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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-23

Government did not appreciate our
work and he did not propose to do any
more than he had to- / am not sure
whether it was before or after his re-
marks about the shoot. Speaking of
the drill, he said it was a - - -
sailors drill 1t was known among the
men that Col. Mclean introduced the
riot drill. Don't know that he ever used
references which the men believed
were to the Colonel. He would begin
his remarks by saying, According to
the latest Interpretation of the Colo
nels" Remember when the bell was
put up. A few weeks ago, when we
were going to the butts, Captain Good
said, Hes making a ship out of this
place; all we need now is a rudder."
On another occasion he said: IF they
give him rope enough he would hang
himself Never heard him speak re-
spectfully of the Colonel; he always
had a sneer on his face when he men
toned him. Understood the two Of
ficers were not friendly, and it was the
general opinion that the two men would
be trouble Remember the Fourth of
July parade and the remark about
guide right; it was in a tone loud
enough to be heard a hundred yards.
ross-Examined: l Think Captain
Goods voice is louder than the Colo
nel's. The meeting in the company of
speech he made thought the Captain
did not want us to go in the shoot. He
gave us to understand that he did not
want us to shoot; that is, he gave us
his sentiment of it. He did not tell us
we could not go in the shoot. Do not
know whether they could get enough
men to go in the shoot. Teams were
made up by first picking out sixteen
men, and then ten men out of those
sixteen. Nearly all the company goes
out now and again. After Captain Good
petitive shoot by the company was by
common consent abandoned. Remem-
ber Neeley asking me to shoot, and /
told him that | had wasted so much
time that l did not care to bother. |
would have gone into a shoot for the
Marlin rife if the majority had gone.
Don't know that Corporal Neeley was
sent around by Captain Good especial
ly to ascertain the feeling of the men.
Remark about the drill was made some
months ago. The remark by the Cap
tain beginning, According to the lat
est Interpretation" was a common one,
not occasionally, but every day. Don't
know that he would say, According TO
the latest Interpretation of the Colonel,
shoulder arms" Cannot name any par
ticular instance where this remark was
made. Have heard him say, According
to the latest Interpretation of the Army
and Navy Journal" Believe this was
in relation TO the manual of arms Riot
drill came from the United States army
Is not in the tactics, but 1 have read of
its adoption within the past few
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THE SINGER received 81 first awards
for sewing machines and embroidery
work at the Worlds Fair, Chicago, ILL.,,
being the largest number of awards OBJ
tanned by any exhibitor, and more than
double the number given to all other
sewing machines. For sale, lease and
rent. Repairing, done. B. BERGER
SEN, 113 Bethel street.
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G. r. Harrison, Practical Piano and
Organ Maker and Tuner, can furnish
best factory references. Orders left at
the Hawaiian News Co. will receive
prompt attention. All work guaranteed
to be the same as done in factory.
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All kinds of SECOND HAND FURNI-
TURE sold cheap for cash at the y L,
corner Nuuanu and King streets.
If you want to sell out your furniture
in it's entirety, or for bargains, call at
the I x L, corner Nuuanu and King
streets
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Hawaiian
is the
Francis of he erica SOCIETY.
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SPECIAL BUSINESS ITEMS

]. T. Lund, 128 and 130 Fort street,
opposite Club Stables, makes Brass
Signs to order. Nickel Plating a Spe-
cialty. Bicycles repaired and for sale.
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City Carriage Company have removed
to the corner of Fort and Merchant SITS.
Telephone No. 113. First-class carri-
ages at all hours. JOHN S. ANDRADE.
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SECOND DAY OF
THE COURT MARTIAL.
Three Witnesses Examined on
Part of Military.
MILLER TELLS OF TROUBLES

The Testimony a Repitition of Pre-
vfous SeSsfon-PrivaUe Buchanan
Creates a SmiIe-The Court Asks
Ouestfon-wiII Meet Again Tonight.
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Seaside Resort
WRIGHT'S VILLA.

WRIGHT'S VILLA.
Short Distance from the Bridge,
Waikiki.
Tourists and others will find it to
their advantage to visit the above re-
sort, as they will meet with every ac-
commodation that comfort requires.
MRS. THOS. WRIGHT,
ProprietresS.
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PERSONAL.

Gen. Grosvenor and Col. Hay paid 3 visit =
the House of Commons on Monday last, when
they were accompanied by Mr.. ]. z. Roosevelt,
the First Secretary at the Embassy, who is now
acting as Charged Affaires during the absences
of His Excellency, the Ambassador. They occu-
pied seats in the Distinguished Strangers Gal
lery.-Lond0n american.
Gen. Cyrus Bussey is billed to speak at Mont
peler. VT, Thursday, Aug. 81, and at Barre,
VT, the next day This will close the cam
paign in Vermont. He then goes to Chicago, to
fill engagements in the West.
Lieut. Gen. John NJ. Schofeld and wife and
Mai-Gen Nelson A. Miles and wife are at New
port, L. l.
Mrs. Mary Strickland Pearson, wife of Col.
Edward Z. Pearson, U. s. a., of Reading. Pa,
died Aug. % at Wernersville, Pa.
Mrs Ellsn Spencer Massey, widow of Gen. r
D. Mussey, and an active worker for the vet
erans delivered an address on the occasion Of
raising the first Mckinley pole in Tompkins
County, n. Y, last week. She is fine speaker,
and s-lawyer in successful practice at Washing
ton, d. c.
The President has appointed Levi T. Grifis,
of Detroit Mich, to be Pension Agent ut Do.
troit, Mich, vice Harrison III. Wheeler, de-
ceased Mr. Griffin was member of the SD
Congress, representing the First Michigan Dis
trict
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"UStr~DF VALUE"

It is absurd to talk about the dollar
being unit of value. There can be no
such thing as a unit of value, because
nothing can be found the cost of pro-
ducing which wild be constant and in
variable. AS all wealth is the result of
labor, many writer's have urged that a
days work of unskilled labor be regard
ed as the true unit of value. But this is
utterly impracticable, because the price
of a days labor varies greatly in differ
ent countries, and is governed by the
law of supply and demand, and is also
affected by the cost Of living. We have
the yardstick as an absolute unit by
which all our weights and measures are
measured, but there can be no such a
measure for values. A dollar is no more
a measure for bushel of wheat than
bushel of wheat is for a dollar. AT one
time it cost more labor to produce a
bushel of wheat than it did dollar in
gold or silver; and so the bushel was
worth more than the dollar. Now, the
opening up of enormous areas of rich
farming lands, tie introduction of labor
saving machinery, and, the immense de-
velopment of railroads and steamships
have decreased the cost of raising a
bushel of wheat and of getting it to mar
ket. The equally immense development
in mining machinery and methods, the
discovery of lodes of unprecedented rich
ness have correspondingly decreased the
cost of producing the silver contained
in dollar. On the other hand, while
the gold dollar is becoming cheaper
every day, owing to the discovery of
rich mines and the improvement in mini
ing processes, Its cheapening lags far be-
hind that of other products of labor, and
it still retains approximately the value
it has had for a century. Contrasted
with the most stable unit Of value that
we hape-a days unskilled labor-it
has greatly cheapened, for it will not
buy nearly as much labor as it would
80 or even 25 years ago.
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1T CANNOT BE DENIED.

Shout as loudly as they will, no man
can deny that the Free Coinage OF
silver would hopelessly reduce pensions.
No one can deny that this is cherished
object of a very large proportion prob
ably an immense majority-of the men
who are advocating Free Silver.
While there are great many men IN
the West, including comrades, who have
been led into supporting Free Coinage
under the delusion that it will advance
prices and help them out of debt, and
while these may honestly believe that this
will be accomplished without any accom-
panying injustice to the creditors of the
Nation, yet a little reflection will show
them the unreason of this, and the hope
lessness Of expecting it.
And a little farther consideration will
show them that no matter how many
friends of the veterans there may be
among the Free Silverites, they are not
one to 100 to the number of those who
have always been our bitterest and most
persistent encmies-in war times and
since-and that these will entirely con-
troll the party and its action in the event
of success. How much influence will
the exceedingly small proportion OF
veterans and veterans friends have In
party the great bulk Of which are
Southern ex-rebels and their SONS,
Northern Copperheads and their sons?
Those in the Democratic party who
we're favorable to us we're mostly in that
faction which was overslaughed. de
feated and virtually driven out of the
Convention at Chicago.
The men who are controlling the
Popocratic party = the HAIRLESS, the
Joneses, the Black burns, the Altgelds,
and the like-steadfastly intend to cut
pensions DOWNS they do all the ex-
penses of the Government by paying
them in debased dollars.
Ggis Ia
This intent is so unmistak able that no
one can fail to see it. No real leader of
the party takes the trouble to deny it.
-Four years ago number of comrades
let themselves be fooled by the assurance,
No deserving veteran need fear" We
need not remind them of their bitter
experience as to what this meant.
Now, are they going to suffer them
selves to be fooled again by the very
/ same men I? ,se
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NO sToP-OyERs,

The railroads have shown miserably
unwise policy in prohibiting all stop
overs on tickets to the National En-
campment. While this is unjust, it is
very foolish for the roads, for it will
enormously curtail the sale of tickets
One of the great inducements to COM
rades and their families to visit the Ma
tional Encampn,ent is the opportunity
given to visit their old homes and rela-
tives Or they may want to visit
friends and relatives who have removed
to other localities For example, thou
sands of comrades living in the East
would like to stop over on their way to
or from St. Paul, to visit relatives living
in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, or Michigan.
Those from the far West want to visit
their old homes in the Interior. Under
the iron-clad ticket adopted they cannot
do this, except they return to St Paul
to start for home.
While this is hardship for the COM
rades, we have, at least, the satisfaction
of knowing that it will hurt the railroads
in the diminution of their business. This
will be 80 apparent that next year they
viii have more sense, and make fairly
liberal provisions.
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ONE can never be sure as to what a
Populist really means, for he uses the
English language with great looseness
and lack of precision. But as near as
we can gather from the following edi-
torial from the Blue Mound (Kan.)
Search Light we have said something
that the editor has no facts to meet, and
he don't like The NATIONAL TRIBUNE
anyway:
The most contemplate, Icing, rotten
sheet that has ever covered the musty sur
face of our table is THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE, published at Washington, D. c., and
pretends to be the national organ OF the
GAR. The editorial page of this pre-
tended newspaper is one broadside of glar-
ing lies, in its prospectus it claims to be
non partisan, and then devotes one-haH of
the page on which this prospectus is pub
lished trying to resurrect the old bloody
shirt strife Of 30 years ago. It's paragraphs
and editorials refers to the P0pulists as
anarchists, socialists, and communists, and
denounces all the advocates of free silver a.
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THE SILVER DOLLAR.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE. /. What is
the present worth of the silver dollar? Sill
verites claim it is SO cents
2. Does the stamp of the Government upon
the silver dollar fix its VALUE. e., is a dol
lar (silycr) worth its present value because of
its Governments tamp?-ARTHURC C. BROOK
MS Iona, Mich.
/. To-day-Aug. 20 bullion silver
is quoted in the market reports as
worth 65a cents an ounce. As there
are 480 grains in an ounce, and but
9Th grains of silver in a dollar, this
would make the actual bullion value of
a dollar 5OS535 cents, or fraction
over 50a cents. Any schoolboy can
work out this example in compound pro-
portion. Try some Of them with it.
2. The stamp Of the Government fixes
what the silver dollar will be accepted
for. Outside of the United States the
stamp of the Government simply certi-
fes that the dollar contains 9Th grains
of pure silver, and people accept it for
what they are willing to give for that
much bullion. Inside the United States
the people accept it for 81, just as they
do piece of paper on which the Gov
eminent stamps cone dollar" The
main difference between it and paper
dollar is that it contains nearly 81 cents
Of actual value, where the paper dollar
is all "fiat."
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ARTICLES .FoaTne0nIK6.

TIE TERM0NT BRIGADE IN TIE
WILDERNESS. By Brccet Moj.-Gem.
L. H. Grant, commander Of the brigade,
and late assistant Secretary Of Var.
TIE Battle OF FAIE OAKS, OR
SEVEN PINES By Mej.-Ge~ H. N.
Psnisted, formerly Lieatenunt-C Colonel Of tie
It'll Me, and afse,rcayd fajor-Gemerszt Of
Volunteers.
FgRTEG on FORT SUMTER. AhriHing
story OF young Ohio mechanic soho wds
sa Charleston at the tame, and scas compelled
TO john Tic rebels. but srho afterwards ESCAPED
and served three gears in Union regiment.
1HE BATTLE OF POISON SPRING. By
Bisey Brftfon, late Of the H'a Department
and GntAor of he Girl War on the Bor-
der,netc.
IL AND OUT OF CHARLESTON By
r. o. b., a young Connecticut man, pho
eros coaght IN Charleston at the opening Of
hostilitifs.
TIE GREAT MORGAN RAID A True
History Of the Capture Of Gen. John II. her
gan. by the Captor Hinaseif-Maj. Geo. W.
Ruc, 9th Ey. Car.
PRESIDENT LINCOLES VISIT TO
RfCHNOND. gy Lieut. Geo. T. Dudley
sou A. 4. Engineers.
COL. FORsITBS INDIAN FIGHT ON
THE aRIcKAREE. by H. Bailey, lEan-
kGtO, Kan
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MUSTERED OUT.
Veterans OF the Country's Grandest Army
Who Have Answered the Last Call.

Veterans OF the Countrys Grandest Army
Who Have Answered the Last Call.
RowE-At Golden City, CeIo., recently.
BENJAMIN Rowe 26th Pa. Comrade Rowe was
for many years an Engineer on the Lebanon q
fremont Railroad, and resided at Lebanon, Pa.
He was a member of Hermit Commandery, -
knights Templar. of Lebanon.
SHELDoN-At Rock Falls, 1lls., June 8, p.
F. Sheldon, 18th Ill. He was buried with mill
tary honors.
SHnApER.-At Canton. H., Aug Is, Georgs
Shrader. Co. F, 67th ILL.,, aged "a. Comrada
Sbrader was a member of Joe Hooker Post, So,
and tie funeral services were conducted By
that organization.
McINTraE.-At Essex, Mass. June 16. Ed
ward E McIntre, Co. C. 24th Mass. aged 50.
He was a member of o. III. P. Sargent Post,
152, and was buried by his comrades.
ANpREws-At Essex Mass, Aug. 2, Timothy
Andrews, Co. A, 39th Mass. aged 81. He was
a charter member of o. III. 2. Sargent Post,
15o. and was its first Commander. He was
Ouartermaster at the time of his death.
LAwRENcE-At West Chazy. n Y, Aug. Is,
D. w. Lawrence. Co. ID, 96th N. Y, and Co. II,
seth Ill, aged 90.
RoLLER.-At Temple. Tex, Aug 3, Christie
aged "a The funeral services were attended
BY E. A. Sterling Post. p, of which the deceased
was a charter member.
MrLLs-At Cedar Rapids, Iowa, July 81,
Mason p. Mills. 18th III. Cav, aged 53. COM
radc Mills was born in East Windsor, Conn.,.
and went to Iowa in his early boyhood. He
enlisted Dec. g. 1861, in Co. B, Mcclellan Cav,
afterward Incorporated in the 18th Ill. Cav.
and served until Feb. IT, 1865, when he was
mustered ont as Lieutenant and Acting Quar-
termaster He was Commander of the Depart
ment of Iowa in 1890, 81, a member OF the
Loyal Legion, and among the ablest members
of the bar in the State. The fuusral was at
led huo Iarp Yseo n
IMPRESSIVE burial service of the GAR. was
conducted at the grave by Past Departments
officers.
CAaR-At Red Falls, n. Y. Aug. z. jobs
Carr, Co. ID, I20th N. Y, aged IS. Comraas
Carr enlisted as private Aug. 6. 1862. al
the age of 80 years. He was wounded at the
battle of the Wilderness, Va. May 8, 1864. He
was then transferred to the v. X. G., and wss
discharged Jan. ], 1865. His record as u soldier
is one of the best Nearly all the OLD soldiers
of the towns af Prattsville, Ashland. ard Wind.
ham attended his funeral.
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~raE FORCE OF LAW


The Popocrats descant constantly upon
" the force of law to give value to a
thing which has no value, or to increase
the value of that which has little.
In reality the force of law is very cir
cumscribed, and cannot control one
thousandth. of one per cent. of the oper-
atoms Of business. The Government
only prescribes what money it will re-
ceive in payment CT taxes, and what
will satisfy the judgments of courts.
This is absolutely as far as it can 60.
This class of transactions do not COM
prise one in 1000 of those of daily busl-
ness. Anybody can see this clearly who
will think about it minute.
It is true that the Government could
make every obligation now due from any
one payable only in silver coin. All PEN
sions, salaries, wages, interest on bonds
and notes, principal of debts, deposits in
savings and other banks, benefits from
insurance associations could and prob
ably would be paid in the cheapest money
authorized by law. That is human
nature. Men always try to discharge
their obligations as cheaply as possible.
But there would be an end as soon as
present obligations are discharged. Men
will say, i" I will not work if | am to
be paid in cheap dollars" and no law
can compel them to. Storekeepers will
say, "Yes, the law obliges me to receive
cheap dollars in settlement of your ac-
count, but shall not sell you any more
goods at the same prices. It'll pay
me better to keep them ON the shelves
and no law can compel them to sell.
Men will say, CPL not deposit good
money in bank to be paid back in poor
money!. and no law can compel them to
deposit. People will not insure their
lives and property unless they are sure
of what they are going to get. A man
is not going to sell his wheat crop
for silver dollars, just because the
Government says they are dollars and
will receive them for taxes. He is going
to find out first what the men with
whom he deals will take them for. That
is very much mere important. If they
will not give him dollars worth of
sugar, coffee, cloth, or what not, for each
of his silver dollars, he does not want
them, no matter what the law says. He
| will rather keep his wheat in the granary
until some one comes along who will pay
him the kind of dollars that he wants.
No law can compel him to sell his wheat
for inferior dollars.
This is something that the world has
tried thousand times, and always with
the same result. No law can force a
man to take cheap or worthless money,
and give for it full value in his goods
or the products of his labor.
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LIFE OF GEN. SHERIDAN.

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