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Cos CIncjcles Simbay (Times, i. 8 SUNDAY, MAY 19, 1901' SERVICES IN MEMORIAL THE TIMES-MIRROR COMPANY. H.G.OTIS President.aod General Manager. ITARRY CHANDLER Vice-PretVdept and Assistant General Manager. kl APIAN Secretary.

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Press. City Editor and local new room, Presa AGENTS: Eastern Agent, Williams A Lawrence, New. 81-81 Tribune Building, New Torkj S7 Washing ton atnet, Chicago. Washington Bureau, 46 Post Building. on to speak of the Work of the Chamber of Commerce, and to describe the exhibit made by Southern California, especially the big fruit, which always excites the admiration and surprise of eastern people who have never visited the State.

The display of Southern California products at Buffalo, like those which have been made by this section at previous expositions, will assuredly result in bringing thousands of home seekers this way. All who are in the position to do so should not fall to aid the good work by furnishing the Chamber of Commerce with choice samples of fine fruit to be forwarded to the exposition. Arrangements have been made to send forward such samples regularly during the next five months. POOD ADULTERATION. Reference was made in The Times a couple of weeks ago to an interesting report of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, on the food values of various products, particularly cereal foods and substitutes for coffee.

Maine Is not the only State that has been taking up this important question of foods, their value and their adulterations. Connecticut is one of the few States of the Union which has a first-class food law. It was passed in 1895. Under this law, the agricul A GRACEFUL REFERENCE. The President's Words Regarding the Widow of the PathfinderThe Country Interested.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat: In his speech at Los Angeles President McKlnley made a. graceful reference to Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont, daughter of Benton and widow of the PatJh-flnder, Mrs. Fremont resides In that city, and the country, as well as California, will Join the President "In reverent and affectionate regard" for one of the grand old women of her time.

Sixty years have passed since Mrs. Fremont became a bride at the age of 16. In her marriage a good deal of later national history was involved. It was to prevent the match that Senator Benton had Lieut. Fremont sent out to the wilderness to explore the Des Moines.

In that Journey Fremont caught the atmosphere of the Far West, across whose vast expanse he was destined to lead five epedltlons. Benton mada an explorer without unmaking a lover, John and Jessie quickly found a way to become man and wife, and it was his bride who encouraged him to undertake his first expedition, though It meant a long separation. Fremont's role in national affairs was a remarkable one, and Jessie was ever his adviser. He pushed the acquisition of California faster than the govern-ment was willing to move, and undoubtedly hastened its action. His canvass for the Presidency as the first Republican candidate was a sudden and dramatic episode in politics.

In the Civil War he was more than a year ahead of time In Issuing an emancU patlon proclamation. Perhaps he hastened that event also. At least he set people to thinking about It. If he were living today he would be three years Oftlcaa: Time Building, Eafrtd at tbr Lai Atigtlea Pottoltlct tor traaatnlitlon mm matt matter ottb aaconrf cImum The Los Angeles Velodrome has been relegated to the dump heap. Ventura has a Fat Men's Club.

There is nothing slow about the crowd. A Traver man is In a catchy busi ness. He manufactures sticky ny paper. Oxnaord has a sweet mess on her hands suigar making from molasses is now going on. San Francisco has a "Poultr- Pick ers' Union." No, there are no "cullud jssbns in it.

The tanners of Stockton will organ ize a union not the schoolmarms, but the hide buyers. Lonir Beach, wants an opportunity to vote again on the liquor question that Is, the thirsty Inhabitant does. A luvenlle band has been organized at Porterville. Strange and weird are the noises which permeate mat necK Of the woods. Generous Willie.

William Palmtag has donated two young pigs and a keg of beer for the firemen's banquet at Holllster. Salinas Journal. George Catts Is the Democratic candidate for Mayor of Stockton. He ought to be able to come up to the scratch and face the mew-slc. Long Beach and Santa Monica are congratulating themselves that the census of their respective towns was not taken a week ago Thursday, Whiskers and long hair will now be popular among the male residents of Los Angeles, if the proposed raise in prices Is carried out by the barbers.

The Mayor of Santa Rosa says he has "done all he can" to suppress gambling, but It still continues. Santa Kosa needs a new Mayor mighty bad. Temperance people of Pasadena are planning for a great shake-up. As Pasadena is a "temperance" town. It must be a sort of milk shake that is Intended.

The Santa Rosa flour mills advertise for a well "bread" boy who will "rise" early when "needed;" willing to "loaf" around and draw his "dough' at the end of each week. Two San Francisco Chinamen fought for an hour In a dark cellar with hatchets, In an attempt to Carrynation-ize each other. The wily Celestial Is not slow to take up the latest up-to-date American fads. The Long Beach Tribune says that the liquor men Intend to "push" a petition to settle the question of a saloon at Long Beach. Instead of a "push" they will have to have a "pull" and a mighty good one, too.

The most absent-minded man in California lives in Woodland. He drove to town and attended a lectuTe, leaving his horse hitched to a post. After the lecture he walked home, leaving the animal miles behind him in town. Frederick W. Vroom has been granted a divorce from his wife at Sacramento.

She threw the contents of a cuspidore In his face, stabbed him in the abdomen, shot him in the back and fired two more shots at him. The woman was born in Kentucky. This explains the whole business Her fiery temper comes natural to her. The latest news from the oil fields, according to the San Berdoo Sun, is that a small boy carrying home a can of kerosene spilled some In a puddle while cutting across lots, and within thirty minutes the owner of the property and half a dozen friends, who were being let In on the ground floor, had met and organized an oil company, putting stock on the market at a big figure. It takes a San Berdoo editor to spin the big ones.

URRENT COMMENT. Nothing Imperial About Him. President McKlnley is enjoying his visit through the great Southwest, 13 visiting the mines and shaking hands with the tollers therein and getting acquainted with all sorts of country and people. There isn't a thing about the President or his visit that looks imperial. Grand Island (Neb.) Independent.

A Significant Gift. A faded flag with a single star passed at Houston into President McKlnley's possession from the hands of the venerable widow of Anson Jones, the last President of the independent Texan republic, and the bitter opponent of annexation. At that moment the past made its apologies and acknowledgments to the present. No community that has had the luck to get into this nntion ever regretted it afterward. New York Sun.

Astounded at the Change. Thirty-five years ago Horace Greeley, after a visit to the Pacific Coast, lectured and wrote on the wonderful results sure to follow Irrigation of the arid lands of Arizona and California, and other "desert" places. At the East Mr. Greeley's zeal was smiled at as "Horace's new hobby." President McKlnley Is "astounded," as thousands of tourists have been before him, at the marvelous transformation causing "the desert to rejoice and blossom as the roce" due to the artificial watering of these valleys and plains. New York World.

Scores Its Representatives. Perhaps It was too much to expect that the pleasure of the President's trip should not be marred; it was really too good to be the earth earthy. So, first, there came the story of the Ohio party's Jealousy, and immediately upon its heels came the story of Mrs. McKlnley's Illness. That any Ohio party should deem Itself slighted because the President was the center of attraction has caused only indignation at these misrepresentations of the Buckeye State.

The regret at Mrs. McKlnley's illness Is strongly reflected In Ohio, and the hope that she will be speedily restored to her normal health finds hearty support. Columbus Dispatch. Break in the Solid South. The South was never wanting In hospitality, but its reception is much warmer to President McKlnley than it gave to President Cleveland, or than it gave to President Polk when he went on a tour through several of the States below Mason and Dixon's line around the time of the Mexican War.

The present President is not only personally popular with all parties, but his views on expansion are in harmony with those held by the South In the days when that section was dominant In the country's politics. The Democrats who are saying that there is nothing politically significant In the warmth of the South's greeting to Mr. McKlnley would do well to keep the latter fact in mind. There Is going to be a break In the partisan solidity of the South, and It will make Itself felt In 1904 probably In the Congressional election of 1902 It may be seen in its initial stage. There are some Republican conquests in store In the very near future down In Dixieland.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Illness of the "First Lady of the Land" has caused the keenest regret throughout the United States In spite of the most definite assurance that it cannot be of a serious character. It was the wish of all that Mrs. McKlnley, who has not been In good health for some years, would derive the greit-est amount of enjoyment from this western Journey.

Arizona i Apricot pits are. quoted at $9 a ton in San Francisco. Downey has "called off" Its Fourth of July celebration. Yolo county paid over $485 in gopher bounties last month. The sugar-beet crop at King City will be a record breaker.

The Woodland creamery made 40,000 pounds of butter in April. Citizens of Davlsvllle, Yolo county, are asking for a system of fire protection. Opium to the value of $1000 was seized by the customs authorities at San Francisco. The butchers ofValIeJo have agreed to keep their shops closed on Sundays after June 1. The Pacific Match Company, with a capital stock of $100,000, has been organized at Madera.

A Hilton coal dealer offers $100 to the churches of Hilton if he sells 1000 tons of coal during the year. Oakland has Imposed a $3 a year license upon every business house with a sign attached to the building. Frank Breed of Fresno, a baseball enthusiast, is making an effort to reorganize the San Joaquin VaUey League. The California Fish commission reports that the spring run of salmon bids fair to exceed by 25 per cent, that of any of the past five years. A new home is to be built in San Francisco for the Wllmerdlng Trades Scnool.

The undertaking will require five years' work and $40,000 for materials. Miss Ana Tone Yanaglsawa has the distinction of being the first Japanese of her sex to receive the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of California. Charles E. Lyon, a South Berkeley real estate dealer, disappeared from home three weeks ago and has not been seen since. It is feared by the police and his family that he is the victim of thugs.

He carried $875 the day he disappeared. 0i---v- pROMINENT PEOPLE. The Czar of Russia owns the largest landed estate in the world. It is about 100,000,000 acres in extent. Algernon Charles Swinburne, the poet, celebrated his sixty-fourth birthday In London a few days ago.

During the day he received over five hundred letters and telegrams of congratulations from all parts of the world. Levi P. Morton is seeking to be gradually relieved of the cares of business. The ex-Governor and ex-Vice President is 77 years old, and besides his advanced age an intention to spend considerable time abroad is a reason for desiring to lessen his business responsibilities. Lord Roberts Is a fearless rider, and usually well in at the death, but his eminence as a hunting man depends on his splendid eye for country and his unrivaled knowledge of horseflesh, and not on mere daredevlltry.

Lord Roberts has had his fair share of "croppers," but, thanks to his light, steel- built frame, he has never come to any serious narm in the hunting field. The King of Portugal is an enthust astio lawn-tennis player, and both the King and his brother, the Infante Don Alphonso, played for the south of Por tugal against the north In the recent tournament at Cascaes, for, the chal lenge cup offered by the Queen of Portugal. The King plays a hard vol leylng game, with good Judgment in plaMng, and can hold his own with the best players In Portugal. When King Edward, as Prince of Wales, visited India he received among many other presents a curious clock, which was said to have been made by a Hindoo priest of extraordinary sanctity. After the timepiece had been brought to London it stopped running, and until recently lay quiescent in Marlborough House.

On being sent to an expert to be put in working order ft was found to have on the mainspring the name of a London firm of bogus curio makers, RIPPLES OF MIRTH. Better Yet. "Mazle has a graceful carriage, hasn she? "Yes; but better still, her beau has a splendid automobile." Philadelphia Bulletin. Back at Him. "Jones, you haven't said anything about that $2 you borrowed of me.

"Well, suppose I say that you have since borrowed $3 of me." Chisago Record-Herald. No Danger. Mistress: I wouldn't hold the so near the tiger cage, Nora. Nora (the nurse:) There's no risk, mum. Th' tiger is a "man-eater" and ht' child Is a gir-rl.

Chisago News. The Eleventh. Teacher: How many commandments are there? Small Boy: 'Lleven. Teacher: What Is the eleventh? Small Boy: Keep off the grass. Getting an Idea.

"Why, I had no idea you could be so gay!" exclaimed the echo. "Ah, you doubtless got your Idea of me from the magazine whteh bears my name!" roared the hoary old Atlantic Detroit Journal. Adulterated. Oayboy: What's wrong with this tobacco? Slippers: To tell the truth, old man, it's adulterated. I've discovered that my wife has been emptying the dustpan in my tobacco Jar for the past few mornings.

Ohio State Journal. Bobby's Break. Bobby (to his sister's beau:) I don't see no paint on you. Mr. Carter: No, of course not, Bobby.

What made you think of such a thing? Bobby: 'Cause I heard pa say you might be soft, but he didn't think you was 's bad 's you're painted. Philadelphia Bulletin. Shortening It. "Miss Beatrice Bee," began Mr. Fresch.

"Pardon me," she said, haughtily; "but you mustn't call me "Why not?" "Because you have known me but a very short time, and "But 'Bee' is a very short name." Philadelphia Record. Good Advice. Josh: Here's an advertisement In the County Clarion thet sez, "Good thing! 'The Pitfalls of a Great City; How to Avoid Send 25 cents and" Rube: Yaas, Deacon Cobb sent on a quarter for It. Josh: Purty Biandalous readln', I reckon, Kube: Scand-lous? Yaaa. Twas Jest a slip paper thet said: "Stick to the farm!" Philadelphia Press.

Grand Army Post Hon-ors Dead Members. Nine Names Written on Honors Roll. Arrangements Completed Last Night for Exercises on Decoration Day. The dead heroes of the Civil War wflio were members of the Bartlett-Logan Post of the Grand Army, this city, were remembered last' night in appropriate memorial services held in old Elks' Hall on South Main street. The services, which were elaborate, were under the direction of Bartlett-Logan Post and Bartlett-Logan Relief Corps, and over 300 members of the organization were present to take part, every seat in the large hall being filled.

The room was prettily festooned with American flags. E. O. Feltes, commander of Bartlett-Logan Post, presided, and the. programme was a simple but effective one.

It consisted of a vocal solo by H. S. Lewis, a vocal quartette by Mrs. J. Grassbee, Mrs.

C. W. Small, Col. H. Glaze and C.

H. Lewis and the regular Grand Army memorial service. A pleasant and unexpected feature of the evening was the presentation to Bartlett-Logan Post of a beautiful silk flag, the gift of the Relief Corps. Miss Hat-tie Hollls, Junior vice-president of the corps, presented the flag In a neat speech, and It was received on behalf of the post by Commander E. O.

Feltes, who made appropriate remarks. During the past year nine members of Bartlett-Logan Post have crossed the river. In remembrance of them nine vacant chairs were placed in the center of the hall. Near these chairs were two others in memory of the two members of the corps who died during the past year, and apart fromthese eleven chairs was one occupying the post of honor beside a table In the center of the hall. On either side It was decorated with small American flags, and was placed In memory of the dead soldier-President, Benjamin Harrison.

Each chair was tied with, a ribbon of crepe and on each rested an immense wreath of flowers entwined with vines and green leaves. The sight was a suggestive one and the sentiment was most effectively carried out. The recently-deceased members of the post are L. M. Thomas, Joseph Beyer, Joseph Lelchte, Thomas H.

Peck, John Miller, James Angus, G. 8. Bartholomew, Dr. M. Hagan and A.

J. Guthrldge. Following the roll call of these departed members a Short history of the military career of each was given by different post members. At the conclusion of the exercises the ladles of the corps conducted similar services for their two deceased members, Mrs. Lizzie A.

Marsh and Mrs. Elizabeth Ross. All the posts and corps will attend memorial services on Sunday morning and evening. May 26, at Vincent Methodist Episcopal Church, corner of Main and Twenty-ninth streets. Rev.

A. Knlghten will preach the memorial sermon at the morning service. MEMOIWAL-DAY PROGRAMME. Previous to the commencement of the memorial services, the Executive Committee having in charge the Decoration-day celebration met and arranged a programme for that day, to be given in Simpson Tabernacle. The programme will begin at 2:15 o'clock and is as follows: Drum corps selection; bugle call; music, double quartette; call to order by Grand Marshal W.

S. Daubenspeckv prayer. Rev. W. A.

Knlghten; music, quartette; remarks by E. W. Clark, president of the day; music, double quartette; remarks, MaJ. J. F.

Diss; reading, Gettysburg address, Col. H. Glaze; address, Col. J. A.

Ashman; music, double quartette; oration. Rev. John Plttner; song, "America;" benediction, Rev. Knlghten; bugle call, taps. The exercises will be preceded by a parade of the veterans, the procession forming at 1:45 o'clock p.m.

at the southwest corner of Central Park. The start will be made at 2 o'clock, the line of march being west on Sixth street to. Hope and south on Hope to the tabernacle. The ladles auxiliary of the G.A.R. will not participate in the parade, but will form In two lines on Hope street north of the tabernacle.

The formation will be as follows: Platoon of police; veteran drum corps; Grand Marshal W. S. Dauben-speck and his aides, Capt. S. O.

Wood of Stanton Post, Col. C. F. Derby of Bartlett-Logan Post, Col. Daniel Jones of Kenesaw Post; Stanton Post, A.

H. Johnson commanding; Kenesaw Post, William C. Griffin commanding; Bartlett-Logan Post, E. O. Feltes commanding; Sons of Veterans, Capt.

Ashman commanding. The graves In the various cemeteries will be decorated with flowers on the morning of the May 30, details from the posts being assigned to perform the work. KIRK STANLEY HELD. Attorneys for Accused Massage Operator Say Father Phillips Was Guilty cf no Immorality. BY THE NEW ASSOCIATED PRESS A.M.

NEW YORK, May 18. Kirk Stanley, In whose rooms the body of the Rev. Edward Phillips of Hazelton, was found Thursday night, was arraigned today before Coroner Bausch. who held him in $10,000 bail for examination next Wednesday. The attorneys for Stanley issued the following statement: "After a thorough and conscientious examination Into the facts of this case, we state unequivocally that there was no immorality actively, or suggestively.

In the conduct of the unfortunate priest. The temporary unusual abme of stimulants on his part is the sum total of any weakness with which he can be charged. His life was a morally pure one, and we deplore any suggestion to the contrary in an Irresponsible moment for a rum-crazed unfortunate. If any women were In that flat, they were there before the arrival of Father Phillips, and had departed long before he arrived; nor did he see any women while there." The Chief Executive of Ohio, who Is now in California, and who was In tribulation over a question of precedence, may now wipe away his tfars. One of the biggest trees In Cal fornia has been named the "Gov.

Na'h," and It stands right alongside one known es "Gen. Grant." Colorado Springs Telegraph. pint end Broadway. this victory, the republic took up the new task of colonial conquest and government, and for a 'prentice hand" has shown her older sister nations "how to do it." The South African war then crowds on the in which a few pastoral people, rude In manner and weak in military equipment, have for nearly two years baffled the best tacticians of the British Empire, backed by the largest military armament of modern times. The last scene in this eventful drama is the spectacle of three-quarters of the great nations of the earth fighting shoulder to shoulder under the hoary temples and gorgeous palaces of the oldest civilization known to man.

And In this last scene the young giant of the nations is again seen with clear hands and clear eye, a knightly figure standing for Justice, mercy and peace against the rapacity of the older nations of the Old World. Surely there has been enough to stir the blood and excite the feelings of the newspaper reader during these score years. To make a newspaper that will be highly-spiced enough to quite meet the. demands of a palate so educated in the. use of mental tobasco sauce, high wines and dainty tidbits, and at the same time, keep It within the bounds of reason and moderation in the narration of events, and within gunshot, at least, of the truth, is as skillful a task as was that of the chef of the old Roman gourmet, Lucullus.

EDISON'S NEW STORAGE BATTERY. "I have made fortunes for many people out of my inventions. This one is going to make a fortune for Edison." Thus says Thomas A. Edison, speaking of his latest invention, a new form of storage battery, designed with a special view to its adaptability to the propulsion of automobiles. If the claims which Mr.

Edison makes for his hew battery be not overstated, there Is not much doubt that it will make a fortune for somebody. The electric automobile will quickly and easily take precedence over oil other kinds of motor carriages so soon as an effective battery of light weight is discovered. The veiy great weight of the storage battery as at present constructed militates against its use for automobile propulsion, except within limited areas. If this great weight can be got rid of without impairment of the effectiveness of the battery, electricity will speedily supersede all other forces for the propulsion of auto vehicles, for the electric motor comes very near to being an ideal motor for that use. About all that is lacking to bring the electric automobile to perfection, or close to it.

is a light and efficient battery. Mr. Edison, In a recent interview, stated that his new storage battery will be about half the weight of those now used in automobiles. Though declining to give any particulars as to Its construction, the materials used, Mr. Edison said that lead plates are not to be used in his battery.

As it is the lead plates which give the storage battery the greater part of its weight, it Is evident that If some other metal can be successfully substituted for lead, the problem will be very much nearer solution. It was further stated by Mr. Edison that the battery Is permanent and does not suffer from depreciation. This, also, will prove a factor of incalculable Importance in its favor. The chief objection to the storage battery as at present constructed, aside from its great weight, is the fact that the lead plates deteriorate with use, and become worthless after a time, necessitating their replacement with new plates.

If plates can be found equally as effective as lead, and not subject to deterioration, a decided saving In cost of maintenance will thus be effected. Of late Mr. Edison has been giving much attention to chemicals, and he claims to have discovered a new reaction which will prove very valuable. This new reaction, it Is surmised, enters into the operation of his battery, though he does not say as much. The crpltal stock of the company which Is to manufacture the battery has all been subscribed, and there Is not a share on the market.

A factory is to be built at Menlo Park for the manufacture of the battery, and Mr. Edison has promised that the first demonstration of Its utility will be made at the Tan-American Exposition, Mr. Edison declares that he has the utmost confidence In the practical success of his new invention. The proof of the pudding, however, is in the eating. FFFECTIVE ADVERTISING.

Southern California is not likely to lose any of the reputation which It his earned for doing effective advertising at expositions, through the display at Buffalo. The papers which come to hand from that city contain liberal notices of the California exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition, and write so flatteringly of the enterprise and public spirit Bhown by this section, as well as of the fine display of our1 products made there, that a Callfornlan is almost forced to blush. For Instance, the Buffalo News of May devotes nearly a column to the California display at the exposition, under the heading, "California Far In the Lead." After statin that "all the ciier Etates of the Union are as In swaddling clothts when compared to California In the matter of exposition advertising," the News goes The following are the prices for the special Fiesta Edition of The Times: Single copy lfl Threa 25 Six Ten Twenty 100 All papers will, it desired, be wrapped and ready for mailing; these rates do not include postage. rpHE NATION REJOICES. There is rejoicing, sincere and heartfelt, throughout the nation at the favorable turn which Mrs.

McKlnley'a illness has taken. From one end of the country to the other the people are rendering: up heartfelt thanks that the life of the wife of the first citizen of the republic has been spared, and that the prospects for her recovery are sa good. The danger, it is hardly necessary to say. is not yet entirely past. But the Improvement in Mrs.

McKlnley's condition has been so pronounced and the symptoms continue so favorable, that there Is Just ground for hope and for rejoicing. If the improvement continues, it will not be long before the immediate danger will be past. Then, Indeed, will our rejoicing be almost without limit. The President, as noted in the dispatches, attended the launching of the battleship Ohio yesterday which he was enabled to do because of Mrs. McKlnley's greatly-improved condition.

He has shown, throughout the trying period of her serious illness, an earnest and heartfelt desire not to disappoint the people in the entertainment which they had planned for the occasion of his visit But the demands of affection were paramount to all others, and rightly so, and they held hira at the bedside of his beloved wife so long as her condition was alarming. His devotion is admired and appreciated by all men and women of true hearts and right feeling. The strain of these last few sorrowful days upon the President has been very severe. No one can know how his great, kindly heart has been wrung with anguish and apprehension during these days which had been confidently looked forward to as a time of rejoicing and pleasure. But row, that the shadow is passing, now that the clouds are rolling away, now that the light is breaking, we can all rejoice with our beloved President at the brightening outlook.

pATERING TO LUCULLUS. The chief who was responsible for satisfying the palate of Lucullus must have rassed no end of unhappy moments trying to devise a new dish that would meet with the approbation of his master. The fellow who has to cater to the fastidious appetite of any gourmet, or to the cloyed appetite of any gourmand has no easy task. There Is a close analogy between the people's appetite and their taste for mental food. The newspapers of this opening year Jn the new century find they have no easy task in catering to the tastes of their readers, past gourmet, past gourmand, as they are.

The news served up in the last half of the departed century was for the most part a pretty highly-spiced dish. Not to go back so as to embrace people, above 50 years -old, who can recall the Crimean war, the Sepoy rebellion, the American Civil War, the defeat of Denmark, Austria and France by Germany, the wars of Nopoleon III In Italy, and such comparatively remote events that stirred the blood of men of those periods, but to confine attention to the past twenty years, what mighty events the daily press has told us of in these two decades! At the opening of the period flashed the news of the blowing of the Emperor of Russia to atoms. Then the aged Emperor of Germany, under whose sway the empire had been unified, crowned with glorious years af life, passed away. He was soon followed by the Great Iron Chancellor, whose firm hand had welded Germany Into one. Bismarck passed away a colossal world figure In the history of our day.

Not many yt-ars rolled into the eternity of the past and Gladstone, another molder of world events, closed his eyes upon the achievements of his brain. In the meantime a second time the German empire lost its head. Then came the passing of the woman who eat longest on a throne of any person recorded in the history of those-who held "ecepterd sway," and Vlctol rla, In whose honor the mightiest pageant ever beheld on earth had passed in review, left the crown to her ton. During this time the Russian Czar was not the only crowned hoad laid In the dust by the hand of the assassin. The elected ruler of the French shared the fate of the hereditary ruler of ail the Russias.

Yes, and one of the noblest of women, Elizabeth of Austria. too grand in her natural character to care much for tho trappings of throne, fell by the murderer's bloody knife, by the side of the beautiful waters of Lake Geneva. In affairs national rather than r-r-sorml this youns Alcldes among the cations. Time's last and noblest offspring, took up the gage of battle on the part of oppressed Cuba, and in thirty days of brilliant warlike achievement drove Fpaln, with all the glorious memories of her past, from her last foothold in the New World she had ound for the nations of the Old. Froehly crownel with the laurels of tural experiment station of the State is charged with the duty of analyzing food products suspected of being adulterated, of Informing and prosecuting offenders when such adulteration 13 found, and of making an annual report.

The law also provides that the station may adopt or fix standards of purity, quality or strength, when such standards are not specified or fixed by statute, We have received a copy of one of the reports of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, which contains soma interesting facts in re gard to analyses that have been made at the station of food products, show ing the' great prevalence of adulteration. It is time that public opinion on this question should be worked up in regard to the great importance cf pure food, and of laws that will make it un profitable for manufacturers to prepare or sell adulterated products. A RMY AND NAVY MEN. Gen. Alex J.

Perry, U.S.A., and Mrs. Perry have returned to their home In Washington, D. from Augusta, where they passed the wlnt-r. Gen'. Herbert O.

Jeffries, who is em ployed by the government of Colombia, Is a graduate of West Point and served with distinction in the. Civil War. The Manila newspapers, on the departure of Gen. J. M.

Bell for the States, said that Mrs. Bell would remain in Manila and later probably visit China and Japan. Rear-Admiral Hichborn, U.S.N., and Mrs. Hichborn will pass the summer at Atlantic City, N. J.

Their daughter, Miss Martha Hichborn, and James G. Blaine will be married on June 4 at their home In street, N. Washington, and will sail immediately for Europe, but will return before the end of the season and visit Mrs. Blaine at Bar Harbor, Me. In all the United States army only one officer has been charged with deserting the colors since the war with, Spain began.

He vanished three weeks ago at Nagasaki, Japan, where the transport bearing his regiment home from the Philippines to be mustered out, had called, and though it is possible that some accident may have befallen him ashore, Shafter, commanding on the Pacific Coast, ha3 be.n compelled to report him to the War Department as a deserter. Col. Fltz-George bears a strong family likeness to his father, the Duke of Cambridge. He is a very quiet, popular man, whose words are generally to tho point. No one could be more kindly attentive to his father, and his only apparent recreation since he retired from the service is smoking.

He is a good shot and a fearless rider. Those who know him best say he would have enjoyed an active military career, but felt himself continually thwarted by the accident of his birth, for he always fancied his promotions were given by his father and not earned by nls merits. CAUFORNIANS. Herbert L. Breed and William Clark, two young men of Oakland, are to make a bicycle tour of Europe.

Tiiey expect to be gone about six months. Rev. Dr. Henry C. Mlnter of San An-8elmo, was honored at Philadelphia by being elected moderator of the 113th Presbyterian General Assembly in session there.

Dr. Gustave Elsen, the California scientist whose discovery cf the cancer germ was a notable event In the medical history of last year, has been attacked by cancer. Miss Julia Roselle Pearce, who has received a second degree of Bachelor of Science at the State University for completing a course In the College of Agriculture, was highly complimented by Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, and offered a position In his department. He stated afterward that he admired Miss Pearce's pluck and wished to reward her. Wesley N.

Hofeld, who won the State University medal, for sustained high grade of scholarship, has not been surpassed by any student In all the thirty-eight classes the university has graduated. In all his four years' work he has not received a single mark below the grade of first. Ernest R. Folger. the new golf champion of the Pacific Coast, Is an Oakland man.

He has been the champion of the Oakland club for the last year, and was also the winner of the big Del Monte tournament last fall. His victory on the Presidio links a few days ago was a decided surprise to golfers In general, nevertheless. Cornelius B. Bradley, professor of rhetoric at tha State University, has bean chosen by the academic council to represent the University of California at the celebration to be held at Winchester, by the learned bodies of England and leading Anglo-Saxon universities In July, In commemoration of the one thousandth anniversary of the death of King Alfred. American mines, forges, 11 wells, mills, bridges, engines 'and machinery of all sorts take the first prizes and are the acknowledged models and exemplars from pole to pole and all around the equator.

James Russell Lowell once wrote of a certain condescension In foreigners. Uncle Sam has achieved so many triumphs that he may now possibly take on a certain air of condescension toward other peoples. That would be an unfortunate mistake, but It would only be natural in present circumstances. Now York Tribune. younger than the Pope, it is tout hoped that Mrs.

Fremont will leave her full memoirs as a legacy to the American people, and one reason why sha should do It Is that she wr-Res exceptionally well. Such a work would fill an important place In the national annals. WELL SAID. All Along the Line the Interest of thd President in Irrigation Meets With Appreciation. Phoenix (Ariz.) Gazette: Thai Denver Republican, in speaking of the President's visit here, takes occasion to remark: "We are glad to notice that lnfha visit of the President to Arizona, Irrigation received the attention it deserves.

It cannot be said that sub- ject is evidenced to the best advantage in that territory; and' when the President gets into California, as well as on his return trip across the continent, Mr. McKlnley will see many more Impressive proofs of the value of Irrigation and Its Importance to the national Interests. But If Arizona has not progressed quite as far in Irrigation works as some of her neighbors, the contrast of the fertile field with tho nearby desert is nowhere more not'ee-able, while the almost tropical climate permits of results In certain llnea that cannot be surpassed elsewhere. "It would be well for the country if all the members of Congress, both of House and Senate, might accompany the President upon this tour. The opposition to national aid to Irrigation arises more than for other cause from a lack of appreciation of the real facts and an Ignorance of the real value of irrigation.

"The President has always shown a disposition to appreciate intelligently the needs of the West In this, as well as 'in other matters, and the larger knowledge gained by him in this trio, will be a great benefit to western interests." LOS ANQELES TIMES. APRIL Monthly Circulation Statement. Aggregate. 824,990 Daily average, nearly 29,000 STATE OF CALIFORNIA. COUNTT! OF LOS ANGELES, SS.

pjrsonally appeared before me, Harry Chandler, vice-president and assistant general manager of the Times-Mirror Company, who, being duly sworn, deposes and says that the daily records and pressroom reports of the office show that the bona fide average dally editions of The Times for the month ot April, 1901, were as follows; the grosi and the net circulation being each separately stated: Copl. GroM Bunday average 45,475 Not Sunday average (all unfold coplea and returna deducted) Gross daily 28,833 Net dally 28.U1U HARRY CHANDLER, Subscribed and sworn to before ma this 4th day of May, 1901. Seal T. L. CHAPIN.

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The circulation books, the white-paper account and the press-room of The Times are open for the inspection of advertisers at all times, and the advertising books showing rates charged to all advertisers for all classes of advertising in The Times will be freely shown to those who care, for any good reason, to examine them. Advertisers have a right to know absolutely the net circulation of the medium which seeks theii- business. The Choice off Many Pianists li the VOSE, a thoroughly rood-ern, high-grade piano and the product of one of America' greatest builders. The distinctive TONE superior construction and artistic case designs tnure for this piano a high position in the estimation of musician Sold for cah or on tbe small monthly payment plan. 216-218 WEST THIRD STREET.

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