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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-15
THE ILLINOIS LAUNCHED
BIGGEST AND MOST POWERFUL
OF BATTLESHIPS.
Larger Than the Iowa and Heavier
Than the Oregon-She will Carry
40 Officers and $50 Men.

Fully 10000 visitors witnessed the
launching of the battleship illinois ut
Newport News on October 4th. The
weather was ideal and in addition to
Governor Tanner and staff there was
"a very large attendance of Washing
ton officials. Miss Nancy Letter of
Chicago was the sponsor of the Hi
nois and was herself accompanied by
a very large party. The launching was
a great success and not the slightest
hitch occurred to mar the proceedings.
The Illinois will be the biggest and
most powerful and probably the most
effective battleship in the United
States navy. Larger than the Iowa
and heavier than the Oregon, the Hi
nois is still so designed that she will
be able to enter any harbor open to
the smaller battleships, while, in the
matter of speed, she will rank with
any of them. The most striking diff
ference between the Illinois and the
battleships now i'm service is, the high
freeboard of the former, enabling her
to fight her guns from their great
elevation above the water in seas so
heavy that the guns of the lower YES
sci would be submerged and useless.
Splendid sea-going powers are also
expected to result from this increased
freeboard. by which is meant the
height of the hull above the water
line.
The dimensions of the Illinois are as
follows: Length on load water line
36S feet; beam, extreme, ~ feet 2R
inches; draft on normal displacement
Of & ii
mum displacement. all ammunition
and stores on board, 12,325 tons; max
imum indicated horsepower (estimat-
et), 10000; probable speed 16R knots;
normal coal supply 500 tons; coal
supply, loose storage, 1900 tons; full
bunker capacity, 400 to 1900 tons.
Complement of officers, 40; seamen,
marines. etc, 449.
The main battery will consist of
four 13-inch breech-loading rifles in
Hichborn balanced turrets oval in
shape, and placed in the center line
of the vessel, and II 6-inch rapid fire
guns. The secondary battery will
consist of sixteen 6-pounqer rapid fire
guns, two Colt guns and two field
guns. She will carry four torpedo
tubes.
There will be two sets of triple eX-
pansion, twin-screw engines, each in
its own separate water-tight compart-
ment. The collective indicated horse
power will be about 10000, with 12O
revolutions per minute, stroke four
feet.
The first keel plate of the vessle
was laid February 10, 1897, not quite
twenty months ago. and the percent
age of work completed to this date,
based upon the vessel fitted out and
ready for sea. is now reported as be-
tween 50 and "a per cent. The con-
tract price was 1886. 1000. and the
date of completion is stated be
October 5, 1899
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-15
A New Paint Shop.

Having associated with us Mr.. John
II. West a practical House Painter,
Decorator and Wood Polisher, we are
now prepared to give estimates on all
kinds of work in that line.
Mr.. West having had a practical ex-
perience of over twenty years in San
Francisco and other large cities on the
Coast, we feel confident that any work
entrusted to us will give entire salts
faction to our patrons.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-15
"R ATNTER ="

The Ladies' Favorite, the Mems
Preference. It's absolute purity-ma-
ture age-and delicious flavor have
made Rainier Beer a welcome visitor.
It's the queen of all fine beers.
On tap or in bottles at the Criterion
Saloon. Telephone 1888.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-15
HORRORS OF ODD NUMBERS.

The Siamese have a great horror of
odd numbers and were never known
to put five, seven, nine or eleven win
dows in a house or temple.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-15
Kaahumanu Street.
Hawaiian
Electric
Company.

The cleanest, brightest safest and really
IN 'he long run, the cheapest and best light
Goa dse in the family residence, is the mean
4z1cent electric light. Safe; nothing could
ne sGfer. A few days ago prominent gem
,1AsazGn Of honolulu came rushing down to
she office of the Electric Company and said:
'"'Give rue figures for wiring my house, and l
pga.Rt it done at once; no more lamps for me-
Last night lamp tipped over and it came
50 near setting fire to the house and burning
Gny children and take no more risks"
This is the sentiment of quite number in
qahe past few weeks, who have ordered their
sbDEses fitted with the perfect light.
Just think it over and make up your mind
SakG6 yoU want the best and safest light; send
@Or the Hawaiian Electric Company and tell
esfHszs what you wall.
We have a complete stock of everything in
szhIS line and have just received a lot Of the
Nexy latest designs In chandeliers
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-13
800 Reward, 300.

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased To learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to ure in all its stages and
that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh cure
is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
a constitutional disease, requires a con
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting direct.
~ upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in do
ing its work. The proprietors have SO
much faith in its curative powers, tina,
they offer One Hundred Dollars fol
any case that it fails to cure. Send fol
list of testimonials. Address,
r. j. CHENEY Il Co Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists ,jc.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-13

say nicer weather in my life, al
though Il man has got to have snow
shoes to get stove wood. We will get
all our goods from the Summit by Sun
day night and then we 60 to Lake Ben
nett, eight miles from here, and the
next camping ground will be at the
lower end of Lake Bennett, 36 miles
from here, and there is where we will
build our boat, but % miles of that will
be on the ice, 50 you see it will not be
very much of a job, for one horse will
haul, with four small sleds% attached,
5000 pounds, So you see it will not
take long to move, and | will write you
As soon AS VT get there. 1t will cost
me 25c to get a letter but | would ike
to have all the boys write, for | will
never spend money that will do me
more good than that way.
wa, walking on the trail the other
day and who DO you suppose | saw
Nobody bu' Billie Smith from Red
Cloud, aud You let ii there was ever
two .riiu v that were glad to see each
other il was IL. He is pu ms way a
Dawson City with y party Vt eight mrn
aud he wanted me to g" with him and
if | did not go h" wanted me To stop "a
Dawson City, They are goil g tn'
same way we are and they are going t.
build Il boat at the foot Of Lake Bennett
Billie has plenty of money and says a.
long rs he has any half shall be mine
SO you see | have got friends out here
and it makes mo feel n great deal bet
ter. Nj. s MARSH.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-13
FROM ALASKA.

LOG IABlN, Alaska, April I.
Here we are, all well, and getting
along just rs nice rs II could under
the circumstances, that i, Ia he IN
Alaska. | got your letter the 2Sth Of
last month.
There is IA man peddling Seattle pa.
pcrs at 25c each. We got one today Of
April ., So you see it was only five days
old, one of the best we have got so far.
Sometimes they are ten or twelve days
old, but % cents just the same. Well |
will tell you something about the
country out here, and where we are
now, IA miles from the Summit at "A
place called LogCabin, and eight miles
from Lake Bennett where we camped
Before we were at a place called first
Bridge, eight miles on this side of the
summit and We moved camp Monday.
We got all our goods to the summit
Saturday and Saturday night it showed
all night and blocked the trail SC we
could not move until Monday. |,
showed fifteen inches one night and
some places they are having snow
slides but no danger on our trail
Over on the Chilcoot pass on the Dyes
trail they are having lots of snowslides
: there was n Sunday that killed 4;
/ men, Sc the report says, but we hope il
I is not so. The trail we are on, tn,
White Pass on the Skaguay trail is al
right. ] expect you will get the new
in the daily papers before you get this
We are all working as hard as farmers
laDling goods from the summit, an
, Ihe.e is not Il man in the party bu
can walk to the summit and return.
can walk 80 miles, come back to cam
with my feet wet and get a little cor
bread and coffee and get to bed, slee
ike II log, get up at 5 O'clock in tn
II morning, put On frozen shoes, an
Q never felt better in my life, just 5
g with all the party, Snow is six fe,
y deep al a level and it is Just col
u enough to make it nice weather.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-13

whether the end Of the wal WAS IN
sight, and are not likely to say so, but
that is their game.
-
Under the new ~voluteer army law
confirmation of the nominations Of reg
mental officers by the $ nate is not re
quired, rs it is for similar officers in
the regular army. The president ap.
points them, and in the cases of those
so far appointed he has delegated the
appointing authority to Secretary AL.
ger.
~
Senator Sewall has not qualified as
major general in the volunteer army,
although his nomination was confirmed
by the senate at the same time that
those Of General Fiiz Hugh Lee, Joe
Wheeler, James II. Wilson, and the
seven brigadicr generals of he regular
army TO be major generals were acted
upon, and it is not probable that he
will. II he becomes general he cannot
retain his seat in the senate, and the
present understanding is that he pre-
fers the latter.
~
Few Americans have any idea of the
extent of the PHILIPPINE Islands, a foot.
ing upon which was so gallantly cap
tured by Commodore Dewey and over
which the American flag now HES.
Saturday issue Of the daily publica.
ton of the department OF state known
as advance Sheets Of Consular Re
ports" is devoted entirely to the Phil
lipinc Islands, which are about ten
per sent larger in area than New Eng.
land, New York, New Jersey, Mary.
land and Delaware combined, and
which have an estimated population of
from 5000, 900 to 10000, 600. But
probably the most astonishing thing
about this publication, to most people
are the official figures showing that the
United States has more commerce with
the PHILIPPINE Islands than does all the
rest of the world combined.
-
There is great reticence at tn, war
department concerning the movements
of the army in connection with the in.
vasion of Cuba. Many conflicting
stories are in circulation, some OF them
probably started by IA officials to
confuse the enemy, but the world is
liable to learn that the United States
troops have taken a Cuban port at any
time.
-
A Spanish spy was arrested in Wash
ington last night who is said to have
drawings of some of the coast fortiii
cations in the vicinity of United States
ports. He was followed here from
Chicago.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-13
BABY's SMOOTH, FAIR SKIN

A Grateful Mother Writes this Letter
Tells all about Her Troubles when
Baby Broke out with Scrofula Sores
"At the age of two months, my baby
bepan to have sores break out on his right
cheek. We used all the external APP
plications that we could think or hear OF,
TO no avail. The sores spread all over one
eide of his face. We consulted a physt-
clan and tried his medicine, and in a week
the sore was gone. Blu to my surprise IN
two weeks more another scrofulous look
ing sore appeared on baby's arm ID
grew worse and worse, and when ne was
three months old, ! began giving him
Hoods S%arsaparilla. ! also took HOODS
S%arsaparilla, and before the first bottie
was finished, the soros were welland nave
never returned. He Is now four years old,
but he has never had any sign OF those
scrofulous sores since he was cured by
Hoods Sarsaparilla, for which ! feel very
grateful. My boy owes his good health
and smooth, fair skin to this great med
icine." MRS. $. $. WRoTEN, Farming
ton, Delaware. Get only HOODS.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-13
Another Case of Rheumatism Cured
by Chamberlain's Pain Balm.

My son was afflicted with rheuma.
tism which contracted his right limb
until he was unable 10 walk After
using one and a half bottles of Cham
berlain's Pain Balm he was able to be
about again. can heartily recon-.
mend 1t to persons suffering from rheu-
matism. JOHN SNYDER, Freed, Cal
houn County, w. Va. For sale by II,
+. Grice.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-13
Red Cloud Market Report,
A Large Family

LOOMS, Neb,, April %, ls9S.-Mrs
G. q, Olson, Box %, this place, states
that Until she began the use Of Hoods
Sarsaparilla her health vas very po"l
but she is now well, and she does al
the work for a large family and hardly
ever feels tired.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-13
ECKLEY.

Edna Cook is very i'll with prcu.
mOnia.
Frank Robinson is visiting relatives
in Omaha.
A goodly number Of Eckleyites at
tended the Sunday school convention
at Guide Rock last Friday.
+. II. Vance and sister and Miss
Ogilvie attended memorial services at
Cowles Sunday morning,
John Ogilvie spent Saturday and
Sunday with his sister near Guide
Rock.
The District League convention will
be held at Eckley on Saturday, May 81.
Mrs. Motter i. still under the doctors
care.
STRING HUMORs, boilS, pimpleS
sores and All rrnptionS are promptly
cured 10y Hoods Sarsaparilla, which
thoroughly puriiieS the blood, eradicat.
ing every trace o: scrOtula.
Hoods Pills curc nausea sick head
ache, h]illiuusn"SS and all liver ills.
Price - cents.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-13
WASHINGTON T
WASHINGTON, MI

Congress will now add its thanks to
those of the president and the people
cabled 10 Commodore Dewey by Secre.
tary Long rs soon rs the official report
of his extraordinary victory H. Manila
harbor reached Westinghouse victory
resulting in the destruction of eleven
Spanish vessels carrying more than
ne hundred guns and more that 1000
men, the capture of heavy shore bat
teries aud the subsequent control Of
the Philippine Islands, all without the
loss of a man and without the serious
injury of a ship and with only six men
wounded-by adopting the joint reso.
luton reported by the house commit
tee on naval affairs extending the
thanks of congress to Commodore
Dewey. 1t will also supplement the
promotion to acting admiral, cablcd to
Commodore Dewey. The feeling in
Washington is that nothing is too good
for him. Troops are to be sent to aid
him in holding the Philippine islands
AS quick as they Il be assembled in
Sau Francisco and the ships prepared
To transport them,
-
Good news is daily and hourly cX.
pectcd from Admiral SIMPSONS fleet,
which is on ON a mission known only
To the president and cabinet. There
are good reasons for the belief tina,
SIMPSONS first object is the Spanish
fleet reported to be headed for Porto
Rico, aud that il he fails to find the
fleet he will turn his attention % the
capture of Porto Rico. Naval officers
will be surprised If he finds any nor,
Spanish warships than the three oi
four that are known to be in the har
Dor at san Juan, Porto Rico, becaus,
the general belief is that Spain i
afraid to bring her big fleet into Amer
lean waters. But tue capture of Porte
Rico will of itself be a great victor.
and will help L shorten the war.
~
The senatorial opponents of the BON
clause in the war revenue bill are spar
ring for time, so to speak. They be
lieve they can hold up the bill till tn
collapse comes, and they can proven
bonds from beiugiissued. II the ma
ter was put to a vote now there is lit
doubt that a majority as large as tn,
which voted against an income tax la
week would vote for the bonds, not b,
cause all who would SO vote approx
of the issue of bonds, but because the
recognize that AS the only sure an
speedy way in which the governmeI
can raise a very large sum of none.
and that if the war is to continue eve
for "A few weeks Il larger sum thar ca
possibly be produced IN time by ia
alton will be needed, Those who ha'
50 far succeeded in preventing the l
porting of the war revenue bill fro
the senate committee on finance, whe
it has been more than a week, ha
not said that they were trying to del
action until they could ascerta
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-05-13

Hoods Pills cure nausea, sick head
ache, h]illiuusn"SS and all liver ills.
Price - cents.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-01
WEATHER AND CROPS.

Deyne, Medina County, Texas. May IS
Weather terribly dry. Jain badly needed
for corn and cane. Unless rain and plenty
of II comes to us within the next five days
the corn crop will be diminished fully
two thirds.
Kaufman, Kaufman County, Texas. My
81 1.-The crop prospect in this county i,
excellent provided a good rain can be had
IN the course OF week. The oat crop Is
all harvested and was the best this county
has bad' for years
Rosanky, Bastrop County, Texas, May 20
Crops are looking fine in this SECTION OF
Bastrop county The cotton crop Is 20 p r
cent less this year. fine crops OF corn and
oats and the farmers are having good
season now Tor work and have had plenty
Of vain.
Lockhart, Caldwell County. Texas, May
3l-Since the recent hne ra,rs and the
ensuing warm weather there has bsen q
great Improvement in the appearance and
condition Of all crops. The lice have about
abandoned the cotton. and the corn crop
Is assured
Cedar Bayou. Harris County, Texas, May
20. The weather continues dry. Growing
crops are now needing rain. Many OF TIE
farmers have planted cotton and are walt
ing for rain to bring II up. Oth7rs are
waiting for rain 10 plant cotton. All In all
crops are late and dseouragng.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-01
PINKERroN IN SERVICE.
Has Bcen Sent For IL iiunt Down
Spanish spies.

Chicago, May 3l.-The Tribune says:
William a. pinherton, son of the famous
detective and government spy, Alan Pink
erton. has been called mo the government
secret service to hunt for Spanish SPIES
Mr.. PlLkerton was called TO Washington
in much the same way as Alan Pinkerlon
was summoned BY President Lincoln thir-
ty-seven years ago He started on almost
the FIRST train after receiving the MESSAGE.
When he went away Mr. Pnkerton lett
word that he would be back in Two weeks
bat hly friends say he expects TO be abs snt
much longer than that, and that me time
OF his return depends entirely on his sue
ecss ia running down q cotcrle OF Spanish
spies and plotters who have beer ham
perlug me work OF the navy department.
II Is eAtGtly the same work which Alan
Pinkel Dp aas given by Presidents Lincoln
at the outbreak OF the rebellion.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-01
HE WILL BE AN AIDE or LEE.

up into fGctions during thoir play time
and give each other battles upier the
titular distinctions Of Spanarls and
Americans.
| hear on every side that tie fair Amer
lean continent is carrying all before IT.
and that the German politician, whether
he belongs to he armx Of diplomacy, the
senate or the bureaucracy. invariably
comes ont second best in the worldly dis
oussion with those who are evidently in
tended by nature 10 charm, convince and
conquer.
reed not stop to chronicle the series
~ Victories, which are almost monoton0us
in their uniformity. The German who dis
cusses politics with an American lady
and listens to the argument OF her eyes
is lost anc does not concern MS.
More interesting BY far are tho eSper-
fences of the cultured Americans of the
s,erner sex, who are meeting in the
highest German society | have just, come
across one such in the person OF Frederick
legal firm Of Hollis. Wagner & Bprghardt
Nj Hollis has been in Berlin for some
time. He has also visited LeiDsig, Ores
den and other cities, where he met and
conv5rsed with some OF the leading men
OF the day.
In my opinion" he said the change
which has come over German public opin-
ion during the last four weaks In regard
to the war Is very remarkable. The first
idea Of sympathy with the smaller dog
and leaner animal has given way 10 a
more common sense view OF things They
now see that after all Is said and done
that the main questions az stake. stripe
of excrescenees. are those Of civilization
and progress"
The latest news that instead OF great
army Of insurgents waiting for ~ to Join
them. there are at the most only il few
disjointed bends IN Cuba. mastering, Der-
hrps 5000 all told has also had its effect
In Germany. as 1t tends 10 proge he
falsity OF those Spanish stories. accord
ing TO which the United States has per-
sistently equipped great numbers OF IN
surgents 10 wage war against Spain. IL
90. where are they Is the natural qu ry.
Last night had the privilege OF listen
ing to SIR. Hollis convincing IN eminent
professor in the University Ct Berlin that
the Monroe doctrine was origiuallv IN
tended 20 benefit European monarchies:
to prevent their yielding to the evil ~
emptaticn. and thus g3ln for themselves
the wages OF sin--dcath. After that.
should | AZ any line ~ accused Of nne
Of these offenses for which men are usual
" condemned IN die in their boots I would
ask no better fate than TO be defended
nv this sturdy CHAMPION OF the United
States and the much discussed Monroe
doctrine.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-01
LONGsTREET,s OPINION.
Annexation of Cubn He believes
VII Eventually Come.

New York. May }l,--Gousrai James
iLongstreet, the aged commissioner OF
railroads and former Confederate officer.
and minister TO Turkey is STAYING at
the Empire hotel for few DAYS upon
business matters connected with his Of
flee Before the first call for volunteers
the general announced that his services
were at the disposal of the government.
Last nlght he repeated that he was willing
to give his services 10 he government.
"Ine ennexation of Cuba, it seems TO
me-" he said. "should follow the expul-
sion of Spanish forces from the island. /
do not think the insurgent government
will be sas shed or stable Cor any length of
time and the lack OF peace win result In Il
demand for American annexation. Why.
the autonomist government was superior
to what, believe, the insurgents Will pro-
vide.
Tho Philippines don't know much
about and II have read correct accounts
gItat resources and VIII not be a great
drawback 10 our government"
He thought II policy Of starvation was
adopted II would mean only matter of a
few weeks.
IF the Spanish armies In various parts
OF the island are cut off from Supplies. -
he said, II don't see how they can stand IL
more than six weeks or two months But
II they are not enbarrg ssed for food and
ammunition It seems likely to be pro-
lOurei conflict -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-01

set at liberty and Is being treated with
great consideration.
Two other newspaper correspondents
have been arrested, who gave their sames
as Robinson and Whigham, They sty they
left Key West In yacht and arrived in
sight of Cardenas. May %. They were Oh
served hy American Warships and fired on.
but without result On the 2Sth of May. u
the morning. they approached MatanGas,
where no American warship was IN sight.
small boat was lowered and IA IL TIN y
effected landing at Dubroc, near Mattn-
Eas harbor They carried four British haes
and one white flag when they were taken.
as well az the oars OF the boat which
brought them ashore.
About midnight on Saturday they were
arrested at the Louvre hotel and taken 10
Seryrino Castle, where they will be put
on trial as It Is believed they arc Amer
lean spies On Sunday the supposed spies
were brought TO Cabnnas fort