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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-18
Wheu
" The Eever,'

the bicycling fever, catches
you Tor you catch it) we would
like a chance to prescribe for you,
not that we expect to effect cure,
only to sell you a wonder in
wheels.
This is what one of the Hawaii
an College boys writes to his faith
er regarding the best wheel to buy
for his sister: 81 hold the Ramb-
Ter second to none in the. country
(the L. S., and if anyone can
show a wheel which has travelled
as many miles as mine has with
as little expense as mine | would
very much like to see it. Be-
sides changing the gear from Ga
to 10 and the saddle to one of later
pattern my entire expense for the
wheel has been fifty cents. That
| think is pretty good record,
don't you? | am very much afraid
that my tires, the same ones | got
on the machine, will not last me
through the next season. They
are almost worn through all over.
1t will cost me from S12 to SIS
to get new tires put on, but it is
legitimate wear. / never knew a
pair of tires to wear as long and
as well as these have, considering
the amount of travel. When you
consider that they have travelled
as far as from Cleveland, O.. TO
Honolulu, over all sorts of roads
and paths, you will see that they
must needs wear some"
The above opinion you will
find to he the opinion of about
every rider of Rambler in this
city, and there are lot of Ramb-
Ter riders here. Our trouble has
been to get enough wheels. the
makers not realizing that We want
'97 stock before the snow has
melted in their country. By the
Australia this week we received 7
ladies wheels, and six of them we
have sold. BY the Miowera mail
we ordered 90 Ramblers and bv
this weeks mail we are ordering )
more, and we have orders in for 2
Racers, so by return Australia we
will have n Ramblers, and in fut-
ure we do not propose to lose the
sale OF any wheels by not having
them on hand. Remember that
the Rambler is fitted with the only
tire that has proved entirely salts
factory In this country, the great
&C. & j." There are limitations to
this tire to be found here, but if
you don't find it out when you buy
them, you will after you have used
them while, to your sorrow. The
genuine &c. & j." tire is to be had
only at the Rambler Agency, and
there you can get the right article,
fully guaranteed.
When THE Fever"
the bicycling fever
catches you,
Buy a RAMBLER.
E. O. Hall & Son
Rambler Agency.
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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-18

"My doctah, d" said De Spindle with conde-
scendng smile
"Snid needed GXahcsc, aud 50 | twicd it faw
awhile,
But it caused me to pcrspinh, and it made me
tiahcd too,
80 pay this man to do it. Dwight ideah,
think, don't yuu?"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
NOTES OF HI TIMES.

The ordinance prohibiting the Gag
ing of birds of song is being strictly en-
forced in Tampa, Fla.
A Phoenix (Ariz.) firm has secured
5000 pennies for the purpose of intro
ducing them into the trade of that city!
The London Lancet says there is an
absolute pathological identity in the
symptoms of alcoholism and the condi-
ton of one madly in love. In both cases,
that high medical authority remarks,
separations is a cure.
A new bicycle trustis beingformedto
bolster up prices. 1t is stated that
seven manufacturers-the biggest in
the country-have signed preliminary
agreement, and byNovember the trust
viii be completed.
A novel idea in vacations has been
adopted in Boston. The firemen there
are allowed annual vacations, and the
commissioners have decided to send
every horse owned by the department
out 10 country pasture two weeks ever"
year.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.
One Hundred and Twenty Quarts
of Nitro-Glycerine,
Employed In Shooting New Well, Explodea
Reserve Supply on the Surface. Which
Kills q Large Number OF Men and De-
molIshes Eight Houses.

CYGNET, O., Sept S.-A terrible ex.
plosion Of nitro-glycerine occurred
here yesterday afternoon at three
o'clock, which resulted in the death Of
six people whose names are known
and others at present unknown.
The explosion occurred at Grant
well, located at the rear of the Ma
tional Supply Co.'S office building in
the village limits. This well had just
been shot by Samuel Barber, the
shooter for the Ohio and Indiana Tor
pedo Co. The well was a gasser, and
when the 12O quarts of %glycerine let
down into the well exploded, the gas
ignited and with a terrific roar the
flames shot high above the derrick.
As soon as the drillers saw the flames
several climbed into the derrick to shut
off the gas, but they had hardly got
ten there when there was a terrific ex-
plosion. The burning gas had started
the remaining glycerine in the empty
cans standing in a wagon ear the
derrick. In another wagon near by
were some cans containing 100 quarts
of the stuff, and this was started by
the force of the first explosion.
The second was blended with the
first in a mighty roar. and the town
and surrounding country for miles
tremb!ed from the shock. The Ma
tional Supply Co.'S building was COM
pletely demolished, and nothing re-
mains but a big hole where the wagons
stood.
There is not a whole pane of glass in
the town, and every house and store
was shaken to it's foundations. There
was awful excitement, and all the re-
naming population of the town rushed
to the spot.
Who the men are who were in the
derrick, and who were killed, cannot
be learned now, owing to the excite
ment.
The damage to the Ohio Oil Co. will
amount to S., 900. Eight buildings are
a total wreck and many others dam
aged. The town has a population of
about 1,2OO. Many bystanders were
wounded.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
WEATHER BUREAU
Conditions of Crops In the Central VAL
legs and southern States.


leys and southern States.
WASHINGTON. Sept. S.-Tte weather
bureau, in its crop report of conditions
for the week ended at 5 a. NJ, Septem-
Der 6, says:
In the central valleys and southern
states the week has not been favora-
Bile, owing to general absence of rain
and prevalence of high temperatures.
Hot, drying winds have proved iDjuri-
Gus in the states of the lower Missouri
and central Mississippi valleys, and
rains, unusually heavy for the season
in Oregon and Washington, interfered
with harvesting and threshing in those
states, but caused no serious injury to
grain.
Corn has been very unfavorably af-
fected by the weather conditions of
the past week in the principal corn
producing states. High temperature
and absence of much-needed rain nave
checked growth of the late crop and
caused premature ripening, while the
prevalence of hot winds has caused in
jury, particularly in the states of the
lower Missouri valley. In Iowa and
Missouri much corn is past help, and
will be cut for fodder.
The conditions, however, have been
more favorable to corn in the lake re-
gion, upper valley and New England,
and in the middle Atlantic states the
crop is generally doing we'll"
The general condition of cotton is
less favorable than in the previous
week, and over portions of the middle
and eastern sections of the cotton belt
there has been marked deterioration.
Absence of rain has caused it to open
rapidly and to some extent premature
ly. In portions of south and southwest
Texas, showers improved late cotton
and the top" crop, but over the north
ern portion of the state and over the
central and eastern portions of the
cotton belt the conditions have been
unfavorable, except for picking, which
has progressed rapidly.
The bulk of the tobacco crop has
been cut and housed generally in good
condition, except in Kentucky and
Tennessee, where the crop promises to
be very short, particularly in the first
named state.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
VASTLY IMPROVED.

No New Cases of Yellow Fever Reported
end the Scare Rapidly Dying Out-No
Precautions, However, Being Neglected
to Guard Against Possible Evil Conso.
quences-An Houses of Fever Patients
Being Fumigated.
New ORLEANS, Sept. 9.-When the
board of health met last night DIR.
Olliphant had no additional cases to
report to hat body as having occurred
in New Orleans, and was able to say
that the local situation had vastly
improved and that there were no pros
spects of evil results following the
Death of the Gelpi child. The
public pulse here is vastly
stronger and New Orleans is almost
ready to declare that it has had a scare
for nothing. DIR. Olliphant and his
staff have slept but little in the past IS
hours, and have fairly h~oneycombed
the city for suspicious cases of fever
without result. Now they are ready
to render any assistance in their power
to the government and to the Missis-
sippi authorities in bottling up what.
ever fever exists in Ocean Springs and
Biloxi.
Deep interest has naturally been
felt here in the outcome of the exami-
nation of DIR. Guiteras, who arrived at
Ocean Springs yesterday morning.
Under instructions from the superin-
tendent of the Louisville & Nashville,
DIR. Guiteras vas put off in the woods
a couple of miles from Ocean Springs
1t was not long thereafter before the
doctor ran up against the quarantine
trocha, and the distinguished visitor
had fully to establish his identity be-
fore he was permitted to run the lines.
On his arrival in Ocean Springs DR..
Guiteras went Immediately to work
and in person Investigated a number
of cases of the prevailing sickness. He
found only two cases, it is said, that
deserve the term doubtful or suspi-
ciouS.
In the meantime a correspondent
wired to the city hat he had learned
from a source that could not be doubt
ed hat DIR. Guiteras, after his exami-
nation, had not been entirely con-
vineed that any yellow fever had ex-
listed or does exist in Ocean Springs.
The local physicians are not prepared
to say what effect an opinion by DIR.
Guiteras counter to that expressed by
the four experts who declared the cases
they Investigated yellow fever would
have.
A thorough canvass of the wards of
Ocean Springs, completed late last
evening, shows there have been 74S
cases of the prevailing fever since July
8. There are now IS still sick. The
total deaths have been nine and in
several instances physicians c~ertifi-
Gates show the fever was complicated
with other diseases. There are be-
lieved to have been only two deaths
due to yellow fever.
At the suggestion of DR.. Cant every
house where there has been sickness
or there is now, is being fumigated.
DIR. Cant says whether the prevailing
disease is yellow fever or low malaria
it is certainly contagious.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
Experts Ordered to Ocean Springs.

WASHINGTON, Sept. SIN addition
TO DR.. Guiteras, Doctors Murray and
Carter. all yellow fever experts have
authorities to the scene of the epidem-
&c at Ocean Springs.
The following order was telegraphed
to Passed Assistant Surgeon Wasdin at
Mobile:
Until a Gordon is established, have
our agents sell tickets only to north
ern points, north of Washington or
points in mountainous districts, and
keep record of all who leave, with
points Of their destination, and notify
the local authorities. Arrange for cor
don, employ necessary help and turn
matters over to DR.. Murray on his ar
rival and report to him for duty"
The treasury department has pro-
cured 200 tents from the war depart
ment for use at the permanent yellow
fever detention camp which has been
established at Waynesboro, Ga. Three
are no fever patients there, but the
camp has been established as a pre-
~cautionary measure.
The officials at the surgeon-generals
Office are quite anxious hat DIR.
Guiteras should be on the ground as
soon as possible, as they think SC
much of his opinion in yellow-fever
cases as to be guided entirely b, 1T in
their action. So far their ad-
vices are confirmatory of the
press reports that the epidemic
is of the nature of yellow
fever. Still, it is evident that even
yet they are not entirely convinced OF
the correctness of the reports as re-
.ceived, and there is a strong inclina-
ton to doubt their accuracy. They say
that if the disease is yellow fever, it is
very strange that out of 600 cases there
should have only been II deaths.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
ore

Muckawaago. Col, is conducted or
tie cooperative plan.
Boston molders struck against the
introduction of the piece system.
New York unions have decided that
prevailing wages" are union wages.
New York iron molders have sked
architects to give contracts to local
bosses. .
The match factory at Spokane, Wash,
has discharged it's female help and
hired Chinese. :
Detroit Building Trades council adj
vocates government ownership OF coal
mines as a means of abolishing strikes.
Since 1882, when the United Broth
erhood of Carpenters and Joiners was
organized, the organization has issued
charters to 500 local unions.
Through the fundamentally Of the
National Union of Dock Laborers, e13,-
700 has been recovered for members OF
the Liverpool branches-and some
times they had antagonists judges to
deal with. Z
L. Olsen, a suspended member, has
brought suit for $4,000 damages against
the Frisco Sailors union. He claimed
that the other members of the crew re.
fused to work with him, and that the
master of the vessel discharged him OF
that account.
Toledo Street Railway union has In
Produced a system of fines of so centsto
IS upon any memberwho shall purchase
non-union goods when it is possible to
procure union goods; OF get work done
BY an non-union concern when he can
go to a union shop.
The new s5-pound steel rails that the
B. & o. purchased several mouths ago,
are now being delivered at the rate of
5000 tons a month. AS fast as it comes
it is being laid, and if the weather con-
tinues good at least 10000 tons of il
will be in the track by Christmas.
Nearly 100000 cross ties have been
bought in the last year and placed in
the track ready for the new rail.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
EUROPEAN o
Commercial Agent Atwen Confirms Re-
ports of Shortages In Europe.

Commercial Agent Atwel Confirms Re-
ports of Shortages In Europe.
WASHINGTON, Sept S.-W. p. Atwell,
commercial agent of the United States
at Robaix, France, sends to the state
department a report on the short
wheat crop in France. He says the
crop in France and, in fact, in all Eu-
rope, has fallen much below the aver
age, and that it is estimated that the
United States and Canada will be
called upon to export from 100, OOO, 900
to 100, 600, 600 bushels more than ex-
ported to Europe last year France
will require about 80, 1000, 900 to meet
the deficiency in that country
Consul lehman al Odessa has made
quite an extensive report to the state
department concerning the failure Of
crops in Russia. In many districts it
has been the wettest season ever
known, and grain has been destroyed
by both rain and hail. Much of the
grain was not worth the expense Of
binding. The wheatreceived ut Odessa
Is of a very inferior quality.
The report predicts that little wheat
will he exported from Russia during
the season of !s97-s, as there is little
available for that purpose, the old
stocks being practically exhausted and
the new crop little more than sufficient
for the home demand.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
THE v BOARD
viii COnfne Its Work Strictly Within the
Scope of Its Instructions.

StoPc VI Z AAblE ClhO
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.-The naval
board appointed to inquire into the
question of establishing a government
factory for the manufacture of aImor
met at the navy department yesterday,
and with reference to the many offers
of plants and sites decided it would
have nothing whatever to do with the
selection of a site or the purchase of a
plant.
4 member of the board said hat if
the Carnegie company offered its plant
for a dollar, it would not be within the
scope of the boards work to consider
the offer. At the same time, all ten
ders are being ~courteously acknowl-
edged, and all information asked ON
the matter is furnished.
The board will confine its work
strictly to the points specified in the
instructions from Acting Secretary
Roosevelt of a~scertaining what steps
are necessary to establish a govern
ment armor factory of sufficient ca
pacity to meet the requirements, and of
furnishing plans and specifications of
land, buildings and machinery neces-
sary, together with the boards opinion
on the ACCESSIBILITY and cost of estab-
fishing a complete plant, and will
frame q form of advertisement for pro-
posals for q plant.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP
Only Thing that Saved the Life of
Lorenzo Wives.

-he only InlnE tnat SaVeu the Lie or
Lorenzo Wives.
New YORK. Sept. 8.-The Ward line
steamer Yumuri, which arrived here
yesterday from Tampico and Havana,
brought Lorenzo Wives, who was ar
rested last December at the Hotel An
gleterre, in Havana, and imprisoned at
Cabanas for five months. Wives is an
American citizen. He denounces in
bitter terms the hotel proprietor, f.
Villamiam, who is a captain in the
Spanish volunteers. Villamiam re-
ported to the Spaniards hat Wives was
aCuban sympathizer and caused his
arrest
Without friends at hand, or means OF
communication with them, Wives was
held at the Canabas for five months,
when he was taken out with a large
number Of other prisoners to be trans
ported to Africa, but Consul General
Lee interfered and demanded his re-
lease as an Amer lean citizen. Wives
was sent to Jail and later, through the
eff ,rts Of Gen. Lee, obtained his re-
lease.
ViVas admitted that he had been
sent out on q secret mission by the
Cuban junta, but the Spanish authori-
tics were unable to prove it. He says
that the only thing that saved him
from death was the tact that he wa
an American citizen.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
NATIONAL COOPERATION.
Marine Hospital Service Will Help the
Southern Authorities.

Marine Hospital Service Will Help the
Southern Authorities.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.-Surgeon Cen
eral Wyman says the yellow fever stu
alton looks decidedly more hopeful.
No new cases have been officially re-
ported to him, although there are
newspaper reports OF three new cases at
Biloxi. He has wired DR.. J. J. Lemon
at Biloxi, concerning this report. DR..
Guiteras, the yellow fever expert from
the University of Pennsylvania, re-
ported his arrival at Ocean Springs. He
will investigate the outbreak. The sur
geon-general has formally rendered the
aid of the marine hospital service to
the state authorities of Louisiana and
Mississippi, and DIR. Oliphant has been
requested to telegraph daily the situa-
ton. He wired the fact of the death
at New Orleans Tuesday, and said there
had been no new cases since.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
THE GOULDS IN IT.
They VIII Seek to Increase Their Millions
In the KIondike Country.

They VIII Seek to Increase Their Millions
In the KIondike Country.
DENVER, Col, Sept. 9.-The Klon.
dixie Exploration, Engineering & Min.
ing Co., with a capital stock of 500. 900,
has been incorporated in this state.
The directors for the first year
of the company are Reid North
rop and Sanford Northrop, of st.
Louis, NO.; William Northrop, of New
York city; Geo. B. Runus and P. Wick
DRY, of Colorado. Geo. Gould and How
ard Gould, and the three Northrops,
cousins of the Goulds, are the company.
Just how extensive the Gould heirs
intend to operate in the Alaskan coun-
try can not be discovered at this end OF
the line. They have authorized the in.
corporation Of the company, and viii
put some cash into the venture.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
I~nopportune Smelling.

The troops were storming q temple
or a palace, and OShaughnessy stopped
before a mirror, and stood twirling his
mustache and admiring himself, though
the bullets were whistling round him.
"Bedad, Shaugh," he said to himself,
with a grin, '.ye're q fine figure of .
man.
Crash came Q bit Of lead, which
starred the said mirror into a thousand
cracks, quite celebrating Shaugh's
features
"Bedad," said he, coolly, we've
spilled a foine view that / had Of me.
selfr'-London Mail.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11

EVANGELINA COSSIO Y CISNEROS.
was given to understand that her name
vas on the pardon list. She has COM
Portable quarters, and is treated Us
well as possible under the conditions.
There is a good deal of suffering in
Cuba, but the Americans, numbering
about l,4OO, are being cared for from
the fund of $50. 900 which was appro-
priated for that purpose"
rs there any sign of business i'm
provement or a change for the better
in Cuba?' asked the reporter.
mo, l am sorry to say there is not"
replied the general, land there will
not be any improvement until the war
is ended"
when will hat be, general?'
To this last question Gen. Lee re-
piled in Spanish, a free translation of
which is: THAT is too much for me; /
can not say"
Gen. Lee and Fitzhugh Lee. Jr., will
go to West Point to see his other son,
George NJ, who is at the military
academy there. and Thursday they will
leave for Washington. Among the
other passengers on board were Robt.
l.. Oliver, United States consul at
Merida, Mexico, and Geo. w. Fishback,
of this city, who was said to have been
sent to Havana on business for
the United States government.
Mr.. Fishback said that his
trip to Havana was pure
ly on private business. Mr.. Fishback
said that there was a great deal of suf-
fering all over Cuba, and that the con-
dition Of the people was even worse
than when he was there last to assist
Commissioner Calhoun when the latter
Investigating the Ruiz case.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
GEN. LEE.

Return of the United States Consul-Gen
eral From Cuba-Would Not Discuss Gu
ban Affairs-The Case of Miss Cisneroa
He Says, Has Been Prejudiced by the Ex
RggerAted Reports Concerning 1t ths'
Have Been Published.
New YORK, Sept. 9.-Consul-Gen
Fitzhugh Lee. accompanied by his son
has arrived from Havana. The gen
eral said he had been suffering from
biliousness for some time past, but he
felt very much better after the trip
When asked as to whether he would
return to Cuba or not the genera.
shook his head and said:
Il can not answer that, aud l would
rather not talk on Cuban affairs until
make my report in Washington"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-09-11
YELLOW FEVER SCARE.
No Other Gases Have Developed
In New Orleans.
Confidence Felt that There Will be No Ep
fdemic-Ocean Spring In the Hands
of Competent Men-Experts
Ordered There.

so Other Cases Reported at New Orlesns.
New ORLEANS, Sept. SIT was con
s~iderably after midnight when the
board of health office was closed for a
Few hours, and the tired physicians
went home to snatch a few hours of
rest Up to that time, although the
widest publicity had been given to the
Gelpi case. and the desire OF
the board was known that
every suspicious cast should be
promptly reported. no news was
received at the Office to lead to the
belief that there exists a single case of
yellow fever in New Orleans.
DR.. III. A. Ganl, of Water Valley, OF
the state board of health, has taken
charge of the situation at Ocean
Springs, and will spare neither pains
nor money in an effort to stamp outthe
fever. He is of the opinion that, with
car and good management, this can be
done in a few days. All houses where
fever has been, or may be, will be thor
oughly looked after, and the sick will
be isolated. The board has put out dis
infectants in all the principal streets,
and the town will be strewn with lye
from one end to the other.
The popular excitement has quoted
down considerably. Things are, in
fact, better now that it is known that
there has been only one new case re-
ported in the past "a hours, and there
are but three so-called suspicious
cases among the fever pa
tients in town. The other
cases are doing well. The
duration of the fever is only from 81
TO IS hours, and some of the patients
do not take to their beds at all from
the disease. The Louisiana state board
of health has a record of all people
who have come from Ocean Springs in
the last few days, and is giving atten.
ton to all of them.