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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-09-14
A BIG BRIDGE COMPLETED.
The Structure Over the Hudson at
POmgh < eepsie. ". Y. Finished.

The Structure Over the Hudson at
POuEhkeepsie, ~ ". Finished.
High upon the symmetrical interlacings OF
the iron worl, of the Poughkeepsie IN. W
Bridge a group of prominent citizens and
city officials gathered Thursday afternoon to
witness the closing of the gap in spans five
aud SIX, and the completion of the double in
tersecting truss and triple cantilever spanned
bridge over the Hudson River at that point.
Precisely at twenty minutes to seven p. III.
Chief Engineer O'Rourke gave the signal,
AMI the giant pin that fastened the tower
cords of the span was driven in and the
bridge was formally declared closed. Sim
utaneouSly a cannon that had been hOisted to
the top OF the brid sc belched forth salute
The party crossed the newly erected iron
work, and now proudly claim the honor of
being the first TO cross the Poughkeepsie
bridge.
From the commencement of the work, two
years ago, to its completion, there has not
been hitch.
The bridge is 1000 feet in length. Including
approaches it is GIT feet long. The esti-
mated cost of the structure complete is
S5,O00,O10.
Railroad connections with Pennsylvania
and The East will be effected in a few months
and trains viii be running over the structure
The Bridge Company rendered banquet to
their employees at the Arlington Cafe in COM
memorable of the event Covers were laid
for three hundred.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-09-14
DAKOTA WHEAT CROP,
Grain in the Golden Belt DAMAGED
by Heat and Frost

The wheat crop in Dakota Is injured much
more than had been expected or supposed
The injury results not alone from frost. but
from heat, wind and dust. Many fields
which promised twenty bushels per acre run
frorI eight TO ten One farmer said he had
straw enough TO yield twenty-five bushels
but gets five per acre. Some fields ara not
cut at all.
In Central and Sou heru Dakota the crops
were not materially injured. while on the
line of the Northern Pacific Railroad, the
Missouri slope. and the country west Of the
Missouri River, the average Weld was
lowered perhaps ten per cent In the Red
River Valley the estimated loss varies from
fifteen to thirty per cent, and in the central
and northern part of North Dakota, en-
bracing the Devils Lake region as its south
eTn boundary the loss is estimated at twenty
five to fifty per cent.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-09-14
FURIOUS WATERSPOUTS.
Thirteen Drowned at Hot Springs,
Ark, and Six at Pueblo. Col

The destruction and devastation by a
waterspout at Hot Springs, Ark, were ap-
palling. The house occupied by Mrs. Matte
Fletcher first swept away, and she, with
her four children, was lost. The bodies of
a woman and heT One-day-old baby were
found i'll the rear of the Waverly Hotel Sew
eral persons, nearly all colored, persisted,
but their names could not be ascerta ned.
There have been thirteen bodies recovered.
A party of six tired cowboys went to sleep
in a camp at Pueblo, Col. A waterspout
burst, which formed stream six feet deep,
and all the party was drowned Their bodies
were found scattered along the bed of the
stream.
A waterspout burst at Flemingsburg KY.
Many bridges and trestles were washed
away, and great damage done to crops.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-09-14

RECENT tests OF three types OF stOr-
age batteries, intended for street-car
service, gave encouraging results The
accumulatOrs showed an efficiency Of
1913 to 81 per cent. when tested for
quantity, and 7S.5 to S3.4 per cent. for
energy.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-09-14
Disposition of Public Lands

The annual report of the Commissioner Of
the United States General Land Office shows
that during the year ended June 80, 1888
there were made -, O95 cash land
entries of all CLASSES aggregating
5,907, Pa acres, for which the Government
received $lI,203,O7L OF these cash en-
tries, 1913 were sales of land subject to pri-
vate entry B, Isl We're sales of land subject
mineral lands; 14,2OS were committed
homestead entries; 23SJ were original
and final entries under the desert land
act, and 152 were sales Of coal
lands. The sales of timber and stone
lands aggregate 2420 entries, nearly all of
which were male in California. The whole
number of entries of ali classes. including In
dian lands, made during the year was 2:J5 119.
embracing "a, 49,, Si3 acres. The total re-
ceiptS of the foregoing were SD. ~ 49,. OF
the whole number OF entries. 40 2:i6 were
original hOmesteads, embracing 6616, 6lG
acres: 222, ~; were final homestead entries en-
braciug :, 49, 400 acres. and -, 473 were tim
Der culture entries, having an area of !, 49, 05
acres. This year the land granted railroads
made 1876 selections embracing 1925,
300 acres. Under school. swamp land and
other grants by the Government to the
several States and Territories, 6O39 selections
were made covering area of 1868. 453
acres. In addition to the y. 49, S.5j acres
entered under the various public land laws
during the year. the area Of COmmuted
homeSteads, final desert entr eS, final home
Steads. and final timber culture entries
aggregated 5, 647, 543 acres.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-09-14
Report q Inc Patent Commissioned

Benton !. Hall, United States Commits
siOuer of Patents, in his annual report, SAYS
that the total number of appiicatiOns received
during the year was 40, III. a decrease of
SAT. The number Of patents granted and
trade marks and labels registered was -, lOI,
as against 23 PIT for last year The total re-
ceipts for the year were 81, l;,2 "A decrease
of $27. I03. The expenditures were
1858 $50, a decrease of 81 ga. The
surplus covered into the Treasury
was $l69 E64. On June 20 last
there were 1927 cases on hand awaiting &C
ton, against 1901 on June 20, 1887 Tho
Commissioner renews his recommendations
of last year relative to needful legislation
and again calls attention to the urgent need
OF Increased room for his bureau.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-09-14
Origin of Shoe Measurements.

The meaning of the "sizes" of shoes is
a mystery to most people. if not to the
trade, too. II am told, " says a writer to
the Brooklyn Citizen, " however. that
the distinction in such sizes originated
centuries ago in China and was based
upon the length Of the barley coma
grain chosen because in its dried condi-
ton it is more uniformly Of the same
size than any other gra n. How size Il
originated i not so clear, but every adj
dItional size represented the larger axis
of barley corn. In the course Of time
and with the transfer OF the system to the
Occident the barley corn became one
third of an in h.
It is good policy TO acknowledge your
BARRIERS bow when he meets you on the
street Otherwise he may cut you when
he gets the chance Lie
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-09-14

Two horses belonging to Ely Harris OF
Palmer township, Ohio, were stung to death
by honey bees The bees attacked them near
the hive and in less than thirty minutes both
horses were dead.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-09-14

SACRAMENTO CITY, Cal, has voted to send
to Florida for 500 wild orange trees and
plant them in the streets for shade trees
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-06-05
Afternoon.
The house re-assembled at one o'clock.
ORDER OF THE DAY

The house re-assembled at one o'clock.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
Second reading of the bill to amend Art
81 of the Constitution.
Noble Castle objected to the amendment
as it was going back to the old order OF
things. 1t meant the abridgement of the
powers of the people and the vesting OF
greater power in the King. The am end
ment is contrary to the spirit of the age
and contrary to the principles which the
intrOducer had been elected to support.
He moved the indefinite postpOnement of
the bill.
Rep. Kamauoha said the amendment
proposed only to give his Majesty his pro
per place according to the article of the
Constitution which says that the executive,
legislative and judicial functions of govern
ment shall be kept separate. 1t gives the
King power to sign the bills passed by the
house without the consent of the Minis
ters. In all other matters, the King is
guided by his Cabinet. The Ministers are
members of the legislature and as such
should have no part in the executive func-
tons of government.
Noble Young said there was no doubt
the Constitution needs doctoring but not
at this place. He would oppose the
amendment for all he was worth. It is an
attempted inroad on the Constitution. He
would oppose it, first, because it is not
good for the King, and, second, it is not
good for the people.
The ayes and noes were taken on the
motion.
For indefinite postponement: Austin,
ThurstOn, Ashford, Dowsett, Sr., Young,
Castle, Waterhouse, Wight, Motley, Wall,
Townsend, Hitchcock, G. n. Wilcox,
Bertelmann, Hustace, DOWsett, Jr., Kali
aukoa, NaOne, Deacon, Kinney, Mcguire,
kauhane, Paris, Daniels, Helekunihi
HOrner, KaWainui, A. S. Wilcox, Rice,
Gay, PaehaOle-31.
Against: Luhiau Kamauoha-2
The bill was indefinitely postponed
Second reading of the bill to authorize
the establishment of system of parcels
post. Referred to the Committee on For
egn Affairs.
Second reading of the bill to provide for
the registration of prints and labels Re-
ferred to the Judiciary Committee.
Second reading of the bill to regulate
permits for Chinese to enter the Kingdom
Referred to Committee on Foreign At
fairs.
Second reading of the bill to provide for
the discharge of certain duties heretofore
performed by the Governors of the differ
ent islands.
Minister Ashford moved the bill be made
a special order for Wednesday. He under
stood that the Kings paupers want a
special order for Wednesday.
Second reading of the bill to provide for
and regulate the internal police of the
Kingdom. Made a special order for
Wednesday next after the duties of Gov
errors" bill.
At SO, the House adjourned to Tues
day morning at 10 o'clock.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-06-05

Chief Clerk in the Interior Office to sign
| licenses. Passed.
Second reading OF the bill to amend Ar
| ticle 81, Chapter XVI, of the Civil Code,
| relating to the egictration of conveyances.
| Referred to the Finance Committee.
Second reading of the bill to repeal the
Act to mitigate the evils of prostitution.
Referred to the Sanitary Committee.
Second e3iGg of the bill to amend AN
Act to regulate the issuing of patents, "
approved t 18th day of August, 1884.
Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Second reading of the bill to amend Sec
ton of the Act entitled An Act to regu-
late the remission, exemption and cOllec-
ton of tuition tees in the public schools Of
the Kingdom" approved August %, 1884.
The bill provides that "All parents or
guardians shall be at liberty to send their
children, free of any charge for tuition, to
the Government day schools, conducted in
the English language, where the ordinary
common school branches only are taught.
Rep. G. Brown moved the bill pass to
engrOssment. Petitions had been re-
ceived from the people, at every session,
for several years, of a similar character.
He thought it was time the bill passed, and
that the schools in this country should be
made free.
Noble Smith moved the bill be referred
to the Committee on Education.
Noble Widemann said the bill ought to
be indefinitely postponed, He happened
to know that the fees were committed
whenever they were found to be burden
some on the parents. Give the people
tree schools and nobody will attend
them. When people have to pay, they
will send their children to the schools.
Rep. Kinney was in favor of the refer
ence to the committee, as he thought the
Board of Education ought to have an OPP
pOrtunity of being heard from in the mat
ter. For his own part, he was like the
judge that said he would take the question
under adViSement for two weeks, and then
decide in favor of the defendant. He was
in favor of free schools.
Noble Castle supported the motion to re-
fer, but was in favor of doing away with
the tuition fees, and cited facts bearing
upon the question from the experience of
the United States.
Minister Ashford cited facts and Incl
dents from other countries in support OF
free schools He agreed with the proposal
to refer to the Committee on Education, as
it would be necessary for the House to
know what difference the abolition of fees
come OF the Board of Education.
Referred to the Committee on Educa-
ton.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
Noble Bailey and Rep. Kinney asked
leave of absence this week. Granted.
Rep. Paehaole said he was subp8naed to
obliged to go, asked leave of absence, which
was granted.
Rep. Nakaleka asked leave of absence
until Saturday.
The President" Where is all this going
to end? The members have leave of alb
sence until one o'clock in the afternoon"
The house took recess for one hour.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-06-05

whom I have served last year have been
defeated. They served faithfully. One
| of the new men is a tried fireman; the
| other is for the first time at the wheel.
But with them will try to do the best l
| can in carrying out the good of the De-
partment. l hope, gentlemen, after tC-
! night that all election matters will go by
with the result of the election, and that
yol will all stand by your chiefs. F, r
nv part l will Try to do justice to the
Government and the people who support
the Department. For anything else,
you cannot do any better for the Depart
ment. In conclusion, l thank you again
for the kind honor you have done me in
choosing me for Chief this evening
cloud cheering).
First Assistant Asch said Gentlemen
and brother fremen, | thank you for the
results of this evening. You have tried
me before and [ hope you will try me
again. (Cheers.)
Second Assistant Norton, speaking in
Hawaiian and English, said: Inter
preted to our reporter by Mr.. Smith)
Gentlemen, this is the first time I have
been presented before you in a depart
ment position. | never dreamed that
tonight would declare me Second Assis-
tant Engineer. | have been fireman
ever since my school days, and the cause
for which we are organized is one for the
protection of life and property. 1t be-
hoOves every member of the Department
to aid the newly elected Chief and As
sistants. Qn English) | am Hawaiian,
but white and Hawaiian are all the same
to me. | thank those who voted for me
and hope every memLer will do his best
for the Department. (Vociferous cheers
for No. ticket.)
There now ensued a general rush of
firemen over the barricades to congratu-
late the elected officers, and as this re-
port was being written loud cheering
continued to be heard on the streets.
The election was conducted amidst the
utmost decorum. Not an offensive word
is recollected in all the natural excite
ment. The very courteous treatment
and privileges accorded the single repre-
sentative of the press who watched the
contest throughout is heartily acknow-
lodged and appreciated.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-06-05

THE suggestion lately made by the
Bulletin that the measures of Importance
be fathered by the Ministry strikes US
upon first thought as very good one.
1t would tend to unity parties both for
and against the Government, by defn-
itely defining policy, towards which
legislators, newspapers and thinking men
at large, would be compelled to take
some attitude either pro or con. 1t
would have the further effect of making
the Cabinet what they are in England,
the real leaders of the party in the ma
jOrity, and would consequently necessi-
tate putting in the Cabinet only those
men who really are the leaders. Such
n course would only be an extension OF
what has been one of the chief effects of
the present constitution, viz the enlarge
ment of ministerial responsibility. 1t
would be directly in line with the sug-
gestion made in Judge HartwelPs late
letter, that the Ministry should 60 before
the country themselves, and submit
themselves and their policy to the test Of
an election. Anything which would tend
to the unification of parties here, with
out bringing with it the evils attending
party organization in the United States,
would be change eminently to be de-
sired
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-06-05
Bound for wall

Leaving by the steamer W. G. Hall
this morning are their Majesties the
King and Queen, Princess Liliuokalani,
Princes Kawananakoa and Keliianaole,
Major John 7. Baker, Mr. T. K. Rob-
erts, Mr.. Kuehilani and wife, Mrs w.
Luther Wilcox, Makanoe, Mr.. D. II.
Nahinu, Mr.. Geo. Clark, Mrs. Junius
Kaae and friend. Mrs. Searle and
friends. The regal party are destined
for the Kings country seat at Kailua,
Hawaii, where they will remain until
after the races and sports, with which
the local populace will celebrate the
eleventh of June
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-06-05

THE bill to abolish the Office of Gov
ernor is now before the House. 1t has
been said by some that the King was
perfectly ready to appoint acceptable
and substantial men as Governors, if the
Office is retained There has been am
pie time to do this, since the Legislature
at it's last special session showed by the
bill passed by large majority what it
thought of the matter. 1t looks as if
those who urged the retaining OF the
office, and making it of real service to
the country, have no grounds to antici-
pate any such result.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-06-05

The bill for abolishing the Office of
Governor was before the House last
fall, in the same form we believe as at
present. 1t was very extensively dis
cussed at that time, and passed by a
large majority. We hope that now when
it comes up again before the same House,
there will not be a lengthy discussion,
but that the bill will be passed at once
by strong majority. Its merits are
sufficiently understood, and do not need
to be set forth at length. Whatever
might be made of the office under more
favorable conditions (and we are willing
to admit that much may be said forit) it is
pretty clear that those conditions are
not present, and that the total abolition
of the office will be definite gain for
the economy and purity OF the public
service.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-06-05

1t is obvious upon a very little rehec-
ton that as long as the monarchical form
of government is retained in these
Islands, the development of constitu-
tionalism must be upon the lines laid
down in England, and not after the pat
tern of free government in the United
States. The real operation of the pres
ent organic law is to give Gmperfectly
now, but completely when it has been
amended) the Cabinet executive func-
tions combined with executive RESPONSE
bility. The responsibility will be as in
England, to the legislature and not to
the country at large. This system has
worked well in England, and we see no
reason to doubt that it will here Our
political elements here are chiefly Anglo
Saxon, and the Anglo Saxons are con-
sentative race, one which may safely be
entrusted with political power. The
point, after all, is to develop-in theory
and in fact-executive responsibility.
About the details there need be no soli-
citude. We want no irresponsible poll
teal power. Every branch of the gov
eminent must be made ultimately amen
able to the people.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-06-05
Prai eWO thy Treatment of Immi-
grants.


grants.
From the President of the Board of
Health it is learned that the ,O63 Jap
anese who came to Honolulu by the
Takasago Maru were in unusually fine
condition. This is chiefly, it may be
said entirely, due to the enterprise and
good sense of Captain Brown His
vessel had no special facilities for the
healthful transportation of more than
1000 men, but the Captain made it so.
He set his carpenter to work on large
bath, which was fed with warm water
from the circulating pipes, and was big
enough to accommodate thirty persons
at once. The women used to battle first
every morning, and then the men. The
result is a voyage of more than $500
miles, and not single case of sickness
among 1900 people. Certainly a re-
markable record. DR.. Emerson says he
never saw so clean and healthy lot of
immigrants before. We congratulate
Captain Brown on most successful
voyage, and wish him as prosperous a
one when he returns to us again.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-06-05
Notice to sTariners.

For the benefit of the shipping in the
harbor, ''time ball " will be dropped
from the signal yard-arm of the u S.
flagship Vandalia at the instant of local
mean noon of Thursdays of each week,
during the remainder of the vessels
stay in this port.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-06-05

The Parliament of New Zealand
bungled loan bill last session, SO that
instead of $4,000, 900 loan it only au-
thorized the moiety, intended for the
North Island Trunk Railway, to be Dor
rowed. In consequence the Government
made no use of the Act, but waited till
this session to repair the mistake.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-06-05

THERE is the usual supply of foolish
petitions this session, which are faith
fully presented by the representatives in
the interest of their constituents, and
then consigned to the appropriate COM
Inittee (alias the waste basket).
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-06-05

FIRST EVENING-''Spain; the Moors and the
Palace of the Alhambra, Ferdinand ana Isabe lla -
SECOND EVENING Paris; the Worlds Capt.
tai and its Great Art Exhi bition of 1897
Superbly illustrated by colored screen pic
lures. contai Ring 400 square feet of surface
projected by powerful oxy-hydrogen apparatus
BY GENERAL REQUEST:
at the close of his lecture on Monday evening
Prof. Dickinson will exhibit selections from his
views of the Sandwich Islands, prepared for him
in Paris, and shown with brilliant success
throughout the United States.
GY Popular prices-Course tickets 81 so; gen.
eraI admission dress circle), 81 .OO gallery 75c
pit, soc. Seats reserved Monday morning at
O'Clock at A: M. HEWEFTS, Merchant street.
Doors open at 1880. lecture at 8 o'clock, 5-3t
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-06-05

The Bank of New Zealand made a net
profit of about 100000 the past year,
and declared Z per cent. dividend.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-06-05

A number OF voters from No. 2 were
challenged under rule depriving mem
bers in arrears of the privilege of voting.
Mr.. Smith had given written opinion
that those on the list furnished could
vote. Their notes are not included in
the above result, but if counted the Doll
would stand: Wilson 2O6, Asch ia
Norton 1876, Mott unchanged, Hustace
1876, Morgan lis.
When Wilson, Asch and Norton were
declared elected, there was great cheer
ing, the native firemen hurrahing for
No. ticket, and the successful candi-
dates were in turn compelled to take the
rostrum.
Chief Engineer Wilson said: Gentle
men, members of the Honolulu Fire De-
partment, [ thank you sincerely for the
honor you have bestowed on me this
evening in re-electing me as Chief.
am very sorry that the Assistants with
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-06-05
NOTICE.

A DIVIDEND OF ONE DOLLAR A SHARE IS
"A due and payable this day upon the Hawaii
an Agricultural Companys Stock, at tie Office of
Honolulu, June l. 1885, Rat