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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-01
TWELVE PAGES
FRIDAY. DECEMBER /. 1889.
A PUBLIC RIGHT.

The virginian-Pilot has always advo-
Gated free and open discussion of pub
lie matters. It has strenuously fought
for open door meetings of Committees,
but it's work upon the present Council
Committees seems to have been par
TALLY In vain.
What better right has a Committee
to act behind closed doors than the
Councils; and would one dare even to
suggest such high handed procedure
on the part Of the Councils?
This leads us to say that, without re-
ference to any recent transgression but
upon general principles, it is desired
to stir up the matter in order that the
public may become sufficiently interest
ed to create a strong sentiment against
1t.
Unfortunately, in politics and public
matters, there are too often those who
serve better their own pockets than the
interests of the public: and on the other
hand, there are just as plentiful, men
ready to Influence"
1t is for this reason, IL not upon prin-
ciple. that all public matters should
be transacted publicly. We are glad
to have this opportunity of discussing
this subject in n general way, and to
solicit the Views of an interested pub
lie. 1t is seldom, If ever, that any mat
ter of state" connected with the City
of Norfolk, requires to be shrouded in
secrecy and mystery. without some
thing suspicious In it's trail If there
20 Ia, a. 4,
the greater for Investigations; and it Is
fer HE people to remain un-
suspicious while, under the circum-
stances, they grow restless and dissnt-
isfied.
Committeeman are the servants not
masters of the people. If they have
any PRIVATE matters that it is not
desired the people should know, the
proper way Is to say so, and resign. II
ones private interests conflict with the
peoples, the sensible and honest thing
to do is to have another person to act
All these matters suggest, themselves
us reasons that would influence judi
cious and honest men to hesitate be-
fore shutting out the public,-fearing
that their intent may be misunderstood.
A full and open discussion of this SUBJ
ject is desired and courted. that tho
end desired may be had.
Why should. or how could public
legislator object to the presence of the
people to watch his actions? Then why
should a Committeeman object to the
watchful eye of & newspaper, the OBJ
ject of which is to present the matter
to the public? For the people can get
1t no other way.
These are truths that cannot be gain-
said and this paper will continue its
war upon STAR CHAMBER" meet
tnss, until they are broken up.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-01

The slaughter Of bosses in Ohio in the
last election was terrific. Hanna was
defeated IN his own county and even
in his own ward, by Jones, though
county and ward were formerly Repub-
lican overwhelmingly. Cox, of Clncn-
natl, and others. went to join Hanna.
The Republican party will have to
make a fresh deal all around in Ohio
next year. and keep Mckinley home, as
the State has gone against him so
badly.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-01

What right have outsiders or out
landers to question and argue the local
laws of Virginia? or the Federal laws
OF the United States? Has another ma
ton right to make war upon us be-
cause it does not like our system of in
tcrnal government for any reason? II
not. what's the matter with the Beers
of the TransYaal?
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-01

We cannot conceive why the physi-
clans Of Charlotte, N. c., should be
ashamed of their profession and object
to be published in their local Journals
as doctors, or as having done some pro-
fessional act worthy of record and pub
licity. AS far as we know, hear and be-
lieve, the doctors of Charlotte stand
very we'll indeed, personally and pro-
fessionally. and the course Of objection
they have taken to being mentioned in
the public prints of their city is dis
tinct Impeachment of the propriety of
the ladies in allowing their personal
and social movements to be chronicled
by the daily press. At any rate, If no
such impeachment is conveyed, or de-
signed, the doctors OF Charlotte may
we'll submit to be itemized by their
local press, as doctors elsewhere are,
and as the ladies everywhere are, with
out offence to their modesty or deli
cacy.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-01

London Truth declares that the
French have no comedy; but. as Eng
land and America import all their So
called comedy from France. what is 1t
we are getting?
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-01
Under the caption Of Light and Dark
ness the n. Z. Sun complains OF Mr..

Under the caption Of Light and Dark.
ness. !" the N. z. Sun complains OF Mr..
Bryan that i, z
The part OF Ohio visited by him is
known as the interior West"y..It is a
strlp OF farming country where Demo
Gratis. preponderate, where manufactu-
reis are few and the growth in popu-
lation and and material wealth is small"
In contrast. it relates:
simultaneously with the close of
Bryan's village tour, Theodore Roose-
veit was addressing q meeting at the
great Music Hall in CINCINNATI Satur-
day night. A notable feature of tho Re.
publican campaign in Ohio has been
that meetings have been held in all the
pig cities and their appeal has been to
the intelligence, the patriotism. the
public spirit, the business enterprise
ana the common sense Of the voters. 1t
mas been light against darkness, pro-
gres against retrogression.
OF course. the villages and farming
country should be disfranchfsed, and
the government turned over to Gov
ernor Roosevelt, and the intelligence,
patriotism. public spirit, business en-
terprise and common sense of 1.-THE big
cities" which Governor Roosevelt and
other Republican spell-binders address
ed. Thus. I'VE shall have light instead of
darkness, progress in place of retro
gression. The logical conclusion Of
what the Sun says Is that the big
cities should rule the United States.
Yet, right under the nose and eyes
Of the Sun, Democrats preponderate"
In Greater New York, the metropolis
Of the Union, and but for "the farm
Ing country of New York State, the
probability is that Theodore Roosevelt
would never have been Governor Of
New York, Notwithstanding his though
riders" and the rough-riding of Platt
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-01

The astronomers ought to teach their
stars TO shoot, and shoot on time.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-01

a brief, 1t seems, is all the briefer, if
1t has nothing in it.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-01

In order to avoid delays, on account of
personal absence letters and all commu-
nicatons for The VIRGINIAN-PILOT
connected with tho office. but simply to
The VIRGINIAN AND PILOT PUB
LISHING COMPANY.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-12-01

,s MG spoyee OF the to
any obligation in the name OF the COM
pany, or to mako purchases in the name
of the same, except upon orders signed by
tho PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-26
SPIRITISM SHOWN
IN A NEW LIGHT

Rev. D. V. Bowen of the New Jerusa-
lem (Swedenborgian) Church delivered a
sermon on "Spiritism in the Light of the
New Church to his congregation last
evening. He chose for his text Isaiah
viii:19: And when they shall say unto
spirits, and unto wizards that peep and
mutter, should not a people seek unto
their God?" In part he SAID:
During the past week we have had quite
discussion in papers in regard to Spirit
ism Two scientists have just found out what
to them is very remarkable-that spirits can
communicate with men. The Bishop of Sacra-
mento while acknowledging these communica-
tions, believes them to be very evil spirits from
angels who made insurrection in heaven and
were cast out into hell But this Is according
to Millions idea. 1t is not taught in scripture
Now, as it is well known that Swedenborg
claimed to have communications with the
spiritual world, saw and conversed with good
and evil spirits and with angels. and much
is said in our sremons and in new church writ
ngs generally in regard to the influence of
spirits and angels, 1t is not at all strange that
of the first questions asked by those who
investigating the claims of the new church
is, How does it differ from modern spiritism
and in what respect does Swedenborg differ
from Andrew Jackson Davis and other me-
diums?
The speaker then went on to show the
teachings in the Bible on the subject. He
said the scriptures showed there were two
kinds of communications one direct rev.
elation and the other unauthorized and
forbidden. The first was composed of the
prophets and apostles, and the second of
necromancers, wizards, soothsayers and
seekers unto the dead"
1.-The most jealous spiritist." he contin-
ued, will not claim that spiritism is a
divine revelation. The communication
from mediums are of mixed character,
good, bad and Indifferent. There is moth
Ing given by modern mediums more than
was known to the new church 100 years
ago. Swedenborg received his doctrines
from the Lord while reading the word and
meditating upon 1t. He was a seer, not a
medium. The new church system is the
science of theology, the science of relig-
ion and the science of divine and spiritual
influence. These new revelations were
and in power. They show how scripture
should be understood. They harmonic
seeming contradictions. clear up absurdi-
ties, explain parallels, unfold interior
truths and throw a flood of light upon
everything that concerns us as spiritual
beings''
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-26
PASSENGERS IN
A WRECK NEAR
POINT L0BOS
A Train Runs Off the
Track.
TWO COACHES CROWDED
NARROWLY ESCAPE GOING
OVER THE CLIFF.
More Than Three Hundred Pleasure
Seekers Headed for the Cliff
House Had Thrilling
Experience.
NARROWLY ESCAPE GOING
OVER THE CLIFF.

For a few awful seconds yesterday
afternoon more than 300 passengers on
the Ferries and Cliff House Railway felt
as If they were hanging in space pre-
vious to a frightful fall down the cliffs
overlooking the Golden Gate into the wa
ters of the Pacific, hundred feet below.
Women and children shrieked in the
agony of fear that their last moment had
come and that they were going to death
beneath the waves over the jagged rocks.
Men shouted in the universal panic, and
some jumped madly for their lives In
some manner, little short of miraculous,
the catastrophe was averted, and the
frightened passengers live to tell the
tale.
The accident occurred shortly after 2
o'clock to the train that left the Cen
trail avenue station for the beach. 1t was
made up of an engine and two coaches,
the seating capacity of which were test
ed by the crowd of holiday seekers going
for an otuing to the sea shore. Just be-
fore the train reached the tunnel near
Point Lobos the engine, from some un-
known cause, supposed to be a spreading
rail, jumped the track and thumped along
on the ties. The coaches followed one
swinging heavily from side to side.
The track at the point of departure OF
the train was not more than nifty feet
from the verge of the cliff, which rises
from the waters beneath. AS the pas
sengers felt the wheels under them bump
ing along on the ties and realized that
the locomotive was plunging ahead wildly,
with no rails to hold it in the prescribed
direction, their minds were filled with
visions of a fall over the face of rocks
to inevitable death. 1t would be imposs.-
BILE to describe the scene that ensued.
Those who had gained their feet at the
first bump on the ties rushed wildly to
and fro in the small spaces between the
Nl.A- -l,n raa .nGf ftn c-i6 AI
of the coaches jumped out, unmindful of
the speed of the train, preferring broken
bones with a chance of life ashore to
death in the ocean. Others less fortunate
ly situated were forced to keep to the
coaches, which before they could make
up their minds what to do stopped, the
engineer having shut off steam the in
slant he felt his wheels slip. From the
second he reversed his throttle till the
train was brought to standstill was ten
seconds of suspense which will never be
forgotten by those present The mere
fact that the train was approaching a
tunnel accounted for the fortunate cir
that it was not being run at
a high rate of speed. Had it been going
at its usual rate nothing could have
averted the catastrophe.
After the cars had come to a stop the
alighted and made their way
afoot to the Cliff House. preferrng the
walk to another experience in the coaches
that had nearly proved their collins.
Traffic on the Ferries and Cliff House
road was INSTRUCTED the remainder of the
day while the wreckers were at work
track. They were still busy at late hour
la night
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-26

LANCE (wife of William A. Co. lot on line
of street, 1916 E of Seventeenth avenue, E
25 by S 100; $40.
Jacob and Lima Heyman to John W. Null
Inns, lot on SW corner of Forty seventh avenue
and street, W 1916 by 1907 So
William NJ. Hoag to Frank A. Urmson. lot
on SW corner of Burrows and Harvard streets.
w 24O by 400, lots 1 to s, block 1873. University
Extension Hd S.
Ernest c. Stock and Margaret Stock (Mur-
phy) TO Olive Verkouteren. lot on Sc line Of
Arlington st, 1854 NE of Miguel. NE SO, Sc
go. sW 1913, NV IS, block &c. Paramount
Tract: $40
Olive verkouteren to Mary Hanson. same;
SO.
Annie Sorrell (single) to Mission Home and
Loan Association, lots and 10, block U, Park
Lane Tract No. 3; $4,000
Builders Contracts.
David Abrams (owner) with William Linden
(contractor) architect Philip Schwerdt-EX-
cavation, concrete, brick and carpenter work.
etc.. except painting, plumbing mantels, shades
and gas fixtures for 3-story frame building
with basement line of OFarrell street,
127 w of Laguna, w 25 by 120, Western Addi-
ton 229; $685.
Charlotte F. Clarke (owner) with Sidney Wal
ker (contractor), architect Albert Sutton-All
work except plumbing, gas fitting, elevators,
electric wiring and steam heating for 7-story
and basement brick building on Sc corner of
O'Farrell and Mason streets, S S7;6 by So;
$50. 000
Same owner with George H. Tay Company
tcontractor) architect same-Steam heating and
hot water boiler for same on same. Roughing
in is complete and heater set $685. completed
total, $4,000.
Same owner with Richard Rice (contractor)
architect same-Plumbing, gas fitting, sewering
and redwood tank for same on same; S12,9
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-26
REAL ESTATE IRA. sAcTIoNs

Charles R. Hawthorne to Emile A. Perry.
lot on line of Wood street. IT'S of Point
A. II. Lochbaum to Charles Cleve lot on s
line of Post street, 1888 w of Webster w rs
by S 1876; $40.
Lucy NJ. and Charles NJ. Delano to ]. P.
Verges lot On NE corner of Clay and Steiner
streets, E % by 102SA; $40.
Henry and Catherine Black and Jacob and
Caroline M. Bertz to Mary c. Fottrell. lot on
W line of Fillmore street. 20 S of Clay, s
Andrew and Marie Young to Jennie c. Nc
Cauley, lot on SW corner of Page and Baker
streets, q by w 100; $40
David Neagle to Bertha B. Neagle. lot on
NV corner of Page and Ashbury, rs by w
1868; gift
Seth W. Clisby to Ethel c. Becht. lot on N
line of Frederick street. so e of Cole, E % by
N no. gift.
Hibernia Savings and Joan Society to w. A.
Howard. w % by N 70; $3.50
John C. and Martha E. Lawson to Annie
Knox lot on E line of Guerrero street 17S N
of Twentieth. 25 by e 80; s275O.
Selden Leonard to Hibernia Savings and
Loan Society. lot on e line OF Valencia street
n 80, w ESQ; IS.
Lizzie Carr to City and County of San Fran
cisco, lot on w line of San Jose avenue. 500
S of Twenty-fourth street. w 149, GA. p 81
e 49, n 1872, being real estate which lies with
in the limits of Twenty-fifth street when ex
tended from San Jose avenue to Guerrero
Estate of William B. Carr (by Lizzie Carr
administratrx) to same. lot on w line of San
Jose avenue, $40 S of Twenty-fourth street w
29S S "a, E 200. f 9S. 63:2, being same: $1,000
line of Bryant avenue, rs of Mariposa street
w 100 by 125; gift
Potrero Land and Water Front Company "a
corporation) to James Lawrence and Frank A
Parkhurst lot on line Of De Haro street
l25 of Army (Colusa), S 30 by e 100; $50
w. ". and Marie L. Huntington to Joseph
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-26
Will Appear Before
the Supervisors.
APPLICATION TO BE OPPOSED
CLAIM A SCHEME is ON FOOT
TO DEFEAT JUSTICE.
Some Strong Reasons Given by a
Prominent Citizen Why the
"Home of Infamy" Should
Be Suppressed.

Property owners and residents of the
North Beach district are still up In arms
against the Hotel Nymphia" project II
would seem that the residents of the dis
trict in which the proposed hotel is to be
situated are alive to every move of the
men who have its future in their keep
ing. Tomorrow, when the Fire Commit
tee of the Board of Supervisors meets. ii
will be confronted by an array of the
leading spirits opposed to the Nymphla.
Rev. Father T. Caraher Of st. Francis,
Rev DR.. Urmy of the First Methodist
Eepiscopal Church, Captain John Foley.
P. A. Buckley, John J. Dudley, Captain
P. Conner and Walter Eager, with the
aid of their attorney. John j. Barrett,
will try and convince the committee that
by granting a permit to the owners of
the buildings fronting on Stockton street
from 110S TO 1922 it Will disregard the
wishes of q majority of the residents in
the northern part OF the city and will be
a promoter of vice.
According to one of the foremost objec-
tors the plan of the owners of the build
ing adjoining the Hotel Nymphia to Sc
cure permission to make alterations on
their property is an ignOble one and is
simply for the purpose of eXcaVating
their basement with a view to making it
parallel with that of the Nymphia and to
be used by its inmates. This plan they
hope to defeat by exposing its purpose to
the Supervisors. In discussing the mat
ter last night this gentleman, who pur-
poses appearing before the Fire Commit
tee on Tuesday, said:
1T will be out of the question for the
moral people of North Beach to allow
such an institution to be planted at their
doors. No one half knows the injury it
will do to our young men and women.
There is no Christian city in the world in
which such an Infamous institution could
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-26
The Ex-Saior Spars Four Rounds With Spider
Kelly and Makes a Speech to an
Admitting Multitude.


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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-26

matter. She states that an unfair advan-
tage was taken of her, and she desires to
set herself right before the public ana
consequently will seek to have the chill
dren given back to her.
The children, whose names are Neine'
Phoebe and Echo, were left on MRS;
Aliens hands by their mothers, who mad
grown tired of paying for their support;
Nellie is now with a Mrs. Bitter In Mill
Valley.
Several ladies', among others Mrs. Clara
Price, Mrs. A. Lyons and Mrs. M. Norton,
believe Mrs. Aliens story and have en-
listed the sympathies of M. M. Foote In
her behalf. What the nature of the pro-
ceedingS will be in the endeavor TO nave
the children turned over to Mrs. Allen mas
not yet been decided upon. In discussing
the subject yesterday Mrs. Allen said:
81 love those children as If they were
my own and all l ask is that they be
given back to me. | will acknowledge
that appearances were against me when
the officers cape to investigate the case
but had been working very hard to sup,
not have the time to take care of them
They had plenty to eat, however, and L
kept them comfortably clothed. The poor
little things had been deserted by their
mothers, and I had not the slightest in
tention of deserving them could not
give them such home as rich woman
might but l did the best l could.
1T is peculiar how Interested the
officers were in the case. have heard 1t
said there was money coming to one OF
the children, but which one 1 do not
know. At all events it looks as If they
would deprive me of any possible benefit.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-26

be erected The move against the Hotel
Nymphia is now growing, but no one can
tell what will happen If the projectors of
the vile scheme are permitted to carry r.
their plans to completion. The people of
this vicinity are strongly opposed to the
hotel and if their wishes are 9v ep+ bnn
of the residents of North Beach but of
the entire city; The alleged North nth Beach T7;"s
day night in this district, was organized
under the direct supervision of the Twin ~
Star Company, the corporation formed TO
house the fallen women, and was brought
into life for the purpose of giving some
support to the venture.
Another reason why the scheme should
not go through IS that it Is on our main
thoroughfare and the building will have
to be passed by the children on their way
to school. Again, this city gives promise rs
of becoming military center, and II the
Nymphia is allowed to exist soldiers Will
congregate around its doors In inebrIated
states and no self-respecting women Will
dare visit the vicinity. There are hun
dred and one reasons why the Supervisors
should refuse the permit, and we Will
enumerate them on Tuesday.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-06-26
DRINK PUTS A
HOE In HIS HANDS

Rev. DR.. John A. B. Wilson gave the last
of his sermons of THE Man With the
Hoe" series last evening. A good-sized
audience filled the Howard Street Method
list Church. He spoke in part as follows:
You have known from the beginning that
the man with the hoe stands for the struggling
hopeless submerged part of our population,
whose toll only enables them to subsist in the
hardest of conditions 1t is the custom to blame
capital. to blame our land laws. to blame our
social conditions. and 1 think with Justice But
am here to tell you that the degraded laborer
is also himself to blame for this degradation.
His personal habits and the business he pat
ronizes and defends has the most TO do with the
degradation of our laboring classes Liquor as
the statistics show. is responsible largely for
the condition of many in the laboring classes
to-day There are other wrongs to be righted
wrongs that are oppressive. XIII this one how
ever; give a sober laboring class from top
to bottom and you can trust the workingman
sober to intellIgently deal with all other oppres-
Sio