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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-09-16

Whose bg.hcartedncss and Ingenious nature oyerIooks the weakness and fol-
bicS Of friend, aud sees through the magniying medium OF his own love
that which is good. and nothing more.
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SULTAN TO FIGHT.
He Objects to Becoming a
VaSSal.
MAY DEFY THE BIG POWERS.
A General European War
May be Precipitated.
An UnConfirmed Statement That
the Porte Relies on Germany
for an Ally.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, December Is

CONSTANTINOPLE, December Is
The Russian ambassador, on Satur-
| day, acting in concert with the rep
resentatives of Great Britain, France
| Italy, Germany and Austria, had an
audience with Sultan Abdul Hamid
| one of many such interviews within the
| past year on the same subject-the
better administration of the affairs OF
the Turkish Empire.
The Russian diplomat began by
warning the Sultan and the Turkish
Government that if The revenues ceded
for the payment of the Turkish DEBT
were touched, European control of the
finances of the empire would become
inevitable
NJ. de Nelidoff, the Russian Embas-
sador, further informed the Sultan that
the Gear guaranteed his personal safe
ty and engaged himself to maintain
the Sultan's supremacy in the event
of severe measures being necessary
upon the part of the powers.
The Sultan, however, remained OBJ
durate, refusing to consent to ny
measure of control financial or other
wise, by the powers.
The Russian ambassador said the
condition of the Turkish empire placed
the throne and the Caliphate in immi-
nent peril.
Thereupon Abdul Hamid remarked
| impressively: Il may be the last of the
Caliphs, but L will never become a sec
Ond Khedive."
In addition to these warnings, M. de
Nelidoff sent a note to the Turkish
Government and to the palace, to
which the utmost significance is at
tached in diplomatic circles. He point
ed out in precise terms the necessity
for the Sultan following the advice of
the powers and acting in complete
agreement with their plans for i'm
proving the situation, giving warning
once more that the Sultan's refusal
to do so would involve the most dis
agreeable consequences.
The ambassadors of the powers will
meet again to discuss the situation,
and will reassemble in future twice a
week until they complete their recon-
mendations to the Sultan and his ad-
visers.
The ENJOYS, acting together, will
henceforth maintain the strictest Sc
crecy regarding their deliberations and
the action taken or contemplated, ard
will not even inform the ENJOYS of
other powers of the decisions reached.
These latest steps upon the part of
the powers are, once again, reported to
have produced profound impression
at the Kiosk, and in pursuance of the
issuance of the amnesty decree Arme-
nian prisoners in Asia Minor and this
city are being released daily in patches
of fifteen
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rons of cavalry to attack it. After a
running fight the band, which proved
10 be composed of fifteen Texans, was
chased into a bottle" a bit OF hum
mock having only one opening.
The Texans, seeing they were in a
hole, retreated TO the further end and
fortified themselves hastily behind
some big powders. The Spanish troop
ers dismounted and surrounded them.
brave Texans replied and kept up the
fight for more than five hours BY that
time six of the fifteen had been killed
and four were wounded, while twenty
five Spaniards had bitten the dust and
ten or more were wounded.
A flag of truce was sent in by the
Spanish and the Texans were called en-
to surrender, but the Americans refused
10 lay down their arms, shouting, I'VE
remember Maceo." This Infatuated the
Spanish and they fought with renewed
fierceness. Twice they charged but
the rapid firing of the brave little band
drove them back. BY getting on a high
ridge behind the Texans position the
Spaniards were enabled to pour IN a
fire that killed all but two of those left.
Those two gallantly continued to fight
and held off the enemy an hour longer
Then, overcome by thirst and enfeebled
by loss of blood flowing from a dozen
wounds, they were cut to pieces by the
Spanish, who finally dashed up as the
Texans cried, Viva Cuba libre''
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-06
JAPAN is ACTIVE
washington Legation DIGS Up
Hawaiian Documents.
ARE WORKING VERY QUIETLY
Liliuokalani Arrives in
Boston and Talks.
Says Republic is Sold-WilI Make
Her Home i'm BrookIine,
Massachusetts.

NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-The Com
mercial Advertisers Washington cor
respondent says: The Coming of ex-
Queen LiliuOkalani to this country
promises interesting developments as
regards the annexation of the Hawaii
an Islands. According to the inter-
views she gives out the eX-Queen favors
the plan of uniting the two Republics.
But this statement must be taken with
a grain of salt. The truth is she anti
cipates some developments soon OF
more or less import to Hawaii AMI
wants to be on hand to take advantage
of them.
While Ministers Cooper and Hatch
are making hopeful reports over the
prospects of Hawaiian annexation, the
japanese Government is quietly pre-
pairing a coup d'etat for the proper
time. 1t has been an open secret for
some months past that the Mikado's
Ministers have been very busy in col
onizing' Japanese in the young Re-
public of the Pacific. The meaning of
herself wants some say in the matter,
when it comes to voting for anneXa-
ton. The fact is, his Ministers are
very anxious to extend the MikadO'S
empire.
Within the past few weeks the JAP
anese Legation here has been very
busy in collecting all the data possible
bearing on the treaties and conventions
between this country and Hawaii. They
hav1 visited the various committee
rooms of the Senate and secured cop
les of every Hawaiian document in OK
istence. Indeed, it was the thorough
ness of their quest that gave a clew to
their intentions, and has caused so
much comment in Congressional Cir
cles just now. The excitement over the
Cuban question during the past few
weeks gave them ample opportunity
for conducting their Investigations
without attracting attention. The jap
anese Legation has been particularly
anxious to get all the information pos
sible bearing on the relations of the
young Republic with other countries.
The Senate committee rooms and doc
ument rooms have been searched for
data of every description, and already
the Legation has acquired some val
liable information. No expense or
pains have been spared to secure ev-
erything in any way pertaining to Ha-
waii.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 25.-
Queen Liliuokalani, on her way to
New England, arrived in Washington
from the South at 100 a. m. She was
sleeping and could not be interviewed.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-06
FIGHT TO FINISH.
Evidences of sugar Trusts Interest In
Coffee Trade.


NEW YORK, Dec. 22-As an evidence
that the American Sugar Refining Com
pany intends forcing operations in the
coffee trade, the announcement was made
to the coffee trade by the sugar people
today of a further reduction of half a
cent a pound in the price of coffee OF the
Woolson Spice Company. rms MAKES d
total reduction of one cent since the
purchase of a controlling interest IN the
spice company by the sugar people. IhuS
far Arbuckle Brothers have not met the
reduction, and interest is manifested by
the trade regarding the course the latter
coffee trade is that the reduction OF one
cent per pound is merely preliminary to
a much SeVerer one.
Speculation was rife in the trade today
as to what measures the Arbuckles viii
adopt in order to counterfeit the reduction
in coffee made by the sugar people. The
report circulated that the sugar people
do not intend TO continue permanently IN
the coffee business, and that the prospect
seemed to be that if the ArbuckIes would
give up their plan to erect sugar re-
finery, and agree to buy sugar for their
coffee trade from the sugar people, the
latter would sell the Woolson plant to
them and retire from the business, was
diScredited by those possessing INSIDE IN
formation The opinion thus expressed
was that both concerns would continue
as rivals in the trade, and that eventually
an amicable adjustment would be made.
each concern conducting It's own coIee
business.
A connection of the firm of Arbuckle
Brothers stated to a Commercial AdVer-
tiser reporter today that the ArbuckleS
have decided not to reduce the price OF
cent just made in the price OF coffee by
their rivals.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-06
HOW MaCEo WAS KILLED.
First Correct Version of the Affair From
the Generals Secretary.

First Correct Version of the Affair From
the Generals Secretary.
NEW YORK, Dec. PA letter re-
ceived here by member of the Cuban
Junta from the secretary of the late
General Maceo gives the first really
official information of his death 1t
says that Maceo was not betrayed to
the Spaniards under a flag of truce
He had passed the trocha with thirty
of his officers, his intention being to
concentrate the forces of Havana Prov
ince and probably attack the city while
Weyler was away in the field His
plan was betrayed to the Spaniar1s,
and for this Dr. Zertucha is suspected
At San Pedro, near Havana, the par
ty had to pass along roadway, on one
side of which was a stone wall. A
company of Spanish sharpshooters mad
been stationed behind it. General
Maceo and young Gomez were in adj
vance of the rest of the party. Sud
denly the riflemen fred volley, killing
Maceo and Gomez. JustiZ and Nodarse,
who were following closely behind,
were also killed instantly. The writer
of the letter was wounded, but made
his escape. The remaining members
of Maceo's staff were allowed to escape.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-06

LiIiuokaIani Received by Friends in
Bottom,


Bo-tou,
BOSTON, MASS, Dec. 25.-Liliuo-
kalani arrived here at $50 p. m. from
New York, and was met at the Park
Square Station by William Lee of the
firm of Lee & Shepard, and Mrs. Lee,
Miss Lee, and the former Queens old
friend, Captain Julius A. Palmer.
4 did not come here to see President
Cleveland, as has been reported" she
said. My visit is purely a private one.
I have come to see the relatives of my
dead husband"
1t has been reported that the de-
posed Queen would go to England with
the hope of enlisting the sympathy of
Queen Victoria in her effort to regain
the Hawaiian throne. This, she said,
was not true. She declared that when
her visit in this country is at end she
will return to Hawaii.
do you believe Hawaii will be an
nexed to the United States?" asked a
reporter.
II have nothing to say on the sub
ject.'' was her answer. Asked her opin-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-06
SUGAR TRUSTS COFFEE MILL,
What Mr.. Havemeyer Paid for a Wool
son spice Company.

What Mr.. Havemeyer Paid for Wool
son spice Company.
CHICAGO. Dec. pa dispatch from
Toledo, Ohio, says:
THE immense deal by which the Sugar
Trust comes into possession of the Wool
son Spice Company has been effected and
The money paid over Notwithstanding
the fact that HaVemeyers agents nav
been in Toledo for over month, noDouy
but the directors of the Noolsoh COM
pany was aware OF the Iact- Lawrence
Newman has been in New York Tor
week to close the details OF the transfer
"One singular fact is that notWlth-
standing the big price pald, the WooisoH
people were forced into making the deal
HavEmeyer desired to make hSht on
Arbrckle, and to do it 1t was necessary
that he should meet him in his own held
coffee When first approached, the
Woolson people asked $500 share, and
HaVemeyer refused to treat on Such
terms He would give $1,000. Havemeyer
was willing to put S2,OO0,OOO or SO INTO the
purchase of a club with which to thrash
Arbuckle. This was some weeks ago. II
was found that the book value OF the
stock was over $1,000. He threatened 10
establish a coffee plant and go into the
business. on a large scale. He would cut
prices so that the competition would hui |
the Woolsons quite as much as 1t would
hurt the Arbuckles.
saw Mr.. Havemeyer and an agreement
was reached. 1t was that the Sugar
Trust people should get LOO OF the l,Soo
shares of stock at 81, $50 per share SO
the sale in round numbers was $1,26O,O0O
for even-eighteenths of the entire stock.
SO secretly were the negotiations con-
Quoted that it is said some of the smaller
Stockholders were not aware of the deal
until they read it in the papers yesterday.
1T is understood in Toledo that when
Havemeyer gets through with Arbuckle
the property Will revert Dack 10 the To-
ledo owners.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-06

South African Insurgents Routed by the


South African Insurgents Routed by the
British.
CAPE TOWN, December 27.-The
Taung rebels, whose uprising had be
gun to assume serious proportions,
have been Utterly routed at Pokwani,
and the orders to the volunteers to pro-
ceed to the re-enforcersen of the Brit
ish troops have bee1 cancelled.
POKWANA CAMP (Bechuanaland)
December 27.-There has been fighting
since noon and the rebel position mas
been taken. The principal stadt is IN
flames. The natives lost heavily, but
are still fighting in the hills. No cas-
ualties have occurred among the whites.
The bodies of three whites murdered IN
recent disturbances have been found.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-06
FILIBUSTERS MEET DEATH.
Fifteen Texans Killed IN Cuba
Brave Fight.

Fifteen Texans Killed IN Cuba-A
Brave Fight.
NEW YORK, December ga spe-
cial to the World from Key West says:
The Lone Star Company of the patriot
army of West Cuba, consisting of fiji
teen Texas sharpshooters, persisted to
a man, after heroically battling more
than five hours against vastly superior
Spanish forces in Pinar del Rio prov
ince, killing double their own number
and wounding probably as many more.
Havana officials are jubilant, passen-
gers arriving here say, over the news
of this victory.
A Cuban band was discovered near
Pinar del Rio city Thursday morning,
and General MeIquizo sent two squad
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-06
MEDIATION OF DIFFICULTIES.
Canovas said to Have Accepted the Good
Offices Of Uncle sam.

CanOvaS said to Have Accepted the Good
Offices OF Uncle sam.
NEW YORK, Dec. 28.-A Herald
special from Washington says: 1t is
reported that an important dispatch
has been received at the Spanish lega-
ton from Premier Canovas, in which
certain propositions are made looking
to the mediation of the Cuban difficult
ties. | am unable to obtain a confirm
alton of the report, but / give it rs 1T
comes to me from a usually reliable
source.
According to the report Senior Can
ovas accepts the good offices OF the
United States, and states the terms
which Spain will accord to the insur-
gents, upon conditions to be proposed
by the United States.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-06
LIE AYES BOSTON.
House to be Furnished for Her Use at
BrOOkline.

House to be Furnished for Her Use at
Brookline.
BOSTON, MASS, Dec. 25.-EX-
Queen Liliuokalani has gone to Brook
line and will occupy house at Cool
idges corner, near the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Lee, for an indefinite period.
The ex-Queen would have been the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee, except for
the recent illness of the latter, which
made it impossible for her to entertain
the Queen and her suit in her home.
Mrs. Lee has therefore secured Tor
her this place 1t will be handsomely
furnished for her use. The rumor
was current today that Liliuokalani in
tended to buy a house or cottage IN
Brookline or somewhere near Boston
and settle down here permanently. To
a reporter who asked if this was true,
Her Majesty said:
''That is the first 1 ever heard of it. >
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-06
A CURE FOR LAME BACK.

My daughter, when recovering from
an attack of fever, was great sufferer
from pain in the back and hips" writes
Louden Grover, of Sardis, KY. After
using quite a number of remedies with
out any benefit she tried one bottle OF
Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and II has
given entire relief" chamberlain :
pain Balm is also a certain cure for
rheumatism. Sold by all druggists ana
dealers; Benson, Smith & Co., whole
sale agents for Hawaiian Islands.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-06
LIIiuol<aiani,s Journey.

NEW ORLEANS, LA, Dec. 23.-
Queen Liliuokalani arrived this morn
ing, accompanied by Mrs. Eleanor Ora
ham and children, Harvey and Annie,
her maid and a male attendant. She
left Immediately over the Louisville G.
Nashville for the North.
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ion of President Cleveland's course on
the Hawaiian question, she shrugged
her shoulders and gave an evasive an
swer. She was equally reticent when
asked what she thought of President
Dole's Government, but she did venture
the opinion that the Republic was q
permanent institution.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-06
Wat ching japan.

LONDON. Dec. "a dispatch to the
Graphic from Paris says: It is stated
that Russian fleet of twelve vessels
has been stationed at NladivOstOck to
watch Japan. which is suspected of medi-
tatine another blow in China.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-06
TORTURED BY SPANIARDS.
How Confessions Are Extorted in the
Philippines.

LONDON, Dec 19.-Private letters re-
ceived here from Manila, capital Of the
Philippine Islands, state that the Span
iards there are resorting to torture in
order to extort confessions and informa-
ton from CAPTURED insurgents and sus-
poets The instruments Of torture used
are from the time of the Inquisition, and
consist of thumbscrews, Spanish boots,
ETC. which are. still preserved here.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-06
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.
3. BERGERSEN, 113 Bethel Street.
City Carriage Company have removed
10 the Corner of Fort and Merchant
SITS. Telephone No. 113. First-cla IS
Carriages at all hours.
JOHN S. ANDRADE.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-06
DfnIornat Red Dead.

CHICAGO. Dec. 29.-General Meredith
Read died this morning.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-06
Sans SOuCi
Resort.

The pleasantest, quietest, shadiest
and most perfectly appointed seaside
resort on the Islands. Elegantly fur
nished detached cottages or rooms are
obtained on easy terms. The table is
superior to that of any of the city
hotels, and all the modern convent
ences are provided.
Picnics and bathing parties can OBJ
tain extra accommodations by tele-
phoning in advance.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-01-29
NOW that the Young Car and h,s

NOW that the young Car and his
Czarina have made a beginning of
their travels, they should make up their
minds not to stop Within the limits of
e1ete Europe. They should push on
westward In the track Of Bishop Berke-
leys Justly celebrated star of empire
and pay visit to the United States.
What tremendous benefits the youthful
autocrat, by the slightest whim Of
whose boylsh and not particularly pow
erful brain the happiness and the lives
of millions Of human beings may be
affected, would receive If he should
pass foW months or even weeks In
thi= republic Of enlightened freemen!
He would doubtless feel as if he were
In another world, so opposed are the
Ideas which prevail here to those to
which lie Is accustomed; but he could
not fail to absorb something Of the
spirit Of equality, though never SO
slightly, by the operation Of the theory
of the rights Of man. In that case
the history Of his reign would be vastly
different from what 1t will be If he
spends all his lifu in the close atmos.
phere Of absolutism he Is breathing
now.
The Louisiana populist., 1897-01-29
FASHION NOTES.

"Schen-schin" is the newest shade of
pink. 1t is the color of japanese roses
when they first begin to bloom.
The gown which Miss Ellen Terry is
wearing in the part of 1mogen was de-
scribed by one of her sister actresses as
vision of hyacinths and crocuses."
1t is really pleasant to meet the new
millinery straight from Paris; it is so
guileless of exaggeration. In shape it is
rather small, with an open brim, it's trim
ming limited both in variety and color,
and it altogether conducts Itself with an
exceeding decorum.
A ruching for the neck is made of very
narrow plaitings, and little fan-shaped
sections of the plating are set in above
the folds of the wide belt or corselet.
Each of these fans is fastened down with
brilliant or an iridescent jewel. The
effect is exceedingly pretty.
The newest packets that have appeared
in Paris show beautiful. odd and stylish
designs, outlined in braid. Black Goth
jackets and skirts are closely braided
with white or black; dark blue is braided
with ox-blood, white tan and black braid,
Rows of Braid are laid flat on the Dor.
der of skirts and on the seams.
The newest sleeves look painfully slim
and delicate, compared with the full, 70.
bust specimens which have so entirely
held their own these many months. From
the elbows down. the latest sleeves are al
most snug in their fitting, while from the
shoulder 9th eelbow. the 'wrinkling" is
rather full. As whole, the effect is
pretty,
The newest ribbon for gowns Or for
millinery is Of white satin or taffeta, with
half-inch edge of black velvet. Broad
sashes are edged with narrow black rib.
bon, sewed on the width desired. Such
ribbon rnches very effectively for tour de
cou for the hens Of skirts. The bunehy
effect about the bam makes ths tsst lua&
vsvy tiny and chic
The Louisiana populist., 1897-01-29

at the top; again the back hair IS
braided and turned up, the ends being
brought down again and passed up
through the bottom of the braid to fall
in two or three ringlets. All this is for
the street, or a simple home toilet, but
no evening cOiffure to be worn with
full dress will be complete without a
curl or two falling on the neck. Then,
too, it must be noted that extremely
high hairdressing is altogether out:
in no case does the cOiffure tower above
the forehead as formerly. The crown
OF the head rather far back is where
the centre Of the coils and puffs must
be pitched. and every woman who is
her own hairdresser knows the impor'
tance Of getting this base of operations
established in just the right spot. If
either too high or too low the result is
disastrous.
The three or four inch long curl is a
distinctive addition to an evening Golf.
fure. 1t enhances the FAIRNESS OF a
pretty neck and captivates the fancy.
Twenty or thirty years ago every young
or fashionable woman wore solitary
curl straying coquettishly over her left
shoulder or brought over to the front to
wander among the jewels and laces on
her corsage. The curls in those days
provided inspiration for susceptible
poets, and although the curl of this sea.
son has attained no great length, yet it
indexes what is to come, and it is safe
to predict that the vcrsemakers will
again have a. chance There is no deny
ing that there is a character expression
in a curl; one curl will be airy and fri.
volous looking. another lachrymose and
dropping: yet another audacious Yes,
there are curls and curls. and we are to
have all ChicagO Record.