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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-01
RY the President.

This is President McKinleyS note TO
the gentlemen whom he selects as de-
sirable for the committee to investi-
gate army "mismanagement:"
Will you render the country a SER
vice by accepting my appointment as q
member of the committee to examine
into the conduct of the Commissary,
Quartermaster and Medical bureaus of
the War Department during the war
and into the extent, causes and treat
ment of sickness in the field and in
the camps? 1t is my desire that the
full and exact truth snail be ascer-
tanned and made known. l cannot too
impress upon you my earnest
wish that this committee shall be of
such character as Will command the
complete confidence OF the country,
and | trust you will consent to- erve.
WILLIAM NJ -->LEY.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-01
SAD HOMECOMING.
How the Returned list New York
Was Received.
IN. y. Times.

The story of how New York receiv-
ed home the Seventy-first Regiment OF
United States Volunteers has been told
in the daily press. 1t is doubtful If a
more pathetic reception was ever Civ
en- a more misunderstanding body Of
men. People came TO cheer; they
cheered, but they turned away to weep.
The cheering was long and loud; it
rang from street to street along the
route marked out for the pitiful caval-
cade. 1t seemed TO fall ON deaf ears.
The gaunt, emaciated faces made no
response. Their Indifference was hor-
ribly inhuman. They seemed as I'M
emotional as blocks of wood. Then
the fearful meaning of it all fell like
pail over the crowd, and the cheers
gave way TO tears. There must have
been many who gazed on that wreck Of
a regiment who wondered why some
officer among them had not arisen, as
did that young British Colonel in the
Crimea, in 1854, and demanded, with
good round oaths, proper food for his
starving men. Such an act might have
been regarded as insubordination, as
mutiny, but it would have been human.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-01
Baseball Among the AncientS.

A member Of the Canton Theological
School,, says the Canton Commercial
Advertiser, who is interested in the
great national game, has written a
thesis on base ball among the an
GENTS" From this are cleaned the
following interesting points, which
help TO establish his contention:
The devil was the first coacher-he
coached Eve when she stole first
Adam stole second.
When Isaac met Rebecca at the we'll
she was walking with a pitcher.
Sampson struck out a great many
times when he beat the Philistines.
Moses made his first run when he
slew the Egyptians.
Cain made a base hit when he killed
Abel.
Abraham made a sacrifice.
The Prodigal Son made a home run.
David was a great long-distance
thrower.
Moses shut out the Egyptians at the
Red Sea.
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morning. The Utah battery did effec-
tive work. When our ammunition was
exhausted the battery stood the Span
ish off until We got new supply OF
ammunition and achievements The
battle began about II o'clock and last
ed until about 4 in the morning
though there was lulu of about half
an hour at about o'clock.
The Spanish fired too high to hit our
men, who lay low on the ground or
were Gown in the trenches. That is
probably the reason more of our men
were not hurt. \ two-story house
stood near our lines, and in the morn
ing after the fight we could see the roof
was we'll filled with Spanish bullets
that had been intended for us, but had
gone at least twenty-five feet too high
l went outside the trenches the next
morning after our battle and into the
woods 10 help bring in our dead. 1t
was a CHASTITY sight and one not cal
culated 10 inspire courage
Yours truly,
JAS. W. GIRVIN
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-10-01
CLAUS sPRECKELs. WA. C. IRWIN.
CLAUS SPRECKRLS & CO.,
Bankers,

HONOLULU HI
SAN FRANCISCO AGENTlTHE NE
NADA BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO.
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HARRY MURRAY.

Harry Murray wrote a couple of let
relatives and friends here. The first
was received by his brother Charlie,
and is dated August 10. In it he
describes his trip across the ocean and
arrival at Cayite. OF Manila and the
inhabitants he says:
81 was disappointed IN the place and
the people. The country is all low land
and almost all sWampy-that is, you
can strike water about two feet down.
The people are the color of Hawaiians.
They have a language of their own,
can not speak English and are about
as tall and as good looking as Japs.
They live in huts about four feet from
the ground"
From this point he relates the var
ious happenings in camp up TO August
II, including the skirmishes Of July 81,
August l, and 3. OF the big battle on
August 13 following which Manila was
captured. young Murray writes 70
George Martin as follows:
Manila, Philippines, Aug. Is, rs.
On the morning of the 18th, as l eX-
pected, we were ordered to the front,
We started from the camp at about
O'Clock and arrived at place about
three-quarters of a mile from the city
The Colorado and California regiments
were nearer to the front than we were,
being about 1000 yards ahead Of u.s.
At 1916 Dewey began to lombard the
city, tearing holes in the Spanish
breastworks for twenty-five minutes
when the Spanish flag of truce went up
over the forts. The Colorado regi-
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Gold Imports.

NEW YORK.-Zimmerma & Fore
shaw have engaged 6 10000 in gold in
London, and Heidelbach, Ickelheimer
& Co. have engaged 100000 for import.
The Bank of British North America
has engaged $4,000 in gold for i'm
port
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CHAS. PLEASANTS.

MR.. EDITOR:-Som of your read
ers will remember Mr.. Charles Pleas
ants. who made speech at the inaug-
uration of our Reception Committee OF
100 TO entertain the Boys in Blue and
Of which Committee he was a member.
He succeeded in enIisting in the Tenth
Pennsylvania and left here on the Yea
landia. His company was in the fight
before Manila and he writes a descrip-
ton Of the battle. which Will be of in
terest to your readers. as follows:
Well. we. the Tenth. have been in
il and no doubt you will have the
newspaper account of it long before
you receive this. 1t occurred Sunday
eve. July 81, and hot fight it was. In
this case again it was the unexpected
that happened. We are in camp about
four miles from Manila, along the road
side toward Cayite. BY we. l mean
First Battalion, California Regiment;
Nebraska Regiment: Colorado Regi-
ment; Utah Battery; a battery Of Reg
ulars and the Tenth Pennsylvania.
A little after 10 o'clock we were
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-21
PLACED IT'S FIRST LIGHT.
The KItson Hydro Carbon Light Ce., of
 This City Put In It's First Light.

The Kitson Hydro-Carbon Light and Heat Co.,, of this city, has plac- ed it's first light. It was put up Sat urday eveulng in A. J. MitchelPs confectionery store, and the plant will be in operation in less than ten days.
 This company has a capital stock of $10,000, and it's officers comprise some of Pine Bluffs most influential citizens, among whom are Z. Orto, president: Isaac Dreyfus, vice-presi- dent; J. Parvey, secretary and treas ury. Mr. Lon Macon has been se- cured to look after the lights, and Mir Joe Paulette to do the mechan- ical work.
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oes Cosmopolitan Capital.

''I am just finding out tho charm oi Washington society which lies ill the great variety of people one meets and the interesting topics discussed when there is time to talk, writes "A Cab inet Gember's Wife" in giving her ob- servations and experiences in Washing son in The Ladies Home Journal. At home every ybody had known everybody else in society from the cradle, and we did not have much but each other to talk about, but as l get to know people here and go ss entertainments outside of the official round of duties begin to understand why so many como to Washington for residence who have no business, official or domestic ties in the place. It's rather nice not to have peo. pie know just how much you pay your servants and when you bought yous last piece e furniture '
 Sandwich men ill the streets of Lon- don arc required to walk near the curb stone. but not on the pavement, and not less than-30 yards must separate eaoe sandwich man from his nearest placard sd comrade. In oaso of the sandwich man not fulfilling these rules. he may be arrested and fined.
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CONSTABLE JOE PlLKlNGTON AND J. B. LAUDERDALE MIX WITH TELLING
 RESULTS.
4 Hole the Size of 3 Dollar is Regis tered on PilkingtOn's Cranium While Lauderdale's Face.
 Has the Blues.

Saturday night near Simmons store on West Barraque street, Constable Joe Pilkington. of Wash. ington township and J. B. IApder- dale engaged in a controversy @hich finally led to blows. h company with Pilkington were tweg of his deputies, both eoIored. They both stood by whilc5 .Pilkington was on Lauderdale bea ting his face to g pulp. MT. .Eauderdale also had company, h a negro named Sam EpPs, who had a shot gun in his possession. Upon seeing Pilkington punching Lauderdale, Epps struck the constable on the head with the shot gun and feled him.
 Lauderdale's face presented blue appearance this morning, while Pilkington is confined to his home with hole in his skull. Epps is now an occupants of the Jefferso1 county jail.
 The fight originated over some hogs.
 Lauderdale was also placed under arrest but soon gave bond, All the men will have hearihgSane day this week.
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Quick and Chaep.

The Adams-Wilson Printing Go. is the only printery in the city operat- ed by steam power. It is also the only exclusively job printing estab- lishment in the city. It also has more money invested in printing presses, machinery, type, stock, etc., than any other printing house in the State east of Little Rock. It also pays out more money for labor than any Pine Bluff printing house, and does a larger business, both outside and inside of the city, than any of it's local competitors. Ithas unequalled facilities in Pine Bluff for quick, neat and cheap commercial and job print ing, and has but few superiors in the South. It can therefore meet com petition from any quarter. in price, quality, speed or workmanship, and sollcits orders with the guarantee of sa atisfaction.
 Adams-Wilson Printing Co.
 Steam Job and Book Printers.
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REV. w. D. BUCKNER Preached His First sermonsto Ills. New
 Congregation Sunday

The Rev. W. D. Buekner, of vir- ginia, who recently accepted the call of the Trinity Episcopal church parish, to become their rector, preached his first sermon to his new congregation Sunday morning. The services were largely attended and the congregation was well pleased with the sermon and their new pastor,
 The Key. Buckner will make a valuable acquisition to our religious circles and the gGraphic gladly welcomes him to our city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-21

Manager Chas. Senyard is desirous of catering to all tastes an6 shades of the amusement loving public, therefore, he has secured the London Gafety Girls for one performance, Wednesday November g. The "bald- heads' will be in evidence 1t is ex- pected. Judging from the posters on the walls of the city the Galety Girls are numerous and pretty. The en- tertainment consists of a merry jumbling of farce-comedy ,1burlesque, vaudeville and speciality acts, the star feature being Miss Rolla White, q lady athletic. and champion female bag-puncher of America, and long list of clever comedians and sou brettee.
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BIG DEAL.
The ". B. Howell Oottoa Company Buys
 400 Bales of Cotton,

One Of the largest cotton deals made this season was completed to- day when the w. B. Howell Cotton Co.,, purchased 400 bales of the fleecy staple from the Hammett Grocer Go. The price paid has not been made public.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-21
brettee.

It was the late F. T. Barnum who said that the American public liked
 to be humbugged. This was never more significantly illustrated than in
 the performance given by the Lon- don Gaiety Girls, who appeared last night at the Grand Opera House. The performance was one of the most inexcusable, indecent and indescriba- ble exhibitions Of mediocrity seen here In many seasons. Part of the audience left before the programme
 was half concluded, and those who remained were more indignant fthan those who left early. There can be no excuse for the management of the combination infiictlng such an impo- sition on the public. Such shows may be deemed necessary, but they should be offered to different pub- lie tha I can be found in Memphis. 1t is useless to attempt to condone such an attraction. There are one or two speciality people who should be In better company. but thelr acts are overshadowed by the vulgar dis play of the remainder of the compa- ny. Memphis Commercial Appeal.
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LECTRlC LINE.
a Attorney Henry C. Wood ,n From St. Louis.

c. Bell returned this ,n St. Louis, where he
 with MT. Henry 0. bjcago, went Friday last 'est of the proposed elec- ,sr line. Nothing of i'm as transacted in regard dr. Wood stopped over Eek today. He will ar Night and Tuesday make empt to secure the line 1f. Is it going to fall H looks that way. Is it Pine Bluff cannot raise ssOO02 No, the electric st be built in this city Ee gone too, far to let it oh. Come to the front Kat confidence you have re of your city.
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TO INvEsTlGATE8
The Death of CoIOred Boy Was Coroner
 Cook Called This Morning.

Coroner Cook was called this morn ing to fsayou Bartholomew, ten miles south of this city, to investi- gate the death of little eolored boy, who Is said to have been beaten to death by his father yesterday. No particulars Tt this writing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-21
GIVEN TWO YEARS.
Squire Hannibal Sent to the Panitent5ar
 by the Circuit Court.

Squire Hannibal, the escaped jail- bird who was captured by an Ark ansas county officer Saturday, today appeared In the circuit court on a charge of aiding prisoners to escape, and was found guilty and sentenced to term of two years In the State penitentiary.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-21

Iarry for Wealth and Position
 For for Love?

4orical Association on &ht next at the court
 omptly at 8 o'clock will 5boye interesting ques- [ffirmative side will be
 esteem by Hon. Greed "a Messrs. Beno Al-
 Gcodw win. The ~ VIII be ably represe en t. fs. N. s. Levine, Havis Edwin J. Kerwin. set admits of an almost evening for the ladies. gpect to hear all about { richest array and bal l is most cordially invit- ,,4
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-21
Southwestern elegraph& T elephone
 Company.
Eand-yan valltenhurgh Nnp,,a,s.

A'hu-VHh XRIkenbnrgh NnptIals
 The marriage of Dr. l.. K. Land and Miss Van Yalkenburgh will be solemnized Wednesday. November 23rd at 2:30 D. m., at the E. ain Street Methodist Church. No Invitations were issued In the city, The friends of the contracting parties are invit- ed to be present.
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pse of m advertisement
 Pg together the wide Pr and the wide-aw ake \ do this requires wide
 Hrtising.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-21

HOODS PILLS cure nausea, sick headach. billiousness and all liverills Price 9 cents.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-21

Htising harvest is here, If eas properly planted. the
 NY cultivated, and the crop pper attention, the harvest
 ntiful.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-21

Mir. Orlando Halliburton, of Little Rock, is a Pine Bluff visitor today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-21
RTlSlNGI HINTS.

a Advertising world.) sgoing to have q little Hl stock of goods this
 better tell the people l you are disappointed in of goods. better keep Fself. First be convinced Eof your stock and then iDce others of 1t.
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M c. A. SERVICES
\ attended and Highly Inter
 E Sunday Afternoon.

3eramme rendered at the ohurch South Sunday af- fnoer the auspices of the s Christian Association 'he most interesting rem thc direction of that as- many months. fs ses were all brief and to nd the musical part all nave been desired. was the program: Mrs. Owens. kev. Crutcher.
 Jesus Lover of my soul. " Vrganization-Rev. Ev- McNeil.
 Rev. W. D. Buckner. Noss.
 o'lege and educational fmy and Navy-Rev. tors-Mrs. Dilley. apt. E. K. Braley.
 Lord Icome." Braga. Mrs. Owens.
 -s-.------
 olomon. the popular nuler, of Helena, came
 attend the Y. M. H. ll tonight.
 s~----
 'e little son of MT. and ams, is quite sick.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-21

Mir W. H. Langford is confined to his home on account .of sickness to- day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-21

LEARN TO SAY sNO' when to a dealer offers you something just as good' in place of Hoods Sarsaparil- Ia. There can be no substitute for America's Greatest Medicine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-21

l lae proper ventilation Of school room requires the admission of from twenty-five to thlrtg-fve cubic feet Of fresh air every minute for each individual in the room. If there are fifty pupils in the room, thls esti- mate will require supply of about fifteen hundred cubic feet of fresh air every minute. Experiments made by eminent scientists seem to Justify the statement that, under ordinary conditions, the di ference in 6 the temperature of the air outside and inside school room will cause the air 10 move in a yer tical tube at the rate of about three feet per second.
 Using these figures as a guide we conclude that the ventilating tube and exhaust fue should each have an area of at least five square feet and, in addition to this, the windows and doors should be opened during portion of the recess, if the ehil- daen are to be supplied with neces- sary amount of pure air while they are in school.
 It is 6 common error to try to yentitlate room in cold weather by lowering the windows at the top and opening the transoms. When this is done the current of warm air, which naturally rises, comes in con. tact with the downward draught of cold air thus checking ventilation and asting the heated air so much desired in the room. A high au- thtritY on this subject has asserted. and with much truth, that the lair of the average city school room is today far worse for purposes of res. pration than that of the ordinary sewer" "
 In order, as far as possible, to keep the air in your school rooms reasonably pure, your teachers were directed to arrange for gymnastie exercises midway between the re- eesses, and during this period all windows and doors open so that the foul air may pass out and a supply of fresh air admitted. 1t requires only two or three minutes for this change and If the pupils are given yigor- orous drill there is little probabili- ty of the pupils talk ing cold, but, in cold weather, it requires so long to reheat the room by radiation from single stove that evil results follow. However, we should not lose sight of the fact that cold air is always healthier than im- pure air.
 In order to secure a reasonable de- gree of uniformity in the tempera- ture of the air in the school, each room should be supplied with good thermometer.
 No part of a school house needs more watchful attention than the cloak rooms. The accumulation of apparel stored in these places re- quires that ample ventilation shall be provided. To attain this end, all doors leading into cloak rooms have been removed and throughout the entire day current of air sweeps through each cloak room.
 ~~----
 LEARN TO SAY "NO' when to a | dealer offers you something just as good" in place of Hoo Sarsaparil- Ia. There can be no substitute for Amprica'H Greatest Medicine
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-21

ember magazines show |ctive advertising than No art has
 D rapidly as the art of How near we are to 'nly the future can deter
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-21

Mrs. A. P. G. Lindsey, of Bearden, was in thecity this morning.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-11-21
The IA
 55sSL Chief

requirements of com munication between distant points--speed and reIiabiI- ity--are we'll recognized fea- lures of the Long Distance Telephone Service.
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Fxtract from the third annual reportp to the Pine Bluff School Board by J. H. Hinemon, Superintendent Of schools.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1898-03-19

The Trsns-Mississippi and I~nternaiioal
Congress is composed Of delegates from
every State and Territory west of the Miss
issippi river. The idea Of this exposition
originated in that Congress at its session
at Omaha in 1895, and the projec. has be-
come q national enterprise, and the ma
tionsl commission has been organized
and is in active service, there being one
commissioner for each OF the several de-
psrtments Of the government. Most Of
the trans-Mississippi States are well along
in the way of gathering exhibits from their
respective States and many of them have
made liberal appropriations. while others
are preparing exhibits through private
enterprise.
Vice-President H. B. Msxson OF Reno
has made arrangements whereby he can
get Nevada exhibits shipped from any
point in the State along the line Of the @.
P. R. R. 10 Omaha and return, and he re-
quests all persons who wish the interests
Of the State advertised, TO Cooperate with
the exposition county commissions of his
county, whose name is shown above, and
prepare some product Of his county and
send it to the nearest point on the O. P.
R. R., from which place il will be sen 20
Omaha and exhibited, and returned to the
same point at the close Of the exposition.
free Of expense to the exhibitor. Full in
formation should accompany everything
sent for exhibition. Before sending any
thing to the line Of the railroad a full de-
scription should be given to the exposi-
ton commissioner Of the county, who in
turn will notify the vice-president, who
will notify him what action to take, other
wise there might be many Implications.
Apply to your county representative for
further information. and don't let this
opportunity Of advertising the resources
OF Nevada be lost.