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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-25

weighed, and registered. and tnen
swung round and discharged into nine
corresponding chutes travelling on an
other pair of rails, and from the chuees
the Goals are shot out on the opposiee
side of the pontoon into barges.
In the course of day it is estlnateo
that this derrick pontoon will be able 10
handle in this way about 5oOO tols %
coal, or the cargoes OF four TO hFe Vi III
nary steam Golfers.
Nor does this exhaust the equipment
of London's new coal distributor. Tnere
is a complete set of workshops on
board, so that repairs can be done by
the staff: a large kitchen. with range
and grill, and separate dining rooms Tor
the lightermen, private cabins Tor the
captain and engineer in charge, ana
handsomely fitted directors room.
while the electric light is fitted
throughout.
The Cory Company imports and dis
patches over London and its environ
ments between five and six million tons
of sea borne coal per year. This vast
quantity Is used almost entirely for
household, manufacturing and bunker
ing purposes, and leaves out of account
another two or three million tons i'm
ported by the great gas companies for
lighting purposes, and also the large
quantity Of rail-borne house coal that
comes into the metropolis from the
Yorkshire and Midland coal fields
London Mail.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-25

James D. Phelan, the ''hefting" Mayor,
cannot excuse his dereliction of duty
through ignorance of the evils OF such
practices, for the history Of San Fran
cisco has two dark pages in 1t previous
to the Widber page, and these pages re-
count crime, suicide and loss of money to
the city through similar methods.
When A. ]. Bryant was Mayor a clerk
in the Treasures Office distracted money
from the vaults, and his peculations
were permitted to go on through the re-
missness of the Mayor, Auditor and
County Judge, who failed to count the
cash, but trusted to seeing the bags and
netting them. After taking $4,000 the
deputy found that his crime was about
to be discovered and made clean breast
of 1t and then killed himself.
Some years later, when James Otis was
Mayor, Alexander Austin, Tax Collector,
produced certificates" from a depository
instead of the coin, which the law says
must be "seen and counted" Judge
Stanly insisted on seeing and counting"
the coin, and for this was roundly de-
nounced by friends of Mayor Otis and
Collector Austin. When the bags were
opened 1t was found that there was a de-
ficiency of 500, 900. Austins bondsmen
were compelled to make good the amount.
Phelan is undoubtedly familiar with the
facts in these cases, and knew that had
the law been complied with there could
have been but a small deficiency, which
would have been detected in the begin
ming. Had he properly seen and count
ed Widber's cash there would have been
no heavy defalcation, and the city would
not to-day be loser to the extent of more
than SIG ,000
But this Business Mayor was too
busy laying wires for higher Offices to
look after the duties for which he was
paid to perform, hence Widber's defalca-
ton was permitted to grow from month
to month until it reached a point where
the erring Treasurer could no longer con-
ceal it and exposure and ruin came.
While Phelan PIRATES Of his own hon
esty, and says there are none honest
enough TO sit in council with him in
either the Third, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth
and Tenth Wards, the people would like
to know what grade Of honesty it is that
will permit man to draw a big salary
to look after the city's interests and then
violate the plain letter and spirit OF the
law.
Those men in the Third, Fifth, Seventh,
Ninth and Tenth Wards, whom Mayor
Pheian wished TO supplant by honest and
fit men from other wards may not have
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-25
Two Other Instances Of "Hefting" in the Treasury
Department Whose Moral Was Not Needed
by the Posing Boss
With Defeat Staring Him in the Face the hOe Than Thou
Mayor Cries for Aid While the BOOdling Examiner
Pleads for Corruption Fund.

that kind of honesty" but they have
the honesty which will see to 1t that they
are represented by men who will not
slight their duty.
These men in the tabooed wards may
not be ''ft" to work with a Mayor VINO
poses as the acme of morality ana purify
In politics and then deScends to polftlcai
tricks to gain his ends, but they are ilt
to pass judgment on him, and when Phe-
Ian is weighed in their balance ne IS
found wanting.
The MayoraIty chair as stepping-stone
to the United States Senate may be Phe-
lans idea, but the people prefer II 10 De
used for the go4d OF the city 70 ana dnrr %ne
himself with men who will do his b1ddlng
and let him be in absolute control OF CITY
affairs, those Democrats VINO nav. nave DTe4
turned down as unfit feel that there must
be some design in this sudden ass pt1t
of honesty and fitness. They 1eet Iha al
the Mayors business methods, 80 Jar "a
city affairs are concerned, are bad ana
they condemn him; a,,+,,.
They condemn his dereliction Of duty;
they condemn his assumption OF ul t-a
purity; they condemn his snopDlsnlessS
in catering to the aristocratfc element OF
the city and saying that the men IN al
most half of the city are not Mt 70 ass SO
swearing that but $3.50 was spent by and
for him during the last campaign, When
there is every evidence that thousands
of dollars were spent; they condemn MIN
for wearing q silk hat and Kid gloves
when he goes among the aristocrauc peo-
pie. and then showing his, contempt 1or
workingmen by appearing before them IN
old clothes and q sloneh r hat; they hey
nointing a committee to look after the
interests of the, DemoSeratiee party and
refusing the rank and file of the party
voice in the councils.
The ''hefting" Mayor begins to feel this
idea of election by his own party and
now tries to wheedle Republican votes,
and his champions, the twin evils of jour
naiism, the Subsidized Bulletin and the
bIackmailing Examiner, brazenly. admit
this detection and proceed to read out of
the party all Democrats who have the
honesty and temerity to vote against
Phelan.
But while netting Phelan poses and
his buzZard newspapers split hairs over
grave accusations, the people of the city
are turning from the man Of pretense and
arrogance and focdng to the standard
of Patton in such numbers that conster-
nation sits in the Phelan camp and the
"hefting" Mayor is crying aloud to the
leaders of his party for help, while the
boodling Examiner devotes its columns
to frantic appeals for a corruption fund
wherewith to buy the election.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-25

suits, however, were very disappointing,
as the highest horse power reached was
only $500 and a corresponding speed of 20
knots. But the trouble was not confined
to lac boilers alone, which were blamed
for the failure, for the hulls were found
to be dangerously himsy and threatened
to fall apart at the high speed. 1t be-
came necessary to put additional
strengthening into the hulls, thereby in
creasing the displacement from 795 TO TO
tons, and the Admiralty was satisfied
with natural draught power, which gave
a speed of about is knots. In Brassey's
Annual these boats have ever since ap-
peared as 20-knot racers and uniform
horsepower of $500. One Of these boats,
the Salamander, underwent a three
hours natural draught trial In Septem-
Der last and with new boilers developed
2726 horsepower and speed Of II knots,
which falls considerably short of the esti-
mate when designed.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-25
A REMARKABLE CASE.

was brought to the city Tuesday to have
an examination made of her eyes. She
was taken TO DR.. Pricer's office on
Third street, and, after a thorough exam
ination, the doctor found that the optic
nerve was dried and shriveled and almost
dead from the excessive use of tobacco
The doctor found, upon questioning the
was 4 years old. She said that she had
a good smoke just before leaving home
The girl is almost totally blind, she is not
able to distinguish objects that are dis
tant one foot from her eyes. The case
is remarkable on account of the child 8
age. A case of this kind can be treated
successfully II the patient quits the use
of tobacco.-Ironton Republican.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-25
NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD.
] SauBo1ito Ferry.

via 0d0ooA4tV
FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO MILL VALLEY
AND SAN RAFAEL.
WEEK DAYS"7:20, $780, HOO q. M; S1:4A
s:45 5:15 '6 100, $50 p.
EXTRA TRIPs.aFor San Rafael on Monday.
Wednesdays and Saturdays at 1870 D. M
sUNDAYs-*s:OO. 10000. "il:S0 q. m; '1:15
400. 1890 s:15 p: m.
FROM SAN RAFAEL TO SAN FRANCISCO.
WEEK DAYS-5:25. '6:s5, 7:45. $3.50 a. m;
1920, 2:20, AS, 5:05 D. m.
EXTRA TRIPS on Mondays. Wednesdays
and Saturdays at $40 p, m.
SUNDAYS-6;20 $500, 1890, su:55 a m:
s115 1910. 4:4O. 1920 p. m.
Trains marked start from San Quentin.
FROM MILL VALLEY TO SAN FRANCISCO.
WEEK DAYS-5:45. 6:45. 7:55. $40 a. m.
12:s5, 2:45. $3.50, $40 p m.
EXTRA TRIPS on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Saturdays at 700 p.
sUNDAYs-s:Oo, zoos a. m; 1905, 1:2O, 500.
$780, $40 p. m.
THROUGH TRAINS.
7:20 a. m. week days-Cazadero and way sta Ms.
las D. m. Saturdays-Dunean Mills and way
stations.
500 a. m. sundays-DuncanM Mills and way sts's.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-25

In a new feed water regulator a float
is placed on the surface of the water and
connected with a rod running to a slid
ing plate on the outside, which slides
across a fixed plate to form an electrical
the current operating a magnet, which
opens or closes the valve in the feed
water nine
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-25

Gas is automatically shut off when
blown out by a new attachment, consist
ing of a balanced arm with an umbrella
shaped hood, which is held above the
burner by the heat of the flame. and ie-
sends as soon as the flame is exlinguish-
ed, thus pulling lever, which cuts off
the gas.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-25
RAILROAD TRAVEL.

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANT.
iPAoIFIo sYBrEM.)
&Fains leave and due 10 arrive as
SAN FRANCISCO.
(Man Line Foot of Market Streetl
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-11-26
What Territorial Expansion Means.

The United States raise a large part of the
funds necessary to pay the expenses OF gov
eminent by tax upon imports.
The annexation of Porto Rico, Cuba the
Philippines and other former Spanish pos
sessions will abolish duties on imports from
those islands, and this loss of revenue will
have to be made up by higher taxation pom
the people of the United States.
Their annexation, also, will require tn e
maintenance of large standing army and a
navy equal to that of the greatest naval power
in the world, thus adding largely to the eX-
penses of government.
When the United States assume authority
over these islands they will certainly fall heirs
to instructions and rebellons, and their
possession is liable to involve the United
States in International controversies that will
tend continually to cause alarm and dwarf
trade and commerce.
Their annexation means the addition of
many millions of an inferior race to the pop
ulation of this government, and the cheap
labor of these islands will be menace, if not
actual competitors, of the we ll-paid labor of
the United States.
No country has been benefited by colonial
possessions. On the contrary progress at
home has been retarded, and the United
States will be no exception.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-11-26
Aiding Monopoly and Strangling
Competition.

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
have been operating the Chesapeake & Ohio
Canal as holders of majority of the bonds OF
1874 under an order of court. The whole
proceeding, though perhaps technically legal,
was fraud on the state. The sale of the ca
nal was contemplated. An order for it had
actually been made. The B. & o. was too
poor to purchase it, and then the matter OF
operating it was conceived as holders OF the
bonds of 1874 and petition to the court to
rescind the order for sale was made, and sue
cessfully. The West Virginia Central Rail
road Company wanted line to Washington
and Baltimore and would have pure hased the
canal. The B. & 0. did not want Compel
itor, especially one that would parallel It's
line for a considerable distance, and 1t re-
strained this competition by acting under the
1874 bond dodge.
The financial condition Of the B. " .. has
been going steadily down and finally reached
bankruptcy, with the stock that once sold at
over 5000 share at II cents share. W 18th
the receivership, large expenditures ofmoney,
the purchase by strong syndicate OF con :
trolling interest i'll the stock, and the reor-
ganization of the company the people are ia
miliar. Since the company is able to out-bld
the West Virginia Central for the Chesapeake
& Ohio Canal the Board of Public Works,
consisting of Gov. Lowndes, Comptroller
Goldsborough and Treasurer Shryock, have
unanimously voted to sell the state interest
in the canal.
The B. & o. worked zealously for Repub-
Iican success in the last three or four cleo
tons. 1t is now about to get its reward
When in 1892 bill for the sale of the canal
was before the legislature the Republican press
was strong in denunciation of the sale, and so
were the Republican members OF the legisa-
tre. The Baltimore Sun fairly went wild IN
its opposition. 1t is saying not word now,
since the B. & o. is in financial condition
to purchase the canal, and will not be troubled
with competition. Its opposition III 1872 can
only be accounted for by its proprietors hold
ing securities of the B. 4 o., and did not
want their value ieopardized by competing
railroad line.
Had the canal been sold in 1892 the West
Virginia Central would in all probability ha We
been the purchaser, as the towpath would be
valuable to only itself and the B. X o., and
the West Virginia Central was strong and the
B. & O. weak And had the sale then been
made the building of line along the canal to
Washington and another through Washing
ton, Frederick, Carroll and Baltimore coun-
ties to Baltimore would have caused a great
development of Western Maryland and added
greatly to the taxable basis.
Will the San be kind enough to explain
its opposition 10 a sale in 1892 and its silence
now
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-11-26
Not Spain's to Sell.
From the New York Press


For what is the United States to pay $40, :
Manila? For SIMPSONS off Santiago? Or
is it proposed to give the Spaniards these
500 900, 600 for the Philippine group?
Why $40, 100000 or 20 cents? The Span
iards do not possess the Philippines. They
have lost them, small part to George
Deweys fleet and General Merritt's army
the rest to the Philippine insurgent forces.
If twenty millions are to be paid to SPAN
for what she does not possess, how many mil
lions are to be paid to the Philippine insur-
gents fer what they do possess by right Of con-
quest made for freedom?
What can Spain give us for the twenty mil
lions offer to her? Are we to pay for Span
iSh title of tyranny to be enforced by arms
through years of bloody war with people
fighting for their liberty? After Spain has
pocketed the twenty millions handed to her
for Heaven knows what, how are we to get
the Philippines from those who possess them
in fact-the native inhabitants and armies?
If we want the Philippine Islands it is not
from Spain that we should demand them, nor
is it to Spain that we should pay money for
them. The Filipino is the master of those
islands if we are not. If we are to demand
them as our right we must demand them from
i'm. If we are to buy them we must buy
them from him.
The money given to Spain as compensa-
ton for her loss of the islands must be either
a charity or purchase of fraudulent title.
No one thinks it is a charity. We do not
want defective title, to sustain which will
cost millions of money and lives not to be
estimated.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-11-26
INCOMPETENT OFFICERS
Kept in the Service Through Politi-
cal influence
Cor. of Philadelphia Ledger.

NOl' VI 1IAioNCAPAlAo ACN5Oi'
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18.-Political exigen-
cies which have interviewed so often lately In
military matters are operating to prevent the
muster out of the service of a number of
superhuous and useless officers in all the staff
departments whose places should either be
entirely vacated or filled with seryiceable
men. These are in every case purely political
appointments made at the request and upon
the recommendation of Senators and members
of Congress, whose influence is now operating
to retain them in the service against the pro-
tests of their superior officers. Some OF the
staff departments are extremely anxious that
a number of volunteer officers shall be honor
ably discharged and that new appointments
of efficient men shall be made to take their
places. They have, however, when specific
recommendations have been sent in, found
that the Department deems it inadvisable to
antagonize certain Senators and Representa-
tives, who stood behind the original appoint
ments and demand the retention of the APP
pointees as part of their patronage. This
policy is most unj ust to heads of staff depart
ments held responsible for the work OF their
subordinates, and who are constantly subjected
to criticism for the inetficlency OF officers with
whose appointment they had nothing to do,
and for whose discharge they are earnestly
SollcIt0uS. 1t is well known lact mere tnaC
the most competent men in the staff depart
ments have been worked to death since the
outbreak of the war in very large degree, be-
cause of the inetficiency of the civilian APP
pontments. Many of the officers of the reg
ular service haye broken down in the attempt
to do double and treble work in which they
were hindered rather than helped by their
subordinates Its high time, at least so these
officers believe, that there should be a thor
eugh wedding out of incompetents and that
such should be replaced by men of efficiency
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-11-26
ADDITIONS TO THE NAVY.
Three of the Spanish Gunboats Sunk
in the Battle Of Manila to
be Raised.

WASHINGTON, Noy. 18.-The United States
Navy will soon possess more than sprlnkllng
of foreign built warships. Admiral Dewey
has informed the Navy Department that he
has contracted with Hong Kong firm OF
wreckers to raise three of the Spanish war
vessels sunk in the battle of Manila last May
day. The cost of raising the ships and putting
them in thorough repair will be $500, 900.
The vessels to be raised are gunboats of large
type and, in the opinion of Chief Constructor
Hichborn. they will be the very best kind of
craft for the protection of the United States
interests among the Philippines and along the
Asiatic coast. They are the sister ships lsla
de Cuba and Isla de Luzon and the Don Juan
de Austria. The first two are vessels of l,O4O
tons, 200 feet long, 80 feet beam, l l feet 6
inches draught They are of steel, with twin
screws, good protective decks and an effective
battery, composed of six At Hontoria guns,
four six-pounders, two one FOUNDER Norden-
fields and two .52-inch Nordenfelds and three
torpedo tubes Their speed is placed at 1873
knots under forced draught.
The Austria is little larger, her tonnage
being 1852, her length 210 feet, 81 feet beam
and l26 draught She was built in Catagena
in 1887. The other two vessels were built by
Sir VIM. Armstrong at Elswick in 1886. The
Austria's armament is four 4.7-inch Hontora
guns, four six-pounders, one machine gun
and two torpedo tubes.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-11-26
What a Negro Says Of the South
ern Negroes.

y. Y. Correspondence of the Philadelphia Ledger.
While number of negroes, inAamed by Il
sense of wrong and desire for revenge, were
crying fight at the colored mass meeting
in Cooper Union, it is creditabe TO the race
that the managers of the meeting were IN ia
vor Of the more moderate course of peaceful
protest against the alleged Southern outrages.
But it is still more notable that the foremost
cLlored man of the day. Professor Booker /.
Washington, in an address in Brooklyn re-
Gently, said that he was not ready to discuss
''the recent unpleasantness in certain sec
ton OF the South" although he would do so
at the proper time. And then he went on to
discuss the present conditions of the race
problem in a way that must increase the high
respect generally held for his good sense and
intelligence.
at must he apparent at this time, he
said, THAT the effort to put the rank and bile
of the colored people into IA position to exer-
else the right of franchise has not been a sue
cess in those portions of our own country
where the negro is found i'll large numbers.
Either the negro was not prepared for any
such wholesale exercise of the ballot our
recent amendment to the Constitution con-
templated, or the American people were not
prepared to assist and encourage him to use
the ballot. In either case the result has been
the same. In my mind there is no doubt but
that we made the mistake at the beginning of
our freedom of putting the emphasis on the
wrong end. Politics and the holding of Office
were emphasized almost to the exclusion Of
every other interest and we accepted respon-
sibilities which our experience and education
had not fitted us to perform with success and
credit To my mind the past and present
teach but one gesson-to the Negroes friends
and to the negro himself-that there is but
one way out, that there is but one hope of
salvation, and that is for the negro in every
part of America to resolve from hencetorth
that he will throw aside every non essential
and cling only to essentials-that his pillar of
fire by night and pillar of cloud by day shall
be property, skill, economy, education and
christian character
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-11-26

In Illinois it is not necessary to have gov
eminent troops to quell disturban ce between
whites and negroes, but in North and South
Carolina such troops have been asked for by
unprincipled whites. When a criminal as
sault on female is committed in Ohio great
indignation and excitement prevails" and
the culprit is hunted with bloodhounds and
officers and citizens; if similar condition
takes place in any of the Southern States the
Northern Press herald it as "Another South :
ern Outrage" and inclination meetings are
held and the whites are resolutionized to per-
dition because they protect their women from
negro brutes Itmakes great difference as
to whose OK is gored.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-11-26
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