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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-04

In other Words, good Clothes, be-
coming Hats and Bonnets ere one
of the secrets of How to be Beau
tiful.
The most important. question
agitating the minds of people at the
present time, IS aUhere to do their
Holiday Shopping to the best ad-
0antdge.
Look at our display of Ne,o
Goods before purchasing elsewhere,
and be convinced that yoW can dress
better for Tess money than your
neigh6or IF she is ignorant of the
high class of goods sOe import and
oar prices0 nothing escapes the
a0elt-troined eye Of our buyer.
Per australia a0e received q COM
plete assortment of Nouelaes suita-
bic for Christmas gifts, among
a0hich are hond-painted, jeWeled,
and embroidered chair Drapes, and
fancy silk painted handkerchief
glove and necktie Sochets, delicate
shade embroidered chiffon shoulder
Scarfs and chiffon Handkechiefs,
Metal and OTidized Collar and
Cuff, ShqOing and Toilet Sets, all
sorts of Ple:s" Toilet Gases, from
$1.25 to 500 each, besides most beau
tJuS hand-pointed lisse Fans, (ol-
aOdys an acceptable present to q
tody,) and gloves and handler
chiefs galore. Some perfect beau
ties IN fine handkerchiefs, and at
prices to SMit the times
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-04
IMPORTED DIRECT.

We can afford to underseU any
of our competitors in Handker-
chiefs; our immense stock is import
ed direct from the manufacturers,
they are cheap, of good quality and
sOorth more than aOe ask. If you arc
looking for real Lace or hand seam,
aUe haze them also. Be sure and
see oar full line a0hiIe looking at
these goods. Elegant Parasols and
Gents SIX Umbrellas.
We're yow thinking of Linen
goodss We can suit you there; our
Tea Cloths, pure linen, at 81 are ca
ceLlent value, besides side5oard
and table runners, scarJs and tray
covers. Doylies, etc., etc., In guam
titles.
Il fen choice leather goods, such
as purses, card cases, accessories,
and ladies' hand sotchels. Unique
amber dndbur1at ceIIuIOid manicure
trays, suitable far lady or gentle
man. Come to think of 1T, a0e haze
some fine goods in the gentleme EMS
line, among 0hich are fancy SILK
meglige shirts, silk pajamas, stylish
neck,Cear, and the latest IN hand
kerchiefs.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-04
FOR THE LITTLE ONES.

We haUn't forgotten the children.
aOe usually haze q lot of pretty
things for the Little Ones, and this
season more than atsual. Among
the most useful are cashmere and
siLk coats, {aOhite and lOred,) silk
MikadO hats, Shirred null, and
muslin, ting parasols for 25 cents,
also eunniag little fans, 5onnets of
null, lace or silk, and fine CalJor-
MIA crib 6LdnketS-these are only q
feao Of the many nes0 goods aOe haze
Just opened.
You may not be IN need Of q hat
or bonnet, but it is aOeW to knoW
aOhere the neW and most stylish hats
are designed. Among our mill
merry goods by the last australia aUe
received q quantity Of late styles in
ChiLdrea's Hats, also new ToQues
and Bonnet shapes aOith suitable
trimmings. Our "T'o0e Tugs" are
all the rage; you can see them any
time you feet inclined 10 step an our
Millinery Department, they are
simple, inexpensive and generally
becoming.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-08-11
PORK CORNER BROKE
An Avalanche in the Chicogo
Board of Trade.
MANY ARE BURIED UNDER IT.
Criminal Contagisn-- Cheering an
Editor---Free Coinage;

Tuesday was one of the most
disastrous in the history of the
Board of Trade at Chicago. Veal
thy firms and individuals were
bowled over like nine pins, and
price Of hog products tumbled like
an avalanche. Old members who
have been through the tumult of
many a collapse in both grain and
provisions stood aghast at the ra-
pidity with which the price of mess
pork went down. A sheer drop
1925 per barrel inside of three
quarters of an hour is something
not witnessed every day.
Soon after the opening this morn.
ing Secretary Stone appeared in the
balcony and announced that those
having trades with the we'll known
firms of J. G. Sleever & Co., e. w.
Bailey & Co., and A. Helmolse &
Co., should close them out.
Pork dropped from $40 to 5000.
Then q reaction carried the price
back to $12 and things were NOV
ing along smoothly when suddenly
came a thunderclap in the shape
of the annou, aent in quick sue,
cession of the ures of the North
American Provision Co., packing
concern with a capital of quarter
Of million, in which John Cudahy
is largely interested; of Wright &
Haughery, broker firm, chiefly
engaged in receiving and shipping
wheat, but who are understood to
be interested with Cudahy in his
deal in the provision pit, and final
ly Cudahy himself the great pack
er and daring operator in. provis-
ions, man interested in the pack
ing trade in a half dozens states.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-08-11
End of an Old Eeud.

J. McCabe, a rancher living
about eighteen miles from Olym-
pia, was shot by a neighbor, George
w. Melville, Tuesday, and died a
few minutes later. Both men are
prominent in the county, and have
extensive ranches. The tragedy
has created intense excitement,
and is supposed to be the out
come of an old feud incurred by
Melville's recent suit against the
Northern Pacific, in which McCabe
appeared as a witness against him.
Some time ago they had person
al alteration, in which Melville
was sued for assault.
The sheriff left tonight for Ten
inc to bring Melville to Olympia.
The only witness to the tragedy
was Tom Conboy, whose statement
was received here by telephone.
He and McCabe were going to
the meadow, when Conboy called
McCabe's attention to something
in the brush along the fence,
They recognized Melville with a
winchester resting on one Of the
rails and pointing at McCabe.
McCabe remarked to Conboy that
he did not think Melville would
shoot, but he had no sooner given
utterance to the words than Mel
vile fired aud McCabe fell, dying
few minutes later. Melville
went to Tenino and said he would
wait the arrival of the sheriff.
McCabe is about Sc years old, and
leaves wife. Melville was about
6S years, and leaves six child
rem.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-08-11
A HISTORICAL SPOT
The Savior Of the Northwest
Territory
OCCUPIES AN UNMARKED GRAVE
The Red Apple Won---E End Of an Old
Feud--- The Missionaries.

Walla Walla Statesman: While
on the tour of the line of the Willis
Land aud Improvement Company's
ditch last Sunday the party stop
ped at the farm of NJ. w. Swegle,
about six miles below Walla Walla.
This spot has been made historical
as being the scene of the famous
Whitman massacre in November,
1847, and there still remains the
mounds of earth which were thrown
up as breast works for the purpose
of defense against the hostile saw
ages. Two posts set in the ground
mark the spot where the noble
Whitman fell. Other minor land
marks are also pointed out to the
visitor as being directly connected
with those memorable times and
scenes in our early history. Here
to be seen, still green and thrifty,
the oldest apple tree in the Walla
Walla valley; tree planted by
the hands of Whitman himself.
But the spot that has the most
attraction for the visitor of today,
and which causes the involuntary
raising of the hat in respect of its
hallowed association, lies on the
right hand side of the road, about
two hundred yards from the
fence. Here, surrounded by a
picket fence, lie the remains of DR..
Marcus Whitman, together with
fourteen others who lost their lives
in the famous massacre. The
grass and weeds of years have
grown DER the spot and it is a per-
feet wilderness. Not even the ru-
dest kind of headstone marks
the grave ofthe man to whom, more
than any other, the United States
is indebted for the possession Of
this rich northwest territory--a
man who laid down his life that
we might enjoy the fullness Of the
a ID which we had spyed out. 1t
Q indeed a sad commentary upon
our gratitude and sense of obliga-
t.on due that such a state of affairs
should exist. 1T should be the de-
light of every citizen to contribute
to q fund 70 erect monument that
would be in keeping with the mer-
its and fame Of the illustrious dead,
and we hope ere long to see active
steps taken to achieve the result.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-08-11
Attempted Shooting.

Union journal: Daniel Sny-
der, a blacksmith in the employ of
d. S. Andrus, was arrested Mon
day morning by officers Adams
and Brown for attempting to shoot
w. F. Wamsley, general passenger
ard freight agent of the w. 4 G.
r. On July 81 Snyder called at
the. ticket office ana deposited SIS
with Mr.. Wamsley for tickets to
bring his wife and family from a
town in South Dakota to Walla
Walla. He stated to Mr.. Wam-
sley that his family were destitute,
in fact were starving to death, and
he wanted to get them to Walla
Walla as soon as possible. Con-
trary to the rules Of the company,
Mr.. Wamsley telegraphed the
agent Of the Northern Pacific in
the town where Snyder's family
were residing to furnish them with
tickets to Walla Walla upon ap-
plication, stating the money for
the same had been deposited with
him. Since that time nothing had
been heard about the matter,
neither had Snyder received any
communication from his family.
For the past few days the matter
has been worrying Snyder consid-
erably, and early Monday morn
ing he called upon Mr., Wamsley
and asked if he received any infor-
nation regarding the ticket. He
replied in the negative and Snyder
departed, apparently satisfied. At
II o'clock, however, he returned in
a very excited manner. Mr., VANS
ley was coming out of the ticket
Office at the time and Snyder met
him at the door and drawing d re.
volvsr, pointed it at him at the
same time pulling the trigger.
But for some reason the pistol
failed to fire, and before the man
could make another attempt Mr..
Wamsley made his escape
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-08-11
Cheering a Poor Editor.

"The early bird captures the
worm;" and again, Zone bird in
the hand is worth two in the BUSH"
The DaIles Times Mountaineer
tells the following good bird story:
A bright little feathered songster
walked into our sanctum yesterday
afternoon and chirped cheerfully
as it skipped on our exchange ta-
BILE and settled itself contentedly
on some of our esteemed contem-
porarties." We presented it with
bowl of water and. it drank its
fill and then took regulation
bath. After this it went into the
composing-room, mounted the
forms and then gave forth song
of glee. There are very few ele-
ments and superstition ir our re-
ligious predictions; but the visi-
tor was made welcome, and, after
it was considered that the bird had
stayed a fashionable time to be
considered a "call," it was given
its freedom. Afterward from the
spreading branches of a cotton
wood tree opposite its song was
joyous, and it seemed to warhle
back. "Thank you for your enter
tainment. When summer suns are
warm and summer skies are blue,
I'll call again to cheer you in the
arduous duties of your thankless
task y
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-08-11
MISSIONARIES IN CHINA.
Copy of Proclamation Posted on the
Walls of Chinese City.

The Woman's Foreign Mission
ary Society, of the Presbyterian
church of New York has received a
letter from the Rev. w. J. Drum
mond, its missionary in Marking,
saying that in the city ofGu Hong,
80 miles east of Marking, a natis e
was caught recently pasting up the
following placard:
Foreigners in China spare no
amount of money to buy land and
erect preaching chapels, dig out
mems eyeballs, collect marrow
from their bones, decoy and carry
off children. seduce and deceive
women, and practice all kinds Of
evil. Execution is too mild a pun
ishment for such crime. The
other day persons came to Gu, say.
ing that they were going to erect a
heavenly lord chapel (heavenly
lord is the term here applied to
the Roman Catholics). Just now
the city and country, whether near
or far, have all agreed not to allow
the secret purchase Of lands. If
any evil disposed person is covet-
Gus enough to secretly sell his land
or house SO as to hand down an
evil inheritance to the neighbor-
hood, we, the people of this city
and country, together with one
heart, will take and publicly beat
such one, together with the man
who acts as middleman in the sale
We will burn their houses and pos.
sessions; we will instantly beat
them to death and give their bodies
to the dogs and pigs. No oppor
tunity for repentance will be gran
ted. This is exceedingly impor
sant. Those who rent will be deal
with in the same way as the mid
dleman spoken above. Their
is no other way of preventing thes'
foreigners getting footing. Yol
must all be.very careful and watch
full. This is the united decision o
all the people"
The British consul wrote to tn
magistrate of Gu Hong, and he or
dered a proclamation issued deny
ing the truth Of the charges AM
threatening punishment It wa
found afterward that the autho
was one of the officials.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-08-11
MUST EcoNoMlzE.
Many Employees of the Worlds Fair
Dismissed.


Pruning down expenses contin-
ues to be the active occupation OF
the Worlds Fair management.
Each day the number ofemployes is
becoming smaller, anditis believed
that by the last Of the week the
great White City will be working
on q bedrock basis financially. II
has been decided to reduce the Sc
cret service force, the number OF
gate men and ticket sellers, the
Columbian guards and to mater
tally lessen the number Of passes,
and it is believed that before the
close of the week the committee on
ceremonies will have been abolish
ed. There is talk that the foreign
affairs department may also be
done away with and that the dut-
les now performed by that depart
ment will be placed in control of
the directors general. In this way
the management win save from q
half to three-quarters of a million
dollars during the next three
months. 1t is said OH the author
ity of Lyman J. Gage, member of
the finance committee, that the
payment of bonds win begin soon,
probably within ten days and that
Of itself shows that finance are
down to an economical basis. "The
Expenses he says "are about
$4,000 a day, which is as close as
could be expected in a plant of
such magnitude. Ofcourse the at
tendance will determine the final
outcome of the fair financially, but
with conservative management
bonds ought to be paid with a pos
sible surplus besides"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-08-11
The Red Apple Won.

Two large apple trees stand side
by side in an orchard not far from
Sydney, N. S. w. On one hung
fruit which looked like balls Of
gold in the sunlight. The apples
on the neighboring tree were
bright red. One day the owner Of
the orchard sent his men to pick
the fruit. 1t was sent to the
Worlds Fair and he followed them
out among the trees to see that the
work was properly done.
When at last the apples were
packed in the barrels the fruit
grower decided that these barrels
should separate in the orchard and
not meet again until on the exhibi-
ton tables in the Horticultural
Building at the fair. The red ap-
Piles were to go East and the yell
low apples were to go West.
The golden fruit was loaded in
to a steamer and started toward
the Suez canal, while the red fruit
was started the same day in YES
sci across the Pacific ocean. The
fruit-grower marked mo delay.
Perishable goods" conspicuously
on each barrel. He wanted to as
certain which was the quickest
route to the Worlds Fair, and the
result is given in the Chicago News
Record.
The barrel of yellow apples
passed through the canal, through
the Mediterranean sea, up the
French channel and finally reached
London. Here it was taken from
the boat and sent by railroad to
Liverpool. Then the barrel Of
New South Wales fruit was loaded
into an ocean racer and started on
it way across the Atlantic to New
York, whence it came to Chicago
by railroad.
1t was just sixty-days to an
hour yesterday when Thomas
/ Pugh, the assistant general super
intendent of the New South Wales
exhibit received it.
! In the mean time the red ap-
pies had crossed the Pacific ocean
! to San Francisco in twenty days
Then they were sent by freight tC
Chicago. After numerous delays
along the way the apples arrived.
| They had been fifty-two days on
the way and had been admired b.
| Worlds Fair visitors for almost
two weeks before the golden apples
which grew on the tree beside then
| in Australia were placed on chins
| plates and set on the table besides
them in the New South Wales frui
display
/ The apples, which had Travelled
| through Asia, Europe, Great Brit
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-08-11
The Spies Badly Treated.

The citizens of Sumter are Civ
ing the state whisky spies deal
of worry. Yesterday Constables
McCarty and West obtained an
order of search and seizure from
Judge Frasier, and went to the
premises formerly used by Dave
Morris as bar-room. Assistant
Attorney-General Busman accom-
panied them. They broke down
the door, and found nothing but
some old stock that had been seal
ed and stored away before the
dispensary law vent into effect
Morris, with his friends, ordered
the spies out Of the building. One
of fthem was slow. Morris kicked
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-08-11
FOR FREE COINAGE.
Senator Hill is Preparing Bill for the
Coming Session.

An Albany, N, Y, special to the
World says: Although Senator
Hill declines to talk about silver
his friends say that his thoughts
are concentrating upon the sub
iect, and that he is at work upon
a free coinage bill to be introduced
atthe coming session, and, ofcourse
on a speech in support of it. 1t
is understood his measure will be
to establish free bimetallic coin as
existed prior to 1873, and that in .
stead of the present ratio, Of 16 to
/, the senator will advocate a
ratio of 159 to /. This would per-
NIT anyone possessing 303 grains
of silver to take it to the United
States mint and receive in return
one silver dollar. The speeches
delivered by Senator Hill at FL
mira Dec. IA, 1891, and at. the
Kenmore banquet Dec. 81, 1891,
Justify the belief that he will adj
vocate a restoration Of free bime-
tallic coinage, and that he is pre-
pairing to do so is indicated by the
fact that he has kept at work all
through the summer as we'll as by
statements of his friends.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-08-11
FrauduIentIy Landed.

A telegram from Chicago an
nounces that out of the sos Chin
ese landed on Worlds fair certifi-
Gates, as they were called, but
eighty are in the Worlds fair at
Chicago today, and there is no
telliRg when the eighty Chinese
left will scatter out of that city
and locate where they please.
Six monthe ago Chun PAX Kwai
San Francisco Chinese and Chou
Ball, his partner, in China, ar
ranged to bring the Chinese to this
port. They brought them over
and custom officers now say that
no less than 1900 each or the sum
Of $4,000 was paid by the people
landed, to Kwai.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-08-11

flame by the daily reading of de-
tailed accounts of crime against
government, property, life. Every
daring robbery, every throwing of
dynamite, or other riotous acts, is
almost certain to be followed by
similar crimes. A woman who
throws vitrol upon her lover-the
practice is common in Paris-is
seldom convicted. She is described
in the newspapers, the color Of her
hair and her other charms are
dwelt upon; her letters and her
photograph are published. Wo-
men with more Imagination than
intelligence are fully prepared to
initiate the heroine when any Pc
culiar grievance or temptation af-
fords occasion. The force of such
suggestion has been known to re-
suit II epidemics of vitrol throw
ing.-Dr. Arthur Macdonald, in
the National Review for Novem-
her.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-08-11
Criminal contagion.

1t is a common experience tnat
when one Of a party yawns anoth-
er is liable to. There is an in
stinctive suggestion to look
when the crowd are gazing on the
street. This elementary power of
suggestion becomes morbid in the
case ofthe habitual thief. Seeing
any desired object suggests taking
it; there is q spontaneous feeling
too tempting toresist. If questioned
closely why he takes it, the mans
last and repeated answer is simply
that he likes TO. 1t was the Gus
tom in Denmark during the last
century to have a. procession of
priests, repeating psalms, accom-
paning criminals from prison to
the place Of execution, after which
a sermon was preached. The con-
tagious suggestion made from this
display made condemned criminals
ambitious to die amid such pomp.
The result seemed to be large
increase of murder in the country.
At one time martyrdom became SO
contagious IN the church that it
was forbidden. Religious history
contains many examples Of ex-
cessive enthusiasm arising from
nervous contagion.~ In massacres,
after few men have been killed,
the sight ofblood intoxicates the.
crowd, who rush upon the pris-
oners with fury and reckless mur-
der.
Auhry defines the will of q
crowd as resultant of all the ac-
tions and reactions of the indi-
| vidual Wills in contact. This col
lective will can be led by suggest
ion to act contrarily to the prin-
ciples Of many of the individuals
who compose it. What an excit-
/ ed crowd will do no one can pre-
dict; the most timid man has been
transformed into a beast. In The
French revolution certain men
blamed the assassins severely; buI
later these same men, finding
themselves, from curiosity or b,
! accident, in the presence of a mass
acre, were overcome by the ex-
citement and participated in the
I slaughter. In crowd some peo
pleare taken with dizziness; others
not knowing what is going on, ar
influenced by the noise, or lnysti
fed, and give way to the least i'm
pulsion, initiating those arount
them, not knowing why; they
may take arms without suspectint
results, It is thus that riots some
times arise.
| In Europe, where dislike or hat.
red exists between nations the i'm
mense standing armies are con
slant suggestion Of future utiliza
ton; they are a menace to tht
temporary equilibrium Of th'
forces of hatred. The frequent out
bursts of anarchists or socialists
radicalism in the destruction Q
life or property are symptomati
Of the neurotic temper Of the time
and are a sign Of deeper socia
disease arising from the unfortun
ate condition of many in poyert,
or on the verge Of poverty. Sue
disconnected persons are sue
ceptible to dangerous sugges
tions. which can be famed into
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-08-11
ATypographer's Error.

Typographical errors are fre-
quent in thesedays Of much print.
ing, but it is safe to say that the
following error. will never be SUR
passed in this or any other age:
MAY they always live in peace
and harmony" was the way mar
riage notice should have wound up;
but the compositor who couldn't
read manuscript very well, put it
in type and horrfed the happy
couple by making it read, "May
they always live on pease and hom-
inv
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-08-11
His Home Destroyed.

Lee Buffers house, in the
Birch creek neighborhood. was de-
stroyed by fire few days ago,
during his absence in the mount
aims. Mrs. Butler was camping
on the creek, about mile distant
from the dwelling, and saved only
a few articles:used at the camp.
The house was insured for abont
$4O0 in the State Insurance Com
pany, through ]. NJ. Bentley. An
a6juster has been telegraphed
for.