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The daily sentinel., 1909-09-18

white elephau., the great Snowman
having reached he limit OF human
achievement, stating that he was now
ready to die.
Barnum Drmged With Letters.
81 suppose That singular announce
ment appeared in ninety-nine out of
every hundred newspapers in this
country Bauum was deluged with
letters from all sections and from all
sorts of people He received not less
than 5000 appeals. most of them tor
money. Nobody seemed to want him
to die, at least not until everybody
else was duly provided for.
Among The letters came one with
the following cynical observation: 1
hope you won die, old man. without
making provision for the Jerome
clock notes.
Many years before this period
JBarnum had associated himself with
a celebrated clockmaker in New
Haven and had issued notes for large
sums. The business failed and the
notes were dishouored, although Bar
mum did subsequently purchase some
at a big discount. The old man
laughed at the Bit referred to as much
as anybody.
Small, Crisp Item Takes Best.
The small crisp. timely item is
always an editorial favorite-and the
truth is secondary consideration. 1t
must be plausible, that's all. The
exchange editor lights on such para
graph like hen on June bug; and
il it is of such a character as to in
vite comment so much the better.
Such paragraphs come under the head
of news items and are sure to catch
the readers attention as well as the
editors. II is the readers attention
the press agent is really after These
items reach an enormous circulation
and indirectly advertise the show.
I'm these modern days. however.
the city editor OF the metropolitan
daily newspaper looks with distrust
upon any news item that does not
come through a member of the pa
per's staff and where show or
Snowman is mentioned. directly or
indirectly, il will probably be refer
red to the business office. The ex-
change editor has no such RESPONSE
bility on his mind"
The daily sentinel., 1909-09-18

Fine rigs, single or double, At all
times, at Blue Barn.
The daily sentinel., 1909-09-18
AN AVERAGE Of twenty
ORIGINAL STORIES A YEAR

Richard f. (Tody) Hamilton.
probably the widest known press
agent in the world relates with
proper mixture of modesty. pride and
triumph that he has written on an
average 20 original stories every year
of his 50 years experience in the
business. This means no less than
500, or as many as the average mag
azine writer grinds out in lifetime.
BY these stories" says Mr. Ham
ilton, II do not mean the short novel,
but stories in the newspaper sense.
Yet they were clear works of fiction.
And to get these stories planted
sometimes required more diplomacy
than ever modern author dreamed of.
For instance:
In 1884 ! wrote "A paragraph and
sent II through the postoffice to Il
friend of mine then in Rome. He had
ii printed for me in prominent local
newspaper there. hundred copies
of the paper were purchased. the
paragraph blue penciIed, and then
the papers sent to France, England,
Germany and Belgium, where the ar
ticle was not only everywhere repro
duced, but with varying comment
Copied in America.
Through friends and agents and
clipping bureaus many of these found
their way in due course to this coun-
try. and the paragraph was generally
copied and commented upon. The
substance of the article was that p
T. Barnum had submitted a PROPOSE
tion to the Italian government to per-
NIT the American Snowman to con-
tinue the excavations of Pompeii and
HerculHneum at his own expense. his
discoveries to be loaned to Barnum
for a period of five years for exhibit
ton purposes, then returned to Italy
II was harmless item, but it secur-
ed a worldwide notice to the Amer
lean Snowman.
Sometimes a small paragraph will
secure more editorial attention than
the best novel ever written and that
paragraph need not be true. | re-
member planting small item to
the effect that Barnum (then hale
and healthy had made his will and
to prevent contest after his death
had had it probated, and in codicil
had left various amounts TO public
charities, etc. This will was, / said
consequent upon securing the sacred
The daily sentinel., 1909-09-18

Half fare to Denver and return via
the Midland route
We have kind ana gentle horses
suitable for ladies 10 drive. Call
Blue Barn. phone Junction 22S
The daily sentinel., 1909-09-18

Sentinel want ads bring results.
The daily sentinel., 1909-09-18

white elephan,, the great showma
having reached the limit OF huma
achievement, stating that he was no,
ready to die.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
RELICS OF LINCOLN'S
TIME IN SANTA ROSA
Patriotic Exercises to Be Held
in Schools and Pavilion
Especial Dispatch TO The CALI

L
SANTA ROSA, Feb. IA number of
relics connecting the present with Lin
coins time are being brought to light
here. Major General d. w. c. Thomp-
son, who at one time was in command
of the forces at the Preside, but who
now is residing here in his old age, has
a flag which he says is the only staff
flag of the civil war in this state now.
Rev. Peter Colvin, pastor of the
Christian church, has copy of the New
York Herald OF April Is. 1864. giving
the account of the assassination of
Lincoln,
A r. Waters has a picture of the
Lincoln home at Springfield, framed by
his father while soldier, from a piece
Of the gatepost of the fence surround
ing the home The frame was made
with a pocket knife and piece of
glass.
Lincoln day will be generally OBJ
served in Sonoma county During the
forenoon patriotic exercises will be
held in all the public schools Business
will be suspended during the afternoon
in this city and a mass meeting will be
held at the Pavilion. Rev William Ra-
der. pastor of the Calvary Presbyterian
church, San Francisco, will be the
orator.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
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Get it today In the usual LIQUID form
or in chocolated tablet form called,
Sarsatabs. 100 Doses One Dollar.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
SMELL VALLEY LAND
LEASED TO OIL MAN
Drilling Operations Will Be Be-
gun Immediately

UKIAH. Feb. I'D. c. Dye. prom
inent oil well operator OF Texas,
today closed the last OF a series Of
leases involving something more than
1000 acres of land in Smell valley near
Hopland Mendocino county, and will
commence active drilling operations at
once AS this is the first time develop
ments for oil will have been made in
this section considerable excitement
has been Occasioned by the prospect
and its outcome will be awaited with
much interest. The indications are said
to be of the best and cover a large
area. The properties have been thor
oughly prospected and the negotiations
for the leases cover period of several
The deal includes the valuable
ranches of E. Dooley, ]. B. Benson. II.
L. burlington. Sam Duncan, w. Peters,
r C. BledSoe, H. Barker, ]. 3. Nc
Cutcheon and r. McGarvey.
Under the terms of most of the
leases operations must be commenced
on wells on each ranch within the next
15 months, though in certain leases the
time mentioned Is much less. The Nc
Garvey lease requires that drilling
shall be started at a point 800 yards
from the railroad depot at Hopland
within the next 40 days.
DYE left for the east yesterday to
secure additional drilling outfits.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
LOS GATOS PREPARING
LIBERTY BELL RECEPTION
California Town Has Descendant
of Maker of Historic Chime

Los GATOS. Feb. 11.-Interest cOn-'
tinUes to grow in the floral carnival
and feast of lanterns. Word has been
received that the commissioners Of the
Liberty bell at Philadelphia win start
the bell on its journey to the west about
the middle OF April and that the first
stop in California will be Los GatOs on
May day. It may not be generally
known that Los Gatos has direct de-
seendant Of the maker OF the bell
Prof. Silas Wentworth OF Los GatOs
is a descendant of the maker. George
Wentworth Of London. Eng. The
bell was recast twice in philadelphia
and the words Proclaim liberty
throughout the land. unto all the in
habitantS thereof" Iev. xxV.1O) We're
inscribed on it. The G. A. r. post here
will act as guard Of honor during the
visit Of the Liberty bell
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
COL. T. A. DENICKE
CALLED BY DEATH
Distinguished Civil War Veteran
and San Franciscan Dies
in Switzerland

Word was received in San Francisco
yesterday of the death of Ernst August
Denicke in Geneva, Switzerland. Den
icke served with distinction in many
notable battles of the civil war, and
at the close of the long struggle he
was brevetted major for bravery in the
field. Coming from Hanover, Germany.
settled in New York and lived there
until the outbreak OF the civil war.
Every member of Denicke's family,
which included several sons of Dr.
Denicke, answered President Lincoln's
call for troops.
When the fleet under FarragUt passed
the forts at Mobile Denicke served as
volunteer signal officer on board of the
Brooklyn, the first vessel in line, and
received Farragut's famous message,
Damn the torpedoes; go ahead
Denicke came to San Francisco in
1857 and lived here for more than 40
years. For some years he was in the
local custom house and from 1870 to
1880 he was in the csgar manufacture
ing business with his brother In 1850
he purchased the Fredericksburg brew
cry in San Jose, which he sold in 1890
to the syndicate. He then retired from
all active business, save for his in
terest in the various industrial and
financial corporations with which he
was connected. For many years he
was president OF the Central Trust Com
pany of California, and for five years
president of the Mechanics Institute of
Art He was also for many years a
regent of the University of California.
Colonel Denicke took a prominent
part in the national guard of the state
for a great many years, and organized
the signal corps of the second brigade
He was also a member of the original
nonpartisan convention. He was mar
ried in 1871 to Ida Scheunemann Pott
who survives him with three children
Frederick A. and Ernest II. Denicke
and Mrs. A o. Leuschner, wife Of Pro-
fessor Leuschner of Berkeley.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
EXPLODE BOMBS IN
STOCKTON HIGH SCHOOL
Board of Education Will Disci-
pline Unruly Students

STOCKTON, Feb. 11.-At a special
meeting at the Stockton high school
today the board of education offered
a reward of $50 for the detection and
conviction either before the police court
or before the board of the pupils who
were responsible for numerous WantOn
acts recently committed by a dis
gruntled element OF students
Recently a series OF bomb firing was
INDUCED in which endangered the lives
of fellow students. Following this
scurrilous circular was posted through
out the city attacking Principal WOotten
Of the high school because OF his efforts
TO maintain proper standard OS GfSci-
pline in that Institution.
The resolution adopted by the board
cOmmends the principal for his activi-
ties against the unruly students and
praises Professor WOOtten for the high
standard OF scholarship throughout the
school generally.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
PRECEDENT FOUND
FOR SEATING KNOX
Secretary OF Treasury Under
Grant Appointed and Relieved
Under Same Circumstances
Increase of Salary Was Re-
pealed to Let Lot Nj. Morrill,
Into the Cabinet
Especial Dispatch 10 The CALI

WASHINGTON. Feb. IA precedent
has been discovered which seems TO
remove all questions of the legality
and prOpriety OF appointing Senator
Knox secretary OF state at the old sal
airy. notwithstanding the fact that the
emOlument of that office has been In
creased during his term.
Lot NJ Morrill, OF Maine was elected
to the senate in 1871. resigning in July,
1876, TO become secretary Of the treas-
ury under Grant. although congress In
1873 had enacted the notorious salary
grab,'' in which the salary Of the sec
retary Of the treasury had been raised
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Congress repealed part OF the act in
January, 1874. including the increased
salaries TO cabinet officers. restoring
them to $4,000. Thus. II congress should
restore the old salary Of secretary OF
state the case of MOrrill Is on all fOUrs
with that OF Knox. No protest was
made against Morrill, and he served as
secretary Of the treasury until March
s. 1877.
Discovery Of this precedent tonight
did not remove the disposition OF repre-
sentatfves to object 10 the legislation
removing the ineligibility of Senator
Knox President elect Taft has been
advised Of the discovery Of the preee-
dent.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
MARE ISLAND NAVY YARD
WILL REPAIR CRUISERS
Many Vessels of Pacific Fleet
to Be OverhauIed

VALLEJO, Feb. lin accordance
with orders received today at Mare ISL
and navy yard. the Pacific fleet will be
distributed for repairs upon its arrival
from target practice at Magdalena bay.
The cruisers West Virginia, Maryland
South Dakota and California and all
tugs and colliers will be assigned to
Mare island. The cruisers Colorado,
Washington, Tennessee and Pennsyl-
vania will proceed to the navy yard at
Bremerton, Wash.
In addition to an extensive overhaul
ing, the cruisers assigned to the Mare
island yard will have installed the new
system of fire control already in place
on the West Virginia
The tugs Fortune and Navajo are
ordered TO proceed south in time to
participate in the spring target practice
at Magdalena bay. They will arrive at
their destination on March 10, and will
thereafter be employed in setting out
targets. Under the orders from the
navy department all vessels included in
the three torpedo boat fiotillas, now at
Mare island. will proceed to Magdalena
bay about the middle of March The de-
stroyer Perry, which made the record
in target practice last year, is now in
drydock and work on the others is
being rushed.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
PLAN INDEPENDENT
STEAMSHIP LINE
ii. S. Bates Reports in Details
on His Negotiations in
the East
Opportunity for Building Up
Business Between Coast and
the Gulf Ports
Continued From Page 1

rate of s5.s5, which its share would be-
After enumerating a number of spe-
cial charges for stevedoring. the use of
electric cranes. and pier tolls that must
be met, Bates continues:
In considering the advisability OF
establishing Pacific line, 1 am con-
vinced that we must look to some other
source of income than the business to
New York, using this latter as the
backbone of the business and the local
business to assure full cargoes at a
rate of freight which will not have to
be divided with the Panama railroad.
I'm the New York-San Francisco
trade the new line will be thrown i'm
mediately into direct competition with
existing lines, all of which are in a
position to protect themselves in their
trade and in such a way as to make
the competition of the independent line
shortlived, without income from a trade
in which the present lines are not in
terested
In this connection it is my opinion
that lucrative business could be built
up between Pacific coast ports and
Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile and
other gulf and south Atlantic ports.
Vast quantities of California products
are shipped to these points. and l
think that a satisfactory connection
could be made with one of the several
steamship lines now operating on the
Atlantic coast to feed a large terri
tory through these ports, which would
afford shippers lower rates than those
current and also give to the new line
an income over and above that de-
rived from the New York-San Fran
cisco business. In addition to this gulf
business there is the possibility of
freighting supplies to the canal zone
Ship Direct to Panama
The report then calls attention to
the possibilities of building up trade
for California supplies on the isthmus.
Bates reports that California products
are shipped across the continent and
go to Panama from New York. This
condition applies to both fruit and
vegetables. To carry these to Panama
by water would require refrigerating
plant on at least one vessel which
Bates recommends.
The report suggests further that
lower classes of freight. such as lum-
ber. could be transported.
In concluding Bates calls attention
to the dangers of competitive or spe-
cially low rates, inaugurated by exist
ing lines merely for the purpose OF
driving the proposed service from the
sea. He points out that it will be
necessary to stand by an independent
service, if it is once inaugurated.
During the next few days the local
shippers will discuss the matter and
If they agree to the terms proposed
the service will be established.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
No Holiday at Navy Yards

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.-Disappoint-
ment will be felt among the employees
lat several of the navy yards through
out the country tomorrow, notably
those at Portsmouth, n. H; Norfolk,
Charlestown, Pensacola and Mare
island, because Secretary Newberry,
while not believing that the intent Of
congress and the president was to make
the holiday general, issued no special
orders to the commandants of the navy
yards regarding the observance of Lin
coin day, except to those specified by
congress-.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
Mob Around Theater

Going back to the theater to find it
discovered a huge mob jammed about
the doors, but l made my way inside.
The lights had been turned down dim
and in the fatal box where Lincoln had
been shot l could hardly see. But in
feeling about the floor with my foot for
the latchkey 1 struck something hard
and heavy. I picked it up and realized
that | had the pistol Booth had used to
Kill Lincoln. / turned it over to the
police and was told to appear in police
court next morning to identify the
weapon, which did.
The next morning the day dawned
gray and cloudy. The streets were
thronged with people. The night be-
fore there had been all kinds of wild
rumors on the street some going so
far as to say that the whole cabinet
had been assassinated. Some were then
for going up to the old Capital prison
where the confederate prisoners were
confined and burning it to the ground
with all in it. In the morning, how
ever, the feeling had Quieted.
1T was during the forenoon that the
news of the presidents death spread
throughout the city. No one knew what
to do. We were all dazed. But an old
colored woman took the first outward
action. She draped her house in mourn
ing. Within an hour hundreds OF
houses were being draped and through
out the city every house was loaded
with the peoples mute token of woe
until the supply of black cloth ran out
and more could be shipped in from
Baltimore and Philadelphia and New
York, ------7-------------
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12

TO FORCE HARTMAN Salem, Ore. Feb. H.
Admittedly for the purpose of giving the people
of this state club with which to try to force
f. H. Hartman to build railroads In Oregon
two measures before the Oregon legislature
One provides that the state go into the rail-
road business and the other creates a highway
commission.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12

TWO GIRLS BURNED TO DEATH-Roches-
Ter. \. y. Feb. 1.-Two girls were burned to
death and their mother fatally injured and
Two other children Of the same family were
badly hurt in a IRE that destroyed the farm
dwelling Of Albert Bennison near the village
of RexTille today.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12

dramatic pose, fourishing aloft dag
ger. In voice shrill with tense ex-
'citement he cried:
"Sic semper tyrannisv
Before the meaning of that Virginia
motto had penetrated our stunned
minds the man had reached the other
side of the stage, where he paused
again. Once more he struck the dra-
{" The south is avenged.
I'm an instant the full import of his
words struck every one in the theater.
We knew that Abraham Lincoln had
been shot.
Il rose from my seat and dashed
for the presidents box. Two men
were holding up the presidents bleed
ing head and lifting him out of the
low, red plush rocker he occupied Mrs
Lincoln was standing back against the
wall wringing her hands and crying,
dry eyed:
"'oh, my God! My God! He's dead,
he's dead, he's dead
:" No! No! 1t can not be! He's only
stunned; he'll recover all right 1 said
to the suffering woman, leading her to
seat, which she refused to occupy.
Oh, no; he's dead; he's dead she
moaned again.
Just then some one called out to
the awed house:
Is there a surgeon in the theater? q
am surgeon said some one
and on the shoulders of a score of men
the doctor was lifted into the box from
the body of the theater in the same
way that Booth had fled
Has any one a knife" asked the
surgeon as soon as he was in the
box
Offers His Knife
Here is mine I said, Offering him
one. lie took 1t and immediately
slashed loose the presidents clothes
around the throat and passed his hand
over the PROSTATE body looking for a
body wound. Then he reached un 10
the mead and found great, gaping
hole just behind and above the left ear
Here's the wound he said
Just then Miss Laura Keene came
INTO the box. She was dressed in a
beautiful silken gown.
Oh, he's not dead. He can not he
dead! she cried to Mrs. Lincoln. hut
the faithful wife did not even look at
her.
THE actress then bent down and
took Mr.. Lincoln's head in her lap
some one passed her a glass of water
and this she tried to force between his
lips but she found that the teeth had
set, while the body was gradually
stiffening. Gently she released the dy-
ing man and laid his head back on the
floor.
Then she stood up, her arms around
Mrs. Lincoln. I shall never forget that
scene so long as 1 livel 1t is indelibIy
stamped on my memory. There was the
actress, her silkens gown stained with
blood, there the choking wife who
knew that her husband was past recall
and bowed in the misery of her first
grief; there the PROSTATE victim of an
assassin's bullet, and there the rest of
US In the box stupidity unable to do
anything and hardly comprehending
the horror of the crime.
But finally men. came and carried
him away from the theater to a house
across the street in Tenth street.
Dumbly followed the party out of the
playhouse and into the street 1 sat
down on a doorstep. and, I am not
ashamed of it had a good cry. The
awfulness of the tragedy fairly over
whelmed me.
L started to go home. and then found
that had lost my latchkey
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12

NOTED ARCHITECT DEAD-New York, Feb
11.-RusselI Sturgfs the architect and writer
on architectural subjects, died today ins this
city, aged 70.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12

Piles Cured In 6 to II Days
Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to cure any case
Of Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles
u g lasosys OF money refunded. lUc.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-12
Celebrations in Gotham

NEW YORK, Feb. 11.-Tonight saw
the beginning of the greatest memorial
celebration ever planned for a great
man when Lincoln meetings were held
at the Broadway tabernacle in Trinity
school and at the Jewish theological
seminary Senator w. E. Borah and
Congressman ]. v. Olcott were among
the speakers. The centennial of Linz
coins birth will be celebrated in this
city tomorrow in nearly 1000 halls.
churches, schools and theaters.