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The Dickinson press., 1889-04-27
The elRs1 ELECTION.

On the 2lst of June. l7so. New Hampshire.
the ninth state. ratified the constitution On
the ~ ut july her formal notification Of that
fact was read III the Confederation congress.
and after long and heated debate. that con
gr.ss on the 18th ot September resolved that
the first Wednesday in january should be the
day tor appointing electors. the first We'd
neAiuy III February the day for tlten to vote,
and the first Wednesday III March the time
and New York. the then seat o. congress, the
place to commence proceedings under the
new constitution
On the 4th of March but few delegates were
present On the 18th twenty Six representa-
tives answered to their names. but thirty
were necessary to a quorum, which was not
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-27
EARLY GOLD ,.'s,sa,sIIE ,.'s,ssI6S eAnIsoRAiA AMI

ing to give the imposing structure truly
national appearance Tho chamber for the
representatives was sixty zone feet long and
fifty eight broad, with an arcbed ceiling
forty-sx feet high in the center The SEN
ate chamber was smaller and much more
highly decorated. In the center of its archcd
ceiling of light blue was II sun and thirteen
stars Its fire places We're lined by polished
varicsatcd American marble, and the presi-
dents chair was elevated three feet above
the floor under crimson canopy Near it
n large door opened southward upon the hal-
cony where Washington took the oath of
office In these halls in the closing days Of
April. 1889, were assembled the really repre-
sentative men of the United States.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-27
lT9.

obtained until April l. Fisher Ames says
that the delegates were composed of
sober, solid old charter folk" On the 5th of
April Richard Henry Lee arrived from Nir'
ginia aud completed the quorum Of the
senate. Ou tie 9Th of April the two houses
met in Federal hall, opened and counted the
votes, George Washington receiving every
one for president and John Adams enough
to elect him vice president. Charles Thomp
son. secretary of the Confederation congress,
was Immediately dispatched to Mount Yer
non with the official notification to the presi-
dent-elect. and Sylvanus Bourne sailed in
packet boat through Long Island sound on
the eth of April for Boston with the formal
uotice to John Adams.
Federal hall had been thoroughly rcfur-
nished and remodeed for the occasion In
front were four doric columns and pedi-
ment. the cornices being arranged in thirteen
squares, each of which contained a star. and
over it was the American eagle and other in
sigma Over it also were the arms of tho
United States with thirteen sculptured ar
rows, entwined in olive branches, all combin-
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-27
Death Rate in England.

The death rate in England for 1855, the
Statistics of which have recently been pub
t:s..esl. shows the remarkab BILE fact that it was
The lowest average since 1887, when the gov
-rntnent first undertook the keeping of accu-
rate records In 1857 the ratio of deaths
was lsS to the thousand, and this was the
lowest known till that time. But for lSsS q
still better showing is made, the ratio being but
Ii. 7.s to the thousand What this decrease in
the death rate means can be better under
stood from tho fact that more than half a
million persons were alive in England and
Wales at the end Of lssS whose deaths would
have been recorded during the eight years
lSSt.-SS had tho rate of mortality in those
years equaled chat which prevailed during
tie ten years ls1l-S0.-San Francisco Chron-
icla
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-27

THE CENTENNIAL.
The National Glory Will Center
in New York April 80.
THREE DAYS OF REJOICING.

From Washington to uarrison-Why the
Constitution Was Adoptcd-Eace isle-
mcntS of the New misunderstanding
toms Triumpl,,l Nlurch-Reception and
Inauguration-A Century's Growth Out
line of Events Oh April 20 and so and
May I. 1850.
George Washington was the hero of the
most successful and least destructive revou
tion recorded i'll history. His Inauguration
was the beginning of new era, us well as
the inception of II new government Indeed,
the chiet novelty of the new government
consisted not so much i'll its form, for that
contained little that was new, but the vital
application of principles admitted down
10 that time. but generally ignored Tue
declaration of radical principles by which
the Dutch of the Sixteenth century justified
their sanguinary struggle with Spain. and
the system of political ethics profesSed by the
English in their revolution of the Seventeenth
century, received but little addition in the
Declaration of independence. but what the
Dutch and the English could not do hy reason
Of their old environment. the Americans,
marvelously favored by sparse population
in an immense country, and the self reliance
of pioneers. resolutely set themselves to make
practical
The beginning of the American republic
now stands forth an era far more important
than that of Magma Charta or the Petition of
Rights Its centennial will. therefore. be
celebrated in New York city with ali the en-
thllsiasm of the first Inauguration added to
the confidence born of II hundred years Sic
cess President Harrison will arrive hy the
same route, and will pass over the same scenes
in New Jersey as did President Washington.
He will embark in like manner at Elizabeth
port, N j., aud pass thence on II government
dispatch boat to the foot of Wall street,
among the vessels of all nations, as Washing
ton did will bc formally welcomed 10y the
mayor and city officials. rs Washington was
will tie received with the same salute. and
generally will observe the same routine.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-27
A Room for the Fv.

Natural gas has artiGcially prolonged the
existence of the fly In the days Of old,
when nights were cold. there being no gas
fires. the last fy of summer smoothed down
bis little coa. tails, rolled up his trunk and
fell over Oh his back after the first few fros.s.
Now the ly. like the man who wants a small
loan. Is always wi;sl us. He basks in contin-
uai warmth all winter. but there are precious
few of hin. The average happy home,
where gas bills come as regularly as the new
moon, will have trouble in soaring up more
than three live flies on Valentines Day
Whether the February fly lasts until the
young mans fancy lightly turns to thoughts
of spring suits, is question for scientists to
tackle. Wesimply want to go on record as
sayins that where natural gas prevails and
no tab is kept on the consumption it is pos
sible by the expenditure of from sl2 to $50
to preserve the life Of fly all winter and
kee.p the household warm at the same time
Wien we can see fly twiddlins his hind
legs and rubbing his ears on Feb. % we are
Convinced that he will live in great and
,-r,v,inp ~e-.IamestoTn tPaJ News
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-27
RECEPTION OF THE PRESIDENT
ELECT.

Governor George Clinton received tho
Prcsdent-clcct ut the ferry stairs, and when
Washington stepped to the shore tho vast
multitude broke into loud and prolonged
cheers Tho crowds wcre SO ,lc,lscly packed
in the procession that it required Il long time
and much cXerlion to force the way to tho
presidents house in Franklin square. Every
house on tho route WAS decorated. every win
dow was filled with people, shouting and wav
ing flags and h;,ndkcrrhi,fs Flowers fell in
the streets III constant showers and were dis
played i'll every kind of dcvlrc The name
of Washington was presented III flowers,
flags and esergrer,ls At III, house in Frank.
lin square Washington spent the remainder
of the day. from p III to- lato bcItmr, in
receiving visitors and congratulations of for
cign ministers, political characters, public
bodies and private cllilen, ct distinction. In
the evening the entire city Was brilliantly il
Illuminated
All this time the city was being flied with
people from every part of the ndJulnlliy coun
try and from New England Nrv York had
never before had such Il multitude Old let
terS lately rcslirrrrtcd give ullisiii. accounts
of the difficulty of securing lmlglns-, ot the
breaking down OF carriages and delays and
hlndcrances on account of the bad roads Of
that day All the houses IN the city were
soon filled and tents were pitched in vacant
lot.
On the 2!,th the committee of the two
houses reported an elaborate plan, providing
that Gen Webb. Col Smith Lieut. Col
Fish. Lieut. Col Franks, i1al L'tn!ant.
Maj BceckeI and Mr. John r. Livingston
serve as aids nnI assistants that cllrs ln
placed in the senate ciifi.hcr for the prcsI
dent and vice president. tl;e senators sitting
Oh that side where the wee trcsI,l"nts rini
was placed and the representatives. on the
that lat, s;iuii!t he provn.r,l IN In" senate
cta.:.,,.r tor the late pr,.suirni nt tine t"..
federation congress and governor of the
Western territory. the five persons at tho
hrads of the departments. the ministers Of
France and Spain. the chaplain OF congress
and persons in the suite of til" president, the
lieutenant governor. chancellor. chief Justice
and Judges of the supreme court of New
York and mayor of the city also. that there
should be services in all the churches in the
city ut 9o'clock in the morning, which all
the people were requested to attend. that
Immediately after the conclusion of the serv
ices the procession should move. that the
oath should be taken about noon, and that
the president, chaplain and both houses Of
congress should proceed to ST Paul's church
Immediately after the ceremony to hear
divine service
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-27
THE CONSTITUTIONAL FATHERS.

lfe CONS ! VI " lONAC FNi 'ChO.
Theannexeti history of Washington's inau
guration will, therefore. he sort of advance
programme of the ceremonies on the coming
3Uth of April, The preliminary sketch will,
II is hoped, enable young readers to compre
bend the peculiar difficulties confronting tho
first president, and in the discussions which
preceded and the words i'll which the nSree-
lnent to the charter of the national govern
nrnt was couchei may be found the germs
of our national policy and the divergencies OF
our political parties
1t is conceded hy all observers of that time
that the constitution never would have oh,
tanned the sanction of the needed states had
there not beena certainty i'll the public mind
that Washington would he the first president
aud therefore give to It's terms an executive
construction which would toe binding for all
time Washington was therefore IN Il pccul
lar sense the principal creator of the new
government. But the causes for local jeal-
ousy which went so near 10 defeating his object
may here bc briefly and protitahly reviewed.
1t should he borne in mind that the colonies
were founded 10y men representing at least
four great branches of the Caucasian
stock and six distinct and somewhat un
friendly religious bodies The Puritan, Dutch
ard Swedish CalvniSts and LutheranS. the
English Quakers. Catholics and Eplscolaans,
and lastly the French llugucnots. The Irish
of the early immigration were nearly nll non
| Celtic and Protestant, while the Palatne Ger
mans no located III Pennsylvania and tho
valley OF Virginia did not III any sense con
stitute an alien political party
Necessity compelled some sort of union
! from the first, but it was self evident that no
| one of the local religious elements could pre-
vail over all the others. and thus 10y most
| fortunate accident there was from the first q
complete divorce Of church and state under
| the old government. while the anomaly vas
presented OF q union OF the two III some OF
| the states till long after the adoption OF the
present purely secular national constitution
Jealo,lsies inherent in the religions OF the
original stocks were very slowly eliminated,
and those growing out of local interests III
trade and navigation were most persistent OF
all Hence the instincts OF the people looked
to man of impartial temper to hold the just
balance of the constitution between state
| rights and Capitalization - between the
south, the west and the east-betwecn the In
terests of manufacturing. commerce ana
! navigation There was hut one man ii. who,
the confidence of the vast classes and section:
| conferred u native of the south, who had VOL
his first great lalres in the north, and tina,
man wa, George Washington.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-27
One of Many.

Il understand, he began. as he leaned over
tho bar of Michigan avenue saloon, that
you want to sell out.
Il don't know that 1 do was the careless
reply.
.'Blt would you sellf'
Perhaps
Suppose l so 500 better than your price:o
That would be kind of YOU
Your becr:'
''All right
But you don't set 'em up"
NO. There have been hundred before
You trying to work the same racket. Its no
Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-27
described the appearance of the group on the
balcony

ptituuS
In the center and standing apart little,
separated 10y space from all except Col.
Webb and Chancellor Livingston. sto"d
Washington, clad III IL complete suit of cle.
giant bro;ulcloth. of American manufacture.
with white silk stockings, also Il native pro
durlion plain silver buckles in his Shoes
head uncovered, his hair heavily powdered
and tied in IL cue. according to the fashion
of the day He sluul upon II square stone
slightly elevated above the llnor of the lal
cony To the right of him >tood Chancellor
Livingston, nearly as tall US himself On
tho other side stood Vice President Adams
Samuel a. Otis, secretary of the senate, stood
near \ little to the rear and forming, Il sort
of Srmirirrlc was groupof persons then and
ever since dear tn the American people,
whose fame was second only to that Of Wash
inglon First k;ls the secretary John Jay II
tall, slight man, with n faco indicating calm
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-27
ARR,va, OF WASHINGTON.

Egbert Benson. from New York. Peter
Muhlenlcrg, from Pennsylvania, and Sam
ucl Griffin, from Virginia, were appointed n
committee on the reception of tho president,
and they prepared the house of Mr. OsSood.
lately occupied by the president of congress
The house stood in what is now Franklin
suuure, at the corner of Cherry street.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-27
$500 PER ANNUM

g. On the lst of May the proceedings will
be moro informal, except for the grand in
dustrial parade, Of which only the general
features have been arranged in advance, the
details of each art and industry being left to
the persons Interested From every state
and territory, every noted mine, every prod
uct of the country. agricultural and manu-
factured, will be represented in the parade
Barges with historical groups and approlri-
ate paintings will present every detail Of ma
tional evolution from tho landing of ST. Val
ter Raleigh and the Pilgrims to the 49,, lgu-
ration of President Benjamin Harrison.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-27

WASHINGTON PASSING THE SPANISH VESSEL,
GALvEsToS
congress, of which Elias Boudinot was chair
man. and by the heads of the departments in
the confederation, namely John Jay. secr.-
tary of foreign affairs. John Knox, secretary
Of war; Robert b Livingston, chancellor st
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-27

VIZ X. WHEAT, NJ. d..
Late U. S. Ex-Surgeon,
DICKINSON. OAK.
Office in C!ough Block. Willard Street.
Night calls answered from the oilicc icbl9tf'
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-27

nR. wM. IL. BELLE.
Physician, n,Surgeon&Accoucheur
Willard Street.
DICKINSON. OAK.
Night or day calls promptly attended TO-
TAR. f. Nj. HOLT,
Den tist,
DICKINSON. OAK.
The Dickinson press., 1889-04-27
CARDS.

TT w. BATES.
Attorney at Law,
GLADSTONE. d. T.
DR.. VICTOR H. sr'cNSEf'
Physician and Surgeon
DICKINSON. DIT.
Office in the Bank Building. Upstairs.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-05-22
SHIPPING NOTES.

The bark Pakwan is still in the stream.
The bark Ferris S. Thompson is now due
at Kahului from San Francisco.
The bark John Worster is due within a
few days with coal from Newcastle.
The schooner Rob Roy has been hove
down at EmmeS' wharf, for repairs.
The bark Ceylon is eighteen days out
from Port Townsend for Honolulu with
lumber.
The steamers C. r. Bishop and J. A.
Cummins are due to-day from the other
side of this island.
The American missionary packet Morn
ing Star came off the Marine Railway yes
terday afternoon, reCOppered and repaint-
ed.
The barks c. b. Bryant and Forest
Queen and the barkentine w. Ii. DimOnd
are now several days out from San Fran
cisco for this port.
The steamer Kiauea Hou took yester-
day to Paauhau, Hawaii, the balance OF
the iron bridge for that place that arrived
from Glasgow by the Jamaica.
The steamer Lehua sails at 8 o'clock this
bricks and a miscellaneous cargo including
several thousand feet OF lumber.
The bark Colusa has finished unloading
cargo, and has been moved to near the
Pacific Mail Company's wharf to take in
sugar. Messrs. IL. HaCkfetd X Co. are
loading her, and she is expected to leave
for San Francisco within fourteen days
with 200 tons sugar.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-05-22
AMERICA-HAWAII.

How Queen KapioIani OF Hawaii was
Honored at the Great Centennial in
New York.
The barge in which Coxswain Snow
and his crew will row President Harri-
son from the Despatch to the foot OF Wall
street on April 29th is considered the
fastest boat Of the kind in the United
States Navy. The barge is called the
Kapiolani, in honor of the Hawaiian
Queen, who was the first woman to step
aboard her. She was the winning boat
in the great race between the crews OF
the North Atlantic squadron at Bar
Harbor in 1897. The kapiolani had the
reputation of being such fast boat that
she was compelled to give her competi-
tors thirty-five seconds OF start. She
was manned by the petty officers OF the
Despatch, and so we'll did they do their
work that they beat the second best boat
in the race twenty seconds. The race
was witnessed by large party, includ-
ing ex-Secretary Whitney, who gave the
winning crew $1O0-[New York Times.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-05-22
A ROMANCE OF TIE SEA.
Visit to the Strange Residents of Pitcairn
---- Island.

visit to the Strange Residents of Pitcairn
'---- Island.
When the clipper ship L. Schepp,
which has just tied up at Race street
wharf, was beating down i'll the trade
winds in the dreary waste of the South
Pacific Ocean, on her way from San
Francisco to Philadelphia, Captain Gates
was much surprised to find on coming
ON deck one morning a boat-load OF
stalwart men approaching his vessel;
An island was seen short distance OH
the starboard bow, and on the boat get
ting within mailing distance an aged ana
decrepit man in the bow shouted: 1
am Thursday October Christian, Tower
nor of Pitcairn Island"
He said that the population OF Pltcalrn
consisted of 1l5 men, women and child
rem. Captain Gates ordered the yards
aback. and i'm few minutes eighteen
men were on the ships deck, all OF
whom bore evidence of English ancestry;
They were extremely religious ana held
exclusively the teachings OF the seventh
Day Adventists, the result OF work oi
a missionary who was wrecked IhTee
wears ago while bound from San FRAN
cisco to China. H.
The Governor stated that he was the
,,rondson of one of the mutineers who In
1zSo set adrift the officers of the English
1Var.ship Bounty aud then bore away Tor
the island of Othheite, and had hved
for wears there before being discovered.
Thev Were aitcrwlrd arrested and sent
to England for trial. The Governor SAID SAID
tbat tI,. use of tobacco and liquors was
entirely unknown among she people o.
Pitcairn, and that the little colony were ere
IN Nee need OF ,iress goods, particularly ior
the women. as nearly all OF the latter
we're dressed in mems clothes secur9u
from passing vessels. supply OF cloVI
inc was given, ami an abunuai'Gc -, vi
III, sSin IN axchange.-[Phil Record.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-05-22
POLICE COURT.

TUESDAY, May 21.
All Hoo, opium in possession. Re
manded from May 10th was again re-
manded to May 30th.
Yong Pung and All Fat, opium in
nossession. Remanded from May 18th
and now discharged. ,.,
VIM. Weir, assault. Out on bail until
May 25th. ,:.;
Forfeited $50 bail by default.
Naheana. opium in possession. Sen
fenced to $50 fine, 81 costs, and two
months Imprisonment.
Hong Sun, cruelty to animal. FINED
500, costs 50 30, and one weeks lmprls-
Onment. 40 m -
the national treasury.
DELINQUENT TANES.
The following persons were detaulteo
Cor non-pavment of taxes and non-aP'
naarance in Court, viz: Achl, 81 %
Pehea. So 76; Kauha, $3l 40, and ). W
MrDonaId, $2S 10. Total, $87 rs. kX
Unions we're issued in all the above
cases.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-05-22
THE PLANTERS MONTHLY

For May is out, and as usual is filed
with selections and contributions per
tanning to sugar and agricultural topics.
There are two articles describing the
newly-invented natural gas, which is
said to furnish fuel equal in all respects
to the best coal, at one-tenth its cost.
This topic will be of interest to others
than planters.
We are glad to notice very full des-
cription of tobacco culture as practiced
in Cuba, where the finest cigars in the
world are produced. The prejudice
against Hawaiian tobacco is chiefly be-
cause it is not cultivated and cured
properly.
Baron de Worms speech on the Euro
pean sugar bounties occupies consld-
cradle space, but to those who wish to
learn the arguments pro and con in
their great political question, 1t will be
profitable reading.
On one of the editorial pages it is
stated that the Pahala Sugar Company
has recently introduced second set OF
rollers, which the manager reports has
increased the product about sixteen per
cent. 1t is surprising that one of the
largest mills on the islands should for SO
many years have allowed an annual
waste equal to nearly one-sixth of It's
entire product, which OF itself would
have been a fortune to its shareholders.
The editor must have been dreaming
of a sugar planters millennium when he
penned the following, in reference to
the possible improvement of sugar canes ;
"And who can deny among the posi-
bilities of the future, that, a thousand or
ten thousand years hence, what is now
known as Lahaina sugar cane, may yield
to it's fortunate planters, stalks OF solid
sugar, requiring only the rind to be
clipped off, and the crude sugar packed
of a mill or diffusion"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-05-22
Extraordinary Fire Tests.
TULARE, CAL, August 10, 1856,
HALLS SAFE & Lock Co:

HALLS SAFE Il Lock Co:
GENTs-DOubtless you are acquainted
with the facts of the recent fire which COM
pletely destroyed the business portion OF
our town. We wish you could see the Safe
we just bought of you.
1t was opened with difficulty, because the
outer sheets of both doors were badly
warped, and the bolts would not turn, but
the combination Is in perfect order and by
using a wrench we opened the bolts by the
Combination.
The inside doors, and cabinet work, and
everything inside is i'll perfect order:
1t is pleasure to see the admiration eX-
pressed by everyone at seeing it in such
good order. We think every other Safe in
town was scorched inside, though all the
Hall Safes are in good condition. We are
satisfied it would be to your interest to
send a salesman down at once, as nothing
but Hall Safe will sell now.
The outer doors of ours must be repaired,
and our Safe is again new. The old one
which we sold stood it as well as before,
and better than many new ones. (ThiS
was the third fire 1t has passed through.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-05-22
The Racing Season.

rbora will be two running races at ha-
rioIani Park on Saturday afternoon next.
On that occasion several weIL-knoWn
, ~ here with good records will con-
,lol 0ther match races will probably
test. mi ,,mtiI the nth OF June, the recog-
follow a u,,, race meeting day. 4 large
nlzeI i,o Ir' Of horses from different parts OF
mum p !I,,,dS are now in training and
the the tired ler in and around the Park.