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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-02-13
INV. .DlMONurS

In many parts of "the land
of the free and the home Of
the brave" at this time of the
year building operations are
suspended, and every man has
his eye on the coal dealer
while watching the water pipes
showing tendency to freeze
up. In Honolulu where spring
is four seasons in the year,
carpenters may work inside or
out.
The unusual operations of
the past year has had a de-
pressing effect upon edge TOOLS
for, like everything else, they
give way with too constant
use. We have, in view of the
prospective demand, made a
big buy Of the finest grade Of
tools obtainable in eastern mar.
kets; they are what carpenters
and machinists need all the
time and when buying the best
they get is that which lasts
longest and obviates the
necessity Of breaking in"
We have the Millers Falls
Company ratchet brace, with
drill attachment. The Elkin's
saw file. Bailey's adjustable
blade, wood and iron base
planes. Steel tape measures,
guaranteed to be accurate.
Two-foot rules in ivory and
bound with German silver
Olmstead'simproved mitre box
es. The "New Rogers" foot
power scroll saw with drill and
emery attachments. These
goods are all guaranteed first
class.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-02-13
POLITICS IN HER VISIT
WASHINGTON OPINION ON Ex.
QUEEN LiLIUOK LANrs VISIT.
Beet Sugar Men Demand Lost Bounty
Bread Riots In spain
other Items.

More bread riots have occurred
in Spain.
The belief is gaining ground
that the ex-Queen's visit to Wash
ington has some connection with
political affairs in the Hawaiian
islands.
Flake gold has been found on
the beach near Santa Rosa, Cal.
1t is reported a college of theo-
sophy will be founded at San
Diego, Cal.
Deputy Marshal William Watts
was killed in fight between off,
GERS and outlaws in Alaska.
Joseph L. Rawlins is the new
Senator for Utah. He is free
silver Dem ocrat.
There is restitution in louisa
ma. Farmers who have lost their
crops are in need of seed.
Rev. j. A. Brooks, Prohibition
candidate for the vice presidency
in 1888, is dead. He was a WELL
known minister of the Christian
church, who lately returned to
Memphis in i'll health from Lon
don, where he went last year to
take the passionate of the Christian
tabernacle.
Beet sugar men insist at Wash
ington on being paid what was
contracted for in the Mckinley
law.
The Pope will not BIZ an arbiter
of the Manitoba school question
or other political disputes of Ca.
NADIA. This means he will not
interfere with the clergy's med
dlesome practises.
Corbett and Fitzsimmons will
train in Nevada for their fight.
Stanley Hollister and Charles
Caldwell Bull of California, stu.
dents at Harvard, we're fined $15
each for firing guns on the college
campus.
Returning epileptic signs make
the Gar melancholy.
At the request of Major and
Mrs. Mckinley there will be no
wine or other intoxicants at the
inaugural ball.
Turkey has appropriated $780,
600 piastres for relief of suffering
Armenians at Harpoot.
Woods, the Radical and Labor
candidate, was elected in South
west Essex, England, a conserva.
tive stronghold.
The women's parliamentary
franchise bill passed second read
ing in the British House of Com
mons by 22S to 157. The debate
was jocular.
U. s. ambassador Bayard gave
a dinner to the Prince of Wales,
at which besides the Heir Appar-
emit many dignitaries were present.
The Prince proposed the health of
the President of the United
States.
! The United States demands the
release of s. G.. Trainor, mate OF
the American bark Uncle John,
held prisoner in Peru. He was
arrested in connection with row
between sailors and the police al
Callao.
Germany has sugar trust.
Colorado smelters have declared
war on the lead trust.
The British steamer Jason res
cued the crew of the sinking
schooner Mary Sprague, bound
from Demerara to Philadelphia
They were nine days on the
wreck.
| The new quarantine regulations
between Canada and the United
States dispense with the quaran-
tine on cattle and substitute in.
spection and certificate that they
have been subjected to the tuber.
culin test. Any found with tub.
erculosis are to be returned to the
United States or slaughtered with.
out compensation. Swine may be
admitted for slaughter in bond
without quarantine. Sheep for
breeding and feeding purposes
and horses are exempt from deten
| ton
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-09
MatineeS Versus Schools.

The right of the theaters to give cheap
matinees for school children is unques-
tionable, and it is fair to say that the
majority of the plays produced on those
occasions, while not brilliant in an ar
tistic sense, have been clean and doubt
less to some extent educational and
beneficial. But it is equally the right
of the school authorities to complain
numbers, absent themselves from school
without permission or parental knowl-
edge in order to attend these theatrical
performances and thus interrupt and
demOralize the work of the schools.
There is on the statute books of this
state q law requiring compulsory school
attendance. That law provides for the
appointment Of truant officers, whose
duty it shall be to investigate cases of
truancy and report the same to the
proper authorities. 1t is unWise to en-
ploy forcible means in public instruc-
ton until milder methods shall have
proved Intellectual. We believe that il
win not be necessary to resort TO ex-
treme measures in the present instance
Parents viii at once perceive the wis
dom of putting a reasonable limit to the
number of times IN which their youne
children are permitted to prefer the the
ater TO the school room.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-09

tenn. In many cases this has seemed to be
injurious, i" not fatal. Patients have been
cured of diphthera, only to suffer declin-
ing vitality and a train of grievous disOr-
ders, sometimes battling the physicians
skill and ending in death. Are they
caused by the antitoXin? Not a few ex-
perienced practitioners are inclined to
think so, while others contend that the
fault lies only in improper preparation or
administration of the serum. The truth
of the matter is of vital Importance, ard
must be fully established before the final
standing in Therapeutics of the
new treatment is determined. So
much has been expected from-and, in
deed, accomplished blythe new treatment
that its complete vindcation will earnest
ly be hoped for. 1t would be a cruel turn
of fate, after getting a cure for one of the
most deadly of malades, to find that the
remedy is worse than the disease.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-09
EMPLOY MENT
AMERICA IN THE LEAD.
From the Sun.

FROM lne sun.
The acknowledgement of the regular
army has laid before congress, as provided
by law. statement of the number of
to perform military duty if called upon to
do so. The number of such men is lO,ON,-
5Si. The number Is important, because it
shows that the United States have more
men available for war than any other
nation in the world. The foremost place
was held previously by Russia.
The best estimates put the present popu-
lation of the United States at 72,0OO, ,OO0
The population of Russia by the last esti-
mate was SO,0JJOOO. The number of avail
able men in Russia, however, Is no so
large in proportion to the whole popula-
ton. In the first place the proportion Of
male residents in the United States Is larg-
er. The immigration to the United states
is mostly male and there has been some
emigration from Russia almost wholly
male. According to the last Federal CEN
sus of the United States there were l,5OO-
600 more male than female residents Of
this country, while from the last authentic
Russian census 1t appeared that for every
600 male persons in Russia there were
1,O27 females. Moreover. there is a much
larger class Of noncombatants in Russia
than in the United States. BY 'noncom-
batants" are meant those who, for reli-
glous or other reasons, are opposed to
warfare and secure exemption.
According to the last figures at hand,
there were 900 600 Hebrews in Russia and
there are 5OO 900 in the United States, Years
ago the Quaker population was considera-
BILE i'm some American states, particularly
Pennsylvania, but there are now only
900 members of all denominations OF
"Friends'' in this country.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-09
The Ohio Serntorsnip

From a purely personal standpoint
the ado which has been raised over the
selection of a man to succeed John Sher-
man as senator from Ohio perhaps pre-
sents little to justify alarm. Mr.. Hanna
has fairly earned the senatcrship ana
If the Republican leaders who control
the situation at Columbus were duly
mindful of the debt which the state and
the party owes to him for bringing the
presidency to Ohio they would not hesl-
tate to sanction his appointment.
But from a larger standpoint the pres
ent complication is significant mainly
as showing how much mischief little
patronage can create among partlsans
whose appetite for Office is their rullnS
passion. Here is a president-elect OF the
United States virtually asking the man
who succeeds him in the governorship
of his native state to advance friend
whose counsel he desires wheis in the
white house. The friend is in every way
worthy, has done public service 1ully
sufficient to merit the honor, ana the
idea back of his candidacy Is not prl-
marily a selfish ambition but sincere
wish to be of service to his chief. Yet
the minor jealousy Of enyious colleagues
in the party appears to threaten to
cause his sacrifice, put direct slight on
the president elect and sisnali2e the
Inauguration of d Republican admins
tration by the precipitation of an ut
terly unnecessary factional war.
We say appears to threaten be-
cause in spite of the superabundant gos-
sip and gabble on this subject we can
not give credit to the supposition that
Senator Foraker and Governor Bush
nell will be so unwise as to reject the
present opportunity to promote party
| harmony, both state and national. The
current talk to the contrary is about
them but not by them. They are main
| tanning a silence which is discreet, and
being discreet it gives yet large hope
| that the predicted blunder may moi
befall.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-09
A Sample Of Spanish Bravery.

A dispatch from Havana printed in
the New York Herald gives clear in
sight into Spanish administrative
methods in Cuba. Some weeks ago
Mrs. Rodriguez, wife of a brigadier
general in the Cuban army, and a Wo-
man of excellent character. education
and standing, was arrested in Puerto
Principe and thrust in Jail. Consul
General Lee secured an order for her
release, but it was ignored and she
was forwarded to Havana. Here she
was put with eighty-siX other pri-
soners in a pest house called by court
esy a Jail. When the consul general
discovered her location and visited the
place, the dispatch says that drainage
stood in pools upon the floor, and
eighty-seven inmates were standing
about on wet floors because there were
not chairs or benches enough for more
than twenty persons" Continuing the
dispatch says:
The inmates We're mostly women Of
abandoned life. Several women bore marks
of smallpox from which they had just re-
covered, while all We're victims OF loath-
some diseases. In one room nine women
slept on the floor the previous night, and in
another room, about 10 by 10 feet in area,
ten patients We're sheltered, while in still
another room, not any larger, it was told
that twenty women and children We're
nightly confined. The unclean room as
signed to Mrs. Rodriguez was occupied by
four other prisoners from Puerto Principe,
| one of whom was seriously i'll. There We're
| also in this small apartment, or pen, as 1t
| may more properly be described, four ne
| crosses Of the lowest type that can be
| imagined. The slums of a great city never
| produced Viler specimens OF human de-
| gradation. They We're prisoners because
the police of Havana considered them too
uncean to be allowed at liberty.
Mrs. Rodriguez, with four other
ladies of Puerto Principe, whose hus-
bands bear commissions in the Cuban
army, had been taken from their
beautiful homes on the afternoon OF
Jan. 10 by the secret police sent by
the governor general No charge was
made against them and no eXplana'
ton was offered They We're confined
in the common Jail with criminals
| OF course it is understood by thell
friends that the reason Of their arres
was solely to strike terror into the
hearts of the rebels in the field. Afte1
nearly twenty days close confinement
without the privilege of seeing thei1
relatives, even their children being re
fused admittance to the Jail, the Wo
men We're led out of their cells anC
, forced to march through the street
of Puerto Principe between files o
5000 soldiers, and We're taken by traiI
to Nuevitas and thence by boat to Ha
vana. On the train the women wer
crowded into box cars, which were to
tally devoid of facilities for comfort o
even for necessity, In this manne
they We're brought to Havana.
AS Consul Lee left the prison afte
witnessing this specimen of SPANS
warfare he is quoted by the Heral
correspondent as having said: Il
the United States Il case like thi
would be settled by the mob in on
day or less" Even this case would b
settled by the United States if the pee
pie of this country could have thei
way.
The Lancaster New Era surround
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-09

In recent letter General Gomez
wrote: "Were I a monster as Weyler
Is, instead of a man, ! should order all
Spanlards captured to be hanged by
my troops and were 1t not because, IN
spite of the injustice of the United
States government toward us, we wish
to prove to the world that we deserve
better treatment. l should revive IN
this war the decree Of Bolivar at Tru-
iillo, condemning to death all Span
iards even non -combatants, and par
doning all Cubans, even traitors. Wey-
Ter and Spain merit this. The war
they are making IS infamous, and it is
Il shame to all countries that wish to
be called humane and civilized that we
should fight alone against such assas-
sins" That is the exact size of the
situation.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-09

rant shall be drawn on the treasury for
any debt, claim or demand until after the
same has been approved by the auditors,
except for fees of constables, jurors, wit
nesses, tipstaVes and criers of the several
courts. Section provides for regular
meetings of the county auditors III order
to enable them to pass upon all bills be-
fore they are paid, and also provides that
such meetings shall not be held oftener
than once each month without the ap-
prevail of the court of common pleas Of
the proper county.
.-:H:-
In the opinion of the Philadelphia Times
the duty of granting licenses should be
taken from the judges, but lit would be
eminently proper to charge the courts with
the duty of appointing an excise board in
each county of the state. The judges all
have had experience in the granting of
licenses, and they would certainly be in
terested in having the important duties
of an excise board ntelligently and faith
fully performed, and the additional cost
of an excise board in each county would
be trifling. In most of the counties of the
state it would not be required to sit more
than from one to three days in year,
and in Philadelphia the duties could be
performed by a competent excise board
not only more promptly, but, as is ad-
mitted by some of the judges, more intel
ligently and justly because such tri-
bunal would familiarZe itself with the
general conditions of our licensed estab-
lishments es we'll as the general char
acter of those who apply for licenses.
We believe that such measure would be
generally approved, not only in this city
but throughout the entire state
ill.,
According to Lieutenant Governor wal
ter .yon, the proposition to move the state
capital to Philadelphia is no joke. Says
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-09

president Cleveland knows well the
defenseless state Of the American coast
cities and the great loss war would
be to your people. lie is not an ass
We wonder If Tillman or Altgeld would
subscribe to this last proposition.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-09
SCRANTON, FEBRUARY 9, 1897.

According to Minister de hoi'.'
Spain has gone to the utmost i',lit
in her generosity to the Cuban people
Then 1t will be Gomez's duty to raise
the limit.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-09
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Aiacchus
The Tribune Astrologcr.
Astrolabe cast: 2,2S a. m. for Tuesday,
INnh o 1907

A child born on this day will observe
that at this season Of the year many of US
would like to lose our grip"
The cross-eyed soubratte usually sue
ceeds best. When her gaze is properly
scattered every fellow on the front row
feels that ne is the favored one,
The original Mckinley man has been
located but the fellow who first yelled
Bryan it is thought is still running,
Mad dogs are a trihe out of season, but
there is no reason for hesitation in the
matter of remedies when symptoms ap-
pear,
The slow paymaster always makes the
best collector lie knows the value of
cash.
Aiacchus' Advice.
People with backward energies will do
70 bagin ,tpon snrinp feVar npdicine
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-09

The reason given by a Spanish mem
Ger of the Havana city council to Rev.
Russell II. Conwell for President Cleve-
lands remarkable consideration for
Spain is interesting, at least. Says he:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-09

Those excitabe gentlemen who con-
tinue to stamp and storm over the ap-
pointment of Louis i. Payn seem to
forget that that circumstance now
occupies the past tense.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-09

contract irregularities Representative Ed
miston has introduced a bill making a
radical change in the way contracts are to
be made by county commissioners and
overseers of the poor, 1t provides that
all contracts involving an expenditure eX-
ceeding $50 shall be in writing, and shall
be approved by the county auditors or a
majority of them; that contracts for 800
or over shall be made to the lowest and
best bidder, after advertisement, and that
the bids shall be opened in the presence
of the auditors. Section 2 provides that
all bills against the county or poor district
shall be presented to the auditors for their
approval. Section 8 provides that no l@
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-09

The Lancaster New Era surrounds
the subject when it says: There is
no evidence of wrong doing in the pres
ent administration of the state treas
ury that is not the fault of the law,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-09

Speaking of Spains willingness to re-
form Cuba it might be said that re-
form, like charity, should begin at
home,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-09

One point brought out conspicuously
in the biographies of John Addison
Porter, who is to be McKinley's private
secretary, is that he is a man of eX-
ceHent health Anything but a private
secretary with an ailing liver!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-09

Jinks-Johnson wants to borrow $50 from
me. DO you think he is good for that
amount?
Binks-Yes, with proper securities.
Jinks-What securities would you sug-
gest?
Binks-A chain and paddock, a pair of
handouts and a dog. That would be
enough, l think, to hold him.-New York
Tribune.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-09

At the present rate of business the
Canton pie counter will be pretty we'll
cleared off by March 4.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-09
WORSE THAN THE DISEASE:

From TIE New York Tribune.
Testimony to the efficacy of DR.. Behr-
inE's antitoXn as Il remedy for diphther!a
continues to accumulate. The latest Of
real Significance comes from Frankfort
on-the- Main. In DR.. Chrsts hospital for
children the preparation has been admin
isterod to 4S3 patients. All undoubtedly
had diphtheria, and about half of them mad
it in a severe and malignant form, Ihefc
were in all 81 deaths, or 1913 per cent, n
notaLly small proportion. Some OF the
patients, however, were actually dying
when they were brought in for treatment,
and others died of other diseases after
being cured of diphtheria. OF such thoro
were II. Deductng that number from the
death roll, we have left only 81, or I.U3 per
cent in which the antitoXin, after lea-
sonable test, proved unavailinS.
ill
How great a gain this represents may
he seen by reference to the former death
rate from diphtheria in the same hosp!-
tai In 1887 It was 294 per cent; in lD.
IT was SO; in 1891 it was S2.G; in 1892 II was
33S; in 1893 It was 43S; and in 1894, down
to the date of the introduction of anti
toxin, it was 3G.i. The death rate Is there
fore less than cne-third as hish as it used
TO be and there seems to be no possible
explanation of the reduction excepting
the use of antitoNin. Such testimony GER
tainly seems highly significant, ana, being
repeated and corroborated in instances al
most innumerable may be reckoned prHc-
tically conclusive, SO far as the power cl
antitoXin to cure diphtheria Is concerHe t.
ill
The one ront row in doubt, and, II mus;
be confessed, in serious douct, IS the e7e''
of antitox'1 Itself upon the human syS'
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-09
JuSf a Word or Two
Of CdsuaI Mention

City Clerk Martin Lavele lives in that
portion of the South Side where a good
portion of the opposition to the proposed
sewer comes from, but Mr.. Lavelle is not
in sympathy with 1t. 1--WE ought to have
a sewer over there" Mr.. Layelle says,
land if one is built the men who now op-
pose it would not have it removed for
three times what it cost them. All public
improvements of that kind meet with op-
position, but after they are completed the
wisdom that dictated their construction
becomes apparent. There is no reason
why real estate on the South Side should
not be constantly increasing in value. II is
not, and one of the causes that retards its
advancement in value is the fact that
there are no sewers over there. Many
men who would have built homes for
themselves that would be ornaments to
the South Side, We're practically forced to
build in other sections of the city because
the South Side did not offer the advan-
tages for the construction of a modern
home with perfect sanitary appointments
and surroundings that other portions of
the city do Every home of that kind
built on the South Side would have a ten
dency to increase the value of the sur
rounding property"
Manager Dave Woods, of the Waite
Comedy company, was highly pleased with
the business his company did at the Acad-
emy of Music last week. They had but
one larger weeks receipts in a long time
and that was at Wilmington, Del. The
theater in that city has greater seating
capacity than the Academy. This week
the company is at Binghamton, n. Y.
\ George Mcdonald, after spending sew
eral days in this city, returned to New
| York city last night Mr.. Mcdonald was
| formerly n resident of this city and was
| extensively engaged in the coal business
| in Luzerne county. lie is now in New
| York city promoting several enterprises
| in which he is interested and which prom
Use to yield big returns.
| o
| "ENCYCLOPEDIA EMPLOYMENT
! AGENCY: Meals at all Hours 25c.,' Is
the rather ambiguous sign that graces the
| sidewalk in front of a Spruce street
hashery. That's Il sample of the kind OF
| advertising that costs nothing, but.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-02-09

A decree has been issued in Prussia
requiring that horses imported into
that country from America shall be de-
tanned eight days at the port of entry.
The Teutons evidently think this is a
horse on US.