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The Paducah sun., 1906-04-26
I1nnd SunniN Large.

San Francisco Cal. April 26-The
food committee report that all neces-
sarS provisions are on hand and OBJ
tainable. They said that they were
even overwhelmed with provisions.
Mayor sohmidtz believes the total
contribution to he between four and
six millions but Secretary Metcah is
positive the total Is above six mill
lions.
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is ON VERGE
OF REBELLION
France at Present Moment is
Facing Trying Ordeal.
Peril of Grave Nature Seemingly
Mcnaces the European Republic
as Anarchy Threatens.
OPEN TALK OF RANK TREASON.

Paris, April Sunny skies new
er smiled upon fairer Paris, the
streets of the worlds gayest capita.
never teemed with brighter life, yet
France at the present moment is
face to face with the gravest peril
form of government The law has
bowed the mob in more than one dis
turbed district with the inevitable
result Rebellion has begun and an
archy threatens to swiftly follow,
not only at the scenes of the pre-
valling riots, but in Paris itself
The government is regularly censor
ing press telegrams in the hope of
preventing the facts from getting
abroad. Two dispatches were sup
pressed in the last two days. 1t has
been necessary to send this lispatch
by messenger TO London in case Of
its non-transmission by wire from
here.
The attention of the world canno-
fail to concentrate on the tremend-
Gus object lesson in modern state
craft which France will be compelled
to furnish in a few days. Weakness
first manifested itself in tolerance o,
verbal defiance of the law. Even
President Loubet on one occasion
permitted a red dag to pass him in
procession without protest. Virtual
treason has talked openly in certain
quarters for months past.
There VII be attempts made to
connect the present labor insurrec-
tion with the agitation against the
religious separation law. The only
connection is the effect iof a bad ex-
ample 1t was in dealing with the
rioters who opposed the authorities
taking Inventories Of church proper
~ that the government first openly
condemned violent defiance of the
law. Citizens who fiagrantly assault
ed public officers and soldiers who re-
fused TO obey orders were allowed to
go scot free. Attempts TO enforce
the law in districts where it was es-
pecially unpopular were finally aban-
done entirely under the plea of ii,-
expediency. The royalists. clericals,
anarchists and socialists are re-en-
forced by the great body of organ
lied labor, whose rank and file are
not enemies of the republic but
whose unscrupulous leaders seized
the opportunity to press demands
which they knew were impossible of
attainment in ordinary times.
High-handed outrages have been
committed in the mining districts.
More than 10000 men joined in open
defiance Of the law and its represent
atives. few troops were sent at
hrst When matters became worse
more soldiers were sent. Their in
structions were to show themselves
for moral effect, but on no account
to use their arms, even in self-de-
Tense. The rioters speedily took ad-
vantage of this licensed lawlcssness.
They destroyed everything they
could lay their hands on, Including
the railway and telegraph lines,
looted shops and burned houses.
Then matters reached pass which
is almost Incredible. The mob at
tackled the troops in the streets. pelt-
ing them with a murderous fusillade
OF bricks, stones ard other missiles.
One or two were killed and many
wounded
4
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Abolished Pass system.

Washington, April 2G.-General
Greedy, at San Francisco, informs the
federal government that he has abol-
ished the pass system entirely in the
city enyirons. Any respectable person
now applying can enter the city.
The Paducah sun., 1906-04-26
First Government Relief Train Ar
riyeS

San Francisco, April 26.- The
first government relief train arrived
here last night. The heavy grades
delayed its movement along the
Southern Pacific. All along the route,
the train met special refugee trains
from the coast.
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Relief Channels Consolidate.

4 Washington. April 26.-All chance
of misunderstanding as to the chan
mel through which relief should be
afforded the San Francisco sufferers
was removed today by the consolda-
tion of the citizens finance commit
tee with the California branch of the
Red Cross. This consolidation assures
the active cooperation of the Red
Cross with the local relief committed
and places all distribution of sup
plies and accounting for contrbu-
tions under the war department
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Banks Begin Business in a Way.

San Francisco. April 26.-- The
Commercial banks are preparing to
resume business in a preliminary
way. They have arranged to pay de-
positors not exceeding so per cent of
their accounts. This will be done by
check which when indorsed by Off
GERS of the banks will be cashed at
the mint.
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viii Favor san Francisco Orders.

Pittsburg. April 26.-- Orders is
sued by the officials of the Carnegie
Steel company make all contracts
fer structursl and other steel work
for San Francisco emergency or
ders' and give them preference. This
applies to all branches of the U. S.
steel corporation.
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New York, April 26.-The local
San Francisco relief fund is near the
four million mark today and will
probably pass it before tomorrow If
the subscriptions flow in anywhere
near tae volume they have been.
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Emheznlcr pics Bx Poison.

Cleveland, April 26.-- George c..
Berry, loan clerk of w. ] Hayes &
Son, bankers took poison and died
rather than face exposure of an em-
bezzlement Thursday he was con-
fronted with proofs and confessed a
shortage of $4,000. ~
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Loss Of Methodist Churches,

Oakland. Cal, April 2G.-Rev. w.
5. Matthew. presiding officer of the
Methodist churches in California. sta
ted today the losses of the Methodist
churches in San Francisco are $500
000.
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CableNcommunieatlon was cut of and
no further news received.


Oakland, Cal. April 26.-- Cover
nor Pardee announces that he will
call a special session of the leglsla-
ture as soon as possible.
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One Death Caused.

The quake caused the death of Mrs
Annie Whitaker. aged 25 years. she
was at work in the kitchen of her
home when the shock came. A chin
ney which had been left tottering by
the quake las; Wednesday cracked
through the roof upon the woman
and fractured her skull.
The Paducah sun., 1906-04-26

The boy who likes to go to school
and who doesn't like to 90 to circus
is a sure enough curiosity. New Or
leans Picayuno.
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FRISCO is AGAIN
SHAKEN BY QUAKE
Minute and Half Shock Felt
Yesterday Afternoon.
Some ALARM Was Created and One
Death Caused, But No Damage
of Consequence Followed.
WAVE WAS FELT IN OAKLAND

San Francisco. Cal. April &c AT
S:l5 yesterday afternoon shock
from an earthquake was felt. II last
ed over a minute and caused con
siderable alarm.
A number of walls of burned build
ings were thrown down and frail
buildings considerably shaken mp.
The shock was also felt in Oak
land and Berkeley. but in these pla-
ces 1t was very slight and of brief
duration.
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Titled Celebrities.

Edward VII, King of England and
Emperor of India, is imposing enough
but such a slender collection of words
would never serve to fire the Oriental
Imagination, and the Sultan of Turkey
is known as ''The Finest Pearl of the
Age and the Esteemed Centre of the
Universe, at Whose Grand Portals
Stand the Camels of J.stice and Mercy
and to Whom the Eyes of the Kings
and Peoples in the West have been
Drawn; Lord and Master, the Sultan
of Two Shores and the High King of
Two Seas, the Crown of Ages and the
Pride of All Countries, the Greatest of
all Khalifs, the Shadow of God on
Earth, the Successor of the Apostle of
the Lord of the Universe and the Vic
torious Conquerer Sultan Abdul-Hamid
Khan"
The kings of Ava and Ceylon each
calmly appropriated to themselves the
attributes of divinity and proclaimed
themselves "God," to which His
Majesty of Ava added King of Kings.
whom all others must. obey, as he il
the Preserver of all Animals, the Re.
gulator of Seasons, the Absolute Mas
ter of the Ebb and Flow of the Sea
Brother to the Sun and King of the
Four and Twenty Umbrellas" an anti
climax essentially Oriental.
The Persian Shah takes his title
upon the instalment plan, making UP
in number what each lacks in length
He Is "Shahin Shah," king of Kings
"The Rose of DELIGHT, F" "The Branch of
Honor" and others of note. to say
nothing of what his subjects cali him
among themselves.
Perhaps the oldest and most truth
full of them all is the title of the King
of Monomopotapa, who was styled
Lord of the Sun and the Moon, Great
Magician and Great Thief"
After such glories as these European
monarchs might be forgiven envy,
though it is not apparant that such
has developed, and democratic King
Edward Is content with Your Majesty
or even "Sir."
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MESSAGES UNDERGROUND.
n Jesuit of Pennsylvania the Invent.
or of a New Wireless Telegraph
System.

Father Joseph Murgas of Wilkes
Barre, Pennsylvania, expects, within
lne next month or two to be able to
send wireless messages to Europe by
means OF his new system which is
now in practical operation.
Since the completion of the aerial
wireless system and it's deyelonment
to its present stage of perfection
rather Murgas has been experiment.
ing with an underground service
which he believes will be more valu-
able than the aerial system. His ex.
periments so far have been limited
to short distances with moderate elec.
trical power and shallow holes. But
he is now completing underground
stations in Wilkes-Barre and Scran.
ton and will conduct the experiments
on a larger scale.
so lar as he has proceeded with
this work. so successfully has his
theory Of underground wireless tel
egraph worked out that recently he
announced he had no doubt of his
ability to send an underground mess
age to Europe and that the expert
ment will shortly be made, despite
the fact that it is estimated it will
cost $4,000.
To accomplish this, he says, shaft
5000 feet deep must be sunk in this
country, and one of similar depth in
Europe. Each Of these will have to be
concreted to render It impervious to
dampness, which would destroy the
efficiency Of the wires with which the
sending and receiving apparatus will
Re connected with the surface A
great deal Of power will also be re.
quired.
The shafts at Wflkes-Barre and
Scranton ars 300 feet deep and the
distance is eighteen miles. The shaft
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PIECE OF ooBsLIN TAPESTRY FROM FRANCE

United States Ambassadors and Min
listers in the\ various capitals of the
world. Two governments, those of
Cuba and France had already made
all arrangements for governmental
gifts ere the intimation came from
washington AMI cf course, in each case
phe original plan was carried out but
at the other courts of the world the
overnments took no action but mere
" left matters in the hands of the
rclers who were, to be sure, at entire
liberty to send presents provided they
paid for them out of their own pockets.
Incompatible GobeIin Tapestry.
OF the thousands of wedding pre-
sents valued at hundreds CT thousands
Of dollars which arrived at the White
House during the first half of the
month OF February undoubtedly one
of the most attra rtive was the won
derful pieces of Gobelin Tapestry, the
gift of the Ror-hlic of France and
which was presented to Miss Roosevelt
in person by II. Jusserand, the French
Ambassa dor to the United States
This gilt has es-arial sienifirance from
the fact tbct tre fn3torv where it
was manufactured was established by
Louis XIV aa1 il - 'o' the 6ire"t con-
troll of the government of France.
Never before have the looms IN this
French governmental tapestry plant
produced a work Of art that was not
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left dependent on New York's public
charity through the desertion of the
parents is reckoned by the thousands.
AS to the little unfortunates who are
elassed as ungovernable, who run
away from home, etc.-the fault lies
largely in the home. Indifference.
neglect and i'll treatment are the
causes Of juvenile crime. Third class
theatres and their flaming advertise
ments are frequently the Incentive to
petty thieving in order toSobtain the
price Of admission, while the CAV
career OF the villain in the play fires
the Imagination OF the slum children
whose surroundings all tend to give
him a cros+eyed view OF morality.
Though the gallery Kisses the stage
villain, it admires his good clothes and
dashing pose, and the boy who has
stolen piece of lead pipe to paw his
way in thinks he has just the nerve
and wit to save himself from the mis-
cradle climax which finishes the had
man on the stage.
I'D victim of poverty and its
evils in New York who,
through the death or incompetence of
it's patents or its own depravity, comes
within the jurisdiction of the public
charities is usually first sent to one Of
the city's institutions. There are 127
OF them, and to each the city pays
3S cents day Tor each infant cared
for and 50 q week for.each child over
two years. The widower sending his
clio IN to one Of these institutions Is
renuested to pay something towards
their support. II he fails the city
pays A municipal officer Is sent to
visit the surviving parents of the chill
dren once year. and where conditions
have improved to the point which as
sures health and comfort, the child is
returned to IT'S home. The parents are
not always anxious to regain possess
lon Of their children. It Is sad COM
mentary on human nature that they
exhibit more eagerness in this direc-
ton after the child has reached an age
where 1t can earn money.
To Make Better Citizens.
New York gives more largely to
charity than any other city and its
methods are most severely criticised.
Nearly $S,000,O00 was contributed last
year, almost half of which went to in
stitutions for the dilute. 1t has
been universally agreed, however, that
the best means for caring for the waits
Of great cities is by providing them
with homes IN country families. The
precaution OF first making sure that
the child's parents or relatives viii
never be able or willing to care for 1t
ls urged. When this point has been
established and family can be found
willing to accept founding, the child
may be adopted outright. But IL
there is uncertainty on this point, or
Tor any reason the family Is unwilling
TO definitely adopt child. he may be
vent out with the understanding that
he is to receive wages for such work
Is he may be fitted to do, but be treat
ID as one Of the family. In Massa-
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gems. The Kaiser's envoy in America
and his bride senta set of dessert plates
of Dresden China. The Represent
ative's fellow Congressman from Ohio
gave a silver loving cup said to have
cost $500 and the Congressman re
presenting the State of New York
made up fund and purchased q
splendid set of ornamental glass made
by Tiffany. The White House bride
has reason to congratulate herself that
all foreign donors. including the Eur,
opean and Oriental sovereigns arrang.
ed to themselves pay the duties on
their wonderful collection of silks
rugs, vases and other ornaments. II
the Presidents daughter had been
obliged to defray from her private
funds the import tax on these SOU
venirs it would have played havoc for
some time to come with her personal
income of $4,000 a year.
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JACKSON, AMADOR COUNTY,. CAL, MAR 49, 1906.

at the former city was completed and
partly concreted when it filed with
water and another one will have to be
bored. The Scranton shaft is now
nearly completed.
Father Murgas' wireless system diff
fers from all others by dispensing with
the Morse system and substituting
musical toIies-each tone represent
ing letter or code word or group
of words. SO that a. speed about ten
times as great as the fastest Morse
code can be attained.
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AWaroeo carnegie Medal and educational Fund.-
able to swim, quickly sank in the deep
water. Upon coming to the surface,
however, she was seized by the Newark
heroine who brought her safely to
shore.
For her act of heroism, Miss Titus,
who is only sixteen years old, was a
warded Carnegie medal, although
at the time her name was under con-
sideration, hundreds of other persons
were brought forward as worthy of re-
ward.
Since receiving the medal Miss
Titus's father died leaving insufficient
money to send her to college as she
craved. Miss Reifsnyder, apprised TIE
Carnegie commission of her friends
desire for an education and the com
mission decided to grant her $500
Five hundred dollars of this is to be
paid upon her entrance to school
$500 annually in advance for three
years, and $500 at her graduation
This is the largest reward ever given
by the commission, the highest previ
iouS being $1,000.
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designed as a gift either for royalty or
for some distinguished son of France
and even such honor has been paid
but rarely.
1t was the wish Of the French people
IIouse bride the most exquisite and
precious thing that could be selected
and quite naturally they selected a
special product of their best workshop.
: ais Gobelin tapestry,-the only one
Of the kind ever sent to this country,
has as its design a reproduction of
painting made by Ehrman of Stras-
burg, famous Alsatian painter.
The tapestry is two feet wide and
sour feet long and the predominating
colors are blue, green and yellow. 1t
was made fu,.,y fly years ago and the
subject is allegorical in character, re-
presenting a woman of the Riddle
Ages dressed in long flowing robes of
blue and yellow and standing before
a lecterL making illuminations upon
a scroll. The figure is almost in pro
file and the dark hair is curled about
the head in classic style. Around the
main picture border wider at
each end and narrower on the sides
il which wreaths, leaves and medal
lions appear at intervals. This tap
estry, small as it is, is said to be worth
from $4,000 to $4,000
Jeweled Necklace from Cuba.
For the new Republics gift to the
laughter of President Roosevelt the
Cuban government appropriated the
sum of s25,000 and the Cuban Minis
ter at Paris was entrusted with the
task of purchasing the handsomest
jaweled necklace that could be obtain
ed with this sum. The White House
Lride, by the way, has received sever
al pearls and diamond necklaces.
Most of them have come, however,
from relatives Of the bride and
New York friends.
The German Emperor did not take
the world into his confidence with re-
ference to the present sent to tn
young lady who christened his yacht
but it proved to be jewelel bracelet
for which the Emperor and Empress
personally selected and matched the
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RICH WEDDING PRESENTS.
GIFTS TO P2EC[OCNTS HAUGH-
I TER TIP MOST LLAC1.LETCENE
EYER PRESENTED.

Valued at Hundreds of Thousands OF
Dolla. s-ltarc Tapestries, Silk,
JewSlry and oIhcr Ornaments from
Every Country.
No other American girl has received
wedding presents SO numerous, valu.
able or interesting as those wLic-
have been sAowered upon President
Rooseve..s Oldest daughter. Ncl-..
Grant WHO, net to Aliae Roosevelt, t,
had the most brilliant White hose
wedding received many costly gitts
from all parts of the world but hcr
trophies pale by comparison with these
of the first White House brile of tie
present century. For one ting there
were only two hundred guests at the
marriage of Nelly Grant and Algernon
Sartoris whereas nearly one thousand
persons were invited to the White
House wedding of 1906 and of course
the number of presents in the latter
case outnumbers t oSe in tie former
instance in the same proportion.
Recognized as Great World Power.
TRen too, Uncle Sam vas not near
ly so much of World Power in the
days of President Grant as he has
heen since the Spanish-American
Var and consequently it is snail won
der if the various rulers of the world
have manifested greater interest in tie
nuptials Of the daughter of the pres
ent Chief Magistrate than tley oI
in the similar event a quarter of cen
tury ago.
However, it should be explained
just here that President Roosevelts
daughter has received very few pre-
sents from foreign governments-al-
most all of the gifts having come from
the sovereigns or other rulers as in
dividuals. That the governments
should not send tokens was the express
wish Of President and Mrs. Roosevelt
and was clearly indicated to the
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astrous to the family than sudden
death of the providing head. The
healthy members are deprived Of the
necessaries of life to provide some
slight medical aid and small measure
of comfort for the invalid, so, that by
the time the end comes the whole fam
ily is frequently half starved as well
as wholly impoverished, and to make
matters worse the survivors are apt to
spend the last cent on the funeral.
Vice and crime are vet more discour-
aging sources of distress. The num-
her of children rendered homeless
through the misconduct of their par
ents is large and is increasing. In
temperance is the most common form
of vice and brings countless evils In
'ts train. Sooner or later the Gerry
agent comes down on the miserable
home. The parents are sent to pen-
tentiary or workhouse, or are simply
put under bonds to contribute to the
support of the children. The children
pass through the Children's Court to
an ASYLUM. and are sometimes glad to
escape from their homes. public chari-
ty meaning to them warmer clothing,
sufficient food and comfortable bed.
Inability to obtain work In New
York usually reans incomDetency.
london ia full Of the unemployed hut
that is hardly the trouble as .et In
the American metropolis.
Law Arainst Deeertion of Ch'lder
Desertion has hecome 90 common
Mat several states have recently
reseed laws making It felony.
Tnder these laws the authorities are
able to impose heavier penalties and
also to secure extradition in case
the deserting parent has gone to some
other state. The number Of children
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REWARDED By CARNEGIE.
Miss Maud Titus Presented With a
t Medal and an Education.

When Miss Maud Titus of Newark,
N. j., rescued her friend Laura Reif-
snyder from drowning in a yachting
accident in Casco Bay, Nova Scotia,
July so. 1904, she did not know that
her act placed her under the watchful
eye of Andrew Carnegie, the Steel
King. Miss Titus and her unfortunate
friend were out yachting on that fate.
full day when sudden squall upset
their yacht. Miss Titus is an expert
swimmer, while Miss Reifsnyder un
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A KaSt Greenhouse.

The atmosphere Of the earth acts
very much in the same way az does
'he glass Of a greenhouse-it allows
the rays Of the sun to pass through.
mt imprisons the heat. Thus It Is
colder on the top Of a mountain than
at the sea level. because. though the
mountain-top is slightly nearer the
sun, the atmosphere is very much less
dense.
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chusetts and Pennsylvania children In
the second class are placed in country
families and their board paid by the
state.
Since taking up this method Of pro-
viding homes for its charges, the
Children's Aid Society of New York
City has had 23,5eS children legally
adopted and secured homes in the
country for 25,537 others who receive
wages. At present it Is placing an
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Size of Brains.

A large brain does not necessarily
indicate intellect. The brain Of an
illiterate person has been found to
weigh more than Of the most celebrat-
ed scientists. poets, and philosophers