The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 17, 1902, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 190Z. NEW DISCOVERY IN PHOTOGRAPHY Graduate of Yale Takes| Five Pictures in Bril- liant. Colors, Success Crowns Many Years of Experimental Work. Special Dispatch to The Call. NEW HAVEN, Oonn., Feb. 16.—A. Hyatt Verrill, a graduate of Yale and son of Professor Addison covered a process The discoverer ‘calls it an brilliant colors. ure is not g divulged by overy is a dis- has experimented for several s, but only recently met with success, at work perfecting his discov- ery, because in the ance of a few colors he has not y _attained a wholly satisfactory Particularly is this true of brig colors. Patent rights have not is_another reasor Professor V t red displayed the rst made by the pro- son presented to him a birthday gift. He had in order to please his father, of Verrill's su father to the Con- cience on Wednes- nouncement was made, who is professor of tor of that collection, copled from water colors, g a group of bright colored ch -were caught in Bermud: when the Yale zoological one of re. My pictures, son was as you of a Bermuda land- y of rocks and the ades o he foliage. e Verrill will make a public scien- y Three of his pictures are of st showing black, ows very small va- nd delicate Shadings. In aph as many shades are are in mother-of-pearl. One Be: 3 ne shows the old Wai- famed n connection This is Verrill's most ill. John L. Shepard Very IIL WASHINGTON, Feb. & 15 ard of Texas is criti- PL-SUPER Verrill, has dis- | of photographing in | t is photo-chem- | and decided advance in | vellow and | Representa- | HERBOURG, Feb. 16.—The Kron- prinz Wilhelm arrived in the road- stead at $:40 o'clock this evening, after a pleasant passage from Southampton. The weather was | splendid and there was no wind. The | steamer stayed here but a short time, { during which the band played selections. The Kronprinz Wilhelm resumed her jour- ney for New York at 9 o'clock. SOUTHAMPTO; Feb. 16.—The Kron- prinz Wilhelm arrived this morning. Prince Henry's vovage to England was uneventful The Kronprinz Wilhelm pro- ceeded slowly from Bremerhaven down | the Weiser under a cloudless sky and amid cheers from the people lining the shore. The Prince and his suite walked upon the upper deck with some of the other passengers. Later Prince Henry proceeded 1o the bridge, where he held. a long conversuiion with the captain of the steamer and showed the greatest interest in all the details of the ship, The Prince, with his suite, appeared at dinner, occupying a table in an alcove of the general salon. During the meal the | band played German and American airs. | The Prince’s tablg naturally attracted un- divided attention. After ‘dinner the Prince speit an hour in the smoking- room. | ., He was up early this morning, walking | the deck. In the course of a conversation | to-day he zgain expressed the pleasure he feels at visiting the United States. } t 10:30 o'clock this morning the Isle of | Wight and the forts of Portsmouth were sighted. 1t was a day of glorious sun- | shine. "With the band playing and with fiags flying the steamer made her way up Southampton waters to the dock. Here the North Germar Lloyd Steamship Com- | | pany, contrary to the desire of Prince | Henry, had iaken the most elaborate pre- | cautions. The special train from London, carryirg passengers for the Kronprinz Wilhelm, arrived at Southampton at 11:30 o'clock, bul was not allowed to proceed to the dock until the steariship bearing Prince Henry had been made fast. At 1 o’clock the dock swarmed with policemen and detectives and the steamship tickets for the Southampton passengers were | serutinized repeatedly. Prince Henry remained on the bridge of | the steamer until the members of the German embassy at London, who came Gown here to welcome him, went on board. | He then receivea them in his salon. | “The Kronprinz Wilhelm sailed for Cher- bourg at 3 o'clock this afternoon. .Among her passengers are George and Allison Armour, Sir Charles Cust, Spencer Eddy, | first secretary of the American legation at Constantinople, and Mrs. Moretown Fre- | wen, sister of Mrs. Cornwallis West. ; Wireless Message From the Sea. LONDON, Feb. 16.—A message trans- ISTEAMSHIP BEARING PRINCE HENRY. . STARTS ACROSS: THE ATLANTIC Docks at Southampton Swarm With Policémen and Detectives During the Distinguished Traveler’s Brief ‘Stay.vand Ali Pas- sengers for the Kronprinz Are Subjected to Close Scrutiny mitted by the Marconi wireless system reception of Prince Henry met to-day. ‘trom the Kronprinz Wilhelm, when that steamer was ninety miles off the Lizard, reported: ““All well, weather fine, sea smooth.” g e . CAPTAIN PARKER ARRIVES. | Comes to Take Charge of the Empe- ror’s New Yacht. NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—The opening day of the week in which Prince Henry of Prussia is looked for witnessed the ar- rival of Captain Benjamin Parker. who has come here to take the Emperor of | Germany's new yacht Meteor III to the other side on her completion. Captain Parker was accompanied by his, brother and mother, Willilam Parker and Mrs/ L. Parker. Captain Parker is considered one of the most expert yachtsmen of England. For many years he sailed the German Em- peror’s old yacht, the Meteor, and won many races with her. In 1§99 he was en- gaged by Sir Thomas Lipton, with Cap- tains Hogarth and Wringe, to take tharge of the Shamrock in her races here. | Thousands crossed North, River to Ho- boken to-day to take a look at the im- perial yacht Hohenzollern. Thousands of’ others “traveled from New Jersey towns with the same object in view, but owing I to the ironclad arrangements only a smaii number managed to get aboard. The regular Sunday services prescribed | by the Lutheran Church took place on the Hohenzollern at 10 o'clock in ' the morning. They were conducted by Ad- miral von Baudissin and were attended by all the members of the crew. At the close the commander of -the -imperial yacht prepared to carry out the cabpled instructions from Emperor William to place a*wreath on the tomb of Miss Beat- rice Goelet, daughter of the late Robert Goelet, and of Mrs. Harriet "Warren Goe- let, who died on February 10 of pneumo- nia. The wreath was quite large and was. bound with brown and white silk ribbon, the streamers’ of which were trimmed with gold and bore the monogram of'the Kaiser and the imperial crest. The wreath { was delivered at the Hohenzollern at 11} o'clock and a few minutes later Admiral von Baudissin : in full uniform, accom- panied by his-aid, Captain von' Osten, also in uniform, left for the Goelet home, on Fifth avenue. The wreath was left at the residence and later carried to Wood- lawn Cemetery and placea on the tomb by two members of the Goelet-family wiin- out any ceremony. While the admiral was away from the Hohenzollern, Captain von Holleben and Lieutenants Rebensburg and Seidensticker | were entertained at the German club-| house in Hoboken. 2 The United German Socleties for the The plan for the programme and the or- der of march as gegified upon on Friday was adopted. It was declded to present to Prince Henry a beautiful silver album, hand pn.hlgd: Wwith the picture of «the Prince on“the cover. The album will con- tain the aut phs of all the committee- men and of the presidents of all the or- ganizations composing the United German Societies. This is in addition to the en- grossed address inclesed in- a silver casket, which'the socleties will present to thfle‘hPrlnce. A £ 1S e e _contmittee decided thal e should take place:on e ahing of Feb- ruary 26. % - The Kronprinz Wilhelm to equal her best record, the time of which was five days, fifteen hours and forty-five minutes, made on December 3 last, should be sight- ed off Fire Island between 4 and 5 o'clock on Saturday morning, February 22, and arrive at_Sandy Hook lightship at 7:45 o'clock. Should she arrive at that time she would dock at 10 ‘o’clock. This time, however,” I§ approximate, as the sailing her depatture in the harbor. Records are calculated” from Cherbours . mole. Her time of .gass g Cherbourg mole would probably be a half-hour iater. ; Admiral von 'Baudissin and several members of his staff were the guests. this #vening of Carl Benz, German Consul General at this port. Lieutenant Rubens- -burg sald that the admiral intends leav- ing for Philadelphia to-morrow. He will visit relatives, and expects to remain in that city until Tuesday afternoon. TO GUARD LIFE OF PRINCE. ‘German and American Secret Service Agents Will Co-operate. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—While Prince Henry is in the United States he will be guarded by municipal police, by American secret service agents and by detectives detailed by special order of Emperor Wil- liam. There will be the closest co-opera- tion between the German and American agents to prevent harm befalling the dis- tinguished visitor.. It is not proposed by either this or the German Government that an anarchist or any other evil dis- posed person sh?ll attempt an assault upon the Prince if it can be avoided. “There is reason to believe that the com- imittee which has been considering thc itinerary of Prince Henry has given con- the protection of the" Prince. The secret service has been consulted and, Chief Wil kie has prepared a detail of men to ac: company Prince Henry. The committee fully appreciates. the depiorable effect which an attack upon the Prince would AING VALLEY COMPAN he taken to avold such a catastrophe. YD THE BULLETIN Continued From Page One ee encugh from human babita- & refuse of its springs and water fit for household pur- December 31, The Call said: Company has been t the Mateo Countx the lowest for dry winter will tax the to its utmost. These se every resident of rested in this point, of_the Spring Valley The chief engineer ified last year be- isors that many of te: large fires In the city; ny of the fire engines would by, unable to pump ause supplyMg water to the fire hydrants. Moral Delinquencies Worst. a consideration of the physical the Spfing Valley Water . ral delinquencies, we find the ost pronounced. The Spring Valley vate company. Its busi- out of the-people of e least retur During the of its existence it has been or in corrupting the public an Francisco. During the past two years the weighty arguments which it has been accustomed o use have not been of avail, any qualms of conscience on the but because the part of visors th been the repre tives c The Spring Valley Water bhas Works always been, and, as long as it a power in this community, will be, pay money for higher rates than it It has lpng been the habit of the people to judge of the Board of Supervisors by the vote on the vater ordinance in February after they enter office. 1 trust that the present board will be true to the people, but there stand the emis- saries of the Spring Valley Water Works ing them to forsake the path of recti- offering more for & favorable vote than e.. We are taught to pray that tempta- tion be removed from us, but if the Super- visors of San Francisco be not led into tempta- the power of the Spring Valley Water wnership of our water supply. The public control of public utilities is a failure. Observe it in operation in fixing water | rates. Ev » yeard a new Board of Super- vieors ‘wresties with the water question, and its members are pitted against the veteran Schussler. That wily diplomat cajoles, flatters, threatens, bluffs all things to all Super- visors that some votes for the water company be saved The Supervisors are wearled o depreciation and appreciatioh, and water rights, on the cost and duplication, and the Lord Overeapitalized by Millions. But if they decide, out of the maze of per- plexing d je are being robbed and proceed to pars ance lowering rates, the water com- pany sues out an injunction and keeps the suit alive until a mew and more subservient board ie elect fice. That was the course pur- sued “ontra Costa Water Company over in end will be the course of the Epring Water Works in case the present Board of Supervisors follows in the steps of the last board. Even now the company has a suit in the United States Circuit Court to nuliify the last water ordinance. If the Board of Supervisors is true to the people, the! are rendered nugatory by the diiatory ta { the water company.. If they betray the people, & higher rate is fixed than i right. which enables the company to issue more watered stock. This is innocent purchasers, and when an honest in quiry is again set on foct. the company’ agents say “‘Protect our siock and bonds. But where has the money gone from the sale of these bonds and stock? We know that the Spring Valley Water Works is overcap talized by millions of dollars, but if every Board of Supervisors was to expert the books and_operations of the Spring Valley Water Works they would hardly have time to attend to any other business. So I say that the only remedy for the high charges, the overcapitaii- zation &nd the corrupt practices of the Spring Valley Water Works, 4s municipal ownership, Proposed Constitutional Amendment, A remedy was proposed at the last session of the Legislature by o comstitutional amend- —————————————————— flat Diseases Positively Cured by DR. COTTINGHARM’S wiia duate and expert on EAR, NOS| BegUle SROAT and LUNG DISEASES o™ 204 Sutter Street, NW. Cor. of Kearay Hours, 912 2. m.; 13 and 78 p. m, F EE AN HONEST TRIAL OF ONE WEEK given to show the su. perior merit of the treatment. “ 8000 test cases, 95 per ceni cured. Call at once or write for free treatment. n_that during the last two | al demands | water | to carry water rap- | insufficient size of the | ¢ the character | of a Supervisor for his entire term | be broken, and that can only be | ta hurled at their devoted = heads, that | posed of to | ment which is 10 be voted on at the clection this autumn. ‘Inis consttulional amenamest | proposes 1o estaolish & commission of Ove Who are 10 succeed ine Kailrosa COMMUSSION &1G ine bank Commission, and to have entro charge of the Nxing of rates IOr water, gas, eiectricily, telepuoncs and all otner PuUbLC Wi | itles. Tné commussion is frst to be appointed | by the Uovernor, but is thereafter o be elected by aistricts. San Francisce Is to have only | one of the five commissioners, altnough it has one-third of the popuiation of the State, and lar more {han one-third of ail the money in- vested in public utliities. Nothing could ve much worse tban the present system of fxi | of water gates by Supervisors, yet this const | tutional amendment will allow the representa- tives of San Diego, Siskiyou and Milpitas to Lix the water rates of San Francisco, in whick they have no possible interest, and will prevent & municipility which owns its'own water works | | from fixing its own charges, ibys destroying | one of the main incentives to mumsicipal owner- ship. The election of commissioners by dis- tricts has mever worked weil. ,'he Rallroad: fires should ever occur ai |«Commission has been a failure fhrgeiy on that | | account. The remedy proposed is liable to e worse than the disease. The constilutional amendment should be voted down. | Bad Features of Present Ordinance. | Before passing to the subject of municipal | owne: ip 1 would like to point out and em- phasize some of the shortcomings of the pres- ent water ordinance, which foliows the torms in use for years past: ! The ordinance has a section (section ‘S) which allows the water company to fix the rates for stores, hotels, lodging-houses, etc., according to the estimated quancity used. company has the sole right of estumation. and can raise rates at will within the imutation named, If the Supervisors pass a lower raté the company can increase its charges to meet the cut, 2. consumer pays nearly double what the large consumer does. What would you think of a gas ordinance that fixed the rate for the small consumer at $2 a thousand feet and for the large consumer §1 a thousand? Such commod- ities as light and water are supposed to be furnished at a uniform rate, rates for water are for the smallest congsumer 25 cents for 100 cubic feet, while for the | large consumer it is 12 cents for the same | quantity.” The Market Street Rallway Com- pany gets water for less than one-haif what is charged the small householder. 3. If the water company overcharges under the flat rate, no private consumer has the right to a meter, but if the water company has | & dispute with & private consumer, it can put in a meter whether the private consumer likes it or mot. | 4. Vacant lands pay no water tax. If it were not for the fact that water can be had, unimproved city property would have little | value, The presence of water in the streets | gives unimproved property a large part of its | value, and such property should contribute to the cost of maintaining a water system. 5. Highly improved property and large | stocks of goods which are protected from de- | struction by our fire department pay no ade- quate water tax, 5 1 believe that there never was a finer exam- | ple of unequal charges and unequal rights than | is furnished by our water ordinances. Hardly | any two citizens pay at the same rate for the | same service, and the classifications are not | based on any principle. Municipal ownership | would place the burden on all equally, and it is the only effective remedy. Municipal Ownership. The ownership of water supplies by citles is justified by an appeal to experience and morals | —by business as well as political principles. | If we look to the experience of other cities | we find_that of the fifty largest cities in the | United States only nine have water works un- | der private control. These cities are San Frau. cisco, New Orleans, Omaha, Denver, Indiana- polis, New Haven, Paterson, Scranton and | Memphis. Forty-one to nine is the judgment of the American people in our largest munici- | palities in favor of public ownership of water. | " In this regard the Merchants' Assoclation of | New York says: ‘‘The experience of other mu- nicipalities in the United States as well as in other countries shows an almost continuous tendency to substitute publicly owned water systems for private, a tendency so persistent and so universal and of such constantly in- creasing force, that the wisdom, in the pub- lic interest, of the policy of municipal, owner- ship and control of water supply would seem established by abundant experience. “In 1800 there were sixteen piants in opera- tion in the United States, of which fifteen were private and one public. Since that time four- teen of the fifteen have become public. ‘At the close of 1896 there were in the ited States 3196 water works. Of these 1690 | were under public control, 1489 under private | control, 12 were under joint control and of 5 | the ownership was unknown: In other words, in 1800 6.3 per cent were public, 93.7 per cent were private. In 1896 53.2 per cent were pub- lic, 46.8 per cent were private.” “The Water Supply of the City of New York.” Published by the Merchants’ Assocla- tion of New York, page 20. The advocates of municipal ownership of water supplies rest firmly on the experience of American cities. We who advocate it in San Francisco point to the experience of other cites as the justification for our position. ‘What all other- American cities are doing is surely wise for us to do. The experience of American municipalities also demonstrates that water sunplied by cities ix cheaper than that rupplied by private corporations. Individual _instances prove nothing. but the average of all American citis does. Ouoting again from ‘“The Water Sunoly of the City of New York,<” we find that “the cost to the consumer is almost always less under public than under private ownershio. The average cast per familv throughout the Tinited States is for public, $21 55: for private, $41 82, That is, privately supplied water costs about 40 per cent more than tbat supplied by municipalities.”—“The Water Supply of the City of New York,” page 21. The report of the United States Commis- sioner of Lahor. Carroll D. Wright. issued De- cember 20, 1899, goes into the subject of pub- lic and private’ ownership most exhaustively, The conclusions derived investigations of all the water works of the Unitéd States show thet municipal pl produce water at a less cost than thnee mrivataly awned: that municl. pal plants sell water to consumers cheaper | than private plants; that municipal plants pay | higher wages than private ' plants,: I can | go into the figures more extensively this | The practical difficulties are many. The dis- tance to the Sierras is great, but other citics have had to go farther. The Spring Vailey Water Works has lines extending fitty mules ening, but will rest my statement upon the | and it is only a matter of detall to go 140 cst living authority upon’ statistics -in_ the | snow clad mountains of Eastern California, United States. Whover desires to be more. fa- | Then: there-are-the crossings of the marshes The | Meter Tates are fixed so that the small | Vet the meter | miliar with the facts upon which the conciu- ! sions. were based ean. secure.the fourteenth | annual report of the Commissioner of Labor | by writing to our Congressmen for it. Site Like That of New York. If “we compare San Francisco with New York we find that San Francisco is_buflt on a neck of land very much ke New. York. Its water supplies are drawn from about the same distance as_is the water of New York ~New | York has been obliged to buy up entire water | sheds in order to keep_the gupply pure, and in many otirer ways the comparison between New- York and San Francisco is falr. New York has always publicly owned its own water sup- ply. It has been the hotbed of politica)’ ma- nipulation, not to use a stronger term, yet in New York the cost of water is seven times cheaper than in San Francisco. Furthermore, the New York system is a fertile source of revenue for the Government. After paying op- erating expenses, interest and other standing charges of the water system New York City de- rives a large revenue to be applied to the or- dinary expenses of governnfent. The reasons for this are not hard to see. g private corporations in the United States th manage our public utilities a& a rule have not a dollar invested by their promoters. The ma- nipulators of these corporations manage to is- sue watered stock and bonds to the extent of millions of dollars. The people have to pay enough for the services rendered to make a handsome return not only upon the real money invested, but upon the fictitious values as well. That is why charges.are high in the private corporations, 1 was able to show during the water investi- gation of 1900 from the books of e Spring } Valley Water Works, and the testimony of its { own ‘witnesses. that of the $26,777,000 of its stocks and bonds upon which the city was pay- ing interest $4,303,701 80 was fictitious "and that only §22,411,28 20 was actually pald into the treasury of the company. I also was able to show that the ost of the property that was actually being. used in supplying the city with water was, $16,303,715 88. “That corporation is now suing‘the courts to obtain a valuation of $35,000,000 for its property. Is it any won- der that the charges of the Spring Valley Wa- ter Works are high when it is carrying such a load of fictitious values? Or is it any wonder that the public ownership of our water supply would result in lower rates? But if we are to seriously consider public ownership of a water supply to San Francisco, what water supply will we choose to acquire? Can we afford to buy the Spring, Valley Water Works? There {s no doubt that that company has splendid reservoir sites and has control of all the nearby sources of supply, yet the city should not think of dealing with the Spring Valley Water Works. Not only is 1t overoapt talized beyond reason, but its supply is inade- quate not only for the distant fature, but for gur immediate needs. We must g0 togthe Slerras as & matter of necessity. Besides®the crystal waters of the Sierras will be of in- estimable value to San Francisco. A pure supply of water is like beautiful streets and parks, which attract population and render the city healthful as well as attractive. But the Wway of acquiring pure water from the Sierras is long and arduous. First there are the Charter Technicalities. The fast bond issue for public improvement was declared void because of the haste and obstinacy of its friends. Dr. Edward R. Tay- lor pointed out to Mr. Phelan that the lately adopted charter forbade the procedure that had been followed and begged that the charter, and not the laws which the charter had repeal ed. ehould be followed, But ghe friends of the charter preterred to follow the old laws, with what Jamentabie results you are familiar. Agdln the Droponents of public improvéments are.taking steps looking 1o avoid 188u6, and i my humble judgment are running directly counter to the provisions of the charter. The charter provides'that the Supervisors must pro- cure plans and estimates of the actual Gost of the original construction and completion by the city and county of water works, gas works electric light works, steam, water or electric power works, telephone lines, street rallroads, and such other public utilities as the Super- visors or the people by petition to the board may designate. (Article 12, section 2 of. the eharter.) t is next projided that ‘‘after such plans and estimates sBall have been procured and filed the Supervisors shall enter into negotla- tions for the permanent acquisition by original construction, condemnation or purchase of such, or any of said public utilities as they may re: gard most important.’” (Article 12, section 2, of the charter.) cost of all gublle utilities should be first ascer- tained, and the plans and estimates far ac- quiring them filed, before any one should be submitted to the people. Only in that way could it be ascertained which publie utility it would be most advantageous for the people to take over first. It might be the water sup- ply; it might be the telephone system; or it | might be an electric light plant. Not ustfl the cost of each one was ascertained would the Supervisors or the people be in a position to | intelligently choose the one to construct first. The charfer in section 2 says: ‘‘After such lans and estimates shail have been procured and filed”” the Supervisors may submit the ac- uisition of any given utility to the people, but the City and County Atf has rendered opinion that before all of such plans and esti- mates 1 have been filed it is proper to pro- ceed with any one. provided that the plans and estimates for that particular utility had been filed. My attention was called to this provision by several lawyers whose opinion in this community, and I vored to have the Supervisors beware of this stumbling block in the way of public ownership, The ess. o tbel:x u‘t’x""u:f'mu}'&" 'ymu; ".g'ia question of submitting of the -t ities is being pushed forward before the char- ter requirements have been complied with, _1f the reasoning outlined mmh bond issue for the acquisii of technical difficulties to be met. and then bhave practical difficulties as well. “correct ties would be vofd: 8o you 'm'cveh'j; Py of the San Joaquin or Sacramento rivers, the tunneling. of the Straits 'of Carquinez, the crossing of Altamount Pass, and the bay. of 'San Franclsco, according to. the routes pro- sed. But all these are matters of* detail. imilar difficulties have been met and con- quered in other parts of the world. . Many of the best sources of supply have been taken up, as for instance the South Fork of the American ‘River and the Blue Lakes at the head' of the lumne, Whose waters are used for:the development of electrical power for private cempuuntes, The dnvestigations. of the.Supervisors; show from Cherbourg is probably given from' sideration to the plans to be adopted for | have, and every precaution possible wili | report of Carroll D. Wright, who is the great- | miles, which will enable us to draw on the ! that .the-best of sources of supply from. which | the city has to choose are the Tuolumne and. | the North Fork of the American rivers. Blec- trle compantes are even now considering propo- sitions o utflize the waters of these streams, and it behooves the city to be up and dolng. But the chief difficuities in the way of ;mu- nicipal ownership of San Francisco's waler sup- ply are the Spring Valley. Water Works and the Board of Public Works and its City En- gineer. E Influence of Spring Valley. The’ Spritig’ Valley ‘Water Works is a rich, powerful and unscrupulous. corporation. It is one of the: éhief members of what Arthur Mc- Ewen’s0 happily deseribed as the ‘‘Assoclated Villainies.”” It is using and will use every kind of influence to defeat municipal owner- ship, and there ate many powerful factors in molding public opinion that are only teo anx- ious to be used, if they be well paid. ~There are the purchasable politicians and the pur- chasable press. The purchasable press is a danger factor against the people’s Interests. The morning papers in San Francisco are dis- tinctly independent and especially courageous. We. may each have our favorites, and we may acknowledge that they are not perfect, but they certainly are not purchasable. The purchasable press of San Francisco that will sell its birthright of independence for a mess of pottage at the: hands of the Spring Valley Water Works is mostly confined to the weakly publications, which are not worth men- tion! But the ‘chief offender s _the San Francisco Bulletin. That paper under the management -of George K. Fitch pursued an independent” and honest career in San Fran- clsco journalism and had a powerful influence in this community. But under his_successor, R. A. Crothers, the San Francisco Bulletin Is the scarlet woman of juornalism. It will be any one’s mistress for a day, if paid its price. It is & notorious fact that for the past several years: the Bulletin- has supported a prominent Democratic statesman, lately retired from ac- tive political life. - At Jast its support became lukewarm and finally changed to a well-direct- ed blackmailing roast. The statesman's ex- Planation of the phenotiiena has become famous in local journalism. It was that “the lease has expired.” In the local campaign two years' ago the Bulletin took money from the backers of the Republican and Democratic nominees for District Attorney, and supported each with indifferent justice in the same lssue of the paper. It-was not unitl last year that its blackmali- ing propensities became motorious and ludi- crous. “The ‘houghten Bulletin’ was known to be a prostitute, but its'lack of principle was never so wantoniy exhibited. = As |8 well knewn the “boughten Bulletin” first came out strongly for Tobin for Mayor. It demanded of the Phelan machine $10,000 for a continu- ance of ‘that support, which price was counted high by that admirable coterie of Democratic politicians. But the ‘‘boughten Bulletin” was not able- to. stay bought; the ‘‘lease had pired,” and it .went over to one of Mr. Tobin's oppanents, whose cause jt thereafter supported with industry at the agreeable price of $7500, paid “by. the. corporations of San Francisco. Mr.“Crothers struck a bargain with a candi- date for ‘another office, at'satisfactory terms to each, But a few days later informed the candidaté that his rival offered more money. And 50 the deal was off. It is a well known fact that the Bulletin holds up candidates for office at elections in this town and demunds money_as the ,of support or immunity from’ attack. I gite these instances drawn from polities, simply ‘because the proof is ab- ¥ convincing. The Bulletin is & com- mon strumpet. It is a pity that. it has in- fluence, or an extensive circulation. It is the duty 'of every good citizen to minimize its pernicious. influence, ‘and expose its Dpractices, because notonly in politics, but In the business world as well, the Bulletin black-~ mails and thrive: ? - Where Sin’ Advertises Its Wares. ‘ Lately one of the editors of the Bulletin ‘went to the manager of the Emporium and de- The plan of the freeholders was that the{ Manded advertisement to the extent of $5000, and, being' refused,’ threatened “to use the political pull of the T to procure the pas. sage of adverse legislation which would cost the storé muth more than $5000. The demand was ‘to: the credit of the merchants of San Francieco. . R _No_lees a person than Mr. Dohrmann, 'ex- president of the ‘Merchants’ Association, was CompellEd ‘to. call’ a “meeting 6f the merchants to take measures to resist blackmail at the ot e:;. Bulletin. - The very worst that can be said of the Bulletin 15 the fact that it solicits advertise- ‘ments“and gives special notices to abortionists and prostitutes. Ministers of the gospel have to Mr. - yet he to take out the advertisements. I hold in my ‘hand the issue of' the Under the_ title ‘nine_wom s "BBulletlnNo! last ".:l(m “Special Notices' t ay! e e but prostitute 53 | mer-Eilers Music € i The opposition to municipal ownership fur- CASTRO ESCAPES - GERNAN WRATH Kaiser Abandons War- like Attitude Toward Venezuela. Cruisers Sail Away Without ‘Making the Threatened Demonstration. i Special Cable to The Cal' and New York Her- _ ald. yright, 1902, by the Herald Pub- lishing Company. —p . CARACAS, Feb. 16.—Of the German cruisers which were at La Guayra the Vineta has left for Trinidad and the Falke for Brazil. Only the Gazelle re- mains. This shows that there s no ground for the rumor that Germany intends to take any forcible measures against Venezuels at the present time. The Dutch cruiser Utrecht has sailed from La Guayra for Rio-Hacha. The | British cruiser Pallas will leave to-mor- row for Jamaica and the British sloop of war Alert for Demara. WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacao, Feb. 16.—Bad news for the Venezuelan Government has been received from the interior of the country. There have been new and numerous uprisings in the State of Carabobo, whither the Government has sent a number of soldiers. There were two engagements yesterday near Vela de Cora between the Government forces and e revoluticnists under General Riera. The Government forces were routed in oth engagements and a detachment of them, passed over to the side of the revo- lutionists. General Riera has issued a revolution+ ary proclamation from Sauca, dated Feb- ruary 14. Sauca is a village situated to the ‘east of and not far from Vela de Cora. There are many Government sol- diers in the neighborhood of Vela de Cora, but these are principally boys from 14 to 15 years of age. President Castro’s Government in Cara- cas hhls Jjust issued a decree ordering the expulsion from Venczuela of Mrs. Matos, wite of General Matos, the leader of the present revolution against Castro. PANAMA, Colombia, Feb. 16.—A Gov- ernment soldier who was a prisoner in the camp of the Liberal, General Herrera, made his escape and arrived here yester- day. He reports that last -week an { Indian chief named Lorenzo attacked the Government forces of General Castro at Agua Dulce and was defeated. Re-en- forced by §0 men sent by General Herrera, Lorenzo made another attack on Castro's forces and was again repulsed. The Government gunboat steamed from here this morning on the lookout for the Nicaraguan gunboat Momotombo, which is believed to be bringing coal, provis- lons and ammunition to the Liberals. e R ) one of the lions, or shall I say polecats, that lies in walt in the path of public ownership. It is sure to be on the side of Spring Valley when the crucial test comes, and it is neces- sary that every friend of public ownership should recognize this fact, and minimize its Influence. " Reputable journalism should expose the ‘“boughten Bulletin'’ because the degen.- eracy of one paper casts an odium on the whole profession, just as the corrupt prac- tices of one criminal lawyer disgraces the whole bar. I can only ccmpare a. corrupt newspaper to a corrupt judge. Both are or- gans of public justice, but the newspaper fs the greatest evil, because it reaches more people and las the greater influenc.: nished by venal newspapers (I speak not of the opposition wzlch comes _from principle—from | @ belief that public utilities can be better man- | aged and controlled by private ownership) Is a serfous matier, because a two-thirds vote of the citizens is necessary to authorize a bond | issue. Any power that can influence many votes, {n conjunction with other opponents that | are bound-fo arise, can defeat the proposition | unless its friends are active and wise, The Board of Public Works. The most serious difficulty, however, which | the cause of municlpal ownérship is laboring | under in San Francisco is a bureaucratic, ex travagant, dawdling, incompetent Board of | Public Works and City Engineer. They came | into office on the high tide of the demand for public ownerzhip of public utilities, and have successfully dissipated the enthusiasm of the people, and almost destroyed bellef in the po: sibllity of the practical success of such a pol- ey. Bureaucratie—It is a matter of deplorable no- torfety that the Board of Public Works is top- heavy, has many superfluous and high salarfed employes, and has organized bureau after bu- reau, and department after department, until simplicity and directness have been lost in a maze of bewildering red tape and officialism. Extravagant—The Board of Supervisors have | appropriated money for specific building and | when the bills were pald it developed that the cost was far above the appropriation. In the matter of water investigation some- thing like $5000 was expended on the surveys of the Yuba River, after the Supervisors had | ADVERTISEMENTS. Now is the chance of a lifetime to buy that piano you have been figuring on for so long. Of cours= this sale has come suddenly, and we know that everybody will not be prepared to take advantage of a chance like this on a moment’s notice, hence we will offer the mast liberal terms to those who can- not pay all cash. ~ We can offer you a brend new upright pianol for as low as $137.00, the same piano as has been sold by other deal- ers for $250.00. We can save you from $75.00 to $200.00 on a piano. Every instrument . in- cluded in this sale is brand new and a Simon- pure bargain. It is not a question of profit— merely a matter of find- ing homes for these in- struments. Remember the number, 653 Market street, near Third, P PAINE’S CELERY COMPOUND. GREATEST FIRE CHIEF ~ IN THE WORLD Benefit He Received from Paine’s Celery Compound. With Perfect Nerves and Good Blood He Has Won the Highest Po- sition in His Calling. the highest recognition that it is pos- sible for a man in his business to have —promotion for merit to the head of the finest fire-fighting’ brigade on earth. He began at the bottom. Read what he says of the medicine that has also enabled thousands of other men and women to achieve what by intelligence and ambiticn they were cut out to do. And bear in mind that what Paine’s Celery Compound has done in the case of Marshal Musham, and for thou- sandg of others who have voluntarily expressed their gratitude in similar words, it will do with unvarying cer- tainty in the case of every person whose nervous system, from whatever cause, begins to show the effects of disease, and whose symptoms manifest themselves in the various distressing ways that are so familiar to every reader. “Gentlemen :— Your remedy. Paine’s Celery .Com- pound, is all that you claim for it, and is certainly a boon to humanity. I have tried it, and have secured great benefits from it when suffering from indigestion or its companion, nervous- ness. I am told that many of the boys in the department are using Paine’s Celery Compound with very satisfac- On December 14, last, the proprie- tors of Paine’s Celery Compound found the following letter among their mail : . They had no correspondence on the subject; they did not know Mr. Mus- | ham, except by reputation. Like.every testimonial of this great medicine that was ever printed, it came to them un- solicited and unsought. The proprie- tors of Paine’s Celery Compound have never found it necessary to manufac- ture or edit any testimonial. They have never found it negessary by any trick | of advertising to promote mythical men in far off places to positions in legislatures or offices that never heard of them. It is the one of all remedies the popularity of which has increased on account of what it does, instead of what it says. It appears that Fire Chief Musham, the head of the Chicago Fire Depart- ment, which is the model of the world, has been for forty years in the service; as brave as a lion, industrious, cool- headed, with a record for fighting fires, and quite as distinguished for nerve and generalship as other heroes upon whom nations have bestowed, public honors for service in no less hazardous undertakings. Chief Mus- ham, in’the spring of 1901, obtained tory r'esnltsA I can heartily recommend Painc’s Celery Compound for those who suffer from lack of energy, ner- vousness, indigestion and similar a.l- ments. Yours truly, “W. H. N%USHAM. s “Fire Marshal” Chicago, IIL, Dec. 11, 1001, e ———— expressed their disapproval of ite muddy water, based on personal inspection. . Dawdliug—Orly yesterday we read of the dil- atory work of the Bureau of Engineering. That finely organized epartment has been Gi.- able to make plans for the conmection of a side sewer with the main sewer in three months after the application had been made. But the dwadling characteristics of this body of engineers is most clearly shown in the - excusable delay in making the plans and estj- mates of the cost of the various public utilities as required by the charter. The charter pro- wides in article xii, section 1, that within one year from January 'S, 1900, pians and estimates of the actual cost of the original construction and complezion by the city and county of water works and the various other public utilities therein named. More than two years have passed and still the mandate of the charter has not been complied with. The City En- gineer promised to the Supervisors to com- plete the plans for the water works long ago. He promised that all the plans should be in by November, and again, that all should be in before the end of the year, but still the work is incomplete. In the meantime, Claus Spreckels has decided to build a gas plant, has | had his plans and estimates made, and his work half done. 2 Two years ago a company of capitalists made an offer to bring In the waters of Lake Tahoe. A. M. Hunt was consulting engineer in that project. He went over the figures and told me personally that the figures were absolutely safe and that he had verified them. This Mr. Hunt is Mr. Spreckels’ engineer and is said to re- ceive a salary of $10,000 a year. His report was made inside of a month. Mr. Grumsky has had two years, and has not yet made his figures public. It takes the City Engineer over two years to.do what Mr. Hunt did in one month. He and the Board of Public Works have expended over $50,000 with almost barren Tesults. Incompetent—'‘Hope deferred maketh the heart sick.”” This long delay has nearly dash- ed the hopes of the friends of public ownership. ‘When we examine the preliminary work of the Board of Public Works we find that they have raised the figures of their own subordinates by $10,000,000; that they have planned the most costly and difficult system to be imagined; that they have refused to accept suggestions from other engineers, and altogether have con- ducted themselves in a way o excite opposi- tion and lack of confidence and induced the charge of incompetence, which is bruited about on every hand. Mayor Schmitz. Our hope is in Mayor Schmitz. His public utterances show him to be cautious and con- servative on ‘the subicct of municipal owner- Ship. He believes that San Francisco should have §ts own water supply. He aiso believes that public servants should earn their salaries and that public work shouid be performed speedil~ and well. Let us hope that he will find his way clear to exercise the power that the charter places in his hands and removes the two Commissioners of Public Works who are rsponsible for the delays in public work and for the complexity of affairs in the depart- ment over which they preside. By putting plain, practical, earnest and faithful men in their places thé Board of Public Works may become what the charter framers intend it to be, an efficient arm of the civil government. But as long as the two Commissioners referred to continue In office the Board of Public Works will continue to be inefficient, dilatory, extrav- agant and Incompetent. Any plans for the ex- penditure of millions of the people's money will have tg be strongly supported by ndepend- ent and practical men before it will receive ublic confidence. P Certainly the profect of bringing In the wa. ters of Tuolumne at a cost greater by milllons than any other engineer has ever estimated will not be accepted on the unsupported au- thority of this discredited Board of Public Works. . In conclusion, T again repeat that our hope Ies in Mayor Schmitz. Let him remove these Commissioners and make a stmple, efficlent and practical Board of Public Works out of the present exemplars of red tape and - officialism, and he will deserve and will receive the thanks not only of the advocates of public ownership but of all citizens who desire a capable and efficient government. STEAMER PICKS UP CREW OF THE WRECKED HELENE Ship Loaded With Naphtha Goes Down After Three Days’ Battle ‘With a Hurricane. . GALVESTON, Tex., Feb. 16.—The héad- line steamer Torrehead arrived in port to-day with a shipwrecked crew of eight- éen men. Captain H. Kohlsadt, master of the ship Helene, which went to pieces in a- hurricane on February 3 in latitude 37 13 north and longitude 40 43, is included in the shipwrecked crew. 3 The Helene went down after a three days’ battle with the sea. She left Now York for Li on January 19 with a verw cargo of naphtha, valued at $30,000. On |and the morning of January 31 the ship en- countered the hurricane, and for ’three days the crew fought to keep the shi five of the crew havi: coumi 16 Cxhaustion before the end of he ond day. For -eight hours the eighteen men aboa ‘worked without food, pumping water from the hold. What food escaped the water was saturated | with naphtha. The Torrehead, having | steered 120 miles out of its course to averd the hurricane, came across the Helene, which was sinicing | leaving his vessel Captain Kohlsadt fired the Helene and she sank in ten minutes. 1 The crew of -the Helene were brought to : Galveston and_delivered to the German | Consul here. All but four have recoversd | from their awful experience and they are now out of danger. | HEAVY RAIN FALLS 1 IN FARMING REGIONS | Stockton, Sacramento and San Josa Receive the Benefit of Abun- dant Downpour. STOCKTON, Feb. 16.—The sky has been overcast all afternoon, and to-night a | heavy rain set in with good indications for plenty. SACRAMENTO, Feb. 16.—Rain was re- ported last night all through the valley, | and rain, thunder and lightning clear to the summit, making it likely that much of the small quantity of snow remaining there would be washed away. | SAN JOSE, Feb. 16.—A heavy southwest gale this afternoon gave way just before dark to a sharp shower. It has rained steadily since, and at § o’clock there are good indications for a continuance. THIRTEEN YOUNG MEN CONVICTED OF MURDER BRISTOL, Tenn., Feb. I16.—Thirteen young men have been convicted of the murder of “Jack” Osborne in Rassel} County, Virginia, last Christmas, and sentenced to the penitentiary. King, John, Wilson and Thomas Rhea, broth- ers, were sentenced to eighteen years each; Charles and Ban Hall, brof eighteen years each: Walter and Joseph Hess, brothers, sixteen years each; Jamgs Green and Thomas Ball, brothers, five years each; James Puckett, five years; John Henry Hess, a brother of Walter and Joseph Hess, one year. JOEN J. FULTON CO. ANOTHER TEST CASE Bright's Disease and Diabetes Are Positively Curable. HILE THE FULTON COMPOUNDS were under examination, one of the in- vestigators went to one of /the best known physicians in San Francisco asked him name a certain case of Bright's disease for & test. He named C. H. Allen of El Paso, a for- mer cotiductor of the Southern Pacific Com- pany, as beyond human aid. Eight physicians had declared the case chronic Bright's diseage. It was typlcal—albumen, casts, dropsy, aleep. lessness, night sweats and usual weakness, pains and distresses. Patient went om the Compound June 5, 1901. We now copy from the written reports June 15—Improvement. Skin elearer. Color better. Albumen decreasing. Patient much encourazed. P dme 25—Cnntlnu:d lmnn'r-mcn(. - tion. Albumen diminishing. Night sweats bezinning to yleld. July 13—Not so favorable. Went to the country and began to bloat. and feeling -better, though not probably quite so well as last report. A favorable indica the disaopea-ance of the night sweats. il ly 19—Dropsy again disappearing. mén geiting less and less. vt ngust 1—Improvement continues. August 13—Patient claims he {3 nesrly wel Continued improvement, and patient mended for licht emnloyment. ses by railroad surgeons in Tollows: At this writing, January 10, 1902, not yet entirely recovered, but Treatment and getting better comt on Medical works agree that Bright's Dis Diabetes are inecurable, are positively recovering L R Comnounds. ! plaint and rheumatism rupidly, and-befora—