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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-01
WEATHER BUREAU SERVICE.
Annual Report Submitted by Prof
Willis L. Moore.

WASHINGTON, Nov 3O.-The an
nual report of Professor Willis L.
Moore, Chief of the United States
Weather Bureau, deals largely with the
work of the bureau in announcing the
temperature of the closing months of
1893 and in the exploration of the up
per air by means of kites and cloud OBJ
Servations
No destructive marine storm occur
red without the danger warnings of the
bureau preceding the storm.
Probably the most severe storm with
in the memory of the living swept
along the Massachusetts coast on No
vember 26th and 9th, 1898, entaiIing
loss of at least POO lives and MANY
vessels. Hundreds of craft sought a
safe anchorage on the advices of the
Weather Bureau
An important change in the forecast
work of the bureau was the extension
OF the usual time limits of the night
forecast from thirty-six to forty-eight
hours. The only hurricane in the
West Indies during the season of 1885
followed closely the establishment of
stations in that region. Hurricane
warnings We're cabled to Weather Blu
reau stations in the lesser Antilles on
September 10th, in advance of the
storm. AT Barbados eight-three per-
sons were killed, $50 injured and prom
erty of the estimated value of S2.5OO.-
900 destroyed.
In the West Indies the work of estab-
llshlng a storm warning service was
prosecuted under very great difficulties.
Inc West Indian service was instru-
mental in giving advance warning of a
hurricane that struck our south At
iantic coast on October I'd. The com
ing OF this storm was successfully an
nounced. and sailing vessels valued at
S3S0,0OO were held in port until the
danger had passed.
Climate and crop services have been
established in both Cuba and Porto
flco, and the organization is fa.-
enough advanced on both islands to is
sue weekly and monthly bulletins Civ
ing the condition of the crops as af-
fected by the weather.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-01
TRANSPORT MANAUENSE.
THAT THE STEAMSHIP WAS FIT
FOR SEA
Clearly Shown by Detailed Report
Of the Officer in Charge of the
Service at San Francisco.

| WASHINGTON, Nov. 80. = The
| Quartermaster General has received a
detailed report by telegraph from
Lieutenant Colonel o. F. Long, in
charge of the transport service at San
Francisco, on the transport Manauense,
which recently arrived at Manila after
undergoing frighfful hardships in a Pa
cific typhoon. The report, which was
requested because of the statements
| of the unfitness of the vessel for trans
| port service, is as follows:
| San Francisco, Nov. 3O.-In refer
ence to your telegram to-day: The
transport Manauense sailed on October
! 25th for Manila via Honolulu. Her ca
pacity was % officers and $50 enlisted
men, She carried II officers and -
enlisted men. She was. Inspected
by Captain Metcalf, surveyor of
Lloyds' Register, who officially reported
the vessel in good order and condition,
when she left this port, both in hull
and machinery. She is classed a NO.
! /, Star L. Lloyds. Also was thoroughly
inspected here by Treasury Department
Inspector of Hulls and Boilers, who re-
ported her in excellent condition. Off
| cial reports of these officers are on file
| and recorded.
Treasury officials would not allow
any unseaworthy ship, whether Gov
eminent or otherwise, to leave port;
would not grant clearances, conse-
quently expert opinion pronounced the
Manauense perfectly seaworthy. She
was provided with all lifesaving ap-
paratus. even more than Treasury De-
partment regulations required.
stances, numbers thirty-two men. She
actually carried from San Francisco a
crew of forty-nine men, which fully met
the requirements of the treasury Off
Gals. She carried fifty-five days pro-
visions for 400 enlisted men and was
provisioned for crew and army Off
GERS by agents of vessels for 160 days.
Besides she had in her hold 800 tons
measurement of bacon, -four, canned
goods and other commissary supplies.
The Manauense was also thoroughly in
spected by Colonies CARING and Maus
Inspector Barneson, the marine super
intendent, and by other transport Off
Gals. Lieutenant Colonel Hayes also
frequently inspected the transport
previous to departure. All expressed
themselves as thoroughly satisfied with
every al dlScIlcHl 1li0 PiONiSiOh AAit~>->
here. The ship met Lloyd's require
ments. which are the highest known
among shipping people. This, in itself,
should be sufficient guarantee of sea-
worthiness.
1.-THE vessel made an average speed
of ten knots from Honolulu to Manila.
Had her machinery been seriously i'm
paired she could not have made the
distance covered in the time she did.
/ believe, and all our officials connected
with the transport service here concur,
that when the Manauense left here she
was perfectly seaworthy and fully
manned and provisioned."
Commenting on the above report Col
onel Ballinger, in charge of the trans
port service here, said it seemed clear
that the utmost vigilance had been
used by everyone connected with the
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-01

what the aSseveratiOnS of statesmen
could not do was done by the sympathy
we were willing to give when the
United States found itself the object of
suspicion, which has so often accom-
panied our own transactions when Eng
land engaged in a war of justice against
oppression, war in favor of civiliZa-
ton and good Government.
"Our action proved to the Americans
that we We're indeed one people, of the
same thoughts and guided by the same
principles. The assurance that was
given them in the course of the Span
ish war will, / believe, never be for
gotten, and has placed our relations
in an admirable position The union,
the alliance, if you please, the under
standing between these two great ma
lions, is indeed a guarantee of the peace
of the world.
But there is something more which
think any far seeing English states
man must have long desired, that we
should not remain permanently isolated
from the continent of Europe, and /
think it must have appeared to
everybody that the natural alliance is
between ourselves and the German EN-
pire. We have had our differences,
quarrels and contentious, but they have
all been about petty matters. Those
difficulties have been gradually removed
until now / cannot conceive that any
point can arise in the immediate future
which can bring ourselves and Germany
into antagonSm of interests. On the
| contrary, I can forsee many things in
the future which must cause anxiety to
the statesmen of Europe, but in which
our interests are clearly the same as
Germany's, and in which the under
standing of which have spoken in the
case of America might, if extended to
Germany, do more perhaps than any
peace of the world
| A new triple alliance between the
Teutonic race and the two great
branches of the Anglo Saxons would,
said the Colonial Secretary, be a po-
tent influence in the future of the
world
The speaker explained that he used
the word alliance" but it mattered
little whether they had an alliance
committed to paper or IAN understand
ing which existed in the minds of the
statesmen of the representative coun-
tries. A determination in every cause
TO look for favorable motives upon the
part of those with whom friendship
was desired would be an enormous ad-
vantage to both the nations concerned
and Others"
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-01
Election of Officers.

At meeting of the stockholders of
the Ruby King Copper Mining and
Townsite Improvement Company, held
on the 9th, the following officers were
elected: C. c. Bonte, President: F.
Eckhardt, Vice President: F. H Al
mas, Treasurer: w. F. Glacken, Secre-
tary; D. M. Cooper, General General
superintendent; Directors-C. c. Bonte
(re-elected), D. M. Cooper Te-electedD.
J. ]. Glacken (re-elected), F. H. Almas
(re-elected), F. Eckhardt, G.. M. Har-
low A. Kaufman.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-01

for which cur fathers fought
and by which we have been made great
God of. nations, pilot ours;
Thou the power behind the powers!
Breathe Thy life into our sails,
Save US from the threatening gales,
Whom Thy hand doth safely steer
Breast the future without fear.
Thou hast built our ship of state;
Manhood is it's armor plate;
White-winged herald let it be
Ever of humanity;
Tongues of fire to evil powers
God of nations, pilot ours.
Guide US in the untried sea
OF the opening century,
Weeping isles our coming wait
AS the harbinger of fate,
And the dying despot c4wers-
God of nations, pilot ours.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-01

inspection of transports at San Fran
cisco, and as the commissary branch
had also shown that care was used by
them, such hardships as had occurred
must be attributed to the elements
against which no amount of care could
prevail with absolute assurance. Off
GERS here had received Honolulu news
papers showing that the Manauense
was all right when she arrived there,
so that the trouble must have occurred
between Honolulu and Manila.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-01
A Supposed Defaulter Arrested.

LONDON, Nov. 3O.-Michael j. Samp-
son, arrested at village near Limerick
Tuesday, November 2Sth, on the request
OF the Chief Detective of Chicago.
charged with embezzlement, was ar
raigned at the Bow Street Police Court
to-day. A remand until Sunday was
granted, at the request of the United
states Embassy. 1t is understood that
sampson is defaulting ex-Audi+or of
the city of Chicago. A receipt for
2,So0 lire paid for jewelry purchased in
Rome and pledged in Dublin was found
on him.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-01
He Knew the Ropes.

Now, Henry said the thoughtful
wife of a rural denizen, as he was about
starting for a weeks sojourn in the
city, be very careful about drinking
too much ice water
Don't be uneasy, Mary Ann" re-
Piled Henry reassuringly, II won't
drink a drop of water while I'm gone -
Chicago News.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-01
A Practical Point,

Scorcher-How would you punctuate
Look at that pretty girl in her automo-
bile come spinning down the avenue?"
Putter-That's easy; comma after
pretty girl and after automobile"
Scorcher-Id rather make dash after
that pretty girl."-Automobile Maga-
zine.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-01
A Young Woman Assaulted.

LIMA co., Nov. 30-Miss Maggie
Haub. aged Is, telephone operator.
was attacked by an unknown and sup
posedly colored man while on her way
nome last night She was overpowered.
bound and gagged. An hour later she
was able to reach a house and gave an
alarm. Her condition is critical.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-01
Funeral of Ex-senator ripton.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30--Tbe fu-
neral OF ex-senator Thomas w. Upton
OF Nebraska took place this afternoon
from his late residence The interment
was in Rock Creek Cemetery.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-01

The term jews harp is supposed t
be a corruption Of jaws harp.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-01

Gade is pronounced "Gah-day," with
the first syllable accented.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-12-01

| Windsor forest is sixty-ax miles
round.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-21

III receat editorial article We expressed
our confidence IN the integrity and fidelity
OF he Richmond City Council a. a body
Cur confidence is strengthened rs the
action OF the Council In disposing Of me
street railway ff9achiscs. Inc ordinance.
which the Council has adopted, seems to
Us 10 be fair to the company which pro
pcees to operate the line. and, under an
the circumstances. az liberal 20 the city
as could be expected. II IS unfortunate
for the city that the property Is burdened
with debt. but the debt is there and 1t
must be reckoned with.
We feel sure that tie gentlemen VINO
are proposing 10 take this property In
ehargs have the true Interests Of the cay
al hear, ana that they are engasing 81
This enterprise in good faith They are
rot purchasing the properly for specula-
tive purposes. bui 10 operate the lines
ana n, have no doubt that they Will give
Richmond nrst-class service That "
ire ma,tef 81 prime considerations but IA
syoilien TO this the chs viii receive rs
fair psoporiion Oh the earrings Of the CON-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-21
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
SYSTEMS.

The radical vice in our national bank
system Of currency is that it is based
upon the parental idea of government.
Money IS one thing paper currency is
another. and paper currency being prom
Uses to deliver go much Of the money Of
the country belongs to the domain OF
the contracts which the people make
among themselves and is no more 10 be-
regulated and controlled by the general
government than the contracts that the
make IN relation to horses and cattle and
wheat ana corn. Instead of allowing the
people Of each neishborhood to prescribe
regulations under which they VIII allow
their banding corporations to put out the
currency notes that they see they can
make use Of. the general government says
il knows better than those people VIVA.
they need. and it will prescribe for them
tho regulations under which this is to be
done. Il is manifestation of an itching
that man has always had to attend to
his own business and that OF his neighbor
also Il Is d form o. socialism, as most
of the fundamental propositions OF the
Republican party are
Tie recent panic In Wall street Illus
trates the vicious character Of our ma
tional bank system of finance very fully.
In our own opinion. the cause of that
furry is very plain. The immense boom
that the business Of the country has been
In has caused speculation to run riot. II
has forced up the stocks Of the industrial
combinations much more rapidly than the
conservative sentiment Of the country was
prepared for. Consequently. when pru-
dent bankers began 10 put on brakes and
demand better securities for loans there
were no purchasers FOR these inflated
stocks. and. once they began to tumble.
all went down together
Now we don't see that the country is
much concerned about that. except as It's
reflex action produces injurious effects
Ia all directions. An industrial organiza-
ton does not have us profits curtailed
In the smallest degree because the bank
ers Of Wall street suddenly came to the
conclusion that they will not lend money
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-21
STUDENTS GOING HOME.
Richmond College Campus Will be
Deserted by Saturday.

The exercises of Richmond College Will
be suspended from December 23d TO Jam
uary "a, inclusive
Many of the boys living at a distance
LETT for their homes. and before Friday
evening the college campus will. doubtless,
be almost deserted.
President BOatwright stated on yesteI o
day evening that ne expects all of the OLD
boys To return. and. besides, fifteen new
boys. and everything bids fair Tor "a most
prosperous second half session.
Al "a meeting of some members Oh 'Ne
faculty and ladies' Of their families on
yesterday in the chemistry room Oh lhe
new Science Han. It was decided TO make
arrangements for series of public re-
cop;lons To be held al the college. The
first will be given February lst with Prof.
BENJAMIN /. Wheeler as the guest
Early i'm January President f. w. Boat
wright will publish an illustrative history
Of Richmond College. containing handsome
cuts OF an the buildings on the campus.
The book will also contain articles hy }.
l.. NJ Curry. IL d.. c. A. Ryland, ID. D.,
ana William j.. Hatcher, u. ID.
The many friends Of Professor Hunter
will be panied 10 learn of his severe liz
ness with rheumatism. He was carried
yesterday afternoon 20 the Retreat for the
Sick.
The Christmas number of the Messenger
published monthly by the Mu Sigma Rho
and philolOgian Literary Societies. has
lust come from the press, and is pro-
nounced by all the best issue ever publish
ed The editor is James d. Gwaltney
and the business manager William Smith
The Mu Sigma Rho Society f. rapidly
pushing 10 completion the repair OF then
hall. which they expect 10 be finished by
their return after the Christmas holidays
The PhilolOgian Literary Society expects
to begin repairing their hall soon after
the Christmas festivities. on the repair Of
which they expend TO spend 500 After
the repairs OF these two halls have been
finished. Richmond College bids fair To
have two OF the finest library halls in the
South.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-21
WHY THINDELAY?

The government came 10 the relief OF
the Stock Exchange aud checked the
panic. But why did Il welt until the
mischief had been done? There had been
a money squeeze IN New York for weeks
previously. and the government was
urged to increase its deposits in the
banks. Ii was shown that the banks
We're losing several millions a week TO
the sub-treasury. and this drain was per-
mitted TO continue Notwithstanding the
fact that the government had more
money than it knew what to DO with.
But the government did little to relieve
the distress until the crash came
We would not intimate that this course
was pursued designcdl- We have no
idea that % was. but it Is quite clear that
It was i'm the power Of the Secretary Of
the Treasury 10 bear the market for
weeks by permitting the drain ON the
banks to continue and then to bull"
the market by stopping the drain This
Is a dangerous power for any man to
have A dangerous power for the gov
eminent To- have. 1t all goes 10 show
how necessary it is that we put the gov
eminent out of the banking business and
put It beyond the power Of government
to control the money market
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-21
A TAX COMMISSION.

NVo are pleased with the proposition TO
create a. Tax Commission in Virginia. t
II Dc the purpose through this agency TO
bring about equalization of taxation ID
virginia The constitution OF the state
requires that taxation shall be equal ana
uniform. but that requirement is fulfilled
only 10 the extent that the rate of taxa
lion for State purposes is the same in an
parts of the state But there is every
reason 10 believe that i'm the matter OF ass
sessmcnts there is great disparity. An
scme parts of the State real property Is
assessed 40 to IT'S full value; in other
parts of The state real property is assess
ed at threa-fourths of its true value; IN
stni other parts Of the State real property
is assessed AT one-half and less than hail
of its true value. I'm this way while the
rate OF taxation is the same everywhere
the tax burden is made TO bear more
heavily upon some sections than upon
other sections.
Moreover fl goes without saying that a
great deal OF personal property in the
state OF Virginia IS never listed for taxa
ton The farmer whose personally is an
visible cannot ESCAPE the assessor, far
there the property f., horses and cattle
and farming Implements and furniture ana
an the rest 20 show for themselves. But
the man whose personally consists in
stocks and bonds and individual notes
may .de his securities away in his strong
box where the eye Of the assessor cannot
penetrate.
We believe taat discreet Tax Com
mission would do much to remedy these
evils. and we would be glad TO see the ex-
pertinent made. as It can be made with
tf,hing cost to The state. But even this
Is not enough. In order to get fair as
sessment Of real and personal properly 1t
is absolutely essential that the officer who
makes the assessments shall not be depen-
dent upon The popular vote for the posi-
,ior which ne holds. Humanity is weak
and it goes without saying that a candi-
date for office is not going to make him
self unpopular if he knows how to avoid
fl. The man who l0ies taxes for the
state and who dep nds upon the taN-pay-
crs for his living will show more favors
to TIE taxpayers than to the state.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-21

upon It stocks. But semi-panic that
action Of that sort causes acts indirectly
upon an business and causes 10 more or
less injury for a time. But. 90 pursue the
idea Of how 1t illustrates the vices OF our
financial system
When panic Of this sort arises I'm Wall
street. men who want money with which
90 carry their taboed stocks bid any price
for II that will get IT, And money being
an good at It's face in every part of the
country incn go the cities OF Virginia
who have large bank accounts are tempt
"a 10 draw their money out and end 30
90 New York TO lena ID at the high tate
prevailing This leaves the banks IN these
cities short Of funds and as conse-
ouerce business suffers. because the money
has oeen sent TO New York TO help The
specuiators
Now if orr system of finance was the
democratic system that allowed each lo-
,ality to regulate its currency condi-
tons as it regulates all Of JOS other local
affairs. our banks would put ont their
notes under the regulations than the Les
islame Of Virginia prescribes. These
notes would be perfectly sound, but az
New Workers would not know the char
acter of security upon which they rested
they would not want them. The notes
would serve the purposes Of Richmond
business as well as amy others. and the
result would be thai while a tempest Wds
raging in the teapot of Wall street Rich
monds banks ana business would 90 right
along as though nothing were happening.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-21

Boynton. Fla. has had a phenomenal
growth during the past twelve months.
A year ago a hotel and a few scattering
houses with "a population of thirty souls.
To-day it has a population OF three hum
dred 1t Is surrounded by rich hum
mock land admirably adapted for The
cultivation of the citrus family and early
vegetables.
Savannah. Cd. capitalists will have I'm
operation by April ]. 1900, a brewery in
Jacksonville, Fla, with a yearly output
of 25.0o0 barrels.
Nicholas Fitzgerald the oldest dry
goods merchant in Mobile, Ala, died re-
Gently.
over one million dollars will be put in
improvements in and around Grcenville,
:. c.. I'm the near future. Among the
leading enterprises 10 be put I'm opera
ton are: Brandon Mills 500. 40. gas and
electric plants. $4,000. and street car sys-
TEN, $1,000
A paper mill is being talked Of for
Waycross, Ga.
A handsome boat for the 81. Johns
river. Florida. IS nearing completion at
Middesburg that state.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-12-21

pany and the city's portion will Increase
as the earnings increase.
w hope that the Board Of Aldermen
will now adopt the ordinance as II passed
the Common Council and with as little de
lay az possible The general welfare Of
tho city and the convenience Of the public
demand that these lines shall be pat In
condition and thoroughly equipped with
modern cars Even after the ordinance
has been signed. It will take time FOR the
company TO complete It's financial arrange
msn,s. make needfuI repairs to the track
and secure equipment We can see no
sufficient reason for further delay on the
part Of the city. The question has been
thoroughly canvassed aud We believe that
the ordinance adopted by the Council is
eminenlly satisfactory TO the Taxpayers
o. Richmond What the people now want
Is 10 close the deal at once. so that the
lines may be put in condition at the
earliest possible moment