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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-01-05
DEPT. OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS,


HONOLULU, H. l., Nov. IA, 1889. !
SIR: 1 have the honor to acknowl-
edge the receipt of your letter of Sep
TENDER 25th.
In my letter of August Goth you
were instructed that you were at
liberty to arrange with Mr.. Isenberg
for the transfer of the Hawaiian EX-
hibit TO Bremen; / have now written
to Mons. Houle that the whole ex-
hibit is to be packed and forwarded to
Bremen, expenses all paid till it
reaches Mr.. Tsenberg, who there I'M
dertakes all subsequent expenses,
including freight to Honolulu and
insurance in the sum of 91600.
Mons. Houle has also been instruct
ed to dispose of the exhibition pavil-
lion and other saleable property of the
Government to the best advantage
practicable.
I presume this will find you in
Paris, where 1 trust you may be able
to effect the closing and transfer of
the exhibit without difficulty.
1 have the honor to be, sir, your
most obedient servant,
[Signedl IONA. AUSTIN,
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Col. SPALDING,
II. M. First Commissioner,
Exposition Universelle,
Paris.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-01-05
LETTERS FROM COL. SPALDING.
The Hawaiian Exhibit at Paris
and Bremen.
HONOLULU, Jan. 2, 1892.


MR.. EDITOR: have this day seen
for the first time the report of Mr.. J..
A. Hassinger to the Minister of For
eign Affairs regarding the return of
articles exhibited at Paris in 1889 and
afterwards in Bremen, and l learn
from that report that many valuable
articles were lost, while others were
greatly damaged or entirely des-
troyed. AS this naturally leaves the
impression of gross negligence or
fault on the part of those having
charge of the exhibit, I beg your
indulgence of space to make public
the two following letters received by
me in capacity as commissioner in
charge of the Hawaiian exhibit at
Paris:
DEPT. OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, !
HONOLULU, H. l., August 20, 1889. !
SIR: With regard to the proposal
the Hawaiian exhibit from Paris to
Bremen, for further exhibition in the
latter city in 1890, / beg to inform
you that notice "By Authority"
was published three times in each of
the English daily papers in this city
to the effect that permission for the
transfer so proposed by Mr.. Isenberg,
would be given provided no objection
was received from exhibitors prior to
August the 18th, a period of fourteen
days.
This period having now elapsed
without any objection having been
received, you are at liberty to arrange
with Mr.. Isenberg for effecting tie
transfer at the closing of the exposi-
ton in Paris.
The exhibits belonging to the Hale
Naua society are to be transferred
with the others.
L hope that you will be able to make
satisfactory financial arrangements
with Mr.. Isenberg for effecting the
transfer.
I have the honor to be, sir, your
obedient servant,
[Signed] IONA. AUSTIN,
Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Col. u. S. SPALDING,
Hawaiian Commissioner, etc., etc.,
5 Rue Nouvelle,
Paris.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-01-05

A few words in explanation of
these letters will suffice.
After receipt of the first letter, CIV
ing me the 'liberty to arrange with
Mr.. Isenberg," 1 took the liberty of
declining to send the exhibit to
Bremen on the ground that l was not
relieved from responsibility by the
letter of the Minister.
still further took the liberty of
declining to allow the exhibit "to be
packed and forwarded to Bremen, eX-
penses all paid till it reaches Mr..
fsenberg,n as per order to Monsieur
Houle, on the ground not only that
had no government funds in my
hands TO pay such expenses, but also
because there would be no RESPONSE
bility on the part of Mr.. Isenberg
until the exhibit reached Bremen,
and no one to receipt for the same
when it passed out of our hands.
After considerable discussion it was
agreed that Mr.. Isenberg's agent in
Paris should receipt for the exhibit
before it left that city, and to enable
him to do so he was authorized to
superintend and have control of the
packing, shipping, ETC., etc. The
freight to Bremen was paid by Mr..
Isenberg or his agent, and he had
full control and responsibility from
the time the exhibit was turned over
to him in Paris.
I beg to disclaim any intimatiOn of
carelessness on the part of Mr.. Isen-
bergis agents, or of loss or damage
that could have been prevented while
in their hands; but | desire to show
where the responsibility began and
ended on the part of those who had
the matter in charge.
learn it has been publicly asserted
in Honolulu that proper care was not
taken of the articles while on exhibit
ton in Paris. This assertion / brand
as malicious falsehOod, and am
willing to bring forward proof to the
contrary if the character of the per-
son making such charge warrants
the trouble. For the present l con-
tent myself with the information TO
the owners of the articles exhibited
to the effect that large cases, with
glass doors kept locked, were pro-
VIded for such articles as might be
injured by handling or exposure,
and that many photographs, books,
specimens, ETC., ETC., were kept
in room by themselves and
inspection allowed only under
proper precautions. The building
was never left without guard, when
open to the public, and not day
passed during the whole period OF the
Exposition without Monsieur HouIe,
the Hawaiian Consul-General and
Commissioner, being in attendance.
The pavilion, or separate building
in which the exhibit was made, was
a necessity in consequence of the lack
of space in the main buildings when
M. Houle received notice that Hawaii
would be represented. President
Carnot personally complimented the
appearance of the Hawaiian exhibit,
and the medal of honor given by the
various juries for the articles eXhlb-
tied would seem to indicate that the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-01-05
Nrm advertisements.
The Pacific Hardware Go.
HONOLULU,

FORT STREET, HONOLULU,
that they opened their ART ROOMS the
their New Buldng here they have Exhibition
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS comprising examples
following Boston, Rose Da6drTy, Newport,
Queen Windsor Royal Worcester Royal DeUon,
Royal Hungarian, Tulip orchid, Bohemian Etc. Etc.
Received fine line Of the --latest Patterns
PICTURE MOULDLNGS Mirrors EngraVngs, chfng Fhotogrd-
Auoype, the --latest publications;
Tables Chandeliers Hanging Piano
Banquet Lamps Staue articles too to
mention.
PAINTINGS by AriStSMrs, Wells Messrs Barn
field, Hitchcock, Mrs. PduIiS, and Others.
shevng FIRST completed they Wu
open FURNISHING GOODS, Agate, Japaned
and Tin Ware They tst their friends wH appreciate the dap
experienced able their
their
afford little ndacement to ct the
second floor.
VISIT to their Art Rooms WitI they trust, be repaid
Soliciting they have literally
enjoyed an the they iU pains to I'LL all orders Nth
prOmptneSs.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-01-05
OUTGOING PASSENGERS To-day

The following passengers are
booked to leave on the Australia to-
day at noon: Miss Creighton, H.
f. Middleton, Mrs. r. w. McChes-
ney and son, Mrs. Smith and daugh-
ter, DR.. j. Brodie, j. B. Luther, A.
Haas, W. L. Oliver and wife, Bro.
Williams, Father L. Beck, Mrs. DUAL
trough, Robert Bunke, DR.. Ander-
son, w. T. Lockwood, j. M. Harvey
and Miss Harvey, z. K. Meyers,
Capt. E. D. Reid, Mrs. Tanner and
child, Miss A. Elliot, Miss Bene-
dict, Miss Calender, and DR.. Ham
mond and family.
The general verdict" If you
don't read the ADVERTISER you don't
get the news"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-01-05
FOR RENT.

90 THE VERY DESIRABLE RESI-
M; dence located on Kinau street near
-2A- the corner of Pensacola street, pre-
sently occupied by P. F. August Ehlers.
House contains, parlors, dining room,
kitchen, three chambers, bathroom, pam
try, veranda rooms and ample closet space.
Possession given December LIST. Inquire at
HAWAIIAN HARDWARE CO.,
2897-tf Fort St., opp. Spreckels'.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
MR.. PERKINS OF KANSAS.

PLUME, PETER, Perkins. As Kansas would
say, senatorially speaking: Let us have P's.
philadelphia 7I1tes.
PERKINS instead of Ingalls,. 1t might have
been worse; but most certainly it might
have been vastly better.-Ne,o York Re
cOrder.
PERKINS will vote as Senator the same old
way he did as Congressman. But as he lives
in Washington voting for Eastern monopo-
lists will seem more consistent than when
he lived in Oswego-Kansas City Times.
GOVERNOR HUMPHREYS declaration that he
considered ex-Congressman Perkins the
best-equipped man in Kansas to serve the
State in the Senate is a severe reflection on
a Republican named Ingalls, who was once
considered well enough equipped to preside
over the Senate.-Ne,O York World
MR. PRRKINs, of Kansas, who succeeds the
late Preston B. Plumb as United States SEN
ator, is an able man and a thorough going
Republican who believes in protective
tariff and is opposed to the free silver coin
age proposition. In this respect he is de-
cided. improvement over Mr.. Plumb.-Al-
bdny Euening Journal
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04

the alphabet of learning and distinction,
says: 81 have observed as q physiological, or
perhaps a psychological fact, that the at
traction of alcohol for itself is cumulative,
that so long as it il present in the human
body, even in the smallest quantity. the
sense of requirement for 1t is present, and
that as the amount insidiously increases, so
does the DESIRE" He also says; "Alcohol,
when partaken of for a short time, even in
itself which is apt to PASS into an actual
insanity"
Finally, here is the voice of DR.. Felix
Oswald, of New York: "After opening the
fiood-gates not one man in q thousand can
stay the progress of q besettng vice, and or
all besetting vices, the alcohol habit is the
most inevitably progressive. We cannot
prevent intoxication. The power of moral
resistance is weakened with every renet1-
tion of the poison dose, and we might as well
beSiege n bed-ridden consumptive with ap-
ppals to resume his place at the head OF an
afflicted family. Ali poison habits are pro-
gressive. The beer vice is always apt to
eventuate in a brandy vice, or else to equal
ize the difference by progressive enlarge
ment of the dose. Common brandy contains
off A drinks one glass of brandy. and b
hve glasses of beer, they have outraged their
systems by the same amount OF poison, ana
Will incur the same penalty. Total abstin-
ence is a safe plan, nay, the only safe plan:
for poison cannot be reduced to a harmless
dose.'
And yet, the other night. dined with 30
Pittsburg DOCTORS and there were several
varieties OF alcoholic poison upon the bill of
these dangerous doses with apparent cheer
fulneSS and reliSh
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
FERTILE EASTERN ALASKA.
Green Valleys and Great Mineral Wealth
Discovered,

NEW YORK, Jan. Sc. j. Glave, who had
some rough experiences in Alaska IS months
ago, has just returned from another trip to
that country and he brings back with him
considerable valuable geographical and
other information. His time was spent in
the Mount st. Elias region in Eastern
Alaska, which was never before visited by a
white man. That part of the country it
always has been supposed contained nothing
but snow-covered mountains, frozen rivers
and glaciers. From the maps of the Govern
ment to-day the Information to be had is
that the region is supposed to be cold the
year round and that it is barren. But Mr..
Glave has discovered that the country, in
stead of being anything like what it was
supposed to be, is as fertile as any part of
the West, and that during five months of
the year it is warm and pleasant. Further
more the temperature is never below zero
in the winter. There are vast quantities Of
minerals there, rich deposits OF copper
being abundant.
He started for the interior from the coast
near the Chilkat river early in June with
four pack horses. Before his departure he
was told by old explorers that he would
the Mount ST. Elias range, as there was no
provisions to be had in thai arctic region, as
it was called. But when he reached that
part of the country he found fertile valleys
and immense forests insteau of ice and
snow. The finest kind of grasses were grow
ing in abundance, and some day the region
will be great stock-raising country While
huckleberries and raspberries he could cat.
During the whole Of July it was light enough
out of doors to read q book at any time our
ing the day or night.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04

SIR JAMES REDHoUSE the Oriental scholar ID
dead.
JOSEPH BOWMAN, who died in Lebanon last
week. was reputed to be the wealthiest man in the
town. He was a bachelor.
COLONEL FREDERICK MEARS Fourth Infantry
United States Army, died at Fort Sherman, Idaho.
Saturday night of gastritis.
EMILE LOUIS VICTOR DE LAvELAYE, the distin-
gui shed Belgian writer political economy died
ut Liege Yesterday of the grip.
GEORGE WALKER, one of the best-known citi-
zens of Northern Pennsylvania, died Last week at
his home near MontrOse, aged 81 years.
COLONEL GEORGE PEABODY, father of Mrs cx-
Secretary Enuicott and grandfather of Mrs. Joseph
Chamberlain, NJ. p, died at Boston yesterday
MRS REBEcCA SCHIssLER, the oldest resident
of Sunbury died last week in her g2d year She
leaves five children, all of whom in the 6J's.
JOEL LESTER. the famous South Mountain Pa
farmer, died at Lebanon Monday. He owned - (OJ
acres OF land, and hundreds of horses and cattle
JAMES ALFRED MITCHELL. the younger son of
Donald G. Mitchell (Ik AIarveD died Saturday
morning at st. Lukes Hospital, in New York at
the age of 81. He failed to rally from az aiion
for peritonilis.
WILLIAM II. HARDMAN, prominent citizen of
vivor of General samuel Houston's army in the
for the independence OF Texas, died Yesterday
morning, aged u years.
REV. DIR. A. II. LoCKMAN. a well known Lu-
theIan clergyman. died at York. Pa. last week.
in his 9Oth year. He graduated from the Univer-
sty of Pennsylvania in 1873. He was pastor of
Christ Church, York, for n years.
DAVID HANNUM died at Hanover, n Y. Satur-
day morning. He well known in Cortland
county. and at one time reputed TO be worth
S0 OOt O00 He noted for his reckless ex peudi-
lures on sports and sporting events.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
PEOPLE KNOWN EVERYWHERE.

JAMES WHITCoMB RILEY was O clever
amateur actor in his younger days.
DIR. w. II. RUSSELL, the famous war
correspondent, is going to Egypt to recover
his health.
DIR. FRIDTz, of Nansen, the eminent
Arctic explorer, will visit the United States
during the coming spring.
CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER'S daughter is
quite ill in Berlin and the Justice may go
over by the next steamer.
SALvATIoNIsT BOOTH is holding revival
services III India, where his audiences are
not very large or enthusiastic.
EX-MINIsTER to-Great Britain Vaux, of
Philadelphia, who has not been ill for 40
years, has succumbed to the grip.
HENRY CLEws, the New York banker, is
in favor of making Saturdays in summer
time whole instead of half holidays.
WILLIAM A. SLATER the millionaire
cotton manufacturer OF Connecticut has
gone to the Bermudas for the winter.
MRS. SPRINGER, the wife of the Con-
gresham, is said to be mis- "best achieve
ment, brightest accomplishment and most
admirable quality"
OPIE REED, the well-known writer of
Southern stories, has retired from the edi-
torship OF the Arkansd,o Traveller The sue
cess of Mr.. Reeds latest books has been
such that he has decided to give up editorial
duties and devote liis>whole time to regular
literary work.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
SHERMAN WON THE RACE.

GALL is well that ends well,'' and the Sem
atorial contest has ended well.-Ohfo State
Journal.
SENATOR SHERMAN is not an icicle, by any
means, but it is a very cold day when he gets
left.-CTepelund Leader.
STATESMEN like John Sherman are needed
with such blatherski:es as d. b. Hill in the
Senate.-Chtcugo Inter Ocean.
FORAKER is "on the ground" The uues-
tion is whether Sherman will be able to keep
him Philadelphia Record.
: IT would be strange, considering all he
has done for it and the country, if the State
of Ohio didn't give Senator Sherman a re-
seat in Philadelphia Times
GOVERNOR FORAKER says that even Baby
Mckee is in the fight in behalf of Senator
Sherman. This is merely an attempt to e1-
plain why a squall has struck the Foraker
ship.-CereIand Plain Dealer.
GOVERNOR FoRAKER's adherents did not
succeed in nomiAating the man of their
first choice for Speaker, but for that reason
they do not propose TO disrupt the party"
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
SHERMAN has never before been Obliged to
take personal part in n Senatorial contest
ut Columbus and it is Il reproach TO Ohio
that he found it necessary to do so in the
present instance.-S. Luis Globe-D Democrat
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
PITTsBURG, MONDAY. JANUARY4, 4,
THE FREE PASS DELIvERANCE.

The free pass question is galvanized into
life once more by the opinion OF the Inter
State Commission partially deciding the
complaint Of Senator Chandler against
the Boston and Maine Railroad. The de-
cision is clear and accurate enough on the
points it decides positively, but it is rather
weak in its unwillingness TO give decisive
ruling on Others it holds in reserve.
There is no specific prohibition of free
passes in the Interstate commerce law
as there is in the Pennsylvania ConStltu-
tion-and the legality of their issue de-
pends on the question whether If does not
violate % the provision that no railroad
must charge more TO one person for like
and contemporaneouS service than it does
to another: and CD the provision that
railroads must publish their rates The
Commission rules that giving free passes
to shippers of milk, cattle and similar
articles who accompany and care for their
shipments does not subject other passen-
gers to an unjust discrimination, although
it does not make it clear how the law can
be complied with without including on
their rate sheets the statement that
such shippers are entitled to passage
free. The Commission is equally clear in
ruling that passes issued to politicians and
others. "whoSe good will is valuable to the
company" are against the law, as it is
clear from the statement of the case that
this valuable good will is secured by the
grant to them of the favor and preference
OF free transportation. Where the Com
mission was weak was in Withholding for
further investigation the question whether
passes issued to newspapers in exchange
for free advertising, and others IN the
same category, are illegal or not. While
the newspapers render full value received
for their passes, it is quite plain that the
practice of giving an indefinite amount of
transportation for an unappraised service
of any sort cannot be harmonized with the
object of the law to make all railway
charges specific and uniform, and to enact
that the whole travelling public shall know
exactly what has to be paid for certain
amount of transportation with the assur
ance that no favored individual gets trans
portation for less.
What is really the grotesque feature of
the business is that public attention is
taken up by this painstaking investigation
with regard to a minor violation of the
law, while the great and vital provisions
of the act are being openly nullifed all
over the country and no one thinks it
worth while to take much notice of the
fact
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-04
INDEPENDENCE HALL IN CHICAGO
A Description OF the Fine Building Penn
sylvania viii Construct.

HARRIsBURa, JAM 3-(SpecidL 1.-The
tower of old Independence Hall will be re-
produced at the Worlds Columbian Exposi-
tion in the Pennsylvania Building, as finally
approved. DR.. H. Burnam, Chief of Con-
struction, and Architect Atwood, to whom
all plans of State Buildings are submitted
for final decision, both agree that this
tower is the finest piece of architecture in
America, and have asked that it be given
more prominence than was shown in the
original design of the State Building. Execu-
tive Commissioner Whitman returned
from Chicago to-day and said
''The tower of Independence Hall will be
reproduced as it actually is in the original
building, subject TO such changes yes m, IN tne
the building to be constructed n connec-
tion with Ii. 1t will be surrounded and
connected with a building of colonial style,
which again will be surrounded by portico
20 feet wide. An effort will be made to
secure from the City Councils of Philadel-
phia the loan of the old Liberty bell, to be
hung in the tower in the position it occupies
at present
"Tbe inside hallway Will be fitted up as
nearly like Independence Hall as possible:
On the left will be the ladies' reception and
toilet rooms On the other side of the hall
way will be gentlemen's reception, toilet
and smoking rooms. At the end OF the nall
way will be an exhibition room for display
of historical and other matter. In add1tlon
to these apartments, on the first floor there
will be hat and cloak rooms, postoffice and
bureau of in formation.
"The second floor will be fitted up in fine
style, On the right of the main hallway
will be large room for the exclusive use OF
newspaper correspondents. In the rear will
be file room, in which it is contemplated
to file the leading newspapers of the State.
On the opposite side of the hallway will be
large apartment known as the Governors
room and q room for the Executive Commits
sioner. Connected with these will be wait
ing room and a private room. Besides
these there will be two large committee
rooms.
"The building will be lighted by electricity,
and all the large rooms will be fitted up with
fireplaces. The Pennsylvania and New York
buildings have the finest locations, and will
be side by side, with space ofabout 100 feet
between them. The Pennsylvania building
will be at the intersection of two Of the
principal avenues"