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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-27

Six Months Shoot in Citizens
Guard Nearing Close.

The members of the Citizens Guard
are still pegging away at their tar
gets in competition for the medal Of
fered by Marshal Brown, and to be
presented in December to the one max
ing the highest average score during
six months previous, this average to
be taken from 10 scores shot on differ
ent days. Seven or eight have complet-
ed their scores. Among these are Otto
Oss, with an average Of 406; V. J. Fag-
garoos, with 405, and w. Storey. with
400. The highest score made SO far is
AL, this by Charles Everett of Com
pany Z, Division l. This is a very
hard record to beat, and the chances
are that Everett will take the medal,
if some of those who have not yet
completed their scores do not get to
work and do some hard work Ever
etts score is as follows:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-27
An Accident.

An accident happened to Kimura as
he was trying to alight from car No.
IA of the Beretania street line early
yesterday evening. Hack No. "a was
being driven down Fort street along
with the car. Kimura jumped off
while one Of Paine's invincibles was
proceeding on its way. He came into
contact with the hack and received
numerous bruises. Jim Quinn of the
29O stand was on the corner at the
time, but he failed to see the number
or the driver of the hack.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-27
Appetite Improved

almost from the first dose; then my
general health improved, and now it
is excellent. I feel a hundred per
cent. stronger, and l attribute this
result to Ayers Sarsaparilla, which
l recommend with all confidence as
the best blood medicine ever
devised"
For all disorders resulting from
poor or corrupted blood and general
debility, take
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-27
ii 4OC. to 6OC. on the Dollar.


n possible
j. standard brands We offer
LADIES Csc PER PAIR
AND CHOCOLATE OXFORDs
AND SOUTHERN TIES lasts with l. Heels FORMER price,
$500 s15O, $3.50 and s3O0-ALl SIZES
OXFORDS AND SOUTHERN
L. with
at $500 $500
be s2 1896 and $345
KID OXFORDS SOUTHERN TIES, with
hndurned and patent tips genee and
$500 We sell them all sizes
SLIPS, S145 $195.
paten SLAB
Worth more thar price asked
offer in INFANTS, MISSES
BOYS AND MEMS SHOES
in
both
poy of Stores for time
the patronage o
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-22

water the current in front of their town
was more sluggish than it should have
been, and one day an actual movement Of
the water as though the Ohio was run
ming upstream" was noticed. Petitions
were hastily drawn up asking Congress
for an appropriation to build levee along
Horseshoe Bend, but nothing came of
them.
A few days ago a river captain ran a
passenger steamer through the "cutoff,"
and the trip was made securely. 1t is now
probable that the new channel will widen
sufficiently this season to change the
course of the river and leave Evansville
high and dry six miles inland.
That Henderson will be benefited as
much as Evansville is damaged goes with
out saying. The change means that all
the boat supply houses in the latter city
would bc moved at once within the gates
Of the former. 1t would mean larger
volume of business for Evansville's rival,
because many shoppers who have gone to
Evansville by river will not go by rail.
The Evansville water works would be
ruined and the saw mill industries could
not survive. These saw mills are
located OH the river bank. They secure
their raw material from log r.fts which
are floated down Green river in Kentucky
and thence into the Ohio and to Evans
villp
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-22

dress suit habit, but he has not missed
anything that came his way on account.
Mr.. Bailey says he has no grounded
prejudice to "claw hammer" coat, but he
is afraid to put on his first dress suit be-
cause it might be taking very dangerous
step. He says he has not the time to be
a society man or n regular diner out, and
resisted the temptation to order a suit of
evening clothes when he received his in
vitation to the White House, fearing that
If he should once get into the dangerous
things the temptation to do so again
would be too strong TO be resisted, and he
would in time become an habitual diner
out, thereby frittering away much valua-
BILE time, which could better be devoted to
study and to answering the letters of his
constituents.
Joseph w. Bailey, representative to
Congress from Texas, may be considered
beyond doubt as the leader of the Dem
ocratic minority in the House. His home
is in Gainesville. There he went in 1885.
He had boundless political ambition, and
selected that locality as good one to
grow up with. Mr.. Bailey made rapid
progress in his political career. Within
two years he became known as the
young Demosthenes of the Texas Dem
ocracy," and in 1890 he was sent to Con-
gress by a plurality of nearly $1,000 votes.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-22

nies the melting SHOWS are pouring into
the surging stream and until these are car
ried to the gulf there can be no hope OF
relief.
Until this week the disaster was confin-
ed to the lower valley, but now it extends
nearly the entire length of the stream. Up
at st. Paul, the river is over It's banks and
1000 people are homeless. At Minneapo-
lis 500 have been driven to higher ground.
From there to Cairo little damage has
been done, though the people are living in
terror. Cairo has been transformed into
an island. Birds Point, on the Missouri
side, across from Cairo, is deserted. 9th
er towns between this point and Helena
that are abandoned or whose streets have
been turned into canals are New Madrid,
Mo-, Charlottesville Mo-, Columbus, KY,
Luxow, Ark, where n hundred homes
have been washed away and not soul
remains, and Marion, Ark. This is the
region which has been under water three
weeks and the situation which has been
well described heretofore. Many people
are still living among trees and houset0ps
or on houseboats. and are fed by relief
boats sent out from Memphis, Helena and
other points.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-22
About the Seat of War.

No part Of Greece is forty miles from
the sea.
Greece is little larger than one-half of
Pennsylvania.
Hellas is the name by which the Greeks
call their country.
The royal palace at Athens, built by
King Otto, cost $2,5o0,0O0.
Greece has longer coast line than that
of Spain and Portugal together.
About one-half of the population of
Greece are shepherds and agriculturists.
The present King of Greece, George l.,
came to the throne I'M 1868, at the age Of
seventeen.
The Greek flag is white cross on blue
ground the Bavarian colors and the
Greek cross.
King George of Greece is brother of
the Princess Of Wales and of the mother
of the Gar of Russia.
The standing army Of Greece consists Of
16.2SO infantry, 3,120 cavalry, 3,S42 ar
tillery, 1,OS0 engineers and 3,400 officers.
The legislative power Of Greece is vest
ed in a single body. called the Boule. The
members are elected by the people every
four yeara
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-22
MAY LOSE ITS RIVER.
Evansville, Ind, Confronted with "a
Grave Danger.

The city of Evansville, Ind, is threat
ened with a grave danger and perhaps
when the present high floods in the Ohio
river subside its prosperity may be forever
crushed. The Ohio river, which has been
one of the great sources of the city's COM
mercial and industrial activity, has SCOOP
ed out for itself n new channel, and Ev-
ansville may soon stand six miles from
water.
Three miles up the river from Hender-
son is what is known as the "cuton." At
this point the Ohio river makes n sharp
curve, forming almost: a perfect horseshoe.
The bend derives its name from this pecu-
liarity. for it is known as Horseshoe Bend.
Evansville is in the big end of the horse
shoe and Henderson is on the southwest
ern point. The peninsula formed by the
bend is of that rich river bottom land that
produces the finest corn in the world, but
little else.
Six miles up the river from Evansville
is the entrance to Mound Slough. Here
is the beginning of the "cutoff." In high
wafer the river runs through the slough,
emptying into the Ohio again at the point
three miles from Henderson already nam
ed.
For years with each succeeding flood
Mound Slough has been gradually widen
ing. The water has eaten away ton after
ton of the soft river bottom land, until
to-day there is hardly place where the
passage is not 300 feet wide. 1t ranges
from this width 10 nearly half a mile. AS
the slough grew in width it also grew in
depth. Last year for the first time the
people of Evansville realized the danger
to their city. They noticed that in high
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-22
News of Minor Note.

The gold reserve in the treasury on Sat-
urday amounted to $153, ia ,43S.
Running ice from the Niagara river is
interfering with lake navigation at Buff
falo.
The New York police have begun a sys-
tematic raid upon the bucket shops Of
that city.
Minister De LONE, the Spanish minis
ter at Washington, announces that the
war in the Philippines is ended.
1t is reported that the Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy has purchased a line
by means of which 1t will enter Canadian
territory and eventually secure a trans
continental route of its own.
All Ireland is manifesting the greatest
interest in The Irish-American fair TO be
opened in New York on May 10, and ex-
hibits will be secured Of such a nature
as to give il national proportions.
1t is said the British Government is
becoming. impatient over the long impris-
onment-of two of its subjects in Cuba,
and is said to be pressing the administra-
ton at Washington to take some action.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-22
WEBB M'NALl.
Kansan Who Is Making War on East
ern Insurance Companies

The man most discussed in Kansas Just
now is Webb McNall, State Superintend-
ent of Insurance. McNalPs offending is
the unceremonious dismissal from the
State of the New York Life, the Mutual
New York and the Connecticut Mutual
Insurance Companies because they have
not settled the famous Hillmon claim,
which has been pending in the State and
Federal courts for more than fifteen
years. For this McNall was summoned
to appear before United States District
Judge Foster and show cause why he
should not be fined for contempt for thus
passing upon n question unsettled in that
court. Just what right the United States
court has to interfere with McNall, who
is acting under State law and in con-
formity Herewith, the Superintendent
has not yet been able to determine. Nc
Nall is firmly convinced that John w.
Hillmon was killed in Barber County
eighteen years ago, and that the three in
surance companies honestly owe Mrs.
Hillmon about 100000. That's why Nc
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-22
TeIeprapbic Brevitie..

Milltown, N. j., is excited over the pros
poets of finding oil in that immediate vi
cinity.
There is a greater epidemic of influenza
in London than for two years past, with
many fatal cases.
Amos Keenan,, a. farmer OF Hicksville,
Ind, has become raving maniac as the
result Of hypnotism.
An Austrian artisan has just perfected
lace making machine. the product of
which cannot be distinguished from hand
work and which bids fair to revomtionizs
the industry.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-22
SIGNS OF AN AIRsHIP EXPLOSION
Citizens of Pavilion, Mich, Hear a
MYsteriOna Noise.

Since the airship was seen by residents
of Chicago reports from large number
of other points indicating that ii has been
seen by great numbers of persons have
been received. The most startling report
comes from Pavilion, Mich, where it is
claimed that an airship, while passing
over the town. exploded. Not only was
the flash of an explosion seen. but the
noise resulting was heard by large num-
ber of reputable citizens.
The airship was travelling at a rapid
rate. when there was loud report, and
the lights that had been visible at each
end were eXtinguished. The machine dis
appeared, and, it is expected, was blown
into atoms. Carpenters engaged in shing-
ling house beneath the point at which
the ship was seen to explode assert that
when they resumed work the following
morning the roof was covered with innum-
cradle particles that looked as though they
had fallen from above during the night.
kilograms from Madison, Wis, assert
that several railroad men who have been
at Baraboo recently are sure the airship
was simply a circus advertising scheme.
They believe il was controlled by cables
and that IL was in reality nothing more
than something on the order of the sta
tionary balloon that was seen at the
Worlds Fair.
Reports from Macoupin County, H.,
however, say an airship has been seen at
several points in the county, alighting at
two places and resuming it's journey when
delegations started in the direction of the
point where il alighted in order to inspect
it. These reports say the ship travelled at
the rate of thirty miles an hour at least,
and that it seemed to be under complete
control of those in charge of it. Other
points at which an airship has been seen
are Emporia, Kan, Wabash and Muncie,
Ind, Perry, Okla, and Palmyra and Ri
pom, Wis.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-22

with which under the soubriquet of the
''Tall Sycamore of the Wabash" his
name has since been associated through
out long and honorable political career.
The immediate cause of death was an
attack of angina pectoris. Two weeks
ago his old rheumatic trouble became ag-
gravated and three days before he died
became alarming, but not until half hour
before the final summons did any one real
ize that death was near. The remains
were taken to Terre Haute, Ind, for in
terment
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-22
DAN VOORHEES, DEAD.
Tall Sycamore of the Wabash" q
Inst Totters and Fall.


Daniel w. Voorhees,, ex-United States
Senator from Indiana, died at 8 o'clock
Saturday morning at his home in Wash
ington, ID. G. He had been in poor health
for several years, suffering from rheuma-
tism of the heart. His friends therefore
expected to hear of his death suddenly.
At last reports, however, he was showing
signs of improvement. His death, there
fore, while not entirely unexpected, came
with a shock. Mr.. Voorhees, was &c years
old.
Prior to his retirement from public life
on March last, he had been for many
years one of the most conspicuous figures
in the Senate. He was born in Ohio, and
taken by his parents in infancy to pion-
eer home in the Wabash valley, Indiana,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-22
DIDN'T DINE WITH M'kINLEY.
All Because Congressman Bailey
Doesn't Like Dress Suifa.

All Washington has been talking about
Congressman Bailey's awful breach of eti-
quettc in sending regrets to the Presi-
DEM, who had invited him TO attend n
WhiA, House dinner. When Congressman
Bailey gave his excuse for not attending
that he did rot like TO wear a dress suit,
people were mere than shocked.
After he had sent his regrets Mr.. Bal
ley went to sec the President to explain
his reason for not attending. Mr.. Nc
Kinley told him not to mind about the
dress suit, but to come in any old thing,
~ words to that effect. 10 have done
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-22

Luther Day. who was the chief justice of
the Ohio Supreme Court, and from his
birth breathed the atmosphere of the law
Judge Day was educated at the University
of Michigan. Since 1872, in which year
he was admitted to the bar, he has lived
in Canton. He was elected judge of the
court of common pleas in 1886, and on
that occasion was the candidate Of the Re-
publican and Democratic parties Mrs.
Day is leader in Canton society and is
one of the most unostentatious women in
the world. She is the mother of four sons.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-22
A FARMER POLITICIAN.
Jack" Gowdy. the New Consul Cen
era1 to Paris.

John X. Gowdy-"Oom Jack" some of
the papers call him-who has been ap-
pointed consul general to Paris, is one
of the leading Republicans in Indiana
He was chairman of the Republican State
Central Committee. He is rather old
to take up the study of the French Ian
guage, but says he will manage it. The
Indiana leader is a native of his State,
and lives on farm in the fertile bottoms
of Rush County. He is now in the neigh
borhood of 60 years of age, and his youth
full face and clear eye are tokens of the
method and the care he has practiced
during his entire life. Mr.. Gowdy's ca
reer has not been eventful. He entered
the war as a private, and was captain be-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-22

that wouldn't have been so terribly out of
place. When A. III. Garland was At
torney General under the first Cleveland
administration he refused TO put on a
dress suit. but he did not stay away from
the White House on that account. Jerry
Simpson of Kansas has also avoided the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-22
WILL GO TO CUBA.
Judge William X. Day as a Special
Com I'm ssioner for United States.

Com issioner for United States.
Judge William r. Day, who will go to
Cuba as special commissioner for the
United States to be present at the investi-
CATION into the death of DR.. Ruiz, is one
of the leading citizens of Canton, o. For
many years the judge has been a near
neighbor and an intimate personal friend
of President Mckinley. He is a son Of
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-22

A beet sugar company has been organ
lied at Minneapolis with capital of ST.
100000. A State ASSOCIATION has also
been formed to educate the farmers as to
the product.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-22
HAVOC OF WATERS.
STARTLING STATISTICS FROM
THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
Thousands of Square Miles of Farms
Are Millions In Capital
at Stake-Agricultural Department
Sends Out Definite Flood Figures.
AppaIIin9 Facts Given

appalling The Mississippi valley is
stricken almost beyond intelligent compre-
hension. To give an idea of the frightful
ravages the deluges have wrought from
Cairo, ILL.,, southwark, this self-explana-
tory table is appended:
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-22

fore 1t was over. He never talks Of the
war, and believes it should not be re-
called. When he goes abroad he will
take with him his wife and his charming
daughter A
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-22

GRAlLING CHAPTER, X. A. NJ, No. I20.--
Meets every third Tuesday in each month.
J. X. MERZ, H. p.
A. TAYLOR, Sec.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-04-22

CRAWFORD TENT, X. o. Il. NJ. No. lO2 :
Meets every Saturday evening.
j. j. COLLINS Com.
T. NOLAN II. Il.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-11
MAYOR PELA Who Presided Over the Investg of the
Water-Rate Question Yesterday.

fact that as cities grew their per capita
consumption became more than proper.
tionately greater. The larger per capita
consumption in the East, he explained, i,
was due to climate and other local condi-
tions.
The Mayor wanted to know whether it
would not be possible for the company to
operate at less expense if the per capita
consumption were reduced.
Mr.. Schussler did not think so.
Then what is the object of this inquiry
into the per capita consumption? 2" the
Mayor asked. ~ notice that the waste in
Eastern cities is so per cent, and in New
Y rk 40 per cent. Is there such a per-
ce ntage here?"
Mr.. Schussier-No, sir.
Any great decrease in the amount of
water wasted might, he said, result in
sewers being choked up. If the company
had a great deal Of water on hand ne
would not care if the consumption per
capita went up to 70 or so. In fact he had
occasionally advised the company to take
off meters because the people were not
using enough water, and many of the
sewers were becoming choked with debris
The increase in the consumption had
helped to make the City as healthy as 1t
was.
The witness then entered into the his
tory of the plant, and specified the several
reservoirs, pumps, dams and lines which
had been constructed since 1865. The con-
struction OF the works at Alameda was
undertaken owing to a succession of dry
summers, which reduced the existing res
ervoir supply very considerably and this
obstruction came in time to avert a
drought in 1888. The annual production
OF the peninsula varied considerably. The
figures ranged all the way from 53 per
cent retained on the surface down to per
cent, so that it was difficult to estimate
correctly the average supply from these
sources. Crystal Springs could be relied
upon for an average of about 100000
gallons, and that added to San Andreas
would make about Is, 900, 900 gallons. But
a succession of dry summers would con-
siderably lower the annual production,
while a succession of wet ones would cause
the reservoirs to overflow. The maximum
production of the peninsul can be placed
at about 1S.000.00 0 gallons. The Alameda
works afforded cheaper source of sup.
ply and something like 1861, 77S, 900 gal
Ions were drawn therefrom last year. The
company, he stated in reply to the Ma yor,
had not developed the Calaveras supply
to its full capacity because they had rea-
son to fear In functions on the part of the
landowners. The company did not own
the whole reservoir site near the water
sheds. They could build a dam, but
would be prevented by the people whose
land would be flooded. There was now
large amount of water in the Crystal
Springs reservoir. but during some sea-
sons OF the year. when the weather was
very hot, it became highly deprecated as
regarded quality. The company could
filter it, but to do so would entail an
enormous outlay, while in addition that
supply could only be used three, four or
five months in the year, and it was. there
fore, preferable to draw the water from
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-11
SUPERVISORS IN COMMITTEE OPEN THE WATER RATES INQUIRY
Resolution Adopted Confng Papers
Necessary Facilitate Investigation
Companys Affairs

price of these lands had since risen enor-
mously, and that in several instances.
when the company had postponed the
purchase, the tnal price exacted had been
something exorbitant. He mentioned, as
an example, the price of 1895, 900 which
they had paid Alvinza Hayward for
watershed, which they could have bought
twenty years previously for $4,000, and
had likewise agreed to furnish him 300.-
600 gallons of water day forever.
Meanwhile the City grew and with it
the population, two circumstances tend
ing to increase the per capita consump-
ton of water, for whereas in 1865 this
was only twenty and half gallons, in
1870 it had grown to forty and two-tenths
gallons, in 1880 to fifty-four and three
tenths. and it was now sixty-three and
four-tenths. The population had increased
in that period from $4,000 to 100000 in
1890. Mr.. Schussler added, in reply TO a
question from the chairman, that this per
capita consumption included the amount
of water wasted.
The Mayor-What is the per capita con-
sumption of New York or Philadelphia
Mr.. Schussler-Over 100, and here it has
grown from 20 to 63.
The total daily consumption last year,
he continued, was 21.25O,0O0 gallons. He
divided that amount by the population of
the City, which, being estimated at 300,-
600. would give little over 20 as the per
capita consumption. 1t was well-known