THE OLDEST PAPER Has largest circulation Best advertising medium It pays the Business Man to Advertise in the Ledger, Magazine Section. CHAMPIONED PAUL 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 Guest of Honor at Ceremony. 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 of 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 oandidate for this high woman's office for several years, and the opposition to her election was plainly stated because 6he could not bring to the office high "national" prestige, which the Daughters of the American Revolution felt was neces sary to the varied traditions of the so ciety. 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 is a big, beautiful MRS. DONALD McLEAN, 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. s'oLean seems to have inherited this attribute of her father. Mrs. McLean'e 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. PATES BACK OF 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'nted 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 awyer in New York city. Mrs. McLean has made a practical itudy of parliamentary law. and in the ong years of battling for chapter rights m the floor of the Continental Con gress and her own big chapter has be The Amador Ledger. 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 th* 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 I given as the Senator making the reply. I It was my own SDeech I had been read- I ing." A Bad 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 MAIN FACADE, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, MEMORIAL ARCH 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. Son Movements. Standing on the seashore at a -well known Atlantic Coast resort, watching a beautiful sunset, with its raye pierc ing the clouds, were two Jews. "Look!" said one of the followers of Moses, "see the sun rays." "No," replied the other, "dere is vhere de sun sets." JACKSON, AMADOR COUNTY, CAU, JUNE 1, 1906. 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. 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 ol 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 v i 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 it 6 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 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 by that of any other State. MRS. STANFORD'S GENEROSITY. If it were not for the indomitable spirit 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. 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 UDon 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 was again thrown in despair. Its present de struction by the earthquake seems to i-ome 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 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 Insrftute 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 Universlt had its concep tion in Italy in 1884. There a four teen year ola American boy tossed i his bed, struck down b' a* malignant fever. His fond mother knelt at his bedside and as his yo- : lif> pa S"d out, sb« arose filled with an inspiration that he migh'r 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 obtai ing educa tion. For his sake let us erect a uni versity where all shall have an equal chau-e." From that ..ay the Senator and Mrs. Stanford devoted their entire energies toward planning the Leland Stanford, Junior, University. Government Positions. 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Navy, sent by Admiral McCalla from Mare Island with orders to check the confla- gration at any cost of life or property With them they brought a ton and a half of gun cotton, the terrific power of which was equal to the maniacal de termination of the fire. Capt. Macßride 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 flame or cinder. »\ot one c .rge failed; no one building stood upon it foundations. 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