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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-30

vigorous canvass for tho railroad election
TO be held on the "a of August
There have been some opponents 90 this
measure but since finding themselves so
much I'm the minority they are either
submissiyoly coming into ranks or are
becoming disheartened ia their antago-
nistlc work
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-30
THE PASSING
OF THE GHOST
His FiImy, Uucanny Presence Thing
of the Past in Richmond.
NOT EVEN A GRAVEYARD SP00K.
Dccadencc of the Tribe Dates From
the War Which May Have Scared
Them Oh,-Ncw Generation of
Darkics Not SupcrstitiOus.

| Ghosts arc going out OF iashloh. lhere
v,.s . time NOT SO very long ago. either.
y.be, eD,ot, lore was a most important
/ ,,......,-. ,, ,ht. ,,icinity
O'"''1" VA '''
| Any good oid-iashiOned Didch NANNY
a few of whom are left as reminders OF
...,.... ,,,,.,,. cali o. HAMMER era will youch
..i...
! for the material presence "i
| "hauts" up 90 the days OF the war. The
docsdo,co nj the ghost tribe may be
,.. ,t,rdors of the
SAID To 0"le Il"" ,'7 l'...-,,,,. ana
Dig suns "b',o"' ....1i,te reolon
eape'laiF ]" '"'' .t,i,.. .~... .,,res
Itihap' iHe ''i'l'"i' va 49, ~
were SCARED """s 80 GHOST
M"l' " 40 49,. ''.,o, NV and The Times
=. ,.,o,'.r,5 e., r,sirtain after having
80, ,,.,,A.h canvass of the COM
! ,,urity tbat AZ ra does not exist real.
ii,.o sv,o irsri = "ha'nt' en- the whole
~ pi.br,ord
N-oT vor-ND AT GRAVEYARDS.
From time immcmorial ghosts and
erayovaris have been an allit.rative COM
binatIon No ghosts iufest Hollywood,
or Oakwood. or The ancient scpulchres
of ST. Johns burying ground.
81 have been here nlsh ON elshl year,
said Keeper simmons, OF inc 'o.'l'uo' ave
section ot Hollywood lH d" i"''' 'D"
with Times man. anu nary s''ol
has j seen. Ihtl mas ne,'c' manu- -
than 10 io1l AROUND soi"ltI7 gray ~ "0
continued ana ineh He iau''lii'N '',t' "a
var narrative oil such luil'IIiE "'l
that spook' nearing IT, "o"i" H"'
been frightened out oil JUS Ie" "iN'S H"i-
mcnis or called ior lls INNS oo' t'''
MOI IiL DE-> l->E 80, - ~ '-e.l.,
I'D the Ola stcl''" "4 il'''' VIZ 49,.
or twenty years ago gree.
was o.cisi9"el H't ON! j" 80.
ooihood' o"l lhiVuE'l0u' 'i.' 80 ~ ,..
appearance OH aI u',".,"' 80, ..,,,,.
'hIee ""ss d "'',' D'',I'' ,,. go, me
quetiI| il" '"' "'u - 80
popular excitement, uH.I' l''."'ly' ~ "ao
discovered uial 'He supp S"o
crazy woman WHO Hd" 'aNVN "P ''D'
ABODE amons me t'iloS'
torty or MY years aso '"o P'l"'1'
were hanged ia what Us known as feil-
Tertiary Bottom. The signal Tor the exc
cution was a series Of taps on a bell Inc
details Of the execution were such as TO
excite a feeling OF horror. the rope
breaking with one of the condemned men
who was hanged a second time. One OF
the ponitentiary officers. who lived on
Carv street going from his home 10 the
institution had ~ mass the graves of the
two men who we're hurried near the
srope of the execution one night while
I'm "a hurry IN roach the ponitentsrv the
of5cer ON nearing the twin graves had
bis attention attracted bv something
white ON fbe graves peculiar scusa-
tion was producod I'm tho feelings Of the
officer who hes.tated 20 continue ID.
Journey FINALLY. however he decided 20
go ahead but was seized with the great
est terror when the clear notes of bell
sorrdcd 3, tho etu NIGHT Ito turned
-, .'.,l,,.i...,l -. -, ,-li.o
cslf with q boli ohor, its rccl sroso frono
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-30

4 cablegram was received yesterday
by Mr.. Henry Fiegenheimer from Bre-
men, Germany. announcing the safe ar
rival OF his father. William tlegenhei-
mer Esq. who sailed from New YORK
Tuesday, July 18th. FOR that place.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-30

was found IN Salter's creek this morning
directly In the rear Of the Point OK Pines
PARK. The body could not be ldehtlIled
and II was impossible 10 tell whether the
man had met with foul pay
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-07-30
l,nIi,t,ncpt Grows.

WASHINGTON. July e9.-The number
OF enlistments for the Philippine regi.
ments yesterday was 40. making . totA
Of i.o9a
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-10-18
7 erribIa Effects Of

Porto Rico SUM. 7,t NO., '-.'.I III!
AS regards the actual nicpcial loss
to the island occasioned by (the hurri-
cane, estimates vary. So far as 1 can
figure it out the loss to THE whole ISL
and will amount to about seventy-fye
million pesos, or more than s30,OOO,-
900.
This amount covers damage to build
ings and machinery, damage to ware
houses and stores of coffee, tobacco
and sugar; damage to this years cane,
coffee and fruit crops, including esti-
mated loss on the next three years
other colony by the hurricane of
August 9. Every district in the ISL
and has been devastated. Thousands
of homes have been ruined, and crops
upon which the whole POPULATION de-
pended for subsistence have been
laid waste beyond retrievefor at least
three years.
Porto Rico to-day is barren as
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-10-18
AI.ucky SwitchInGn.

"See any gray hairs in my head, !"
said Baltimore and Ohio switchman
to an Express reporter as he tagged
a Cape electric to wait while long
train OF empty fiat cars rolled across
Cumberland street.
"I tell you eternal vigilance is the
price of safetg'-is that it? No, that
last word ought to be liberty instead
of safety, but man must be safe to
have lis liberty,so I'll let it go. What
I am trying to say is that if had
been born to be killed by having the
end of n box car of n catapult act with
me. I'd be laid ont now with warped
soar plexus, OF something of That
kind. I was leaning up against the
end of that blue box car over there,
thinking OF what was going to have
for dinner, when I thought 1 saw a
silver dollar lying in the street about
ten feet away from me.
81 knew there was q shifter on the
same track, hut tho 1ght it was down
on the wharf at that time. L hadn't
more than stepped away from
the end of that car when the shifter
bunted into it and drove it ahead
about twenty feet. Say, suppose L
hadn't seen that silver dollar and
started for it, where would L have
been now? Yes, man that is work
ing around the cars has got to pay a
strict attention to business.
ooh, 7 forgot to tell you that that
silver dollar WAS only round piece
Of tin, but it served it's purpose just
M we'll as the renl thing could have
done, I'm going TO wear 1t on ms
watch chain for eharM. It ought to
he better than rabbits foot. II ort
land Express.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-10-18
First English Steam Vessel.

Eighty-two years ago on August 1s
appeared in an English paper an ad-
vertisement of the first steam vessel
to carry passengers in European
waters. It was the Comet, a little
boat of twenty-five tons burden, run.
ming on the Clyde River, between
Glasgow and Greenock. It's builder
and engineer was James Bell, specu.
lative individual, who devoted him
self to inventions, while his wife ran
boarding house.
In 1907 Fulton's Clermont had
made it's first trip on the Hudson.
Just 100 years before Fulton the
value of steam in navigation had been
demonstrated by Denys Papin in
model steamboat on the Fulda, near
Cassel, Germany. After taking a
hundred years from the date of the
first invention to put the idea into
practical force it has taken but eighty
years more to bring the total value of
5he STEAMBOATS, of the world up to con-
'iderably more than a thousand mil
ions of dollars.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-10-18
here this winter, and which may now
be frightened away.

here this winter, and which may now
be frightened away.
The loss of growing crops is, be-
yond question, the most serious item
in the islands list of misfortunes.
Everything has been more or lens de-
stroyed. What the hurricane lei. the
floods carried away. The mango,
bread fruit and avocate trees, upon
which the natives depend to great
extent for subsistence. have been
swept bare or broken down. Only
the most sheltered banana groves are
left standing. The coffee crop is
wholly ruined, and all but the small
est of the trees have been destroyed.
A coffee plant takes five years to ma
ture. The half ripe orange crop is on
the ground. A few cane fields have
escaped, but with the factories de-
molished these are only valuable for
fodder.
The wholesale, indiscriminate dis
tributlon of food is being stopped,
else the whole population would be-
come pauperized. In all centres I
visited rations are now being dis
tributed to the old and infrm and to
young children. To all able-bodied |
adults is offered work. At first this
course OF action caused some COM
plant, but now tie plan is beginning
TO work we'll, and the poor are all the
more independent, and better con-
tented for it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-10-18
Million n Ernnt Font

A mortgage of $50, 600, 900 on tiny
town lot is rarely recorded in real es-
tate annals. Tue city of San Jose,
CAL, has within her howery limits q
little patch of ground which has actu.
ally borne an incumbrauce of the above
named stupendous proportions.
This intinitesimal speck of Cali
fornia's map has represented in money
precisely what America paid Spain for
the Philippine archipelago,
And this San Jose lot, only tair.
size flower garden, according to the
California notion as to gardens, meas.
ures 1896 square feet, while the Phil.
ippene Islands comprise ia, 600 square
miles,
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the quarters. At every country station
tue troops are living under canvas.
In most cases the barracks have been
blown down. At Aibonito not one
wall OF the whole barracks is left
standing. The soldiers LOST e7erv-
thing they had, and those in the hos
pltal had a narrow escape with their
lives.
The barracks collapsed during the
first hour OF the storm. Fifteen min
utes after the walls had toppled in tho
men, wLo had even formed ranks out
side in the pelting rain, had appointed
delegation to wait upon Captain
Wheeler to ask permission to render
assistance TO the town. Tie captain
Joined his men. Without q thonght
OF tfeir own loss, without thought of
any danger, the Whole troop crossed |
the swollen river between the barracks
and the town. and we're soon engaged
in the work of rescue, lodging pieces
Of flying zinc or rushing into tumbling
houses.
on the night of the hurricane I was
sleeping on my own plantation in the
district OF Bayamon, about ten miles
rom the capital. At about half-pest
even o'clock Tuesday night my cap
taxa, OF head man, came to the door
md reported that the Government had
ent out notice that hurricane was
pprosching, vin St. Thomas. Like
1any others, 1 did not give full cred
nee to the warning. At half-past five
10 WIND was blowing thirty miles an !
our.
Daylight was long in coming, for the
~ was inky black. When dawn did
'me we could be sure the storm was
't far away, and everything movable
as taken in. Tenants began to run 7
us for shelter and we took them J
also. i
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-10-18

ea OF 'ohn McKane
in the ever kno to local politics State He was born
he WV. % I Antrim Inland August TO- 1871 lived in Ireland until
counv @ years DID, when the MEane family to this
smoke lie wasa ha pus Bay Long Island Msne did
work or ms ,ens who did not know become weary either
and turmoil AS boy dug beach in summer
odd Jobs until m s0o winter He worked gardening and other
learned the when he was apprenced carpenter
1888 always did what he pleased Gvesend In
inc on n1 IN 1ne height OF his William Gayno after
Justice M sgm sganss the Mclaughlin Democracy candidate for
tho Court He made McKane for cov ~
registry lists of Coney Island They were refused He soid @ @ m
to ge on October 80 1885, NI ont thai if he wants
,, H. WIN me the easiest do AS rn
,ecame ust beosne convict in Sing Sing William Gynor
OF Ine supreme Court McKane
.A released from prison April 3d. 1898. A 't' lc il
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-10-18

was Cuba at the close of Il insurrec-
ton. Here, in Porto Rictields that
were once beautiful with wang canes,
hillsides but few days % covered
with the green coffee and hama trees
now present bare and Try view.
Homes that sheltered hap families
have been washed away The vii
lagos are crowded with helterless
people.
The homeless to-day nber about
one-third of the whole polation of
the island.
I have passed. through7ery dis.
trlct from the capital to nee, and
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-10-18
lee side of penguin fence to o shack,
sheltered behind n hill.

1t was half-past twelve before the
storm was over end we could venture
forth. Our house, we found, had not
blown down entirely; but the wooden
wallswere slanted at an angle of thirty
degrees. The roof was completely off
and everything inside absolutely
ruined by the water.
It was two days befo"e we could
cross the river to get to market. Every
PEASANTS hut for three miles around
was down. Four hundred houses or
the outskirts of Bayamon were piled
up in the public road. The railroad
running to San Juan had been CON-
pIetely washed away. The highways
were blocked with rubbish. 1t was
two days before supplies of bread
reached the town. In the interim the
people lived on half ripe fruit.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-10-18

At half-past seven o'clock the storm
began III earnest, and in half ar hour
it was impossible to stand against the
wind. We had braced and tied down
the roof as best we could, but one sim
gle puff carried away all our stays. In
half IN honr our roof was gone and
~ q r"''' '""'tino in. 4 ten o'clnoI-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-10-18
WARREN WALKER.

sell at less price than those ooun.l
should be patronzed by Southern people The publisher
will paints his subscribers would like
to order through the ADVERTISER This paint heavy
body that buyers add Lnsd oil paint 90
further and money the oil will fifty gallon
Write to the telling them what colors you
much and price will be given The paint
and guarantee with barrel and package paint
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-10-18

The Arst care Of the military authosi.
ties has naturally been for the traopf
In Ponce the $4,000 granted by General
Davis to the commander has been
spent in cleaning up in and around
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-10-18

often ridden tr miles wilt seeing
houss left standing. ore the
houses withstod the wiuie roofs
we're gone and furniture clothing
we're ruined b. tbs rains.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-10-18

1t is the well-to-d do who are, perhaps,
to be the most pitied. Beautiful
haciendas and powerful sugar factories
Yere>lo;I
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-10-18

LIES PES. Just and kind. Both YOU and
An. well, We might take berso sD,aen en- gieams'
" Juused Tor what We say in dreams,
Tife,. 10 r, lucky that it's what it seems.
Connasss rasusst law is true and sounl
p'teu Wild what we live III dreams
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-10-18

LIE notso bad. Lo hero and there
VIE are pleasant places. cooling streams
we may rest and find all fair
escaped from things we see In dreams
HiIs TIs not not the worst. We clearly see
Inc generous features of fts scbsnos
now dreadful II We had to be A0''
Locked up for what We do in dreamst
The record-union., 1899-11-05

AS candidate for the Office of Mayor
of Sacramento, deem it proper that
Should state my position with regard
to questions affecting the interests of
the city, and the policies which will
control my conduct of that high office
should the people see fit to elevate me
TO It. At the present time it is mat
ter of particular Importance to the cit
liens of this city who should be their
Mayor. / believe Sacramento to be on
the eve of a great development. Dur
ing the recent years of depression, Sac
ramento has, more than any city in the
State, maintained a healthy growth
and a continued business expansion.
The State has but -cently undertaken
a. system of public work which prom
lSes to improve the navigability Of our
| river and to aid in the reclamation of
| thousands of fertile acres which will
contribute their harvests to the trade
of Sacramento. New lines conveying
| added electrical power have been ex-
tended to this city, affording us large
reserve of motive power which will GER
tainly soon be used by factories and
shops which it will attract to u.s. One
of the great tracts Of land lying to the
east of US has been opened to settle
ment and is being occupied by popu-
| lation, the trade of which will come to
Sacramento. Our commercial and in
dustrial advantages are commencing to
be recognized and appreciated abroad,
and our people are alive with the spirit
of growth and development 1t is a
critical stage in the life of Sacramento,
and I am ambitious to be placed in a
position to direct these forces which
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menace the health of our people, and
our pure food. ordinances, relating to
our meat and milk supply, should be
properly enforced.
An efficient public service is indis-
in making appointments I would in all
cases require that an appointee should
have proper qualifications for the Of
fee to which I would appoint him.
The importance of a we'll organized
and highly efficient police force cannot
be over-e estimated, as upon them de-
pend largely the peace and safety of
the city and the protection of the
lives and property of our people.
would in all things seek to promote the
efficiency of our fire and police service
and permit no consideration of personal
or special interest to prevent the ap-
pointment in every instance of men of
proper qualifications. Generally,
would bend every energy to make Sac
ramento modern, well-governed city,
with her taxation so reasonable, her
affairs so conducted and her appear
ance so attractive that our people
would live in contented prosperity, that
trade and investment from abroad
would be attracted to us and that our
reputation would go forth as that of a
progressive, pleasant, healthful and
expanding city. I believe that these re-
suits can be brought about by a wise
and capable government, and / am am
bilious to undertake their perform
ance.
am not in any wise committed to
] 70
portunity to deny that charge If
elected, will enter upon the perform
ance of my duties as Mayor to- do
right when I see the right, controlled
by no promises or improper obliga-
tions and with a proud liberty of ac-
ton which I will always exercise for
| the benefit of Sacramento, where 1 was
! born. where I have my home, and
where all my hopes and interests are
centered.--George H. Clark, Republi-
can candidate for Mayor
The record-union., 1899-11-05

now so fortunately conspire for our ad-
vancement so that that advancement
may be along the lines of permanent
and healthy growth, Of modern meth
DDS, and controlled by wise economy.
By constant and careful attnetion to
all claims arising against the city, and
personal inspection of all public work
to be paid for out of the public treas
ury, l shall earnestly endeavor to re-
duce the burden of municipal govern
ment and by every means in my power
make possible a tax rate as low as may
be consistent with an efficient admins
tration. Whether this rate shall be
one dollar or less, it is not in the power
of any man to promise, but my best
efforts will be bent to reduce it to the
very lowest figure. To bring about
this result and to so administer the du-
ties of the office that my service as
Mayor would always be remembered as
of the greatest benefit to the city, and
be to my personal credit and honor,
is my ambition in seeking that high
office
AS Mayor of Sacramento I would give
the city's affairs the same careful con-
oiucA deioi uo u my OWN. would
practice economy and business princi-
pies, follow modern methods and pro-
vide an efficient public service. I would
promote public Improvement to the
fullest extent consistent with proper
economy. l believe that the attitude
OF Sacramento towards the public in
stitutfons located in our midst should
be that of cooperation and apprecia-
ton, and that our policy should be by
concerted public effort to aid in pro-
curing for the State Printing Office.
the State Capitol and grounds and the
State Agricultural Society such ap-
preparations as are needed for their
business-like conduct and maintenance.
Fair grounds ornamental, modern and
convenient, of character credita BILE
to the State. and the Folsom Model
Highway should be provided and built
by the State, and with moderate assist
The record-union., 1899-11-05
George H. Clark
To the Voters
of Sacramento

ance and with proper activity by our
people these great improvements can
be brought about, to the great ad-
vantage of our city. The growth of
the city renders necessary Increased
sewer facilities and extended water
mains. I favor a sewer system that
will be adequate for proper drainage
and sanitation, and such additional
water mains as will furnish sufficient
supply to every part of the city. ]
believe in a system of clear and pure
water for Sacramento, of character
creditable to our people, but I would
favor no system which did not contem-
plate it's sole ownership and control by
the city.
I believe in liberal street improve
ment. and would promote such work
to the limit of our resources. The
care of our streets is of the first i'm
portance. and work which has been
done at great expense should not be
permitted, by neglect or incompetence,
to be destroyed or damaged. l would
appoint an efficient Street Superintend-
ent to conduct improvement, to pre-
serve existing work, and SO far as pos
sible promote the cleanliness and ap-
pearance of our streets. The sanitary
laws of the State and city should be
rigidly enforced, to the end that the
health of the city be improved, and
her healthfulness be placed beyond
question. Our City Board of Health
is an important body, charged with
grave responsibilities and 1 would do
everything in my power to promote
it's usefulness. The city garbage should
be so disposed Of that it would not
The record-union., 1899-11-05

ter and there was no reason why he
should not be elected. As for himself,
he hoped and expected that the young
men would stand by him. as he had al
ways stood by them. He wanted the
old men to vote for him too The young
men vote for the old men and the old
men should vote for the young men,
one good turn deserves another Now
is the time for them to educate the
young men to succeed them, and take
their places
He had noticed that the young
Mayors of large cities were more sue
cessful than the old ones. The Demo-
Gratis had elected Mayor Phelan, one
or the best San Francisco had ever
had, and had put Bryan at the head of
their ticket. Why not push forward
the young men of the Republican party
He wanted them to vote for the. whole
ticket for it was good one.
G. Fetherstone said he was glad to
De called on, not for the honor but for