Farm Notes, Part 2. MAGAZINE SECTION. Choice Fiction, rat. re emo BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1006, Current Topics. CHAMPIONED PAUL JONES. MRS. DONALD Mc¢LEAN FOUGHT FOR BURIAL OF NAVAL HERO AT ANNAPOLIS, 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 ehould be buried near to the { great naval school, When the annual convention of the| ‘There was tremendous opposition to Daughters of the American Revolution | the proposition, and the congress voted was in session in Washington a few to “lay the resolution on the table,” an weeks ago the meetings were presided | expression used in parliamentary pro- over by Mrs. Donald McLean. She en-| ceedings to defer action on the subject, joyed the unique distinction of being | Later {t was taken up, but the congress the first presiding officer of the con-|vyoted against taking the body of the gress who was not the wife of some | naval hero to Annapolis and favored man prominent in official circles. She | bringing it to Washington for burial in had been a candidate for this high | Arlington. Mrs. McLean has now, how. woman's office for several years, and | ever, seen one of her dearest wishes the opposition to her election was! carried out, and, as head of one of the plainly stated because she could not| greatest socleties of patriotic women bring to the office high “national” |ip the world, she was a guest of honor prestige, which the Daughters of the|at the recent burial ceremonies of Ad- American Revolution felt was neces- | miral Paul Jones at Annapolis, sary to the varied traditions of the so- clety, FROM LONG LINE OF PATRIOTS. Mrs. McLean has half a yard or so of ancestral bars on her revolutionary ribbon, and hails back to some very distinguished citizens, both men and women. She was born in Prospect Hall, Frederick, Md., the city made famous by Whittier's poem, “Barbara Fritchie.” The ancestral hall a big, beautiful that he migh* live again. To her husband, Senator Stanford, she sald: “It was his wish and desire that indigent young men should have an equal advantage in obtal Ing eduea- tion. For his sake let us erect a uni- versity where all shall have an equal chance.” From that way the Senator and Mrs, Stanford devoted their entire energies toward planning the Leland Stanford, Junior, University. liclous tantrum of nature reversed th direction of the west wind the whole populous digtrict to west, blocked with fleeing refugees and unilluminated except by the disastrous glare on the water front, seemed safe by 9 o'clock Van Ness avenue flat as the eart on the east glide. Every pound cotton did work, and, though ruins burned, it was but feebly., Fr Golden Gate avenue on fire crossed the wide street place 1¢ Claus Spre on the corner of California There the flames were writhing up the walls the dynamiters ould ' reach yet they made their way to the foundations, carrying ti explo- sives despite the furnace-like heat, The charge had to be placed so swiftly and the fuse lit In such a hurry the explosion was not quite successful from the trained viewpoint of the gunners jut though the walls still stood, it was only an empty victory fire, as © STANFORD UNIVERSITY. ALMOST COMPLETE DESTRUC- TION OF THE PICTURESQUE CALIFORNIA COLLEGE, Built in Spanish Architecture and Cost of Buildings Alone was Thirty Million Dollars—Will Probably be Rebuilt. FIRE VERSUS DYNAMITE. | TONS OF THE EXPLOSIVE USED AT SAN FRANCISCO TO FIGHT FLAMES. th Lid f )y n gun the ) om north the it one 184 i of As President-General of Patriotic Daughters of the American Rev- olution She Was Invited Guest of Honor at Ceremony. Lives Place Compound in Teeth of Oncoming Fire~-Whole Blocks Razed to Prevent Disaster, Three Men of Navy at Risk of Theis | the —— Government Positions, As “distance lends enchantment,” so perhaps are many people affected who, living in the remote Btates, are desirous of holding an appointive of- Lt! Kes residence One of the mose serious results of the 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 go 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 bare brick and smoking ruins are poor {buildings were all in the picturesque food for flames, | Spanish mission style, with the arch as | Kg pe ®. EFFECTIVE WORK OF WEEK the principal architectural feature. This : : ; Capt. MacBride's dynamiting equad fact, which was much a source of : i 4 realized that a stand was hopeless, ex- beauty, has probably been the largest i : & Yan Ness avesne. ‘hey could source of destruction, because, iil i] | have forced the explosives further In the arch undisturbed is one of the most A k . the burning section, but not a.pound of | secure of bullding forms, when thrown the terrible guncotton could be or was {out of plumb it must fall, wasted. The ruined block that met the IRREPARABLE ART LOSS, ghfare formed a trench The main buildings are built around 18 ustered structures that an inner quadrangle, which contains 1 as it was, could the offices of administration an I | imping brine . y A | " . ‘ hroug! "or adison from the bay class These buildings are ; ! ! rt ) las \ ™ . all 4 mpleted the li WO! hat the gun. one height 1¢ oute ad- ’ : rangle, architectural feat sity, has as main the memorial arch, frieze, by the 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 sclentifically fice under Uncle Sam at Washington. | wielded by three men of the UU. 8. Navy, | Lured by the short hours, light sent by Admiral McCalla from Mare work, and comparatively large salaries, | Island with orders to check the confla- treel, " before it “ i that for the 8O EE —. Made a Good Speech. Senator Morgan the venerable states. man from Alabama, has that valuable sense of humor which enables the pos- gessor to enjoy a jokeswhen 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 ri v ept on @ ir il Of wi rooms in whi story ¥ a con pI ires St. Gaudens, repre ivilization In J ite this, ti the Stanford 4 7 1 Mount.” tion rogress of mosal on the This alone, sal its nstru of the in « $1,000 000, exclusive 8 and carving marble statues from Europe Perhaps ii may of the lings and equipment, spite of thelr great value, is the least part of the disaster, because since the university was started on Senator St d's Pi Ito ranch it has been . : ‘ Staniurd's § ale A ioe toward higher | he young man or woman is likely to, gration at any cost of | 3 INATY ious rr A fie SARE Not | 100K upon jepartment service as a W them they . education on he Paci ” pre "2 reat beautiful life of “Do Little and Draw | haif of gun only has one ahead with gr Be “ : Aes on Re —_— Bt ut. but at | Your Pay” and watch the passing|of which was equal i +58 “ Ji L On 4 a on aN, Vas ’ “ . + ” " ‘ af : " - - carried the State University at Berke , But it has its seamy side and | termin ley along with it in healthy rivalry, |Cafries both advantages and disadvan-| Capt Py . 3 : 4 ail : | 3 n a J 7 rages | N i the until the two gave an equipment tor | 148 ® in its train. v There is the danger of fossilization; higher education in California that was | k not rivaled by that of any other State, | Of becoming a leaf in the sere; with rgles gone and aspiration dead. MRS. STANFO..D'S GENEROSITY® This danger is great and seems almost If it were not for the indomitable | inevitable to him who has many years spirit which seems to have enabled the | of service in the departments. Though university to triumph over many difi- | all will not agree with the Hon, Champ tities It might be said that ita career | Clark a recent has been particularly ill-starred. For | day Evening Post in spite of its great lowment, said | the to exceed that of institution | s} any her in h of learning in the o« try, it has as mod- were QUADRANGLE R MEMORIAL TANCE MEMORIAI FORD wiTn CHURCH TANFORD IN DI Oor- x they MacBride and y history on that ¢ sald that the | ARCH GROUP, bul Elephants Going Up. five-foot CORSE spring.’ tated elephant of this fe is or a on terrifi to the maniacal de ation of the fire ha ould be MacBride was in command of squad, Chief Guuner Adamson|,... are growing scarcer with the placed the charges, and the third gun- | " i ner set them off. settlement of the globe, and their The thunderous detonations to which | prices tend upward. More emall ele. the terrified « ity listened all that dread- | phants than big ones are imported be- ful Friday night meant the salvation of | .,,.c0 they cost lees to begin with and many lives. A million ars’ we 4 A : A of property, Ble ences and | they are easier and the Satur- wi rthless shacks were and showmen says “Over | drifting dust bu that lestr } f« the Departments | broke the spirit letters 80 neTty prope: y and powel importer imals “$1 a brought cotton, the 400 ich two years ago. other wild remarked for whic He Mi as ¥ a | show boug ai like anj- rth | rid Ause safer to ©, nob res) in in i article in when he wa { the " transl " 11 ALIKE ) | anspor ike th reason that en do Tr . ing A ould Le inscribed in g fli RIN¢ arred DYNAMITE A BLOCK Di} The whole east e of Van > large | Tag » i . may read | Own Hope Abandon Ye Who Enter! Here.” | IDE man | he fire government fn ¥ that wen at hb All w ath and woman of +) Golden Gat : y 1 « of as and as y i This man mother of Mrs talk.’ 1 had Ritchie, She also R. matters of the father of #8 and n t been | mys ever since organizat 5 Al society Judge John Rit Mrs. McLea: was el } ) of the ‘our : Joe “ ind on | £1) Leland St He wa | I i wh Jd Mrs, Mels tr ’ yland jaughts Wa a DOY Declaration A Bad Memory. Senator Knox's phys nim gE Ye up MNOKINE A ago and put him In the sams Nie nator Gen. Roger Nelson gixteen in college wh of Indeps« was He ran away and i the revolutionary forces. He n rank Brigadier General for conspicuous bravery on fleld of battle. He left for dead on the battlefield Cowpens, and a British officer in passing his body wan tonly struck his hand the flat of his saber. breaking the bones of every finger To his dying day, which 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. Melean's ancestry began back of the revolutionary period, however Judges Lynn and Beattle, two of those twelve Judges known as “The Twelve Immortals,” who first signed a protest against the British stamp act in 1765, ten years before the battle of Lexing 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 Burgess, of of | ian advised is alread 1derstood t few ny: ass with plans rebuild. | as statemen! President David the students of the iniversity, asking them to remain and | " to naence sha joine« n : he Spooner PRE morning iappened up after been made Jordan s amol na rose | to 4A nox As The n forty 113 } YOArs Senator Kn the next Starr to Was ician of with Of~ Sond ney wea ONT MAIN FACADE, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, MEMORIAL ARCH IN CENTER. {at the Capitol and went Into the Sen colonial Maryland history Mrs. Mclean was educated at what was at the time known as the Woman's College. She was gradvated 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 1883, to Donald Mclean, a man of a long line of revolutionary ancestors like herself and a brilliant lawyer in New York city, Mrs. Mclean has made a practical study of parliamentary law, and in the long years of battling for chapter rights on the floor of the Continental Con gress and her own big chapter has be- | ator's committee room to pass the time of day. He found Knox smoking a clgar “Here, Senator,” he sald, “1 thought I told you to quit that” "Quit what?” asked Knox, In mild surprise, ———————— ——— San Movements. Standing on the seashore at a well. known Atlantic Coast resort, watching a beautiful sunset, with its raye plere- ing the clouds, were two Jews, “Look!” sald one of the followers of Moses, “see the sun rays.” “No,” replied the other, “dere Is vhere de sun sets.” ald In bringing order out of the chaos resulting from the earthquake. Pres ident Jordan has been mentioned tO succeed the Inte Professor Langley a8 Secretary to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, but those who are In A position to know state that it is be- lleved that he will remain at the helm of the Stanford University and sce that the magnificept bulldings are erected again Stanford University had its concep tion In Italy In 1884. There a four teen year old American boy tossed on his bed, struck down by a malignant fever. His fond mother knelt at his bedside and as his young life passed out, she arose filled with an inspiration ast Your Initial. i weroll oid a 10 be, they can be and Land delam TE CT gh He of aos W. 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