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Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-01-08
Unwilling Confederation

Mr.. John l.. Stevens, formerly
minister to Hawaii, lectured in
Somerville the other evening and
it was generally supposed that he
would make some interesting con-
tributions to the Hawaiian con
troversy, and he did, though per-
haps undesignedly, for his re-
marks in the main were general
and not particular. He did as
sert however in plain and unvar-
nished language that if a vote of
the people of Hawaii was taken
it would be largely in favor of
the Monarchy and against the
Provisional Government. In
this he affirmed one of Commits
sioner Blonnt's statements and
showed very plainly that the un-
surpation of power was against
the,will of the people.
But Mr.. Stsvens did not put
his foot in it quite as badly as
did FL W. Severance, who was
Counsel General at Honolulu at
the time of the revolution and
who rushes into print with con-
tradlctlon of Commissioner
Blount Mr.. Severance states:
am satisfied that everything
had been surrendered to the Pro-
visiona! Government before it
was recognized by Minister Stew
ems, though it is the aim of Mr..
Blount 5 report to make it appear
otherwise. Ny first notification
of that recognition was on the
moraiag of Jan. IL. when Cap
tain Wiltse of the Boston drove
oyer to the consulate and In
formed me. He said that all had
been surrendered and that Mr..
Stevens had recognized the Pro-
visional Government.
The Prov isional Gossrnment
was proclaimed at 4 clock ON
the afternoon of January 18th.
That moraias the captain Of the
American vessel informed him
that Dir. Stevens had recognized
the insurgents. In other words
Minister Stevens knew and recoa.
nized the revolt before ii took
place. and the captain Of the
American marines and sailors
VAS prisy to that fact. Ii only
needs two or three contradictions
ike Mr.. Severancs's 10 m.ks
Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-01-08

Rim IN hiz enterpriss. The lease
"a ths lands to be taken up Is
for thirty years. during the nrst
three years he is to pay nothing
from the fourth year he will have
II nav a tax of one and hall
gea per acre The agreement
has been made between M,
Wakamoto and the manager OF
the ex-Queen's estates. and mas
been certified BY notary public.
and sanctioned by the Minister
OF State. The japanese Consul
does not, however. seem to have
been 8 party to the transaction:
1t is stated by the Nata'cha
.Skipbun that there are more
than "a 600 acres of uureclaImed
land available for similar tree
grants in the neighhourhood OF
Hilo alone.
The prospects placed in the
above lines before the Japaneses
who should feel inclined
to emigrHte look very tempt
ing indeed and there are no
reasons to doubt that many
of them will feel inclined to
follow the example of Mr.. Naka-
moto and bring their families
and what little capital they pos
sess to Hawaii and take up
homesteads. We shall heartily
endorse such movement because
we believe that the Japanese
make excellent citizens and that
thew bv their frugality and indus
try will be able to cultivate the
vast areas of uncultivated lands
and make fair living and proflt
out of their labor. If they should
enter here en masse though the
political view of the situation Will
become of great importance and
whatever government may be IN
power it will become necessary
to adopt measures which Will
give to the japanese the rights to
which they under the Japan
Hawaii treaty are entitled. Ii
the government should refuse to
do Justice, and refuse to recog-
nize the claims of the taxpayine
Japanese, it will have to run the
risk that they take the matter II
their own hand, and by sheer
| force of number take, what they
believe is due them instead o.
patiently whiting for our "clvi
lied" American @ administra
ton to preserve the honor o
Hawaii and keep the promises
and conditions made in the
treaty. And we hardly expect
that the P. G. can look to Wash
ingtou for help as long as Mr.
Cleveland is President.
Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-01-08

1t looks more aud more as If
Mr.. ". n. Armstrong. one of
Hawaii 5 absentee capitalists, is
TO be made minister of foreign
affairs. We trust not. because If
he is, there will be no vacancy in
the Advisory Council, and Smith
will be in the l.otaqs. We honest
" don I believe that the Councils
would dare TO elect him ANYHOW.
The howl Of indignation would
be more than the nerves Of Mr..
Dole could stand. and even Mr.
Emmeluth would he white with
fear. Let Mr.. Smith curb his
ambition for ten more years. If
he Is yet in the country what
Ne very much doubt. hemay have
his inning and then he may not.
Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-01-08

Does Professor Alexander in
his reference to the only honest
election mean, the election OF
1887 when there was no choice of
candidates. The fact was take
this ticket, OF nothing and before
receiving again the privilege Of
voting you had to take an IRON
clad oath to support the Consti-
tuition. How about the election
in 1890, dear Professor, when
the dear Party were defeated 2 to
after nearly three years ex-
perience of their manner of
conducting the Government,
Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-01-08
Japan and Hawaii

An esteemed contemporary at
one time tried to make great
deal of capital out of a statement
which Mr.. Blount was credited
with having made to Mr.. Dole
relating to the Japanese question
in Hawaii. Mr.. Blount who at
that time was very much per-
soma qrata was accused of having
advised the Provisional Govern
ment to refuse to entertain the
demands of the Japanese Gov
eminent that Hawaii should full
fill her treaty obligation and the
'silent commissioner was even
supposed to have promised Mr..
Dole the powerful help OF the
United Estates, if Japan should
attempt to enforce her demands.
Very little credence was given
t. the Star assertion and it
was never corroborated by
anybody in authority here. The
Provisional Government did not
refuse the demand of Japan, but
secured delay in giving final
answer. because, as they claimed,
it was matter beyond the juris-
dictiom of government which
was formed for specific purpose
and as It's name proved was simp-
" provisional The Japanese
Government which has never
fully recognized the Provisional
Government showed no anxiety
to enter into negotiations with
the temporary administration in
Hawaii, and allowed the question
to drop for the time being. Any
body following political affairs in
Japan will notice, though, that
the matter far from being shelved
/ for good receives the full atten-
ton both from the conservative
and the radical Japanese press,
and is a neutrality-suspicious. the
only one -on which both parties
apparently stand united.
The question of granting the
franchise to Japanese residents
in Hawaii is naturally of great
importance, but as we have fire.
quentlv pointed out if such fran.
chise was granted now, it would
not be of much practical moment
as only a comparatively small
number of the Japanese residing
here would possess the necessar,
qualifications to claim the right
of voting under orr constitution
The matter is now assuming i
very different aspect beca1se
there are prospects that a elias.
of japanese far superior to the
common laborers heretofore i'm
ported will emigrats to Hawai-
as free men and settle as indie.
pendent farmers. We reprint
the following from the japan
Nal of December 18th onl,
adding that the mentioned iourn.
al is to certain extent the
oihciai organ Of the Imperial
Government Under the heading
FIRE. Emigration 70 Haswii il
saws
&AA. " dHau3Ott. "a lHtu3RuC0 q
Ken now is waiting at Yokohams
with his family and II associate.
to be taken 10 Hawaii bs the
City of Picking. which leaves fol
Honolulu for the end of fhi,
month Mr. Wakamoto has beer
resident OF the Hawaiian Island.
Tor over four years. engaged il
commerce, bat recently leased
% acres Of land from the ex.
Queen. and is contemplating d
further lease Of 800 acres with
the object Of starting a farm. Las
October be came home for tile
purpose Of enlisting the Aid 81
some Of his Esllow-countrymep
and the Ia persons now returnine
with him have engaged 10 help
Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-01-08

The Advertiser is happy
The Advertiser IS pleased. Aud
all because as the fossilixsd or
gan claims Messrs. Parker aud
Peterson bowed their knees 10
baal and asked for foreign Office
passports before leaving on the
Aussralia There is hardly no
necessity 70 state that the pass
ports were sent 10 the eenslemen
Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-01-08

everybody acknowledge what
most psople believe. that Com
missioner Blounfs report IS a
truthful and unbiased document
-Losrsu Times.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-04-05
Old Johns Translation.

Every one in Boston knows Of old
John the Orangeman, that picturesque
and almost historical parsonage who
presides over the affections Of all Har-
ward men. And every one who knows
John knows also that his ]ife's motto is
that familiar phrase which expresses
briefly and to the point the wish that
Yale may be forever RELOCATED to the re-
gion of sorrow and perpetual darkness.
One afternoon strangers were walk
ing through the yard at Harvard, and
on every hand they saw the college seal
bearing this motto, "Christo ct Eccle-
si@." ...
Not being on speaking terms with
Cicero, Caesar and the other Romans,
this did nothing but to arouse their Gu
riosity.> .......
Finally they met John.
II say!'' ce.id one d the visitors. II
see these words everywhere. Can you
tell me what they mean?"
John looked carefully at the Latin in
sciption, bit his pipe little harder and
then replied gravely: -.,...,
"Oi don't jist know, fr'nd, but OF
t'ink itmeans To h-wid Yale. ~
Boston Budget. 49,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-04-05
Senators In the BARRIERS Chair.

A workman in the senate barber shop
in Washington is credited with saying
that the senators are 1.-THE most peace
full" men to shave he has ever met,
though some of them are particular.
One senator, he says, he has twice shaw
ed three times in one day, not because
his beard grows SO fast, but because the
senator likes the sensation" Another
senator ''has pair of little side whis-
kers of which he is fond and to which
he devotes any amount of attention"
He did not reveal all this to any sena-
tor, and to the helpless man to whomit
was communicated he said with de-
spairing tone, You know we are not
allowed to talk to our senatorial GUS
toners unless they talk to us first" Who
would not wish to be United States
senator while being shaved? Chicago
Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-04-05
Chicago Streets.

"Great city, said the stranger re-
aectively. "Wonderful city! The build
ings are magnificent, the boulevards are
superb and the hotels are unsurpassed,
but-but why don't you name your
streets?"
''Name our streets!" exclaimed the
Chicagoan. 1--WE do. You can't find q
street in the city without name"
"Well, then," went on the stranger,
"why not derive some benefit from til
Why should there be any secrecy about
it? Why not treat all streets alike? Why
put the name Of one street on the cor.
ner lamppost and not the name of the
next2 And why not have some uniform
ity about it?'' he continued, warming
up to his subject. why tack the name
of ore street onto a building, put the
next on lamppost, the third half way
up an electric light post, the fourth
clear at the top of it and have no sign
at all for the ffth?'- Chicago Post. q
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-04-05
Some Timber Strength Tests.

It would be difficult to convince the
average man, especially the Missouri
pioneer, that fir is stronger wood than
oak, but such has been proved by ac-
tual tests that were made by fair and
impartial committee appointed for the
purpose. The timbers used were each
. by 4 inches and feet long, both ends
solidly braced and the weight applied
in the middle of the span. Yellow fir
stood strain of 8, 06s pounds, common
Oregon oak 2, 922 pounds. Fine grained
yellow fir from near the butt stood a
strain of 1895 pounds, and best Michi-
gan oak snapped with a strain Of only
2,428 pounds. These tests were made
by the Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany at Tacoma Louis Republic.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-04-05
After the Wedding.

"How soon should calls upon bride
be NADER" is a question that has been
frequently asked. Calls upon a bride
should be made very soon after her re-
turn from her wedding trip, if no day
for such has been designated, and as
immediate visit must be paid to her
mother or person at whose house the re-
ception was held. The bride returns
her calls soon and SO far as possible in
the order in which they are made. Her
neglect to acquit herself of these debts
would be inexcusable, and a person SO
careless would deserve to be socially
forgotten. Free Press. t
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-04-05
. IN CHi iiI;al' sLUMs.
Five Cent Lodging Houses Whore Chairs
Take the Place of Beds. i'm

! &, o.
Five Cent Lodging Houses Where Chairs
Take the Place of Beds.
Finding lodging place for the night
when one has but 5 cents-an ordinary
street car fare nickel-is no easy Job.
| Lodging houses where the beds rent for
| 10 cents hold as grimly to tariff prices
as a coal combine IN arctic weather
would do. 1t is case of fiat money
with those people. If they had 500 beds
and but five dodgers, the sixth could not
get an abatement, even though his flesh
were dropping from his bones with
frost. mo pay, no bed," is the motto,
and they stick to it.
Nowadays dimes are being with
drawn from circulation. At least the
people who are forced into begging
them report that to be the state Of the
money market. Two nickles make a
dime, it is true, and so do 10 pennies,
but there seems to be bear movement
in small coins, and this form of cur
rency also is hard to get, especially SO
for those who either can't, don't or
won't work for it.
hundred persons in Chicago every night
who cannot purchase a. lodging for lack
of means and who stay out so late that
access to the station houses is denied
because they are already overcrowded.
These people will then sleep anywhere.
All they want is cover from the night.
That can be had in Chicago for
DIT %vor
tune favored him with a dime, would
shrink with horror from lodging in
such a place.. There are one or two
places of the kind in Chicago, and they
are hard to find. When found, they are
the very apotheosis Of degradation, dirt
and dinginess. Beside the cent places
those where admittance is a dime are
palaces. For S cents the ledger is al
lowed the privilege of chair until
morning - simply that and nothing
more. @
The keepers of such places form the
lowest elements of society. They do
not treat their patrons as humans, nor
yet as beasts of the field. The cent
wretch becomes an object for blows and
KICKS. w uCu Ills IlCh01 0uIcIS tu0 greasy
pocket that gapes for it, he is then an
atom of squalor, and he is treated &C
cordingly.
Recently the Atlas hotel was visited.
1t is probably the worst lodging house
in Chicago. The prices begin at cents
and run to Is cents. It is located on
Custom House place few yards from
Van Buren, street. On one side of it is
stable. There the horses get clean
straw every night for bedding. On the
other side is deserted church, which
has been purchased and which. will be
shortly converted into another lodging
house. Amid such surroundings the
poor fellow who has but nickel is al
lowed to stay over night. He can sit on
a three legged chair, or he can lie down
on the floor. In either event he is forced
to sleep with another man half cover
ing him, for every night the filthy Gel
lar is crowded. -Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-04-05
a merry one! But we understand
Rock county olso has a candidate who.
like Barkis, is "willin'." He'll be out
later.-Rock County News.

The Beaver Greek Magnet gives
our popular mayor this endorsement:
We notice by the Worthington
papers that our good friend Daniel
Shell has be en- elected mayor Of
Worthington, and the ADVANCE OF
last week contains a very good cut
picture of the gentleman and in its
rejoicing over the event, springs him
on the public as a candidate for state
senator, and the ADVANCE takes pleas
ure in presenting Mr.. Shells name,
and adds: He's vote-getter. When
a candidate for Representative he re-
ceived more votes than any other
man on the ticket. His splendid
qualifications for the position are we'll
known; he is a worker and could and
would accomplish much for the dis
trict" We can endorse the ADVANCES
complimentary mention Of Mr.. Shell
in this connection and will add that
he is thorough business man, who
would not only fill the bill but endea-
vor to make all laws that he helped to
pass practicable. If Rock county has
no aspirant we shall be pleased to
support him.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-04-05
Not Obscure Enough.

I, "You intend this novel for the Bos.
ton public, do you?'' said the publish
or, leaning back in his chair.
. "Yes, SIR" said the novelist.
"Well, Mr.. Pensling," said the pub.
Usher, "the work has it's merit. It is
pointed, interesting, and the style can
be readily read and understood, and
Think he continued as the novelist s
face broke into smile of hope, 81
think therefore that you should give up
all effort to get Boston people interest
ed in it. ''-Chicago Record.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-04-05
SHE GOT a BARGAIN.
Better Than That, She Knew How to Use II
After Getting 1t.

u +. 8 , ~
Better Than That. She Knew How to Use 1t
After Getting It.
A lady surrounded the bargain coun-
ter of one Of the big retail stores on
Sixth avenue the other day and cap
tured a fragment of china silk with
which she wanted to make screen.
To accomplish this required a degree of
strategy and physical exertion sufficient
to equip college eleven for active serv-
ice on the gridiron. But she got there.
II spent the whole afternoon, said
she to friend, ''and when I got home
I figured the whole thing up. Icould
have bought the same stuff up stairs at
the regular counter for 80 cents yard,
and wanted only 81 yards. Well,
that mean little clerk sold me four yards
for IS cents-it was remnant, you
know-so found I had been trodden
upon for about two hours and squeezed
black and blue and had lost inst cents
by the operation.
but, law, that's nothing! What do
you s'pose? Why, when examined
that silk the next day, found a hole in
every fold.
"Mad2 Well, think was mad! My
husband laughed at me. He says wom-
en- were born to be fooled, don't you
know-that most of us haven't sense
enough to spread an umbrella when it
rains. 49, ~
"'What would you do?' asked him.
"'Do, says he, I'D throw that away
and never go back to that store again.
'''Not much, says I. I'm going to
make them take that back if die for
it. Now there! Andif you should miss
me when night comes, you'll find my re-
mains at the foot of the china silk coun-
teri ~
IL went back. After another two
hours of shutting and crowding got a
chance to confront the young man who
sold me that silk. I was prepared to
make him ashamed of himself, now
tell you. But he merely looked at it and
said in bored sort of way, ooh, yes,
that is the same piece Of silk Mrs. Blank
returned last week.. :
Eyes, I was stricken dumb. IF there
had been room enough, I'd have drop
ped. But that's nothing. Let me tell
you. While he was making out my re-
bate check another lady glanced at the
silk had just laid down.
"'That's real pretty, said she. How
many yards?'
-Four, ma am says he.
How much?'
Forty cents says he, with the
most unblushing face. It's the last piece
of that shade in the house, says he.
"'I'l take it, says she, pulling out
her purse just as he gave me my ticket
for the return of that identical piece.
Well, then knew that young man de-
iberately cheated me and was going to
cheat that lady right before my face. But
I got my breath quick enough to tell her.
And I did. I said: Madam, I've just
this minute brought that back. It's
damaged. Look at these holes! He
knows it's damaged. Here's my ticket
for the rebate for its return. .s
'''Well, if you could have seen the
look she gave him! Then she turned on
her heel and went out. Yes, should
say I'm about even with that house
one of the finest stores in town too. -
New York Herald.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-04-05
Rather Uncomfortable.

The following notice is posted in the
pension Office at Washington:
Members Of the medical division are
forbidden to have their hats or clothing
on preparatory to leaving this Office be-
fore o'clock. Any one breaking this
rule will be charged with a demerit Of
Is minutes. I...
It is perhaps not strictly our BUSH
ness, but we should think it would be
rather uncomfortable for the clerks Of
the medical division to work all day.
without any clothing. New York Trib-
une. -...r.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-04-05
Road Overseers.

Every township will sooner or later
use vitrifed sewer and culvert pipes
for road culverts, Why not be at
the front and put in your culverts
this year with vitrifed pipe, on hand
with AEON Forbes 33w3
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-04-05
Proving the PronoSitiOn.

When man writes to another chal-
longing him to fight duel because that
other has called him fool, the. chal-
longing party betrays lanentable igno-
rance as to popular understanding in
regard to what fool is.-Buffalo Com
mercial.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-04-05

Republicans in Michigan, this week
in their city elections, captured every
thing that was worth taking. These
are 'straws'' that indicate that the
next general election will be largely
republican, hence the people take
courage and business is reviving.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-04-05

The editor of the Waseca Herald
is one of the few very wise men left.
He knows everything at sight, not
withstanding the fact that he carries a
peaked, sugar-loaf head. Hear him:
The Western trip of Maj. Mckinley,
father of the Infamous Mckinley
tariff law that robs the Northern in
dustry of millions annually and puts
the money into the pockets of South
ern sugar planters, has been made the
occasion of "a grand display of party
and hero worship.