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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-08-21
HAS NO EQUAL AS A HUMORIST.
Mark Twain'S Name a Household
Word in Every Land.
WAS HERE THIRTY YEARS AGO.

Series of Letters on Hawaii Pasted in
Volcano House Register - Tourists
Entertained by PersGing Them-Tsn
Years as a Publisher Financial Crash
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NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-A special to
the World from Guatemala says: The
real intent of the meeting at ANA
paya of the Presidents of Nicaragua,
Honduras and Salvador was, it is
asserted, to form a union of those
three countries, excluding Costa Rica
and Guatemala, but that Guatemala
insisted on being in the union and
Mexican influence was brought to
bear to destroy the project. Another
attempt to form a union, including
Guatemala, will soon be made, it is
said.
1t is an open secret in government
circles that conspiracy has been dis
covered, with headquarters in this
city and ramifications in all the prin-
cipaI towns of the country, to over
throw President Barrios, who intends,
it is declared, to proclaim himself die
tator Only a small part of the gar
rison is allowed to be absent from the
barracks at a time.
A cable to the World from Santa
Ana says: Among the new troops
being stationed here are many Qua
temalans. There is general fear that
this is the prelude to Guatemalan
domination.
SAN SALVADOR, Aug. 3.-MartiaI
law is still in force. President Gui-
terrez is constantly guarded. 1t is
reported that, seeing the hopelessness
cs bis position, and being desirous of
keeping the country peaceful, he has
offered to resign, but the leaders of
his party insist on his remaining in
power.
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ports for the last six months show an
increase of 165, 900, 900 marks, cOmpar-
ed with the same period of 1894. The
increase in sugar alone is 10, 800, 900
marks.
Prince Max of Saxony has been or
dained a priest by the Bishop of Eich-
stadt, Bavaria, his father, Prince
George of SaXony, being present.
The congress OF the International
Bicyclists Association will be held at
Cologne from August 18th to August
Goth. \ number of American wheel
men, including Wheeler, Zimmerman,
Banker and Johnson, will compete for
the worlds championship.
During the early part of the week
severe thunderstorms and cloudbursts
did much damage throughout Ger
many. In Bavaria the village of
Geiselheriug was entirely destroyed,
with much loss of life. Six persons
were killed in one province.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-08-21
a sEALsKIN SCANDAL.
Serious Charge Against the Officers of a
Russian Warship.

LONDON, Aug. 3.-An extraordinary
scandal has just come to light in con-
nection with Russia and the Behring
Sea patrol. About the middle of last
winter a firm of fur brokers in Ham
burg received 5000 sealskins, with
instructions to forward them to Lon
don in time for the big February sale
which occurs here every year. It was
noticed that the packages did not bear
the usual marks, and what also struck
people as peculiar was that not one of
the skins had a bullet-hole in it. It
is now reported, on good authority,
that these skins were sent by the Off
GERS of the Russian warship which
left Robins Island last September,
and it is presumed that the enterprise
was the private speculation of those
who were sent there to protect the
seals. The Russians were encamped
on the island for four or five months,
and, as is customary, no one was al
lowed to land on the island during
their stay there. It is presumed that
the crew employed their time in club
bing these seals. The skins were sold
at Lampson's big sale here last FeDru-
ary.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-08-21
COTTON MILLS FoAI JAPAN.
Large Oakland Plant About to be Re-
moved to the Orient.

Large Oakland Plant About to be Re-
moved to the Orient.
OAKLAND (CaI.) }, Aug. 3.-The di-
rectOrs of the California Cotton Mills
in East Oakland have for some time
had under consideration a proposition
to remove their entire plant to japan.
The company was organized in 1883
with a capital of $500, 900, has given
employment to as many as 800 en-
plOyees at time, and has paid out
not less than 81 900. 600 in wages; but,
as the superintendent explains the
situation, the Wilson tariff bill, sup
plemented by the determination of the
State Prison Directors to go into the
manufacture of ore bags, cotton rope
and twine, makes it impossible to
carry on the mills at figure which
will return even a moderate interest
on the investment.
The striking part of the affair is the
offer that Japan makes to induce the
transfer of the plant to that country.
Japan will give absolute exemption
from all taxation for twenty years,
and will promise able-bOdied male
expert labor for Is cents a day, while
for girls and boys all that is asked is S
cents jay
The removal of this mill to Japan is
no new experiment on the part of the
Japanese. They have already over
100000 spindles running and are con-
stantly adding to their plant. To take
over an American mill which has
been tested by twelve years of expe-
rience, and the machinery of which is
adapted to the manufacture of ore
bags, cotton rope and cotton twine,
which Japan has thus far not under
taken to manufacture, would be an
excellent stroke of business for Japan.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-08-21
A DROUGHT PREDICTED.
The SUNDAY Closing Law to be Enforced
in New York.

The sunday Closing Law to be Enforced
in New York.
NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-President
Roosevelt and his colleagues in the
Police Board have determined that the
record of tomorrow shall disprove allie
cations that there is any relaxation
on the part of the police on the Sun
day closing movement. Tomorrow q
new plan will be followed, and if
there is one "wet" spot within the
confines of Manhattan Island, Roose.
velt declares it will not be the fault
of the police. The efforts of the po-
lice and their allies, the City Vigi-
lance League and citizens, will be di-
rected toward saloon keepers who last
Sunday resOrted to subterfuge and did
business in defiance Of the police and
the spies who were detailed to watch
them.
a list of such places in every pre-
cinct was prepared during the week by
the respective commanders and a copy
furnished to the Police Commission
ers.
Saloon keepers who have main
tanned a defiant attitude and persisted
in supplying beer to the customers
from back rooms or from the base
ment or apartments in some building
other than place licensed will GER
tainly, Roosevelt thinks, fall into the
clutches Of the police tomorrow. Any
one caught may expect to be severely
dealt with.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-08-21
Do>'r LIKE AMERICANS.
Emperor William Expresses His Preju.
dice in Strong Language.


New YORK, August 3.-A recent
letter from London tells a story which
is of unusual importance. 1t has been
noted thai Emperor William of Ger
many was very chary of extending
his invitations to Americans for the
kiel fetes. He could not avoid ask
ing En- bassadOr Bayard and our naval
attache at the court of Vienna, but
these were all the Americans hidden,
while invitations were lavishly dis
tributed among representatives of
other powers. Notwithstanding the
fact that POultney BigelOw, who was
a schOolmate of his majesty, is an in
innate friend OF William, there has
been a feeling for some time that
Americans are not popular with that
mOnarch. Direct confirmation of this
impression comes now. The Emperor
has number of intimate friends
among the English nobility. To one
OF these he sent an autograph letter
asking the nObleman to be his per-
sonal and unofficial guest at the fetes.
the letter ended with the phrase:
'Ihere viii be no Americans present.
= them all" The story is confirmed
by the nobleman, who is now In
New York.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-08-21

| Victoria. He is no stranger in
Hawaii, however, for thirty years
ago or more he spent six months or
more in travelling about these isl-
ands, describing their people and
scenery in his peculiar style. The
letters which he then wrote furnish
as interesting reading today as
when they were published in the
Sacramento Union, although he was
then "to fortune and to fame un-
known" The entire series of his
letters were pasted in the Volcano
House record book, and many tour
lists have been entertained with the
amusing sketches of men and
things as described by him. His
description ofsome of the politicians
of that day has never been equalled
since.
During his stay in this city on
that visit, he made the editorial
room of the PACIFIC COMMERCIAL
ADVERTISER his headquarters, oc-
casionally contributing quaint an
ecdotes to it's columns. Those of
our citizens who became acquaint-
ed with him then, will welcome
his return, although his stay here
may be only for a few hours.
For the last ten years "Mark
Twain" or Samuel L. Clemens,
has been a partner in the pub
fishing house Of Chas. L. Web
ster & CO. of New York,
which has issued many popular
works, among tkem the Life of
General Grant" The firm, how
ever, became financially involved,
and In the crash which followed,
Mark Twain's good name as bus
mess man and fnancier went, as
Jim Fisk said when in a similar
predicament, where the woodbine
twineth." Like many others, he
has been obliged to follow Horace
Greeley's advice, to "go out West"
and begin again, and earn a living
for himself. And he can do it.
By the time he has completed his
circuit as a globe-trotter and a
story-teller, his purse will again be
running over, and he will be able
to publish another book that will
take the cake" as the boys say.
AS a humorist Mr.. Clemens has
no equal, and every one who has
read his "Innocents Abroad" or
Tom Sawyer" will enjoy his en-
tertainment and be well repaid for
the time and money spent. AS
before stated, it will take place at
Independence Park pavilion next
Saturday evening II. NJ.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-08-21
In Kaiser Williams Realm.

BERLIN, Aug. 3.-The German ex-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-08-21
PLANS TO PURCHASE ROME.
They Hope to Make the Pope Once \ gain
Temporal Ruler.

y 1SuteT~
NEW YORK, August 3.-The Worlds
London correspondent cables A story
comes to me which would seem pre-
pOsterous except for it's apparently
unimpeachable authority.
1t is alleged that a number of
wealthy Spaniards have addressed a
communication to prominent and
rich Catholics in France, Austria and
England proposing to raise a fund to
purchase Rome from Italy, and thus
free the Pope from his imprisonment,
although voluntary, and make him
again temporal ruler.
1t is said that the almost bankrupt
condition Of Italy is given as the rea-
son for the belief that the government
would accept the proposition. The
scheme seems wild enough, were it
not that Italy's condition is now one
of the most alarming elements in
Europe, and the situation is rapidly
driving her helplessly tax-ridden peo-
pie toward anarchy.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-08-21
Pacing Record Lowered

DECATUR IlI.), August In the
trial of speed yesterday in the pres
ence of a large number of horsemen
Effie Powers, by Anderson Wilkes,
owned by Brenneman Brothers, and
Pestora Wilkes, by Reglie, owned by
r. r. Montgomery, paced a mile in
2:I5 fiat. This beats the worlds rec
ord one and One-half seconds.
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Susan II. Antbnnv III.

ROCHESTER, N. ", August 3.-For
the second time in her life Susan 3.
Anthony has had to cancel an engage
ment to speak, on account of sickness.
Her sister, Mary Anthony, stated that
Susan was tired out from too steady
work and was going to rest for the re-
maiD6ed of the summer.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-08-21
The CoIi-na volcano in Eruption.

COLIMA, lMexicoN, August 3.-The
volcano at COlima Is again throwing
up huge volumes of smoke and dull,
persistent roaring is heard presagfng
another eruption. People are moving
away from the vicinity of the noun
tain in great alarm.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-08-21

And now Mark Twain, the hu4
morist, author and lecturer, whose
name is a household word in every
land, is expected to arrive here on
Saturday in the Warrimoo from
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-08-21
UNION OF STATES A FAILURE.
Plan to Purchase Rome and Make
Pope a Temporal Ruler.


New York EnfOrces Sunday Law-Oak-
land Cotton Mill Goes to Japan-Seal-
skins Scandal Among Russian Naval
oHcers-Foolish Experiment. Etc.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-08-21
very Old woman Dead.

PROVIDENCE (R L., August s.
Mrs. Annie Murry died at Olneyville
today. She claimed to have been 116
years of age. 1t is known she was
alive los years ago.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-13
TALKS TARIFF.
EX-Speaker Grow Talks on That
and GPeenbacks.
Incidentally UphOlds the Nc
Kinley Tariff Law.
PETER TALKS ALSO.
His Speech About Congressional
Funerals UnWound.
Call of Florida Makes His Plea
for the Armenians.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 15.-Ex- Speaker
Grow Republican) of Pennsylvania
made speech in the house yesterday
of almost an hour on the portion of
the presidents message referring
to the tariff, in which he compared
the old protection tariff laws with the
new customs laws. He showed that
the new law up to December l had
produced a deficiency of $131, 0G0, 900,
while under protection measures from
1880 to 1898 the revenues had exc eeded
the expenditures by 1910, ooO,oOo
He attributed the depletion of the
gold reserve to the payment of cur
rent deficiencies out of the reserve and
maintained that the green backs would
not menace the reserve if there was
sufficient revenue.
1.-THE present administration, said
Mr.. Grow, ''seems to have begun
where Buchanans administration left
off" applause and laughter on the
Republican side.) As to the Presi-
dents charge that the Mckinley Gus
tums law impeded our entrance to the
markets of the world, Mr.. Grow de-
clared amid Repu blican applause that
no market was better than the Ameri-
can market. sit consists" said he,
of 10000, 900 people who consume
more than any people the sun shines
ou." For no similar period had the
balance of trade been so much in our
favor as during the three years the
Mckinley law was in operation. Mr..
Grow referred to the elections last fall
as condemnation of the new tariff
law and the policy of the administra-
ton, and warned the President when
he had leisure to attend to public
affairs, not to disregard the new com
mand of the people. The house at
1875 adjourned until Monday.
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PETER AND CALL SPEAK.
Congressional Funeral Reform and Turk
ish Barbarism Discussed.

ish Barbarism Discussed.
WASHINGTON, Dec. lathe proceed
ings of the Senate covered the entire
range of legislation from the intro
duction of petitions, bills and resolu-
tions to the passage of bills and in
Guided two formal addresses. Almost
an hour of the session was devoted to
listening to a speech by Senator
PETER in advocacy of his bill curtail-
ing the expenses incurred in Congress
sional funerals, and providing that
sergeant alarms shall take the place
of the committees now sent out by the
two Houses as escorts to the homes of
the remains of deceased mem bers. He
instanced the obsequies of the late
Senator Plumb, in which he
had participated, and said that
while the cost of that funeral had
amounted to over So, 900, the average
value of an American farm, he had
learned that the amount fell below
the average. Mr.. PETER declared that
the expenditures on account of funeral
expenses were continually growing,
until the average cost had increased
to 81, SAG. The last thirteen burials of
the seventy-three which had occurred
from the Senate had cost more than
all the other sixty. OF the LOT Sena-
TORS VINO AaO olod Wnl1c III service, the
expenses were greatest in the case of
the late Senator George Hearst of Cal
ifornia, whose funeral cost the govern
ment $21, 322. He asked in conclusion
that the bill be made the unfinished
business of the Senate.
Mr.. Call then addressed the Senate
upon his resolution declaring it to be
the duty of the civilized powers to
suppress the cruelties alleged to be
perpetrated upon the Armenian sub
jects of Turkey by the Turkish au-
thorities.
The Senate then went into executive
session, and at P. m. adjourned till
| Monday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-13
sugar Refinery At seattle.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. lathe mer-
chants of Seattle, Wash, have made
an offer to the Hawaiian planters.
They are willing to furnish site for
a sugar refinery, remit State and
county taxes for a term of ten years,
and offer other inducements The
idea is to ship raw sugar to Seattle
and refine it there, the vessel return
ing with merchandise or freight. If
the offer is accepted it will be a Sc
we're blow to San Francisco, which
now virtually controls the Hawaiian
trade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-13
Horrible Tales of Wicked Phil
adelphia People.
Awful Stories of Vice, Immor-
atty and Crime.
MONEY FOR POLICE.
Senate Investigating Committee
Stirs Things Up.
All Right Under Mr.. Wanna
makers Nose, Too.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 13.-There
has perhaps never been an occasion in
the city when the prevalence of vice,
immortality and crime has been so
prominently brought before the pub
lie as at yesterdays session of the
Senate Investigating committee, when
( Lawyer Petit resumed the inquiry
into the police bureau. Evidence was
given in general way in regard to
disorderly houses, "speak easy" pol
icy shops and opium joints, fourishing
in the police districts, in the slums
and under the very eyes of the patrol
men, with apparently but lit
tie interruption. DR.. Gibbons, a
Presbyterian clergyman living
in the SUM district of the
Fifth ward, drew most narrowing
picture of the condition of things
there. immortality in all shapes and
forms was openly visible, and had de-
fed the efforts of the best citizens to
stamp it out. The police, he said,
were well aware of it, and said they
were unable to do anything. The
vicious class, he said, seemed to be
protected by a powerful political in
fiuenee that controlled all elections.
The police openly electioneered on
such occasions He knew of police
men who had made efforts to better
affairs who had been discharged from
the force. The same kind of testimo-
ny was given by Rev. II. L. Phillips,
colored Episcopalian clergyman, as to
the slum districts of the Fourth, Sew
enth and Eighth wards.
A general idea of the condition of
things in Chinatown was given by
John Duke, janitor of Redmans hall.
Opium places were abundant, gam
bling everywhere and Cinnamon con-
sorted with the most degraded of
white women. AL this is under the
eyes of the police. At one time, he
said, twenty-five gambling tables
were operated in this small section,
and So from each of them was laid
aside each week for the police he
understood. Eugene Lyons, private
detective, told of an investigation he
had made as to the number of
disorderly houses he had found
in thirteen police districts. They
amounted to 629; $50 were in the
Eighth district and I15 in the Sixth.
These two comprise the Philadelphia
"Tenderloin." He said Marguerite
Langdon, one of the keepers of a
house in the Eighth district, had adj
mitted paying Special Officer Richie
money for protection. The woman
being placed on the stand denied ever
paying any money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-13
coLoRED CONFERENCE
Fifty Delegates Present at the Detroit
Afro-Amerienn Heetinp.


DETROIT. Mich, Dec. 15.-The Ma
tional conference of Afro Americans,
called for the purpose of discussing
matters relating to the welfare of the
race, began in the Second Baptist
church yesterday morning. About
fifty delegates put in an appearance,
and the scarcity of prominent colored
leaders was very noticeable. Circuit
Court Commissioner D. Augustus
Straker delivered the address of well
come.
The speaker said that the members
came together to consider the status
of the colored race, and not seek affil-
iation with any party. He said that
the lynchings of the South were blots
upon the civilization of this country,
and that though the constitution
grants the colored man full citizen
ship, he only enjoyed the huslz of it.
He asked the conference to denounce
assaults made upon women by any
person. and in any land, but insisted
that they ask for fair play for their
brothers who are being jerlzed into
eternity without trial He cautioned
the members that they met together
in spirit of peace, and begged them
not to pass useless resolutions which
would be forgotten before the ink was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-13

MEXICO, Mo-, Dec. 13.-The trouble
concerning the visit of the Missouri
Military Academy foot ball team to
Bonneville on October 81 has not yet
been ended. Colonel A. F. Fleet,
principal of the academy, went to
Bonneville and paid Mrs. Helfrich,
proprietress of the Commercial Hotel,
the bill for damages which she had
sent in, and received a receipt. Mean
while Sheriff Ames obtained new
State warrant for the cadets arrest
on a charge of disturbing the peace
Last night the cadets were taken to
Bonneville, where they will probably
be tried.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-13
SIX WITNESSES EXAMINED
Nothing Sensational Developed in the
Hearne Murder Trial,

Nothing Sensational Developed in the
Hearne Murder Trial,
BOWLING GREEN, No, Dec 13.-Up
to o'clock yesterday afternoon there
had been no real meat in the Hearne
murder trial, and even now the prose
cutlon have proven nothing except
that Amos J. Stillwen is dead. They
hint at big developments in the near
future, but the six witnesses examined
have afforded no sensation.
There was some interest yesterday
when the blood-stained ak was pro-
d:sced and identified as the instrument
with which the old Hannibal pork
packer was Drained. Lizzie Julius,
the colored cook for the Stillwells,
identified the ak, but refused to touch
it, and shuddered when it was held
near her.
Mrs. DIR. Gleason related converse
ton with DIR. Hearne in the Stillwell
mansion the night of the murder, and
attempted to show that when DR..
Hearne visited Mrs. Stillwell as her
physician the children were sent away
from home to play. The defense OBJ
jected and were sustained, but not
until the witness had got part of her
story to the jury
Jacob Kornder, W. c. Modisett and
George Mccartney all testified as to
the position of Sttllwell's body, the
condition of the room, the burnt
matches in the hall, the money strewn
in the alley and other matters of sim
liar import. 1t was shown that all
doors were open leading from the
main hall through the dining room,
kitchen, woodshed and into the alley.
The dead mans body was not in bed
where he had lain while asleep, but
was half out of bed, with the knees
resting on the floor, his head on the
pillow and hands stretched above his
head.
It is now claimed that Susie Hay
ward, the Chicago woman whose tes-
timony was SO damaging to DIR. Hearne
in the DeYoung damage suit will be
here to testify. If so she may spring
a new mine under the defense. She is
now at Chattanooga, Tenn.
W. S. League. florist of Hannibal,
described the finding of the body.
His testimony agreed in the main with
that of DIR. Gleason, and tends tc
prove that the man was lying down
when struck. The State is trying to
prove that Sti1lwel1's body was moved
after death to give rise to the belief
that he was rising up in bed to attack
the alleged burglar, who Mrs. Hearne
said committed the deed.