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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-08-07
WE think twill not be Mayor William
Riddle.

IN was novel and withal pleasant idea
of several statesmen of "A prominent dry
goods firm in Philadelphia TO invite about
one hundred prominent merchants of the
West and Northwest to como TO PhiladeI-
and trade facilities of that city and take n
look at the business houses, and other
places of interest. Some of those in the
party have long been purchasers in the
Philadelphia markets, bat have never had
the privilege of meeting with the Iner-
chants and other business men, and their
visit will no doubt prove mutually bone
fetal and be pleasant agreeable and
profitable. II was stated that the pur.
chases Of ono dav aggregated 5000
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-08-07
GOVERNMENT TELEGRAPH TOLLS
President Green, of the Western Union,
Replies to Wnnamnkcr.

President Green, of the Western Union,
Replies to Wanannkcr.
Postmaster General Wanamaker's letter
To DIR. Norvin Green, president of the
Western Union Telegraph company, has
already evoked reply. DR.. Green, com
menting upon the letter, said to reporter
Of the Now York Post Mr.. Wanumall er's
letter is very weak defense of his position.
In fact, he abandons the mill-a-word rate
without any pretext of defending It,, and
his chief aim seems 10 be to show that the
present rate of | cent word is not the
lowest we have.
"Tho statement that we are using many
thousand miles of the right of way derived
from the government under the act of 1866
shows his want OF knowledge of the law.
The government mover gave us the right of
way anywhere, and never could. 1t has no
right of eminent domain in the states and
cannot acquire any land for its own pur
poses without the action of the state
authorities. \ good many the telegraph
companies, who have accepted the act of
1866 have tried TO get into post roads and
railroads. Under the law the courts
laughed at them. They have been enabled
to get the right of way under the laws of
the state, but not under act of Congress-
"under the grant by Congress we have
| never taken stone, stick of timber or a
| foot of land, and the idea of controverting
| that assertion by saying that we have got
many thousand miles of right of way out
| of the law in simply due TO a lack of know
| ledge OF how we do get our right of way.
| We contract for 10 with railroads. turnpike
companies, plank roads, and along the
highways We get authority from counties
and states, and in addition to that we very
oiten have 20 pay abutting owners on tho
ground that they never gave the easement
for anything but a highway and that for
any other purpose the land is theirs.
"Tho postmaster general said we had
carried ten-word messages for 10 cents and
have still made money. Well, if the con
pany does business ofS50, 900, 900 messages
II year, and carries 1900 messages nj 10
cents or even at less, il does not necessarily
follow that it did not make some profit out
of the business for which il did get fair pay.
Ii we had sent all our messages ut 10 cents
wo would have suffered very heavy loss,
but the government wants To carry an
ordinary message of ten words for | cent.
AT the request ofthe postmaster general
the secretary of war has directed the quar-
termaster general TO instruct his subordi-
mites To pay no more government tele-
graph bills until the rates TO be paid are
furnished by the postmaster general
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-08-07

~ =
A srRIcH Bsoa
ASTRICH'S
PALACE OF FASHION,
rs & ~ NORTH QUEEN
STREET.
A WEEK OF BARGAINS.
TUESDAY MORNING,
From 8 toll.
One lot Of Flowers at lac a
spray.
Fancy China Silk for Tides,
at Csc a yard.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON,
From to S.
Gents Unlaundered Shirts,
reinforced bosoms, at .37Xc /;
regular price, soc.
WEDNESDAY, MORNING.
One lot OF Fancy Ribbons, in
IL, I6 and 20, at Ioc a yard (;
sold in 2 yard remnants.
WEDNESDAY, AFTER
NOON.
Ladies long sleeves Balbrig-
gan Vests, at 2oc apiece.
THURSDAY MORNING.
Jewelry-One lot of Breast
pins, Hairpins, Cuff Buttons,
Bracelets, etc, regular price
25c; at I5c apiece.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
Kid Gloves at ACC a pair, col
ored embroidered back, regu-
lar price 81 and 75c.
FRIDAY MORNING.
Notions - Ammonia, large
size, at &C a bottle.
Pins, Ic a paper; black pins,
&c a box.
Hair curriers', I7c; Electric
Combs, I7c; Tinsel, &c a ball
Soap, cakes for SC; Ammonia
Soap, sc a cake; Garfield
Shields, and 3, at 25c a pair.
Handkerchiefs-5c Handker-
chiefs at &C Ioc Handkerchiefs
at Sc ; I2Hc Handkerchiefs at
IIc; 25c Handkerchiefs at 21c.
Morning sales to begin at 8
and last until ~.
Afternoon sales begin at 2
and last until s.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-08-07

AT last the secession Of the Sioux lands
Is assured and the work of the commits
sioncrs at the Standing Rock agency is
ended. Chief Gall signed on Monday
evening, and his influence was at once
proved by the haste with which the most
stubborn opponents Of the treaty put down
their names and marks. This may not be
the end of trouble with the Indians, and
certainly will not be IL the new lands when
opened are taken with an oklahoma rush.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-08-07

SCARCELY have the people recovered
from the shock occasioncd by hearing OF
the destruction of Jobnstown by flood and
the burning Of Seattle, than there is flashed
across the wires from The far West an
account of the almost total ruin of another
prosperous and growing city by fire.
Thirty blocks in Spokane Falls, w. r.,
were reduced TO ashes and the loss will
extend into the millions OF dollars. Whole
blocks of apparently solid buildings dis
appeared; banks, hotels, business houses
soon fell prey to the raging flames. Iii
tho account of the destructive fire il s most
surprising to read "The superintendent
of the city water works was away Mt the
time of the fire. The big pumps were not
connected and as result there was scarcely
any pressure. Had the contrary been the
case the fire would have been easily gotten
under control" What appears TO have
been but slight oversight or neglect, and
had perhaps occurred many times before
occurred just once too often.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-08-07

In Madras, India, over ten thousand cat
tie and over sixteen hundred human be-
ings were killed by wild animals last year.
II half tho number had been killed by
Cossacks England would be at war with
Russia, but nations don't go to war with
wild animals; there is no fame to gain or
land 10 conquer.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-08-07
4 Murder at JohnstpNyn

Harry Meyer, of ofSuperintendent Hughes
carpenter force, in JOhustown, on Monday
night shot and killed James Mccormack.
lie claims acli-dofensc. Meyer is from
Norristown, and Mccormack, who was
tramp, is from Philadelphia.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-08-07
ooD > SAhSAfANlIlaA.
Do Not Neulect

That tirod feeling, impure blood, distress after
eating, pains in the back, headache, OF similar
affections till some powerful disease obtains "A
hrm ioothold, and recovery is difficult, perhaps
impossible. Take Hoods Sarsaparilla, the de
fender of health, in time to banish all bad feel
lhgs ana restore you 10 perfect condition. Hoods
Sarsaparilla has peculiar curative power aud
a'complishes cures where other preparations
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-08-07
ENGLETREE STOCK FARM.
STORM KING (2161.)

RECORD 80.
standard by breeding and Performance.
sired by HAPPY MEDIUM, record 232Is, and
sire OF q uotters and PAGERS with records
rom 2l3l4 to 80, and over 100 with records
better than 80.
Dam by AleNander's Norman, sire of Lulu
2:lI1t l. MAY Queen, 2:20, &c.
Second dam by Howard's Sir Charles, thorough
bred.
Third dam by Smiths Messenger, son of Dlrs
Messenger.
STORM KING Is n bay, stands 10 hands and
weighs about | 100 lbs. Has always taken FIRST
premium ai state and county fairs. His colts
sold averaged sSl8 ~ at an average age OF one
and half years, He was taken right out Of the
slud and with very little preparation reduced
his record nom 2:Sli to $50, Iotting three
heats in $40, 2:3l and $50. He went q quarter
in one Of the mites in rs soconds--,l 900 gait
which shows his capacity ii / could spare him
long enough in the stud TO be prepared for very
fast work.
TERMs.-sjoOO for a foal until his present
book Is full, after WHICH he will stand at 5000
Jy5tid DANL. G,ENGLE. Marietta, ra.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-08-07

SPOKANE FALLS hastily accepts tho OK
pensive teaching Of experience and re-
solves TO have no more wooden buildings.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-08-07
YoRK, PA)
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE.

New Buildings Large Endowment Scholar
ships; Laboratory Library; Gymnasium
Prepares for College or business. Separate
lar Course. Tuition go per annun. Board In
private families, $50 per week. Faculty OF
logue address
REy. JAMES McDoUGALL, PHI. D..
gy2bS55td President
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-08-07
John Wanamaker
miscellaneous.
.LEvAN'S FLOUR
Still Holds the Fort.

We haven't the biggest mills In the world,
but there Is 10 better mill anywhere--at least
there Is no mill that can make better flour. So
say thousands Of people in this community,
and we take their word fori
IL you have trouble with your baking this
hot weather, you will perhaps discover that
the trouble lies with your aour-provided You
do not use Lcyan's Flour. II you are using that
article, and still have trouble with your bak-
ing, perhaps IL is because of the oven. II can I
be the flour IL you use Levan's,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-08-07

WE think 1t might be Delamater and
Martin who viii lead the Republican party
to defeat.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-08-07
Hoods SarsapariiIa

sold by all druggists 81 six for IS. prrpared
oaly by G. l. HOOD & Co, Lowell. Mas.
100 DOSES ONE DOLLAR
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-08-07
THAT TIRED FEELING.

during the summer ! was feeling all run
down, and thinking needed something to tone
up my system, took Hoods Sarsaparilla and
telt much better. was also troubled with dys-
pepsia, and Hoods sSarSlparilla helped me more
than anything else"
j. r. DARRow, IT. Wayne, Ind.
My wife and myself were both generally run
down. Hoods Sarsaparilla brought Us out OF
That tired feeling, and made us feel like Young
people again. II has done more for US than ali
other medicines together" RICHARD UAwK-
MuRsI. AmlINNlllc- Innn Islnnh n 4
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-08-07
IMPURE BLOOD

"From childhood / was troubled with pim.
piles, and every remedy failed til took Hood :
Sarsaparilla. have taken five bottles and now
the rimples are almost gone, and my general
health Is much improved. / am feeling better
than for some time, and highly recommend
Hoods Sarsaparilla." W. EVANS I65 LeNing-
ton AXpnue Rrnnklyn n Y
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-05-08

to deprive the Hawaiians of any por-
ton of the political rights which
they now possess. The injustice,
the impOlicy and the impractical
bility of such a proposal is enough
to stamp any one making it as either
the crankiest Of cranks, or else a
knave, who for some interior and
presumably mlschievous purpose, is
advocating doctrines in which he
does not himself believe.
To which of these two classes the
author Of the Bulletin article signed
Equity" may happen to belong, we
do not positively know, nor IS it a
matter Of very much consequence,
except in so far as it illustrates the
Bulletins plan Of campaign" Were
we obliged to wager anything on the
question, we think we would risk
our little pile on the theory that the
Equity" article was a kind of dunn
my or man of straw, set up for the
express purpose Of allowing someone
to exhibit his prowess by publicly
and ostentatiously knocking the
scarecrOw down.
If such was the case, the thing
was considerably overdone. The
proposal to deprive the Hawaiians
of their political rights, and deny
them any voice in the government
Of their native country, was not only
so unjust, but so utterly prepOster-
Gus in every way, that it is very diff
fcult to believe that it could have
been put forward seriously or in
good faith. We trust therefore that
we shall be pardoned if we cannot
entirely disabuse our mind of the
suspicion that the chief object Of the
whole arrangement was to afford the
Bulletin a plausible pretext for adj
ministering to the natives a strong
dose of what is commonly known as
''tafy." Incidentally, of course, it
would be made to appear as though
there really were foreigners here
who were seeking te reduce the
natives to a state Of vassalage.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-05-08
SAMOA.

Score One for BIaine-suspensiOn OF
Naval Activity-The Alert Alone to
Represent America,
The following is a Washington special
OF April 10th to the San Francisco Ex-
aminer. An item previously published
in the ADVERTISER stated that the Alex
andrine, instead of the Sophie as below,
would represent Germany at Apia;
Mr.. Blaine may justly claim to have
scored first in the present Samoan diff
Guilty, for Prince Bismarck has receded
from the high stand he has hitherto
taken, and has made overtures of peace.
The State Department announced Off
cially to-day that there would be a ces-
satiOn Of naval demonstrations in Sd
moan waters
The German Government, through its
AIln:ster-resident here, submitted pro-
posal to Secretary Blaine to-day by
which both the German and American
authorities are to be represented by one
vessel pending an adjustment of the
Samoan matters in Berlin by the COM
mlSSlOnerS.
Secretary Tracy has accordingly
tONhl6fu aldcU the orders by when the
Richmond was 10 sail at once for Apia
and the repairs on the Adams to be
FASTENED by an extra force of men. In
stead OF having three ships at Apia to
replace the three vessels wrecked, only
one vessel, the Alert, will represent the
| American Government.
In the same manner the orders sent
by the German Government to Kiel
have been So far modified that only one
vessel, the corvette Sophie, which is
comparatively harmless, will represent
/ the German Government, there being
| thus practical disarmament of the
/ naval forces at Samoa.
/ No stretch OF patriotism can regard the
! Alert match for the Sophie, but the
| present attitude of Bismarck shows that
/ ne is DESTROYS of an amicable understand
! ing, and the position he has now taken
! Is exactly the one which Senator Frye
! insisted must occur as a preliminary TO
/ all negotiations.
The London Standard, April 10th, re-
! ferring to the coming Samoan confer
! ence, says: Germany must abandon
| the idea of securing a preponderating in
! huence in Samoa. The appointment OF
! Bates as one of the American Commits
| siOners shows that any claim in that di-
rection will render the conference en-
| tirely nugatOry."
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-05-08
THE DAILY
ELECTORAL RIGHTS OF HAwAIIANS.

The discussion of the above topic
which has been going on lately in
the Bulletin seems to us rather I'M
profitable, and entirely irrelevant to
any nrsoI.. senu su ~, 20 nom 10
DrivatF wire to the New Oh ~" *
exchange and--havG. it executed in
pain.,Je -.SClcal issue WHICH rWires rUn-'
fore the country, or which is likely
to be for an indefinite time to come.
Everybody knows, and no one
better than themselves, that the
native Hawaiians have, not only all
the elective franchise which they
ever had at any time, but that under
the present constitution, their rights
in this respect have been very mate
rally enlarged in more directions
than one. Possessing the right to
vote upon precisely the same terms
as foreigners of American and Euro,
pean descent, regardless of all con
siderations of race or color, the ma
tive Hawaiians ought to be content
and we see no reason to doubt that
they are, a few pestilent and mis-
chief making demagOgues to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
The man who would encourage
the native to claim special and supe
rior electoral rights as against the
white settlers in the country, Is MOI
the Hawaiians' friend, whatever ine
professions he may make. If those
who are working to stir up race pre-
iudice as a means of securing office
and emolument for themselves
should find their ideas repudiateC
by the people in Whose iutrrest'
they pretend to be acting. it Will no
be the first time that the good sense
and right feeling of the native ha!
proved superior to the devices of his
self-appointed and self-seeking rep
reseutatives and spokesman. W,
look for no serious movement in tn,
direction of charging the alread.
liberal basis of the franchise.
On the other hand we take it tina
no man in his sober senses proposes
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-05-08
SCARED STARS AND STRIPES.

Friday morning Mrs. Samuel B.
Stafford of Cottage City, who passed
through this city March 1st for
Trenton, n. j., returned, having in
her possession the oldest American
flag in existence. In fact, it is said
to be the only one which has sur
vived Revolutionary times. At
Trenton she turned it over to an
agent of her husband, who went on
to Washington, where it was dis
played at the inaugural Of President
Harrison. The flag is bullet SCARED.
The history which the lady gives
leads one to believe that it has passed
through about everything, and when
unfolded to the gaze all doubt is dis
PEELED. The flag has but twelve
stars, and once foated proudly over
the battle ship Bon Homme Richard
in command of John Paul Jones.
In an engagement with the British
frigate Scraps, September %, 1879,
the flag was shot away and dropped
into the sea. Her husbands father,
who was under Jones, plunged into
the water after it and gaining the
deck of the Bon Homme Richard
once more displayed the stars and
stripes to the enemy. For his vail
ant conduct he was presented the
flag, and it has since remained in the
Stafford family.
Mrs. Stafford, who relates the
history, is an elderly lady and is as
proud of her treasure as a mother
with her first born babe. 1t is never
to go from the family unless power
ty compels the owners to part with
it. 1t was the first flag of this nation
to be saluted by foreign power, the
| French having that honor.
Thursday night, while Mrs. Stat
! ford was on board the steamer Provid-
ence, it was nOised around that
had the flag in her no.
| she consented @ sHe
it. Thero Alfred Houle' ana
p I;s5,,Sa'a -o was JaM,lo '~number Of
so aru9ite on boardJ AL as the purser
q and stewardess held the old flag, Mr..
William Bradford of Fairhaven re-
cited the history as above. The
band on board played the Star
Spangled Banner" and the welkin
rang with cheers for the old cOlOrs.
Afterwards Mrs. Stafford was given
a reception, and in conversation with
a Standard reporter expressed her
self as much pleased with the man
ner in which she had been treated
on the boat.-New Bedford, Mass.
Standard, March Il, 1889.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-05-08
Street Railroad Travel.

The reports of the street car lines
of New York city for 1888, present
some points of interest. There are
nineteen roads concerned. The
whole number of passengers carried
during the year was 376,913,5S6, an
increase of 1O,375.3SS or 5 per cent
over 1887. The elevated roads car
ried As per cent of the total, an in
crease of s per cent over 1887. Four
surface roads show decreased earn
Jugs. The gross earnings were
/ SIS, 461,915. of which S6,32S, lis was
paid out to 11.726 employees. The net
earnings were S2,2S0,333, against
! S2.936,O72 IN 1887. The funded debt
OF the roads at the close of 1888 was
. S25.515,7 30, a decrease of 100000
IN 1883. There were twenty-seven
people killed and 1877 Injured on the
roads last year, or at the rate Of one
killed for every 100000 carried
aud one injured for every 1000 600
carried. Every time a man gets
aboard one of these cars he takes a
twO-milliOn chance Of getting IN
/ jured, and fourteen-million chance
/ of getting killed outright. Yet peo-
pie will patronize the cars. The
street car lines of New York are
/ obliged to report these statistics to
/ the Railroad Commissioners Tx
! change.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-05-08
THE KOHINOOR DIAMOND.
InsoIent Letter from the RebeIIious
Prince of India to Queen Victoria
story Of the Famous Jewel.

InsoIent Letter from the RebeiIious
Prince of India to Queen Victoria
story Of the Famous Jewel.
"DhuIeep Singh has written an
insolent letter to her Majesty the
Queen. He insists that the Kohl
moor diamond shall be restored to
him" Tie foregoing was telegraph
ed from London to the Sydney
Herald on April II, and that paper
added the following comments:
The diamond called the Kohl
moor, or Mountain of Light, was
found in the mines Of Golcouda in
1850. and is said to have belonged in
turn to Shah Jehan, AUrungzebe,
Nadir Shah, the Afghan rulers, and
afterwards to the Sikh chief Runjeet
Singh. Upon the abdication of
Dhuleep Singh, the last ruler of the
Punjab, and the annexation of his
dominions to the British Empire, in
1919, the kOhInOOr was surrendered
to the Queen. It was accordingly
brought over and presented to her,
July 3, 1850. It was shown in the
Great Exhibition, 1851. It's original
weight was nearly 500 carats. but it
was reduced by the unskiIfulness OF
the artist, Hortensio Borghese, q
Venetian, to 279 carats. Its shape
and size resembled the pointed half
(rose cut) of small hens egg, The
value IS scarcely computable, though
two millions sterling have been men
toned as a Unsuitable price, if cal
culated by the scale employed III the
trade. This diamond was recut in
1852, and now weighs 1922 carats
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-05-08
Builders Of Steam Machinery
In all it's branches.

In all it's branches.
Steamboat, Steamship. Land Engines 4 Boilers
High Pressure or Compound.
STEAM VESSELS of all kinds built complete
with bulls OF wood, iron or composite.
ORDINARY ENGINES compounded when ad,
visable.
STEAM LAUNCHES, Barges and Steam Tugs con
structed with reference to the trade in which
they are to be EN- ployed. Speed, tonnage and
draft of water guaranteed.
SUGAR MILLS and Sugar Making Machinery
made after the most approved plans. Also, ali
Boiler Iron Work connected Herewith.
WATER PIPE, of Boiler OF sheet Iron of am
size, made in suitable lengths for coSI,zastssssS
together, or Sheets rolled, ssnl6cIIne
for shipment, road ----..4Inched and packed
ground. - to be riveted the
HYDRS
,UIIC RIVETINGI, Boiler Work and Water
ripes made by this establishment, rtveted by
hydraulic rivetiRg machinery, that quality OF
work being far superior to hand work.
SHIP WORK, Ship and Steam Capstans, Steam
Winches, Air and Circulating Pumps, made
after the most approved plans.
SOLE Agents and manufacturers for the Pacific
Coast OF the Heine Safety Boiler.
PUMPS-Direct Acting Pumps for irrigation OF
city works purposes, built with the celebrated
Davy Valve Motion, superior to any other
pump.
JOHN DYER. honolulu
4I-3m Room No 3, upstairs, Spreckels' Block.