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The San Francisco call., 1904-03-03
SEVERAL ARE MISSING.

Among those missing is Frank ].
Allison Of the Allison Realty Company.
the builders of the hotel, who is known
to have been in the building when it
FELL Efforts to recover the bodies of
the dead and rescue those imprisoned
in the wreck were begun by the fire
men Immediately after the crash, and
at IL o'clock tonight the contractor
in charge of the wrecking work said
that his men had discovered seven bod
les and that two were known to be
pinned under the wreckage on the east
side of the building
The cause of the accident was the
overlooking of the floors. Foreman
James Halpin, in charge of the iron
workers. stated that there was a large
quantity Of cement and other building
material on the fifth floor and on the
ninth floor were eighty-three beams
which were to have been used in con-
structing the remaining floors of the
building.
That criminal carelessness is charge
able to somebody is shown by the fact
that the building department had
placed repeated violations" against
the building, the last one being filed
to-day, at the instance of Inspector
Charles French because ''the side walls
were more than two stories in advance
of the front walls, and the floor beams
were not properly boted and tied"
RECEIVED MANY WARNINGS.
In spite of this and previous warn
ings those responsible for the construc-
ton of the building went ahead regard
less of consequences.
Adjoining the collapsed building on
the west side is the four-story brown
stone residence of Harold Brown.
Some of the huge iron beams struck the
side of the house and drove holes in the
walls and roof and destroyed a part
of the brownstone 'front.' which was
thrown to the street. The occupants
ESCAPED uninjured. On the east side is
a house occupied by a school for boys.
The pupils had gone home to lunch
few minutes before the crash occurred.
Some of the beams struck the house,
tearing off a portion of the roof and
smashing holes in the side walls Mrs
Storrs was sitting at lunch with Mrs.
Savage when the crash came, and she
and Meier, the waiter, were buried un-
der the debris of the roof and walls
Mrs. Savage barely escaped being
struck, but her skirt was pinned to the
floor by a mass of fallen bricks. Mrs
Storrs was breathing when extricated,
but died within a few minutes. The
waiter is believed to be fatally injured.
The other occupants of the dining
room escaped unhurt.
The Hotel Patterson was shaken to
its foundation and the fire es-
capes on several stories were torn
from the fastenings and all the win
dows on these floors were smashed
The occupants of these apartments
hastily quilted them. Rev. Minot Saw
age was ill in his apartment in the
front of the hotel at the time of the
collapse The plans for the building
were fled by the firm of Neville &
Bagge, architects, and called for the
construction of fireproof building,
twelve stories in height, with a front
age Of IS feet and depth of 100. of
steel, brick and stone. of height when
finished of 199 feet. The approximate
building cost, exclusive of the plat, was
named at $3.50 000
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-03

Of the men on the island are doing all that
they possibly can toward saving that portion
OF the island that is not yet submerged and
dredgers are already at work
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-26

publicans in Ocean county, with The
Democratic majority in Monmouth
and with q luke warmness among
some Republicans toward their can
didate in Middlesex, Mr.. Howell is
not going to have an easy time
winning this fall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-26

| and sailors and their dependents on
the ground that they deserve liberia
treatment. 1t pledges by its platform
adequate legislation to that end. But
it denies the right Of the executive tc
usurp the power of congress to legis-
late on that subject. Such %usrrpation
was attempted by pension order No.
, II. ANA effect has been given to ii by
n congress that dared not resent tli.
usugpation. 1t is said that ''this order
was made in the performance of Il
duty imposed upon the president by
act of congress- but the provision
making the imposition is not pointed
out. The act to which the order re
fcrs, which is the III relating to pen
sions to civil war veterans, does not
authorize pensions on the ground of
age. 1t does grant pensions TO those
suffering from any mental or physical
disability or disabilities of a perpla-
ncnt character, not the result of their
W vicious habits. which 50 incapaci-
tatcs them from the performance of
manual labor as to render them una
BILE to earn a support" This specified
requirement of incapacity is in effect
set aside by order No. rs us to all per-
sons I'VE sixty-two.
The war closed nearly forty years
ago. In the meantime many of our
soldiers and sailors long survived the
age Of siXty-two and passed away
without receiving any pension. Skill
full pension attorneys, hunting through
the statute, failed to find there a pro-
vision giving a pension to all who had
reached sixty-two. Many prominent
veterans urged the justice of ongres
sional action giving a service pension
to all veterans. Bills to that effect
were introduced in congress. And not
until March of this year did any one
ever claim to have made the discovery
that the president had power to treat
the statute as if it read that when q
claimant had passed the age of sixty
two years he is necessarily disabled
one-half in ability to perform manual
labor and therefore entitled to a pen
sion.
The present pension commissioner in
Dictated his view of the order when in
a recent address he thanked the prcsi-
dent for what he had done and advised
his hearers to use their influence that
a law might be passed to the same eff
feet. Full confidence, after all, Sc
not to have been placed OH the I
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-26
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1904.

A steel firm in Paterson, employin 2
about 1900 men. has found it neces-
sary to make o 80 per cent cut in
wages. At first the men were going
to strike and the national advisory
board was summoned. Although the
firm showed the books of the concern
and stated that it was either a cut in
o or close the shop, as the pres
emit prics of steel would not warrant
the present scale, the advisory board
advised o strike. When a vote was
taken tho men showed their good sense
by rejecting the advise and decided to
accept the reduction. Winter is COM
ing on and, with the employees, il was
a matter OF bread and butter for their
families. The advisory board would
70 away about its business. the mem
bers feeling secure in getting their pay
no matter what happened. It's easy
to recommend a strike when you ere
not to BIO one of the sufferers. With
the Paterson men it was IA case Of 30
per sent. less wages or no wages at I'LL
They chose to work.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-26

A promi ient Citizen remark cd, Ms
ha looked across tho bay: That's Il
fine sheet OF water to be idle like
that" He meant the lack of pleasure
craft and boat races in view. He de.
c,arel that the reason there WIS Sc
little racing here was the lack OF
sporting blood in this city. In most
cities, with q sheet OF water like Perth
Amboy, there would DO all kinds of
racing oycry Saturday afternoon.
There is no mistake about Raritan
bay being n hno sheet of wator. Ii
The prominent citizen right in saying
there is no sporting blood here?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-26
duty should be promptly performed.

American Shipping.
Our commerce III American bottoms
amounts to but s per cent of our tota'
exports and imports. For seventy
| years prior to 1860, when the Repub-
lican party anne into power, our mer-
chant marine carried an average of
10 per cent of orr foreign commerce.
| BY 1877 it had dwindlcd to - per cent.
Now we carry but n contemptibly
small fraction Of III exports and inn
ports.
American shipping in the foreign
trade was greater by over 100000 tons
in 1910. nearly 100 years ago. than it
was last year. In the face of the con-
tinuous decline in the record of Amer
lean shipping during the last forty
three years the promise of the Repub-
! lican party to restore it is without en-
| enlargement. The record of the Dem
ocratic party gives assurance that the
task can be more wisely intrusted to
it.
1t is an arduous task to undo the eff
feet of forty years of ~decadence and
requires the study and investigation
of those best fitted by experience to
| find the remedy, which surely does not
lie in the granting of subsidies wrung
| from the pockets of all the taxpayers.
investigation of Government Depart
ments.
Recent disclosures, coupled with the
| rapid augmentation of government eX-
| pcnditures, show q need of an inveSti-
| CATION Of every department of the GOV
| crnment. The Democrats in congress
| demanded it. The Republican majori-
| ty refused the demand. Tie people
can determine by their vote in No
yember whether they wish an honest
and thorough investigation. A Demo
cratic congress and executive will as
sure it.
Army and Navy.
We are justly proud of the officers
and men of our army and navy. Both,
however, have suffered from the per-
sistent injection of personal and polit-
ical influence. Promotions and appoint
ments have been frequently based on
| favoritism instead of merit. Trials
| and court martials have been set aside
| under circumstances indicating polit-
lcal interference. These and other
abuses should be corrected.
Pensions For Our Soldiers and Sailors.
The national Democracy favors lib
eral pensions to the surviving soldiers
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-26
%TH AAvo,

10 our citizens, without distinction of
n G or creed. whether native born or
naturallzed, at home and abroad, the
equal protection of the laws and the
enjoyment Of all the rights and prlvi'
Ieges open to them under the covenants
OF our treaties. as their just due, should
be made good TO them. In the accom-
plishment of that result 1t is essential
that a passport issued by the govern
ment OF the United States to an Amer
lean citizen shall be accepted he world
over MS proof OF citizenship.
Civil Service.
The statute relating to civil service
Is the outcome of the efforts of thought
full. unselnsh and public spirited clti-
ems. Operation under it has frequent
liz been of such n character MS to Of
fend against the spirit of the statute,
but tile results achieved, even under a
partial enforcement of the law. have
been such rs to both deserve and COM
mand the u~tterance of the Democratic
party that IL stands committed TO the
princlnle Of civil service refarin and
demands IFS Just and impartial en-
forcement.
Reaunatlen Of Arid Lands.
Moctof expanee Of country in the
m~4iana 81 which are 10 be found
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-26

Once more, about that building code
and building inspector. Is the Cham
Der of Commerce powerless to do
anything between meetings? There
is plenty of work to be done and the
Chamber could accomplish il, but as
soon At the regular monthly meeting
adjourns the work seems to be forgot
ten until the next meeting, one month
later. Keeping constantly ut it is
what Perth Amboy needs. and that
means, 365 times u year, not twelve
times.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-26

This Week the whirlwind campaigns
begin. Both Stokes and Black will
tour the State soliciting votes and
telling the people that their particu-
lar party is the proper one to vote for.
Doubtless both candidates will visit
Perth Amboy. Their coming is
awaited with interest.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-26
,Hahne 4 Co.'s TVelyeAcre Store, Newark

in each of the sixteen states and terri
ly affected by the national statute the
outcome of intelligent and persistent
efforts of leading citizens, providing
for the reclamation of the arid lands
for the benefit of home seekers. Dur
ing the years of the development of the
measure which finally received the vote
of every member of the upper house
of congress it encountered opposition.
based to Il large extent upon the view
that the aim of its promoters was to
secure the benefits of irrigation to
private owners at government expense.
Tic aim of the statute is, however, to
enable this vast territory to reclaim
it's arid lands without calling upon the
taxpayers of the country at large to
pay for it. Whether the purposes of
the bill will be fully accomplished must
depend in large measure upon the abil-
ity. sobriety of Judgment, indepcnd-
ence and honesty of the officers of the
interior department having this great
work in charge.
In 1902 the main canals and bitches
in the region affected aggregated moro
than $4,000 miles, and the work of rec
lamation is but in its infancy. The to-
tai cost of construction of the neces-
sary head gates, dams, main canals,
bitches, reservoirs and pumping sta
tons was at that time a little over
SOB, 100000, which of itself suggests
the hundreds of millions that may
eventually be invested in the territory
covered by the statute. The magni-
tude of the conception and the enor-
nous expense its carrying out involves
make us realize the overwhelming i'm
portance of Il broad, capable and honest
administration of the work authorized
by the statute if effect Is to be given
to that part of the plan that relievea
the country at large from ultimate liza
bility.
Panama Canal.
An isthmian canal has long been the
hope of our statesmen and the avow-
ed aim of the two great parties, as
their platforms in the past show. The
Panama route having been selected.
the building of the canal should be
pressed to completion with all reason
able expedition.
The methods by which the executive
acquired the Panama canal route and
rights are Il source of regret to many.
To them the statement that thereby Il
great public work was assured to the
profit of our people is not Il sufficient
answer to the charge of violation of
national good faith. They appreciate
that tile principles and healthy convic-
tons which in their working out have
made Jus free and great stand firmly
bagadnSta the argument or suggestion
that we shall be blind to the nature
of tie means employed to promote our
welfafe. They hold that adherence to
principle. whether 1t works for our
good or i'll, will have a more benefi-
cent influence on our future destiny
than an our material %upbuilding, and
that we should ever remember that
th0tdea Of doing a wrong to u small
Ser, MeQker nation that we, or. even NIL
lmAhklha, may have a resultant good
is repugant to the principles upon
which our government was founded.
Under the laws of the United States
the duty Is imposed on the executive
to proceed with dne diligence IN the
work II eopst The eanal. That
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-26

At last Justice of the Peace Sc.
dam, of New Brunswick, has beer
forced to move Ills Office from the
county buildings. 1t will be remem
bered that having his office in one of
the public buildings without paying
any rent was one of the findings of the
expert who investigated the county
affairs. Justice Sedan is no the
only person using q public building
for al office in viii CHI to carry en- his
private business without paying rent.
The "%shingle" advertising this private
business is hanging cut, too.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-26
ALTON B. PARKER'S
LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE
Continued from page %

already done for the Cubans. and |
favor making the promise to them now
that we shall take such action as soon
as they are reasonably prepared for II.
If independence such as the Cubans
enjoy cannot be prudently granted to
the Filipinos at this time, the promise
that it shall come the moment they
are capable of receiving 1t will tend TO
stimulate rather than hinder their de
yelopnent. And this should be done
not only in justice to the Fillplnos, but
to preserve our own rights. for a free
people cannot withhold freedom from
another people and themselves remain
free. The liberation Of tyranny over
others viii soon breedcontempt for free
dom and self government aud weaken
slf0nemer -of resistance 70 insldious
Ee6 desDepzEI1uElonai rights
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-26

The report comes from New Bruns
wick that y is hard to find q Demo-
cratic candidate for the congressional
nomination. Perth Amboy has CON
gressional material, what's the matter
with getting a candidate forward
With a serious split among the Re-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-26

With Howell renom mated in the
lbISd district and Gardner renamed
in the second, those awful" stories
about the post oflce scandal do not
seom to be having the effect the Demo
Gratis hoped for in New Jersey.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1904-03-05
The Cow riust 10.
From the Gulfport News.

The town of fGulfport has done the pro-
per thing at last and the News hastens,
even stops the press, to congratulates
the Mayor and Board OF Aldermen. An
ordinance has been enacted to prohibit
cows, calves and oxen from running at
large on the streets, as win be seen by
the publication Of the same in another
place in the News of this issue. The
COW, with the exception Of the William
Goat, is the greatest nuisance in the
world when allowed to run ut large on
the streets of town - in fact the COW
does not possess the honor Of the goat.
She will eat anything in farmers wa
gon and then chase his children around
the corner while the goat will content
himself eating uin cans and chewing ci
gar stumps. In truth the goat is said to
be a blessing in disguise TO town. He
will run out all the fleas, ,bedbugs, roach
es, some of the citizens and other such
nuisances, but hardly ever disturbs any
respectable person unless that person is
too persistent in bowing to his goatship.
The goat returns bow for bow, even II it
Is from piledriver, but it is his nature 10
be headstrong along that line.
But the cow is absolutely and unreser-
vedly black midnight nuisance and she
has no more respect for crate OF cab
bage than for crate OF straw and there
is no heaven on earth or in the skies she
had rather visit than nice flower yard
on which the good wife has spent the
better part Of her sweet life in beautifv-
ing. But the Board has proclaimed to
all Gulfport and the inhabitants thereof
that the cows must be relegated; must
take back seat, and from "hence for
ward and forevermore" kept off the
streets.
Now il the city will pass dog ordi-
nance compelling people to keep up
their dogs 1t will be another blessing to
the town. And right here we will state
that we have recipe for keeping up
dogs, which, in brief, is to tie one end
Of rope around his neck, the other a
round telephone pole, and then raise
him until his feet are six inches above
the earth. Make fast the rope and will
assure you that the dog will be "kept
up"
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1904-03-05

State Auditor TIM. Henry is now max :
ing the January distribution OF the
common school fund, which amounts to
833,333.34. In the distribution the
Coast counties receive tho following
amounts: Hancock, 81 ,957.80; Harrison,
$5, 1881 Jackson, 81, ,99i.58. The above
amounts will be distributed among the
schools outside the separate school dis
tricts. OF the amount appropriated for
separate school districts the towns and
cities along the Gulf Coast will share as
follows; Biloxi, SO, ,s2i .63; Bay ST. Louis,
$l,5i3.55; Gulfport, 82k00; Handsboro
S4S5.9S; Moss Point, S907.08; Ocean
Springs, $632.97; Pass Christian, 81 ,2i5
02; Scranton, 81, ,tii.77.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1904-03-05
why lie Was Not Promoted.

He watched the clock.
He was always grumbling.
He was always behindhand.
He had no iron In his blood.
He was Wiling but untitled.
He did not believe in himself.
He asked too many questions.
His stock excuse was 81 forgot"
He wasn't ready for the next STEP.
He did not put hisheart in his work,
He learned nothing from his blunders.
He thought he was above his position.
He chose his friends among his infer
iors.
Ho was contented TO be a second rate
man.
He ruined his ability by half doing
things.
He never dared 10 act on his own judg-
ment and convictions.
He did not think 80 worth while to
"leam how"
f, He tried to make bllilfa substitute for
attention and ability.
He thought II necessary to give every
evening TO amusement.
Familiarity with slipshod ways para
lyzed his ideal.
He thought it was clever TO use coarse
and profane language.
He was ashamed OF hisparents because
they we're old fashioned.
He initiated the habits OF one who
could stand more than. he could.
He did not learn that the best part OF
his salary was not in his pay envelope
Success,
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1904-03-05

In the case Of Hightower, Crawford ct
al. the Mississippi Supreme Court last
Monday decided that the Mobile, jack
son and Kansas City Railroad could not
collect the $35, 900 promised by the city
Of Hattiesburg in the event the road
ran through there, for reason that main
line was built to Laurel, and Hatties-
burg got only branch line. Notes for
the bonds, which were signed by fifty
seven citizens Of hattiesburg were Or
dered returned
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1904-03-05


Another attempt has been made ac-
cording to dispatches from Alexandria
Va, to steal the will of George Wash
ington from the clerks office OF the Fair
fax county courthouse. The outer doors
OF the vault were shattered by the explo-
sive used, but the document, which re-
poses In glass case with other valuable
papers, was unframed, 1t is supposed
the would-be thieves fed withoutaccom-
plishing their object, because of the un-
expectedly loud explosion which aroused
many persons residing near the court
house. The will is in Washington's
writing and was the year Of his death
1t covers twenty-nine closely-written
pages, each Of which bears the signature
of the president.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1904-03-05

Being asked what he thought would be
the moral effect OF his trip to Batesville
asst Sunday, accompanied by military
company, for the purpose OF saving the
life Of a negro charged with and who ad-
mits cowardly murder OF white man,
GOV. Vardaman says, al really do not
think the people OF Mississippi need
any moral lessons. They are already
the most law-abiding, law-respecting
people on earth, and the mob spirit new
or manifests itself except in cases where
some british negro perpetates most
atrocious crime against some white per-
son. can sympathize thoroughly with
one whose friend or relative has been
outraged or atrociously murdered by a
black brute and am not going too ensure
people who act little indiscretely under
the influence of passion thus aroused,
but there is one thing certain, the law
must be upheld, ana 80 long as occupy
tho gubernato1al chair shall do all
within my power TO see that the laws are
enforced. The courts must perform tneir
functions. When this is done the peo-
pie with be satisfied"
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1904-03-05

In the case of Yazoo and Mississippi
Valley and Gulf and Ship Island Rail-
road vs. State Revenue Agent OF Missis--
sippi the court gives Mr., Adams the first
black eye he has had in some time. The
suit was for back taxes Oslo per mile on
such railroads as claimed exemption un-
der act OF Legislature Of 1893, and was
based on fact that railroad commission
had not classified these roads as required
under that act,
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1904-03-05

Rev. Eater r. j. Sorin, the musical
composer at DeLisle, has sold within the
past two months four hundred copies OF
his composition, "The Lords Prayer"
This well attests to the popularity Of
this beautiful sacred song and that it is
well appreciated by lovers OF church mu-
sic.
The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1904-03-05

Gov. Vardaman has issued a procla-
nation ordering a special election in the
3Sth district to fill the Senatorial yacan-
cy occasioned by the death of Hon. VIM
b. Walker, for today, March 9th. The
district includes Monroe, Lee and tia
wanda counties, but by law the Senator
elect must come from Monroe county.