The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 9, 1899, Page 17

=g w- D000 ng the recent heavy rainstorms and the consequent o the rivers along the Lower San Joaquin Valley guards © with Winchesters patrolled the levees to prevent any < tampering with the embankments fed b= COAVAVOVOVOOD0 @ banks and threat growing crops. At such ng 1 the e levees are patrolled and s of men armed with and oftentimes wi for sometimes the land- lamation district has quite ) fear from his neighbor on the of the river as from the ele- ves s evident. As soon as the wed, by the breaking of the w over one island the pressure ed on the upraised banks and be- v sometimes preservation with to assist the ee that incloses all f opposite aimed 1 aking the le me else’s Growing crop Tn t y of the reclamation dis- tricts there is no instance of any one be- g svered in the act of cutting a re many accounts of the best-protected levees giving terious manner. stances men have been so pected of interfering with the at they have been charged in vith maliciously destroying perty; but no convictions have ever been secured against suspected In the spring of 1890 the rivers were er t any time since the floods 1861, In the preceding winter snow fell nous quantities in the Sierras. , spring was cold, but about the ile of May the weather turned warm. was melted rapldly and the soon raised nearly to the tops of S*Q The Princess Died of a Broken Heart, daus (Q{O,”E'f chfarfane. prayed el e, “w red I Atest blow with her is not ‘ ERve mj w girl's | e that =ome of them et d annexa- W d her for with their of her for her display holding t SOrT ex-Queen confidential adviser and the suave man of - the tographs give you bt nt t she re he adds, No photog indicate ful winsomer »ugh she fford to dress as became her ways looked exquisite People used to say that if sh asserts | of 1 | port I d of a few yards of material and hem about her she would contrive 2 ly attired. She had the English aristocrat and the It is not the case that ee-quarter caste; she was iste, wholly native on her But her early seclusion glish training had made her and she was thor- er ideas and ambi- t a trace of native su- being afr girl did not even su did.” xcept the not the them, indeed he must have newspaper to San F° d of death, the poor ect her danger; none doctor: doctors till the very last; Was very nervous, confided his fears to man, who sent the re- \cisco. But our friend Dr. W who fought for her life as he would for his own, who mourned his Ditiot he would mourn his child never gave up hope until the last. Had I had any thought that her days were num- bered I would have begged for a short in- one of and some as terview to gain some idea of her dying wishes; but even on the last day Dr Walters had not given up hope; he w only desperately anxious. knew, if the heart were not attacked, they could save her, but the heart was her weak organ, had been for some years, and of course the disease found it out then all was over.” g “And the heart weakness was ited?” “The heart weakness,” said the colonel slow was the result of shock; the di- rect consequence of the blow that struck the young girl of scarce 19 when a cable am announced that her promised king- »m had been wrenched away from her. was utterly unanticipated, and she Till then she had take little notice of the politics of the hour; all her energles had been concentrated on study, on qualifying for the queenly role she s to assume upon her aunt's de- mise. She aspired to be a model queen, with modern ideas; to rule her people for their happiness, welfare and progress: to convert her small kingdom into a worthy little sister of the more advanced king- doms of our day. Her whole life had been devoted to this end. As a child she was You see, they in- | It never got over it. l *#PHOKOKO kept apart from other children, mixing | with them only by condescension, never allowed for a moment as to play. As a young girl, at glish school, she was not as other she had her own governess, her own tem of training, her own studies, peculiarly calculated to fit her for her position. Sud- denly the raison d’etre of her life was snatched away and friends crowded round condoling with her as a fallen Princess. Could you expect her not to suffer keenly?” | “But still, up to the time of the Span- ish-American war, and the _consequent annexation, she was, like Liliuokalani, buoyed up by hope?™ *No. Liliuokalani hoped on till the very | eve of annexation, but Kaiulani lost hope the moment she set foot again on her na- | tive soil. For a time she undoubtedly w buoyed up. Mr. Davis, her guardian, was confident that truthful representation to | authority would set matters right, and | the Princess went with him to America, full of faith in American justice. Her | beauty, grace and sweetness completely | won Mrs. Cleveland's heart, the President | was charmed with her—how could it be | otherwise? And Mr. Davis’ representa- | tions put matters before President Cleve-‘ land in a new light. He became aware | to forget the part | An PHOXO K O % & XOXO VHOUS*O* &% QUOHOROAOHOX S QHOAPHOKOKOX DX of*abuses which he had not suspected; he | console Kaiulani with some cheerful pros- promised to do all ae could in the inter- | pects. ‘All has not been taken from you,' | ests of Princ Kaiulani, and he was I said. ‘The American Government re- good as his word. Mr. Blount was dis- | spects your position and will help vou to patched to Hawaii with orders to look |keep it wp. Your aunt will receive an in- into matters impartially, and the resuits | come that will still enable her to live as of his investigations were very prejudicial ;un ex-Queen. You will still be able to liv to Bresident Dole and confreres. | as an ex-Princess; your birth and antece- “Then Mr. Willis was sent with orders, | dents will ncver be forgotten, and you which, duly carried out, would have made | will remain leader of society here, the matters straight for the monarchy. But | t lady in the land Mr. Willis did not carry out his orders. | **‘Yes. she answered me, with a tired When Kaiulani returned to Hawali and | smile,’ ‘but I shan't be much of a real saw how things stood hope died within | Princess, shall 12 They haven't left me her. The mischief that the cablegram |much to live for!' And as she spoke she began was then accentuated; her heart | caught her hand to her side and I could weakness became notorious. | see the rapid beating of her heart. ‘I it apparent to others? Yes, in-|don’t talk about it,’ she went on; ‘I try and the colonel’s quiet voice trem- | not to grieve my. father, who watches s, “1 had evidence enough of her heart | over me so devotedly and seeks to make weakness and heartsickness in my last [up to me with his love for all T have lost. talk with her, the v she parted with | For his sake I try not.to mind—to appear Liliuokalani. ‘They little thought it was | bright and happy; but I think my heart a final parting, but it was none the less | is broken.’ delayed, and | pathetic. The boat wa “Then she remembered herself as a though the hour was late and !princow. “There is one last thing I should Kaiulani ~ delicate, she refused to|like to say,’ she added. ‘whatever my leave, and stayed on board some five [aunt attempts to do, whatever she wishes hours to see the last of her aunt. Any | or.approves, I am with her. Al Liliuo- heart must have been touched at sight of | kalani’s decisions will have my adhesion those two royal women clinging together | and signature.’ ™ in their fallen dignity. I was trying tal And so this girl of 23 turned back lol the levees. At that time there were 30,000 acres of grain just commencing to head out on Union Island alone. Reberts Isl- and, a : covered, lay opposite acro. threatening river. The water en over the banks of river and it became a question of levee, the Roberts or the Union, elieve the pressure. Island banks were higher 1 strong . the levees on Roberts Island on the west s Neverthe- less, 700 men were employed to guard the banks of Union Island. Every guard carried a gun and was given strict orders to oot down the first man seen prowl- ing around the at night or inter- fering with them in any way during the daytime levees One of these guards was “Doc” Wash- ington, now City Justice of Stockton. The steamer Mary B. Willlams was kept constantly patrolling the levee from the outside. The boat .carried hundreds of bags of and the weakest places of the strong levee were bulkheaded with the sacked material at every point that showed the least signs of weakening. he precautions uld be re- re- for was the danger increased > redoubled. No more men c ured, but those employed we lired to Woi and night. They ved from .30 cents to $1 an hour their services. Whisky in barrels placed on the levee and it was given to the tired and chilled men by dipper- ful May < day the 20th it became apparent that the levee on Roberts Island would surely go during the night. The 700 guards on Un- fon Island felt secure and cheerful. It was only a question of minutes wh Roberts Island would be under water, and Union Island would be safe. Along about. 2 o’clock on the morning of May 21st the guards on Union Island heard a dull explosion on the levee near what is known as the Pdscadero grant cut. Before any of them could make a move the roaring of the water told them the astounding news that, despite their is - Ox0*o% # EOROROHOROXOKOXOXOXOXOX VK OXOAOXO* O their own levee had been eut the water was pouring in on vigilance, and that them. A charge of dyr 1ite had been exploded in the big bank. The water had instantly enlarged the small opening to a bad break, and before sunrise a gap over 0 feet wide had been made in the levee. For two months the rich land of Union Island remained under ten feet of water. It is impossible to estimate the enormous dam- that was done. The crops on Roberts nd were saved In 1893 three attempts were made to cut the levee on Staten Island. The last trial succeeded and 10,000 acres were flooded. Twice the armed guards had heard the work in the night. One had fired on a prowler; but despite the precautions the marauder accomplished his task and succeeded in sav land on the opposite side of the riv Roberts Island was and again in 1802 Gra flooded several times, but once. ing late vears it has be ary to patrol all levees du high water, and ssments are regu- larly levied on the reclamation districts to raise money to pay the salaries of the patrolmen. There have been no ba San Joaquin since 1833. The p the water again conquering the reclaimed lands is a question on which civil en- gineers differ. Through the efforts of the State Board of Public Works the river been straightened and deepened in many of its worst places. On the other hand, that vast territory formerly known as Union Lake, and into which the excess of high water used to flow, has been, within the past twelve months, reclaimed, and it is the contention of many that with this natural basin closed to the river waters greater floods will be experienced in the future than ever before. The question is an intricate one, and the island farmers are hoping that they will not see the test of it this year. levee cutters at of the patrolmen flooded Isl Bou! in 3 1884, 1886 as heen in Island hd n found ng periods nec- d floods on the ibility of has Was Near by When the Unhappy Kaiu- [ani Passed Awau. the society where she was but a mock Princess, to the natives among whom she might never play her queenly part. Back to the artificial life and the make-believe cheerfulness and resignation: back to the cavalcade and the picnic at Mr. Parker's on the island 0f Hawaii, where, answer- ing the remonstrances of wished to shield her from the elements, she pleaded, “What does it matter; what have I to live for?” Back to that couch where she tossed about, delirious, crying aloud to the doctors to mitigate her tor- ture, and, finally, with one last glance to her d airing father, one last passionate cry of “Mother!” she passed away to the land of heartsease. “It was the most dreadful shock to us all, even to people who did not know her personally.” Colonel Macfarlane. “‘She had so endeared herself and her story was so pitiful. Her funeral procession, at dead of night, when she was removed from her own beautiful home to the old church, where she was to lie in state for other day, w the most pathetic, trag- effective scene that can be imagined. ic Words cannot describe it, but those who were present will never forget it. Brown and white were there to do her honor. The natives thronged the grounds, light- ing up the midnight darkness with their torches. Above, in a quiet room, away from the native demonstrations of grief, two or three of us stayed with the broken- down father, trying to get him away be- fore the hody was moved, for we knew that as soon as the procession was form- ing the native dirge would break out in full force and the scene would be heart- rending. But he was not to be moved till he had once more stood face to face with hi And so at last he had to have h y. He entered the death amber, the kahili bearers and mourners were removed and Mr. Cleghorn was alone for fifteen minutes with his dead—I think I may say his murdered daughter. When he came out The colonel stops abruptly. For some minutes he had been furtively winking away moisture from his eyes, now he abandons pretense and uses his handker- chief openly. “I cannot help it,” he says, simply, “I never can think of that now without my eves filling: nobody could. Strong men as we were, we were all sob- bing with sympathy for the broken-heart- ed father of the girl we had loved so wall. those who | “And then the procession, as it wound along the road,” continues Kaiulani's friend: “the hearse, the flowe: the sym- bols, the thousands of natives in! mourn- ing array keening their mournful dirge, waving torches that turned night into | day as they slowly. passed beneath the palm trees! There never was s a poetic, touching, royal pageant.” A. R. ROSE SOLEY. Wagner's Greed. Here {is Wagner's famous musical creed, which it is claimed by a writer in Music “‘every musician should know and repeat, even as the faithful repeat its prototype and model in the churches”: “I believe in God, Mozart and Beethov- en, and also in their disciples and apos- tles; T believe in the Holy Ghost and in the truth of the one indivisible art; I belleve that this art comes from God, and dwells in the hearts of all enlightened sluman beings; I believe that whosoever has but once reveled in the ennobling joys of this exalted art will serve it for all time, nor ever prove untrue, and I believe that through this art all may find salvation. “I believe in the Day of Judgment, and that then all those will be damned who hdve dared in this world to deal sordidly with this chaste and noble art, putting it to shame and dishonoring it, out of badness of heart and mere greed for the pleasures of the senses. But, contrari- wise, I believe that the true disciples of this exalted art will be transfigured in a heavenly commingling of sunny, sweet- smelling consonances, and will be united, for all eternity, to the celestial source of harmon —_——————— Teacher—Now, who was Colum- bus? No answer. Teacher (promptingly)—The man that— Class (readily)—Broke the bank at Monte Carlo.—London Judy _—eee—————— He—He that courts and runs away will live to court another day. She—But he that courts and does not wed may find himself in court instead.— London Tit-Bits. boys,