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THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1908.
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Delayed Import Shipment of Haviland
Decorated Teacups and Saucers, and Plates,
HAVE ARRIVED
and are now on display. Very latest desigusand
decorations. ' Come early, before they are picked over.
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GIFT TO THE NATION.
BODY TO BE SENT EAST.
OAKLAND, Jan. 29.An investi
gation by the coroner's officials into
the death of Theodore M. Hall, who
Sunday shot and killed himself on
top of the Piedmont Hills resulted in
the discovery that he was well con
nected in the east and a Harvard
graduate. This information was of
fered by J. A. Ames, an uncle of the
young man who says that Hall is the
son of Arthur M. Hall, a wealthy
book merchant of Haverhill, Mass.
The body will be shipped to his par
ents' home in Haverhill tomorrow.
Hall was 23 years of .age.
GETS OUT OF THE RUT.
ROBBER KILLED..
CHICAGO, Jan. 29. A dispatch
to the Record-Herald from St.
Lonis says:
After returning a verdict ot justi
fiable homicide last night the jurors
in the inquest over the body of Gus
Kind, a negro, started a subscription
to buy a gold medal for his slayer,
Joseph T. Volkman, who had found
the negro robbing his home at Web
ster Grove, a suburb. The jury an
nonnced that it considered Volkman
hid done the community a service.
NOT LOOKING FOR TROUBLE.
Cortelyou Replies to a Resolution
With Printed Pamphlets.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. -The
Senate was entertained today by a
series of animated comments on the
method adopted by Secretary Cortel
you in placing before the senate his
reply to the resolution calling for
information relative to the operations
of the treasury department in connec
tion with' the financial disturbances.
The secretary had had the introduc
tory part of his reply printed and
copies of the pamphlet were on the
desks of all the Senators a proceed
ing which was declared by the Demo
cratic Senators to be without prece
dent. The Senate devoted consider
able time to the passing of the minor
bills on the calender and then ad
journed.
MERCHANT MARINE.
PARIS, Jan. 29. M. Pichon, min
ister of foreign affairs, announced
last night that Gen. Duxamed, the
commander of the French forces in
Moroco has been instructed to notify
Mulai Hafid that the French do not
intend to engage in battle with any
of the native tribes until they are
belligerent and that if Mulai Hafid so
wishes France is ready to -mediate
between him and his brother, Abd
EI Aziz, looking to the bringing about
cf peace.
TRADE WAR ON LARGE SCALE.
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 29,-Accord
mg to the Mexican Herald, a trade
war on a large scale is soon to be
fought in the republic of Mexico, the
contestants being the Standard Oil
Company and the firm of Pearson &
Son, Limited. The former concern
now controls the oil business of the
republic but for a number of months
the English firm has been buying up
lands and sinking wells. They have
spent $15,000,000 in development
work already.
AMSTERDAM BANK CLOSED.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29 A notice
was posted on the doors of the New
Amsterdam National Bank tonight
stating that the institution has been
closed by order of the 'comptroller of
the currency and a national bank ex
aminer placed in charge.
' ENDORSING HUGHES.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29-The Repub
lican county committee tonight un
animously adopted a resolution en
dorsing Governor Hughes for the
Republican nomination for the Presi
dency. A resolution also endorsed
the administration of President Rose-Tclt
OPEN SHOP FOR GOLDFIELD.
GOLDFIELD, Jan. 29. The mine
owners' association today adopted a
set of rules which will be posted at
all the mines in the district to the
effect that the mines will be worked
under the open shop policy, and any
interference with this order by intim
idation or soliciting for membership
in any labor organization will not be
tolerated.
Principal Discussio in House Legal
ity of Appropriation Questioned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. -The
need of an American merchant ma
rine as an auxiliary to the navy form
ed the principal topic of discussion in
the House today during the consid
eration of the urgent deficiency bill.
The debate was precipitated by Lit
tlefield, of Maine, who questioned the
legality of the provision of the bill
appropriating $1,000,000 to supply the
deficiency for coal for the navy
caused by the transfer of he battle
ship fleet from the Atlantic to the
Atlantic to the Pacific He criticised
congress for its failure to make ap
propriations for the merchant marine.
His remarks elicited from Fitzgerald
the charge that the Republican party
was responsible for that condition,
while Sherly maintained that the lack
of merchant marine, ','A national dis
grace" was due to Republican poli
cies. The bill was still under consid
eration when the House adjourned.
MORE BIG SMOKE.
HOPKINSVILLE, Jan. 29. Night
riders burned two large barns on the
farm of Jesse Barr last night. The
barns contained tobacco belonging to
a man who is not a member of the
association.
COURT BLAMES BOTH BOATS.
VICTORIA, B. C, Jan. 29-The
admiralty court has decided that both
the steamer Charmer and the steamer
Tartar are to blame for the collision
October 18th, chiefly for going too
fast in a fog. The Charmer was con
sidered the more to blame.
TEA
Moneyback means that
the tea is good and well
worth the money.
Can't mean anything
else.
Trar (nicer return jnr air tt jtm don't
fit SchOUof ' Beit; pa? bim
SKYSCRAPERS IN NO DANGER
NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-The city
engineers have nearly completed their
investigation of the burned Parker
Building. It was put up nearly 10
years ago under the old and inade
quate building code, and was built
about as cheaply as the law allowed.
Its construction, the engineers find,
was not the same as' that oT the really
fireproof skyscrapers.
Though the principal materials,
steel, iron, brick and hollow tile, are
the components of a strictly fireproof
building, they were not here assem
bled in an intelligent manner. The
girders were not protected by fire-
prpofing; as a result, they were warp
ed by the heat and gave way. The
stairways and shafts were open
throughout the building. The win
dows being unprotected by wire glass,
the fire spread from story to story
as easily by thei outside of the build
ing is internally.
Primarily built for an office struc
ture the Parker Building had been
turned into a manufacturing plant.
Machines, printing presses, and all
sorts of inflammable supplics'cloggcd
every floor. When this extra hazard
ous building started to burn, the pres
sure was not sufficient to send water
above the sixth story.
William Kent Has Deeded to Govern
ment 295 Acres Redwood.
WASHINGTON, I). C. Jan. 29.
One of the most public spirited gift
ever made to the government ha
come from William Kent, of Chicago,
who has jtijit deeded to the- Unite
States J95 acres of primeval rcdwooi
forest on the southern slope of Mt
1 amalpnts, about six miles from the
city of San Francisco. The land wa
deeded to the government with the
approval of Forester Gilford Pinchot
chief of the United States Forest Ser
vice The papers have now gone to
the Secretary of the Interior and
proclamation declaring tlie canvon.a
National Monument will be signed at
an early date. This means that more
California's redwood giants will be
saved for the scientific study and
pleasure of the whole country, in fact
the whole world, for the great se
quotas are only found in the Golden
State. This grove given to the gov
eminent by Mr. Kent is one of the
only tracts of redwood forests to be
found in its natural state in California
today. The land is said to have cost
Mr. Kent $47,000 some years ago, but
its stand of redwood timber alone
now valued at more than $150, (XX)
on the market.
The canyons of Tamalpais which
drain into San Francisco Bay, were
cut clean years ago and the redwood
obtained from them went into the
construction of the old San Fran
Cisco. The giants on the tract to be
known as Muir Woods escaped the
ax however, chietly because the out
let is on the ocean side instead of the
bay side, and also because the vari
ous owners of the land have for senti
mental reasons jealously guarded th
timber from harm or destruction
Modern methods of logging would
make short work of the timber, and
would, besides, put a handsome pro
fit in the hands of the owners.
It is the intention to name the Na
tional Monument "Muir Woods," af
ter John Muir, the noted naturalist.
The giants of Redwood Canyon will
now be given permanent protection
by virtue of the Act of June 8, 1906,
which provides that objects of scien
tific interest may be declared Na
tional Monuments if such action is
deemed necessary for their preserva
tion and protection. This 295 acres
tract will be a pleasure ground as
well ' as a place for scientific study
for the people proctically of the
whole of California, for within a
radius of 52 miles of the canyon two
thirds of the population of the en
tire state are centered.
The chief reason for the perma
nent protection of the land by the
government is that there is no other
redwood grove in the whole world
more accessible to so many people.
The canyon is in absolutely primeval
condition, not so much as scratched
by the hands of man. It lies within
an hour's ride of San Francisco, at
the very door of hundreds of thous
ands of people.
So long as the land remains in pri
vate ownership there is always dan
ger that the trees will be attacked,
and Mr. Kent feared this, but as a
National Monument they will be safe
for all times. There are, of course,
many finer stands of redwood in
California, but there are no typical
groves owned by the United States
I nor are there any which might be
acquired by the government except
at great expense.
Originally this land was part of the
old Spanish grant, "Rancho Sausali
to." Mr. Kent purchased the land
some years ago for a sum said to be
about $47,000. To insure the preser
vation of the redwoods for the in
struction and enjoyment of all the
people for the years to come, he has
now deeded the tract to the United
States as a gift; The largest red
woods are eighteen feet in diameter
at the butt and will approach three
hundred feet in height, rising with
perfectly straight and clean stems.
As none of the big trees have been
cut, their age is of course somewhat
problematical, but it is safe to say
that the veterans have stood from
one thousand to fifteen hundred
years.
The total stand of redwood, rough
ly estimated, is about 30 million feet,
with some five million feet of fir, and
a very considerable amount of tan
bark oak. The .redwood alone, at a
fair valuation, has a market value of
$150,000 as it stands. Except for a
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narrow strip of brush along the cast
border and a fringe along the south
west line, the wlmle canyon is cover
ed with a denc forct growth. The
tainl is heaviest along the creek and
on the lower slopes, becoming poorer
bove. Redwood is the dominating
tree, towering high above everything
else and forming fully three-fourths
of the whole forest.
Douglas fir is next in importance,
nd scattered over the entire tract
re all the various hardwood com
mon to the region, chief among which
are the numerous caks ltiadrone, al-
cr, maple and mountain laurel, all
f which form a kind of dwarf under
wood to the lofty redwood and fir.
The redwood occurs both in big and
small groups and by single trees.
hile the other species arc sprinkled
throughout.
The destruction of redwood by
lumbering linn been so rapid in the
last decade that it is now only a
question of years when, the original
growth will have wholly disappeared.
Its extraordinary scientific and edu
cational value, along with the fact
that it is a pleasure ground for all
of the people who live or visit this
part of California, makes the wood
an ideal National Monument. v
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Hardware, GroceriesJShip
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Tan Bark, Blue Stone, Muriatle Acid. Welch Coal, Tar,
Ash Oars, Oak Lumlier, Pipe and Fittings, Brass
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"IN GOD WE TRUST."
GUTHRIE. Jan. 29.-A memorial
to congress requesting the return of
"In God We Trust," to all coins, was
introduced in the house of represen
tatives today.
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