davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-20
w. w. DIMOND.

We've said something,once
or twice about the beauties
Of the dining table when
properly dressed with appro-
pirate china and glassware.
Everything depends upon
the quality and artistic de-
sign.
You have had China
news galore now for glass
ware. You've lived half
your life with the impress
sion that cut glass is too
high priced an article for you
to possess. You are wrong.
We are selling today genuine
cut glass salt cellars, indivi-
dual, in different designs, for
two bits each: they've sold
in other stores in Honolulu
as high as s.. It's the way
we buy. We have, also,
sets consisting of a tray, one
pepper and one salt, silver
tops s.. You never heard of
them being sold anywhere
for less than $40. You never
saw them before in Homo
lulu. Our stock goes from
these small pieces to the
heavier and larger dishes
which sell at $50.
In cheap tumblers we offer
a thoroughly finished article
at 50 cents a dozen and in
case you might wish to use
them for preserve glasses,
we throw in a tin top for
each. We have an engraved
deCanter, holds a quart, s.
cents, a pressed glass pickle
or olive dish for 10 cents, a
berry set, 7 pieces, Is cents.
The average man does not
know how much glass is
used in the household. We
do, and we have $50 patterns
of glasses to select from. In
lamp chimneyS we have all
sorts. No. I A, three Tor a
quarter; No. 2 B, ten cents
each.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-20
THE PUZZLE.
Several Answers Received but No
Correct Solution.

Several Answers Received but No
Correct Solution.
A dozen people were stricken with a
desire to solve the Advertisers carpet
cutting puzzle yesterday morning, but
none of the twelve who sent in their
answers were correct.
One party sent a solution with one
clean cut and set of angles formed
by three distinct cuts, but made without
taking the knife from the paper. While
this makes a square piece when finish
ed, it is hardly in accordance with the
instructions. Another mistake made by
this person, and it is common with the
other eleven, is that the papers sent in
are different in size from the one ap-
pearing in the Advertiser. The idea is
to take the puzzle as printed in the
Advertiser and with two cuts make the
three pieces OF paper form an exact
square.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-20
BAKERY SHIP BLAZE.
sam Wo's Place Opposite the o.

sam Wo's Place Opposite the o.
+. IL /. Derot Gets Scorched.
At about I:G5 D. m. yesterday the fire
whistle blew and the engines went fly
ing toward the railroad depot, but be-
fore their arrival the fire had been put
out with buckets and the excitement
was over.
As Mile Rawlins, who lives in the
first house on the town side of the Sam
Wo bakery, opposite the o. R. & l..
depot, was walking out into the back
yard, she saw smoke pouring out of the
back part Of the bakery, which is used
as a storeroom and for other purposes.
She gave the alarm to the Chinese
bakers, who dropped their crackers and
dough on the floor and ran out, waving
their hands like madmen. Water was
suggested to them before they thought
of getting any. In few moments the
flames were gotten under control and a
little later put out entirely.
1t is most fortunate thing that the
flames did not get any further than
they did, for not six feet away were
several cases of kerosene that would
have been a good means of making a
very large fire.
1t is not known just how the fire was
started, but it is believed that one OF
the Cinnamon had been smoking and
threw a stump of a cigar or cigarette
amongst the rubbish.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-20
ARTESIAN WELL. WATER.
Chemical Test Shows Small
Amount of Vegetable Matter.

Chemical Test Shows Small
Amount of Vegetable Matter.
Professor ingalls, was engaged some
months ago by the trustees of the Ka-
mehameha Schools to analyze the water
from the artesian well on the school
premises. The water is pumped from
the well 1,5OO feet to the four tanks on
the top of the hill. Each tank holds 80
600 gallons. There are two other tanks
also filed from the well, for the pre-
paratory school.
The water in the tanks does not differ
appreciably from that drawn directly
from the well. The amount of organic
matter as indicated by the quantity of
free and albuminoid ammonia, is ex-
ceedingIy small. The character of the
mineral constituents is of such nature
as not to call in question the excellence
Of the water for culinary or drinking
purposes. It cannot, however be used
for developing photograph plates, as the
quantity OF chlorine is high, and this
would combine with the silver of the
negative. The quantity of free carbon
dioxide (carbonic acid gas) is also large
and would act injuriOusly upon the
negative.
The total (mineraD solids is 1917
grains per gallon; of chlorine. 623. The
albuminoid ammonia is .O1S parts per
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-20

HAWN. GAZETTE CO.,
Publishers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-20

million. The hardness (from carbonate
Of Ume) is 6.S degrees per gallon. In
one gallon of the water the total 1895
grains OF solid matter is made up of:
Silica, 272; aIumina, .O70; iron oxide,
trace: sulphate of lime, .4O8; carbonate
OF lime, 2.020; carbonate of magnesia,
8. 400: common salt, 1922.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-20
Art Goods.

The demand for coIors, both
water and oil is the Surest in
dication of a refined taste among
the ladies of the Islands. We
are in a position to supply the
demand1
A full supply of colors,
brushes, oils, varnish and can
vas always on hand.
Picture framing, satisfactory
picture framing, is due largely
to the taste displayed in the
selection of mouIdingS that
will harmonic with the pic
ture. We have the taste and
mouldings. Let US give you a
suggestion.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-20
What Is
PURIFINE?

It is the new disinfectant which
has superseded all othar disinfect-
ants, being 4 scientific compound.
having no odor, yet possessing the
qualities OF powerful disinfectanA-
The automatic distributor should
be placed in every house in Hone
lulu where odors and germs OF die
ease exist. They are placed free
of charge, taken care OF and kept
working day and night for $1.0e
per month. It's an innovation, but
on scientific principles. and aH-
peals to everyone of common SENSE.
The idea is this: The distributes
drops two drops a minute, day and
night. Foul odors are killed, yea
no disagreeable smell of carbolie
acid or crude disinfectants takes
It's place. You don't know that q
powerful disinfectant is being used
If you judge by the lack of odor.
But it's doing the duty-doing 1t
well. Can we show you the Ideal
Automatic Distributors" Our Mr.
Washburn will call. IL you'll tele-
phone to
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-08-20
In a White Suit.

There was very peculiar occurrnce
at the Hawaiian Hotel about 2:3O a. m.
yesterday. The night Waterman was
standing on the veranda when he MOTTO
ed a man in white clothes standing
near the fence on Richards street. He
walked up and down and then went to
Beretania street, repeating the same
performance for an hour and a half.
After that he went away and return
ed soon after in black suit. He saw
that he had been watched, and disap-
peared.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-03-01

Dated Februarv u, 1896.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-03-01
HI MASK

One gratifying result Of the free
silver campaign is that it has finally
forced the Republican Party to drop
the mask of himetallism that it has
used for years to deceive the voters Of
the United States. 1t has posed as a
double standard party. and by trick
cry and treason and douhle-faced
money planks has secured the votes
OF the people who believed that the
party would give the country a return
to the free coinage of silver, such as
existed prior to 70.
Under the activity Of the Silver men
Of the West, the party has been smok-
ed out of its hole and compelled to
openly take a stand for Wall Street
and announce that it is a gold stand
ard party pure and simple.
The row in the party has reached
the point where New York contribut-
ors to the national campaign fund
have commenced to mafe threats.
There are calls from every quarter Of
the gold camp for the ousting of
Senator Carter from the Chairman
ship Of the Republican National Com
miteee, and if he does not get out, or if
any compromise is made with the sill
verites at the st. Louis Convention,
he New York ~financiers who have
Tut up the money TO IL campaigns
since politics became almost as ex-
pensive as war will lock up their
checkbooks and throw in buttons
when the contribution box is passed
Hitherto GOthams men OF wealth
have contributed a very great portion
of the campaign fund for each of the
without asking questions or making
any particular endeavor to dictate the
selection Of candidates or the making
OF platforms. They have, they claim,
been like the churchmen who pays the
most towards expenses and do the
least talking at church meetings, but
since Senator Carter, the head of the
Republican National Comm ittpe, has
started in to fight for free silver, the
tip has been given to prominent mem
bers Of the G.. 0. 7. that Carter must
quit or the campaign will be run on
prOmissOry notes.
Among the men most active in urg-
ing that Carter be detracked are
members of the Chamber OF Commerce
special committee selected to advocate
the adoption Of the gold standard.
They are pledged by a resolution
adopted last Wednesday to endeavor
to get the Chicago and St. Louis con
ventiODs to adopt arti-free silver plat
forms. It is understood that one of
the persuasive methods to be adopted
will be the giving Of ar intimation
hat if either party adopts anything
but a straight-Out gOld-basis platform,
it will receive no financial assistance
from New York during the campaign.
On account of their standing in the
business world the members of the
Chamber Of Commerce are in a posi-
ton to control the campaign coutrib-
utors, and it is claimed hat they will
use their power to have Garter pun
ished
With this state of affairs staring
them in the face how can the Repub.
lican organs Of Nevada continue tc
assert tuat the only way to restore
silver is through the 9. o. p.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-03-01
Popular Daily Excursions to Chicago
and the East.

The Union Pacific is the only line
running upholstered, Pullman tourist
5 eeping cars from California and Ne
vada to Chicago without change every
day in the year. Through Pullman
double Drawing-room sleepeTs and
dining ears to Chicago daily without
change on The Overland Flyec."
Only n change to New York and
Boston. Time from Nevada to Chi
cago only three days.
Steamship tickets on sale to and
from all points in Europe.
For full particulars, tickets and
sleeping cal Accommodations, Call on or
address D. W. Hitchcock. General
Agent, l Montgomery ST., San Fran
cisco, Cal, or W. d. Phillips, Agent
S. P. CO Reno, New.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-03-01
NOTlCE TO CREDITORS.

Estate of Adeline a. Nhedic, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
Executor of the estate of Adeline E.
Chedic, D ceased, to the creditors of, and
all persons having claims against the said
Deceased, to exhibit them with the nee
Cessary vouchers within Two months
after the first publication of this notice, to
the said Executor, at my place of business,
corner of Carson and King streets in Car
son City, Ornlsoy Countv. Nevada.
EUGENE MARA,
Executor.
Dated February u, 1896.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-03-01
MISS OVERMAN'S CONFESS
SION.

The statement of Miss Overman be-
fore the Church elders, reminds one
of Phryne before the Athenian Coun-
Gil, except that when the mantel was
removed, it exhibited her moral not
her physical %nakedness.
She confessed to theft, SANDER,
lying, backmail and conspiracy, and
related her part in the iobbery in the
calmest possible manne Her re-
markable story is such a mixture of
contradictions that it has injured
Brown more than if she had faced the
crowd with a plain admission OF her
criminal relations with Brown, and
done with.
Not ten people in San Francisco be-
lieve her story for it is too evidently
placed in her mouth by the Brown
family, to save Brown from heing re-
lieved Of the pastorate Of his Church
It only shows to what depths a man
can descend, who will sacrifice a
woman in order to save his W skin.
IT, Miss Overman's confession is true,
the necessity of sending Mrs. Tune
away by the Browns is not obvious.
The minister and his wife have har-
bored Miss Overman for several
weeks after the Tunnel letters were
published, and if they were false, the
Browns would hardly have taken the
writer into the family. They are now
using the pliable fema'e to save
Brown and get even On Mrs. David
son.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-03-01

Two people will come ont OF the
Brown case with very little left to COM
mend them to public consideration.
Miss Overman and Judge Campbell.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-03-01
Cigars

A most desirable present is a box OF
cigars. Think twice as this line
will be retailed at wholesale prices
at Chas Il. Keliy's Arlington Block
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1896-03-01

LosT:-A guitar capo d. astro. The
finder will please leave at the Saliva
ton Army headquarters over Archie
Bakers store. slw
WANTED-A lady would like a posi-
ton to do general h~Cusework in town
or in the country Enquire at J.
Connolly's tailor shop,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-03

Then in 90 we had another, but no men
were killed. Last year she went ur again I;
took five white men and nine Cinnamon.
And then we had this one; fou1 white
men and eight Cinnamon. No men were
killed while we were on the other side of
the bay.
al don't recall all the dates between 80
and 49, but all told we haven't lost more
than fifteen white men in the last twenty
two years. 1t is not such dan erous
business after all. Safest business in the
world to work at until ie goes, and then
it's all up with the fellow that's there.
Saved a Chinaman's life that time in
80 He'd been lazing and / booted him a
couple in the slack of the pants, and he
lit out instead of going on back to work in
the Westinghouse. Forty went up. He
was the only one escaped.
Game back after while and went to
work again, but couldn't hire that fellow
to take a job in the mixing house, and be
was mighty good Chinaman'there. So
soaked him with ali the hardest jobs on
the place, one after the other, but he only
grinned and said, Me heap likee; veIly
easy work
Yesterday while the men were dig
ging among the wreckage of the mixing
house they uncovered a cat and kitten,
never hurt bit; everything else shat
tered to pieces. Cat went out last night
and got run over by a freight train. Kit
tens got eight lives left"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-03

membered the body had left its CHASTITY
work upon the blackened, shapeless mass.
1t might have been one of the eight
Chinese; it probably was. And it might
have been John McNuEty, the foreman of
the mixing house that had stood above
that very spot. At any rate there is un-
certainty. -Four white men had been
killed. Two, John Freitas and Garcia
MortirZo, the carmen, were found near
their car unm Initiated and were easily
identified. w. F. Crater, foreman of the
packing-house, though horribly mangled
and burned, was identified. But yester-
day, after more careful examination of
the other human frag ments lying In the
moist, cold brick vault of the empty nitre-
house, no one could say that any part of
them was the remains of the fourth white
man.
Three Chinese heads had been found and
accordingly three small, rough wood COT
fins were equally filled with the remain
ing gTewsome bits and early shipped to
this City, where in a day or two the pagan
death rites will be observed for the eight
unfortunates.
To-day there will be double funeral in
the little village OF Pinole. There two
desolated homes mourn the loss of hus-
band and father. The public school flag
and two others sadly dropping at half
mast proclaimed yesterday that
great sorrow had visited the
small community, while bit of
Grape fastened 10 the front door of a new
meeting hall, scarcely completed and IN
touched yet by the painters brush, told
its own story of a recently organized and
hopeful local council OF the Ancient Order
OF Foresters saddened in the dawn of it's
prosperity by the loss of two of its stanch-
est supporters, for John Freitas and
Manuel Mortirzo had been actively inter-
ested in the completion OF that new hall
so soon to be darkened by the shadow of
their death.
In Oakland there will be another funeral,
that of Winfield S. Crater. Between the
two few men will be left at the works, and
none of the processes requiring labor and
attention will be in operation during the
day.
! The necessary guards will. however,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-03

rem ain In constant watchfulness to prevent
further damage from the dane erous ills
still on hand. But the great nitric acid
works, the largest in the western part OF
America, will stop, and those ominous
reddlsh-yellow Vitrous vapors that pour
all day from the tall brick chimney on the
hill will cease.
twenty-five extra men were added
tenn porarlly to the force of about 100 white
men and eighty Chinese EMPLOYED about
the works. With rapid and telling energy.
they all applied themselves to the work OF
repairing, cleaning away and rebuilding.
On Friday. even larger number will be
at work, while all the possible processes
and the shipment of dynamite will 20 on
as usual.
Prominent in the little colony of pow
der-workers, because of his long expert
ence IN the business, his years and his
position, is John Mclean, the foreman,
who has been employed at the dynamite
works OF the California Powder Company
Tor over twenty-five years and has been
present at all the explosions during that
time He is also one of the most trusted
men In the employ of the company.
ears ago he was captain of the old
Liberty Hose Company of this City and
to-day the men affectionately refer to him
at the works built the new hall for the
Foresters OF Pinole they elected their fore
man financial secretary of the lodge.
Small OF stature, with twinkling eve
ana an lnimita BILE, picturesque way of
taking, Captain Jimmy" is a character.
-, 1T was in rs we had our first explosion.
mat was when we were on the other side
OF the bay, near the Almshouse tract. No
men we're killed. No, you bet not-ran
like -. the whole lot of us. Ask Judd
OF the Hicks-Judd Company about it.
Does he remember it? Well, you can rope
me and brand me for maverick if he
doesn't; he was foreman of the nitro
glycerine house at the time.
Late IN 81 we came over to this side.
and in 'S2 we had our second exnlosion
since the works started along in rs
Men killed. Why, that one was astun-
ner One white man and forty China
men-aIl in the packing house-went ike
a pen of sheep. Any other explosions :?
You bet, Had one along about 1877.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-09-03
PECULIAR CASE
OF R.. |. PAINTER.
Found Unconscious With
All the Gas Jets
Turned On.
WILL LIKELY RECOVER.
He Registered at a Hotel Under
the Name of James McGraw
of Oakland.
HIS WIFE AWAY ON A VISIT.
All His Friends Scout the Idea of
Attempted Suicide and Talk
of Foul Play.

r. L. Paynter, collector for ". A. Car
roll, broker, 1913 Montgomery street. was
found in an unconscious condition in his
room at the Hotel Becker, Is Mason street,
about o'clock yesterday morning. The
gas was turned on from every jet and it
looked as il suicide had been intended.
He was taken TO the Receiving Hospital
in the patrol-wagon and every effort was
made by DR.. Fitzgibbon to restore him to
consciousness, and last night he was pro-
nounced out of danger.
About 8 o'clock yesterday morning
Paynter went to the hotel and engaged a
room from George Fisher, the night clerk.
He registered as James McGraw, Oak
land" He appeared to be perfectly sober
and nothing out of the ordinary was no
ticed in his manner or speech.
After engaging the room Paynter went
to sofa Franklin street, where his mother,
sister and brother-in-law live. Paynter's
wife has been visiting friends at the Colusa
House, 10l0H Washington street, Oak
land, since last Friday night and he had
what passed between them is not known,
but Paynter left the house and returned to
his room in the hotel.
The night porter noticed about O'Clock
yesterday morning that Paynter's room
was empty and the window was open, so
that he must have returned after that
hour: About 8 O'Clock one of the servants
smelled gas escaping from his room and he
was found unconscious in bed.
What led to his identity were some of
Carrolfs business cards that were found
In his pockets. Carroll was communica-
ted with, and he notified Paynter's rela-
tiyes. His mother was soon at the hos
pitai and in the afternoon his sister and
prother-in-law and other relatives called
to see him.
All the members of the family were very
uncommunicative, as they were afraid of
the papers publishing anything about
him. His mother secuted the idea of sui
eide and expressed the belief that her son
nad met with foul play, but from whom or
why she had not the remotest idea. 1t
was not robbery, as the money-$3-he
haa IN his pocket when he engaged the
room was found where he had put it and
nothing else had been taken.
y son is 26 years of age, and has been
married i've years." said Mrs. Paynter,