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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-09-12
ARTISTIC BED-MAKING.

The art of bed-making is not any too
we'll understood. In the morning each
blanket and sheet should be taken sep
arately from the bed and hung over
chair to air for an hour or so. The mat
tresses should be turned before the bed
is made. Put on the under sheet, tuck
ing it in we'll at the head. Pass the
hands over it carefully to take out
every wrinkle, and then tuck 1t IN at
the sides and foot. Next place the boil
ster in position. Put on the upper
sheet, tucking it we'll under the mat
tress at the foot. Next put on the bIan-
kets, tucking them in at the loot ana
sides. Now turn the sheet down on the
blankets and then turn blankets and
sheet both down in one smooth fold.
Next put on the spread, letting 1t come
over the bolster Then over the bolster
place the pillows that are used during
the day. All through the work bear IN
mind that it is important to have the
mattress level and to put on the sheets
blankets and spread without wrinkle
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-09-12

The Peninsular is slowly becoming
vacated. Honolulu is beginning to
lose its hot summer breath.
The many ladies of the city who are
interested in their children learning
to dance will be glad to learn that Mrs.
Gum, who returned from the coast on
the Australia Saturday morning, will
resume her dancing classes on larger
scale and will introduce some new
features which she CLEANED while away
in the States.
Although not much has been said
about golf still it has gained a footing
in Honolulu that will make it one of the
games of the future on the islands.
Punahou and Nuuanu, two of the most
delightful localities of the city, barring
COWS which prevent the wearing OF
red blazers or stockings, are the places
where the present links are situated.
The next thing on the program is the
tournament.
80 \
Last Wednesday evening Mrs. A. =
Willis gave a pretty dance at the Vo1
Holt home, Waikiki, in honor of hel
sister, Miss Dulaney, who is making 6
short visit in Honolulu.
The spacious grounds were decorated
with varicolored Japanese lanterns Sc
here and there among the trees ant
| shrubbery Settles and comfortable
| chairs on the lawn gave the dan
| GERS a splendid opportunity to tax
short rests from the merry whirl of tn
| dance.
Among those present were Hon. S
M. Damon. U. S. Consul General Eli
Mills, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Porter Boyd
British Vice-Consul and Mrs. T. Rain
Walker, Captain Watson, Lieutenan
Harris and Mrs Harris, Ensigns Pres
ton and England of U.S.S. Adams, Nh
and Mrs. F. NJ. Swanzy, Mr.. and Mrs
John S. Walker, Mrs. Gum, Misse
Maud Willard, Kelsey, Axtell, Law
renee, May Hart, Carter (2), Young g
Along 81, Ella Thrum, Field, Camp
bell, Henneghan, Judge c. F. Har
| DR.. Howard, DR.. G. B. Cooper, PROBES
sor ingalls,, George c. Potter, W. c
Parke, B. Marx, Armstrong Smith, "
H. Cornwell, Jr., Walter F. Dillingham;
|
Charles K Hyde, Harry Wilder an
D. T. Thrum.
The Hawaiian club furnished tn
music for the occasion.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-09-12
A FURNITURE NOTION.

To restore the elasticity of the seats
of cane chairs, turn up the seat and
with hot water and sponge wash the
cane work so that it may be thorough
" soaked. If dirty, use little soap.
Dry in the air and ii will be as good
as new.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-09-12
A NEW PEN EXTRACTOR.

Silver pen extractors are new &C
cessary to the writing desk this season,
and although small they are strong
enough to extract the most stubborn
pen from it's holder, and fill a long-felt
want.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-09-12
SIBYL

Mrs. John S. Walker announces her
at home days as the first and third
Thursday of each month.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-09-12

Ouida. as you may know, has left off
writing novels for a time and devotes
her attention to essays. They are gen
orally vigorous and characteristic, how
ever much we may object to her stand
point In a late article, however, she
make an appeal to women for greater
kindness to animals, an appeal for
which there is, alas! considerable need.
There are two periods in the life of
a woman when she is almost omnlpo-
tent for good or i'll. These are when
men are in love with her, and when her
children are young enough TO be left
entirely to her and to those whom she
selects to control them. How many
women in ten thousand use this unllm-
tied power which they then possess to
breathe the quality of mercy into the
souls of those who for the time are as
wax in their hands? They will crowd
into the speakers box to applaud de-
bates which concern them in no way.
They will impertinently force their sec
ond hand opinions on Jack and Jill IN
the village or in the city alleys. They
will go on to platforms and sing comic
songs, or repeat temperance platitudes,
and think they are great moral force
in the Improvement of the masses. This
they will do, because it amuses them
and makes them of importance. But al
ter their own lives, abandon their ia
! vorite cruelties, risk the sheer OF
society, or lead their little children te
the love of nature and the tenderness
of pity, these they will never do. Mercy
is not in them, nor humility, nor sym
pathy."
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-09-12

How far is Ouida right? In one re-
spect her censure is deserved. The mod
ern hat is witness to the cruelty of most
women, telling as it does the tale OF the
awful slaughter of birds. [ read that
the coming winter will see greater
atrocities in millinery. One of the new
est creations is a perfect burying-
ground in it's number of dead birds, the
whole emblazoned by two magnificent
birds of paradise. 1 might repeat to you
narrowing tales of the cruelty involved
in this fashion of trimming hats, but
you have heard them all before, and
buy aigrettes for your new hat as
quickly as if you did not know that a
whole family of young birds is destroy
ed by killing the mother for her beauti-
full tuft.
Take your aigrettes off your hats,
and buy no more, or you are open to
Ouida's charges.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-09-12

It is a decided relief to turn to the
September Munsey's and read Alice
Ewing Lewis appreciative remarks on
Mrs. Cleveland's social resources. THE
President has been seen to look bored,
and the Cabinet ladies grow weary, but
Mrs. Cleveland has reduced her social
methods to such an art-for art it must
be. since it would be palpably absurd
to ask of flesh and blood that such hu-
man endurance should be nature-that
she is apparently as fresh at the close
Of the evenings ordeal as at its begin
ming, and as glad to see the last guest
as the first The first lady in the land
Of Democracy sets high standard for
all her sisters. Courtesy and unfailing
good manners are the perfume of hui
man intercourse, a delicate perfume
that permeates some natures, but is
only rarely adopted by others.
SIBYL.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-09-12

Scientists tell us that many species
Of beautiful birds are being simply
hunted out of existence by this craze
for wings, aigrettes and stuffed birds.
They inveigh against this folly of the
weaker sex, rather from the scientific
standpoint, for surely their love of
hunting cannot give them any vantage
ground for criticising cruelty in women.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-19
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES
Father and Two Sons Meet a
Horrible Death.
A KENTUCKY LYNCHING
Son Begged Piteously to See His Mother, but
to No Avail.
A WRECKlNG TRAIN IN A DITCH
One Man Killed and Three Others Fatally
Injured-Meagre Details of B. & o.
Wreck, Many Reported Killed
An Assassnated.
A WRECKlNG TRAIN IN A DITCH

Russellville, Ky, DEC. 18.--Dink and
Arch Proctor, father and son. were taken
from Jail at 2 o'clock this morning and
hanged to cedar tree, just outside the
town, and Bill Proctor, another son, was
shot and killed in his cell. A mob of
about 100 men broke into the jail about
80 o'clock this morning by batterng
down the door with sledga hammers. The
jailer was forced to give up the keys
The Proctors were up, as they had been
warned the day before of what was to
come. Bill Proctor swore he would not
leave his cell alive, and as he was pow
erful man and hard to handle, one of the
mob shot him wit pistol. Immediately
afterward charge Of buckshot was fired
at him, and as he fell volley of pistol
shots were fired. About thirty balls en-
tered his body. After Proctor was down
a man entered the cell and placing piss
toll a the head of the fallen man pulled
the trigger, and thus died the most dam
gerous man in Logan county.
The mob then took Dink Proctor and
his son, Arch, out of their cells AMI
bound their hands after the jailor had
made an unheeded plea for mercy for the
father. The mob, which had now in
creased to 200 men, escorted the prison.
ers to a three-limbed cedar tree on the
Nashville road and strung father and
son up side by side. Their bodies were
cut down this morning. The mob came
from Adairville and they cut all the tel
egraph wires leading from that point in
order. to prevent notice being given of
their coming.
Mrs. Proctor, wife of Dink and mother
of Arch and Bill, was asleep in hotel
here when the lynching took place she
had come to attend the examining trial
today and Arch begged the mob pitifully
to be allowed to see his mother before ne
was hanged but his request was re-
fused.
Arch Proctor killed Aaron and Doc
Grafton at Adarville Oct. "a. Bill and
Dink were charged with conspiring to
have the Craftons killed. Their trials
were set for today.
Bill Proctor was one of the four who
were charged with hanging Ed Traugh-
Der about two years ago. He has killed
several men and has been tried four
times for his life, but always escaped on
trial and this fact caused the mob to
take the law in its own hands. Dink has
always been a quiet fellow and this Is
the first time he has been in trouble. the
general public approve the killing of Bill
and Arch, but thought that Dink should
have been left alone. Great crowds are
viewing the dead bodies.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-19
A TERRIBLE WRECK.
One Man Killed and Three Others Sc
riously Injured.

One Man Killed and Three Others Sc
riously Injured.
indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 1S.-At $50
o'clock this morning a wreck occurred at
the crossing of the Wabash and Monon
railroads at Delphia, Ind. A wrecking
train was hurried out over the latter road
from Monon, and while running at
high rate of speed near Guernsey, five
miles south of Monon, a fiat car of the
wrecking train jumped the track and the
entire train went into ditch. One man
was instantly killed and several were in
jured.
The names of the killed and injured are
as follows:
CECIL DOUGLASS, of Hammond,
Ind, who was stealing ride, instantly
killed.
legs crushed.
John Reed, conductor injured inter-
nally.
Otto Long, brakeman, of Medarysville,
cut about the face and head; not Sc
riously injured.
The nature of the disaster on the Wa
bash to the relief of which the Monon
special was going has not yet been re-
ported.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-19
THE TRADE PALACE.

has a miniature representation Of the
Henley public school building in its show
window The idea of representing OBJ
jects at home should be encouraged.
There are so many objects of interest
about Birmingham that there is no need
of looking elsewhere. The furnaces, for
example, are unique and picturesque.
No painter has yet succeeded in painting
the variegated prismatic hues of the red
hot iron after a run. As the red-hot
metal gradually cools the flames from 1t
fade from the most beautiful colors to a
dull gray-so fades the summer cloud
away. 1t dies amid it's colors like the
dying chameleon. 1t is as beautiful as
an iridescent dream.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-19
THE WORK OF A DRUNK MAN.
Shoots Fatally q Bookkeeper at His Desk
His Aim Was True.

Charlotte, N. c., Dec. 1S.-W. G. Lake,
of Knoxville, Tenn, who has been en-
ployed for three months past in the Sin
ger sewing machine office in this city as
bookkeeper, was shot down at his desk
today by L. j. Kirk, janitor of the city
hall building. The bullet passed through
Lakes body just over the heart, lodging
under the skin on his back. He was car
ried to his boarding house across the
street, where two physicians attended
him. He is still living, but the chances
for his recovery are very slim.
Kirk went into the office with the in
tention of killing T. 3. Mangum, the city
agent. Mangum has taken a sewing ma
chine from Kinks house because Kirk
had failed to pay the installment money,
and that incensed him. AT the time Kirk
entered the office Mangum was at din
ner Lake was posting books at his desk
and answered Kinks questions, when
Kirk, without warning, drew pistol and
shot him. Kirk was drunk at the time.
He is locked up.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-19
A SENSATIONAL CASE.
In Which Many Prominent New York
Capitalists are Involved.

Capitalists are Involved.
Albany, N. Y, Dec. S1.-A sensational
case was begun before the attorney-gen-
eral of the state of New York today.
Mortimer Hendricks, Of New York City,
a bondholder of the Manhattan Railway
company, which owns and operates the
Elevated Railway system of New York
City, made application to Attorney Gen.
eral Hancock asking him to begin an
action against the directors Of the Man
haitian company for judgment compelling
them to pay back to the railroad COM
pany the amount of money paid to the
stockholders in dividend in excess of sur
plus profits, and removing the directors
from Office and restraining them and
their successors in office from declaring
and paying dividends In excess Of the
profits Of the corporation.
Mr.. Hendricks was directed to serve
notice of his application upon the direct
ors of the company, and a hearing was
set before the attorney-generai for next
Wednesday. The directors whom Mr.
Hendricks desires the court to remove
from office are George Gould, Edwin
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-19
WANTED FOR MURDER.

London. Dec. 1S.-It is learned that Ed
ward Richard Taylor, alias A. w. Plat,
for whom warrant was issued Wednes-
day upon application of the United
States embassy is a Canadian-American
The warrant was served today and Tay-
lor was brought from Oxford where he
has been serving a sentence of six months
in Jail for theft and arraigned in Bow
street police court upon charge of hav-
ing murdered one Toban Trolly In the
state of Kentucky in 1885.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-19
WHERE IS HETsCH?

Cincinnati, Dec. 1S.-Postoffice Inspect
ors Leatherman and Holmes, who have
been examining the books of Postmaster
J. C. Hetsch, of Newport, KY, report a
shortage in his accounts with the govern
ment of between $4,000 and $4,000 Hetsch
has disappeared and his whereabouts are
unknown. He was a leading citizen of
Newport, being president of the New
port Printing and Newspaper company,
publishers of the Kentucky State Jour
nal, and prominent member of the Ger
man Methodist Episcopal church Mr..
Hetsch was a frequenter of the local race
track and is said to have been a liberal
better.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-19
A GEORGIA FROLIC.

Wrlghtsville, Ga, Dec. ia difficulty
occurred al a frolie on Wednesday night
between two brothers named Webb and
Alfonzo Wood and Thomas Mixson, all
young men. The next day the parties
all met and the difficulty was renewed,
resulting in the killing of one of the
Webbs and serious wounding of the 9TH
er, who may die. The other parties are
now in the hands of the Sheriff, awaiting
an investigation. ssss ssssr
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-19
Guardianship Notice.
State of Alabama, Jefferson County
Probate Court, Dec. IS, 1896.

In the matter of the guardianship of Del
ma w. Burdette (nee Delma Wilson,. 1t
appearing to the court that Joseph +.
Wilson, having been duly cited to file his
account and vouchers, in the matter of his
guardianship of tie estate of Delma w.
Brunette, formerly Delma Wilson, has failed
to file said account and vouchers, The
account and ordered that the 18th day of
January, 1897, be set for passing said ac-
count and that notice of same be given by
publication for three successive weeks in
the State Herald. M. T. PORTER,
12-19-oaw-3w Judge of Probate.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-19
A HEAVY GALE.

Chatham, Mass, Dec. 1s.-The gale of
Wednesday was the most disastrous in Its
results for twenty years. Nearly all of
a fleet of $50 fishing boats were either
driven on the shore or sunk at their moor
dngs. Trees and fences were leveled and
Chatham beach was given a terrible
washing which greatly handicapped the
life saving patrol Wires are down In
all sections and trains are day behind
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-19

Gould, Howard Gould, Russell Sage,
Thomas r. Eckert, Samuel Sloan, Rob
ert M. Galloway, Donald Mackay, Jo-
seph Eastman, A. l.. Hopkins, G. p.
Morosini, Warren b. Smith and John j.
Terry.
The officers of the company are: Pres
ident, George j. Gould; secretary and
treasurer, ID. w. McWilliams, and the
general manager w. ]. Franzioli.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-19
Japan MIXED IN IT.

Madrid, Dec. 18.-La Pals asserts that
it has been definitely proved that Japan
has landed men and munitions of war
upon PHILIPPINE Islands, and that Phili-
pine rebels are commanded by japanese
officers Two more battalions of troops
have sailed for Manila.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-19
RESISTED AND WAS KILLED.

Columbia S. c., Dec. 18.--A special to
the State from Greenvilie, S. c., says:
This afternoon Dispensary Constables
Crawford, May and Buies made a raid
into the dark corner" seven and one
half miles above Greers, and attempted
to search the house of John Sims Sims
attacked the consta bles with a rifle and
in the fight Sims received four wounds
and was killed. Sims is said to be an es-
capped convict from Columbus, Polk coun-
ty, North Carolina, charged with killing
two men in that state. f'''
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-19

Mariposa, arriving yesterday, brought
81, 900 500 in sovereigns,. The money is
the last of several shipments That have
been made during the past year to equal
lie the balance of trade between this
country and the English merchants in
Australia
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-19
TEXAS TO BE REPRESENTED.

Austin, Tex, Dec. 1S.-In compliance
to a call from Governor Mitchell, of Flori-
da. for a convention to meet at Tampa,
Fla, January 20, to discuss the best meth
DDS of harbor defense in case of war, for
southern ports, the governor of Texas has
appointed seven delegates to represent
Texas at the meeting.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-19
A SERIOUS RLAZE.

New York, Dec 1S.--Flre, which started
in the cellar of the fur store of Isadore
Weinberg, No 536 Fulton street, Brook
stock and building to the extent of $780,,
000 The store is in the heart of the
shopping district of Brooklyn.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-19
JUSTICE TO A BRUTE.

Upper Marlboro, Nd, Dec. 18.-James
Smith, short, thick set mulatto, was
hanged here this morning for the murder,
in July last, of Miss Margaret Brown,
a white girl, with whom he claimed to be
in love. He cut the girls throat because
she reDulsed him.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-19
STOLE ANoTHER'S WIFE.
Overtaken by the Irate Husband and
Shot to Death.

Shot to Death.
Macon, Ca, Dec. 1S.-A special to the
Telegraph from Wadley, Ga, says:
Mrs. William Williams, of Laurens
county, ran away with Griffin Lannon's,
a widower, yesterday morning, while
her husband was away from home at
work. Discovering her absence on his re-
turn to dinner he instituted search and
soon learned of her departure with Lam
mons. The outraged husband got into a
buggy and followed the guilty couple
and overlook them this afternoon seventy
miles away. Without word he shot the
villain through the heart. Mrs. Williams
left an infant at her home. Her hus-
band has not been arrested.
A FRIGHTFUL FALL.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-19
ANOTHER WRECK.
A Full Report of Which Is Not Given
MANY Killed. =

Many Killed
Chillicothe, o., Dec. 1S.-A terrible
wreck occurred on the Baltimore and
Ohio Southwestern road at Hamden at
30 o'clock this afternoon The engine OF
passenger train No. ran into lot Of cat
tie and was derailed with three cars. One
postal clerk was killed outright and
Conductor Tom Brown was fatally
mangled. The fireman and another pos
tai clerk are fatally injured and a num-
Der of passengers are reported killed or
injured.
Frank Shannon, of Xenia, o., % years
of age, is slightly injured; NJ. ". King
postal clerk, of Greenfield, and George
Ewing, fireman, are slightly hurt.
BROUGHT PLENTY OF GOLD.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-19
SIGN OF PROSPERITY.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Dec 18.-The Peavy
Elevator company has reduced the wages
of its employees, 500 in number, IS each per
month.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-19
Five Men Drop 1400 Feet and Are
Crushed Into Shameless Masses.

Five Men Drop 1,400 Feet and Are
Crushed Into Shapelass Masses.
= Ouray, Col, Dec. 1S.--A frightful acct
dent occurred in the Virginia mine near
here this morning by which five men
were almost instantly killed. The dead
are: tr.fss~
Gabriel Russ.
John Antras.
Charles Swanson.
Charles Anderson.
Louis Jackson.
The accident occurred in the shaft Of
the Virginius mine, where the unfortu-
nate men were at work repairing the tim
bering of the shaft. They were working
from the cage suspended in the shaft,
having 1T raised and lowered as they pro-
gressed with their work. Just what
caused the accident Is not positive ly
known.
The men were several hundred feet be-
low the shaft house at the time their
last signal was given. The engineer in
answering the signal was Mortified to
find the cable connecting the hoist with
the cage had become slack. There was
nothing to obstruct the descent Of the
cage and it fell with lightning rapidity
to the bottom of the shaft, which is 1,400
feet deep, where it was broken into thous-
ands of pieces, the men being crushed
into shapeless masses In the wrecked
cage.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-19
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

WANTED-To buy two secondhand cash
registers for spot cash; must be good and
cheap. Address Mack care State Her.
a,d 12-19-5t
WANTED-Ladies bicycle; must be in good
condition and at a bargain. Address,
Wheel, care State Herald. sssoa,. 12-19-3t
WANTED-A situation in a store doing any
thing; will work for my board; can give
the best of reference or bond If necessary;
am an engineer and machinist also; any
one needing a man please answer. l.. T.
Steele, postoffice, city. 12-19-3t
WANTED-Good looking girls, with pretty
figure, 16 to 20 years old, to go on the road.
Address, X, general delivery.
LOST-Gold breastpn, star shape, with
pendant, diamond in center and pearl set
Thugs. Return to Dr. Mobley for reward.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-19
Notice to Contractors.
EDUCATIONAL.

Thio institution Is the Oldest largest and
best of its kind in the state of Alabama.
Hundreds of students In good paying posi-
tions. Unexcelled systems of Shorthand and
Bookkeeping. Practical methods. Cata-
visit or address this College before going
elsewhere. Sessions day and night
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-19
THE WEATHER.

Internationally fair; northerly
winds.