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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-12
BROAD FOREIGN POLICY.

The result of the vote upon the
Nicaraguan bill, which was to have
been taken on the day following
the latest advices of the Coast, is
awaited with no little interest.
With the United States in control
of the Nicaraguan canal, the, inn
portance of Hawaii as an outpost
Of the Western Coast is enhanced
another degree, and the necessity
Of a more tangible attitude than
that Of non-interference put beyond
the shadow of q doubt. The day
has gone by when the United
States can rest quietly with no
broader foreign policy than is con-
tanned within the Monroe doctrine
that has done duty for so many
years. While it is not necessary
for that country to go about seek
ing what weak and insignificant
country it may devour with a view
to becoming colonizing power,
there are outlying districts of the
North American continent over
which the nations Of the world
have acceded, sometimes willingly,
the right of the United States to
exercise a moral suzerainity, and
furthermore, as these come to &C.
cupy more prominent position in
the commercial world, to admit the
right of a physical suzerainity.
Just what disposition the United |
States will make of this right is
lett for that country to decide, but
IL Is not probable that the kindly
disposed nations will stand by
many years and silently witness or
consent to a dog-in-the-manger |
policy or one subject to the whims
OF political partizanship. The day
VIII come when James G. Blaine's |
Jingoisms" will be looked upon in
q very different light by the Amer
lean people irrespective of party
affiliations.
AS the nation grows and its citi-
zens scatter and obtain property |
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-12
We Charge Less
For Perfect Work

than you have been used to paying for
inferior work right along.
AS matter of fact, the ExPERT( p who
cleans your watch with pair of bellows
and crow-bar for so cents makes more
money than the honest workman who
does an honest job and charges an
honest price.
Because your watch is returned to you
running fairly we'll, it is no criterion that
it has been properly repaired. The great
annoyance attendant upon the repair
ing of watch, is that SO out of SO cannot
tell if the work is we'll done-but are
satisfied if the watch is keeping some
where near the correct time.
Who can see the jewel protruding half
way out of the plate, or worse, sunk down
through the plate, fastened in with
little glue, or hammered in with q sledge.
How often the EXPERT grinds off the
broken staff, sinks the jewel q little
lower, tells you he has put in a new
staff and charges you little less than
the price and you 60 on your way rejoic-
ing. But some day you will discover the
fraud, such work cannot last long. It is
dear at any price, which you soon dis
cover to your sorrow.
Moral: Make no mistake; take it
where you know it will be we'll treated
and that is the Repairing Department of
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-12
POINTS ON JAPANESE WAGES.

Frank G. Carpenter, in a recent
letter from Japan, gives a very
good idea of the barriers which
confront the Anglo-Saxon in the
possibility of coming into direct
competition with Asiatic labor. He
states that although wages have
been increasing since the modern
civilization has come into japan,
they are still very low, and the re-
duction in the price of silver just
about cuts them in half. The
figures which follow are In Japanese
currency, and if they were in
American money they would be
just half of what is here given:
Common laborers receive from
10 to 20 cents day, and the men
who pull carts and practically take
the place of our dray horses get
from 10 to 10 cents. In the cities
the prices are higher than these,
but farm laborers often receive less
than Is cents a day. Carpenters
get from 40 to so cents. Head
cartmen receive from % to 40 cents
a day, and paper-hangers get from
10 cents upward. Blacksmiths are
paid from % to SO cents, and
painters about the same.
Many boys work for about 10
cents a day, and, it is stated, that
the clerks in the stores who get SIS
a month thought they were doing
exceedingly well. Many clerks
work for their board and their
clothes, with the understanding
that after an apprenticeship of
about ten years the merchant
will give them a small stock of |
goods and allow them to start out |
for themselves.
The laborer now receiving from
81 to So day, after the most |
casual study of these figures, can |
we'll appreciate that problem of |
no mean proportion confronts him
as the influence of the aggressive
Japanese begins to be felt outside
he mother country.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-12
To Explore Greenland.

OTTAWA, Ont, Jan. 24.-J. B.
Tyrrell, head of the Geological Sur
vey Department of Ottawa, who
has just returned from an explora-
ton in the northern barren lands of
Canada, has been asked by Profess
sor Steiner, head of the Geological
Survey, to lead a party to Files
mere Land, situated in the north
west corner of Greenland, across
Smith Sound from Inglefeld Land
ing, the most northerly point
reached by the Peary expedition.
The party will search for two
Swedish naturalists who have been
lost on Ellesmere Land. Another
object is to make survey of the
north and west coasts of .Ellesmere
Land. The party will sail by yes
sci to Bafin's Bay, Davis Strait
and the great northwest passage.
The terminus of the passage will
be much further north than the
point reached by the Peary expedi-
ton. Tyrrell has obtained permits
sion from the Dominion Govern
ment to undertake the trip.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-12
CHANGING KEY TO STEM WINDERS

repairing complicated watches of every
descriptions; demagnetizing; making by
hand any lost part of a complicated
watch; in fact any difficult work pertain
ing to the repairing of fine watches is
our especial forte.
The number of watches which find
their way into our Repairing Department
after having been through the hands of
numerous EXPERTS (?)is beyond belief.
Whilst we are at all times ready
and willing to do every conceiv-
able kind and condition of a job
it not pay you better to
bring your watch to us In the FIRST PLACE
and be assured of an honest amount of
work at a reasonable price, rather than
take it from one to another, causing you
delay and annoyance, to say nothing of
the greater expense?
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rights in foreign countries, it will
be in duty bound to give protection
that will inspire more awe than a
small vessel armed with a few
smooth-bore guns. The action Of
Senator Quay, anticipating an
armed protection of the Nicaragua
canal, and of Senator Morgan for
establishing a naval station at
Pearl Harbor, are evidences of the
inauguration of a broad policy
worthy of the greatest republic of
the world.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-12
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1895.
TIE election of Stephen B. Ell

TIE election of Stephen B. Ell
kins to the United States Senate
from West Virginia gives ex-Presi-
dent Harrison an able friend at
the Capitol. 1t will not be surpris-
ing if the Harrison and Mckinley
forces join drives in the Presiden-
tial race of '96. With friends of
the, Elkins and Boutelle type,
Reeds followers will find opponents
of no mean calibre.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-12

THE chief reason for the great
increase in the sugar beet crop of
Germany is the great profit re-
ceived from the cultivation. United
States Consul Mason, of Frankfort,
reports In 1894 to the State Depart
ment, that the sugar beet factories
paid dividends from z per cent. to
80 per cent, and in some cases,
which he cites, even larger divi-
dends. The excessive profits slim
ulate the industry and cause an
increased product.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-12

MEMBERS of the American Con-
gress are taking it for granted that
the representatives of the English
Government are intimate followers
and supporters of the ex-queen,
and, upon that as basis, are
making extravagant statements
which the more recent political his
tory Of this country will not uphold.
While it cannot be denied that in
dividual British subjects continue
the disposition to favor royalty, the
diplomatic relations of England to
this country are thoroughly neutral,
as stated in a London dispatch.
While in view of the liberty of
speech allowed in American Con-
gressional halls it is a matter of no
particular Importance, individual
members are making themselves
liable to be called to account by
their opponents, if from no other
source. The cycle of political
change has brought about a pecu-
liza condition which will, doubtless,
surprise Americans when they
come to know the facts.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-12
.H. r. WICHMAN
Fort Street.
JUST A FEW WORDS

on a subject
which we know will interest every one:
For years we have done the fine watch
repairing in Honolulu.
Difficult work of every description
which had formerly been sent to the
Coast, was first properly handled in our
Repairing Department. Such work as
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-12
Fl. F. WICHMAN.
Something New.

have just returned from the Coast
and have opened up complete stock OF
Groceries. Everything and anything
from sugar to the choicest of luxuries.
My motto is to give VALUE FOR
VALUE. Everything new and fresh.
Come and get my prices and be con-
vlnced. J. H. GUY,
Cash Grocer.
Hotel and Union SITS opp Arlington
Hotel. 3S59-Sm
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NED EROS &c co
Hotel street, opposite K;no
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-12

Mayor Sutro. of San Francisco,
says the police department is rotten
to the core, and investigation into
all branches of the municipal gov.
eminent will be made.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-12
Timely Copies
February 4, 1895.

| IS at least blue and how it is to
be made brighter is beyond
the ken of the average man.
The nation cries out against
any further tariff tinkering, the
farmer uses his voice against
the bounty and the sugar pro-
Queer of Louisiana has grown
hoarse in denouncing free
sugar as an insult to American
industries. Verify the pro-
Queer and the legislator are
between "the devil and the
deep blue sea-" Nor is sugar
the only staple that is sailing
in troubled waters; closely
allied to it is the meat industry,
between the United States and
Europe there has been a sort
of interchange of commercial
relations that has been consid-
cred, generally, mutually salts
factory, but, if the United
States will not sweeten its
coffee with German SUGAR
Uncle Sam cannot expect
Uncle Fritz to gorge himself
on American spareribs. Ia
this instance retaliation works
harder on the United States
than it does on Europe. How
long can the American pro-
Queer continue selling sugar at
a half cent pound under cost
of making? And where is the
remedy except in cutting off
the production and planting
the fields with something more
profitable. There's no help in |
legislation; to add to the duty
would make the situation
worse for the Legislators
through the power of the trusts
that would be worked against
them. Influence cannot be
brought to bear upon the
European governments to re-
duce the bounty because the
of their people are at
stake and must be protected.
Take off the duty and the
position is worse because the
day of bounties to the produc-
er of any particular article in
the United States is buried
with the dead past. We would
that the matter be
submitted to the committee on
dehorning hydraulic rams, in
the American Congress and
ct them find relief.
The Clauss Knives are with
out question the best thing in
he world for cutting warm
bread or cake; best because of
he facility with which they 90 I
through the materials. For
married ladies who per-
list in baking their own bread {
hese knives are particularly
recommended because all
veighty effects are removed ,
" their use. i
A fish scaler for quarter !
one of the best Investments t
on can make because its use :
ayes time. Besides the scales
re more thoroughly removed !
rom the fish than with a knife. i
We have received another T T
nvoice of the large size Pansy l.
'toves. We consider this the :
est wood or coal stove on the il
larket because it is a quick = =
eater, and uses very little fuel. CT
We've sold thousands of them "
nd every one has given salts al
lction. The price is easy Tor
n article as good as this. The
,ietz Oh Stoves will arrive
thin the next two weeks. If
ou prefer using oil to wood
coal the Dietz is the best
owe we have ever seen for
le purpose. If you contem- G.
ATE b,1vino 1a,,, II fir,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-12
DRESSED TO KILL

He is, no doubt. The result shows it.
The damsel prefers the better dressed
man Such result is a matter of course
when the suit is made in our we'll known
iau!tiess style Poor tailoring spoils the
pest cloth. With us both material and
tailoring are above criticism. And we ara
no" making Suits, Overcoats aud Pants
"See our Pants for e..
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-12
Jas. w. BergstrOm,

DTANO, PIPE AND RED ORGAN
i Tuner and Repairer. Orders left a.
lhrum's Bookstore, will receive prompt
attention. 3S66-y
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fhe HAWAIIAN GAZETTE CoNp.Sv
manufacture rubber stamps of All
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-08
CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
The Smallpox Bills Cropped Up Again
Last Night.

The Smallpox Bills Cropped Up Again
Last Night.
The city council held tho regular
monthly session at tho city hall last even
ing. The business was all of routine
nature; the usual monthly bills were al
lowed and warrants ordered drawn to pay
them.
A petition from Ii. L. Pickle for permits
sion to erect two frame dwellings on COM
mercIal street between Birch and Alder
streets, was granted.
The last batch of smallpox bills was re-
ported upon by the special COM
mittee. There were a few changes in
the bills, those of patients who
served as guards were charged
81 per day for their board and that
amount deducted from their salaries. The
bill of Gincoli for rubbish destroyed was
rejected except that part of it which was
for a car load of old bones which were
outside the pest house. Several claims
for clothing destroyed were mol allowed.
Clerk English made the following
resume of the expenses incurred during
the smallpox scare and it will show that
the expense was not SO high as has been
incurred by other cities under similar cir
cumstances. The cost will scarcely ex-
coed S275 for each patient treated:
SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC BILLS OF 1898.
Amount OF bills allowed in July. 1898. S 756 OF
Interest on SIG. Ol at per cent........ az -
Amount of warrants drawn since 1893. $3.50 So
Amount allowed by special committee 4,sGS 60
Total OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. S1509S 90
Amount of bills dsallOwed. .......... 81, 40 S2l
The above includes a statement of all accounts
filed against the city in any way connected with
the smallpox epidemic except as follows:
Il. GincOi. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1921 so
Patrick Walsh Observation-Disclosures. $40 %
m n N-la nm xrTug raf "A
Gincoli's bill have allowed on the same S20i 50.
The bill OF MIR. Walsh has been Withdrawn
and presented TO the county commissioners.
The above statement covers all bills with
interest in any way connected with the smi all
poX epidemic that have ever been filed in my
Office or come TO my knowledge up to and in
Guiding this date. JOHN &. ENGLISH,
Jan. :, 1896. City Clerk.
The council adjourned to meet next
Monday night at the usual time and
place.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-08
TOO MUCH OF A JOKE.
sniffies Hands the Parson "a Cigar and
Then There Was Trouble.

sniffies Hands the Parson "A Cigar and
Then There Was Trouble.
From the New York Herald.
The clerks in the Office were always on
the alert to play some joke on Snifiies, the
junior bookkeeper, and the strangest part
of 1t was that they always managed to
catch him unawares.
The other day the clerks loaded a
tempting-looxing cigar with an appar-
emily harmless explosive. 1t was
graciously offered to SnifIles, who ac-
cepted it with profuse thanks, saying he
would smoke it after dinner that evening.
1t so happened that that very evening
Snifiles' wife, who was very religious
woman, had invited the minister to din
ner. The minister loved good cigars, and
Sniflies, knowing this, proudly asked him
to have a cigar and unselfishly and inno-
Gently handed him the one which he had
received that afternoon from the clerks in
the office.
SMILES wife was pleased at her hus-
bands generosity to the minister and
looked on with pleasure as tho minister
contentedly lighted the cigar.
Suddenly there was a report, the minis
ter fairly howled with terror and the air
was filled with smoke. Sniffies and his
wife were surprised and shocked beyond
expression.
Heavens ~ muttered Snifties, that's
the work of those d-n clerks again.
The minister's face was red with rage.
Half of his beautiful side whislkers had
been singed and he looked sight. He
gave one terrible glance at Sniilles, then
took his hat and departed.
"Never shall l enter this house again. -
he said, with great emotion, as he shut the
door.
That night there was war in SMILES
house. His wife accused him of having
loaded the cigar on purpose in order to
drive the minister away. All his eXplana-
tons were in vain, and now SnifIles and
his wife have ceased to speak.
The clerks are still wondering whether
SnIfiles smoked that cigar, but he is so Sc
lent about the matter that they can't get
anything out of him.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-08
ON THE COLONY CRISIS.
Citizens of NewfoundIand Take Actor
at Mass Meeting.

at Mass Meeting.
ST. JOHNS, n. T., Jan. "A public
meeting, which was attended by about
5000 persons, was held here in front of the
Colonial building. The meeting was called
to consider the pending and the proposed
legislation in connection with the recent
financial crisis here, and was presided
over by tho high sheriff of the colony.
Resolutions were adopted protesting
against the measure which was recently
passed by the council, which guaranteed
the Union bank notes at 50 cents on the
dollar and the notes of the Commercial
bank at 20 cents on the dollar.
The resolutions also demanded that the
notes of tho above mentioned banks be
redeemed at their face value, and that a
royal commission be appointed by the
British government to investigate the
whole condition of the colony's affairs. 1t
was decided to circulate petition to the
governor, for transmission to the queen
of England, praying for the appointment
of such a commission.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-08

follows: No member of the board of edu-
ton shall have any pecuniary
interest, directly or indirectly
directly or indirectly receive any gift,
emolument, reward, or promise of reward,
for his influence in recommending or pro-
curing the use of any book, map, or school
apparatus or furniture of any kind in any
public free school of this state. And any
school officer or teacher who shall violate
this provision, besides being removed
from his post, shall be subject TO a PEN
atty of not less than $40 nor more than
$500
I'm the light of day, go before the grand
inquest of the country, make your accu-
sation, and take the consequences. Do
not stab in tho dark"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-08

by securing the necessary collar
and tag for 1895. The officers
are impartial and take every dog
that has no license and any one owning a
canine pet should see to 1t that the tax Is
paid, also that the pet wears tag. This
weather is very severe and dangerous TO
Treasurer Delury keeps a supply of tags
on tap at the city hall from 8 o'clock a. IN.
till o'clock p. m. If he happens TO be out
Judge Rockwell will supply all applicants,
or Chief Pagan will gladly issue the receipt
and tag. so there is no valid excuse for
any doggie going without the necessary
shield of protection.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-08
BATTLE WITH ROBBERS.
Thieves After Farmer Johnson's Money
Ran Into "a Hornets Nest.

Thieves After Farmer Johnson's Money
Ran Into "a Hornets Nest.
SALEM, Ohio, Jan. 7.-During the worst
of last nights binding storm of snow
battle with burglars took place near this
city, and one man was fatally injured. 1t
was shortly after dark when three masked
mon entered the residence of William
Johnson, a wealthy retired farmer living
near New Lisbon, on an out of the way
road. They were seen peeping through
the windows as they reconnoitered tho
premises, but the family supposed neigh
borhood boys were playing pranks and
were not alarmed. At about 0 o'clock
there was knock at the door. On OPEN
ing it Mr. johnson vas confronted by a
revolver. "Hands upr' was ordered and
three unwelcome visitors coolly walked
inside and shut and bolted the door. John
son, his wife and two daughters made no
attempt at resistance, but another
daughter, who was in the kitchen, heard
the command, and, diving its significance,
fled through the back door and ran to the
nearest neighbours residence, a quarter of
a mile away.
James McCord and his two stalwart
sons armed themselves and went to the
rescue. They caught the burglars in the
act Oh luo oOhuSOu 10
compel them to tell where their money
was hidden. The McCords opened fire,
and terrible battle ensued. One of the
robbers fell. shot through the thigh, at
the first volley. A fusillade was kept up
through doors and windows, the contest
ants fighting "Indian style'' from behind
furniture and other sheltering objects.
Old man McCord was hit early in the
fight, and soon after one of his boys was
shot, while Farmer Johnson, who had
done his share of the fighting with an
iron poker, was shot through the body.
The burglars finally picked up their
wounded comrade and retreated in the
darkness, firing as they fled.
A messenger was sent to New Lisbon
and the town aroused. Sheriff Moffatt
organized posse and started in pursuit,
the trail being followed through the snow
by means of blood marks from the
wounded man. The drifting snow soon
obliterated all traces, however, and to-
day hundreds of armed men secured
woods and fields with the blind hopes of
running across the gang. The burglars
secured S195 in gold, two gold watches, a
diamond ring and silverware. They failed
to find $500 that was hidden in the house.
1t is believed that Mr.. johnson will re-
cover, though shot in the abdomen, and
the McCords. shot in thigh and side, will
get well. If the robbers are caught no
quarter will be given to them by the angry
farmers.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-08

The Great Northern railroad is tho only
line to tho East running through first
class sleeping cars from Butte. Through
sleeping car leaves Butte at o'clock a.
m. daily, arrives at St. Paul 7:l5 a. IN.
second day following and makes close
connections with all morning trains for
Chicago and tho East. No vexatious trans
fers at small junction stations.