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like three times much is devoted almost
entirely to family interests, going to those
who did absolutely nothing toward its ac-
emulation, barring the compare lively
speaking small bequest to the Field Column
bian Museum. with q string attachment
and the paltry 100000 which is TO go TO
those who really helped him to smass the
great fortune which he had made out OF
the needs of others, the public at large.
And there you have the completed record
and the opportunity for a most instructive
and Interesting lesson. After all, in pass
ing upon the records left behind by our
fellow-travelers, Is 1t not true that from
the beginning of time those who have been
really great, those who have accomplished
great things and conferred lasting benefit
upon their kind, have, as a rule. found It
almost impossible to square their lives with
the narrow views of the strict construction
lists of their day and generation, whose
standard OF morals simply embraces but
one class of human lapses. altogether losing
sight of the larger field of human activities
wherein lies opportunities for the exercise
OF power and influences which work great
er wrong and more lasting damage to the
interests Of the race?
CHARLES o. PIERSON.
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Field and Yerkes.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
In view Of editorials which have recently
appeared In The Star comparing the lives
of the late Messrs. Yerkes and Field, and
thereby attempting to point the moral
which should always adorn all the tales Of
life and be helpful to those who are still
In the midst of the stress and storm Of bat
tie, and with the additional light thrown
upon the record of these two men through
the disposition of the vast estates which
they left behind them. 1t would seem that
another comparison Is due, which would do
more exact justice to the memory of the
late Mr.. Yerkes. He may have been as
black as he is painted In all the sensational
articles with which the newspapers of the
country have so recently teemed, but, just
the same, the record shows that his was a
very large heart, and that it beat true In
the interest OF humanity: ana this fact. like
charity, should cover multitude of human
weaknesses. The Yerkes fortune was all
most entirely devoted to public utilities.
while Fields. which amounts TO something
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Failed to Support Child.

George Kelly was charged with failure TO
support his three minor children, under the
age of fourteen years, in the Police Court
yesterday morning. Judge Kimball sent
him TO the workhouse for three months.
Annie Robert and William Kelly, the chill
dren of the defendant, were committed TO
the board of children's guardians. "A
drunken vagabond' was the appellation
which Judge kimball gave to the father.
after he had Heard the testimony. Police
man English, who works with the board OF
guardians stated that the husband was
drunk almost all the time and gave his wife
only rs cents once IN while. Although he
was able TO work he did little of IL. just
earning enough to keep him in drink.
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Burns Was a Religious Man.

To some this will seem a bold assertion,
and they will point the finger to Holy VIII
lies PRAYER" The Holy Fair" and THE
Kinks Alarm" But L have yet to find in
those scathing satires one word In dispar-
asement of pure and true religion. 1t is
true that cant and hypocrisy and supersti-
ton and bigotry are mercllessly exposed
and fouted. and to that extent Burns rem
dered true religion service.
Then those who have kept tab on Burns
moral delinauenctes will say, This man was
q sinner None is more ready to acknowl-
edge this than the manly burns hinseiI;
Rut II is only fair to set off against Burns
sins his confessions, his penitence, his re-
morse and his efforts to atone for the wrong
done At that wavering balance !, FOR one,
stand mute. But I have said that Burns
was religious Let me put In evidence The
Cottar's Saturday Night" 1t Is saturated
with the finest religious feeling.
In a letter to Mrs. Dunlop Q7Ss) he writes:
Some things in your late letters hurt me;
not that you say them, but that you mis-
take me- Religion, my honored madam, has
not only been all my life my chlef depend
ence, but my dearest enjoyment have IN,
deed been the luckless victim of Maynard
follies; but alas! / have ever been more
fool than knave. A mathematician with
out religion is probable charac-
ter; an irrelisious poet Is mon mon
ster" Some two years earlier he had writ
ten: 20 thou great unknown Power! Thou
Almighty God, who hast lighted up reason
In my breast and blessed me with immor-
tally! l have frequently wandered from
that order and regularity necessary for the
perfection of Thy works, yet Thou hast
never left me nor forsaken me-
A Lover of Liberty.
His mind, his hand, his heart, his soul
were free. For tyranny he had nothing but
scorn and hate; for an oppressor nothing
but hate and scorn.
Burns love of liberty was sometimes
stronger than his prudence. He sympa-
tnixed with the struggle Of democracy In the
French revolution and imagined that his
prospects of promotion as a revenue officer
under the British crown were In conse
quence blasted. At dinner party Of Brit
ish aristocrats of different political parties
he had the temerity, when the health of
william Pitt was proposed. to oppose 1t with
the toast. Here's to the health Of George
Washington, a better man.
Just as Scots, wha hae, was Burns slo-
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gan song for national liberty. so he has
raised for manhood's independence a clarion
call that has echoed and re-echoed around
the earth. "A mans a man for a that"
The world today has two pictures OF the
working man. One is the Man with the
hoe, bowed with the weight of centuries,
with brutal jaw and slanting brow, the light
within his brain blown out. The other pic
ture is yon stalwart plowman, whose eye
never quailed before the face of man.
1t is for the American workman-whether
he swings the ak in the far western forest
or builds marble halls in the city of Wash
ington-to say whether his portrait shall re-
semble the man with the hoe or the manly
man who is a man for a that.
Sang the Songs Of the Human Heart.
HE has played on its every string-vi-
brated every emotion. In Man was made
to mourn he sounds the depths of de-
spondency. Often, too, he was more merry
than WISE But drink did not aid and could
not drown Burns genius. His genial, joy
Gus soul overlooked in good fellowship and
some of his drinking songs, by virtue of
their tender sentiment and grace, are des-
tined to outlive the drinking habits of the
Anglo-Saxon race. Aud Lang Syne' is al
and faces of the past 1t links hearts and
hands around the world. and now circulates
no cup but that of kindness.
Burns gives a heart-to-heart talk to the
the orthodox In his address 10 the tooth
ache; brightens and cheers the cleaning of
life for many an aged John Anderson and
his 10; teaches brotherhood to man and
humanity toward dumb animals He de-
nounces slaughter in the name of sport. He
pities the homeless mouse and accepts Its
lesson that The best laid schemes O. mice
and men gang aft agley, and leave US
naught but grief and pain for promised
joy If you have thrilled with the rap
lures of love. you have shared in Burns
ruling passion. and may share in his sweet
est and tenderest songs. If death has
snatched a loved one from your arms, the
stars above call you to look up with Burns
to your Mary in Heaven
I'VE celebrate this day because Burns
sings the joys and sorrows, the sufferings
and yearnings the hopes and aspirations of
humanity, and, like the lark, he sings US
heayenward.'
Representative John L. Kennedy of Ne
braska responded to the toast. The Presi-
dent" II was a splendid tribute to the
chief executive and evoked much enthu-
siasm.
Mr.. M. r. O'Donoghue of the Shamrock
Club interpolated a strong address on
Scotch and Irish ancestry and aroused the
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want it known, l keep children's
shoes; and the business is done as it
ought to be-; which is rare. Be wise
about shoes.
ARTHUR BURr lAii =
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The French government secured major
fly of 2O3 at Paris Wednesday on a vote OF
confidence in the chamber OF deputies fol-
lowing a socialist motion to suppress the
secret service appropriation.
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cottages of Scotland none but freemen shall
ever tread in the land that holds his sacred
%,,cf
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Yesterday was the one-hundred- and-for-
ty-seventh anniversary of the birthday of
Robert Burns Scotland's favorite poet,
Conforming to its annual custom, the Cal
edonian Club of this city observed the event
last evening with a banquet at the Hotel
Reuter-, at which sixty-two members lis
tened to songs and speeches in honor of the
Scotch bard.
most elaborate menu was served, be-
ginning with barley bree" and ending with
"waught o. Glenlevit whusky, WI Gin
der in the cup" During the repast there
were songs. rendered by Mr.. Charles STAN
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enthusiasm of all present with his refer
ences to the naval and military heroes of
years agone.
Mr.. Frank Hosford spoke of Scottish
Americans and their splendid part In the
thoroughly appreciated and the humor of
his remarks provoked much merriment.
Value of Scotch and Irish Life.
Mr.. T. V. Powderly addressed the com
pany, his remarks on the value of the
Scotch and Irish life in the development of
our own republic eliciting hearty applause.
Mr.. Powderly is a forcetul speaker and his
contribution to the evenings enjoyment
was regarded as one of the three best eff
forts of those who spoke.
Capt. Robert Armour closed the speaking
with a toast to Our Adopted Country" He
interlarded his patriotic remarks with
some stories that met instant appreciation.
Capt Armour is one of the old stand-bys
of the Caledonian Club and his address a
each annual banquet is one Of the interest
ing features of the program
At the close of the speaking the company
a chain of clasped hands sang AUD Lang
Syne.'
The officers of the Caledonan Club are:
John McVey. chief; Hugh REID, first chief
tain; William Jardine, treasurer; John ID.
Higgins, recording secretary; James Craw
ford financial secretary; DR.. Thomas Mills.
corresponding secretary; William Nesbit,
librarian, and John B. Smythe, guardian.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-26
Parliamentary Clearance
OF Mems Auto and Driving Wears and Carriage
Robes.

We've reduced the entire stock of these goods in order to
complete clearance and illustrate below the values
may expect.
In the line are Fur Gloves, Collars and Caps of
Alaska Seal Beaver Persian Lamb blended Water
Mink and Coney The Carriage Robes the various
heavy cloths in all shades and in silk and moar pushes
waterproofed materials price list below illus
trates the values to be found throughout the stock:
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S1 Kinds and Sizes for 72c
In Single, Dozen or Gross Lots.
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Boys Sweaers-szes "a and Worth ST and ST &c. 35c
Mems Sweaters-worl So and $25o .............SIIs
Heavy sheeplined Coats S. and S values S2o5
Waterproof Coas-fanne lined Worth So 80.
Corduroy Hunting Pants S. and S. so values o5
Punching Bags ST. So S. and S. values IS
Exercisers $3.50, So and $3.50 values .......... o5c
Postal Card Albums Worth S4.................S2o 5
Postal Card Albums Worth SIos
Postal Card Albums Worth s.. az
4x5-in. Wizard Plate Cameras. Good lens automatic
shutter Formerly So and So. For. ..............S Sax
Poker Sets Worth s. to SIS. Reduced one-hird.
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Cut Out This Coupon.

This Palais Royal Saturday Coupon en-
titles any purchaser Of toilet articles to
Mennens Violet or Borated Talcum Pow
der, free of charge. supply for two weeks
TO be furnished.
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soc Kinds and Sizes for S5c
Drug Store Proprietors Interested.
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TOASTED BOBBY BURNS
Anniversary of the Birth of the
Bard
OBSERVED BY LOCAL SCOTS
Members of Caledonian Club Attend
Annual Banquet.
ADDRESS BY MR.. JOHN F. McVEY
Announcement Made of Project to
Erect Monument to Poet in
This City.

While Ayr shall flow sac pure and clear
Tae join the spreading ocean
Still Burns. thy memory ever Gear
Shall kindle fresh devotion.
While love shall live and hearts can love
We pray some gentle fairy
Has led thee tae the land above
Tae join thy Highland Mary.
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Drug prOprietors will please notice that Mennens
Tcum Powder and Lons Tooth Powder be furnished
wholesale quantities-and that these the only excep
tons $4,000 worth of Toilet Articles here wholesale
prices, for piece, dozen gross lots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-26
Gloves for Everybody.
ladies. Mems. Boys and Girls.

Long Kid Gloves latest for milady. The one
clasp Walking Gloves for little as ooc and UP
Fowne's Gloves for men. Headquarters for Boys
Kid Gloves-dating back quarter century!
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Csc Kinds and Sizes for loo
Wholesale Quantities Are Here.
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Sporting Goods at
Pre=I inventory Prices.

We list just few items in order that they may serve an
X to the values you'll find in this department:
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-05-02
CITY To BUILD
ITS OWN SEWER
AT LEAST SUCH IS PROBABILITY
Nothing Decided Definitely, But
Chances Are City Could Save
Thousands by Doing So.

Instead of there being a strong
possibility of the bid of John Gill;
gan & Co. of Falls City, Neb, on The
sewer being accepted at the next
council meeting, there is a very
strong probability THAT it will be re-
jected, together with all the rest of
the bids that were submitted. The
members of the council have been
busying themselves for the last three
weeks, looking into the comparative
cost of building the sewer by the day
or by contract. Many OF
them, it is said, have satisfied them
selves that the former plan would be
the cheaper of the two and would be
far more satisfactory to the people.
1t seems not to have been well un-
derstood why the council advertised
for more bids after the Mullins bid
was finally made imperative. 1t
was the opinion of the city attorney
tina It would be illegal for the city
to ahead and build the sewer
with it first advertising for new
bids. 1t was, therefore, decided to
do so, with the result that several
bids were received. OF these bids,
the one submitted by John Gilligan
& Co. was the lowest. In spite of
that company's urgent demand that
the city award the bid on the night
it was opened, the council refused to
do so and the entire matter was held
over for three weeks, or until the
next regular meeting of the council,
which will be next Monday evening.
That was the purpose behind the re-
advertisement of the sewer contract.
AS above stated, however, the
councilmen have been making per-
sonal and private Investigations on
their own account and, while 1t Is
quite impossible to get all of them to
state their present views upon the
subject, it Is believed that the bids
will all be rejected. In order to full
~ go into the matter and enlighten
all members of the council who &c:
ipQuisitive, the committee having
the matter In charge, consisting OF
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Marsh, Kec1 and Thompson, will meet
vestigate carefully every detail Of the
bid Then, fully primed with the
III Suments, the committee viii re-
port to the council and, while it is
impossible to say anything definite
~ as coming from the members of the
committee, excepting Councilm IN
Thompson, it is believed that the re-
port will be unfayorable.
Councilman Thompson does not
az he believes that it can be dor 2
considerably cheaper by the city. II
do not intend to vote to award the
contract" said Mr.. Thompson. II
think that the city can build that
sewer for $4,000 or $4,000 less than
the bids that we have received"
Councilman Armbruster was the
only member of the council who
would come out flat-footed and say
that he favored awarding the con-
tract to the highest bidder. Council
man Lane is little bit on the fence.
He said: 81 do not exactly favor
the system that has been outlined
and upon which we have received
bids But l do think that if any
bid is let at all that the lowest bid
der should get it."
Councilman Marsh reserved his de-
cision until after the committee meet
ing that will be held to determine the
nature of the report to the council.
~ dxy ~ xsx,
ion," he said, las l have not yet gone
over the bid sufficiently to make up
my mind definitely upon the ques-
ton
Councilman Schott said II do not
know
Councilman Keck said: II do not
know what will be done with the
bid" He was told that he was not
asked his opinion as to the
final outcome of the bid, but what
he himself intended to do. To this
question he refused to answer
While it is impossible at this time
to state absolutely what the result
of the meeting will be, it is quite
certain that the majority of the
councilmen will be opposed to award
ing the bid, preferring to have the
work done by the city. Many of the
members say that If a contracting
company can do the work at tie
figures presented and clear up a
profit. variously estimated at from
$4,000 to $4,000, the city ought
to be able to do the work at the
figures presented, If not at a consid-
erably lower figure, saving cons,d-
cradle by doing so.
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MANY LETTERS
GIVE RELIEF
SCENES BATTLE DESCRIPTION
Loved Ones at Home Rejoice Over
Safety of Frisco Friends aud
Relatives.

This letter was written TO Mrs.
Charles II. Small Ut th!s cuv and II
the first authentic news from Santa
Rosa:
Santa Rosa, Call, April 10, 1906.
Dear Children. write to ton
you or our terrible earthquake.
Santa Rosa IS in ruins from the
NORTH K road to the DO .ofaee, only
one or two Ole shacks saudfna.
postoftiee down, courthouse ana tie
ine Masonic Temple huildin4. OH
here he'd been several fine blIange
put l'p ON Fourth street ana today
theg are one heap OF ruins. not one
oil these fine hotels Is stand ng. nos
2 rooming house; not q dry goods
store il Santa Rosa, and only two
grocery stores that / know of; one
Is Erwin's and one on Main street.
Tie library is partly down; DWELL
ing houses, can't tell you how
many. Not house on Hinton ave.
nue. is left. Not one on Exchange
avenue except one bank, partly
standing. But, OH, the poor peo-
pie that were buried in the ruins
they dug lots of them out alive, some
dead. We don't know how many
killed; they are still taking them
out. Lots of them were buriel
alive. They got Louie Enopius ana
wife out just a few minutes before
they burned; she is seriously hurt:
he is not so bad. Two in bed
one killed. the other not hurt in a
number of places. l cant tell the
DISTRESS it is bad enough Loss of
life, loss of property, and I don I
know of brick house or stone In
town that Is standing. but Grace )
A boy was cremated in Dignan's drug
store. human burned in his drug
store. Looks burned III his shoe
store; the jeweler and his wife in
their jewel store. Not a drug store
In Santa Rosa
Everything burned The doctors
i had no instruments left They were
i taking off limbs with butcherkniyes.
1 The terrible shock came at s
+ o'clock in the morning, or there
would have been more lives lost.
Only one bakeshop in town A ter
rible fire is raging and the waite"
j supply is almost cut Off Moody
said he had zoe left in his posket.
Frank LOOMS said he had 40c.
presume they have money in the
banks. OF course the vaults
didn't burn, so they may get a part
of IT,
We would have sent you a tele-
gram to let you know we were no.
hurt, but the wires were all down.
Our house shook like a cradle but
we all rushed down stairs.
don't know of q nue that is
standing from here to Santa Rosa
and mot many in town. They
called out the militia to guard the
town and they shot one man wh7
was taking a diamond ring off
dead woman's finger. am so
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nervous l can't write or speak. 1t
gave us an awful shock. We are all
nervous and dizzy. We all went to
the shop and slept last night, afraid
10 sleep in our house, as there were
slight shocks all dav. We we're all
in town all day yesterday. | can
not write more, my head is ID sue
a whirl Don't be uneasy about Us
We are very thankful TO the dear
Lord lhat he spared our lives. We
know these things are coming up
on the earth. The Savior told us
they would. The only thing Is to
be prepared to meet our God a any
time Let me know If YOU get
these letters. ! want to hear from
you immediately Yours,
MANA
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-05-02
ARE YOU WISE ON ALBERTA,
CANADA? If NOT, WHY NOT?
10000 HOmeseekers Located There
During April, f906-That's
the Record.
The Average Yield OF Wheat per Acre
Is Almost Double What 1t Is
in the Middle West States.
THERE MUST BE A REASON FOR
THIS; THERE IS; WHAT is IT?

The soil is rich, black loan,
with a brown clay sub-soil, and I'M
derneath that, frozen ground.
The land is ready for the pillow in
March, and during the long, warm
days that follow, the moisture is
drawn from beneath towards the
surface, supplying constant nourish-
ment to the roots of the grain
that's why grain natures in from 80
to 10 days and gives such wonder
full yield, while the rainfall is am
pie.
We can sell you this kind of land,
ready for the plow, or to Craze cat
tie on; one to ten miles from the
railway; within the network of four
railway lines; five growing towns,
two beautiful lakes and running
streams.
Price, SIS to 1880 per acre; one
sixth down, interest 6 per cent.
Next year you would have to pay
double this price; or. you can buy
now and make profit of 100 per
cent in one year.
We can locate a limited number on
hamesteads in the famous Red Deer
River District" between Calgary and
Edmanton.
This is no "hot iar"-nothing but
cold facts"
Cheap transportation procured for
parties wishing to go and inspect the
land before buying.
CANADIAN PACIFIC LAND co.