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Ii IESDESS.
Manhattan.

10th ST. n =. 27sI " Amsterdam av.
Ti4N6t 10Y irreg-J Harsen Purdy vs
Ncstor Hldg Co e. al tnmendcd foreclos
nigel attys, Bowers & Sands.
i0O-Tillie Young. eNtrx, W. Henry 4
Rrann ct al Cforeclos mtgcD. attys.
walsh. Wnl'in. Beckwith & Eiic.
LAFAYETTE PL. lt-Charles Remsen ct
al vs. Eugene Morgenthnu 81 al fore
clos mtgeb; attys. Joline. Larkin & Rnth-
bone.
ls?D ST. "a W. and West broadway. 245.
two hctionS-Matilda Stiefel W Simon
Morris ct al Cforeclos two mtges); attys,
Wise and SeligsberE.
Bronx.
WEBSTER Az, n =, 1875 n " OF Scott av,
S0sl20-Antonia Hegeman as gdn agt
Sadie II Jacobs 81 al foreclosure Of
MORTGAGE: attys. wesselman & Kraus.
LOTS tsl, tk2. asa. Si and gore lo' J,
map OF Unionport-Albert q DINNER
ling agt Municipal Asphalt CO. Inc. ct
al foreclosure Of m~ortgage); attys.
Phillips, Mahoney q Wagner.
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NOTICES.

CULLEN. HARRIET Ain pursuance
Of an order OF Hon. John y. Cohalan a
surrogate Of the County OF New York.
NOTICE is hereby given to all persons
having claims against Harriet a. cullen,
late OF the County Of New York, deceased,
to present me same with vouchers thereof
TO the subscribers az their place Of trans
acting business, No. 1855 Broadway.
Borough OF Manhattan, in the City Of New
York, on or before the first day ~ De-
cember next. Dated. Sew York. the TN
day Of May. 1915, ADELE MARTIN. Elk
%ecutriN; WILLIAM ROBERTSON. WILL
LAM H. ELLISON. Executors. ELLISON
n ELLISON. ATTORNEYS for ENecutriN and
Executors, 1913 Broadway, Manhattan. City
of \eN York.
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SANDS. TAYO.-In pursuance OF an
order OF Honorable John r: Cohalan. a
Surrogate Of the County Of New York,
having claims against rayo Sands. late OF
the County OF New York, deceased. to pre-
sent the same with vouchers thereof TO
the subscriber, at place OF transacting
business, No, 10 Broad Street. IN the City
October next. Dated, New York, tho 27th
day OF March. 1915. OGDEN LIVINGSTON
MILLS. Executor. sTETsON, JENNINGS
& RUSSELL, Attorneys for Executor, Is
Broad street, Borough of Manhattan. cay
OF New York.
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MECHANICS LIENS.
Manhattan.

BROADWAY. asa 20 2Iss. 18th At, 227 to
229 w-Edw J Richards agt Eve J Coe
and y y improved Properties Co.
owners: Lewis c Van Ripe-. lessee and
:7TH ST. iss E-Jame. wilson agt John
Martin. owner; Benjamin r Davenport,
contractor $500 "a
Estate. owner, John Prince Co. Sen'n
Bros, Inc, and Israel Singer. c%ontrac-
tor. ........ ...t........ tj5
Bronx.
BAILEY Az. :5i6. 254s. 1850. 25S2 and
:S5t-Robert brennan aet Fordham
Realty Co and Alfred Ericsson, owners
and contractors. .S2ls6.G IS
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TOWNSEND. ALICE Sin pursuance Of
an order OF Honorable Robert Ludlow Fow-
Ter. a Surrogate OF the County OF New York.
having claims against Alice s. Townsend,
late OF the County of New York. deceased,
to present the same with vouchers thereof
TO the subscriber, at place OF transacting
business, No. 3o2 Broadway. in the City OF
June next, Dated. New York. the i6th day
OF December. 1914. GEORGE TOWNSEND
and LEWIS II, CHAMBERLTN. Executors.
BOUDIN 4 LEHMAN. Attorneys for Elk
~ecutors. ao2 Broadway. Manhattan Bor-
ough, N. Y. c.
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NIAGARA TO THE SEA.
Canada a. =. Lines, Ltd, Montreal.
CHANGE OF CORPORATE NAME.
NoTICE.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that $50
BROADWAY COkPORATlON, a domestic
corporation, having It's principal h|us.@oss
STATE Of New York, Will apply to the Su
prtme Court Of the state at Sew York a.
a Special Term thereof To be hr,d AZ Part
] thereof In The County Court House IN
the Borough of Manhattan, CIV and
County OF New York On IN" -9th day II
June, 1913, At 1870 u'tloDk IN tho fore
Ice heard, ior an order authorizing said
cuG p%orutf7N 10 change i's Corporate nlwr
to DFNiSjS REALTY rOH"DH h|!DN.
Dated. Sew York. june TN, l"lf
$50 BROADWAY IbRPpNNTlDN.
BY CHARLES r. SOY rs, President.
STODDARD 4 MARX, ATTORNEYS Tor Cor
poration, No. l2N Broadway, Borough
of Manhattan. city OF New York.
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TRANSACTIONS RECORDED.


...-.
with name. and address o, lender and
a "1dtD = par, we Of second pa nan,e Is o"'''''
novr,.un
.. ,r"..
,,oor 90, ra...S. =. ,-x.o
Grace ii Brunins ct al 10 Benedict
m,a sii.ooo' June 4; etty, l. Co, is6
Rray 1890 49, sioO
SAME 'pRoPERTy.Franklin X Huner Sy
d qo Lswis' sac' TO same, aussss.!Sss;
st, iSxiooIHamii,on Holding co to cha.
p qW oo Wa CO. H. w l,G,n f. H;vm m,s
is5 Bway' 1900
East Side.
tEast OF Fifth az. between Fourteenth ana
iiVtn stsJ
sSD ST, si3 e. n :. goo 20 sv. sohiooeH
Annie Kiinr.nscSmi;, 1850 81 Nicholas
Az; I. part; mig $1,000; June a. ai,y 20
zoos triorecioss june. 2,Trhos McMorrow,
ref. to Robt y Kenyon. p2t West End
av, eSr Rebecca II r Kenyon, june 4;
atty, ward p Cha mberiin, 81 Nassau
.'''''''' "'0'0
yves, of Fifth sv,. between Fourteenth
ION CT ,s,s sna ,,O'n % g., . ,.s,
eDs.ssssiio.esSc: 'ci,. 81 ISL " :,
SIP sss.sssIwal,.i )
Msnde1gGs,; i wso ETsemap T. = skly Mail a.
son W '""'1' ..'. %ssSo'ooo
Uptown.
Manhattan Island. north OF 10th ST.
,,sTH ST. g, w. n =, s,s.s W SIN sy.
ssslco'iimWsitsr Hir,eh. rel ~ II
esnn,a Hsu,fnann "sss" csntIsf psrk
way "a' - ny 10 $500
SANE PRoPERTY.Rc.aiis Ksufmsnn 81
C. cen, uI''e psrt 90 WMte,.h,u' Nav npsn"' a;,y'
SANE fiA west "A tio. ssi7,
IssD ST. n $. tis... L.nox av, iis.ssss.ii
100 W TAR NJ IA 200 MayIs:
atty. Lawrsncss m'f rneS' Il PARK
"
Bronx.
Borough OF The Brons)
nATHcArE Av. 1879, /. 27xs7 s-Mary
klober. TO Msriha Teller 1882 payid,
Cohen. Sss csy!,Isnd, ~ .iice
is.TH 81; IS; .Is,, n " weSs,er az .Ge
,oro. 1907 olipyilie av. m,ss S?s:sGo;
May 2?' atty ID Sanford 1907 olnVi,e
,S a ia 90 iis man 10. cndlinnMT,,i
Guar : Trust Co 70 Antonio Fs'GIino'
L. bwsy '.'.'.:' ;''lyv
49,, r1,r p...r-
man, sss Fox =. m,ss $1,000. June 2;
WISE Az. e :, 2sA7 n Home 81. 5oxioo..
YIN s,nno,t TO Tom Blig CO. IN, so,
Mtee CO. 200 Bway .:...,."...s 800
HULL Az. $ W cor .osth q. looxloo.-
Fredk karerman to Renrock Realty Co
iioocc' William vi smas Il, June AMY, Jos N,..,i
WASHINGTON Az. n " = 1872 n e isI,n
Zaposnick. sI 2 l7?d st mtse .icSoo;
Prospect av....... 81
MAIN ST. = =. 1858 > Sconeld ay. rs s
lil.e-Thos + Murray to John Murray
bergman & ID. S2is Sd av....... 800
LONGFELLOW Az. n IS cor iT3d 81. SIS. 10
xioo. li-Isabel S Kemp to W A . Bidg
Go1pn Isti MndisSn sv' Tune 8 Az;
noah TO West Farm. station, n w cor
i77th st, 5o.ilxlO5. llama Stebbins 10
5000 June I: atty, l. T & T Co, iS0
Bway 900
LoTs 2ss 10 27o. map Hunts Poin, estates
X Realty co, Inc, TO Theo s Tenney.
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LONGFELLow Az, n W cor i7sd st., runs
55.io to beg, Dec IS, lsl3-Jos II Jones
TO Isabel s Kemp, 1903 T. 57th st; attys.
Todd a. 81 John, 25s Bway.,,.., SO, 500
NORWOOD Az. = y, 9t.t 2 .05th At. 50x
100, Aug 3. l9l0-Norman and Jean
Martin 10 Ida + Champion; atty. 1T
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE
ALMANAC.

MINIATURE ALMANAC.
sun rises. AS sun sets. Iii IS Moon rises i:ii
High WATER THIS DAY.
SandyH'k s2D Gov Island ai5 Hell Gate. 60o
Low WATER THIS DAY.
SandyIik. .9I5 Gov. Island 1926 Hell Gate. .i2Od
Arrived-SUNDAY. June 6
SIS 81. Louis. sal p. NJ, Liverpool, Meg
So Saint Cecilia, 9:i5 A. NJ. Rotterdam.
May q.
is
IS valaura- $50 A. Nj. London. MAY. 20.
IS E~speranZa. . T.. Nj, Nassau. June Z.
50 Massapequa, S:i5 L. NJ, Ponce. May
IS Advance. $50 p. NJ. Cristobal. Nav 70.
50 Sihiria, 10 \. NJ, Frontera, May q.
ssh l.. Luckenhach. 1880 T. NJ, Bah
boa. May Is.
Sc "a 'noset, Sabine, May 20.
IS aglo, Galveston, May 81,
- Queen AmoIIe, Boston. June 5.
~ Hamilton, Norfolk, June >.
- Jamestown. \orfoIk, June ,.
ARRIVED FROM NE:w YORK,
SIS New York. AZ Liverpool
- N~arragans'tt At London.
SAILED FOR NEW YORK.
IS Nooriam. from Rotterdam.
Sc Hictna. from Havana.
- Trives. from Puerto Barrios.
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RECORDED LEASES.
Manhattan.

CHERRY ST; gao, str. &S-Raehel Isaac
from May ], 1915; atty, India Wharf
Bwg Co. 80 Hamilton av, Bklyn. .s72o
9TH Av. Gl2, hotel, Rehabilitation &
woerE to WIN A Rosenbaum and ano.
10 W stth 1T. 2 1912 yrs from June
J. 1915; attys, G~ugenhiemer, L 4 NJ,
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SATISFIED MECHANICS LIENS.

BOWERY, 23l and 233-Leichtpr Bros agt
County Mortgage co ct al, May e,
5,.,,,,,,,. ,,.,',,...., 1880
Bronx.
THIRD Az, . W cor isOth st. ~
-Muglers Iron Works agt Ethelici
Realty Co ct al. Oct 20, l9lt........S4s
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with name and address Of lender and
lenders attorney
Downtown.
CSouth OF Fourteenth ST.
ST. n " cor Forsythe at. 17x5o-
Benedict Wcissman TO Meta Malchow.
Baltimore, Md. June L. . yrs. s p 9;
atty, l. T Co. 100 Bway. ,,,..,..$ ll 900
| HUDSON ST. W =. 100 n Morton at. 50xlo0
-Chas J weinstein Realty Co to Ham
ilton Holding Co. lt9 Bway. MAY !. pr
mtg s2s.j00. l VI, 6 p c attys, Eisman,
l.. e a. l., 1875 Pway. ........ .slS,boo
SAME PROPERTY-Samc to Sadie Roth,
1913 Prospect av, June 4, pr mtg So. 900,
duo May |. 1916. & p c; atty. same, sal 900
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SATISFIED MORTGAGES.

M, SATISFIED MORTGAGES.
win name and address Of lenders
WI 1T, - ", u =. sos e Columbus ay.
SealE 80 10 Macmillan Toch. atty,
uMr a. @. $50 B~way.,.,.... 5000
"pn PROPERTY. Apr 4, ~i9l0-Same 20
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Highest temperature, 70. nj 2 p NJ.
Lowest temperature. So. nj S a. NJ.
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East Of Fifth nv. between Fourteenth and
10th sts.l
btTH at. n =. i25 W I'd ~, 25xioo.5-
Margt " Mark to chas. W Rohinfalk.
s5l Lexington av. June I, I VI, 6 p e.:
attys. Weed, & NJ, s2 william 81 81 zoo
lsT Az. Q =. sos $ 6.th at, 25xsl-Arthur
" Gimpel TO y Y Title lns Co. 1875
Bway, June 4. 3 yrs, 5 p c.....,,. $500
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West Side.
west Of Fifth av. between Fourteenth and
10th sts)

18TH BIT. 8 W ., 1877 So 7th av. <txs3.5-
wsia.,.,n, isss III az. May is. pr. %,ss
,5 aai'c So. nsm r sS.s =: . SSoiu;mSu. av. isgg
WITH, Hopeweii Junction, y Y, june 3.
8 yrs' p C: atty l. T Co. 100 broodo
VI" r,,ovn
Manhattan Island, north OF 10th ST.
AMSTERDAM, Az. W.. " n i7S,h .t
s SSTp b s. mas :, II m, nS''I M. SoS 90 ,d Rlsei !.
Due Mar q. ssls: 30 c; atty. ! I'd T, ~
Risy:ss .ii I 9SaTis: asn.Ie " Realty, We co to to
Manhattan Life Ins co, ss Bway. June I.
due as per bond atty. T q CO; ~
Bronx.
thorough Of The Bronx)
PF sSsaceGMa All g con Is z 60, Iac s1 10 Law ",
S Ss5' as M1 p:s Bond ss; >. atty bi'i + q T. ' e, -
p%ESHTSRs ,A Az S:,n c:n 81, = i, g t sS;'T m, :,
CO, is wall st, June D., demand, 8 p 9;
ATTY, F 4 snow u wal g. ,22Iooo
M0 casR ss4 az, w.; s. Sids loan loan nj m,se.. e ,sSi
s.s,ooo-John W Cornish. c1nst CO 70
city ,Mtse Co, - Wall St June g. de,
MORRIS Av. cor Mount. Hope ri,
soS'S-ssm me s sG 'ame, June B. ai s5s'o 90
! MORRIS Az. 8 cor l77th st. s0xs5-Sams
10 same, June 3, demand. 6 p q same
WISE Az, a $. 2s4.7 n Home ST. boxlo0-
Tom Bldg Co, Inc. to Manhattan M,,s
Co. 200 Rway. June 4, due as per bond
atty. Manhattan Mtg Co. 200 Broad.
LOTS All and a7s, map part Hunt estate
Julia l. McEntee tn Max + Schmidt
PAL z fremont av, May 2s. 3 yrs, 6 p c
atty. l. T T Co. $50 Rway: 80. $500
lsbTH st. III f, n 3, t0loxl30; also striI
on st-Nico Bldg Corpn to Title Guar 4
Trust 60. l7s way. June :. 3 yrs -,
n c: atty, To 3 T Co, l76 Bway. s2a, 500
H.OTS lls to iis. map Jos CndIpp-Antoni,
Fassolino 20 Title Guar a Trust Co. ~
Bway. Juno I. due ms per bond; atty. 7
q & r 60. 1T6 y..,.,,,..., 81, SOC
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TAKE AN INNIGORAIlNG SEA VOYAGE,
Low Fares to All Paints sOlIH.
OCEA y STEAMSHIP 20, sol 9Th Ave, y. Y.

l2 bay All Expense Northern Cruise.
$50, Booklet free Red Cross Line. New York
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with name and address OF lender and
attorney, II the attorneys name Is omitted
address party OF second part.)
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SAILED FOR new YORK.
IS Nooriam. from Rotterdam.
So Hictua. from Havana.
- Triyes. from Puerto Barrios.
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TIco'
Dividend
Yield.
2 OF Moline Plow ist pf
$50 Northern Ohio Traction \ Light
7.7l;Pabst Brewing pr
5.7l Pacino Coast I'd pf
81 2:Phclps Dodge
30 Cincinnati Chicago q st Louis pf
8 o3:Twin CITY Rapid Transit VI
D ~ weyman-ByuOn pI
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GO To BERMUDA BY IS. $. HERMUDIAN."
Booklets ot'EBECS $ co. Ltd, 3!b'way. Ny.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-07-01

skin. Remove the skins and place the
tomatoes in a creased pudding dish.
Take a cupful of cooked macaroni
place over the tomatoes and cover
with a rich white sauce, sprinkle with
grated cheese and cover with few
tablespoonfuls of buttered crumbs.
Put into the oven and cook until the
tomatoes are tender.
Asparagus in place of the tomatoes
may be used and, if it is cooked. the
dish need only be heated to be served.
Stuffed Mutton.-Buy four pounds of
the breast of mutton, wipe carefully
and put into saucepan and cover
with boiling water. Put into the stew
one turnip, one carrot and two onions.
Crate half of each vegetable and cut
the rest in slices. Simmer for one hour.
Prepare stuffing of bread crumbs
sage. butter, one chopped onion, and
bind with egg and milk. Take out the
bone from the mutton, place in the
stuffing, roll and tie and put into a
baking pan with some haived, par
DOlltu pOldlOce dIlu pdhe d hdil hO0i. .
euttered Apples.-Cut rounds of
bread about an inch larger than the
apples. Pare and core one-half dozen
apples. Place the bread in baking
dish, butter it well and put the apples
on the bread. Fill the cavities of the
apples with butter and sugar, add a
little canned fruit juice or water and
bake in gentle heat until the apples
are done. Serve with spoonful of
.am on top of each apple.
Baked Mutton chops.-Pound and
trim the chops, roll each in beaten egg
and crumbs, then put into dripping
pan and set in the oven; as the chops
brown, baste them every five minutes;
season and thiCkan the gravy with
-four, add few tablespoonfuls Of TO-
mato catchup and serve.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-07-01

GUS orher things which each will dis,
cover Is so much pleasanter done in
the open air
Desserts which may be prepared
when .he evening meal is preparing
or ea'ly in the day before breakfast
which will He cold and attractive and
save tn during the heat of the day.
Custarfs of various kinds and flaw
ors are most wholesome desserts, they
may be combined with any number Of
different foods. When one lives on q
farm where milk, cream, eggs and but
ter is In abundance the dessert prob
lem will solve itself. 1t is the city
dweller who needs to economic on
those foods which are SO lavishly
abundant in the country, which makes
her long for larger income % buy
plenty of cream. eggs and butter.
The various jellies and gelatins are
delicious combined with fruit and
served with whipped cream, but the
average farmer working in the open.
enjoys a hearty dessert especially II
the dinner is not abundantly substan-
tial, With hearty dinner even a
hard working man in the open is Bet
ter to have light dessert to finish a
heavy meal In hot weather.
Ice cream is nourishing, wholesome
and always liked, so when in doubt
make ice cream.
Sponge Pudding With Roxbury
Sauce. An ordinary sponge cake
served with this pudding is very good
or the sauce may be served with a
sponge pudding. Beat the white of an
egg until stiff. and gradually three
6urths of a cupful of powdered sugar !;
then add the yolk of an egg, beaten
thick. three-fourths of cupful of
cream, beaten stiff, few grains Of
salt and flavoring to taste.
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too soon, for exactly week later,
lingwood, commanded by Sir George
Seymour. arrived at Monterey to pro-
claim British sovereignty. 1t was
thus only by narrow chance that
England did not become the possessor
of California, which she had greatly
coveted.
On the fourth day of July. 1854. two
barks which had been sent By Sir
Walter Raleigh to discover and annex
the American continent north OF
Florida arrived off the coast. Sailing
along for 1870 miles, they entered the
mouth of river and took formal pos
session of the country for the queen
of England, naming it Virginia. They
landed on Roanoke island. afterward
occupied by the first English settle
ment in the new world. This
colony, consisting of 40 persons sent
out In April, 1885, was abandoned in
less than year, the settlers carrying
back with them to Europe the first to-
bacco and the first potatoes, which
on Raleigh's estate not far from Cork.
In Ireland.
On the fourth day Of July, 1854.
benjamin Franklin laid before the
commissioners OF colonies, at AL
bany, plan for federal constitu-
defense against French encroachment.
1t was adopted, but afterward was re-
iected by some of the colonies and by
the British government. This was ex-
actly twenty-five years before the
signing of the Declaration of lnde-
pendence. Curiously enough. the doc
ument was rejected by the colonies
because it put too much power into
the hands OF the king; and it was ve-
toed in England because it gave too
much power to the assemblies OF the
colonies.
On the fourth day of July, 1870. UNI
brellas were first introduced into this
country, a shipment of them arriving
at the port Of Baltimore. They were
generally regarded as an absuriity,
and it was considered that only fool,
ish and effeminate persons could pos
sibly use them.
The massacre of Wyoming valley
occurred on July 4, 1776.
In the previous autumn two com
panies had been raised in the valley
and had been ordered to join General
Washington Several stockaded forts
had been built during the summer.
but those left behind to guard them
were mostly old men.
raiding force of tories, Canadians
and Indians, under Maj. John Butler.
tory Of Niagara. entered the valley
and set fire to some of the forts.
Forty Fort. three miles above Wilkes
Barre. had assembled garrison OF
800, largely old men and boys. This
force decided to march against the
invaders, which 1t did with disastrous
result Taken in flank, it was routed
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you are a governor. president or su-
preme court Judge. Ordinary social
prestige will count for naught
The only thing that weighs at this
dinner is age, but even that doesn't
amount to anything if it is under 4
century. 1t is to be a banquet of the
bluest of blue blood in business. No
firm less than 100 years old will poke
its feet under the table at this dinner.
and even then all business is barred
which has not come down directly
through the male line since before the
battle of Waterloo
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~AOeeOA"''' 'SiiHo. hIS Wdo oh tAS
morning of July A. He marched out
with his little army of 400 men, drums
beating and flags flying, and he and
his soldiers returned peaceably to
their homes.
On the fourth day OF july. 1886. the
independence Of California was de-
clared
There was at that time in California
-as yet of course a part of Mexico
about two hundred Americans, nearly
all Of them men Of exceptional viger
Of body and alertness of mind. or
Mexicans there were 5000, and the
aboriginal Indian population num-
bered perhaps 100000.
Capt. John C. Fremont had been
sent to California on an exploring ex'
pedition q year earlier. He was on
his way to Oregon when he was over
taken by an officer sent from Wash
ington with a message ordering him
to wait and to cooperate with the Pa
cific squadron in case of hostilities
with Mexico. The message had been
in writing, but the officer was Obliged
to destroy It while crossing Mexican
territory, after committing it to mem
ory.
Accordingly Fremont returned tc
California and took up his headquar.
tiers at Suffers Fort
A few days later. June IA, party
of fourteen Americans organized a
small revolution on their own &C
count, captured Sonoma and declared
war against Mexico. Needing flag
and not daring to use that Of the
United States, they made one. not
out of an old lady's petit coat, as has
sometimes been alleged, hut from a
Mexican rebosa or scarf OF un-
blea ched muslin yard wide and five
feet long. Along the bottom they
sewed a strip OF red flannel and in
the left hand corner they painted a
star in red ink The middle of the
flag was occupied by picture OF
grizzly bear, beneath which were the
words california Republic"
The temporary government thus set
up IS known in history as the Bear
FLAG Republic. Its banner now orna-
men,s the rooms of the Pioneer So
iety In San Francisco. The grizzly
bear was rather crudely drawn, and
the Mexicans said 1t was a pig. call
ing. he flag the pig flag
Meanwhile news had come of the
outbreak of war along the Rio Grande
and on July Fremont called n meet
ing at Sonoma which formally pro-
claimed the independence OF Cali
fo,nia. He was appointed governor
Soon afterward there came intelii-
gence that Commodore Sloat had ar
rived at Monterey Gully y and had
raised the American flag; also that
by his orders Commander Montgom
cry If the U. S. sloop of war Ports
mouth had taken possession of San
Francisco.
Sloat, having heard Of the hostili-
ties with Mexico, had sailed immedi-
ately from Mazatlan for California,
where lie took possession of the coun-
try and raised the American flag on
his own responsibility He was none