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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-14
MY ARTISTIC WIFE.

Her ambition is surprising. She out
does in early rising
The proverbial exhibition of tbs
lark;
For at art she's a beginner, and she:
daily growing thinner;
It's impossible to win her from hel
hobby to her dinner
She is carving, she is starving, till it:
dark.
And this art has come between us, fol
she's sculturing a Venus,
An Apollo. and a Juno, and Pan.
And she's planning for naiad and a
six foot hamadryad,
And she says she has no leisure for a
man!
She takes lessons from a master in the
modelling of plaster,
And is learning from an artist how
to paint;
When he sees her ineffective and irreg>
ular respective,
Then with epithets invective) he re-
marks she is ineffective,
And would weary out a peri or a
saint
Even this does not dissuade her; she
beseeches him to aid her,
And works with double ardor at her
craft,
And so great is her delusion that I'm
forced to the conclusion
That she's crazy and fanatical and
daft.
With her chisel, and her mallet, and
her brushes, and her palette,
And her canvas, and her plaster, and
her clay;
With her tinting, and her staining, and
her shading, and her granting,
Small wonder I'm complaining; for my
love she is disdaining,
And she snubs me, and she dubs me
lin the way
All her interest runs to pigments and
to callaesthetic Pigments,
To dado, or a bas relief, or frieze,
And she begs me to believe her that
my pleadings only grieve her,
When she's painting china vases at
her ease.
She has decorated all things, both the
bulky and the small things,
And put particolored borders on the
floors;
And, returning from her classes, she
bedecks the looking glasses.
There are flowers in groups and masses
painted everywhere she passes
On the stairsl On the chairs! On the
doors,
Oh, We happy hearted spouses, who
have plain, prOsaic houses,
You may sing and may rejoice and
may be glad
That the Fates have blessed your lives
by presenting you with wives
Not afflicted with the decorative fad!
-Munsey's Magazine.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-14
IT WAS HIS F0RTIETH.
How kau Friends Remembered Cap
tain Simerson.
Presented With Splendid Pair of Marine Glasses
Presentation Was Complete
Surprise.

KAU (Hawaii), Oct. Presented
to Captain A c. Simerson, with aloha
nui and best wishes from Kau people. ="
Such was the inscription on a silver
plate fastened to a pair of marine
glasses made in France and by all odds
the very best that could be found in
San Francisco, which were handed to
Captain Simerson Saturday morning
by Manager Hewitt of Naalehu.
1t was about o'clock in the morn
ing and the w. G. Hall had just cast
anchor at Honuapo, when Captain ST.
merson got out of one of the steamers
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-14
JUST RECEIVED BY THE LAST
STEAMER.

No trouble TO show goods Call and
see what we have at
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-14

boats and walked leisurely along the
landing to the office with thoughts of
the prospects of getting large cargo
filling his mind.
Finally he strolled into the Office and
found Manager Hewitt and others wait
ing for him with peculiar smiles on
their faces.
Captain, 1 hear you were 40 years
old yesterday, and that you are cele-
brating the event today" began Mr..
Hewitt. Now 1 have just ordered
big luau, and in order that you may
ever be able to see what is going on
around you on sea and on land, and
continue to maintain the reputation
you have for being one of the most
careful captains that has ever run on
the Inter-Island feet, / take the very
this little remembrance from the people
of Kau, whom you may claim among
the warmest friends you have"
With this Mr. Hewitt handed Cap
tain Simerson the pair of beautiful
marine glasses spoken of above, at the
same time giving him a hearty hand
shake which was meant for all Kau.
Captain Simerson stood for a long
while with the glasses in his hands,
turning them over and over very slow
ly, unable to say one word, so much
surprised and affected was he by this
token of aloha. At last he said he was
thankful to the people of Kau, not
alone for the beautiful present they
which it represented. With this he
shook hands with Mr.. Hewitt and 9th
ers who were around, and then cast
about for some worthy object upon
which to try his glasses.
Just as luck would have it, the Iva
lani, bound for Honolulu with load
of sugar, was just rounding South
Point Captain Simerson declared he
could hear Captain Smythe giving an
order to the quartermaster, that he saw
a flying fish take passage aboard, and
that he could count the number of bags
of sugar in the hold, so good were the
glasses, while Mr.. Hewitt wondered if
it would not be a. good plan to send
for a dozen or more glasses for use on
the plantations if the marvellous quail
ties attributed by the enthusiastic cap
tain were true.
The crew of the Hall were given a
aJ,o f0 ole
Captain Simerson took charge of them
and placed them carefully away in the
case made purposely for them.
The presentation of the glasses was
the outgrowth of a feeling on the part
of the very best men of Kau that some
thing should be done for man who
had given such satisfaction in his ca
pacity of master of the steamer W. G.
Hall and other vessels; of a man who
had always looked after their inter
ests as if they were his very own; of
a man who had at all times looked to
the comfort of their wives and children
while upon his steamer-in short, of
man good hearted, unexcelled as a ship
and withal firm in the performance of
his duty.
The glasses were hit upon as the
most appropriate present that could be
given the captain, and an order was
placed with a firm in San Francisco a
short time ago. The scheme was got
up on short notice, and the response
from all over the Kau district was
most hearty, showing we'll the prevail
ing feeling.
Captain Sfmerson is to be congratu-
lated upon his good fortune. and es-
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pecially upon the feeling that prompt
ed the presentation of the glasses,
which tallies with that of the people
all over the Islands who have had
dealings with him.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-04-23
LOUISIANA EIECTIoN.
The Democrats Have Probably Lost the
state-P -Pharr's Election Claimed, and He
Says HewIllbe InaaEurated.

The Democrats Have Probably Lost the
state -Pharris Election Claimed, and He
Says He wIIlbe InanEurated.
NEW ORLEANS, April 22.-The
item bulletin board contains the follow
ing:
"Pharr has been elected governor The
Item will prove this fact by the evidence
OF 27O Pinkerton detectives present yes
terday at the polls where fraud was car
ried out"
'BERwTCK, La. April 22.-I have
been elected governor by the votes that
were put in the ballot boxes and win be
lnaugirated on the second Tuesday in
May.
(slgned) ]. L. PHARR;"
4 dispatch from ST. John Baptist Par
lsh states that serious trouble has
broken out there over the election re-
turns. Tho report, which Is from DEM
Ouratlc sources, IL to the effect that q
crowd of negroes attempted 10 steal the
parish ballot boxes and five whites re-
sisted; shooting followed and the dis
patch states that several people were
Killed. Tho governor has ordered n
company OF the Louisiana field artillery
under Captain II. b. BOliver Thompson
10 the scene OF the trouble.
II has now leaked out that Captain
Phnrr's campaign committee employed
250 Plnkerton men, who were scattered
throughout the state with the View of
detecting election frauds, The Impress
sion now Is that a good many ballot
box suffers will find themselves In
trouble.
Latcr-The latest returns cause tho
Foster Democrats to claim that they
have carried the state by from 10000 to
25, 900 minority. although PhRrr's rnan-
ayers in this city claim the state by a
small majority. The Erent Democratic
loss from 10000 IN 1892 to very small
minority, even II they are not defeated
in the state, Ia attributed largely TO tho
organization of the national Republi-
can party by the suRa' planters and the
combination entered Into between all
Republicans and 4he Populists.
In 1892 the Democrats polled about
10000 more votes than their opponents
IN this city, while In yesterdays elec-
tion heir majority will not exceed 600
for governor
Congressman Buck, who was the reg
ulaN Democratic candidate for mayor,
tnKcA his defeat phnosophicnlly and
Sans that II was the strong sentiment
ngainst the old city diiE that carried
the dny for the citigens League,
Mr., Buck viii return TO Warrington
In few days and resume his seat In
Congress.
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national Republican convention ana the
following were chosen. Ex-G Governor
Morgan G. Bullsley, OF Hartford; Hon.
John L Hutchlson, Of Essex; Arthur y;
Brewer, of Norwich. and Hon. samuel
Fessenden. OF Stamford The PLATFORM,
which was next read, ana adopteq,
opens with n declaration IN favor OF q
protective tariff and the reciprocity plan
advocated by the late James 9. Blaine.
Upon the currency question the plat.
form says; 1--WE are unalterably opposed
to the issue OF unsecured paper cur
rency. either by the government or the
banks; the free coinage Of silver at any
ratio, and favor q single atandard OF
vniue, and that standard gold. we be.
lleye that this policy, With Q sound and
stable currency upon a gold basis VIII
furnish B1fiicIent revenue to meet all re-
quirementa OF the government and pro-
perly support IL
In less than an hour from the time
the convention was called to order us
business was finished and adjournment
voted. Neither Reed nor Mckinley were
mentioned In the convention. Among
the delegates, however, there was con-
siderable enthusiasm for these TWO as
plrants for the presidential nomination.
No other candidates seemed TO pe
Thought OF
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THEIR voIoE ron PEACE.
west YIrEinianI Attending the Intsrnr
tIonal Arbitration Convention.

west YIrEInianu Attending the InternR-
tional Arbitration Convention.
Special Dispatch to the Intelllgencer.
WASHINGTON, April 22.-The peace
conference and other conferences have
attracted number OF West vlrgInIans
to Washington within the past twenty
four hours, Besides those named in the
intelllgencer Of to-day are Judge j. w.
English, who will be q participant In
the deliberations Of the convention
witch has international arbitration for
platform and among others published
in the list Of the expected, not all OF
whom have arrived. are Judge NJ. II.
Dent. Col, Robert White, Ex-Governor
A. b. Fleming. D. C. Gallagher, Of Char
lesion and William H. Travis, OF Char
Postmaster j. Hoffman Edwards, OF
Weston, 10 here on business with the de-
partment and W. g. MeGarrN OF the
same place, accompanies him.
CONGRESSMAN Huling left to-day for q
brief absence In West Virginia.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-04-23
TENNEssRR REPUBLIOANs
In state conyentlon-Two sets OF Dele
gates from one DlIttIet.

In state Convehtion-Two sets OF Dele
gates from One Dihttlet.
NASHVILLE, April 2e.-The Republi-
can state convention met In the state
capitol at 10 o'clock to-day to elect four
delegates for the state at large to the
national convention and nominate cam
dldateB for the court Of chancery ap-
peals. The convention Is perhaps the
largest gathering Of Republican repre-
sentatlves ever assembled IN the history
Of the state, there being sixty more than
600 delegates besides several hundred
visitors.
Judge Lewis sheperd, OF Hamilton
county, was chosen temporary ohalr-
man, and he addressed the convention.
Hon. w. r. Moore, Of Shelby county,
ana Hon. Fl. Clay Evans. Of Chattanoo-
IA, were Invited to address the conVen-
tlon. and both spoke Of state and ma
tlonal affairs. The convention then au-
journed until 2 p. m.
The delegates who bolted the oonven-
tion which nominated g. g. Boyd, col
ored, for Congress, at Clarksville, q rev
days ago. held o convention to-day. ~
was decided to postpone the selection ot
a candidate for Congress from the sixth
congressional district until the second
wednesday IN September. The conven-
tlon elected G. j. Crawley and D. w.
Shofner delegates TO the national con-
vention with s. A. Dabney ana y. II.
Miles Us alternates. They were ln-
Btructed for Mckinley. This means
that there will be two sets Of delegates
from the Sixth congressional district.
The convention reassembled az 2 p. M
The committee on permanent organl-
zation recommended Hon, George w.
Winstead, OF Knoxville, for permanent
chairman and ]. w. Brown, OF Mem
phis, secretary.
The report OF the committee on per-
manent organization was adopted and
Mr.. Winsted auuressed the convention.
The committee on platforms present.
ed their report. which was unanimous,
ly adopted, The resolutions instructed
for Mckinley, with H. Clay Evans lot
vice president; protest against free 81,
yer, indorse the Tennessee centennial
exposition and condemn the Bupefna-
torial steal in 1894. The final plank OF
the platform 10 as follows:
We are unalterably opposed TO any
Bcheme that viii give to this country a
deprecated and debased currency We
favor the use Of silver as currency but
30 ~ ltsttt only that It's parity with
gold yill be maintained, and in conse-
quence are opposed TO o. free anu uns w
limited and independent coinage OF sll-
yer at q ratio ofl6to !. We beheVe thnt
every American dollar should be an
honest 1O0-cent dollar, always on0
everywhere.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-04-23

CHICAGO, April 22,-The Industrial
WI Ia tomorrow viii say:
E.1cept for several lines OF finished
material. the iron and steel market was
less active than the week previous. Bar
iron. both northern and southern, was
much duieter, the total sales would not
exceed 10000 tons: hut prices remain Arm
al about Sit 75 No. foundry local make
and Sll so for Alabama same grade.
Steel rods at $50 30 are In active inquiry
and a good tonnage will he closed this
week Blileia are quiet at S2l %. Car
lron IA IN demand at 81 80. base and steel
bars quito active Mt 81 IS for the agricul-
turai implement makers 90 well es mis-
cellancOus business. Plates quiet ct
81 90 and structurhls dull
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DULUTH, Mlnn,, April 22.-It is re-
ported here that the Weyerhauser SYM
dicate has purchased the entire inter-
ests OF the big lumber Arm OF Wright
q Davis, for S2,0OO,0OO. This includes
tho stumpaEe. logs and lands OF thc
Wright & Davis concern, and possibly
their lodging road known AZ the Du-
iuth, Mississippi River & Northern. This
last item may not be included, however
M Messrs. Wright & Davis are likely 70
engage in the iron business, and In that
case the road could y used In hauling
ore from the Messhba range proper
ties. Weyerhauser's have lately pur-
chased the C. n. Nelson Lumber Com
pany's interests for &, ,2O0, 900.
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TAMPA. Fla, opfil 22-The follow-
Ing letter has Just been received fron
Geu ENRIQUE collazO- who recently LETT
this city on an expedition to Cuba;
TIA coRoNELA. cardenas, April 3.
I have been more than agreeably sur
prlsed since my arrival here; no one OUT
side of the island can imagine the mRg-
nitude or power Of the revolution. The
power OF the Spanish government does
not extend beyond theground that their
soldiers occupy and that only forts they
have well entrenched and the cities they
lnhablt
Not an estate grinds without our per-
mission; even 'Portugalete," belonging
10 Don Manuel Calvo (the chief 6up+
porter OF the Spanish government In
Cuba) has nicely framed and hung up
oyer the entrance to the estate Maxine
GOmez's order for It's protection, ~
Since my arrival here have seen
many SpaniRrds that live out IN the
country as "Spaniards," and as suoh are
respected by our forces, They are bound
10 work so as not to die OF hunger, and
as they cannot make living IN the
towns are bound TO work IN their ieids.
We respect them and do not interfere
with Them anu YET EVERY 5lloW aLlu llaAA
they fall victims Of Weylet's companies
whose conduct is all the more vile ana
Infamous because It Is 20 hypocritical
He protests publicly against these OUT
RACES but his private orders are TO the
contrary.
They call US incendlarles, and yet they
burn everything they come across where
they know that the poor owners have
not the means OF letting the outside
world know what Is going on. The
greater part OF the killed that they re-
port conRists OF the ''paclficos," !" who live
in the country by the permission Of the
Spanish in order TO gain their living ana
not atArve IN the cities. These are the
victims and these are the ones who viii
60 to I'LL up the number Of their 80 called
KILLED In battle"
The wake Of the Spanish troops can be
followed by burnt remains OF all the
small huts and the destruction Of every
farm or bit of land that iB under cultiva-
tion. Every horse or animal that they
come across is killed so as to prevent ug
from utilizing them.
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PROGRESS OF THB WAR
In5urEshts stlll Laying wastsths Conn
tTy-SpaniEh Report Of "a Battle.

InBurgCnt1 8ttll Laying Waste the Coufl-
try-spaniEh Report ofa Battle.
HAVANA, April 22.-captain General
weyler, II became known this after
noon, has decided to release the Rev.
Albert Diag, the American Baptist mis-
sionary, md. his brother, Alfred, from
custody or, condition that they will im-
mediately leave Cuba
A dispatch from Matanzas says that
two American newspaper correspond-
ents, Messrs. o'Leary and Daily (Daly)
are detained by the authorities there.
The Insurgents have burned the ma
chinery buildings Of the plantation Of
Dos Harminos, in the Matanzas dis
trict.
Colonel Hernandez, acting In combl-
nation with other columns Of Spanish
troops, in the province OF Plnar del
Rio, has been engaged with the inaur-
gents under Acea and Borges, number
Ing about 600 men. The vanguard Of the
Spanish column, consisting OF SQUAD
ron Of cavalry, jumped the neighbof-
ing fences and charged the insurgents,
who came ats gallop. The insurgents re-
treated towards the swamps and the
troops stopped firing In order 70 avoid
hitting the soldiers belonging TO an
0IAlGE C0lulIIh VI 2kaAAAnA NAbSRa ~ w
nelghborhood and In a line with the
retreating enemy.
The insurgents twice tried to break
through the Spanish lines. but were
repulsed and left sixteen killed on the
field. The troops also captured two
prisoners with arms and ninety-tWo
saddled horses, a medicine chest and Q
diary, containing notes OF the opera.
lions Of the Insurgents.
The plantation Of Batey, Camen and
Crespo, in the province OF MatanEas,
have been burned by the insurgents.
They are estimated to have been worth
$l,O0O,O0O.
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wAs NOT INJURED.

A slight Accident TO the PrssldsnpS Car
rlaTs Causes = Startling RRmoF to be
ClFonlatsd.
WASHINGTON, April 22.-It is stated
at the white house that the horses Of the
Presidents carriage did not run away;
that one of the horses stumbled and
broke the harness, thus causing delay.
Mfr. Gardiner Hubbard was passing IN
his carriage nt the time and the Fresl-
don't Continued the remainder Of his ride
to WoOdley with him, He was not
thrown out as first reported. or injured,
nor was the carriage harmed.
This statement refers 70 q report
which wal circulated this evening 10 the
cfiect that the horses attached 70 Presl-
dent Clevelnnd'E carriage were frighten-
% by a trolley car this evening and ran
away. II WA said that the conveyance
was demolished and that the President
was taken TO Woodley where his family
are staying.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-04-23


HARRISBURG, Pa, April 22.-rhe
delegates to the Republican state con-
vention which will assemble here to-
morrow to elect eight delegates at large
to the st. Louis convention, four electors
q large and two candidates for cone
gressmen at large, met in caucus to-
night and agreed upon portion OF the
ticket as follows:
Delegates.at-large. Governor Daniel
n. Hastings. James Elverson, publisher
OF the Philadelphia Inquirer; Francis j.
Terrence. Pittsburgh; james G. Bea-
com, Greensburg; Rev. DIR. T. L. Flood,
county; William n. GrelBt, Lancaster,
and 3. n. Barker, Ebensburg.
Electors-nt-large, Joseph Wharton,
Wilkesbarre; BOies Penrosei Philadel-
phIa, Arthur Kennedy. Pittsburgh; y.
NJ. McGarrell, Harrisburg; Frank p.
Hollar, ShlppenRburg; Charles w. Mil-
Ter, Franklin; James B. Raymond, AL
toona; Charles L. Blank, Reading.
Electors-at-large, Joseph Wharton,
Philadelphia; Alex +. Patton. Clear
field; William Wltherow, Pittsburgh,
and Lyman D. Gilbert, Harrisburg
Although the caucus did not select
the COuHEeASlOlHl ChllulutAeSt IL 10 uH-
derstood that Galusha A. Grow Will be
ranomInated, and that Samuel A. Day-
export, Of Erie, will be the other man to
head the ticket All OF the gentlemen
slated for delegates to the st. Louis con-
vention are friendly to Senator Qnay's
presidential aspirations.
Ex-Speaker Henry G, Boyer, OF Phila-
delphiR, has been agreed upon for tenn
porary chairman and Auditor General
Amos n. Mylln viii probably be the per-
manent presiding officer.
There 10 a larger attendance Of visitors
than Is customary. drawn hither by
their interest in Senator Quay's candi-
dacy for the presidential nomination.
Quay badges and Quay shouters are
seen and heard everywhere and none OF
the other candidates seem to have any
friends here.
After a conference between a number
Of the leaders lasting over two hours.
the announcement was made at 1 o'clock
this morning that Senator Quay had de-
cIded to settle the unpleasant contro-
yersy which had arisen over the state
chairmanshlp by succeeding himself in
that position, "for the present at least :"
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RUSSIAN RID CROSS
Detachment Can Gross French Territory.
The sIgnifeanoe OF II.

Detachment Can Gross French Territory.
The Significance OF Il.
ST. PETERSBURG. April 22.-Franee
has notified Russia that the former viii
permit the Russian Red Cross detaeh-
nent going to Abyssinln TO Cross the
obok territory. ~
The Russian Red Cross expedition re-
ferred to has been arousing considerable
comment In Europe. It was fitted out
In Russia by. popular subscription with
the outward object Of succorlng the
wounded. Abyssinlans. It Is led by GEN
ernl Shrevedorf, who has as his assist
ants Captain Swegugin, the Russian ex-
plorer OF Abyssinlu; Lieutenant Koch
ovslI, an engineer officers, ten sur
ReonE, six "asslstant surgeons" sixty
attendants" one paymaster and three
Interpreters. II has been hinted that
the surgeons are really Russian army
officers Of different ranks, ready to aid
actively the AbyBslnians.
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SYRACUSE, n, Y, April PIT. G,
and ]. G. Miller, manufacturers Of knit
goods at Baldwinsville. have shut down
their works and made a general assign
mcnt to Thomas n. Benton Crane.
cashier Of the First National Bank Of
Amsterdam, and Willis Wendell, also OF
Amsterdaf. The Industry was the
largest ia Baldwinsville and gave EN-.
ployment 10 200 men. boys, women and
girls. Members Of the firm decline TO
give the amount OF their assets ard
liabilities. Preferences are made for
$4,000. exclusive OF interest and the
pay Of employees. The latter have not
been paid for seven weeks.
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WASHINGTON. D. c., April 22.-The
house to-day entered upon the conSId-
Grafton Of the general pension bill re-
ported from the invalid pension COM
mIttee. 1t amends the existing pension
laws In some very Important respects.
Mr.. Plckler, the chairman Of the COM
mlttee, addressed the house for three
hours in support Of It. Before the PEN
sion was taken up Mr., Goodwin, (Pop.l,
was seated in place Of Mr.. Cobb, (Dem.),
from the Fifth Alabama district.