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The silver star., 1897-10-28
GEORGE m. PULLMAN DEAD,
The Palace Car Magnate Succumbs Sudden
ly to Heart Disease.


ly to Heart Disease.
Chicago, Oct. 19.-George NJ. Pull
man, the palace car magnate. died at
his residence, Eighteenth street and
Prairie avenue, this city, at ) O'Clock
this morning.
Mr.. Pullman. who was in his 9th
year, had not been enjoying his usual
good health during the summer The
extreme heat of last week greatly ag-
gravated his disease. known To medical
science as angina pcctoris. but no Sc
rlous trouble was anticipated. Mr..
Pullman was at his office in the Pull
man building daily and dined ycstcr-
day with his friends AT his club. Later
in the evening he remarked having a
slight pain in the back. He retired M
his usual early hour.
AT o'clock his household were awak.
ened by disturbance in Mr. Pullman's
chamber. and upon entering found him
standing in the center OF the room.
daZed and apparently suffering excru.
cllting pains in the region of the heart.
Rev. II. NJ. Eaton. who was visiting
MIR. Pullman. called DIR. Frank Bill-
ings. the family physician. Restor;,-
fives were applied. but to no purpose.
and at O'Clock the millionaire and NH.
l'intlropist passed away without sneak.
ing ana with scarcely struggle.
Mrs. Pullman. who. with her two
sons. George and Sanger. has been on
an eastern tour, WIS wired at once.
and no funeral arrangements will hr
made until she arrives.
The silver star., 1897-10-28
HAWAII is GOING TO BE A STATE
senator Morgan Returns From Honolulu
Very Enthusiastic on the Subject.

Very Enthusiastic ON the Subject.
San Francisco. Oct. Ex-senator Nor
gan and his daughters and +. NJ. Hatch.
the new minister from Hawaii. were
among the passengers who arrived
from Honolulu upon the steamship
Belgic to-day
Senator Morgan expressed himself as
well pleased with what he saw and
the manner in which he was enter
tained while on the islands. He is more
than ever enthusiastic on the subject
OF annexation. and intimates that Ha-
wall may become n part of this coun-
try before the close of the coming year.
He says
Hawaii is certainly going to be n
state; but whether il will he at the
time of its annexation or later remains
TO be seen. Should 1t be annexed us n
territory. the Hawaiian commissioners
Will surely recommend that the islands
he admitted to statehood. and a special
act of Congress would undoubtedly fol-
low.
II have favored annexation from the
beginning. but ! was surprised upon
investigating the latter to find that the
arguments in favor of the movement
had been understated. In my opinion
Hawaii IL absolutely Indispensable TO
the United States. and we must have
those islands. The only opposition
found was that of a few of Liuokalani
royalists. who have no weight over
there and for the most part are royal
lists FOR revenue only"
Senator and the Misses Morgan will
leave here for their home at Selma.
Alabama, In few days.
The silver star., 1897-10-28
ODD FELLOWS MEET.
EncAMpMenr AT TRINIDAD.
Prise Drill Results In Favor of Denver
Greeley Second and Pueblo Third.

Trinidad, Oct. 19.-The Odd Fellows
of Colorado are in session here today
Business matters We're laid aside Tor
the day, and the time given to pleasure
and sightseeing.
The grand parade was formed at
o'clock this morning. and was COM
posed of the mayor and aldermen, nre
department. Uniform Rank knights or
Pythias, the different c;intons of Pa
triarch Militant. visiting and local
lodges of Odd Fellows and Daughters
of Rebekah.
Following the parade wsls public
reception and addresses at the opera
house.
This afternoon the prize drill be-
tween the cantons of Patriarch Mill
tant was witnessed by Il large crowd
There We're four cantons Denver,
Greeley. Cripple Greek and Pueblo. en-
tered for the contest. but the Cripple
Creek canton was ruled out on the pro-
test of the Pueblo canton. because their
captain was Denver man. Canton
Rogers of Denver was awarded first
prize. Greeley second and Pueblo third.
One of the interesting events of the
afternoon was the exhibition fire drill
by the pupils of the public schools. At
O'Clock an alarm was sounded. and at
the same time an alarm sent in to the
fire department. The large Rice build
ing was cleared of its pupils in 2ia min
utes after the alarm was sounded. The
exhibition was loudly applauded by the
visitors
This evening the degree of Chivalry
was conferred on Colonel George NJ.
Huskins the ceremonies being followed
by grand ball at Armory hall
Tomorrow the real work of the grand
lodge will begin, the final session being
held on Thursday.
The silver star., 1897-10-28
Ml..lnx sl4.ooo pncLnx..

cheyenne. Wyo.. Oct. ia force of
postoiiicc inspectors has been working
mere Tor the past week endeavorlng ia
run down the person or persons wbo
recently stole n registered mail pouch
containing $4,000 In cash en routc
from chicago TO Salt Lake City. A
strict Investigation has failed to con.
nect any OF the postal clerks running
and the officers hive returned In oma' :
In with the receipt Of the pouch at tint
place. ~ '''''
The silver star., 1897-10-28

There is a grain of truth in the asser-
tion humorously put forth by a western
paper that Lying is expected in a poll
tician as much as in circus man. a
hunter or a fisherman, and nobody
pays any more attention to it, The
writer had in view those who are de-
scribed by the word politician" in its
deprecatory sense. But in republic
every man should be a politician. tax
ing the word in its primary and best
meaning. No one would say in seri-
business that every man should be un-
truthful regarding his political acts ana
purposes. Even a diplomatist should
not be liar. One of the greatest of
those said that he made it rule al
ways to tell the truth, that, since no
one would believe him, 1t served the
purpose OF diplomacy better than
silence or evasion. Besides, he kept his
conscience clear.
The silver star., 1897-10-28
VAST Loss pus ID sAp aozn.
An Omcial Report on Conditions In rov.
KscoInmentintiSux

The bad roads q Town have been made 4,
subject o. report 70 tue secretary Of an
the burean Of road INQUIRY OF the ssricuS.. Ti y.
Iowa leads all other states In tonnnrs' "ni,s "
agricultural products. the cost Of transpo,,.. !.
ing her crops by wagon has reached n.
maximum owing to the bad condition Of ~ ~
public roads. 80 that he agricultural outn", ~,
Of "a, ,OO0.0OO tons Is hnuled ut an nyerss nysss
cost OF x1.31 ton. The Iowa farmer nv nv
on an average "a cents Il ton n mile bufF tRss
cost Of hauling on good roads Is from n III n
cents. The present conditions are lurreiv
caused, he says by the neglect OF the sov roy
ernment to lay out roads In advance az N.
settlement of the country. 4s
General Stone estimates that with rail,
road cooperation narrow stone roads ~ =,
gravel roads surfaced with stone can y y
built generally throughout the state at
cost of from $500 to 81 900 mile whcra ~
heavy grading Is required. and suggests TIM
the cost can be greatly reduced by the EN-. EN-
ployment OF convict labor. ns IL done In oth
er states; Conservative estimates based up
on the hauling OF crops ana local travs
place the tax annually paid by the farmer.
OF Iowa because of bad roads ut s14.OO0,O0
The silver star., 1897-10-28

The pulpit of little eastern church
has long stood enough to one side of
the platform to disturb the congrega-
tion's sense of proportion; but any pro-
test met with quick reioinder from
the aged minister The wife of the sex
ton. taking matters into her own hands.
says the Church Economist. moved the
pulpit toward the center an inch a week
and gained her point. though it took
time, for the old doctor never noticed
the difference. Some citadels must
needs be stormed from the front. but
more victories are won and more re
forms inaugurated by methods which
do not antagonize. and in which tact
is joined to persevering moderation.
The silver star., 1897-10-28

An American at Shanghai writes: A
subject that is attracting much atten-
ton in China in these days is the rapid
Increase OF Russian influence. The spe-
cial embassy sent by the czar to Pekin
Is the most in evidence, but fully as
significant is the removal OF the Russo
Chinese Bank at Pekin to palatial new
quarters. These will also house the
Eastern Manchurian railway and along
side will be the mansions OF the Rus
sian president and the Chinese vice
president OF the railway. All these are
Intended to lavish hospitality, and as
the Chinese are much impressed by the
splendor of a nations representative.
Russia will be easily first at the court
Of the middle kingdom Russia's diplo-
macy has always been oriental, and
this appeals far more TO the Chinese
than the infexlble but just policy Of
the English. In connection with diplo-
macy. the Russo-Chinese Bank is q
very important feature. The Manchu.
rlan Railway Company is about equally
divided between Russian and Chinese
officials. but all their quarters are
equally palatial. The Chinese govern
ment has deposited 10000 taels In the
Russo-Chlnese Bank, part OF which will
no doubt be applied to the payment OF
Its share in the cost Of construction Of
the railway. 1t Is said also that the
bank is an active competitor with
5heng Taotai for the projected railway
line from Tien-Tsin to Pekin. and that
II has also offered to loan SOC, 900 taels
10 the government for the improvement
Of the Peito.
The silver star., 1897-10-28
Alameda bring. Australia, ,,o,,,

San Francisco. Oct. 19.-The steam-
ship Alameda. which is due here Oct0-
her q. has 4O0.OOO English sovereIcns
equal to $2OOO.OOO. In her strong box'
consigned to the Anglo Californian and
the London. Paris and American banks
or this city. This is the third shipment
OF gold from the same source In MS
ihnny consecutive steamships, aggre-
Giiting nearly $G.OOo.WO within the last
three months.
The silver star., 1897-10-28
A LAw-Mnkinx Judge.

Omahn. Neb.. Oct. fD.-"If thcre ia
not Y Inv to cover this cnse. I will mnL,,
the law In the sentence with whi",,
Judge Q. Il. Scott closes n peremnlorw
writ or mandnrnus ordering the r,piIcc
hoard to rcinstAte sixteen policemen
recently dismissed. Tho grounds Snr
the Dismissal were Tint the city fnn,i
would not support so lnrge n forc"
scott holds TINT the bonrd Inns no rIrht
TO dismiss these men for thnt rcnson
That once employed they must IN. rc.
iained ana paid until removed 70,
The silver star., 1897-10-28

A Partisan who suspects that the
food or drink which he has purchased
Is adulterated. can have the article
analyzed free of cost at the municipal
laboratory. If impurities are found the
city undertakes the prosecution of the
tradesman. and after conviction the Of
fender is not only liable to fine and i'm
prisonment. but may be obliged to dis
play in his window a sign reading,
Convicted of Adulteration.' There is
room for a similar law in this coun-
try.
The silver star., 1897-10-28
shooting ut wmiscnburw.

Walscnbnrg. Colo. Oct. 10.-SIg. Men.
mann. n prominent cniilcInnn OF south.
ern Colorado. who resides In Wnlscm.
burg, wns shot this afternoon by Pan,
Frohlich. The bullet entered Inc All.
domen nnd II IL very doubtful II nc can
recover. Last evening tho two men
hnd some difficulty on the street con.
cerning hide house located ON West
Sixth street and which was ordered r,..
inoved by the town council. This led
to the shooting. ~"
The silver star., 1897-10-28

London has crusade against hat
pins. 1t is urged that they are dan
gerous as they are ordinarily used; and
We all know that as weapon in the
hands of a determined woman they
have frequently mutilated and some
times killed. What are they, how
ever, in comparison with the ordinary
pin about a dozen of which are worn
about the waist, for no legitimate pur-
pose tnat any man has ever been able
to discover?
The silver star., 1897-10-28

The story goes that the emperor slap
ped the face of seaman and the sea-
man struck back and blacked the i'm
perial eye, and that thereupon the sea-
man drowned himself. Let us hope
the story is untrue. The loss of good
seaman is serious thing. But the
theory that the black eye came from a
ropes end is certainly unfortunate. be-
cause that ought naturally to have been
applied to the imperial back.
The silver star., 1897-10-28
Left Dcst,tutc!

Not Of worldly goods, hut of all earthl,
comfort. is the poor wretch tormented b.
malaria. The fell scourge Is however shoroo
OF its thong In advance by Hostetters Stom.
ach Bitters, Its only sure preventive and
remedy. Dyspepsia. billousness and kidney
complaints are also among the bodily al
flctions which this benencent medicine over
comes with certainty. Use 1t systematic.
ally.
The silver star., 1897-10-28
The Jury stiii out.

Chicmgo. Oct. 10-Anothcr night of
suspense In nhend N the defendant I'm
the L,ietgcrt cnt~e. At O'Clock the fury
hnd gone to bed on cots which were
plnccd In the court room, md II wns
announced by Judge Tuthill TINT.
though by one chance In a million, the
The silver star., 1897-10-28

The governments Of Europe will do
well to sequestrate anarchists on some
small island, as proposed. The scoun-
drcls couldn't get along without some
kind OF government. and they would
shoot the leaders OF II one after another
until there was nobody left to shoot
the last man. This country will soon
DO likewise.
The silver star., 1897-10-28

The Rev Frank vrooman of Chicago,
who says he has been frozen out OF
one church and starved out of another
and that therefore he will go to the
klondike, is evidently fascinated with
precisely that kind of misery.
The silver star., 1897-10-28

Neal Dow's father died Mt ninety-iiye md
his grandfather ut eighty seven Ths
grand old man of prohibition came from
sturdy stock.
The silver star., 1897-10-28

The Kansas preacher who agitates
himself against Ice cream at church so
cials Is so flendishly radical that some
day he will cry out for little Of that
sheviator to cool his parchsd tengus.
The silver star., 1897-10-28

s.What n singular nose the new boarde,
Miss Perkins has, Eyes; she looks 80 much
like parrot that didn't dare pass her tie
crackers"
The silver star., 1897-10-28

Inc Parisians appear to tnInk tnss
the czar is going to give them the free
dom of Alsace- Lorraine in gold box;
but it is impossible for his majesty
to be up to that kind of snuff.
The silver star., 1897-10-28

Educate Your Bowels with Cascarsts.
Candy Cathartic. cure constipation forsvsr
l0c Csc. II c. c. G. fail, druggists refund mouev
The silver star., 1897-10-28

Forest fires are i.5'ng much damage
h Peunsylvanla.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-04-27

were very close 10 President Pierce. He
could write up the true story, the in
side history" Of that affair. and just ut
this time IL would be mighty interest
ing reading.
PREPARED FOR ANNEXATION.
Everything was in readiness for the
annexation of the Sandwich Islands 10
the United States on the LIST of Janu-
airy, 1855. The group of Islands was to
be called the State OF Hawaii. and
King Kamehameha's son Alexander
(who afterwards assembled the throne
with the title of Kamehameha IV.) was
TO be one of the two United States Sen
ators, and the other was to be of Am
erican birth. But on the 18th day of
December, 1854, just as O'Meara and
Wadsworth were ready TO leave for
Washington. via San Francisco. old
Kamehameha III. was taken violently
i'll and died two days later. The streets
of Honolulu were rife with rumors of
his having been poisoned, and accusing
Prince Alexander of completely in the
plot 10 remove him. The first part of
this story may be true. but the latter
portion seems beyond credence
This knocked the whole thing into
''pi.' as our typographical friends put
il. Alexander convoked the Council of
Mobiles at once and was proclaimed
King. under the title of Kamehameha
", with a degree of haste that SEEM
ed almost indecent The missionary
element, aided by faction of the no.
bility that had always viewed Ameri-
cans with distrust, were the chief or
ganiZers in the affair. Annexation
| passed away like any other nine days
wonder, and the American element
soon returned TO California. Wads-
worth was "out and injured TO the
tune of nearly 100000 in the whole
! transaction, as the boats ran at dead
/ loss for eight months in the year In
4 1860 he made second fortune in the
/ Gould and Curry mine al Virginia City
but lost it by being TOO confding in
the friendship of Ralston and Sharon
In 1887 Governor Bartlett appointed
him State Insurance Commissioner anC
at the close of his official term he re,
! moved East 10 reside with relatives
He was. more than any other ten meI
in the State, living If dead. entitled II
be called the father of the Society o.
1 California Pioneers. His hberality anC
public spirit were too much even fol
the two ample fortunes that once stood
to his credit in the banks of San Fran
CISCO
There is no particular bearing of tht
above narrated circumstances upon tn,
present situation OF Hawaiian affairs
but the Times has large clientage o
readers who never heard of the Incl
dents above narrated. and it has. TO
that reason, given them as a matter o
hitherto unwritten history.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-04-27

1t was recently ascertained in Chi
cago that boys in the public schools
were in the habit of buying cigarettes
at little stores in the neighborhood of
the school houses. Many brands were
found to contain drugs which make the
use Of such cigarettes positively dan
gerous. The Common Council has now
imposed tax of 800 on each dealer,
and has limited the distance from the
school houses to any building where
cigarettes are sold. The hope is to rem
der the continuance of this trade 50
difficult as practically to destroy it al
together.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-04-27
PART PLAYED BY KAMEHAMEHA
The Whole History of An
nexation Reviewed.
Interesting Phases of Attempts to
Make Hawaii a Part of
United States.

The Los Angeles Times publishes, in
a recent issue, an interesting article
on annexation movements in Hawaii
since 1853. The Times calls some of
the incidents which it presents ''hith-
erro unwritten history" The article is
as follows:
The proposed annexation of Hawaii
is no new thing. at least not to the
people OF California. In fact, il is mere
" the revival Of an old proposition.
In 1858 John T. Wright, known all
over the Coast as Bully Wright, had
three steamboats, called the Sea Bird,
West Point and 5 B. Wheeler. The
two former ran to Sacramento and the
latter 10 Vallejo and Benicia when
Heenatown7 was the capital of the
State. and John Bigler. otherwise
called John Tahoe, was Governor.
Biglsr was an anti-slayery Democrat,
and among his Kitchen cabinet was
an irascible but thoroughly good heart
ed old gentleman named Carrot W.
Ryckman Uncle Garry" hailed from
New York. where he had been de-
voted henchman of Silas Wright and
William l. Marcy. His son, Captain
George Ryckman. commanded the West
Point
The Wright boats were too slow 10
be anything of a formidable opposition
10 such boats as the Senator, New
World. Antelope and Confidence. any
one OF which could make fourteen
miles an hour under favorable con-
diJiOns. And hence they were seeking
subsidies from the newly formed Cali
foruia Steam Navigation Company. OF
which Captain James Whitney, Samuel
J. Hensley and Marshall Hubbard were
the principal incorporators. Hensley
finally agreed to pay Wright $4,000 a
month if his three boats were taken
out of California waters. supposing he
would take them. TO Oregon or Puget
Sound. Wright accepted the offer and
sent them to the Sandwich Islands ar
once. His financial hacker was James
c. l. Wadswortil. q hardware merch-
ant of San Francisco, who came TO the
coast as sutler Of Stevenson's regiment
in 1916. AS soon as the steamers got
there they were given Hawaiian regis
tiers and had native names painted on
their paddle boxes. The West Point
was lUSI III 1871 anu USE machinery Was
sold al auction. whaling captain pur-
chased it and took it to Sitka, where
il was used in the equipment of Rus
sian gunboat called the Politkofsky
now running on Puget Sound as a tow
boat The Wheeler was wrecked neal
Lahaina a few months later. and a:
the news had reached there of the dis
eovery Of gold in British Columbia, thC
Sea Bird came back 10 California alone
The Wheelers engine was bought OF
speculation and shipped TO Oregon
where it was purchased by Captain
Richard Hoyt and Simeon G. ReeC
who died in Pasadena about eighteen
months ago.. and put into the steamer
Eliza Anderson, then the largest boa
built west OF the Rockies. She is still
running on Puget Sound.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-04-27
INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS.

At the period alluded TO the social
and industrial conditions of the Sand
witch Islands were wholly different
from what they are now. Honolulu
and Lahaina were the winter rendez-
yous Of several hundred whaling yes
sells engaged in the Arctic oil trade, a
business which. though very much
shorn of its former proportions. has
long since been transferred TO San
Francisco. From the last of Septem-
Der till the middle of March the streets
OF Honolulu were crodwed with people
Of every imaginable nationality. The
PassamaquOddy Indian OF Maine jostled
the swarthy Bhotan OF India; the pig
eyed Chinaman elbowed up against the
angular and awkward New Bedford
Yankee. and the Arancanian of South
America Lit his pipe at the cigarette
of the mercurial Frenchman. All was
serene Oil was tTumps and they held
q full hand.
There was no sugar industry al that
period. What saecharine matter was
consumed there came either from Chi
IA or Batavia Had there been q sugar
industry then, as now, the scheme
planned out in San Francisco by the
shrewd old Garry" Ryekman might
have been brought about comparative
" without anything like a severe
struggle. From March till September
all was peace and quiet. Occasionally
a big clipper would arrive from San
Francisco and carry away in her ca
paeious hold the cargoes of FIVE or six
whalers (which never exceeded 500
tons register had brought down from
the land of the midnight sun But be-
yond that Honolulu was very quiet for
seven months.
Influences at Washington were not
wanting al that period 10 aid the plan
which old Captain Wright saw must
be brought about 10 perfect his enters
prises. One Of his trusted friends was
James O'Meara, who had previously
been assistant editorial writer on John
Nugent's Daily Herald in San Fran
cisco. He was the political figurehead
in the case, although Ryekman and his
coadjutors in San Francisco were near
er 10 the throne than he O'Meara. is
still alive, though broken in health,
living ar Santa Rosa or therea bouts.
Just what his position was nobody but
himself knows TO this day, but the gen.
eraI belief was that he was paid a
handsome salary, and that the money
came from parties in Washington who
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-04-27
o. R. Il L. EXTENSION.
Line to be Built from Waianae to
Waialua.

1t was announced on the streets yes.
terday that the Oahu Railway Com
pany would extend its line to Kahuku
and that work would begin very soon
Full particulars were not obtainable
but it is understood that Mr.. billing
ham has arranged with contractors Il
build the road, and take large portion
of the cost in stock in the company.
The extension of the line means thu
opening up of some fine land along tht
route. 1t will also enable the HalsteaC
Brothers TO ship their sugar to Homo
lulu by rail, instead of steamer.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-04-27

The British Embassy in Washing
ton costs the people of England about
$4,000 year, or two-thirds as much
as the expense of our whole State De
partment. The German Embassy costs
about 100000; the French about $780,
600, and the Italian about $50 1000
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-04-27

In a few days we will be
prepared to show the pub
lie the finest line of this
class of goods ever brought
to this market.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1897-04-27
General Iassrasee ceaeany for Sea. River an4
Laad Transport OK Dresdeh.

Having established an agency at Hone
lulu and the Hawaiian Islands the undert
signed General Agents are authorized sa
take risks against the dangers Of the SD
at the most reasonable rates and on tlua
most favorable terms.
F. A. SCHAEFER & CO.,
Agents 70 he Hawaiian Islan6s.