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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-20
CURANS VICTORIOUS.
Important Battle Fought With Great
Spanish Losses.

Important Battle Fought with Great
spanish Losses.
HAVANA, April "a big battle has
been fought at San Miguel. Pinar del
Rio province. between the Spanish bat
TALON of Corona and 900 insurgents
led by Vidal Ducasse and PericO Del
gradO After a hand TO hand fight the
Spanish retired, leaving on the field
their dead and wounded, and horses,
arms and ammunition.
Since Maceo's time no other battle OF
such importance has been fought in
the province. The Spanish explain that
the combination of two columns, which
were to attack the insurgents on two
sides. failed. They said that the bat
TALON of Corona was ordered to main
tain without help a bad position to en-
courage the insurgents to attack, and
then drive them to certain place, at
which the other battalion was expected
to Overwhelm the patriot force. The
Cubans captured 200 rifles and 100000
rounds of ammunition.
An expedition has landed fifteen
miles from Havana, at Punta del Indio
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-20
THE FLOOD SITUATION.
Main Volume of Water Is No
south of Memphis.

Main Volume of Water Is Now
south of Memphis.
WASHINGTON, April 9.-Following
is a resume of the present flood situa-
ton in the South, and the outlook as
far as can be determined by compari-
son with previous floods.
The main volume of water is now
between Memphis and Vicksburg con-
tanned in the main channel of the Mis-
sissippi and the basins of the Yazoo
and the lower st. Francis, White and
Arkansas Rivers, which have been
flooded by the breaking of the levees
OF the Mississippi. The waters from
those basins must all return to the
Mississippi above Vicksburg. and I'M
less the levees on the west side of the
river between the mouth of the Ark
ansas and the Vicksburg break must
pass by the latter point to the lower
river.
In the food of 1890. the last great
food preceding this. and which this
flood so far in the breaking of levees
and regions flooded closely resembles
the river began to rise at Vicksburg
from the water returning from the
crevasses on April LIST and rose 2.S fee,
at the rate. of about 1-10th of l foot q
day until April 25th. Notwithstanding
The fact that the great crevasse at Pc
can grove in Northeast Louisiana
above Vicksburg. allowed an immense
volume of water TO flow through to the
| Gulf without passing Vicksburg, this
! flood has caused numerous breaks il
| the levees on the Louisiana side and
| inundated very large region. The en-
| tire levee system of Southeast Arkan-
sas and Louisiana has been greatly
strengthened since that flood and es
! pecially during the past few weeks.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-20
king uUMBERr USPopULAK
Roman PopuIace I'm Favor of Estab-
IfShfu@ Republic.

Roman PopuIace I'm Favor of Estab-
IiShiug Republic
LONDON. April S.-The Times VIII
tomorrow publish letter from its
Rome correspondent announcing that
the Italian authorities suppressed a
dispatch giving an account OF the re-
ception accorded by the populace TO
King Humbert on the opening OF Par
lament. The ground for the refusal TO
allow its transmission was that the
dispatch was untrue The correspond
ent reaffirms that the the Kings recep-
ton by the people was of uneXampled
frigidity. There were frequent cries OF
Long live the Republic!" as the King
was driven from the Quirinal to Par
lament.
In the recent elections one district
of Rome elected an Outspoken Republl-
can. while twenty-seven Republicans
were elected in districts outside the
caDital
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-20
GERMANY and the Tariff.

BERLIN. April 6.-In the Reichstag
today the leaders of the Conservative
party give notice of their intention to
interpellate the Government on the
question of whether in view of the
impending increased American tariff.
and especially in view of the differen-
tial treatment of German sugar, the
Bundserath or Federal Council intends
10 adhere TO the most favored nation"
agreement that was concluded between
Germany and the United States in 1891.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-20
GREEKS SUSPEC THE CONSULATE.
Fear that Military Operations are
known.

known.
LONDON, April 9.-The Daily News
will print to morrow from its CORE
spondent at Larissa: 1.-The relations
between the Greek authorities and the
British Consulate here are becoming
somewhat strained. The Consulate is
accused OF espionage of the Greek mill
tary operations in the locality. Many
persons of doubtful character have
been arrested at various times as
Turkish spies. There are no direct
proofs against the Consulate, but there
is conviction that everything re-
lating to the Greek Army is perfectly
known across the frontier.
Nevertheless, the Turkish Consul up
to today has been allowed to send
regularly long cipher telegramps to the
Turkish headquarters at ElasSanO He
applied yesterday to the Greek Project
for passport to cross the frontier to
Elassona. The Project sent him the
passport. but he intimated at the same
time to the Consul that it would be
safer to avoid such journeys, lest he
might come to grief at the hands of
some Greek sentinel on the outposts
who was not versed in diplomatic COM
plaisances. The fact that the Consul
has not yet started seems to show that
he comprehends the full significance of
this suggestion.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-20
NOTABLE WEDDING.
Po-tma-ter-Genera Cary'S DauGh
l. .L rIn Alr.E.

Po-tmaSter-General Cary'S Daughter
IL Led TO the Alter
BALTIMORE. Md, April THE
marriage today of Miss Ina Catherine
Gary. daughter of Postmaster General
and Mrs. Gary. TO Francis f. Pegram.
was one of the notable events in Bal
timore society circles. Among the
guests at the breakfast were Vice
President and Mrs. Hobart. the Secre-
tarv of State. the Secretary of the
Treasury and Mrs. Gage. the Secretary
of War and Mrs Alger and Miss Alger.
the Secretary Of Agriculture and Attor-
ney General. Governor and Mrs. Lown-
des. and a number of State and city
officials
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-20
Roone.s Grandson Dead

noon Albert G.. Boggs died at the fam
lily residence on Third street. in this
city. from paralysis. The deceased
was one of Napa's most prominent cit
izens and oldest residents. He was
the great grandson of Daniel Boone. Of
Kentucky fame. His age was sc years.
He came TO Califirnia in 1916. and 10
Napa in 1850 He lived in this city
since 1858
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-20

stock. is $500 900. The location of the
cotton mills will be at AvOndale, SUI
burb of Birmingham. The mill will be
of 10000 spindles in capacity. The
company has been organized, and the
work on the erection of the mill is to
be begun at once. Work will shortly
be started at Cordova, Ala, near here,
on a 100000 cotton mill, to be erected
by Eastern capitalists. These mills
will be among the largest in the South.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-20
freddy ROOSEVELT Appointed

WASHINGTON, April S.-The Senate
today confirmed the following nomina-
tions: Theodore Roosevelt of New York
10 be Assistant Secretary of the Navy;
Thomas w. Cridler OF West Virginia,
Third Assistant Secretary of State
Fenton r. McCreery of Michigan. Sec
rotary of Legation at the City of Mex
leo: Captain A S. Crowninshield. Chief
of the Bureau of Navigation.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-20

er. has imported the first cargo OF
sugar direct from Egypt that ever ar
rived in this port The sugar consists
of 81. 900 bags. or 300 tons. II came
direct from Alexandria and is classed
as Egyptian crystals. which is equal TO
the best quality of West India raw
sugar
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-20
Another COTTON MIN In The south

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, March 25.-
Articles of incorporation of the Avon
dale Cotton Mills have been filed by
David Triner. of Chester. Pa, and NJ.
V. Joseph, \. z. Baker. w. J. Miner.
F. Y. Anderson Rufus y. Rhodes, b.
F. Roden, Robert Jemison and B. B.
Conner. of Birmingham. The capital
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-20
MOUNTAIN RETREAT SANITORIUM

a quiet. homelike resort for invalids,
tourists and those seeking rest anu
recreation. Baths. Electricity, Mas
sage. ETC. Rooms in Main Building or
in Cottages.
Special ward for the treatment OF
Lung Troubles and Consumption.
For further information, address
MOUNTAIN RETREAT SANITORIUM
Box 432, Honolulu, II. l.
Telephone 1857.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-20

rectors will meet to elect officers to-
morrow.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-20

Electric Power being used saves thu
labor of hauling coal in your nelG
also water, and does away with high
priced engineers, and only have one
engine to look after in your mill.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-20

Contents for April, 1897.
Notes on Current Topics.
Proposed American Tariff.
Nomenclature of Sugar Canes.
Hawaii and Japan.
The Improvement of Sugar Cane by
Chemical Selection of Seed Canes.
Sugar Bounties-The Position Brief
ly Stated.
Progressive Deterioration of Our
Cane Lands and It's Check.
Hybrid Sugar Canes.
Cane Varieties.
A Good Cup of Coffee.
The Cane Sugar Industry.
Diffusion Process Declining.
Variation in the Orange and Allied
Fruits.
Diffusion and Milling.
Facts About Coffee Raising.
The Tomato.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-20

Why not generate your power froE'
one CENTRAL Station? One gener-
ator can furnish power to your Pump
Centrifugals, Elevators, Flows, Rail
ways and Hoists; also furnish light ane
power for a radius Of from 15 to Is
miles.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-20

Where water power is available
costs nothing to generate ElectrI
Power.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-20

HAWAIIAN GAZETTE CO.,
Publishers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-20

THE HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC COX
PANY is now ready to furnish Electri'
Plants and Generators of all descris
tions at short notice, and also has or
hand a large storck of Wire, Chandel
iers and Electrical Goods.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-04-20

All orders will be given prompt az
tention, and estimates furnished TO
Lighting and Power Plants; also AT
tention is given TO House and MaFla'
Wiring.
THEO HOFFMAN, Manager.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-29
THIEVES ROB PINKERTON.
Live In, Sleep in, and Denude One of
His Houses of All its Lead Pine.

Chicago, July 29.-They could not have
got positions on the Pinkerton detec-
tive force, could the two thieves who
were yesterday found in a house owned
by the head of the agency at &c Latin
street.
The motto of the Pinkerton agency is
I'VE Never Sleep" but it seems that
the two thieves in question did. More
than that, they slept in one of William
A. Pinkerton'S houses, and they never
paid one cent rent or taxes.
They not only slept in Mr.. Pinkerton's
house, but they ate their frugal meals
there and scattered crusts of bread, sar-
dine cans, and cheese rinds all over the
parlor, which seemed to have been their
state dining room.
While those two disreputable indiVid-
uals were surreptitiously domici1ed in
the PinkertOn residence they amused
themselves by ripping out all the lead
pipe on the place and then between
maps carrying it away and forgetting to
bring it back. The two thieves were
not asleep at o'clock last night but
the trouble was that James McCaffey,
a tenant in another of Mr.. PinkertOnS
houses, was also awake. Looking out
of his window he saw two diSreputabIe
looking individuals carrying strange
looking bundles out of No. Sc. He went
out to see what they had when the men
dropped the bundles and fed with Nc
CAREY and a number of the neighbors
in pursuit. One man was caught and
taken back to Mr.. Pinkerton's house
and afterward handed over to the po-
lice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-29
WILL BE JERRY AGAIN.
Judge Mckay Says Lewelling and
Simpson Have Made Up.

Wichita, July 29.-Judge G. W. Nc
Kay of Anthony says that Jerry S1mpc
sons chairman, o. W. Hendee OF
Hutchinson, is a great big blubbery
boodler, and that it can be proven He
says that Simpson and Lewelling have
kissed and made up and that the eX-
governor will do everything he can to
give the Sedgwick county delegation to
Simpson in the next congressional con-
yes. sir. Simpson will be a candidate
again. said the judge. He is bolster
ing up public sympathy now and he s
cute about it, tool am eternally against
Simpson because I don't think he is
honest with the people or sincere in
what he says, but Simpson will get the
nomination for congress at the next
convention. That's my opinion. He
has fixed up the differences between
himself and Lewelling and he's got his
chairman out all the time Logging for
him.
''Hendee is responsible for the dis
patch sent out from Topeka some time
ago to the effect that myself, Bill Brown
of Kingman, Titus and others had a Sc
cret meeting in the governors office
to devise schemes to lick Simpson. 1t
is a disreputable lie and was done to
work up popular sympathy for Simp-
son on the ground that he is being
pursued by a gang of political ringsters
while he is Washington working for the
people. That's the game now and that's
why these dispatches are being sent
out.
blubbery boodler. I can prove it on
him. After the conference committee
of the two houses of the legiSlat ure last
winter had arranged to pay clerks for
over time they had worked, Hendee
went around and said to one young
clerk: See here, now, you fellows
must put up two dollars apiece to me.
1 went into that conference committee
and worked to get an allowance for our
time and 1 had to put up to the mem
bers of that committee. Now, you fell
lows must put up to me-
well, some of them told Mr.. Hendee
to go straight to perdition and Repre-
sentative Mott took the watery-eyed
chairman to task about it. OF course
he denied it, but it can be proven on
him.
That isn't all. He tagged around last
fall in the campaign with Simpson col
lecting from the different committees
for simpsons railroad fare and hotel
bills and pocketed the money"
who are the candidates for Sinp-
sons place." was asked.
There will be some other men when
the time comes. Nobody is in any hur-
ry about it now except Simpson. He is
foolishIy jealous and always afraid
somebody will try to get his place, just
as if he was the only man on earth
who had a right to the place, and so he
keeps stories going of new candidates
and rings and schemes formed to beat
him"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-29
BOOM OCEAN RATES.
Freight Rates Are Reaching the Fig
ure Prevailing Before the Panic

New York, July 29.-The Tribune says:
The rise in ocean freight rates for grain
carrying steamships is found to be ex-
tending to all grades of ocean freight
and steamship companies are looking
forward to season of great prosperity
The large demand abroad for Ameri-
can wheat has caused a hardening of
wheat transportation prices at a high
figure, which is bound to go still higher
when shipments of spring wheat begin
in August. 1t is not certain whether
or not this increase in grain carrying
prices is responsible for the boom in
other freight rates, but it is certain that
there is A boom and a decided one.
With the exception of the season of
1898 ocean freight rates have not reach
ed so high a figure as they are now
at since 1891. In 1893 they were the
same as they are now, but present rates,
it is said, are bound to be increased.
Already rates are from 35 to 40 per
cent higher than they were last year in
July and so per cent higher than two
years ago.
A member of prominent firm of
shipping agents said: I'VE have the
good fortune TO have in this country
the greatest aggregate of crops we have
ever known, while abroad the yield has
been poor. People think that when
there is a great wheat crop vessels will
be loaded down carrying it out of the
country, but wheat is a small factor
in the whole. Corn is a more i'm
be so. although a few years ago we
shipped almost none of it. 1t is the
products of all kinds that our return
ing prosperity will lead us to send
abroad which will make up the great
shipments, and not one or two staples.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-29
PROSPERITY INDICATIONS.

1t is often asserted that stocks and
bonds show the first evidences of any
important change in the condition of the
commercial world. An advance in the
price of securities listed on the stock ex-
change is usually regarded as indicating
business activity and prosperity. The
rule, however, is not infallible, but is
subject to certain limitations. This is
owing to the fact that there are many
securities which are tossed about by the
bulls and bears of Wall street for pur-
poses of speculation when there is no
real cause for their advance or decline.
Fluctuations are produced by shrewd
manipulation of the stock gamblers.
When there is a general and long con-
tinued advance in the market price of
securities such as has taken place dur
ing the past four months with only
limited and temporary recession, such
condition becomes significant.
An investigation of the figures will
show that taking the capitalization of
the various trusts as a basis for COM
puta ton the securities of these concerns
have advanced in value since April
over $780, 900, 900. Railroad securities
show a gain of about an equal amount.
The increased value of many of these
securities is clearly not of a speculative
character. Notable in the latter class
are the securities of the Santa Fe rail-
road. The stock of this company touched
IA yesterday, the highest point reached
since a period dating long way back
of the reorganization. The advance
since April 1 has been about cents and
the movement has been one of steady
gain.
A forward movement in Santa Fe
is of especial significance in Kansas be-
cause it is unquestionably based on in
creasing business and bright future
prospects. 1t is indicative of prosperity
for the entire state. 1t means big crops,
good prices and the employment of
more men to handle an increased traffic.
The time was when Santa Fe stock
sold around par. Kansas prospered then
and it will be a bright day for the state
when the securities of the pioneer road
reach the old time figures. The indica-
lions are that we will not have long to
wait
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-29
KILLED SIX INDIANS.
Worst Wreck Ever Known on the
Central Pacific Railroad.

Reno, New, July 29.-One of the
worst wrecks in the history of the Cen
trail Pacific railroad occurred yesterday
on Twenty-Five Mile hill, about six miles
west of Reno. The engine was over
turned and thrown on one side of the
track, and the tender on the other, and
the road is Uttered with the debris of
baggage, express and mail cars reduc-
ed to kindling wood. OF Is Indians
who We're riding on the blind baggage,
six were killed and nearly all the re-
mainder were more or less injured.
Fireman Rollins was thrown from the
engine on his head and sustained con-
siderable injury.
Engineer Irwin was also thrown from
his engine, but is unhurt, except a slight
sprain of his back.
The mail clerks, George w. O'Brien
and s. A. Ross, escaped with few cuts
about the head and bruises about the
body.
Wells Fargo's messenger, ]. ]. Burke,
was badly shaken up and bruised
The wreck was caused probably by
spreading of the rails. The mail and
express cars were turned bottom side
up, the day coach and one sleeper were
thrown at right angles to the track. and
the dining car and two Pullman coach
es were badly wrecked. Only two cars
remained on the track.
The wounded were brought to Reno
in a caboose. The track was torn up
for 300 yards or more.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-29
FROM PIXIES PEAK TOP.
Felts Wants to Appear in His Train
ing Garb

Colorado Springs, Colo. July 20
VIM. B. Feits, who aims to achieve
distinction by flying off the top of
Pixies Peak by the use of aeroplanes
and landing some place within the cor
porate limits of Colorado Springs, ma de
a rather peculiar request of Marshal
Gathright at the police headquarters
this morning
Felts has already gone into training
for his proposed flight from Pixies Pea k
to Colorado Springs, and in order to ac-
custom himself to the suit which he
will use for his dangerous experiment
which is nothing more or less than a
union suit of underwear, he wanted the
privilege of appearing hereafter on the
streets a t all times in the union suit.
Marshal Gathright is accustomed to
all sorts of novelties himself, but the re-
quest made by Felts Jared him a tri-
f1e.
He Informed Felts that he could wear
any kind of clothes that he pleased, but
he could not guarantee the human bird
any exemption from arrest if the pa
trolmen considered him dressed indie
Gently. Felts will probably do his train
ing in private.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-29
ALGER HAD HIS WAY.
Caused the Mississippi River Com
mission to Change it's Estimates.

Washington, July 29.-Before leaving
Washington Secretary Alger approved
the revised allotments made by the
Mississippi river commission for the
improvement of the Mississippi river.
The commission at its meeting June "a
last made a, series of allotments under
which only $400, 900 was allowed for
dredging operations. When these came
to the war department for approval,
the secretary upon the recommends
ton of the chief of engineers refused to
sanction them on the grounds that the
allotmentS for dredging were too small.
He insisted that not less than S700, 900
should be allowed for the work.
The point was a new one as to the
revisory power of the department, but
the commission accepted the situation
and another meeting was held in New
York on July %, at which the depart
ment's recommendations Were adopted.