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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-06-18

prevail of the Executive Council decide in regard the
premises covered by such lease whether the shall be de
missed under lease be by Government for
othef disposition thereof under this Act for forest i'm
provements the development water supply
pubic uses or otherwise whether part should be
served and part demised under and shall
promptly notify the lessee of such lease of the such
decision.r
Section -. The violation any the conditions
General Lease TO be performed by the shall be su
cent cause for the Commissioners with the approval of the
Executive Council TO take of the demsed premises
WITHOUT hoc demand previous entry and with without
legal process and thereby by
such lease"
Section 90 The of Public Lands with
approval of the Executive Council hereby
instructed to cause to be surveyed apart time
TO time suitable portions
such persons as may desire obtain holdings under this
OF this Act Such lands shall be only agricu
tual and pastoral lands and shall be
over one hundred acres in first class agricultural land not
over two hundred agricultural
not over TWO acres IN wet land
hrst class pastoral land, twelve
second pastoral land
in mixed agricultural pastoral land Convenient roads
as to grade and direction shall surveyed connecting
lots with public road"
Section g. of any of the foregoing cond
lions shall be sufficient Commissioners with
the approval of the Executive possession
the densed premises without notice. previous
try and with without legal process and thereby determine
the estate created by
Section 60 in the payment of any of
the said instruments for thirty days
respectively failure of performance the said
conditions the Commissioners with the approval of the
ecue COunc may take of such premises
notice demand previous entry without legal
process and thereby determine the by such
Freehold agreement
SECTION g. This Act shall take effect upon publication
Approved this 18th day of June A. D. 1898.
SANFORD b. DOLE
President of the Republic of Hawaii.
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ARE YOU A LIAR?
If So, Consult d Physician, For He Can
Cure YGu.

II So, Consult q Physician, For He Can
Cure Ncu.
II you are liar. consult your doctor at
once. There is hope Tor you. Medicine
and medical methods are applicable to
those who suddenly develop "A marked alb
hnrTence for the truth and shur it even
when it would best befriend them. The
doctors believe this is merely IA species %
dementin. Tho brain is unhealthy and
the patient is taken under treatment
DR. Thomas =. WEIGH, student on
brain disorders. would treat the man who
preyaricates unnecessarily much as he
would an insane patient.
we often hear Of people who suddenly
develop IA propensity for lying that is star.
Ting, ne said. "A peculiar feature is
that the individual has nothing to accom-
pljsh and absolutely no excuse for dsre-
gaEding the truth. He causes all sorts OF
trouble axx embarrassing situations for
himself and family without knowing why
he does it. That man should consult
physician. Ills mind is unhealthy and bis
nervous system is in great disorder lie
should be treated carefully. The base of
his trouble is the nerves. Rest and TOME,
with good nursing, would restore these
ard gradually the brain would become
healthy and the affection disappear. Y
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PROBABLY the good dye young because
o o'.a PietN makes them prematurely
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WILDS OF CUB'.::
Scenes and Adventures Ia
the Island of Blood.

tering ship to the bottom, where its crow
could tell 40 tales. The ship and crew
would merely DO" missing" and ell inter
national complications would thus be
avoided. The fato Of Captain Frye and
tho crew Of tho Virginius warns these
;ncn AS to what they should expect If cap
tured.
This is Spain's way 1t is not the way
of other nations. During tho war between
the northern and southern states blockade
runners were frequently captured. Their
officers ard crews were in no danger 0!
death after capture. They were held for
time as prisoners Of war, and in some in
stances were liberated after Il short con
finement. Tho cases are similar What
is now termed ''dlibuster' is generally
not enc in the exact meaning of the word.
Many OF tho expeditions have carried only
arms and ammunition to tho Cubans, and
it i3 not conceded that any regularly or
ganized armed expedition has as yet been
conveyed to the island. Blockade runner
or llibustcr, however, death would fol
low capture.
But the risk Of capture is not the only
ono that the tilibuster incurs. Tho dan
gers Of shipwreck are also great. The ex
the darker the night the better They can
not pick their weather. They must take
storm as well as calm. They rarely have
pilots familiar with tho coast. and they
cannot seek harbols where vessels of legit-
innate commerce find shelter. They enter
some cove distant from the towns, and II
any of their arrangements misoarry they
are likely to miss the Cubans who are to
meet them and receive the supplies. This
would detain them longer in Cuban wa
tiers ana increase their risks.
OF course tho officers aiid crew of fiji
ihuster arc paid more than they would
ho il engaged in less hazardous undertak
inps, though the sums that they receive
would not create the impression that they
place very high value on their lives. ii it
were not remembered that they arc daring
and self relaiN Timid men often 20 t.
war, mt they do not carry supplies to the
Cuban Insurgents
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PATRICK MELIA, WHO FIRED THE FIRST SHOT
OF THE WAR.
day and are ready to shake him by the
hand even before he has had time to
wash the smut from his face.
AS the war opened Oh the sea. our
heroes thus far have been naval. New
ones are being made every day, but lest
we forget, in the rush Of them, those
first gallant fellows who made our
blood tingle when we read of their
deeds we should fix their doings firmly
in our minds. 1t is essential to have the
first chapter of our recollections of the
Spanish American war accurate. Other
and greater heroes may follow, but these
first ones have their Importance.
Bill Anthony, Of Il have, sir, to re-
port that the ship has been blown up"
fame. we will remember as sort Of
antebellum hero, an advance guard of
those to follow.
Next comes the man who actually
fred the first shot of the war. He is
Patrick Melia, a gunner on the cruiser
Nashville, which captured the Spanish
steamer Buena Ventura, the first prize
of the war. Melia home when he is
not at sea is III Scranton, Pa. He is 30
years of age and enlisted four years ago
the 9Th of December last and was as
signed to duty on the Cincinnati, where
he met and became acquainted with
Patrick Kane, one of the boys who went
down with the Maine They became
bosom friends during the three years Of
Melia' enlistment.
In the first part of February Melia
returned home on three days furlough
to visit his sister, and soon after his re-
turn to the Brooklyn navy yard the
Maine was blown up and his friend
Kane killed.
On Feb. ~ he wrote to his sister:
Annie, if the opportunity presents
itself, will avenge the death Of Pat
Kane, whom loved as a brother. "
When aboard the Cincinnati, Melia
served for time as captains orderly
and was stationed in the east during
the trouble between Turkey and Greece
From Rome the Cincinnati went to
Constantinople and then was ordered
on two years. cruise. AS Melia had
but six months to serve he was put
aboard the Maine at Gibraltar and re-
turned to the Brooklyn navy yard. At
the navy yard he was assigned to duty
on the recruiting ship Vermont, and
when the present preparations for war
began he went on the Nashville.
Another brand new hero is Lieuten-
ant John c. Fremont, the gallant COM
mander of the torpedo boat Porter. He
won distinction by being the first Ameri-
can to land on Cuban soil after war had
been declared. He ran his little boat
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SPANISH 1NFANTRYMAN-HIS FAVORITE AT
TITuDE.
ing in the ranks at all times and even
cigarette smoking are allowed At i'll
spection the men become silent and i'm
movable only when the officer ap-
prOaches them and relax into sociability
the instant his back is turned
But if the common soldiers are a
sorry looking lot some of the high COM
missioned officers make up for it all BY
their own magnificence. Their uniforms
are gorgeous. The slouchy looking sol
diers, however, may be capable of fight
ing like crazy fiends under the spur of
excitement, but the officers have proved
their inability to fight time and time
again.
'Braggarts in peace, towards in war
and thieves at all times '-such was Sir
William Francis Napier's summing up
of his opinion of the Spanish soldiers.
But the severe criticism of the distin-
euished English officer and historian
was directed more toward the gener-
ais than the privates. During the whole
war In Cuba the Spanish officers have
been outgeneraled. One striking feature
is enough to prove this Nine different
times, through sheer imbecility of their
commanders and deceived by adroit
movements of the insurgents, have
Spanish columns engaged in bloody
fights among themselves.
Military writer's of repute, while rec
OgnlZlnO the merit Of Gomo1 oud No
coos march upon the western provinces
OF Cuba, have declared that whatever
the boldness, shrewdness and courage
OF the two rebel chiefs their famous raid
could never have been carried out but
for the folly of the Spanish command
ers.
10 crush Antonio Maceo General
Weyler threw So, 600 soldiers into the
small province Of Pinar del Rio. Bloody
fights We're fought, in none of which
could any one of the Spanish generals
boast OF having obtained victory over
that extraordinary Cuban leader. When
the time came for Maceo to leave Pinar
del Rio, he crossed the SO called impas.
sable trocha, AMI so this bulwark, Wey-
ler's pride, tina building of which cost
Spain millions Of treasure and thou
sands OF lives, proved to be futile. Ma
GEO was later killed, but, as the Spanish
press has repeatedly said, his death was
due to hazard, not to the skill of apv
OF tho leaders of the Spanish army.
CHARLES WARNER.
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BRAND NEW HEROES.
THE FlRsTi AMERICANS TO WIN
GLORY IN THIS WAR.

The Gunner Who Fired the First Shot
and the Daring Lieutenant Who Detied
Spanish Batteries and Made the Flrst
Landing ON Cuban Soil.
In these times, when we are printing
real history on multiple presses, we
have real, live, active, new made heroes
to think and talk about, heroes who
were unknown yesterday, but whose
names are household words today.
When we fought our last war, 1t was
weeks ana sometimes months before a
heroic action was told about III the
public prints. Now, thanks to the push
and equipment of the modern journal
ist, we know all about the hero OF TO-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-12
SPANISH SOLDIERS. I
THE KIND OF MEN WE ARE TO DRIVE
FROM CUBA.

The Private Is q Slouch VINO ifrAe'S
Cigarette to u Gun, While the Dandi-
fed officer Has More Gold Lace Than
Brains.
Without questioning his valor or say
ms word as to his fighting ability the
Spanish soldier the man we are gong
to drive out of Cuba, looks like
mighty poor warrior.
He is SLOUGH for one thing, both III
clothes and action. He looks most nat
ural when sitting down, his back braced
against something stable and Il cigarette
between his lips. This, by the way, is
his favorite attitude.
He handles his gun as if he didn't
know exactly what to do with it, and
he doesn't. The expression Of his eyes
betrays but little intelligence None is
concealed, however. He shows as much
as he has. You can hardly expect much
of him mentally though. The oppor-
tunities of the Spanish peasant for be-
coming enlightened are limited.
The uniform of the Spanish soldier
is made of blue and white striped cot
ten denim. We use lots of it in this
country-not for uniforms, but for bed
ticks and pillow bags. This good, hon
est material the Spanish tailor cuts up
in the most original fashion. He makes
| the seat of the trousers come Just lit
| tie above where the knee bend ought to
| be- Ii the soldier is short legged
freak, the uniform fits, but if his legs
are long the bottoms wave some five or
not because the tailor is sparing of his
cloth, for he makes the waist long
enough to reach the armpits.
Thus attired the average Spanish SOL
| Gier is not an object to inspire terror or
even respect. Then he is understood,
often manifestly uuderfed, slouching III
gait and hangdog in general appear
ance, about as wide contrast as can
we'll be imagined to 1.-The West Point
cut which is the American standard
of what warrior should be. These
may understand the theory and practice
of war all right, but somehow the true
martial ar(:or does not seem to extend
down into their backbone and legs
The uniforms of the officers are of
the same material, but each one wears
few gilt stars on his coat sleeve and u
white canvas hat. The enlisted men
wear hats of panama straw turned up
OH one side and fastened with rosette.
| The Havana volunteers, correspond
| ing to our national guard, act as ad
juncts to the city police. Their guard
mounting and inspection every morn
ing i'll the prado are worth going far to
see 1t seems to be sort Of Ego as you
| please" arrangement, each man chooa-
ing bis own gait and department. Talk.
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all in detail but a store full IL all the
latest and incest styles Of the season.
Elegant assortment Of SUITS ana
Jackets at prices that please every
body. Choice new line Of perfect fitting.
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count with the forces put into the field.
for as | understand it, the Indians will
light as an infantry organization, to be
mounted in an emergency. My experience
Is that the Sioux make the best fighters on
horseback, but think this is due to tho
fact that they thus become more daring
knowing that if they do not want to fight
they can run away. In fact, this is great
factor In Indian warfare. Mounted, an In
dian force may quickly disappear in the
lace OF superior force of the enemy. The
Indian knows this and always consider,
discretion the better mart of valor
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right in under the frowning guns of ths
Matanzas batteries and made landing.
Lieutenant Fremont is the son and
namesake OF tho famous pathfinder. 2"
All his fellow officers in Washington
say ne has the courage and determine
ton Of his distinguished father and
that ne was just the man to have car
rled out successfully the instructions
given him by Admiral Sampson to
make the landing. G. J. BowpEN.
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ShirtsWaists and all the newest in ties
and waist setsto go with them.
Conessto US for anything you may
need IN Dry Goods and get handsome
premium VIII Your purchase.
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plants seems to be pushing his ugly nose
out from under tho ovcrhaneing rocks.
crouching and ready to spring. The up
per jaw and teeth make a sort of portico;
the arch over the doorway suggests the
tongue and the opening itself the aperture
of tho throat
Through this you apparently pass into
the creatures NAV, but in fact ind your
self in small, dark chamber, which once
contained IA hideous idol of some sort 1t
is only to be hoped that human sacrifices
were not offered to appeaso it's wrath in
this grewsome den.
just as Egypt is full of rock hewn
tombs, so India is full of these cavern
sanctuaries. About Junnar alone there
are said to be as many as 80 of them. OF
course they are not all patterned after the
beasts of the jungle, but they are almost
invariably grotesque in the extreme, for
it is curious fact that everything per-
tanning to these cruel gods is made as
monstrous and repulsive as their own ma
ture.
The Hindoo pantheon is like congress
of demons holding high carnival. 1t was
inevitable that such a religion should
make those who followed it vindsctive and
merciless, and it has been observed that
the carvings on these strange temples very
generally represent somebody ruthlessly
treading down somebody else into tho
mire.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-12
TIGER TEMPLE.
A Grewsome Sanctuary HcYn Out Of
Rock In India.

Rock In India.
The noted tiger temple of India is hewn
out of Il great mass Of rock projecting
from ledge Probably nature had given
it some resemblance TO a tiger head, but
the clever stoneworkers have carved and
shaped it until the Likeness is something
startling.
A tiger of the ordinary size is bad
enough, but here one rs big as ten ele-
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Some people are born tired and some
seem to have been born for the purpose t
of making others tired j
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INDIANS FOR WAR.
Red Men VIII Fight if They Have Their
Own Way.

The use of Indians in the Spanish war
Is being carefully considered by the gov
ernment authorities The savage Sioux are
most talked about, but Indians with some
civilization might be better soldiers. Miss
Keel. superintendent of the Indian schools
of Wyoming, has 200 select soldiers at the
service of Uncle Sam. An authority states
that for scouts and skirmishers the In
dians ought to be valuable, but for close
order battle, such as the soldiers of the
line occasionally must meet, they would
DO worthless. Their traditions are against
that sort of thing, and it would not be
natural for them to stand the fire of a
machine gun in close order. 1t is their
nature to take advantage of the protection
which nature affords in the field, and no
company of Indians could be forced to
stand up and fight The same authority
SAYS: 1.-The absence of horses will not
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-11-29
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
The Portland Wrecked and all Lost.

I0e FOrIliuO WPSCkSO duu OH AOSS'
BOSTON, Nov. 29.-The Steamer
Portland is reported wrecked at Truro,
Cape Cod, with all hands losi. 1t is
now stated that there were 81 souls
abroad the Portland. The passenger
list was on the vessel, and it is difficult
to get the names of passengers. The
offices of the Portland Steamship Com
pany to-day are crowded with weeping
relatives of the men on board the steam
or. Little hope is held out TO them.
The Portland left for Portland, Me-,
Saturday night. She was a favorite
ship with Boston people. She Was
side-wheel boat but of deep draught
and fitted for ocean travel.
A special train which has just ar
rived from North Truro reports the
total wreck of the Portland at 10 O'Clock
Sunday morning off Highland Light
and the drowning of the entire crew
and passengers. At dark last night 81
bodies had been recovered from tt g
surf by the life savers, at High Head
station.
A partial list of the passengers has
Oeeu SeCuTeu. IL - I'LL pooeioio W So'
the full list yet. The steamers ton
mage mark has come ashore marked
% SO tons which exactly agrees with
hePortlaDd's registeI;al large guam
tlty OF wreckege marked Portland
is washing up on the beach. The firs'
body found was picked up by Gideon
Bonley, surfman at the station, who
at once gave the alarm. One body is
that of woman, well dressed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-11-29
TELEGRApHIC BREVJTiyq

Lilioukalsni, ex-Queeu of the r..
waiian islands, passed through Kansss
City on her way to Washington lat
night.
At Erie Pa, to-day Frank A. Magow-
aD, who remained all last night IN
the custody of the sheriffat the Read
House. together with Mrs. Mcgowan
was turned over TO detective Watt 81
Cleveland, and left for that CITY in chs.
tody.
Gevernor-elect R osevelt will be in Ne,r
Yorg city on Thursday fer conference Win
Senator Platt and other republican l.aoo,.
st the conference with Senator Plat. il is ev
pected that there will be an sgreemept IN
the principal appointments to be made by The
Governor.
Mira. William Hieslser, young married
woman of Mstteawan. n. Y, attempted -
take her life in a tragic manner Is ni2 =,
che slashed her throat and wrists with Al
tato knife while standing before 4 look NJ,
glass. No reason for her act is known.
Fire broke out last night in j I'M n
Chew's extensive dry goods and furnishing
store in Camden. N. T., and quickly c1ye o.
ed the whole building, large tlTee-.rory
brick structure. The total loss vii. foot IN
100000.
Fire at Tennyson, Ind, YESTERDAY destroy.
ed the business portion of the town ana m.iv
dwelling houses rendering 100 persons home.
lees Loss $4,000.
Jack Neal, co.ored, was committed TO isi
in Jackson. Tenn, last night on the charge of
whipping hi, seven year old son to death.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-11-29
THE PEACE TREATY.

As stated in the Gazette of that date
the Spanish peace commissioners in
Paris yesterday agreed to the final de-
mand of the American commissioners
that for the cession of the Philippine
Islands, including the Sulu group, in
exchange for $40, 100000.
A Paris dispatch says tits understood
that the United States will also pur-
chase the Island of Ualan in the Caro-
line group, although this will not be
demanded as in the case of the Philip
pines.
The terms of peace exacted and OBJ
tanned by America from Spain are now
practically complete. These are:
Abandonment of sovereignty over
Cuba.
Cession of Porto Rico and all the
other islands known as the Spanish
West Indies.
Cession OF the Island of Guam, in the
Lsdrones.
Cession of the Philippine Islands, in
Guiding the Sulu group.
The United States refuses to assume
any of the colonial debts of Spain.
Spain rejects the justice of the con-
queror's position, but announces that
she surrenders to superior force in order
to avoid further bloodshed.
The document presenting the accept
ance contains only 300 words. 1t open
ed with q reference to the final terms CT
the United States, and stated that the
Spanish commissioners, after having
taken cognizance of the terms proposed
by the Americans, replied that their
government had tried to give as equita-
BILE an answer as possible, but that they
were not prepared to commit their gov
ernment to the acceptance of the prin-
ciples embodied in the American argu-
ment. Spain rejects these principles,
the note continues, "as she always has
rejected them."
Basing her attitude upon the justice
of her cause, the note then says Spain
still adheres to these principles. But,
in her desire for peace, she has gone so
far as to propose certain compromises,
which the Americans have rejected.
She has also attempted to have sub
mitted to arbitration some Of the ma
terial particulars upon which the two
governments differed. These proposals
for arbitration the Americans rejected.
1t is the impression at the State De-
parment, in Washington, in the absence
of anything save press reports of the
proceedings at Paris yesterday, THAT
the commissions work is now near an
eud, and that about two weeks time
will suffice to close il I'D.