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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-08-12

provisional registers; a regulation of
the Foreign Office permits a Consul to
issue a provisional register or a sea
letter. The former holds good for a
period of months to enable the vessel,
which may be away in a foreign port,
to reach the home port. The latter pro-
vides for direct voyage to the home
port for the purpose of securing a per-
manent register. In the case of the
China, hers is sea letter, and it is
now at an end.
"One thing l can say, and that is
that Minister Hatch did not supervise
the registering of the China There
may be law proceedings in this case,
and it would not do for me to give
what I believe to be the Individual
opinions of the Cabinet on this subject
l can say this, that we believe it best
to confirm the assurances given in July
to the United States Senator'S We do
not wish to inflict an injury to the
owners of the China nor do we ap-
prove Of Deputy-Consul Hopkins ac-
tions. He, by the way has but recent
ly been appointed. The matter will be
settled early tomorrow, but how or
what, in my opinion, the result will be
decline to say for the present If it is
decided not to issue a permanent reg
lister the China may leave here under
the Hawaiian flag, but she could not
participate in any of the benefits which
would ensue from her having a per-
manent register
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THURSDAY, AUGUST II, 1897.

telegraphed by him TO Washington.
II is possible that the owners of the
China were not aware of this under
standing, and the neglect to make pub
lie the fact that the British steamer
China had been granted, what is prac-
tically a Hawaiian register, until after
Congress had adjourned, was only an
oversight of Colonel Macfarlane's.
The Cabinet held two sessions yes
terday to consider what action to take
in the matter of issuing a permanent
register to the steamer. 1t was diff
cult to learn any particulars regarding
the discussion; the most that could be
learned was that the end is not yet. In
speaking of the matter last night, Min
is ire Cooper said:
Until the case is definitely settled
do not care to speak fully of the mat
ter. We had a Cabinet session this
but Mr.. Smith was not pres
ent, and final action was not taken. So
far as | am personally concerned, / can
say that the policy Of the Government
in this matter has not changed. We
gave assurances to the United States
on this question, and think they shold
be adhered to.
''The matter is now out Of my de-
partment and belongs to the Minister
OF Finance. There is no law regarding
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-08-12

that if this responsibility is not as
sumed by the United States Japan will
break off negotiations looking to ar
bitration and back up her demands by
a naval demonstration in Hawaiian
waters.
The State Department has not yet
received any official communication
from the Japanese Government on this
matter and the administration has not
indicated whether or not it will COM
ply with the Japanese demand when
made
An official of the japanese Legation
said in an interview: 81 am not Off
cially informed concerning the limits
of arbitration, but that Japan should
ask the United States to take recogni-
ton of it and assume an ultimate re-
arbiter as regards Hawaii being car
ried out, seems to be very natural.
eff the United States refuses to give
us a guarantee it is probable that the
arbitration proposition will fail. We
prefer to entertain a grievance and to
indemnify our subjects ourselves than
to arbitrate after the indignity of the
refusal by the United States of so just
a request. Neither the United States
nor the Hawaiians can justly plead dis
interestedness. Frequently in the Ha-
waiian-Japanese correspondence of
late the pending annexation has fig
ured as a factor in the situation. This
should operate in the arbitration case
as we'll"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-08-12
CLAYTON-BULwER TREATY.

Declared to Have No Bearing on
Hawaiian Annexation.
WASHINGTON, July %. Public
men in Washington were generally
surprised when the announcement was
made in the cable dispatches a few
days ago that the question of the Clay
ton-Bulwer treaty had been raised in
the British Parliament in connection
with the proposal to annex the Hawai-
ian Islands to the United States, and
the response of the British Government
that the one question was not involved
in the other.
The matter is regarded here with all
jects, the validity of the treaty and the
annexation of Hawaii, are under con-
sideration by the American Congress
and both, in all probability, will receive
attention during the next session. The
Senate Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions, which has already reported on
the annexation treaty, has undertaken
an investigation of the present status
Of the Clayton-Bulwer convention and
the general expectation, on account Of
the prediction of the members of the
subcommittee having the question in
charge, is that a report will be made
favorable to the abrogation of the
treaty.
Tt is understOOd that a majority Of
the members of the committee con-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-08-12
MINISTER HATCH IN OAKLAND.
VIII Not Talk of Hawaiian Affairs
at Present.

VIII Not Talk of Hawaiian Affairs
at Present.
OAKLAND, Cal, August Minis
ter Hatch declines to discuss either
annexation or Japanese interference
in the affairs of Hawaii, the land he
represents at the American capital.
He does not refrain because he is
Minister in a delicate position, he says,
but because there is nothing new in
the situation There is nothing to
talk about he said this afternoon, "or
would readily do so. Congress has
adjourned, and there will be nothing
further in the matter OF annexation for
some time to come. The other subject
you mention has developed no new
features. 1 came here from Washing
ton to meet my wife. This is her old
home, and we are to stay here for a
few weeks. l am still officially in
Washington, but in a few weeks sail
for Honolulu"
Minister Hatch spent today in San
Francisco, but this evening returned
to the Crellin Hotel with his wife.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-08-12
Deputy Consul Hopkins
Made the Mistake.
Application for Register Made in
May-issued i'm London
in July.

The big steamship China came into
the harbor yesterday flying the Ha-
waiian flag, and thereby hangs a
dilemma with the proverbial two
horns, and the grasping of either
means annoyance for some one. For
several weeks past Consul General
Wilder, at San Francisco, has been con-
sidered guilty of a seeming indiscre
ton in issuing an Hawaiian register
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-08-12
SPECIAL BUSINESS ITEMS.
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Senators Morgan and
Quay are Coming.
They Will Investigate Conditions
Here and Report to Senate
Committee.

NEW YORK, August A special
to the Herald from Washington says:
Japan will insist that the United
States assume a contingent RESPONSE
bility in the matter of the arbitration
of her differences with Hawaii on the
subject of immigration and the tariff.
1t is understood that this is one Of
the essential conditions upon which
Japan will consent to arbitration, and
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VIII Visit Honolulu in Interests of
senate Committee.
NEW YORK, August IA dispatch
from Atlantic City says that Senator
Matt Quay, informally acting as the
agent for the Committee on Foreign
Relations, will make personal visit
to Hawaii to make a thorough study
of the country and its advantages and
disadvantages. He will make a report
upon the reconvening of Congress in
December, upon the feasibility and ad
visibility of confirming the treaty of
annexation.
Senator Quay will leave August 18th,
and after a three-weeks' fishing trip,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-08-12
IMMIGRATION RESTRICTED.
Government Notifies Japan to
This Effect.

The Government seems determined
to take a decided stand in the matter
Of Japanese immigration, and the i'm
preston that any number Of immi-
grants from Japan may come here
must be wiped out.
In accordance with a decision Of the
Cabinet, Japan has been requested,
through Minister Shimamura, to re-
strict the emigration to Hawaii, except
such as may come under the auspices
of the Board of immigration here. This
means that laborers will not be admit
ted except those whose contracts have
been approved by the board.
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SYDNEY, n. S. w, August 3.-The
steamship Mariposa sailed for San
Francisco today with 100000 sover-
eigns.
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-04-02

oe Hotlceu FhyS1oOglStS pause in wonder at his
peculiar nervous manifestations "He is all nerve ;,
1t has been said To take single instance. Who bas
not noticed the ncessant restlessness of audiences
composed OF Jews? To ascribe this to bad manners
70 nave only scratched the surface of the uues ton
Inc Jew IS restless because he is nervous he does not
have the full-blooded stolidity of the Saxon.
VIII this unhealthy incubus depart from us ? It
would seem that conditions being changed their bane-
iui iniuence should also change But unfortunately
IN America the new environment is in this particular
respect but little of an Improvement over the mind
Wreck1ng Jewish life of the Middle Ages The strup-
gle Tor existence which has become the modern raiso
eue growing keener and sharper, is writing indeli
Die lines OF care upon the faces of the men about rs
ana persstently wearing out the rock of strono man
nood Ike water falling stone. Needless to saw the
jew IS prominently forward in the commercial tur
mol he feels at home in what has been for centuries
MS element Thus, the physical regeneration of the
Jew is retarded byjust as his physical Degeneration
formerly resulted from-hs environment Neverthe
less there Will be Improvement; how great future
years alone can tell
However fascinating this physical question. il
IS not OF such curious interest as the socalo tonic
py THIS IS not meant the relation of Jews to what
economists call society, for that would omen foo
broad subject, but that modern "socetv }, which
we read about in the newspapers. that small se,f
constituted body which arrogates to itself tbe fine
ton OF teaching the rest of unfortunate mankind how
20 live 10 this the Jews relation is still anomalous
not TO say degrading Social legislation formulated
long ago, and vet unrepealed bars him out from The
many associations which, as greg arous animal he
yearns tor Though the Jew appears TO be a man "a
TACT which Shakespeare in the Merchant Of Venice
was one OF the first to announce) when it comes 70
assocatng with him, the non-Jew is ant To renon,
Der that not 81 long ago he used to say Dog Of
Jew and ct course none Of the canneis permitted in
the ultra social her,
50 the Jew has been compelled to fall back upon
himself Not being able to build up an aristocracv Of
Dlrth because all Jews presumably spring from the
same long line the Jew chose the right principle for
arstocracv namely, individual worth but he went
wrong when he undertook to frame the criterion Of
worth Wealth became SYNONYM for worth ex
actly reversng previous Jewish notions which held
the wise Rabbi and the simple whole sonled man
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1897-04-02
THE JEWISH SOUTH.

good men still esteemed though when we sneak
OF successful man we have in mind one who has
made money. Having, then, society" built on
wealth. its dazzling magnifcence is explained It is
the old case of parvenuc, here much accumulated be-
cause for centuries the Jew had no opportunity for
social display and because the rivalry for high social
glory is strong Perhaps nagnifcence is an attribute
OF the jewish character witness Solomon 1t is this
love Of display which builds fine lighthouses and in
some instances, believe has been responsible
Tor the erection of handsome synagogues 1t is idle
to say that this extravaganza of life is harmless
vanity lit is evil of magnitude
There whole host of interesting features Of the
jewish social world, but shall mention only two.
ne frst is fungus, but perfectly natural growth
JeWlsh snob Space will not permit me to dissect
TINS rara avs. He is creation by himself To my
nina lhackeray's satires on "Snobs are incomplete
Tor lack OF chapter on the Jewish specimen
The second which would speak of is that which
ut there be any such thng) approaches to the dignity
OF national vice and touches the question of moral
1ty refer to card-playing with it's accompanying
gambling. But it is erroneous to suppose that
this is modern vice We quite medieval in our
love OF cards, as Israel Abrahams has shown In
the Middle Ages among Jews card playing was coun
tenanced and sanctioned by the communal author
1ty 1t suces to say that the worst feature of this
evil IS the perncious influence it exercises upon the
jewish home, always garden spot, however arid
the desert of Jewish life
From the social into the moral and religious life of
Israel IS but short step, but that widens out
perspective 50 that all other questions sink into
comparative insgni6cance and become as it were.
only the satellites of this great primary shining bv
the latters reflected light Here are met the most
d1fhcult phenomena and the most perpexng ev
dences For we are thrown into the human domain
OF the illogical dispute; we are confronted with
proofs, Scrptura and secular, with opinions great in
number and variety; with vague questions of modern
genius and civilization and Messianc eras we must
measure and determine those pillows of thought
which sweep meas minds and, like the electricity
are known only by their manifestations Further
complications result from the multiform nature of
the Jew comprising national and racial and religious
entities SO blended that they hard to separate
In SPITE however of this melange of ntricacies and
ltlculileS the tllt1re I.d z
The age-herald., 1897-09-17
RUSSELLVILLE ITEMS.
Weather Still HOt-Trade ImOrOvog-PersOna
 Mention Building Going Up.

Special to The AgseHeral1.
 Russellville. Sept. 16.-The weather in this section continues dry and excessive ly warm.
 Trade seems to be improving. and business generally is getting more lively.
 The hills around the city are thick with iron ore scresners. The large en- terprises in the ore business do not seem to be fiourishing, but the small ones are doing thriving business.
 John E. Ormon. of the firm of Dear ling & Orman, is reeuperating at Bailey Springs in Lauderdale county.
 George C. Alman, who has been i'll for some weeks, is trying the virtues of Iuka Springs, Miss.
 A substantial stone building is being erected in the city to be used as a mer- cantile establishment.
 The county is having an iron fence built around the court square.
The age-herald., 1897-09-17

honor, but just when I cannot tell. I in- tend to visit the south in short trips at different times, as my duties here will permit. When I come to the state of Alabama I will surely avail myself of your generous offer toward assisting me in getting the facts I desire regarding southern agricultural conditions, to the end that I may make this department as useful as possible to your people,"
 Mayor Barnes, of Opelika, wirsd Gov ernor Johnston this morning that a ease of sickness had developed there which was believed to be smallpox, and re- quested that some physician who was familiar with the symptoms of that dis ease be sent there ito examine the pa- tient The governor accordingly ar- ranged with pr. Chiffon Thorington to go to Opelika and he left for that place this afternoon. '
The age-herald., 1897-09-17
STRICT QUARANTINE.
Selma Shuts Off Atlanta-Little Girl Dead
 A Street Fight

Special to The Age-Herald.
 Selma, Sept. 16.-A sitlict quarant ne Is being maintained against all yellow fe- yer districts. Seven young ladies recent Gy from Mobile have been removed from the city to a special damp of detention three miles noh.h of Summerfield. They are Misses Ruby and Lula Urqulbart, Matte Lamar, Bessie Graves, Mary Howard, Helen Austin and Hattie Gravy Cord
 At meeting of the board of health quarantine was declared against At lanta.
 Florence Marshall, the 6-year-oId daughter of MT. and Mrs Harry Mar shall, died alt the residence of Mrs. Stevens Tuesday night.
 "Wednesday morning Charles Tlssier and Charles Rosenburg had a personal difficulty on Broad streelt. The affair originated over some reports presuma- bly caused by business rivalry. Tiss.er was wou'sted in the bout. Both were ar rested
The age-herald., 1897-09-17
CLOSED BY SHERIFF.
Attachment Issued Against the New Decatur
 teI-lncendiary Fire.

Special to The Age Herald.
 Decatur, Sept. 16-The Ne wDecatur hotel, which has been conducted for some time by Mrs. Nick Corrigan, on Moulton street, has been closed by the sheriff under an attachment for rznt and supplies. The liabilities aggregate something over $500. The hotel will not be opened again fer some weeks
 Fire recently destroyed the dwelling house, barns, grainery ard the surround ing buildings of Mrs. D. A. Burleson, living oil the Mou.ton road about seven miles west of the city. There was $500 insurance. Two mules and lot of other
The age-herald., 1897-09-17
SECRETARY WILSON REPLIES.
He Accepts Gov Johnston's Cordial Invitation
 to Visit Alabama.

Special to The Age-Herald.
 Montgomery, Ala. Sept. 16--A state menr was made in th= press few weeks ago that Secretary of Agricul- ture Wilson contemplated making a vis- it to the south. Governor Johnston ac- cordlngly wrote him a very cordial let ter inviting him to visit Alabama. The secretary's reply was received today, in which he said:
 Tt was very kind of the governor of Alabama to give me such a cordial in vitation to visit that great common-
The age-herald., 1897-09-17
BESSEMER BUDGET.
Synagogue to 0pen-0fficers to be Chosen
 Brookwood Mountains Quarantine.

Special to The Age-Herald.
 Bessemer, Sept 16.-The Jewish syna- gogue here is expected to be opened for services the first time in a long while during the coming Jewish feast days, beginning September 2S. Rabbi Ullman, formerly of Birmingham, will offciate.
 On next Tuesday evening the new city administration will take charge and on the same evening will elect a city clerk, chisf of police, market and sanitary in- spectors, city attorney and physician and six poncemen.
 Brookwood Is still quarantined against Bessemer. Local merchants and coll ec'tors who tried today were again refus- ed admittance and are greatly annoyed over the proceedings of that little vil- lage.
 Bessemer Lodge No. 45s, Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, will have an in- teresting meeting next Monday night. There will be work in the Masters de- gree and Dr. R. M Cunningham, deputy grand master will be on hand to exemp- lify the work.
 N. w. Berglund is going to open up an extensive candy and chewing gum factory at 172f First avenue, Birming- ham, In the near future.
 Mir. and Mrs. Lotus Haster and daugh- ter Clara, returned from months trip in Colorado and The west. Miss Mary Staub, a neice, of Denver, accompanied them for an extended visit.
The age-herald., 1897-09-17
MARION MATTERS.
Engineer Savage Hurt-Cotton Coming In-
 Strict Quarantine Enforced.

Special to The Age-Herald.
 Mlarlon, SeIl.. 16.-iMr. Savage, engi- neer in charge of the couton compress here, was seriously injured Tuesday by one of the doors weighing about 800 pounds falling upon him. One hip is broken, and 1t is feared he is badly hurt irl:erna1fy.
 Ccdton is comng into this market rap- idly, and is selling at about 1 cent a pound less than at this time last year. The crop will be about the same as last year, butt the farmers are realizing much less from 1t.
 There has never been a case of yell low fever in Marion since its first set- tlement, and it is not feared that there will be amy lhfs season; but a strict quarantine is bsdng miafrit a.ned against all infected districts in older to keep on the safe side.
 Circuit count adjourned Tuesday. Ten convidts were sent over to the farm In Lowndcs county, where they are worked, and several were sent to the slate penitentiary.
 The college presidents are all at home nuw preparing for the opening of the schools. The Judson and seminary will open next week, and the Marion Mili- tary Institute the week following. The prospect for full schools brighter than for many years.
 Two of Maa'fon's young ladies, Misses May Murfee and Josie Lovelace, will
The age-herald., 1897-09-17
vDMER ACQUITTED.
He Comes Clear on the Charge of Having
 Struck Private.
Special to The Age-Herald.

Special to The Age-H Herald.
 Montgomery. Sept. 16.-Capt vidmer, of Mobile, adjutant of the Alabama First Infantry regiment, was charged by a private during the recent encampment in Mobile with having struck him while in ranks.
 The Mobile newspapers made a big sensation of it, and Capt vidmer de- manded an official investigation.
 court of Inquiry was organized and has since been Investigating the matter, with the result that Vidmer was acquit- ted of the charge, the order absolving him being announced today. The evil dence showed Capt. Vidmer had simply endeavored to place the man correctly in ranks.
The age-herald., 1897-09-17
Greensboro Gossip.

Special-to The Age-H Herald.
 Greensboro, Sept .16-Greensboro has quarantined against all points infected with yellow fever. There are about twenty persons here from Mobile and New Orleans, who came several days before quarantine was established. They will be allowed to remain.
 Tuesday night Miss Alice Gervin elop- ed with Allie Mackey. They were mar ried in Eutaw, from which place they went to Birmingham.
The age-herald., 1897-09-17
HEFLIN HAPPENINGS.
The Weather Hot-Seyera Cases of Fever
 Personal Items.
Special to The Age-Herald.

Special to The Age-Herald.
 Heflin, Sept. 1.-The weather was never known to be so hot and dry in this section at this season. Streams are perfectly dry that were never known to be before.
 There are several cases of fever in the country below Hefiin.
 Miss Exa Strickland is preparing to leave for College Park, Cox college, next Monday.
 Mrs, J. R. Little, who has been spend
The age-herald., 1897-09-17
of pie.

stock were burned with the barn. The place was occupied by man named Dave Chun anIi his aged father People in the neighborhood claim the fire to have been incendiary.
 S. H. Morris, who was former post master at Lacon, small town near here, will very probably succeed M. Patter- son, who has just resigned. Numerous ly signed petitions are being circulated asking for the appointment of Morris, and he has no opposition. Patterson's administration was not popular