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PIONED PAUL JONES,
DOXAID MeLEAX FOUGHT
BURIAL OF XA VAL HERO
AT AXXAPO LIS.
■President-General of Patriotic
■ughters of the American Rev-
■ition She Was Invited Guest of
Knor at Ceremony.
■hen the annual convention of the
■ghters of the American Revolution
■ in session in Washington a few
Kks ago the meetings were presided
Hr by Mrs. Donald McLean. She en-
Bed the unique distinction of being
le first presiding officer of the con-
fess who was not the wife of some
fen prominent in official circles. She
Id been a candidate for this high
Iman's office for several years, and
le opposition to her election was
lainly stated because she could not
ling to the office high “national”
restlge, which the Daughters of the
tmerican Revolution felt was neces-
Rry to the varied traditions of the so-
lety.
fROM LONG LINE OF PATRIOTS.
Mrs. McLean has half a yard or so of
ncestral bars on her revolutionary
Ibbon, and halls back to some very
istlnguished citizens, both men and
ramen. She was born in Prospect Hall,
’rederick, Md., the city made famous
y Whittier’s poem,“Barbara Fritchle."
'he ancestral hall is a big. beautiful
come a finished expert in thrust and
parry In parliamentary tactics.
At the Fourteenth Continental Con­
gress of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, when Mrs. McLean was
Regent of the New York Chapter, she
assisted in introducing a resolution
looking to the burial of Paul Jones in
Annapolis, Md., that being her native
State. Besides having a local pride,
she thought the first naval hero of the
nation should be buried near to the
great naval school.
•
There was tremendous opposition to
the proposition, and the congress voted
to “lay the resolution on the table,” an
expression used In parliamentary pro­
ceedings to defer action on the subject.
Later it was taken up, but the congress
voted against taking the body of the
naval hero to Annapolis and favored
bringing it to Washington for burial in
Arlington. Mrs. McLean has now, how­
ever, seen one of her dearest wishes
carried out, and, as head of one of the
greatest societies of patriotic women
in the world, she was a guest of honor
at the recent burial ceremonies of Ad-
miral Paul Jones at Annapolis.
Made a Good Speech.
Senator Morgan the venerable states­
man from Alabama, has that valuable
sense of humor which enables the pos­
sessor to enjoy a joke when the laugh
Is on himself. The other evening, as
he tells about It, he picked up an old
copy of the Congressional Record while
at home, and opening it at random be­
gan to read. "Very soon,” says the
MKS. DONALD MeLEAN, President-General of Daughters of the Revolution.
old place of colonial architecture, and
it is only a few years since Mrs.
Ritchie, mother of Mrs. McLean, died.
She also had been prominent in D. A.
R. matters ever since the organization
of the society. Judge John Ritchie,
father of Mrs. McLean, served In Con­
gress and was subsequently elevated to
the bench of the Court of Appeals of
Maryland. He was an orator of re­
nown. and Mrs. McLean seems to have
inherited this attribute of her father.
Mrs. McLean's grandfather was
Judge William P. Maulsby, and her
grandmother, Emily Nelson, for whom
she was named, was the daughter of
Gen. Roger Nelson, who was a boy of
sixteen in college when the Declaration
of Independence was signed. He ran
away and joined the revolutionary
forces. He rose in rank to Brigadier-
General for conspicuous bravery on the
field of battle. He was left for dead
on the battlefield of Cowpens, and a
British officer in passing his body wan­
tonly struck his hand with the flat of
his saber, breaking the bones of every
finger. To his dying day, which oc­
curred many years later, Gen. Nelson
carried a stiffened hand. He became a
member of Congress and later was
made a Justice of the Supreme Court
of the State.
DATES BACK OF REVOLUTION.
Mrs. McLean’s ancestry began back
of the revolutionary period, however.
Judges Lynn and Beattie, two of those
twelve Judges known as "The Twelve
Immortals.” who first signed a protest
against the British stamp act In 1<«5.
ten years before the battle of Isling­
ton, have in Mrs. McLean a descendant
who is not unworthy of the Illustrious
example of fearlessness of spirit set by
them. Lieut James Lackland was also
an ancestor of Mrs. McLean, as was
also Deputy Governor Burgees, of
colonial Maryland history.
Mrs McTsan was educated at what
wa's at the time known as the Woman's
Collsge. She was graduated at the age
of fourteen, receiving a diploma which
is one of her proud possessions to-day.
She continued her studies in history,
music and the languages until her mar­
riage. in 18«». to Donald McLean. •
man of a long line of
ancestors like herself and a brilliant
lawyer in New York city.___
Mrs McLean has made a practical
«»nilv of narliatnentarv law. and In the
’.ng y«^f battling for chapter rights
on the floor of the Continental Con-
creta and her own big chapter has be-
cadlight.
Oamtwlt
Senator, “I became interested, and as
I proceeded I said to myBelf, ‘This man
is making a very sensible talk.’ 1
found myself quite In accord with his
views and read along with a good deal
of approval until I finished two pages
I was wondering who could have made
such a speech but was too much inter­
ested to look back to find out. But as
I turned the page I came upon an In­
terruption, and there was my own name
given as the Senator making the reply.
It was my own speech I had been read­
ing.”
A Had Memory.
Senator Knox’s physician advised
him to give up smoking a few days
ago and put him in the same class with
Senator Spooner, also smokeless, after
forty years of it. The next morning
Senator Knox’s physician happened up
San Movements.
Standing on the seashore at a well-
known Atlantic Const resort, watching
a beautiful sunset. with Its rayr pierc­
ing the clouds, were two Jews.
“Look!" said one of the followers of
Moses, “see the sun ray» "
“No,” replied the other, “dere is
vhere de sun sets ” .
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PARCHMENT.
»«etion.—Tillamook, Oregon, Jun« 21, 1906
STANFORD UNIVERSITY.
ALMOST COMPLETE DESTRUC
T10X OF THE PICTURESQUE
CALIF0RX1A COLLEGE.
Built in Spanish Architecture and
Cost of Buildings Alone was Thirty
Million Dollars—Will Probably be
Rebuilt.
» One of the mose serious results of
Hhe Pacific coast earthquake disaster
is the destruction of Stanford Univer­
sity, near Palo Alto. More than $30,-
000,000 had been expended on the
buildings alone, and the damage has
been so severe that It will mean prac­
tically an entire loss. This group of
buildings was planned and built on a
prearranged scheme and has been ac­
counted the finest group of structures
for educational purposes on this con­
tinent, if not in the entire world. The
buildings were all in the picturesque
Spanish mission style, with the arch as
t'"J principal architectural feature. This
fact, which was so much a source of
beauty, has probably been the largest
source of destruction, because, while
the arch undisturbed is one of the most
secure of building forms, when thrown
out of plumb it must fall.
IRREPARABLE ART LOSS.
The main buildings are built around
an Inner quadrangle, which contains
the offices of administration and some
class rooms. These buildings are all
one story in height. The outer quad­
rangle, which comprises the principal
architectural features of the univer­
sity, has as main points of interest
the memorial arch, with its wonderful
frieze, by St. Gaudens, representing
the progress of civilization In America,
and directly opposite this, through the
inner quadrangle, the Stanford Memo­
rial Church, with its mosaic front de­
picting the "Sermon on the Mount.”
This building cost, in construction
alone, $1,000,000, exclusive of the mo­
saics and carvings inside and out, and
its marble statues and art treasures
from Europe.
Perhaps it may be said that the loss
or the buildings and equipment, in
spite of their great value, is the least
part of the disaster, because since the
university was started on Senator
Stanford’s Palo Alto ranch it has been
a marvelous incentive toward higher
education on the Pacific coast. Not
only has it gone ahead with great
strides on its own account, but it has
carried the State University at Berke­
ley along with it in healthy rivalry,
until the two gave an equipment for
higher education in California that was
not rivaled by that of any other State.
MRS. STANKO. D'S* GENEROSITY.
If it were not for the indomitable
Bplrit which seems to have enabled the
university to triumph over many diffi­
culties it might be said that its career
has been particularly ill-starred. For
in spite of its great endowment, said
to exceed that of any other institution
of learning in the country, it has been
unfortunate from the beginning. Vex­
atious litigation arose at the time of
Senator Stanford s death, in 1894, and
the claims put forward by those who
had received personal bequests, to have
them settled first, seriously impaired
the finances of the university because
it was impossible to realize upon its
property. After that the Pacific rail­
road suits tied up the university money
for a couple of years, until the Su­
preme Court decided in favor of the
Stanford estate. But Mrs. Stanford,
with wonderful courage and singleness
of purpose, unselfishly turned all of her
property over to the university, saw
it through its crises until her recent
tragic death in Honolulu, when the
Leland Stanford University waa again
thrown In despair. Its present de­
struction by the earthquake seems to
come as a culminating disaster, yet It
Is probable that it will rise again su­
perior to the conditions which seem
in league .against it, though it has
practically been set back to an abso­
lutely new beginning.
It is already understood that plans
have been considered for the rebuild­
ing of the university, as the statement
has been made by President David
Starr Jordan to the students of the
university, asking them to remain and
MAIN FACADE, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, MEMORIAL ARCII IN CENTER.
at the Capitol and went Into the Sen­
ator’s committee room to pass the time
of day. He found Knox smoking a
cigar.
“Here, Senator,” he said, “I thought
I told you to quit that."
“Quit what?“ asked Knox, in mild
surprise.
When you Want
Butter Paper,
ald in bringing order out of the chaoa
resulting from the earthquake. PreB­
ident Jordan has been mentioned to
succeed the late Professor Langley as
Secretary to the Smithsonian Institute
in Washington, bnt those who are in
a position to know state that it is be­
lieved that he will remain at the helm
of the Stanford University and set
that the magnificent building» are
erected again
Stanford Unlverslt had Its concep­
tion In Italy in 1M84. There a four­
teen year old American t>oy to««ed i
Ills tied, «trw-k <kiwn b’ a mallrnant
fever. HI« food mother knelt at his
bedside and as his yo* ; life passed
out she arose tilled with an inspiration
that he mlgh1 live again.
To her husband. Senator Stanford,
she said: "It was bis wish and desire
that Indigent young men should have
an equal advantage in obtal ing educa­ TOXS OF THE EXPLOSIVE USED
tion. For his sake let us erect a uni­ AT SAX FRAXCISCO TO FIGHT
versity where all shall have an equal
FLAMES.
chan<e.” From that <-ay the Senator
and Mrs. Stanford devoted their entire Three Men of Navy at Risk of Their
energies toward planning the Leland Lives Place Compound in Teeth of
Stanford, Junior, University.
Oncoming Fire-W hole Blocks Razed
FIRE VERSUS DYNAMITE.
to Prevent Disaster.
Government Positions.
As “distance lends enchantment," so
perhaps are many people affected
who, living in the remote States, are
desirous of holding an appointive of­
fice under Uncle Sam at Washington.
Lured by the short hours, light
work, and comparatively large salaries,
Through the destructive agency of
dynamite the section of San Francisco
still standing was saved at a cost of
more than a million dollars. This pow­
erful compound was scientifically
wielded by three men of the U. S. Navy,
sent by Admiral McCalla from Mare
Island with orders to check the confia-
à
QBADRANGLE WITH STANFORD
MEMORIAL CHURCH IN DIS­
TANCE.
MEMORIAL ARCH AND STAN­
llclous tantrum of nature reversed the
direction of the west wind the whole
populous district to the west, blocked
with tleeing refugees and unilluminated
except by the disastrous glare on the
water front, seemed sate by 9 o’clock.
Van Ness avenue is fiat as the earth
on the east side. Every pound of gun
cotton did its work, and, though the
ruins burned. It was but feebly. From
Golden Gate avenue on the north the
fire crossed the wide street In but one
place—the Claus Spreckels' residence,
on the corner of California street.
There the tlames were writhing up the
walls before the dynamiters could
reach it; yet they made their way to
the foundations, carrying their explo­
sives despite the furnace-llke heat. The
charge had to be placed so swiftly and
the fuse lit in such a hurry that the
explosion was not quite successful from
the trained viewpoint of the gunners.
But though the walls still stood, it waa
only an empty victory for the fire, as
bare brick and smoking ruins are poor
food for flames.
EFFECTIVE WORK OF WEEK.
Capt. MacBride's dynamiting squad
realized that a stand was hopeless, ex­
cept on Van Ness avenue. They could
have forced their explosives further in
the burning section, but not a pound of
the terrible guncotton could be or waa
wasted. The ruined block that met the
wide thoroughfare formed a trench
through the clustered structures that
the conflagration, wild as It was, could
not leap. Engines pumping brine
through Fort Madison from the bay
completed the little work that the gun­
cotton had left, but for three days the
haggard-eyed firemen guarded the flick­
ering ruins.
The desolate waste straight through
the heart of the city Is a mute witness
to the most heroic and effective work of
the whole calamity. Three men did
this—three, simply, because they would
not trust their work to others—and
when their work was over and what
stood of the city for the first time
rested quietly, they departed as mod­
estly as they had come. They were or­
dered to save San Francisco; they
obeyed orders, and Capt. MacBrlde and
his two gunners madu history on that
dreadful night.
FORD GROUP.
the young man or woman is likely to
look upon department service as a
beautiful life of "Do Little and Draw
Your Pay” and watch the passing
show. But it has its seamy side and
carries both advantages and disadvan­
tages in its train.
There is the danger of fossilization;
of becoming a leaf in the sere; with
energies gone and aspiration dead.
This danger is great and seems almost
Inevitable to him who has many years
of service in the departments. Though
all will not agree with the Hon. Champ
Clark in a recent article in the Satur­
day Evening Post when he says "Over
the doorways of the Departments
should be Inscribed in letters so large
that he who runs may read:
“All Hope Abandon Ye Who Enter
Here.”
Yet to the young man and woman
who would keep the fires of their am­
bition burning, government service
should be entered only as a stepping
stone to a more strenuous life of
higher and better things.
gration at any cost of life or property
With them they brought a ton and a
half of gun cotton, the terrific powet
of which was equal to the maniacal de­
termination of the fire.
Capt. MacBrlde was In command of
the squad. Chief Gunner Adamson
placed the charges, and the third gun­
ner set them oft.
The thunderous detonations to which
the terrified city listened all that dread­
ful Friday night meant the salvation of
many lives. A million dollars’ worth
of property, noble residences and
worthless shacks alike, were blown to
drifting dust, but that destruction
broke the spirit of the fire and sent the
raging flames cringing back over their
own charred path.
DYNAMITE A BLOCK DEEP.
The whole east side of Van Ness ave­
nue, from Golden Gate to Greenwich,
was dynamited a block deep, though
most of the structures stood untouched
by flame or cinder. Not one c .rge
failed; no one building stood upon it
foundations. Unless some second ma-
Elephunts Going Up.
"A five-foot elephant costs this
spring,” an Importer of animals la
stated to have remarked, “»1,400. as
against $1,200, for which such ele-
phants could be bought two years ago.
"Elephants, like all other wild anl-
mals, are growing scarcer with the
settlement of the globe, and their
prices tend upward. More small ele­
phants than big ones are imported be­
cause they cost less to begin with and
becauso they aro easier and safer to
transport, and showmen like them,
too, for the reason that young ele­
phants are more tractable and easier
to train. And small elephant» are at­
tractive anyway.
"Then, the elephant Is a hardy ani­
mal In captivity and he Is naturally
long lived, and the young elephant In­
creases in value with
.........
bls growth. So
that even with their price« tending
upward, young elephants are good
property, though even they are rather
large for family pets.