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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-07-14
Richest Nation on the Globe

Mr.. Michael G.. Mulhall, the noted
English statistician, is clearly of the
opinion that no other nation compares
with ours in all the essential elements
that go to make up aggregate wealth.
He also notes the fact that while the
most of European countries have at
tanned their growth, the United States
is apparently on the threshold of an in
dustrial development which it has new
er dreamed of before.
Mr.. Mulhall submits the following
table of estimates. as being the result
of careful and comprehensive investi-
CATION into the sources of national
wealth in the several countries:
United States ......... $81, $50, 600, 900
Great Britain .......... $1,000, 900, 900
France -. ............ 27,950, 900, 900
Germany .............. 40, ,260, 900, 900
Russia ................. 32, 1875, 900, 900
Austria ................ 1850, 900, 900
Italy. ......,............ 1890, 900, 900
Spain .................. 1900, 900, 900
These computations are based upon
values as shown by real estate records,
buildings, merchandise, and railways,
as we'll as the circulating medium in
each nation. AS will be seen, our
wealth is more than seven times great
er than that of Spain, double that of
Germany, two and half times greater
than that of France, equal to the COM
bined wealth of Russia, Italy, Austria,
and Spain, and $S9, 7SO, ,OOO,OOO larger
than that of Great Britain. = Baltimore
Herald.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-07-14

The title admiral riginally came
from the Arabic phrase "amir-al-bahr"
meaning ''rulef of the sea. When the
last word was dropped, and sd" was
added, it became "admiral. +"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-07-14
A BRoAps1pn Ar 2,OOO YARps.


"The sange at this time was 1000
yards from the leading ship. The
Iowa's helm was Immediately put hard
to the starboaad and the entire star
board broadside was poured into the In
fanta Maria I Teresa. The helm was
then quickly shifted to port and the
ship headed across the stern of the
Teress in an effort to head off the Oqu-
endo. All the time the engines were
driving at full speed ahead. A perfect
torrent of shells from the enemy passed
over the smokestacks and superstruc-
ture of the ship, but none struck her.
"rhe Cristobal Colon, being much
faster than the rest of the Spanish
ships. passed rapidly to the front in an
effort to escape. In passing the Iowa
the Colon placed two six-inch shells
fairly in our starboard bow. One
passed through the cofferdam and dis
pensary, wrecking the latter and burst
ing on the berth deck, doing consider
able damage. The other passed
through the side at the water line with
the cofferdam. where it still remains.
'As it was now obviously impossible
to ram any of the Spanish ships on ac-
count of their superior speed, the
Iowa's helm was put to the starboard
and she ran on q course parallel with
the enemy.
"Being then abreast of the Amir
ante Oquendo, at a distance of |, 100
yards, the Iowa's entire battery, in.
cluding the rapid fire guns, was opened
on Oquendo. The punishment was
terrific. Many 10 and S-inch shells
were seen to explode inside of her, and
smoke came out through her matches.
Two 12-inch shells from the Iowa
pierced the Almirante Oquendo at the
same moment, one forward and the
other aft. The 0quendO seemed tc
stop her engines for moment and lost
headway, but sheimmediately resumed
her speed aud gradually drew ahead ol
the Iowa and came under the terrific
| fire of the Oregon and Texas.
"At this moment the alarm of tor
pedo boats was sounded and two tor
pedo boat destreyers were discovered
| in the starboard quarter at distance
of 4, OOo yards. Fire was at once opened
on them with the after-battery aud I
1s.inch shell cut the stern of one de
stroyer squarely off. AS the shell
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1898-07-14
Completely Frustrated
Rheumatism, Scrofula and Ma.
laria Combined
Hoods SarsaparIIla Cured Them -
How Perfectly Well.

Ho" pSuSCSiy WSlts
"My trouble began with pain in my
left thigh. l labored on for several
months when I had to give up. In short
time was completely Frustrated. was
told that my disease was rheumatism,
scroiula and malaria, but the prescrip-
bions tried did not benefit me. ! re-
membered having once used Hoods Sar-
Baparilla for blood poisoning with good
results and determined to resort to it at
this time. bought six bottles of Hoods
Barsaparilla and four boxes OF Hoods Pills
and followed the directions. lam thank
ful to state that am entirely cured and
lm today as well as ever was In my life."
JAMES M. SUTHERLAND, 8. w. Cor. Whit
BAKER and Jones Sts., Savannah, Georgia.
Hood S IspinI psriiia
Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. 81;
hx for So. c. l. Hood 4 Co, Lowell, Mass
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-31
WILL BOTTLE Up CERvERA.
WHAT SAMPSON CAN DO WITH
THE SPANISH ADMIRAL.
Supplies and Ammunition Brought
for Blanco Have Not Reached Him
Yet and May Never Arrive.

WASHINGTON, May 21.--The Span
iards will not think of returning to
Spain without meeting our vessels and
hence if they do not remain in Santa
go harbor they will make for Cienfue-
gos with all speed 1t is true
that Santiago harbor is naturally the
best fitted for defensive purposes, but
as no railroads reach there any sup
plies landed for Blanco would be
seized by Garcia's insurgents which
now infest southeast Cuba. Even if
the expedition succeeded i'm eluding
the rebels these supplies would have
to be hauled three hundred miles over
land.
Although Admiral Cervera has been
congratulated upon eluding our YES
sells and entering Santiago harbor, his
mission has not yet been successful
for he crossed the Atlantic to bring
supplies and ammunition to General
Blanco. For him to now return to
Spain without having either delivered
his goods or engaged orr fleets would
be most humliating to Spain as well
as dangerous to the welfare of the
tottering Spanish government.
For these reasons it is very gener-
ally believed that Admiral Sampson
will either bottle them up in Santa
go harbor or else he or Commodore
Schley will catch them at Cienfuegos.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-31
EX-PRESIDENT RETAINED.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 21.-A
dispatch from Washington today stat
ed that General Harrison had been
retained by Venezuela as counsel in
the boundary dispute before the reg
ular board of arbitration.
The telegram was verified i'm this
city. 1t is authoritatively stated by
General Harrison's secretary that the
eX-President will be. the chief counsel
for Venezuela in the boundary dis
pute between that couDtry and Great
Britain. This is the. controversy that
brought the United States and Great
Britain to the verge of war during
Cleveland's last administration This
phase of it and things relative to the
case General Harrison declines to dis
cuSS -ra-- .4-s.- ..--l.- .... 40. ..
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-31
MEN WHO FOUGHT
Continued from Page One.)

ships down to Davey Jones' locker
He directed the fire of one of the big
guns on the cruiser. AS such officer
he was at all times greatly exposed,
but did not receive a shot. Not a
man on the Boston received scratch.
Mr.. Evans states that throughout
the battle the fighting force of the
Boston. and. in fact. all of the ships,
were as cool as if off on a May day
pleasure cruise.
The visiting officers had a pleasant
drive around the city this morning.
They went to the Pail. Waikiki and all
points of interest in town.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-31
FOURTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE
Hawaiian JOCKEY CLUB
JUNE II, 1898.
OFFICIAL PROGRAM.
Races will commence at a, III. sharp
on the 18th.

MERCHANTS PURSE.
Trotting and Pacing to Harness. Best
2 in 3; $3.50 class. Purse $3.50.
2.-UNION FEED CO.'S CUP.
Running Race; half Mile dash. Free
for all. Purse $3.50 added. To be
won twice.
3.-HAWAIIAN JOCKEY CLUB.
PURSE.
Five-eights mile dash for Hawaiian
breds. Purse $500.
4.S-KAPIOLANI PARK PURSE.
Trotting and Pacing to Harness. Best
ino3; 2:30 class. Purse 5000.
IRWIN CUP.
0nea'niile, dash; for Hawaiian bred
hourses; to be won twice by men,
bers of the Jockey Club. $3.50 ad-
ded.
6.-WAIKAPU CHALLENGE CUP.
Three-fourths mile dash; free for all.
Winner to beat record of Hancock,
1:16R. $3.50 added.
7.-KAMEHAMEHA PURSE.
Trotting and Pacing to harness. Best
Y in 3. Free for all. Purse $500.
s.-OCEANIC S. S. CO.'S CUP.
Three-fourths mile dash; Hawaiian
bred. $3.50 added.
9.-ROSITA CHALLENGE CUP.
One Mile dash; free for all Winner
to beat time of Angie A., 1:45%
Purse 5000 and $50 added if record
is beaten.
1O.-HONOLULU PURSE.
Trotting and Pacing to harness. Best
in 3; 2:25 class. Purse $780,
11.-PRESIDENT WIDEMANN'S CUP
One and one-quarter mile dash; free
for all; to be won twice. 5000 adj
ded.
All entries are to be made with the
Secretary before 2 o'clock Wednesday,
June s, 1898. Entrance fees to be 10
per cent of purse unless otherwise
specified.
All races to be run or trotted under
the rules of the Pacific Coast Blood
Horse Association and the National
| Trotting Association.
All horses are expected to start I'M
less withdrawn by 0 o'clock a. IN. on
June 10, 1898.
General admission. so cents.
Grand stand (eXtra), 80 cents and
$1.00.
Carriages Gnside course), $3.50 each.
Quarter-stretch badges, $500.
Per order committee,
j. S. WALKER,
Secretary Hawaiian Jockey Club
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-31
COLONEL EVANS ADDRESS.

There was quite a full attendance of
Salvation Army and church people in
Central Union church last night to
hear the lecture of Colonel Evans, the
Pacific Coast commander of the Ar
my. who is now visiting Honolulu.
The speaker addressed the audience
for half an hour on the aims and the
work of the organization also explain
ing its history from its birth to the
present time.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-31
PROFESSOR KOEBELE OFF.

Professor Koebele sails by the Bel
gic for the States to be gone six
months. He will travel extensively in
the West and South i'm search of pest
destroyers. One of his schemes will
be to look into the matter of the in
PRODUCTION of hooking birds here on
quite an extensive scale.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-31
ARE AND SCIENCE.

At the Worlds Columbian EXPOSE
ton art and science was thoroughly
eXemplified. The greatest achieve
ments of modern times were on eXhi-
bition. Among the many beautiful
displays none attracted more atten-
ton than that made by the Singer
Sewing Machine Company 1t won the
enthusiastic praises of all. b. Ber-
gersen, Agent, Bethel street.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-31
SCROFULA
It is Foul Blood's Advertise
ment
But II Is Soon Cured by Hoods
Sarsaparilla.

Yes, Scrofula, IL anything, may be called
the advertisement OF foul blood. 1t is the
scourge OF the world - offensive, painful,
facilitating, stubborn and well nigh
uncomfortable.
Outward applications do not cure, they
only drive the difficulty to new quarters.
Emollients may palliate, they cannot
abolish the evil. There is but one sure
way out, and that is to eliminate the
faint from the blood.
There is one remedy that can effect this,
and it is the only one that, so far as we
know, has almost invariably succeeded
even where the system has been poisoned
by long years of faint, and the ravages to
be repaired are tremendous. That remedy
is Hoods Sarsaparilla. Read this:
"My daughter was afflicted with inn
pure blood. There were running sores
all over her body and they caused her
much suffering. We tried medicines thas
were recommended as blood purifiers,
but could not see that they did any good.
A friend told me about Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla and l began giving the girl med
icine. The result was that she was per-
fectIy cured after taking few bottles.
She has had no symptoms Of scrofula
sores since that time" MARIETTA Nj.
SMITH, South Middleboro, Mass.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-31
GONE TO THE PENINSULA.

7. w. Hebron and family have TAX
EN- up their residence for the summer
at the Peninsula, They are occupying
the Waterhouse cottage. Mr.. Hebron
has moved the yacht Clytie to the
harbor and will use her for excursion
purposes.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-31
NOTICE.

The steamer Claudine leaving Tues
day, June 18th. will arrive in Honolu-
lu, Saturday morning, June 18th, one
day ahead of schedule time.
WILDER'S STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.
Honolulu, Nav 30, 1898
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-05-31
Best Residence Lots for Sale.

There are only EIGHT LOTS situat.
ed on the mauka side of Beretania
street, and lying between Punchbewl
street and Miller's lase, for sale. II
is the only centrally located premises
for sale, convenient for residences, in
the market.
Prices are very reasonable.
For terms and further particulars
apply to w. c. ACHI & CO.
Real Estate Brokers.
Honolulu, February 16, 1898.
The times., 1898-10-05
To Dfsbnnd the Cubans.

If it is true that General Garcia
has been employed in the service of the
Government to arrange for the disband-
ing of the Cubans in arms, it is credita-
bic to the judgment of the President.
There is no doubt that General Lawton
has urged his appointment, and IL Is
equally certain that General Garcia will
be able TO effect more in this direction
without friction than anybody else
could.
From the first, General Garcia has
been an ardent supporter of the Ameri-
cans. He was the only Cuban military
commander who welcomed our army
and gave to our service all the aid he
could He has never ceased to be CRATE
full, even when he had cause for per-
sonaI offense in his treatment at the
Lawton and Wood were quick to
recognize the merits of the sturdy vet
eran. and took pleasure in correcting
the blunder by which he had been cruel
ly wounded.
The Times urged his employment by
the Government in a military capacity
in connection with the future admins
tration of Cuban affairs. Better than
that, for the moment. is his use as a
commissioner to effect the disarmament
of the Cubans and their return to the
/ employments of civil life. 1t is prob
able that when it is found to be expedi.
/ ent to organize garrison and police
! forces of the natives he will have an i'm
/ portant post. 1t is the testimony of al
who have become acquainted with Gen.
eral Garcia that he is a high-minded
very intelligent and loyal old soldier
The times., 1898-10-05
Not merely stenoeraphers.

The AIger Relief Commission does
not consider the real demand of the
public in merely providing for stem
ographic report of the testimony. OF
course, there may happen to be wit
nesses who will insist on breaking away
from the questions. and who will volun-
tarily reveal sensational facts, but in
the main a patent office report would be
as lively reading as the verbatim rec
ord of the average person the board will
summon
What is wanted is TO take advantage
of this opportunity for psychological
study, and TO do this not stenographers
are needed, but experienced observers
who are able to put before the newspa-
per readers a picture of the Commission
ers and their methods when engaged in
the destruction of time. 1t Is not often
there is such board of amiable gentle
men whose main purpose is to give an
impression of tremendous energy and
at the same time to make things drag
beyond the eighth of November. They
are required, on the one hand. 10 appear
as sleuths, running down offensive Of
ficials, and on the other hand TO be, in
fact, the complaisant Commissioners
gathered at the solicitation Of the Sec
| retary of War.
1t is with their manner of meeting
these antipodal demands that the pub
| lie is concerned. Indeed, that is the
only element of interest. If people are
/ to be bored with the detailed testimony
! of bureau officials and the like, they are
/ entitled to the compensation of what
/ ever wonder and amusement is to be
got out of the board. There should be
! either the entire exclusion of the rep
resentatives of the press, or else the
door should be opened to others than
/ stenographers.
The times., 1898-10-05
A Grenter PRINCIPLE.

Several Republican speakers, includ-
ing some who are not enslaved by the
machine, have urged the propriety of
allowing defects in army administra-
ton TO go unchallenged and unpunish-
ed, rather than have the glory of our
triumph dimmed and attention turned
from the marvellous achievements of
our arms. Speakers at the premature
peace celebration suggested that the
sufferings of our soldiers were but a
passing incident, while the result of
the war was the triumph of a principle.
There is one principle not less I'M
portant, not less dear to the American
mind and heart, and quite as far-reaeh-
ing in its consequences, as any that
have been promoted by the war with
Spain. At the foundation of our dec
laration of war was the doctrine that
the inhuman and brutal treatment OF
the Cubans was barbarism that could
not be tolerated in this day. Still
deeper lies the principls-the product
of centuries of strife and sorrow and
patient endurance-that not merely
Cuban and colonial, but all govern
ment shall be administered for the well
fare Of the people and not for the
profit and pleasure of party, a faction
or an Individual
It is less the sufferings and death Of
our soldiers from preventable diseases
that concerns the nation, than the
causes. The sufferings were promoted
by insufficient and improper food and
neglect Of sanitary measures. These
were due to the ignorance and indiffer-
ence of the officials charged with the
duty Of protecting the army. In turn,
! this ignorance and Indifference may be
traced to the superlative crime of mod
ern administration-the abuse Of the
power of appointment in the interest of
A party, faction, and an Individual
Honest merit and experience We're
thrust aside and the precious lives that
were intrusted to the care of the Gov
ernment were placed in the unfit, un-
tried and presumably fatal hands of
those who had a political or personal
pull"
Two-thirds of the regular army Of
ficers on the retired list and many
thousands of experienced and compet-
| ent officers of the Civil War-a suf-
ficient number of men who had won a
name in the mastery of the problems
of transportation, and men who had
been used to the control and equipment
| of large bodies of men-offered their
| services to the nation at the critical
| hour. 1t is not only that their offers
were rejected in the interest OF the pre-
sumptuous amateurs with influence.
but that even the efficient men in the
regular army were superseded and out
ranked by civilians with pulls"
| One of the serious causes of disaster
indeed. the most serious-is proved
to have been the inefficiency and neg
| lect of men in the medical charge of
| the camps. That fact is established by
the official reports of competent boards
of inquiry. Were these medical chiefs
regular army surgeons? Were they al
ways experienced civilian doctors, used
| to the treatment of human beings? In
| the case of the camp which shows the
most shameful record of abuse, the
chief medical man was a horse doctor!
Say what the whitewashers may about
The times., 1898-10-05

the folly and stupidity of the intelli-
gent, sturdy young men who made up
our Incompatible army, that fact
damns the whole administration of the
war. The chief medical authority at
Chickamauga was a horse doctor, who
gained his supremacy over regular
army surgeons by political and social
pull"
Then, so densely ignorant or so GRIM
inally Indifferent was the Secretary of
War as to the awful record of the med
ical service at Chickamauga, that this
horse doctor was made surgeon-in-chief
of the army in Porto Rico, again out
ranking the surgeons of the regular
army.
This was typical of all. No matter
what General Wheeler may say, no
matter how much he protests that he
alcne was to blame for all that was
wrong at Camp Wikoff. it is a fact that
drunken, inefficient doctors had charge
of the sick there; that. as naval Of
ficer testifies, one surgeon remained for
days in drunken state and neglected
all the patients in his charge; and that
General Wheeler himself exposed the
disgraceful incapacity of some of the
medical men.
In the appointments to places of re-
sponsibility in the army, political and
personal considerations were supreme
and an army was wrecked as a conse-
quence. 1t is a thousand times more
important that this deadly abuse of
power should be exposed. denounced
and corrected than that our feats of
arms should be glorified. If, as a re-
suit of the war. an inefficient head of
the War Department is dismissed in
disgrace and the incompetent subor-
dinates removed and punished, the SOL
diers will have accomplished more for
human progress by their needless suf-
ferings and death. than by the freeing
of Cuba.
The times., 1898-10-05
New York Republican Convention.
(From The Voice.


Saratoga, y. Y. Sept 27-The s%anly PARTY
that ever did anything for temperance IS open
ing its annual New York State drunk in this
city. Al day long delegates have been pouring
into the city All this evening DELEGATES have
been besieging the slIoons, Yelling for Roosevelt
or Black aud swearing at the other fellows.
Nearly every candidate for a state ofice Is con
Quoting his contest with bottle All head
quarters are located at the United States Hotel.
mostly IN the row Of cottages which constitute
portion CT the building Enormous prices are
charged for these political quarters for the reason
that the walls are ruined with tobacco smoke
and delegates destroy the carpets by splitting to-
bacco juice all over them.
John P. JaeekeI, Of Cayuga, who wants 10 be
State treasurer, IS quartered in cottage No. 20.
iutrenched behind array Of champagne bottles
The Twenty-fourth congressional district head
quarters are in cottage 5, which IS transformed
into barrOOm for the occasion
The Albany County delegation has cottage 1G
for its headquarters This evening the delegation
many of them boozy, held meeting in the rear
room AROUND a table loaded down with wine and
beer.
John c. Davies is making the race for auditor
general. He is qulrtered in cottage 3 and IS set
ting up the drinks and cigars to ali comers. No
thirsty one is turned away.
The headquarters of the Thirtisth congressional
district are in cottage 81 Not much wine Is
| served there. as all callers demand Old Crow
whisky, and there is plenty for al
William J. Morgan, Of Erie County wants the
nomination for controller, and has opened head
quarters in cottage Is. He, too, is setting up
Old Crow whisky TO all his friends Bottle after
| bottle had been drained a few hours after ne
opened
Lou Payn. manager for Gov. Black, has
opened an coil room in cottage II. and has 4
large assortment of liquors which are being de-
voured greedily by thirsty delegates. A mob OF
delegates has been besiegins all the bars in the
vicinity OF the State headquarters all the even
| ing. At midnight | nearly 200 drinking.
swearing. and eaTOusiRg in big in the
rear OF Palm Garden saloon \ collection Of cal
| eimined women were taking turns standing on
their heads and performing other cultured feats
to amuSe the political bowling deryishes- Seven
bartenders were falling over each other in thar
Efforts to supply the drinks.