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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-20
THE DOWNFALL OF LMIUOKALANL
STORY OF THE HAWAIIAN REVOLUTION TOLD
by PROFESSOR oLEsoN-EX-MINIsTER STEW.
EMS TESTIFY no nav

bf PROFESSOR oLEsON-EX-MINISTERs STEW
EMS TO TESTIFY TO-DAY.
Washington. Jan. l9-Long before the Senate Com.
mittee on Foreign Relations began its session this
morning In the investigation Of Hawaiian affairs a
number or naval officers arrived and busted them
selves IN reading the testimony they bad given be-
'ore signing It, Among these oflcfs were Lieu.
tenaht-Commander Swinburne and Lieutenant Kaufr.
man Mr.. Hastings. the Charge d'Anaires of the
Hawaiian Legation came into the committee-roo
early in the day but remained only for moment
Senators Gray and Frye were late and shortly
after they came Mr.. Sherman left the room Ieav-
Ing Messrs. Morgan. Gray and Frye 10 proceed
alone Mr.. Butler being absent
The principal witness to-day was Professor Will
lam H. oleson, of Worcester Mass. Mr.. Oieson was
for fifteen years, from August, 1875 to July. 1899
engaged as the principal of a manual training
school on the Island of Oahu. which the city Of
Honolulu is built Having thus been associated
with these people for so long period prior to the
revolution, and having witnessed the overthrow Of
the Queen. he had opportunities for observing the
sentiment of the people under favorable AUSPICES
IL Is understood that in response to question az
to what the character the Queen for political
integrity and personal character the witness said
emphatically that 1t was bad It could be-
After the Queen came TO the throne Professor OLE
son said, she soon sought to recover the absolute
power that Kalakaua had surrendered In giving the
Constitution OF 1884, To accomplish Tie abrogaton
Of the old Constitution and the PRONUNCIATION OF the
new one which she had prepared, she entered into
an arrangement with members OF the Legislature
favorable to certain schemes then before that body
one OF them the charterng OF the Louisiana Lottery
by which she was to sign those bills. and they in
turn were TO vote out her Ministry and permit her
TO appoint a new Ministry which would assist her
In promulgating the new Constitution. Professor
Oeson then detailed the workings OF this I.an the
feature Of the Constitution which disfranchised
all but native Hawaians and the final failure of the
Queen TO secure the consent Of her Ministry. tina
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-20
A CREW or FOURTEEN THOUGHT TO BE LOST.

Gloucester, Mass. Jan. 1s.-The schooner Porter
g Roberts reported waterlogged and abandoned by
the Magnolia at Halifax, with no tidngs Of the
crew. was owned by William II. Greenleaf and
eailei from here three weeks ago commanded by
Cantain Henry Surratt and carrying crew OF
fourteen men The vessel Is Insured for NSG7 In the
Gloucester Mutual
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-20
THE SEGURANCA OUT OF QUARANTINE
NONE OF THE AMERICANS on BOARD Ill. WITH
SMALLPOX

City Of Mexico. Jan. ia telegram from
Vera Cruz says that the steamship Seguranca,
which smallpox broke out on the voyage
from New-York and Havana. has been adj
mitted to the port and discharged. None Of the
Americans aboard is i'll. the disease prevails
chiefly among the Cinnamon from Havana.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-20
MEETING MANAGED BY woRruNGMEN.

That the American workingman can do his
own talking as we'll as his own thinking. and
that ne Is dependent neither on pohuciflhs nor
professional orators for speeches. were again
demonstrated last night at the ratificauon meet
ing held at STEMS Hall. Fifty y-sevch'"-s'' near
Tenth-ave The meeting was heiu uhuer the
auspices Of the Elm Flax Mills ana Iravers
Brothers branches Of the Working'hehs fro-
tective Tariff League for the PURPOSE vi IN
dorsing the nomination Of Lemue' u. ~uiRS 1or
member OF Congress from the XIV" NonBress
District The meeting was au"''u by
working1nen only and by such as a'e ,o'er' IN
the district Thomas w. O'Keefe P'o'..cu ana
Samuel Wildwood was the secretaly' me nail
was crowded and remained so u'' Wv .'oSe OF
the meeting. Among those p'eSVn. were
Thomas O'Keefe, Samuel Wellwoou 'o"" LARK
Wilson Rogers and William No." ~ 'he
Elm Flax Company; Abram he''"' r Soaeph
Carse and Archibald stevens ,ol Lravers
Brothers: John Kearney and John "niSker Of
the Higgins carpet Company; Jonn hinkel Of
Ketchum. Morgan & Co.; f. j. McArae and
Patrick Carley. OF Cassidy Aoler. rn.I'p ).
C-----.A a. Third Page
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-20

THE NEW GOVERNMENT TO BE MODELLED
NATIVE REPRESENTATION IN THE LOWER
HOUsE-PREsIDENI DOLE CALLS MIN.
IsTER WILLIS TO AccouNT-A
STRONG RoYALIsT LOBBY SENT
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-29
THE COMING SOLAR ECLIPSE.

the twins, are supposed to mark the bud
ding of physical life and the bringing forth
of iocks and herds. Leo, the Lion, SYM
bolizes in the same way the heat of summer.
Virgo, the Virgin, denoting the productive
ness of harvest time and cleaning. Libra.
the Balance, denotes the measurement
of night and day into equal parts. Scorpion
marked the presence of venonous reptiles,
and Saggitarius the season for hunting,
and so on. From these phenomena arosa
the belief natural enough, that each season
had special influence upon nature, and
finally upon the lives, the destiny and the
character of mankind. and. notwithstand-
ing all the adyancements which science
has recently made. the tradition still hangs
around some of our great insurance COM
panies, which are sometimes said to base
their calculations of human longevity on
the influence of the stars upon the birth
time of those wishing to insure their lives.
The birth sign has. therefore. something to
do with business. though the scientists
would doubtless laugh to scorn the practice
as an illusion and Il fancy.
The zodiacal signs and their divisions into
twelve parts correspond with the division
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-29
PORTLAND SATURDAY DECEMBER

other and distant worlds. survey their vast
mesa and become thoroughly we'll acquaint-
ed with their inha bitants. In long distan
ages. when astrologers oorLersd knowledge
and shared only with the Babylonian kings
and priests their crude theories OF creation,
men thought that the sun travelled around
in the rscesses of the world that Galileo and
Bruno suffered death for insisting upon
the contrary. Nor, were their deaths with
out a precedent. More than forty centuries
before two Chinese philosophers. named re-
spectively Hi and Ho, had also died for
teaching the same doctrine.
The phenomena of the sky have had a
profound interest for men. They were Of
ten unnaturally associated with the idea Of
heaven itself. Up to even comparatively
recent years electrical disturbances in the
atmosphere were believed to be caused by
the anger of Providence. Men and women.
particularly in unciviliZed countries. in
stinc lively prayed when the peals of thun-
der shook the dome of heaven, and fear
was supplanted by hope in the human
breast when the rainbow of peace made it's
appearance in the sky, delighting the eyes
with it's prismatic hues and girding the hor-
lion with its expansive arch. During
eclipses of the sun, particularly, men have
been known to Commit suicide through
sheer terror. and to STAY their wives and
children in the belief that the world had
come to an end. But of all the astronomi-
cal phenomena, there are few which have
struck the human imagination with SO much
fear as the total eclipse of the sun. This is
not surprising. What spectacle could be
more strange TO the illiterate than of the
sudden disappearance of the great orb of
light at noon and in clear sky? In the
days when humanity was ignorant such a
disappearance was considered supernat-
III Al, Las. for example, that recorded at the
period Of the orucifxion, when the sun for
the time being was hidden from the eyes of
man
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-29

ses of the moon are rare, for owing to the
great magnitude of the SUI tine earth's
shadow is. at the distance of the moon,
much smaller than the earth itself. The re-
suit of this is that the moon must be de-
cidedly nearer her node to produce lunar
eclipse, and sometimes whole year pas
ses without there being any eclipse # the
moon. At seven minutes past ten a. M, on
March 10. the moons isk will become CON-
pIetely immersed in the earth's shadow.
Then the tabled man in the moon during
the space of one hour and thirty-six min
utes, while the moon is passing out of the
wedge shaped or dark shadow, will imagine
that there is an eclipse OF the sun rather
than on the plane in which he himself is
said to xist. The man in the moon will
believe that the sun is eclipsed, while to
the inha bitants of those portions of the
earth already referred to the phenomenon
will be observed as an eclipse, not of tine
sun, but of the moon. Almost a similar
condition of affairs, only of partial char
acter, to that already described in the case
of total eclipse of the sun takes place in
the case of the moon AS she enters the
penumbra portion of her surface loses
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-29

a total eclipse in proportion as these bodies
cross each others course of motion, the
moon being eclipsed when, as already said,
the earth comes between the moon and the
sun. thus casting shadow upon the former;
and il the center of the moon, ON the other
hand, passes exactly over the line of the
suns center, and the apparent diameter OF
the moon exceeds that of the SIM, the lat
ter will be hidden from view, thus causing
a total eclipse of the sun or moon as the case
may be. The observation will be obviously
not alike from different stand points, and
this is why astronomical phen omena may be
visible to a resident in North America.
while invisible to one viewing the heavens
from different angle, say at Borneo or
New Zealand.
But there is history in the stars as we'll.
Formerly when the almanac makers were
busy predicting the fate of nations, or ac-
counting for the war clouds of Europe,
they professed to have established an init
mate connection between political events
and the exit or the entrance of certain
stars into the divisions of the great belt of
the EcIiptic, known as the Zodiac. These
signs are from the earliest ages and had a
peculiar influence upon mundane affairs
and were considered by the ancients
ALMOST SACRED IN CHARACTER.
certain seasons of the year became fixed in
their minds by the recurrence of events
which were certain to return in conjunc-
ton with each other. Thus, the phenome-
ma associated with the spring sign Aries,
the Ram; Taurus. the Bull. and Gemini.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-29

of the hollow sphere of the armament into
twelve unequal spaces In which the stars
were supposed to enter. These were really
the twelve houses of the sun in each of
which he was supposed to dwell for about
the space of month, and after he had
completed the circuit a year became the
fixed measurement of time, corresponding
with the complete revolution of the earth
around the sun. In past periods. nations
and individuals. as well as the state of the
weather were considered to be more or less
influenced by astronomical phenomena. But
of late years meteorelogy having started,
SO to speak. in business for itself, has de-
veloped field of great usefulness both to
the farmer and to the navigator. and the
progress of invention has rendered astron-
omy a somewhat useless through exceeding
ly interesting and attractive science. AS.
trology has also started out as we have,
seen. in special direction for itself and
has it's specialists and its adopts and be-
levers in every city in the world, particu-
Iarly in the United States. Divested of
both these landmarks that formerly attend
ed it the science made famous by Tycho
Brahe and Copernicus stands now
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-29
THE CONF Nc LUNAR ECLIPSE.

alone. Though still retained on
the curriculT1A of our college its princi-
pal practical use is as an intellectual recre.
alton or in developing the Imagination.
Clergyinen and others who have o discourse
on the sublimity of the works of Nature,
or the immensely of space, or the duration
of eternity, all find in astronomy excelle mt
opportunities for practlcing their imagina-
tons. 1t is, however, the mother of all
acisnces, since from the inception of erea-
ton primitive man had to learn TO adjust
himself to the seasons, and exercised his
intelligence in contemplating the heavenly
bodies or accounting for their curious
motion. Ii has also been in sense
AN ARiSTOCRATIC SCIENCE,
and as it ceases TO be essential to the mas
SEES of mankind, it has had proportioaate-
ly increasing fascination for the amateur
and the diliettante--men who. as in the case
of Lord Rose, have SO progressed in their
researches that gradually ascending the
staicrase of mathematical discovery we may
almost look into the halls and parlors of
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-29
PHASES OF THE COMING LUNAR ECLIPSE.

the reflected rays from the earth, and will
seem cut off, the moons disk gradually
growing less and less until she at length
becomes entirely invisible. After travers-
ing the period of immersion or through the
area of contact with the suns disk, she will
then increase gradually in size, each min
ute adding larger area. as it were. to her
surface, until the moon has left the penum-
bra and the eclipse is over. A4total eclipse
of the moon is somewhat rare. In about
half the
ECLIPSES OF THE MOON
she usually passes either SO far above or SO
far below the center of the earth's shadow
that part of her body only is in it, and part
of it outside: this is called partial
eclipse of the moon. This year there will
be no partial eelipses of the moon. The
second total eclipse, which will in all re-
spects be understood from the above de-
scription, occurs on September g. and will
be visible 10 the entire Ameli an conti-
nent, and to portions of Europe. Africa
and Australasia.
TIE first solar eclipse occurs on March 26,
half an hour before noon This partial
eclipse of the sun will be visible in Great
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-29

Ladies whose systems are poisoned
and whose blood is in an impure condi-
tion, due to menstrual irregularities,
are peculiarly benefited by the Won
.derful tonic and blood cleansing prop
critics Of P. P. r. --Prickly ASH, Poke
Root and Potassium.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-29

Britain and in the extl eme western parts
of Europe. but will be in visible in this ceun-
try. The whole time from the moment
when the shadow touches the earth till it
passes off will be about three hours and one
minute. The second solar eclipse occurs
on August 20, about one minute after noon,
Greenwich near time; total duration of this
partial eclipse will be about two hours and
ten minutes. The eclipse will be entirely
invisible in this country and in Western
Europe. but VIII be visible to the iDhabi-
tants of Mort heastern Europe and North
western Asia.
The third partial eclipse of the sun oc-
ours on Setember Is, 1914 Greenwich mean
time. The total duration of this eclipse will
bs about three and half hours. 1t will
be visible only to the islands of the South
Pacific Ocean.
The nature of an eclipse. whether partial
or complete, varies. of course, with the
apparent magnitndes of the sun and moon.
Owing to the inclination at the. respective
orbits of each, the moon generally passes
above OF below the sun 5. and Is partial or
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-29
ASTRONOMY OF 1895.
Total Eclipse Of the Moon Starts
the Celestial Season.
THREE ECLIP SEES OF THE sun FOR
THE COMING YEAR.
Haryard's Great Lens in the Andes and the
Lick Telescope.

Harvard and Lick promise to enrich the
world with mass of valuable scientific OBJ
servations in 1895, for the great telescopes
that surmount the peaks of the Andes and
of the California range will be leveled at
our celestial neighboTs through series of
important astronomical events. There will
be three partial eclipses of the sun and.two
of the moon. The first event will be
total eclipse of the moon on March 10, visi-
BILE partially to North America, and wholly
to South America, and more or less to
Europe, Africa and the islands of the At
lantic and Eastern Pacific Oceans.
An eclipse of the moon occurs when the
earth is opposite to the sun, but total eclip-
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-29

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. Aug. 14th, 1888.
II can speak Ia the highest ternrs OF
fnovIedge, Twas affected with heart
disesse, pleurisy and rheumatism Tor
IS years, was treated by the very best
physicians ana spent hundreds OF dol
fnrs, tried every known remedy with
out binding relief. have only taLsn
one bottle OF your P. F. P, and can
cheerfully say it has done me moro
good than anything have ever taken;
Icaa recommend your medicine to ali
aufYerere Of the above diseases.
MRS. NJ. NJ. WEARY.
Springfield. Green County. MO.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-29

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contradiction, that T. P. P. is the best
blood purifier in the world, and makes
positive. speedy and permanent cures
in all cases.
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-29
A REMARKABLE CASE.

Portland. Dec. 6, 1894.
Mr.. EdiIor-Seeing in your paper a cure
performed by DR.. Chase CT CumbeI land
street, and thinking it might be- interesting
to- some one in a like condi ion as myself.
thought l would send you statement in re-
gard to my own case. several years ago
was ia ken with u severe ca of nerOvus
prostration. suffering only as those that
have such troubles can tell. severe pains in.
the head. neck, back, fatuleLce and ex-
irene mental depression. For twelve years
/ lived in bis condition. rarely ever being
able o 20 out OF doris. was Influenced by
SOM friends who had been benefited by DR..
Chase to try him. took no medicine. but
under his treatment gradually improved, SO
that at the end Of three months could get
out httle every day. continued to I'M
prove until was practically well. and have
been so ever since. / thought this might
influence some one to try him and get
assistance as did. Please publish this.
Yours respectfully,
MRS. CHARLES PLUMMER.
81 Gyreep street, City. decl0dtf
The Portland daily press., 1894-12-29

Constipation and sick headache permanently
cured, and piles prevented by Japanese Liver
Pellets: especially adapted to children's use.
w W. Whfpple s. Co. and John Williamson.s
Portland. afa f. - -
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-09-20
STIPEND RETAINED.
The Board of Overseers of the Poor Inves
tigated Many Cases Yesterday.

The Board of Overseers of the Poor
yesterday heard the statements of those
who receive direct payment in money for
the support of some member of their
families. Of course it would not be
proper to give the names of the parties
who receive what the board calls Astip-
ends", but very thorough investlga-
ton led to the keeping on the list of all
the names, although in a single
instance there may be slight re-
dnction in the amount now received, but
even that was left open. In one case the
party who receives small "stipendn for
the support of member of his family,
owns his house, and it was suggested
that the amount paid might be with
draw n, but Mr.. Rounds, who is familiar
with the circumstances connected with
the case made report that was satisfac-
tory to the board. He can't eat his
house, said Mr.. Rounds, 81 and he earns
at his age too littleato support his family
and this dependent member"
In another case. also made the subject
of a special report. where the city pays
for the support of a crippled boy, it was
advised that the amount paid be in
creased if necessary, but chat the boy be
sent to some institution where he could
receive better attention. The board
took up the case, and attention was
called to the fact that the father of the
crippled and almost helpless boy has
-, pofhofio dountinn RI
his child, and no change will be made
in existing arrangements. In another
case. where man who is able to work a
little has brother with whom heilives,
it was suggested that the stipend"
might be withdrawn. The brother sent
word to the board through Secretary
Baker: shall not allow my brother to
be supported by public charity while
can work, but the time may come when
you will have to support us BOTH" No
change was made in that case. In an
other case, the city pays 81 and one Of
the churches 81 week, and it was vot-
ed not to disturb existing arrangements,
the city having the best of it.
There is pathetic side to the "sti-
pendn business. In many cases the
amount allowed by the city directly in 8
few instances is increased by the month
" allowance given to the outside poor",
is all that Keeps families from being
broken up. 1t comes in as most i'm
portant addition to the sometimes pite-
ously small earnings of men or women,
and even with the help given by the city
the battle of life is hard one.
The board, after most thorough inves.
tigation, was satisfied that it was the
proper thing to let well enough alone.''
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-09-20
THE PRESS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TO-DAY.
BRIEF JoTTlNGs.

A drizzling rain prevailed yesterday.
It is not understood that the Rufus
Stanley mansion. corner of Congress
and Smith streets, is TO be torn down.
A wooden house is to be built on the
Smith street and block on Congress
street. The mansion itself is to be re-
modelled and modernized.
The rooms formerly occupied by the
Portland National Bank are in the hands
OF workmen, who are fire PROBING them
The walls are to be sheathed with wire
lath and covered with adamant plaster.
When completed they will be used as the
ladies' department of the Safe Deposit
Vault.
g A lady living on Atlantic street in this
city has sweet peas which have attained
to the great height of eight feet. and, IN
some instances nine feet.
j 1t is said by some importers of mo-
1asses that there is a probable shortage
in hid shocks, and will be for some time
to come, causing serious Inconvenience.
The Portland hackmen went off to
Spurwink yesterday for a days enjoy
ment They occupied tally-ho, elabor-
ately decorated with blue. orange and
white bunting, and drawn by four
horses. They had great time.
Captain Dimmock reports that CHM
ney Rock buoy, off Richmond Island,
has broken adrift and gone ashore.
A lobster can be seen at NE. IRE
fethen's on Portland Pier. that is three
feet one inch long, and weighs 16 IL
pounds.
Schooner Mary Jane brought 5000
Holsters yesterday, schooner Kate and
Mabel 1900, and the JIG. Jameson $500.
The smelt fishing on Back Bay is now
in full swi ing.
The fog hung over the harbor yester-
day, and a-large number of vessels, fish
ermen and coasters, were in from the
storm.
DIR. San born, of the Insane Hospital,
who was in the city yesterday, reports
that Paul Prince, the aged man who
used to haunt City Hall. and was sent
to the hospital few months ago, is
failing in health.