutely new beginning.
1t is already understood that plans
have been considered for the rebuild
ing of the university, as the statement
has been made by President David
Starr Jordan to the students of the
university, asking them to remain and
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that he might live again.

that ne m1gh. live again.
To her husband, Senator Stanford,
she said: ut was his wish and desire
that INDECENT young men should have
an equal advantage in obtai ing educa-
tion. For his sake let us erect a uni
versity where all shall have an equal
chan' e." From that lay the Senator
and Mrs. Stanford devoted their entire
energies toward planning the Leland
Stanford, Junior, University.
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FIRE VERSUS DYNAMITE.
TONS OF THE EXPLOSIVE USED
AT SAN FRANCISCO TO FIGHT
FLAMES.
Three Men of Navy at Risk of Their
Lives Place Compound in Teeth of
Oncoming Fire-Mhole Blocks Raced
to Prevent Disaster.

Through the destructive agency of
dynamite the section of San Francisco
still standing was saved at a cost of
more than million dollars. This pow
erful compound was scientifically
welded by three men of the U. S. Navy,
sent by Admiral McCalla from Mare
Island with orders to check the confla-
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the young man or woman is likely to
look upon department service as a
beautiful life of do Little and Draw
Your Pay" and watch the passing
show. But it has it's seamy side and
carries both advantages and disadvan-
tages in its train.
There is the danger of fossilization;
of becoming a leaf in the sere; with
energies gone and aspiration dead
This danger is great and seems almost
inevitable to him who has many years
of service in the departments. Though
all will not agree with the Hon. Champ
Clark in recent article in the Satur-
day Evening Post when he says "Over
the doorways of the Departments
should be inscribed in letters so large
that he who runs may read:
"Al Hope Abandon Ye Who Enter
Here"
Yet to the young man and woman
who would keep the fires of their am
bition burning, government service
should be entered only as stepping
stone to more strenuous life of
higher and better things.
Amador ledger., 1906-06-01

JOB PRINTING, CITY RATES
You can get your Billheads
Letter Heads, etc. printed at
the Ledger for less than you
can buy blank stock for else
where.
Envelops, per 1000 $500
Posters, IA sheet, so for 1.5O
q" Half sheets /" zoe
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-05-24

quiring as to whether such laws
are good or bad. If the prohi-
bition law is not good for the
state, then the enforcement of it
will have more effect in bringing
about repeal than to allow it to
stand without enforcement.
The quickest way to eradicate
an evil in the statutes of any state
is to enforce the law to the letter
and bring out its weaknesses
and bad effects,
1.-The enforcement of the rail-
road laws of the state will un-
doubtedly remedy an evil that
has long existed. Kansas doesn't
need any more laws. 1t has
enough to do it for awhile if those
already passed were just put in
to effect. 1 do not favor the leg
islation of Pullman rates. The
Pullman company is private
concern, and in no way a public
function such as are the railroads"
Mr.. Harris has been negotiat-
ing for the purchase of home in
Lawrence where he intends to
move as soon as he can arrange
his Chicago business, so removal
will not interfere with his sec
retaryship of the American Live
Stock Association.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-05-24
CONTEST NOTICE.
J. F. SREARMAS,
Special master in chancery.
First Publication April 26l

First Publication April 10Y
Department of the interior. United States
Land Office.
Dodge City, Kansas, April "a, 1906.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed in this office by David J. Brownies, con-
testant, against homestead entry No. 227S2
made June ~ 1904 for the west half of north
east quarter and the east half of the north
west quarter of section % township 81 south
Range 26 west by Dennis s. Custer, contestee
in which II is alleged that said Dennis S Gus
ter has wholly abandoned said tract; that he
has never established residence upon it nor
improved it in any manner; that said defaults
continue to date of contest affidavit and have
not been caused by the services of the entry
man in the Army or Navy of the United
States in time of war.
Said parties are hereby notified to appear,
respond and offer evidence touching said allie
CATION at 10 O'Clock a. m. on June Is 1906
before the Register and Receiver of the
United States Land Office in Dodge City,
Kansas.
The said contestant having, in proper
affidavit filed April IL, 1906 set forth facts
which show that after due diligence personal
service of this notice can not be made, it is
hereby ordered and directed that such notice
be given due and proper publication.
H. F. MILLIGAN, Register.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-05-24
Public sale.

l will sell at my home place 7
miles south and west of Meade, on
Thursday, May 3Ist, 1906 to the
highest bidder the following:
Work and saddle horses
Saddles and harness, wagons,
spring wagons, binder, good as new.
Moving machines, hay gatherers,
stacker, plows, disc plows. disc drill,
disc harrow, steel harrows.
About 400 head of sheep mostly
one year old.
Other things too numerous to
mention.
TERMS: Six months time will be
given on all sums over S. with ap-
proved security. Less than S cash.
Sale will commence at 1000 a. m
Free lunch at noon.
w. H. TRACY, E. H. BOYER,
Auctloneer. Meade kans.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-05-24

The railroads of the state are adj
mltted by everyone to be- worth
$40, 900 a mile. They are assessed
at 81, 900 a mile. They do not pay
fair share of their taxes. They
should pay on at least SIo,o 900 a
mile and if they did the farmers and
business men would have to pay
thousands of dollars less than they
now have to pay. The farmers and
business men of Kansas have to dig
up thousands of dollars in Kansas
more than their share of the taxes
every year to make up for what the
railroads steal from the taxes.
Stealing is speaking, even though ii
is expressed in six figures. -Emporia
Gazette.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-05-24
Harris Says He Lives Here.

Kansas City, May lex
Senator w. A. Harris arrived in
Kansas City yesterday afternoon
from Lawrence to continue his
trip this morning to Linwood,
where he is going to look after
some furniture that he has stor-
ed there since his removal to
Chicago. Mr.. Harris went di-
rectly to the Midland hotel where
he was met by several of his
friends. He wandered over to
the Baltimore after his arrival to
make a social call on his old friend
w. R. Stubs.
"The call on Mr.. Stubs was
simply of a social nature" said
Mr.. Harris. Nothing pertain
ing to politics was discussed, and
no reference was made to the
coming elections.
When seen at the Midland no:
tel Mr.. Harris declared that he
would not talk politics, as an
agreement to that effect had been
made between him and Governor
Hoch during his visit upon that
executive last Saturday.
Il will say though" said Mr..
Harris, "that this talk of me not
being a citizen of Kansas is not
true. have maintained home
in Linwood and have voted at
that place ever since l left Kan
sas q year ago. l have always
held to be my home and always
will if l am able to carry out my
present intentions. There has
been considerable talk about the
prohibition plank in the Demo-
cratic platform being Populist
movement of several years ago,
and a movement then antagonized
by the democrats, That is true,
but the principal involved is not
in the passing of the law, but in
its enforcement. What is advo-
Gated in the platform this year is
the enforcement of all laws, the
prohibiting law included and the
proposal of the Democrats is to
enforce all laws without first in
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-05-24
PUBLICATION NOTICE.
First publication May a. l9o6l

-
State OF Kansas In the Probate court OF said
Meade County. County
Public notice of hearing of application to pur-
chase school lands
Public notice is hereby given that the under
signed had duly filed in the Probate Court in the
County of Meade in the State of Kansas his
verified petition stating therein that he has set
tied upon the following described school land situ-
ate in the county OF Meade, in the State OF Kan
saS, namely: .
South east quarter section thirty six. township
thirty one, range twenty nine, west 9th p. M.
and has resided on said land continuously for a
period exceeding six months Immediately prior to
the appraisement' thereof, and has permanently
and that said improvements consist of a perma-
nent dwelling and other improvements showing
an intention to make a permanent home thereof,
and that said land has been duly appraised at
the sum of $3.50 and that said improvements oil
the undersigned have been duly appraised at the
amount of $50 and that the undersigned has not
heretofore taken any school land to the amount al
quarter section under the provisions OF any
Act Of the Legislature of the State of Kansas.
And public notice is also given that the under.
signed expects to prove his said settlement and
improvements on said land above described by
the following witnesses, namely:
William Da1garn residing at Meade, kansas
and c. S. Hulburt residing at Meade, Kansas
and that his said petition asking that he be al
lowed to purchase the said land will be heard by
the said Probate Court in the Probate Court
room in the County court house IN the city O
Meade in Meade county Kansas on the Sth day
of June A. d. 1906 at 10 O'Clock a. M Of said day
or so soon thereafter as the same can be heard BY
said court, the said time having been fixed by tht
order Of said court as the time OF such hearin' :.
and at such time and place the undersigned vii
ask that he be allowed to purchase said land.
Dated May 10 A. D. 1906.
DAVID F. COCHRAN,
Seal. A. T. BoDEE SR.,
Attest. Probate Judge.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-05-24
FOR SALE

My registered French Coach Stall
lion, Ciseron. Color bay with black
points, I6H hands high, weight 1415
pounds, fine disposition, none better
any one can handle him, good style,
beauty in every way. Also some
young mares and horses for sale.
4-5-am LEE Howard,
Meade, Kaas.