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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-19

Athens, May 1911 a. m.)-The COM
munication from the Turkish to the Greek
commander at Arta which followed the
raising of the flag of truce by the former
which was in Turkish, ran as follows:
"On condition that no Greek soldier
belonging to any army of the service re.
mains on territory of the Ottoman en-
pire, we have orders that an armistice
shall be concluded of sea and land with
view of arriving at an understanding
(Signed)
"YUSSUF, Chief of Staff"
The Greek commander wired here for
instructions and the government replied:
"We authorize you to suspend hostili-
ties in order to discuss the conditions of
an armistice."
The government in notifying the ENJOYS
of the powers as to this proposal, said that
as Greece had entrusted her interests to
the powers, it was for them to negotiate
the conditions of an understanding.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-19

Promptly at 2 O'Clock the presiding
officer laid the Morgan Cuban resolution
before the Senate, and Mr.. Mason of Hi
noiS was recognized.
The Senator began with sarcastic refer
ence to the ''polite view" of the Senate,
which had taken the place of the 'old
game of filibusterer." On one pretense
and another, he said, 1.-THE opposition to
| the resolution had succeeded in delaying
action day after day. Day after day the
| American people had awaited that action,
| had expected that at last the barbaritiesof
| the Spaniard would be checked, until at
| last it seemed as though the voice of the
| American people was to remain silent,
while the sale of girls, the murder of
| children and the barbarities which these
| Spaniards call war, pro- eed in Cuba.
| The senator declared il vas time to put
| aside the diplomatic subterfuge that Ian
guage was to be used to conceal thought.
1t was time to act; to carry out the plat
| form of theRepulbican party and to speak
here and now in behalf of Cuba. Mr..
Mason referred to that splendid gentle
man. in the Presidential chair and to
the Presidents Cuban message yesterday
| in proof OF the serious conditions prevail
ing in Cuba.
"Here is the proof exclaimed the SEN
tor. 'In the communication of the Pres
| ident stating that 800 citizens of the
United States have been forced into towns
and are destitute. Who forced them there
Was it the insurgents? Then there is wal
in Cuba. Was it the Spaniards? Then il
there is no war there ought to be, and
with us. Eight hundred Americans
driven from homes starving, and still
some senators say it is not much of a
war.
In sarcastic tones the senator said that
with this statement, that 500 Americans
were suffering, we passed a resolution in
substance, saying: please, kind Mr..
| Spaniard, let us bring home our Ameri,
cans and protect them under our iagP'
And yet there is no war in Cuba.
''If 500 American citizens are being
driven like swine, exclaimed Mr.. Mason,
compelling us to send from our shores
to protect them, in the name of God, if il
is not war, what is it?''
Mr. Mason turned his attention to the
remarks favorable to England made by
Mr.. wellington of Maryland, yesterday;
eyes we owe her(England) good deal,
declared Mr., Mason, E'but we settled q
good part of it at Bunker Hill"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-19

Continued on Second Page.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-24
CARRIER PIGEONS FOR ALASKA.
Proposed Homing Service Between
Sitka and Juneau.

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Feb. C.
For a long time past the wide-awake
artisans of Alaska have been chafing
under the inconvenience resultant up
on inadequate communication between
distant places, particularly Sitka, the
capital, and Juneau, the metropolis.
The recent escape and sensational
recapture of Desperate Birch has again
brought the matter up, it being argued
that the long delay would have been
avoided had the authorities of two
towns been able to communicate with
each other by any other means than
steam launches of no remarkable speed.
The great amount of money required
to lay a cable from Juneau to Sitka
forces that proposition out of consider
alton, but the Alaska Searchlight has
come to the front with a substitute
that would be almost as good as the
telegraph and would work material
Improvement on existing conditions.
The plan suggested by the Search
light is simply the establishment of
dOve-cOtes in the two towns and the
stocking OF them with carrier-pigeOps.
TO he used when the occasion requires.
1t is proposed to let the business men
Of the two towns pay the expenses. The
Searchlight cites the efficient marine
horing pigeon service between San
Francisco and the Farallones as a
practical demonstration of the wisdom
OF its suggestion.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-24
HAWAIIAN NICKEL COIN, SUP
PRESSED BY THE MONARCY.

pect of joint and profitable specula-
mutually participate. The King was
pleased with the proposal and partially
consented to it, provided his Cabinet
would consent. The Frenchman then
opened up the project to w. n. Arm
strong and Col G. H. Judd. These gen
tlemen at once told him that it was
entirely impracticable, and that the
Cabinet would never consent to it. On
the Kings arrival in Paris, the
Frenchman was of service to the King
as an interpreter. He mentioned the
subject of the nickel coin several times,
and again urged his proposition very
strongly, but met with no favor from
the Kings friends in attendance. From
that time until November 1896 Mr.
Armstrong never heard of the matter
until he was informed by Colonel Fish
er, while on a voyage to San Francis
co in the Australia, that Bishops
Bank owned a Hawaiian nickel coin
Colonel Fisher stated that it was OBJ
tanned from an employe of the Oahu
Railway Company, and it is, probably,
the only Hawaiian nickel coin in ex-
istence. This may be accounted for in
this way: The Frenchman probably
persisted in his effort TO introduce the
nickels into the Islands, and. after the
Kings return. had some coin struck
off and forwarded as samples. This is
conjecture. however. It is possible that
there may be some information in the
Foreign Office on the subject. There
may have been a number of the coin
forwarded, and these were distributed
among the members of the Kings
household. In this way, the nickel in
the possession of the bank, may have
gotten into circulation. May be. possi-
bly,. a few others of the same sort are
in existence. and it may be the fact that
this is the only coin of the kind.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-24
SPECIAL BUSINESS ITEMS.

THE SINGER received 81 first
awards for Sewing Machines and en-
broidery work at the Worlds Fair,
Chicago, ILL.,, being the largest number
of awards obtained by any exhibitor,
and more than double the number Civ
en- to all other Sewing Machines. For
sale, lease and rent. Repairing done.
B. BERGERSEN, 113 Bethel Street.
City Carriage Company have removed
to the Corner of Fort and Merchant
SITS. Telephone No. 113. First-cla So
Carriages at all hours.
JOHN s. ANDRADE.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-24
SECRETARY sEARLEs AT CANTON.
Visit of Missing Sugar Witness to
Home of Mckinley.

| Visit of Missing Sugar Witness to
Home of Mckinley.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Feb. S.-A special to
the Tribune from Canton, Ohio, says:
John E. Searles, secretary of the sugar
trust, not only paid a visit to Presi-
dent-elect Mckinley last Friday, and
tried to keep his visit secret, but he
Railway station here and took him
away TO some unknown place for an
hours conference Mr.. Searles' visit is
causing more comment here the more
its mystery becomes known.
mystery becomes known.
The fact that he was under contempt
at Albany, n. Y, for not appearing at
the LeXow Committee investigation of
the sugar trust on that day has caused
all sorts of speculation here over the
subject of his visit.
What Mr.. Searles came to Canton
for is much of a mystery. The Presi-
dent-elect has said that he does not
know Mr. Searles' initials, and Mr..
Searles' only explanation of his visit,
in reply to the usual questions put to
callers at the Mckinley house, was
that he came on social call.
II is generally believed that the
Pfesident-elect knew he was entertain
ing the secretary of the sugar trust,
but that he did not know he was in
contempt of court at the time. The
most plausible explanation of the visit
is that he was looking up the question
of tariff legislation, and that Friday
was considered most convenient for
H., 70,
Mr.. LeXoW.
1t is regarded here as doubtful
whether the matter is brought up to
Albany on account of the unjust criti-
cism to which it might subject the
PreSident-elect
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-24
VALUABLE NICKEL
Suppressed by Cabinet During
Monarchy.
SCHEME OF SHREWD FRENCHMAN
Wanted them Issued in
Hawaiian Islands.
Rare Relic Owned by Bishop g. Co.
Valued At Several Hundred
Dollars.

While King Kalakaua was on his
way from Rome to Paris in the year
1881, he became acquainted with a
Frenchman who Travelled in the same
train, and was the owner of a nickel
mine in New Caledonia. This man, aft
er describing the value of nickel as a
coin, finally proposed to the King that
the Hawaiian Government become a
purchaser of nickel coin, and issue
them to the nominal value of 100000.
AS the metal would not cost over $780,
900, or even less, he held out the pros
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-24


We are now producing of cane and
beet sugar about one-sixth of our home
consumption.
A very large percentage of the beets
abroad are grown by farmers who have
an interest ia the factory as well as in
the farm, which acts as a strong incen-
tive to produce the largest tonnage of the
richest beets. In this country we have
not only to educate our farmer to grow
beets, but we have to impress upon him
the Importance of raising the best at
tainable product; prejudices are to be ov-
ercome, interest awakened and an in
telligent understanding of the proper
lands and the preparation thereof must
be inculcated. No man appreciates what
all this means who has not been COM
PEELED to count its cost. Our producers
must meet the very highest conditions
abroad. ami III takes several years to ac-
complish ii. The foreign farmer knows
just how to till his land, how to rotate
his beet crop with others to produce the
best results, and all the by-products from
sugar used to the best advantage
Nor should we overlook the fertility of
the lands in Cuba, Hawaii and the col
onies, nor in those highly and intelli-
gently cultivated for the beet in Europe.
And in connection with "A to 4S-cent Ia
other instances, the cost is much less
than in California or Nebraska, where
we pay from 10 cents as the lowest to 80
cents an hour Tor labor; and hence 1a-
waii sugar planters no longer need the
favor or bounty which we refuse to ex-
tend to our own producers.
about $3.50 per ton for beetS, which is
from 80 cents to 81 per ton less than they
cost our sugar producers. In this item
alone we have very important element
of the cost of beet sugar in the United
States, compared with the European pro-
duction. Then, too, have here double
the cost of working the beets into sugar
in factories, owing to the cheaper
labor abroad, and manufacturers
have to keep certain steady force on
their payroll of skilled labor to insure
it's services the following campaign. Ger
many has much of this class of la
Dor at hand that her manufacturers let
it go and hire anew
1t is certainly time that the continent
all system, equally as sure in its opera
tions toward those who. do not employ
it as were the Napoleon and English
edictS, should be firmly met, especially
when the objects purely selfish and
not for revenue; being neither free trade
nor fair trade.
How this foreign policy operates is
shown by our imports of refined for the
last fiscal year, which were over Isl, 0O0,-
coo pounds, at an average value of 2.S
cent$ per pound. Even Japan and the
English in Hong Kong sent us 100000
pounds and it invades the very territory
upon which beet sugar producers
rely for their market-the Pacific Slope
States and the Middle West. Figures Will
show that the English must have land
ed this sugar at about $40 cents per
pound valuation, because it got in at
about 4 2-10 cents. France and Germany
got theirs in a tPihe below 1-10 cents;
the Netherlands at IL cents and the
United Kingdom at $40 cents. 1t is ut
terly impossible for our domestic pro-
ducers to long maintain a struggle, the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-24
MAY NOT RE LONG.
Mckinley Says He May Change HIS
Mind.

BOSTON. Feb. 9.-Ex-Governor Jno.
D. Long said today that the dispatch
from Canton, published this morning,
to the effect that his acceptance of the
Navy portfolio had been received at
Canton, WAS probably based on letter
written to Mckinley some ten days ago
in answer to one received from Nc
Kinley.
Long said: He wrote me he had me
in mind for the Navy. but added that
something might happen to change his
mind, though it was not likely. [ re-
piled that l therefore took it the mat
ter was to remain at a standstill, and
should continue to inform the press it
was still under his consideration. Since
then no word has passed between us. .
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-24
PROPOSED SUGAR SCHEDULE.
Soon to be Made by Specific Du
ties

Soon to be Made by Specific Du-
ties.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 12.-It is
learned tonight that the sugar schedule
in the new tariff bill will be given out
for publication during the early part
of next week. AS this schedule is the
next in Importance to that of the wool
schedule a great deal of interest is be-
ing taken in the matter and the an
nouncement will be anxiously waited.
While the details of the schedule are
not known, it is believed that the new
schedule will be drawn upon the lines
of a specific, instead of an ad valorem,
duty, as now provided in the Wilson
bill
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-24

South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, Washing
ton, Wisconsin and Wyoming. In view
OF this fact and with the lesson taught
us by Europe, Brazil, Argentina and Swe-
den before Hs, and with the advance we
have made, IL would be almost criminal
10 throw away our great opportunity.
iSiana is undeveloped. while vast areas of
land IN Texas and Florida. not vet under
cultivation, are capable and will produce
profitable cane crops of liberal and sta
BILE announcement shall be offered
So that we have the soil, the climate.
and. we venture to say the energy and
the capital. These things being So
WHAT SHOULD OUR POLICY BE?
1t seems to me that we may learn
something by looking to the production
of. sugar abroad. There is hardly a CIV
ilized nation on earth, except our own
capable of producing its own sugar that
the Argentine Republic, Brazil and
Queensland. Within very few years
Sweden has come to export beet sugar
Nations have been liberal to reach these
results. Even Bulgaria has a duty of
cents on sugar and bounty of cents
to home producers for 10 years. We
should not delude ourselves with the idea
that the five or six States that may be
producing sugar are the only ones inter
ested in the question. On the contrary,
the mechanic, the laborer, the merchant
and the farmers in many States, aside
from the cane and beet belts, are deeply
interested, and especially for machinery
coal, coke, limestone, etc, and railways
would also obtain a greater volume of
traffic. And we have the advantage that
we can start in at a point which it has
taken Germany half a century to reach.
The worlds recent increase in beet sugar
production has been
Tons
1S90-91 Observation-Disclosures. 1888 6Se
1S95-96 Observation-Disclosures. & 323 $50
In 1880 two-thirds of the worlds sugar
was from cane
In 1895 two-thirds of the worlds supply
was from the beet.
The domestic beet sugar Increase in
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-24
Suffrage in Massachusetts.

BOSTON (Mass). Feb. 1O.-The Leg
islative Committee on Constitutional
Amendments today voted to report an
amendment to the Constitution strik-
ing out the word male" thus giving
women the full right of suffrage
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-02-24

zaba volcano last night was somewhat
active, throwing a red light against
the sky and emitting large volumes of
smoke. The inhabitants are alarmed
and fear that an earthquake will oc-
cur
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-15
THE SENATORIAL CONTEST.
Senator Pritchard Ought to be Tied up
on the Bond Question.

Senator Pritchard Ought to be Tied up
on the Bond Question.
To the Editor: To the Honorable, the
members of the upper and lower House
of the General Assembly of North Caro-
lima;
Gentlement The battle now on for
choice. of United States Senator should
be for principle, not for party. / there
fore beg leave to call your attention to
very important point:
Mr.. Pritchard, in his obligation to Col.
Skinner, states that she will support dur
ing his entire term of service as Senator
all financial reforms contemplated by the
Poqulist movement" (See the News and
Observer Of January 81
But he is silent ON the bond movement,
which is far more important than the sill
yer question. Financial reforms" may
be construed as not embracing the bond
question, and in that case he would be left
free TO vote for further issue of interest
bearing bonds if he see proper so to do.
| have seen it stated that a bill is now
pending in Congress to borrow from FIVE
hundred million $500 900, 000) to one bill
lion $1,000, 000,000) dollars for which
bonds are TO be issued. The plan is for
me BONDS TO serve as q OASIS Tor nauOnal
bank notes, the interest on which, in
Guiding the interest on the bonds, will be
10 to II per cent-to be paid by the peo-
pie for the privilege of a circulating
medium II is doubtless the intention Of
the Republican party to issue bonds to
large amount for the purpose aforesaid
and the only safe way to prevent it is to
keep them in minority in the Emitted
&fafas GAnafn fFhaPafnFp hafnpa tho
election, the 10TH it would be well to
require AIR Pritchard to give pledge
on this important subject.
Respectfully submitted,
BRYAN TYSON.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-15
HANNA'S HAND IN IT ALL.


A special to the Washington Post from
Boise, Idaho, says:
Letters and positive evidence were
discovered before the balloting to-day.
showing that Chairman Hanna and
Senator Shoup are both for Claggett,
and have an understanding with him III
case of his election. 1t was also discov-
cred that money was here from Eastern
Republican sources to defeat Dubois. AL
the Republican leaders and James a.
McNab, Senator Shoup's business part
ner, were open and nortorious In their
efforts for Claggett. They commenced
work as soon as the Legislature adjourn.
ed yesterday, and this morning they
claimed, and it was generally conceded
that Claggett would be elected to-day
Several other Democrats promised tc
vote for him, but failed when the time
for halloting arrived.
THE air is filled with ugly rumors TO
night Evidence is, so plain Of Republican
support of Claggett that the impression
IS general that he will be dropped. IL
that event it is expected the same tactics
will be attempted in behalf Of some other
Populist. Republicans claim the Mormon
church will hold their seven Mormon
Democrats against Dubois.
THE Senate this afternoon, by vote
Of II to s, refused to unseat the Dubois
Senator from Bingham county, whose
seat was contested ON the same ground
as the two members of the House, who
were unseated. Unless Claggett is elected
tomorrow, it is doubtful wehther the
Legislature can withstand the demands
Of the people for Dubois return"
Here in North Carolina, Hanna is in
terested in getting Populists to vote for q
Republican, and there are many who
believe that he will succeed by the same
means he employed to elect Mckinley.
The injection of Hanna into American
politics has done more to debauch suf-
frage and to destroy confidence in our
government than anything that has hap,
pened in twenty years. As a corruption
list he is a success. Like Jay Gould, he
will help anybody of any party who will
promise to further the ends he has in
view
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-15
WILL FORAKER OPPOSE HANNA,
Fractional Contest Over Shermans Sue
ccss0r Threatened
Special 10 tho Post

Cleveland, O., Jan. Instantaneous
ly with the announcement that Senator
Sherman will be the successor of Secreta-
ry Olney comes the report that Senator
elect Foraker is sharpening his knife
preparatory to resisting the attempt of
Chairman Hanna to seize Sherman's cast
off Senatorial toga. Silas Merchant. a
prominent Foraker Republican in this sec
ton of Ohio, made this announcement
this evening: Il have just received some
information which rather frightens me.
[ have it from good source that the
fight between Foraker and Sherman over
Mark Hanna's candidacy for the United
States Senate is on in earnest. Foraker
is determined TO prevent Hanna from
going to the Senate, and the fight is 60
ing to be a bitter one" Mr.. Hanna en-
tertained a score of of1ice-seekers to-day.
They were chiefly from the interior OF
this State
The national chairman was slightly
nettled to-day at the report that his
health was bad. In this connection, he
said: 81 do not relish having the subject
of my health made the subject of wide
spread comment. 1t does no good, and
only excites uncalled-for anxiety on the
part of my friends
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-01-15
THE CAUCASIAN on pRITCHARD

The Caucasian this week fairly bristles
with criticism Of Senator pritchard. il
shows that he cannot be regarded as q
silver man by any who really desire to
sec free coinage, and that his own declar-
ations prove him to be an ally of the
$Shermans and the other advocates of the
gold standard. We make room for few
extracts from the Caucasian's leader:
In the resolution signed by Sena-
tor Pritchard and sixteen other Re
publican Senators, he declares that
the people of the United States can
be rescued from impending danger
-how?BY THE ONLY METHOD
POSSIBLE, WHICH is THE
FREE AND UNLIMITED COIN
AGE OF SILVER AT THE RA-
ITO OF 16 TO i, BY THE IN
DEPENDENT ACTION OF THE
UNITED STATES.
Sin the parallel letter, Of Febru
airy 18th, '96, he says: THE RE
PUBLICAN PARTY DOES NOT
FAVOR THE FREE COINAGE
OF SILVER AS AN INDEPEN-
DENT, SINGLE AND SEP ARATE
FINANCIAL POLICY"
Now in one instance the Senator
declares for one thing, but in an
other he says his party does not favor
it, And it must be noted that he adj
heres to his party, for he says he has
AN ABIDING FAITH IN IT'S
HONESTY. Now, if the Republican
party does not favor free silver by
independent action, and Senator
Pritchard HAS AN ABIDING
FAITH in the honesty of the Repub-
lican party, it is clear that Senator
Pritchard cannot favor free silver by
independent action without compro-
missing his own honesty"
Now, let it be remembered that
il Senator Pritchard should be re-
elected, he will help the Mckinley
administration organize the Senate,
for his election will give the admin
istration that power. With his cleo
ton the administration will organize
all the committees, and under the pre-
sent declared policy of the admins
tration, these committees will see that
no silver bill will ever get before the
Senate Hence Mr.. Pritchard's de-
claration that he will vote for it (f
it comes up means nothing With
Mr.. Pritchard in the Senate, support
ing the administration, such bill
would never come up