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I- til ilAGAZIXE SECTION. NEW BERN. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1906. PAGES 1 TO 4. . ,i- ...... : CHAMPIONED PADL JONES. MRS. DONALD MeLEAN FOUGHT FOR BURIAL OF NAVAL HERO AT ANNAPOLIS. As President-General of Patriotic . Daughters of the American Rev olution She Was Invited Cuest of Honor at Ceremony.; , v When the annual convention of the Daughters of the American Revolution was in session in Washington a few weeks ago the meetings were presided over by Mrs. Donald McLean. She en Joyed the unique distinction ol being the first presiding officer of the con gress who was not the wife of some man prominent in official circles. She had been a candidate for this- high woman's office for several years, and the opposition to her election was plainly stated because she could not bring ito the office high "national prestige, which the Daughters of the American Revolution felt was neces sary to the varied traditions of the so ciety. PROM LONG LINE OF PATRIOTS, ' ' Mrs. McLean has half a yard or so of ancestral bars on her revolutionary ribbon, and halls 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,"BarbiraFrltchle." The 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. x 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 burled 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 is 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 tbe recent burial ceremonies 01 Ad. mlral 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 laugb 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 MRS. DONALD McLEAN, Presldeut-Ccneral of Daughters of tUo Revolution. STAFFORD UNIVERSITY. old place of colonial architecture, and It Is only a lew years since Mrs. Ritchie, mother of Mrs. McLean, died, She also bad been prominent in D. A, R. matters ever since tbe organization of the society. Judge John Ritchie, father of Mrsr-McLean, served in Con- ffreBS 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 ahe was named, was the daughter of Oen. 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. Hevrose 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, Oen. Nelson carried a stiffened hand. He became a 1 member of Congress and later was made a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State. DATES BACK OP REVOLUTION, Mrs. McLean'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 colonial Maryland history. Mrs. McLean was educated at what was at the time known as the Woman's College. She was gradi'ited at the age of fourteen, receiving aMiploma which Is one of her proud possessions to-day. She continued her studies In history, musto and the languages until her mar rlagee In 1883, to Donald McLean, a nan of a long line of revolutionary ancestors like herself and a brilliant lawyer In New York city. Mm. McLean has made a practical tudy of parliamentary law, and in the long years of battling for chapter rights tm the floor of the Continental Con-' Kress and her own big chapter has be- Senator, "I became Interested, and as I proceeded I said to myself, '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 Boeech I had been read ing." . .. A Bad Memory. Senator Knox's physician advised him to give up smoking a few days ago and put him in the same claBs with Senator Spooner, also smokeless, after forty years of It. The next morning Senator Knox's physician happened up ALMOST COMPLETE DESTRUC TION OF THE PICTURESQUE CALIFORNIA COLLEGli. ' Built in Spanish Architecture and Coat of Buildings Alone was Thirty Million Dollars-Will Probably be Rebuilt. 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 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 Snanlsh mission style, with the. arch as the principal architectural feature. This fact, which was so much a source ol 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- 1 angle, 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 pleting the "Sermon on the Mount.' This building cost, in construction alone, $1,000,000, exclusive of the mo. sales and carvings inside and out, and its marble statues and art treasures from Europe. Perhaps it may be said that the loss of 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 byVthat of any otner State, MRS. STANFORD'S GENEROSITY, If it were not for the Indomitable spirit which seems to have enabled the university to triumph over many aim- cutties It might be said that its career has been particularly ill-starred. Foi 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, Baw it through its crises until her recent tragic death In Honolulu, when the Leland Stanford University was 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 beep 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 that he mlgh; live again. To her husband. Senator Stanford. she said: "It was his wish and desire that indigent young men should have an equal advantage in obtal Ing educa tion. I"or bis sake let us erect a uni versity where all shall have an equal chane." From that uay the Senator and Mrs. Stanford devoted their entire energies toward planning the Leland Stanford, Junior, University. 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, FIRE VERSUS DYNAMITE. TONS OF THE EXPLOSIVE USED AT SAN FRANCISCO TO FIGHT FLAMES. Three Men of Navy at Risk of Their Lives Place Compound In Teeth of Oncoming Flre-Vv hole Blocks Razed to Prevent Disaster. 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 confla- PJ:,; M '. ' - -Vl I; - t ' 1 MAIN FACADE, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, MEMORIAL ABCH 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," Be said, "I thought I told you to quit that." , "Quit what?" asked Knox. In mild surprise. - Sun Movements. ' Standing on the seashore at a well- known Atlantic Coast resort, watching a beautiful sunset, with Its rays pierc ing the clouds, were two Jews. "Look!" aald one of the followers of Moses, "see the sun rays." "No." replied the other, "dere la vhere de aun seta" aid In bringing order out of the chaos resulting from the earthquake. Pres ident Jordan has been mentioned to succeed the late Professor Langley as Secretary to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, but 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 see that the magnificent buildings 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 bis bedside and as his yonnir life passed out, she aroee.filled with an Inspiration ' ' '' QUADRANGLE WITH STANFORD MEMORIAL CnUUCII IN DIS TANCE. MEMORIAL ARCH AND STAN FORD GROUT. 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-s 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 Btrenuous life of higher and better things. liclous tantrum of nature reversed tha direction of the west wind the whole populous diBtrlct to the 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 is flat as the earth, on the east side. Every pound of gua cotton did its work, and, though the ruins burned, it was but feebly. From Golden Gate avenue on the north tha fire crossed the wide street in but one place the Claus Spreckels' residence, on the corner of California street. There the flames were writhing up tha walls before the dynamiters could reach It; yet they made their way to the foundations, carrying their explo sives despite the furnace-like heat. Tha 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 was only an empty victory for the fire, as bare brick and smoking ruins are poor food lor 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 ia the burning section, but not a pound of the terrible guncotton could be or was wasted. The ruined block that met tha wide thoroughfare formed a trend through the clustered structures that the conflagration, wild as It was, could not leap. Engines pumping brina through Fort Madison from the bar completed the little work that the gun cotton had left, but for three days tha 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 or 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. MacBride and his two gunners made history on that dreadful night. gratlon at any cost of life or property With them they brought a ton and a half of gun cotton, the terrific powei of which was equal to the maniacal de termination of the fire. Capt. MacBride was in command of the squad. Chief Gunner Adamson placed the charges, and the third gun ner set them off. 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 flume or cinder. iot one c .rge failed; no one building stood upon it foundations. Unless some second ma- Elepbants 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 ani mals, are growing scarcer with tha settlement of the globe, and their prices tend upward. 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