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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-17
A LITTLE OFF ON GEOGRAPHY.
And a Little on. Too, on the Facts
About TOwboats.

About TOwbOatS.
The Philadelphia Record makes mention
that a serious war among the tug boats is
raging at the "Tybee river" Georgia. and
that shipping has become demoralized
in consequence, and that vessels are leav-
ing for other ports. The informant Of the
Record mlsrepresenued the true state of
affairs al Iybee. II is true that q libel
case for towing bill was recently settled
by vessel, brought about BY the fact that
there Is an opposition toWbOat company
but there is no foundation for the publica-
that IN consequence of the liber suit or
the competitive tug boats vessels are leav-
ing for other ports. They do leave for
other ports. but carry cargoes Of tar,
pitch and turpentine, and lots Of lumber.
Capt. Cornelius Smith OF the schooner
A. ID. Lamson, which sailed from this port
for Philadelphia, July Z, arriving at her
destination July u, reports that his vessel
began leaking just after leaving Savan-
nan. he says that she struck a sunken OBJ
struction while rounding her wharf, which
damaged her bottom.
On account Of being out all night before
last the steamer Gov. Stafford took a rest
yesterday, as well as did the crew. The
regular Thursday afternoon trip to Dau-
tuskie was not run, much 10 the disap-
pointment of many who had made UP their
minds to spend the afternoon on the
salts
A large crowd Of excursionists went to
warsaw yesterday on the regular trip of
the steamer Alpha.
The Norwegian bark Aviemore cleared
yesterday for Hamburg with 5.4O2 casks
spirits turpentine. COO barrels of rosin. $50
barrels Of pitch. 25 cases Of pitch. and 821
barrels of rosin Oil. The cargo was ship
ped by the S. P. Shotter Co. and James
Earle, Jr.
The Propeller Steamboat Company's tug
Forest City, which has been on Jones'
marine railway, having a new propeller
adjusted, came of yesterday.
The new four-masted schooner Good
win Stoddard was launched at Bath, Ne,
yesterday. She was built by the New
England Shipbuilding Company for f. v
L. Jones of New York. The vessel is 172Ib
feet long on the keel, 9S feet beam and Is
feet depth Of hold and about 500 tons reg
ister; She is intended for the Atlantic
coast and West India trade.
One thousand miles Of solid fog was
met oy the steamer Rossmore. which ar
rived at Baltimore Wednesday from Liv-
erpOOL The steamer was in the obscuritv
for four days from AZ to 66 degrees west
rms Is the most extensive fog report re-
ceived this month. During July the North
Atlantic steamship tracks are enveloped
IN more fog than during any other period
or the year 1t extends from the New
England coast 1900 miles out to sea. In
the fog this July are scores of icebergs.
more numerous than for years. Hun
dreds of New England and Canadian
fishermen start out in July to FISH in the
steamship tracks off shore This month
the transatlantic liners change from the
southern TO the northern routes Alto
eether this month presents more dangers
20 steamers than any period of the year
me July photographic chart gives a map
ana information in regard to the fisher
men and the steamship lines.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-17
Headqsnrtcrs.

High Art Clothing, lowest price Kohler's.
Best quality Shoes, mems only. Kohler's.
Negligee and White shirts. Iohlers.
Neckwe2r, Underwear. kohlers.
lowest prices. kohlers.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-17
Dronncd ncnh-

Patent leather. calf and tan, $3.50 kind
now 81. All style toes calf ana tan. S5o9
kind, now $3.50, Fire and waterproof for
engineers and tiremen, 500. worth q;
Canvas shoes for sea shore. S.2 50 "a
tan and calf, now S225. Kohler's.-ad
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-17
Dropped Dead.

$50 Suits now S11.5O; $40 suits now s5.sS;
$3.50 Suits now $500; Sc Linen Suits now
$500; scriven drawers. 75c. all sizes: 81 so
shirts, SLOo; SLIGO Shirts. Zoe; 75c kind. i5c
Eohler-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-17

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
used for children teething. 1t sooths the
child. softens the gums. allays ali pain.
cures wind collie anu is the best remedy
for diarrhoca. Twenty -dyc cents Il bottle
-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-17

Not a Bit Abashed.-'T should tbinL
those strawberries would be ashamed a.
the. discrepancy between their Size ana
their price oh, they have plenty of of
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-17
For Heavy, Sluggish Feeling, Use
HOrsfOrd's Acid Phosphate.

1t produces healthy activity of weak
or disordered stomachs that need stimu-
lating, and acts as tonic on nerves ana
brain.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-17
Trimmed Hnt SnIc

To-day; any trimmed hat in our estab.
hshmeni $500 to-day only; many worth
800, $1,000 and $1,000. Krousk0ff' sad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-17
Ribbon sale.

One lot Of Dresden and Taffeta ribbons
25c yard best qualities and patterns TO-
day only, { KrOuskon Sad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-17
Rnhr Cnn snIc

To-day. Is dozen finest quality cans. all
sizes and patterns. soc; worth $3.50. 500
at krouskon sad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-17

The Propeller Steamboat Company's tug
Forest City, which has been on Jones'
marine railway, having a new propeller
adjusted, came of yesterday.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-17

The Norwegian bark Aviemore cleared
yesterday for Hamburg with 5.402 casks
spirits turpentine, Goo barrels of rosin, $50
barrels Of pitch, 25 cases of pitch, and 321
barrels of rosin oil. The cargo was ship
ped by the S. P. Shotter Co. and James
Earle, Jr
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-17

A large crowd of excursionists went to
warsaw yesterday on the regular trip Of
the steamer Alpha.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-17

On account Of being out all night before
last, the steamer Gov. Stafford took a rest
yesterday, as well as did the crew. The
regular Thursday afternoon trip to Dau-
tuskie was not run, much TO the disap-
pointment Of many who had made up their
minds to spend the afternoon on the
salts.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-17

The new four-masted schooner Good
win Stoddard was launched at Bath, Me,
yesterday. She was built by the New
England Shipbuilding Company for F. v.
l.. Jones OF New York. The vessel is 1721k
feet long on the keel. 38 feet beam and 16
feet depth Of hold and about 500 tons reg
ister. She is intended for the Atlantic
coast and West India trade
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-17

Capt. Cornelius Smith OF the schooner
A. D. LamsOn, which sailed from this port
for Philadelphia, July 7, arriving at her
destination July u, reports that his vessel
began leaking just after leaving Savan-
nah. He says that she struck a sunken OBJ
struction while rounding her wharf. which
damaged her bottom.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-21

about $50, and the second time ran beat
my opponent two to one. / am serving my Sec
ond term now.
sit is rather bright and hopeful looking in
Sierra now, though the snow has been very
light. Last year there were three hydraulics
at work in Sierra, and this year four more
were started up. They were all enjoined under
the anti-debrs act, but since then they have
all built dams, and now will start up again.
'There is good deal of interest in mining
there. Lots OF new companies have been or
ganlzed. The old Alaska mine has been re-
opened and is employing over thirty men. 1t
is expected that the Bonanza mine and its 40
stamp mill will start soon.
tThere is q San Francisco syndicate that is
buying all the mines in front of the Keystone.
The syndicate is going to run a tunnel more
than two miles long through these properties.
1t is expected that three or four pay veins will
be opened.
"On various mines on which work is being
projected the ore is showing up well. The
Bald Mountain extension is one OF these, and
the North Fork and South Fork at rest City.
"There has also been q strike recently in the
Plumbago mine. 1t is very good ore and there
is q good deal of it,
Sheriff Busch intends leaving for home to-
morrow. He says more snow is badly needed,
but thinks it may yet fall. In 1858, after
April 15, he saw no less than seven feet OF new
snow at Sierra City.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-21
THE SUNDAY GALL"

The feature of THE SUNDAY CALL of to-
morrow that will first impress the eye will
be picture of the young ladies of the
High School leaving the building at the
close OF their days work. 1t is picture
attractive not only because it represents
typical scene in the daily life of our City,
but as an example of the excellence OF
newspaper illustration on this coast.
The literary features of the mum Der will
be marked by the diverse variety of the
subjects treated and the high degree of
excellence of the several articles. Promi-
nent among these is story of the struggle
OF woman against the hard fortunes of
life in Nebraska. 1t is in truth something
more than story, and to the reader will
appear not as realism, but as reality. The
effect of the pathoS and of the resemblance
to an incident OF actual life is increased by
the title, which is embodied in the sug-
gestive words, "She Was My Sister,
A charming pastoral suited to the spring.
time will be found in an article by Miss Ade-
line Knapp descriptive of early wild flowers
and particularly of the "Wake- Robin" A
sketch of widely different nature but of
equal interest to the general reader will be
found in the narrative of the experiences
Of a Whitehall boatman of San Francisco
under the title of Around the World in
Whitehall" !"
The series of Lighthouse Stories which
has been running in THE SUNDAY CALL for
some time is continued tomorrow in
an account of the lighthouse at Twin
Brothers Islands. w. C. Morrow con-
tributes the chief literary feature of the
number in story of mystery and tragedy,
'.The Garrulous Typewriter" in which
are illustrated some of those complex phe-
nomena of life which make up the world
of the supernatural.
The regular departments of the paper,
including fashions, literature, science, So
ciety, childhood's realm, ETC., are filled
with an entertaining miscellany of original
and selected matter. 1t goes without saw
ing that the news of the day will be found
in full. THE CALL is the only morning pa
per in the City which receives United Press
dispatches and is therefore one that must
be read by all who wish to know all the
nawe
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-21
FERRY TROUBLES ENDED.

The decision by the Supreme Court that
the Harbor Commission has a large dis
cretion under the act authorizing it to con-
struct ferry building does away with all
the annoying obstacles which have him
dered the board, and now everything is
clear sailing. For some time the progress
of this improvement has been so delayed
by trivial interferences that its Importance
has nearly dropped out of sight. 1t is
most unfortunate that every act of the
Legislature concerning matters of public
interest has to be tested in the courts be-
fore it can become operative. but this ex-
pensiye and annoying means OF establish
ing or oyerturniDg acts seems to be a
necessary evil SO long as the Legislature
chooses to make laws inadequately con-
sidered and imperfectly drawn.
Now that the work of construction will
proceed henceforward without Interrupt
ton, it is proper to ponder its meaning
and canvass means for developing the
highest usefulness OF the building. 1t will
be handsome structure and an ornament
to the City, but beyond that lie questions
affecting the commerce of this port and
the cooperation of the City with the
State. 1t will not be sufficient to regard
the new ferry building merely as an i'm
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-21
ENFORCE THE LAW.

During the whole of the prolonged con-
troversy over the settlement of the debts
due to the Government by the Pacific
railroads the advocates of the refunding
scheme have advanced no argument In
support of it save the one that IN no other
way can the Government recover either
the principal or the interest on which the
roads have defaulted.
Reduced to simple terms the argument
for refunding is that the Government must
yield TO the demands of the monopoly or
lose all that 1t has at stake. Ordinarily
the creditor has an advantage over the
debtor, but in this case all ordinary rules
are reversed. The debtor assumes TO defy
the creditor to collect the Gebt. The law
is Knocked at. The Government is lnso-
lently challenged to recover II it can the
money which the subsidized roads have
taken from it. This defiance is not
couched in diplomatic terms. 1t is an
nounced boldly. ''If you expect to get
back what we owe you," say the directors
of the defaulting roads to the Government
and the people, ''then you must wait our
leisure, you must reduce the rate of inter-
est on the debt, you must set aside the
laws you have made, you must continue
our monopoly and by refunding the debt
allow US at least fifty years more in which
to decide whether we will ever pay it or
not.''
In the face of an argument of this kind
Congress should not hesitate a moment.
If the Government cannot collect the debt
now it can never collect it at all. Refund
ing the debt for fifty years would simply
increase the amount due by the defaulters
without in any way increasing the pros
poets of recovering any portion OF It.
Huntington and his colleagues have been
trusted once and they have betrayed the
trust. They have made no effort to repay
principal or interest of their obligations.
They have built themselves palaces IN the
City and villas by the sea. They have
allied their families by marriage with the
princes of Europe and bestowed dowries
upon the brides with q prodigal magnlfl-
cence. They have maintained thousand
extravagances and at the same time made
an ostentatious display of philanthropy
when the caprice seized them. They have
never paid their debts, however, nor ever
tried to, nor is there any reason TO believe
they ever thought of doing so.
Railroads whose revenues have been suf-
ficient to pile up the colossal fortunes
while permitting all the Iuxuries of the
members of the Southern Pacific Com
pany can certainly pay off the debt due
the Government if they are economically
administered. There are abundant evi-
dences that if rascals were removed from
The management of the roads, the income
to be derived from a Legitimate business
would sooner or later pay all that is due
10 the Government and leave good profit
besides. This seems to be the opinion of
the Vanderbilts and the Goulds, and they
certainly know something of railroads.
The course TO be followed by Congress is
therefore plain, whether considered from
the point of view of expediency or of duty.
II is summed up in the demand of the
people: Enforce the law, foreclose the
mortgage, turn the rascals out.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-21
THE DEBRIS APPROPRIATION.

The communication addressed by TREY
l.. Ford to the House Committee on Rivers
and Harbors in response to a request from
the committee for a statement relative to
the wishes of the people of California on
the subject of Government appropria-
ton of S250,000 for the construction of
debris-impounding works places the mat
ter in considerably broader light than it
has been generally assumed to possess.
After reciting the familiar history of the
legislation which has been taken on the
subject, including the act of Congress of
March 1. 1893 (the Cam inetti act), inviting
the cooperation of California, and the
California legislative act of the same year
appropriating s250,000 for impounding
works on condition that Congress makes
an appropriation in the same amount for
that purpose, Mr.. Ford's communication
makes the following statement:
This committee must bear in mind that
the damage heretofore done to the rivers
in California through the flow of detritus
from the mountains has been from several
causes. Nature is continually washing
the mountains down into the valleys, and
this has been greatly accelerated since the
the mountain sides of the heavy forests
that formerly grew upon them has per-
mitted the soil to become loosened and
thus more rapidly wash into the canyons.
The grazing of vast herds of cattle and
sheep and other stock upon the mountain
sides has also accelerated the washing
away of the soil. Farming and gardening
have added somewhat, and mining has
also done its share toward carrying debris
into the canyons and rivers. No one cause
is wholly to blame. 1t is impossible to
take care of the debris resulting from one
cause without at the same time taking care
of the debris resulting from all causes.
The proposition is to impound this debris
at convenient places in the lower foothills
and in the canyons where nature seems to
have provided places especially adapted
to the purpose and thus relieve the rivers
from the annual danger arising from the
melting SHOWS and freshets at spring
time"
This is broad and generous statement
of the present condition. The commune
cation further declares that it is theory
that the Government should take care of
it's rivers and shows that for its outlay the
Government is to require that the hy-
draulic miners availing themselves of the
benefits of the impounding works shall
pay 3 per cent of their gross income for the
privilege. 1t is further pointed out that
the appropriation, instead of having the
effect of fostering particular industry,
will not only make hydraulic mining pos
sible, but will prevent injury to the rivers
and lower farming lands by checking the
flow of detritus that has already accu-
mulated and that is constantly gaining
volume from various sources. Such a
presentation of the case seems altogether
reasonable. In view of these facts and the
favorable recommendation of the Govern
ment engineers appointed to investigate
the matter, it is difficult to see how Con-
gress can consistently withhold the de-
sired appropriation.
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-21
KEEPING UP ITS COURAGE.

a Democratic contemporary processes to
be delighted with the prospect Of the
nomination of Mckinley by the St. Louis
convention, asserting that while his nomi-
nation may be assured the election of the
author of the "Tariff of denominations" is
quite another matter.
We have all heard OF the boy who, pass
ing a graveyard, whistles to keep his
courage up, and our contemporary re-
minds us very forcibly of that boy. Sup
of the National Republican Convention
should be Reed, or Morton, or Allison, or
Cameron. or any other Republican, can
the Examiner imagine for a moment that
Presidential candidates can stand upon
any except a protectionist platform
Governor Mckinley is associated init
mately with protection to American labor
and American industries, not because he
is any better protectionist than thousands
of his party, but because be was the chair
man of the Ways and Means Committee of
the House of Representatives which
formulated the Tariff measure known
familiarly as the Mckinley bill.
Whether William Mckinley or another
UC luc llOullitc Vi OF. lOQ4S COuf fcuLlOu
is q matter of perfect Indifference so far as
the question of protection is concerned.
The people of the United States have had
enough and more than enough of free
trade, as thinly disguised in the Wilson
bill, with its accompanying train of deficit
in the treasury, bond issues to meet cur
rent expenses of the Government and deal
ings with foreign money-holding syndi-
Gates. They prefer to return to a policy
under which the National credit became
the admiration of the world and by the
operation of which there was created a
surplus in the National Treasury, even
though such surplus did alarm Grover
Cleveland in December, 1887.
OF course no one really believes that our
Democratic contemporary entertains even
a hope of the success OF its party at the
coming Presidential election. To tell the
truth, Presidential timber is pretty scarce
in the Democratic camp. Cleveland is out
of the question, Carlisle is an impossi-
bility, Whitney will not consent to be can
didate, Boies of Iowa is no longer favorite
son, Campbell of Ohio cannot make the
race, and Morgan of Alabama, the ablest
man of the party, is handicapped by geo.
graphical considerations. There will be
somebody, no doubt, who will accept the
empty honor of a nomination, for some
times it is better, in political sense, to
have run and lost than never to have run
at all, but the long odds are that the
nominee of the st. Louis convention, who
ever he may be, will be the next President
of the United States and it is certain that
be will be q nrntectinnist
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-21
PERSONAL.

T. Potter of Portland is in the City.
T. C. White. a banker of Fresno, is in the
City.
]. c. Ruddell an attorney of Ukiah. is in the
City.
w. S. Stone, a business man OF Eureka, is al
the Russ.
Charles Covert of Merced is at the Cosmo-
politan.
w. F. George, an attorney OF Sacramento, Is
at the Grand.
Colonel W. Forsyth, the Fresno vineyardist,
is at the Occidental.
William Eastman, hotel proprietor OF Hol-
lister, is at the Grand.
Wv. Mason, the Los Angeles nme-grower,
is at the Cosmopolitan.
Harry Quinn, "a sheep-raisez OF Tulare County,
is at the Cosmopolitan.
L. w. Howe, mining man OF Tuolumne
County, is on visit here.
B. Cohn, proprietor of a general store at
Pomeroy, WASH, is at the Grand.
George Fl. Hill of Helena, Mont, is at the
Palace, accompanied by his wife.
III. Marshall and Caleb H. Marshall of
Chicago are among the arrivals at the Russ.
Thomas D. Calkins, editor and proprietor of
the Amador Record, is at the Cosmopolitan.
E. D. Bowman, who is interested in mining
in different parts of Plumas County, is in the
City.
Editor H. A. McCraney has returned from
visit to Northern California with General
Clarkson.
George A. Wiley, superintendent of the Seth
Cook stock and grain farm at Danville, Contra
Costa County, is at the Grand
Among the arrivals at the Palace yesterday
was Percy L. Shuman and T. Benton Letter OF
Chicago, and E. w. Vest of st. Louis.
D. F. O'Callaghan, who has been on an ex-
tended tour of the world for some months and
has been in Jerusalem and other parts of the
Holy Land, India, China and Japan, returned
here on the Peru yesterday.
John Ritchie, who many years ago settled
near Greenville, Plumas. County, and made
some good mining strikes, selling out there
after and investing in Government bonds, is at
the Russ. He usually spends his winters here.
In the summer he goes to Plumas and raises
flowers in a little place which he owns near
Greenvllle. The growing of many kinds of
beautiful flowers has become fad with him.
Bishop Morris of Oregon is at the Occidental.
For several weeks past he has been at various
places in the south, including Santa Barbara.
He says the people at the latter place antici-
pate steady growth. when the Southern Pa
cifc begins, as it is to do, the running of
through overland trains by that route in a few
weeks. The Bishop is TO go to San Mateo and
deliver few lectures. He will start for home
on Monday.
Alfred 7. Gashorn of Philadelphia, who is at
the Palace Hotel, accompanied by his family,
was director-general of the Centennial Exposi-
ton in 1876. He says, in his. opinion, the
Chicago Exposition was too big, and that this
was the cause of discord in the management.
Only the Midway Plaisance is remembered
now, but of the Centennial Exposition, though
twenty years have elapsed, it is all remem-
bered. The general is here ON pleasure trip.