THE MOPwXIXG OREGONIAX, FRIDAY, JUSB 23, 1905; 13. that matter at all keep any track of It at alL Q. Do you know the brand of paper that this last one Is on? A. No. I never paid any attention to matters of that kind at alL Q. It has a watermark In there, "Edlnample Bond." Court: I suppose it will show for It self. Q. Do j'ou know when "Edlnample Bond" was first used In the office of Mitchell & Tanner? A. No. I don't know anything about that. Q. And didn't know at the time this was prepared? A. No; it didn't occur to me that there was any difference In the paper, at alL Q. After that was prepared, did you have any further conversations with Senator Mitchell In relation to the mat ter? And If so. state them. A. He was only here two or three days afterwards. 1 think; I don't recall anything special; I called at the room, of course. Q. Do you know when he left? A. I know when he left, but I could not say the date. Q. Do you know about what date? A. I think it was some time after Christmas. - Q. Do you know whether It was be fore or after the first of January New Tear's day? A. It might have been after the first of January; perhaps it was. He came. I think, about Christmas, possibly two or three days before Christmas, and was here a week or ten days, if I r member rightly. Q. I will hand you a telegram, to re fresh your memory. Is that a telegram received by you? A. Yes, sir; it Is Q. And can you now state on what date Senator Mitchell left here, or about A. Well. " that is dated Livingstone. Mont., January 1st. I suppose he left here, probably, about the 30th of De cember, to be there. Q. "Whose signature does the paper now handed you bear? A. That is the signature of Senator Mitchell. Q. Did you receive that letter. In du course of mail, about the date It bears? A. Well. yes. sir; a few days after the date it bears. Mr. Heney: We will offer that letter In evidence. Mr. Bennett: We object to it. In addi tion to the general objection, as Irrel evant and immaterial. One Objection Sustained. Mr. Thurston: I would like to have the court look at that, as to whether there is anything in that that bears on this case. Objection sustained. Q. I hand you a printed blank of the Western Union Telegraph Company, "Re ceived at," and ask .you if you received that telegram? A. Yes. sir. I did. Q. At or about the date It bears? A. Yes. sir. Q. Did you have any conversation at any time afterward with John H. Mitch ell in reference to this paper? A, I don't recall any. Mr. Heney: I will offer this telegram in evidence. Mr. Bennett: We object to it as Imma terial and irrelevant, and also upon the ground that it Is incompetent, and no proper foundation laid for its admission, and not connected with the defendant. Mr. Thurston: No proof, so far. Your Honor, that the defendant ever signed or sent that message. Court: The evidence Is not sufficient to show that the defendant sent the tele gram. Mr. Heney: Very well. Wc will have that marked "For Identification" at pres ent. Q. I will hand you an envelope ad dressed to yourself. In whose handwrit ing is the address, "Hon. A. H. Tan ner," if you know? A. It is in Senator Mitchell's hand writing. Q. 1 hand you another envelope ad dressed to yourself. In whose handwrit ing is that? A. That Is in Senator Mitchell's hand writing. Q. 1 hand you a letter. Whose signa ture does it bear? A. It bears the signature of Senator Mitchell. Q. In whose handwriting is It? A. It is in the Senator's handwriting. . Mr. Heney: We will offer this letter in evidence.- Marked "Government's Exhibit 59." Mr Heney: We will ask to have the envelopes marked for identification, in company with the letter, and we will of fer the letter in evidence. We will offer the envelopes later, after we have given further proof iri regard to their connec tion with the letter. The envelopes are marked "For Identi fication. June 22, 1905." The letter, dated February 5. 1906. is read to the Jury: Mitchell's Famous Letter. Washington. D. C, Fob. 5, 1903. My uear judge: x am almost alraiJ to write a word as these scoundrels will misconstrue everything and distort all that Is said. Your friend with letter did not arrive here until today. Your letter only received at 3 P. M. I .have made eearch for my copy of articles of co partnership of 1901, but am unable to find It. 1 think it must be among my pa pers in office. Harry, of course pre pared these articles. You will sec Harry on his arrival. I found our supplemental agreements of date November 1, 1904. which are all right. Harry has these with him. Now the facts are these, and you must deal with them accordingly. First, under our articles I was not to have any Interest whatever in any business you might do in any of the de partments or In any land matters. Sec ond, as a matter of fact I never knew until now that any charges for any such services had been credited either to me or the firm or that my account had ever been credited with any part tnereot. as l was never furnished with any statement of any bank account or or any cnarges wnatever and I had nothing to do with the books nor did I see the same and you will remember several times 1 cautioned you not to mix me up In any way with anv Land Office matters. Third, to this day, I do not know what book entries you have made or what you did with any cash. or cnecKs, it you ever received any for land service. Nor was I ever ad vised by you or did I have any knowl edge that any part of any such cash or receipt was placed either to the credit of our firm or myself. Now, Judge, you will agree with me I am sure these are the facts, and I am also sure whatever entries you made you never intended I should have any part of such cash or cnecKs. it Any. ana tnat you intended that in some way in settling accounts between us no part of any such moneys or checks should be mine, but your in dividual property. I had supposed, of course, tnat you naj Kept ail such charges and accounts in your own name. There is no offense on your part in doing business for any honest people in these land matters. I hope, there fore, you will do me the justice at the proper time In giving the fnct Just as they are and as 1 have stated them. You must not get rattled or alarmed, Harry will, doubtless. Identify the co partnership articles of 1901 as having been prepared by him. See him at once on his arrival. Don't be Interviewed until I see you and now, strictly con fidential, don't tell Hart;y. your son, or anyone. Can't you immediately on re ceipt of this drop everything and come directly here. Bring with you in trunk, but don't let your family or anyone know, all tho company's books, day ledger, all of them: also your bank book, as I am extremely anxious to ee for myself personally what the books show. Besides it Is important we should talk over with Fulton who Is to help defend me in regard to the cases. I hope you can come. If so. don't let a soul know you arc coming, not even Harry. And if you conclude to come, wire me as follows r "John leaves direct for Washington this evening. Tanner." 1 do hope you can come nnd Imme diately, before you are called again be fore the grand Jury. Sincerely your friend. JOHN H. MITCHELL. P. & Don't show Harry this letter, or tell him anything In it. Don't let him see our books. Tell him nothing. P. S. Keep all important papers In safe, and safe and office carefully locked, as these scoundrels will get in if possible. P. S. Burn this without fall. Adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Union Missionary Rally. A union missionary rally of the Woman's Home Missionary Union and "Woman's Board of the Pacific of the Congregational Churches of Oregon, will be held at the First Congregation al Church, beginning at 10 o'clock this, frvornlng. Greatest of American Actresses in BY A. A. G. Last night I went again to see that wonderful fourth act of "Leah Kleschna. More than ever I was seized by the hyp notic spell which those splendid actors and the Imagination of a master drama tist worked upon me. I felt again the tragedy of failure which those thieves felt, and the nerve-breaking terror of ret ribution climbing those bare stairs which led to the den where they were at bay. It wast not as through a glass, darkly, but plain, I saw the girl wrench her heart loose from the heart of her father. I saw her gather up her life, as she gath ered up her poor old hat and jacket, clenching her new hope and faith tight as she clenched her trembling hands and leave her other self, her bad self, as she left that room to find the Light to go back to the silent places. This breaking of home ties was the counterfeit presentment of the bravest thing the girl could do. Seeing that again Impressed more deep ly upon me that in the afternoon, before I had spent an hour In her apartments at the hotel, having speech with one of the greatest, personalities of our time. Mrs. Fiske does not court Interviews. She has little need to employ the blan dishments of the preas bureau. What ever is necessary In that direction she leaves to her press agent. Would that all celebrities were her like! Knowing the habit of her disposition, I sent up my card as I would have done had a great statesman, soldier or preacher been a visitor In the city, for she is one of the mighty few who are doing big things in the world. Not only In her capacity as actress, though goodness knows that is reason enough, but be cause she is a thinker, a philosopher, and by right of her brain?, pre-eminent among her sex. She is far and away beyond the need of seeking Interviews, but a news paper writer is not. so It was with some misgivings that I asked her to see me. When I was shown In to find her with a cordial hand extended in greeting, all my forebodings fell away. Here was no Dis tinguished Person, in sullen grandeur ar rayed, but a frank, sensible woman, with an Interest in people. As she stood there In her little sitting room, dressed simply In a comfortable, flowing house dress, her glorious bronze hair gathered almost carelessly on her head, and her wonderful eyes smiling, I wished some new Gainsborough might have caught the Inspiration of her and called his picture "The Portrait of a Gra cious Lady." Surely It would have won an academy award. Mrs. Fiske cannot be commonplace. To hear her talk about the weather is thrilling. She said things about the view from Portland Heights that ought to go Into a book of essays, and she displayed interest In the land fraud trials that arose from surprising knowledge of the facts ns we know them. She Inquired concerning several Port landers, Mrs. J. N. Do ph. Dr. Stephen S. Wise and H. W. Scott, among them, and I was prepared to answer questions about "Uncle Joe" Cannon and the ice water Incident. The range of Mrs. Flsko's vision Is wide. She does not, as many of our players do, look out upon the world sole ly through the proscenium opening. Be cause of this cathollcy of her mind I found It almost difficult to Interview her on dramatic subjects, for she talked equally well on all manner of foreign topics. "I am hoping that Portland may have an opportunity to hoar William Winter's splendid lecture on stage matters." she said enthusiastically. "Ho addressed a fine audience In San Francisco a few days ago and aroused the greatest Interest. I attended it, and enjoyed every word tho grand old man said. Not that I agreed with him altogether, for he is intolerant of some ideas to which I am wedded, but assail Ibsen as he might, he addresses himself so well to the subject that one cannot help being Interested. Of course his dlrftrlbes against the theatrical trust were like hearing-a gospel, to me. Then you know ho says something about me In his lecture. Partly complimentary and partly attacking mo for some beliefs which I hold and try to disseminate. We're all more or less vain, you know, and when I can get up an argument with William Winter, I'm happy. He takes a rather mean advantage of me by quoting a fiery screed against Ibsen which 1 wrote some years ago, before I understood the great Norwegian. Oh, the old phantoms of things which we should not have said! Don't we all find them rising up to mock S A BIG M. Donzac Gives Seventy-Five Dollars for Eye-Glasses. BOUGHT AT A CONCESSION Idaho Jinn Now Accuses Agent of Walter Reed Optical Conces sion, of Perpetrating Fraud. M. Donzac of Lewlston. Idaho, yester day gavo Information to Deputy District Attorney H. B. Adams, which has set the machinery of the law in operation against one of the most profitable concessions granted on the Fair grounds the selling of eye-glasss. He claims that through fear of losing his eyesight, entirely on the misrepresentation of a Dr. Nathan, in th&i employ of the Walter Reed Optical Concession -Company, he paid $76 for two pairs of glasses at the booth maintained in the Mining building. On this informa tion proceedings will be taken against the eye-glass concessionaires, and those re sponsible for the alleged fraud will be ar rested. Donzac who Is 61 years old. claims that this Dr. Nathan practiced chicanery upon him blurring the glasses so that it really appeared to him that he was contracting the cataract Dr. Nathan perdlcted unless he bought a certain very high-priced class of spectacles. He gave for the glasses J 20 in gold and a check for $55, which he afterward stopped payment upon. Later he began to suspect that he had paid an exorbitant fee, and consult ing Dr. J. A. Stewart, an eye specialist, learned that his eyese-were not threat ened with cataract and immediately en tered the charge of swindling. District Attorney Manning has said that he wishes to push this case. and. if necessary, others, to learn if there" is actual swindling going on. and. If so, to stop it Walter Reed said last night that Rob ert Thompson, a local oculist, was per secuting him for personal ends in this matter and that he would prove his con cessions to be legitimate. He also offered personally to repair any Injustice done at his down-town store. Concessions similar to this one have been given at all expositions, a J. J. Manlon. of Chicago, being reputed to have practical control. Complaints similar to that of Mr. Donzac have been previously heard. For Selling Liquor to Minors. 4 Because of numerous complaints re Pi JiMb. 4?Hh Wb f-JK 'T ijPSBh MRS. MINNIE MADDERX FISKE. us? My views have changed entirely since in my weakness I sought to overthrow truth, but along comes William Winter, arm in arm with that oW phantom, and presents it to my friends. He's very wicked to do a thing like that." I asked Mrs. Fiske tp name the great est of modern dramas from her point of view. " Jtosmersholm,' I should say, al though I've never seen it acted. I road it with more profit than any other. 1 expect to play it sometime. "Hedda Gabler?" Yes, 'Hedda is a powerful play, but I find no losran In It. It is a tremendous rtudy, but it has no lesson. You really think It has? Well. I know many who do, but I've never been able to learn a losson from it. "Do 1 like 'Leah Kleschna? Yes. very much. Not so well as my beloved Ibsen works, but I think It Is an altogether worthy play. It Is more than tho ordi nary objective play the ort that simply spins wme sort of a yarn. It tells some truths and bids one think a little. "I never cared for story books, but was always interested in the man behind the book and the people behind the char acters. "Do you know I wonder that people who frequent the ordinary theater are not driven into absolute idiocy. The im possible play fortunately Is not so pop ular now as It was some years ago. The vogue for Sardou seems to have passed. I remombcr when Frou Frou' and 'Fe dora were looked upon as the highest form of the drama. So great an artist as Madame Bernhardt still devotes her self to them. I can't understand why. "We don't care for so much audible walling and weeping on our stage. We are learning that people who go about the world raining tears don't really suf fer and we demand that actors give us credit for that much sense." I asked her about the days when she was Minnie Maddern. playing "Caprice." That was near twenty years ago, for Mrs. Fiske Is 40, and so wle that she doesn't care. " 'Caprice? Dear old 'Caprice.' That was a good while ago. Then I retired from the stage for several years after my marriage and took up moro s:rious matters than 'Caprice. I grew inter ested in philosophy and such ponderous ceived by Officer Hawlcy, of the Boys and Girls' Aid Socioty. that Anthony Gross, keeper of the .Spokane saloon at Second and Clay streets, has sold liquor to minors. District Attorney Manning filed an Information against Gross in the State Circuit Court. PERS0NALMENTI0N. Senator and Mrs. Levi Ankony and Mls3 Harriett Ankeny. of Walla Walla, are visiting at the homo of Mrs. Lewis L. McArthur on Glisan street. Thomas Fernandez, one of the bat talion chiefs of the San Francisco. fire department. Is making a brief stay in Portland, while en route from the Puget Sound region to his home after a IS-day vacation. C P. White, postmaster at Avon-by-the-Sea, N. Y., is visiting his son. Po liceman S. D. White, at his home, 72S East Eighth street south. Mr. White's brother-in-law, George Harris, a news paper man of Kulmevllle, Pa is also in the city. Universalis of Portland are looking forward to the visit next Sunday of Dr. E. L. Conger, of Pasadena. CaJ, Dr. Conger is a brother of Hon. E. H. Conger, United States Minister at Pekln, and is a conspicuous man in his denomination, being at present the president of the California State Uni versallst Convention. He will occupy the pulpit of the Unlvelsalist Church next Sunday morning and evening. CHICAGO. June 22. SpeciaL)-Ore-gonlans registered at Chicago hotels to days as follows: From Portland C. C Kent, at the Palmer House: J. A. Daugherty and O. H. Flthian, at the Great Northern; F. Snow, at the Grace; F. W. Vallle, at the Auditorium. From Oregon L. C. Hartman, at the Morrison. From Oregon City H. S. Harris, at the Great Northern. From Salem, Or. W. T. Graham, at the Briggs. From The Dalles. Or. T. L. King, at the Auditorium. NEW YORK. June n (Special.) Northwestern people registered at New York hotels today as follows: From Portland DeH. Hall, at the Aa tor; E. A. Gerst, at the Imperial. From Tacoma G. Poll, at the Imperial. From Seattle A- M. Thomas, at the Wolcott; W. C. Harding, at the Gllsey. LOW EXCURSION FARES Via Baltimore nnd Ohio From Chicago. Railroad Asbury Park. . X. J and return. J2LS5. Tickets good going June 29. 30. July l and 2. valid for return until August 21 by ex tension. Stop-over at New York. Philadelphia. Baltimore and Washington. Through sleeping-cars to Asbury Park. St urine Eje Hmt&y ceres 7ea; aUet weak eyes sxoa Soothe er p'": oss't n -y Chatty Mood affairs and when I returned to acting it was at a charity benefit matinee and I played Nora in 'A Doll'i House. Minnie Maddern Fiske. be it known fact is It is known of most already is an author who commands great respect. Three short plays from her pen were produced In New York last winter, and literary and theatrical people are still talking about their permanent value to the American stage and American let ters. She did not act In them because there Is no time to do two things well, she says. Instead, next autumn she will reopen at the Manhattan Theater In "Leah Kleschna." Then she will revive some old pieces and In the winter will havo a new play of modern New York life by Rupert Hughes. Mrs. Fiske Is the high priestess of the crusade against the theatrical trust, but only at intervals does she proclaim against lit. I suggested" that she say something In that connection and she was kind enough to say that we were talking of pleas anter things but she said: "If the peo ple of this country could be Induced to take the theater seriously for two weeks they could solve the problem. They coukl bankrupt the trust by simply withdraw ing their patronage from the theaters that are not free. Of course they won't do that, however." No more would the smartest actress in America say. She refused absolutely to ride her hobby another step. She doesn't act on me stage. Then I remembered the office also that her time is worth lots. Mrs. Fls'xe is not older lhan "Leah Kleschlna." and "Leah." I believe, was 19. Her beauty Is of that rarely striking qualify which attends superior intelli gence and good womanllnewj. The sunlight came through the window, touched her hair and searched her face. No older than "Leah." I thought to myself. Then graciously again she said, good afternoon. An afterthought When are you go ing to write more plays to give us some thing pood?" I asked. "In my extreme old age." With em phasis on the extreme, replied the lady who Is also a humorist. AT THE THEATERS What the Preaa AseaU Say. BERNARD'S GREAT SUCCESS Clever Comedian a BIc Hit at the Mnrquam. Tonight and tomorrow night with a spe cial matinee tomorrow, Portland and vis iting theater-goers will be given their last opportunity of seeing the great He brew comedian. Barney Bernard. In his latest success, "The Financier." a com edy-drama full of heart interest. "The Financier" is a play that will live long In the mind and hearts of the people. because It will disabuse their minds of the Idea that the Hebrew character is always of the small and selfish kind. There are many lovable and generous traits brought out in the character of "The Financier, which the average per son seldom gives the Jew credit for. R03LOCE AT THE BELASCO "When Knighthood Was In Flower" Delights All Who See It. The best performance ever given by the Belasco Stock Company is the-verdict of Portland theater-goers who really demand the best. The great historical romance of Mary Tudor and Charles Brandon has never been so well presented on the Pacific Coast, as it is being done this week by the Belasco players. Those who haven't attended It should do so at once. for the run Is drawing to a close. Beau tiful scenery and effects and costumes which shame the highest priced road at tractions. Lucia Moore as Mary and Eugene Armonde as Brandon represent the highest art of stock acting in Amer- Sirs. Fiske at the Empire. But three more performances will be given by Mrs. Fiske and the Manhattan; Company at the Empire. The engagement closes tomorrow evening. "Leah Klesch na." has made a tremendous hit here, as elsewhere, and visitors to the Fair, as well as the theater-goers of Portland, are taking advantage of the opportunity to see her. The acting of Mrs. Fiske, John Mason. George Ariiss, William B. Mack. Charles Cartwrlght and the others of the cast has never been equaled here. For having brought such a play and company to the Coast. Mrs. Fiske deserves the thanks of every lover of the best in the drama- Barney Bernard's Treat.. The Hebrew waifs of Portland will be entertained by Barney Bernard in his great success. "The Financier." at the Marquam Grand Theater tomorrow after noon at 2:15 o'clock. The Baker's Strong BUI. No- stronger offering has been in vaude by the Baku; tfeeater. this week, ed by the famous Exposition Four the bill throughout Is a strong one. The Exposition Four are among the greatest entertainers of America and have taken Portland by storm. O'Dell. Hart and Ridley are three clever comedians whose act has brought them encore after encore and whose every move has been attended by shouts of laughter; the Aherns, are specialty acrobats who Introduce several entirely new and. difficult feats; Howell and Emerson have a funny act which has made a hit; Jean Wilson sings a new il lustrated ballad effectively and Daisy Schnell is tho daintiest of soubrettes. A new series on the blograph ends a per formance well worth seeing. KOLB AND BILIi. Famous German Comedians to Pre sent Fnnny Musical Burlesque. Scats are now selling for the famous German comedians, Kolb and Dill, who come to the Marquam Grand Theater next Monday night. June 26. presenting for one week their wonderfully funny musical burlesque, "I. O. U." These clever ar tists have surrounded themselves with a company of principals seldom. If ever excelled In a burlesque company, together with a beauty chorus of 40 pre,tty girls, who not only look the part but can sing and dance with a degree of perfection which comes only from careful training and experience. This .will without a doubt be the best company the Marquam ever offered at the prices. AT THE .EMPIRE NJEXT WEEK Regular Stock Company in Great Irish Comedy. The Empire Stock Company will re open Sunday afternoon next in the roaring farce comedy "Flnnegan's Al ley." The company has been resting during the days of Mrs. Fiske's en gagement at the house, and three new members have joined who will strengthen the organization In many ways. "Flnnegan's Alley" Is a rattling farce, full of p'.easant satire and com ical situations, and as the name Indi cates is of a distinct Irish character. It will start Sunday afternoon and continue all week with matinee every day. NERVES" AT BELASCO XEXT Rollicking Farce Will Be Offering of the Belasco Stock Xext Week. Commencing next Monday evening the Belasco players will present one of the funniest of modern farces. "Nerves." for the first time on any stage in the West. It has been wonderfully successful In the East, particularly In New York, where it enjoyed a long run and was voted the best farce of a decade. Remember It will open next Monday night. THE FEATURE OF THE TRAIL Cnrnival or Venice' Is the Greatest Attraction of the Fair. There is one attraction on the trail which Is absolutely good and satisfactory in every way. It Is the greatest the atrical spectacle ever seen in the United States, and the public has already dis covered that it Ia chief part of the Ex position. Thousands of people have wit nessed the splendid reproduction of ancient Venice on a gala day. It requires the services of 500 performers, dancers, singers and actors. Gorgeous scenery and costumes and beautiful music make it an entertainment never to be forgot ten. Two performances daily, afternoon and night. AT THE VAUDEVILLE THEATERS The Grand Theater. A' most extraordinary bill is that which is this week offered at the Grand Theater. No such high class act has ever before been shown in American, vaudeville as that of "Fatlma," presented for the first time by the Jules Walters company. It Is replete with novelty. The special scenery Is of the most gorgeous kind, and the Oriental flavor which saturates the whole effort 13 bewitching. This act alone costs the management moro than the entire show at many houses, and the public appreciates this special attraction accordingly. Though . the weather Is warm tho Grand every night is playing to its utmost capacity. This is only one of ten' great acts, the whole completing a show that Keith, on Broadway, New York, would be glad to get. where the prices are 50 cent3 and more. The Star. What may well be described as a sensation in vaudeville Is the headline team at the Star. The Musical Thors have an act that is most refreshing, for it Is strictly a high-class melody turn. There are but few more opportunities to witness this feature act. The Thors are masters of tho banjo, while their rendition of the overture from "Wll helm Tell" on the xylophone is a mas terpiece, and will win applause from the most critical of musicians. Will lams and White, in a colored sketch, are among the best fun-makers the Star has presented, and as for F. H. Stansfleld, his character impersonation brings down the house.- Otto Felchtel's Tyrolean warblers add beauty and melody to the attractive entertainment. Adams Brothers are novelty acrobats, and Joe. Bonner contributes a rousing patriotic ballad. On the Staroscope motion pic tures are shown of the days of "Louis xrvv DECISIVE WORLD BATTLES Claim Made That Trafalgar Didn't Change History. (Boston Transcript.) When Creasy, the English historian, wrote his "Fifteen Decisive Battle of the World," he put no conflict In his category between Valmy, fought in September, 1792, and Waterloo. In the 23 years between .valmy and Waterloo there were many great battles, but no one of these, not even Leipsic itself, had effects that plain ly made it a date from which history was changed. Many of them, notably Au3ter lltx and Jena, wrought rearrangements in Europe, but these only proved tempo rary. Some of these rearrangements had been undone before Waterloo, and the few that remained disappeared with the for mal disappearance of Napoleon from the scene. There is an obvious distinction be tween a great battle and one decisive of a long train of events to a degree that makes another train of events conse quences. Thus Trafalgar was not of this cat egory. It did not change history. It aim ply emphasized the supremacy of England on the seas. No allied nations bound aries were- changed by Nelson's victory. On the contrary, France enlarged her boundaries, or set in motion a series of operations that had that result at the very time that the combined fleets of France and 3paln met with defeat. Traf algar came too late to have any effect on Napoleon's triumphant march against the Austrlans and Russians. About the time that Trafalgar was fought Napoleon had forced the surrender of Ulm. and six weeks later he won Austerlitz. Had Traf algar been fought when he had still a great army concentrated at Boulogne for the Invasion of England. It might be put down as a battle that dislocated a great plan that had great possibilities in It. but on the 21st of October. Ji, Napoleon had Head-Jlong abandoned his project for croMtag J. G. MACK & CO. EXCLUSIVE CARPET HOUSE Fall stocks are now arriving. 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Thenceforward It fought for postpone ment, not for victory. Sadowa was more immediately followed by the political suc cess of the victors. Its thunders had not rolled away before it became evident that Prussian hegemony had been established, aqd from that came all the development of Prussian power which culminated in the establishment of United Germany, after Germany had triumphed over France. In this latter struggle on the principle which Creasy laid down, Metz rather than Sedan, was decisive. Sedan, with Its short, fierce fighting, compressed within the limits of one Summer day, Im presses the Imagination, but Metz the rea son. "While Metz held out the Germans could not bring together all their re sources ' to, crush reorganizing France. Had Bazaine broken through the German lines with his army of 170,000 men, the atory of 1ST0 might read very differently. "What Edison Is Doing. Metropolitan Magazine. There has been a report current for some time that Thomas A- Edison would turn his attention to perfecting the marvelous storage battery of which he has from time to given some hint. Motorists are agreed that if such a battery can be made a commercial possibility the construction of motor cars will be revolutionized. The es sential advantage that Mr. Edison claims for his battery Is that it will, when perfected, combine enormouB po tential power with a weight so Incon siderable as to make its employment applicable to any class of vehicle. This Is the very thing that the builders of automobiles have tried the hardest to obtain great power from a battery of nominal weight. The "Wizard" was Just 17 years old when he made his first electro-mechanical Invention, an THE JULY SCRIBNER'S The remarkable and never before published Narrative of John Kilby, gives a shipmate's impressions of JOHN PAUL JONES and a description by an eye-witness of the fight bet-ween the Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis One of the Best College Stories ever Published A VICTORY UNFORSEEN (The Yale-Harvard Race) by Ralph D. Paine; A Sea Story by Connolly; a beautifully illustrated article about LeNotre, the great jFiench Gardener. THE HOUSE OF MIRTH, by Edith Wharton. Other stories and poems make this an exceptionally entertaining number. "THE LAND OF TAMALPAIS," by Benjamin Brooks, illus trated from photographs. num. mkuus, wm $1.00,' $1.50, $2.00 per Day Is byTa!ly-Ho, Cabriolet, Boulevard Wagon, or Landau. rHONE MAIN 223 UNITED CARRIAGE 88 people. 11th and M0HRIS8H Sts. Grille automatic signaling attachment for his telegraph instrument, and it is now' 35 years since he took out his first patent. Something of his extraordi nary activity Is shown by the fact that since that time over 1000 patents have been issued in his name. Grand Army Receptlon. The Grand Army reception at the Arm--ory will take place at 10:43 o'clock thl3 morning. The programme follows: Selection, Third Infantry Band; address; of welcome. H. H. Northup; "The Flag Without a Stain," Mrs. J. L. Hamilton.. Miss Eva Benson, accompanist: response for Department of Washington and Alas ka, S. G. Cosgrove; vocal selection. Mrs. E. E. Coovert; response for Department of Idaho; "America," band and audience. Closed Until tho Fall. All Saints' Mission Kindergarten has closed for the Summer months, to reopen In the Fall. The Boys' Club and 'reading room has suspended for the Summer months. These branches of the mission work of All Saints' have been very suc cessful, and the reopening Is being ar ranged for In early Fall. Yellow Fever on Canal Zone. WASHINGTON", June 22. Governor Magoon has reported four new c&saa of yellow fever on the Canal Zone. THE TIME TO VISIT MEXICO Is during the "rainy season," from June to October" when dally showers cool the atmosphere and the temperature is never too warm for comfort. The City of Mexico i3 an Ideal summer resort, combining a perfect climate and unsurpassed accommodations with the most picturesque surroundings and beau tiful scenery in the world. THE MEXICAN CENTRAL. RAILROAD short line from the Western States, oper ates Pullman equipment in vestlbuled trains, with all the comforts of modern travel. For information and literature, address, j C. McDonald. General Agent. 96 Crock er Building. San Francisco. CaL er xui 6. K MACD0UGALD, W. D MTJRDOCK. Asst. Gen. Pas. Art. Pass. Traffic Mgr.. Mexico City. t3