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The San Francisco call., 1895-11-26
SCARED BY THE GHOSTS,
Four Bright Youths Who Went
to Investigate Fled From
PhantomS.
Strange Sights and Sounds Seen and
Heard at the "Witching Hour in
Deserted House.

HAZLETON, Pa, Nov. 25.-Many per-
sons here are terribly worked up over the
alleged spiritual manifestations said to
have been nightly observed in a house on
Alter street. The house was owned by
Thomas Wallace, and is magnificent
structure, built for two families. John
Brizzy occupied one side of it and ]. III.
Bachman the other. 1t is now vacant
because the tenants were afraid of the
ghosts. Gruesome stories have been afoat
concerning the house since il was built
three years ago. Many tenants have lived
in it, but all left after a few weeks expe-
rience.
What Mr.. Brizzy says of it is confirmed
by his neighbors, Mr.. Bachman and FAM
lly, and Brizzy only lived in 1t for two
weeks. He says the floors and walls were
nightly raped, clocks licked off the Sec
onds, bells changed, furniture was moved
by invisible hands and chinaware and
crockery were apparently thrown about
promiscuously.
These stories came to the ears of the
proprietor with such frequency that he
hired number of young men to investi-
gate the case. Arthur Bail, Alfred Walsh,
Samuel Buck and Walter Douglass under
took the work last night.
Ball, 1T isssaid was startled at midnight
by a sudden electrical twitch, his flesh be-
gan to creep, and before him appeared a
specter. His companions are. alleged to
have discovered strange phant6ms moving
about the room snd instantly there was q
simultaneous rush for the door, The
ghost-catchers, in their haste to get out.
forgot their weapons.
The house is for sale at reduced price.
None of the four brave men will ever go
ghost-catching again.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-26
BROT HER HUGH FAILED,
The Nineteenth Century Monasti-
ciSm Was Not Wholly a
Success.
Monks in the New Order Grew Weary
of the Life and Abandoned the
Mission.

NEW YORK, n. Y, Nov. 25.-The
nineteenth century monasticism in the
Episcopal church appears TO have been a
failure in this country. for news comes
from Jericho Mountain, Pa, that the or
der of monks, known as the Community of
st. Benedict, has abandoned its monastery
and given up its work. The Community
OF St. Benedict was the outgrowth of the
Community of the Brothers of the Church,
which was instituted by Bishop Potter in
St. Chrysostom's Chapel Of Trinity Church
in September, 1894, when Brother Hugh
took the vows and became the prior of the
now religious community. Brother Hugh
was formerly a successful business man in
Boston and was known in the world as
Russell Whitcomb.
The object of this institution was to
provide place in the church where de-
vout laymen may live the religious life IN
community and do practical mission work
among children, boys and young men on
church lines" The brothers were to live
among those they were striving to benefit,
visit them in their homes and care for the
sick an6 needy, and to keep boys and
young men from being overcome by the
world, the flesh and the devil.
Devoted people in the church provided a
home for the community on West Thirty
fifth street, near Ninth avenue, in one of
the crowded tenement districts in the city,
and 1.-The Priory," as it was called, soon
became known in that section. Brother
Hugh was joined by other associates, and
within a comparatively brief period of
time young men dressed in a semi-eccle-
siasticaI garb we're familiar figures in that
neigh borhood. But the brothers felt that
their best work could not be done in a cos
mopolitan city, and they decided to re-
move to some rural locality where they
might carry on some enterprise that would
the better benefit humanity. An offer of
q large and commodious farmhouse in
Falsington, Pa, was made to them, rent
free, and thither they removed last April
and opened home for orphaned and Grip
pied children.
In the meantime the brothers had gwen
up their name and become the Fathers
Community of st. Benedict They adopt
ed the full habit of the Benedictine monk
of history, shorn head and sandaled feet.
The life, however, was too austere for
some OF the members of the community
and they returned to the world to pursue
their former callings. Early in the au-
tumn the Falsington house was given up
and the monks repaired to Jericho Noun
tain, near Pineville, Pa, where they lived
In what was little more than temporary
shelter and in great poverty. Recently, it
is said, the two remaining members de-
cided 10 abandon their life and to seek
places for work in other directions. Father
Hugh, the head OF the. community. is at
present with Bishop Grafton of the do
cese of Fon du Lac, Wis, where, it is be-
lieved by his friends here, he will remain
to do work under that Bishops guidance.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-26
CRISIS IN THE DISPUTE.
administrators of British Guiana Declare
That the Imperial Government viii
Assert Its Riqhts

NEW YORK, N. Y, Nov. 25.-Special
correspondence of The United Press at
Georgetown, Demerara, says that big
crisis in the dispute between Great Britain
and Venezuela as to the boundary is near
at hand. The administrators of British
Guiana, acting upon Instructions from the
Government, have made a declaration that
clearly indicates that unless Venezuela
withdraws its claims to a greater part of
the territory in dispute the imperial Gov
ernment is prepared to assert its rights in
British Guiana by force.
The Colonial Legislature voted to the
Government in executive council to open
check for war expenses for the colonial
imperial forces. tits only question OF
few weeks before the roar of cannon and
the clash of arms will be heard in the
southern republic.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-26
ADoLPH WICKE's WEALTH.
He Has Been Worth 100000 and Has
Owed 32HO.OOO.

He Has Been Worth 100000 and Has
Owed S25O,OOO.
Adolph Wlcke, who has been ordered to
pay his wife 500 month alimony, has
filed an affidavit to show that he is utterly
unable to pay anything at all, as he says
he is in most impoverished condition.
The story he tells of his ups and downs
in the race for fortune is an interesting
one, for it shows that, starting with but a
handful of dollars, he rose by mining
speculations and investments to be worth
over 100000. Then he comm snced to lose
money until finally he owed $250,000. Now
he says he owns land in various parts of
the State, but he cannot pay the interest
on the MORTGAGES which his lands carry,
nor can he borrow another dollar upon
them. He asks the court to vacate the Or
der compelling him to pay alimony.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-26

Winners of Ere,tts at Lexington, Pimlico
and Ne1c Orleans.

and Ne,c Orleans.
LEXINGTON, KY, Nov 25.-Four and half
furlongs, Miss Emma won, Whileaway second,
Bella H third. Time, :5919.
Three-quarters of mile, Wildire won, Cerro
Gordo second, Uncle Henry third. Time, L :IS
One mile, Islin won, Chenoa second, Charley
Weber third. Time, l :4S12.
Five and half furlongs, James Monroe won
Old Center second, Fred Barr third. Time, 1 H.
Four and half furlongs, Passed won, Lutte
Lewis second, Ida third Time, 90.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Nov. 25.-Six furlongs,
Bloomer won, Chugnut second, Squire g third.
Time, 1:16L,
Seven furlongs, Jake Zimmerman won Chat
tanooga second, Molle third. Time, 1:34
One mile and q sixteenth, Jim Hogg won,
Tancred second, Dockstader third. Time, :54
One mile, imp. Woolsey won, Newhouse Sec
ond, Jim Flood third. Time, :4615.
Fiteen-sixteenths of a mile Overella won,
Potsdam second, Booze third. Time, :4015.
PIMLICO, Md, Nov. 25.-Five furlongs,
Belle Washington won, Medica second, Miss
Edith third. Time / :05.
Five furlongs, Chiswick won, Halton second,
Too Much Johnson third. Time, 1:O4A
The Baltimore Sun handicap. six furlongs,
Yolley won, Defender second, Septuor third.
One mile, Maurice won, Pitfall second Time.
1:463l. Mckee finished third, but was dis.
qualified.
Five furlcngs, Florrie won, Shakespeare III
second, Premier third. Time, / :041l.
One mile and sixteenth, Marshall won,
Eclipse second, PhGbus third. Time, 1854.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-26
TWO DAILIks coNsoLIDATED.
The Chicago Eremin0 Press Absorbs the
EUeai,lg Journal.

CHICAGO. ILL, Nov. 25.-The first issue
of the great afternoon daily created by the
absorbing of the Evening Journal, the old
est paper in Chicago. by its young and en-
ergetic rival, the Evening Press, made
its appearance to-day. 1t is under
stood that the entire staffs of both papers
will be retained, except where duplication
would cause confusion.
The Evening Press Company, which ap-
pears as the publisher of the consolidated
paper, is capitalized at 100000. 1t con-
sists of George G. Booth, the largest stock
holder and president; John r. Wilson,
late owner of the Journal, who retains a
large block Of stock. and James E. Scripps
of Detroit. These gentlemen constitute
the board of directors. The ombination
will place in the afternoon field a news
paper with news-gathering facilities equal
to those of any Chicago morning paper
and uneXcelled by any evening publica-
ton in the world.
The absorbing of the Journal is the re-
suit of the ambition of the Scripp-Booth
syndicate to complete it's circle of news
papers, which now includes a number of
prominent journals in various parts of the
United States. When the Evening Press
Company was organized five months ago
by Mr.. Booth there began in Chicago de-
cidedly new era in newspaperdom. The
success of the Press Mail has been phe-
nomenal, and its proprietors have since
seen all thepapers in the city, save one,
come down to their price-1 cent.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-26
Mckinley Club Meeting /.

large and enthusiastic meeting of the Nc
Kinley Cub of the Forty-firsu Assembly Dis
trict was held at Pixley Hall, Pacific and Polk
streets, last evening. Speeches were made by
Eli Wilkinson, H. c. Firebaugh, H. A. Steffens,
members of the club are determined to have
harmony in the district in the coming cam
paign. The club will attend the meeting to
be held at Tilton Hall Friday night in body
The meeting was presided over by II. C. Fire
baugh, W.. Nixon acting secre tary. The
Mckinley Club will meet every Monday even
ing in the future at Pixley Hall.
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Was a Journalist and scholar.

PARIS. FRANCE, Nov. 25.-Jules Bar
thelemy Saint-Hilaire is dead. He was
born in Paris in 1905. He was journal
ist and scholar. He worked in an edi-
torial capacity on the Globe, the National
and other journals; wrote number of
books, one of which, Commentary on
Aristotle, F" obtained prize from the Acad-
envy; and was for years professor of Latin
and Greek philosophy in the College of
France.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-26
Held to Answer.

Harry Stuart, waiter, who was arrested on
Saturday night by Officers McMurry and Hol-
brook of the Society for the Suppression of
Vice on the felony charge of keeping his young
wife in q disrepctable house, was Yesterday
held by Judge Campbell to answer before the
Superior Court In $4,000 bonds. Mrs Stuart,
who Is only. II years of age, will be detained
In the Magdalen Asylum pending the arrival
of her mother from Colorado.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-26
Inspector Williams Arrested.

Chinese Inspector Richard Williams was
arrested for battery yesterday on complaint of
q Chinese named Choo Foo. Williams saws the
Chinese had been doing some shady work and
that the trouble was result of some question
able proceeding on the part of the complain
ant. Choo Foo had been carrying stories to
Collector of Customs Wise accusing Williams
OF accepting money, and the Collector has de-
manded proof. Williams has not yet satisfied
the Collector.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-26
WOULD-bE men
And "fias-Beens" Are the Melan-
choIy Fates of Too Many of Our
Younger Generation.

If you have erred in youth, If your eyes
lack luster, if you have used your system
up if you have disordered your liver or
misused your kidneys you should take the
Great Hudyan. You can get it for certain
diseases, but you must first make appllca-
ton to the Hudson Medical Institute.
Hudyan cures certain forms of liver and
kidney affections, impaired vitality and
loss of strength. Hudyan is etiicacious
where other remedies have failed.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-26
Race-Meeti,,g at Redding.

REDDING, CAL, Nov. 25.-Redding is
making arrangements for two days of
horseracing, beginning on Thanksgiving
day. The racing will take place on the
Agricultural Society's track. and the en-
tries are filling rapidly. Excellent sport
is anticipated.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-26

detention OF the schooner Joseph W. Foster
by the Governments on suspicious of violat-
ing the neutrality laws by carrying muni-
tions of war and men to the insurgents in
Cuba. Captain Wheaton has abandoned
his vessel to the Government and proposes
to sue for damages on account Of the
seizure and delay.
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DR.. Smith Enronixed.

CAMBRIDGE, MASS, Nov. 25.-At the
old Cambridge Baptist Church Sunday
evening there was held a memorial service
in honor of the late Samuel Francis Smith.
author of America" During the services
many of the hymns composed by DR..
Smith were sung by the congregation and
choir.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-26

TAINTED BLOOD-Impure blood, due
to serious private disorders, carries myrlads OF
sore-producing germs. Then come sore throat,
pimples, copper-colored spots, ulcers in mouth,
old sores and falling hair. You can save trip
to Hot Springs by writing for BLOOD Book to
the old physicians of the Hudson Medical In
stitute, Stockton, Market and Ellis streets.
LIVER-When your liver is affected you
may feel blue melancholy, irritable and easily
discontented You viii notice many symptoms
that you really have and many that you really
do not have. You need good liver regulator,
and this you should take at once. You can get
it from us. Write for book on liver troubles,
ssAll About the Liver" sent free.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-26
HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE,
Stockton. Market and Ellis StS.

KIDNEY Remedies are now sought for by
many men, because so many men live rapid
lives-.use up their kidneys. If you wish TO
have your kidneys put in good order send for
our Kidney Regulator, or better, learn some
thing about your kidneys and how to make the
test. The book, "a knowledge OF Kidneys"
sent free,
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Viii Sue the Government.

LEWES, DEL. Nov. 25.-Complications
are likely to result from the seizure and
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-26

Did you ever know Crockers'
to do poor engraving2
227 Post street
2l5 Bush street
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-26

II ud y an will
stop the wasting
away of tissue
and will build up
the nervous sys-
tenn. II I'D Y an
siren gthens, in
Wig ora tie S and
tones the entire
system. Hudyan
cures Ger / ain
form S of lost
manhood, certain
peculiar cases OF
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-26
looted u Bank Safe.

Looted Bank Safe.
MODINE, ILL, Nov. 25.-Tbe State Bank
of Alpha, village south of here, was en-
tered by robbers last night and looted of
$4700. The vault was opened by means
of explosives.
The San Francisco call., 1895-11-26

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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-03-12
W. G. T. 0.
MARTIAL Law.

Thank God for martial lGW!" We
said many times during the weeks in
January when for the safety OF the
community the doors OF the saloons
were closed. How sweet and clean
our city sssmedl No need to go out
into the mud OF the street to avoid
the sickening Odors Of alcohol that
come from twenty drinking places
on our principal corners. No stag
gering Havaiisns nor drunken sail
ors to be Stunned. No dreadful
sounds Of ribsld song and drunken
rowdy so be heard from the brilliant
ly Lighted rooms behind the screens.
For under military law all the
saloons we're closed. And whyf
All the restaurants were running
as usual, soups and coffee and tea
were served as at other times. The
soda water fountains were In full
play, and ginger ale and sarsaparIlla
were to be had at any drug store.
The candy stores we're selling their
sweets aud the bakeries their bread
All WAS just as usual, and after the
hrst few days our streets were as
lively with busy throngs as ever.
Only the doors OF the places where
gin and whisky and beer are sold
were shut. No one seemed very
sorry. No children went hungry to
bed because the saloons were closed.
No families suffered for the necessi-
ties or life because the husband aud
father could not have his daily
potation. On the contrary, unAc-
customed JOY reigned IN many q
home, when the father rstarusd
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-03-12
Postage Stamps.

Two hundred million 2 cent post
age stamps that are reported as
worthless by postmssters throughout
the country, have been called in by
the Postmaster General and will be
destroyed. Although 200,000,000
seems to be an enormous number, it
Is really trihIng compared with the
number Of stamps used by the Amer
loan people each year, and would not
last more than twenty days. It re-
quires about 100000 stamps a day
to conduct the correspondence of our
population, or a total of 4, $50, 000,000
for the year. There is not as much
letter writing these times as there
was when the country was more
prosperous, but a decided increase
has been noticeable during the last
two months. The weight Of the
mails is an accurate barometer of
business affaiTs.-S. F. Call.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-03-12
of Interest to Managers of Plan
fafiOus.

A Model Plant is not complete without
Electric Power, thus dispensing with
small Engines.
Why not generate your power from
one CENTRAL Station ? One generator
can furnish power to your Pumps, Ceniri-
fugals, Elevators, Flows, Railways and
Hosts also furnish light and power for
u radius of from Is to 20 miles.
Electric Power being used saves the
labor of hauling coal in your field, also
water, and does away with hing priced
engineers, and only have one engine to
look after in Your mill.
Where water power is available, 1t
costs nothing to generate Electric Power.
THE HAWAIIAN ELEC TRIO COMPANY Is
now ready to furnish Electric Pants
and Generators of all descriptions at
short norice, and also has on hand a
large stock of Wire, Chandeliers, and all
Electrical Goods.
All orders will be given prompt atten-
ton, and estimates furnished for Light
ing and Power Plants; also attention is
given. to House and Marine Wiring.
THEO. HOFFM2NH,f
3940-tf Manager
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-03-12

sober at nigtt with his days wages
inta:t.
But why, as q military necessity"
were the saloon doors shut aud
bolted? We all know well enough.
Even in peaceful times these drink
ing places are a menace to any com
m1nity; they are every where breed
ers of anarchy and treason; the
tendency of the drinks they retail is
always to excite the worst passions
of men, and induce riot and crime.
And now it is all over and the
saloons are running again as usual.
We cannot pass along some OF our
chief thoroughfsres without holding
our breath to avoid taking in a Whit
of the vile stuff All the evils OF the
traffic" we know so well are In foil
play; and, we who were so happy to
have our friends exempt for time
from the temptations of these drink
ing places, must again take up our
burden of anxiety, for the devil is
free in Honolulu once more!
What are we going to do about it?
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-03-12
THE GAME OF RUSSIAN WAR;,
It is Much Affected By the Boat
Boys.
Onfcer Patterson DIscourses on the Dir
RcuIty OF Making Arrests for
Gambling Ohenses.

"See those fellows over there In
that boat on the Kinau's wharf"
said Harbor Policeman Patterson
yesterday afternoon. "They are
bending over now and have their
ewes directed on a spot near the
center Of the circle which they
form. Now you see them sit up.
Some are disappointed and there
is one who seems to be in good
spirits. They are playing at a
game of chance called Russian
War;"
"a small piece of canvas with
six figures IN as many squares is
spread out before a lot of gamblers.
A player puts his money down on
a certain one of the figures. a
box containing three dice each
marked with the same figure repre-
scented on the canvas, is shaken.
Should figure on one dice CORE
spOnd to the one on which the
player has placed his stake, then
the banker is forced to give him
the amount called for. Should
two dice turn up with the same
figure the player gets twice the
amount from the banker. In case
of three, the amount is trebled."
"I have been watching the pro-
gress of this game for the past
week. The crowd that you see
yonder is made up entirely of ma
tive boys whose ages do not exceed
twenty years. They never seem to
be doing any work, and yet are al
ways flush Where they get the
money from is mystery to me. 1
have sent persons around to watch
the game and these have reported
to me that the stakes run as high
as a dollar. Of course the banker
is the winner in the end, as usual.
"The boat is a very convenient
place for them, since they can hide
the gambling apparatus whenever
any police special approaches.
Again, they have full survey of all
the approaches. AS soon as I get
anywhere near the place those ras-
calls at once get up on the gunwale
of the boat and commence discus
sing the news of the day.
Nothing can be done unless they
are 'nabbed' in the act of gambling,
and that is not 80 easy as it looks
on first sight. You can see
them from a distance and you can
hear them talking about gambling,
but to catch them is an entirely
different matter"
About 5 o'clock yesterday, owing
to information sent to the police
station, a squad of mounted and
unmounted police surrounded
Wilder & Co.'s lumber yard and
captured thirteen natives In the act
of playing this game. They were
escorted to the police station be-
tween two files of police, to the de-
lectation and wonderment of
passers-by. A story started end
gained credence that a mutiny had
occurred on the whaler Gayhead
and that the whole crew had been
arrested, but it was not so. In
conversation with one who knows,
the ADVERTISER representative was
informed that the term Russian
War" applied to this game is really
a corruption of "Rouge ct Noir,"
the game played at Monte Carlo,
Homburg and other fashionable
gambling resorts.