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The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1898-01-12

the ice ctiiars in Lovelock are
cram full OF an excellent quality OF ice,
the best that has bt en- stored away for
many years. Last summer ice was inI-
ported from Truckee.
An esteemed lady of this place met
rather unpieasant experience rev
nights ago. Leaving church she, in COM
pany with her daughter, gushing
young lady and their escort, bright
young gentleman proceeded to the
slough to view the skaters going through
those intricate iignres and gyrations AT
which they are snch adopts. Unfortun-
ately the lady happened to 20 on the
slough where the ice had recently been
cut to water stock, 50 she had not gone
lar when she pumped in to her arm
pits. Now was a golden opportu-
nifty for the young man and
right well he improved it. Regardless
of consequences he at once rushed to
the rescue and succeeded in bringing the
lady out OF her perilous predicament.
They at once proceeded to the house OF
a neighbor which was close at hand and
here the lady had her soaking garments
removed and warmed up, but then a
difficulty arose. The lady is unusually
is noted more for bulk of mind than bulk
of body. There must be difference he
tween them OF a goo foot. However,
there was no hel lp for it and the tall lady
had to don the clothes of the small one.
Fortunately it was night time but the
moon was shining brightly. Later as q
certain party was seen to move STEALTH
ly homeward, conspicuous in which APP
peared curious apparition resemhl ing
a Scotch Highlander in his native garb,
with only the skirting bagpipes wanting
to complete the picture. No bad effect,
it is satisfactory TO say, resulted to the
lady from her adventure in the icy
water, nor, let us hope, to tie gallant
young lad. As for the daughter, she was
afterwards heard to say that she enjoy
ed the eclipse OF the moon, but as that
event did not occur until some hours
later, it is shrewdly surlnised that it was
only only one OF those eclipses which are
not by any means unusual with young
ladies', when they go perambulating
with their dear Rolneos unIer the sill.
very beams OF the fair Luna.
SKATES
LovELocK, Jan. Sth, 1898.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1898-01-12
Notice to Hunters.

7 heftbY hOIlIy an huhteTs nUI 10
ueepass upon NY premises Those
who ~ not heed This notice viii he
prusecn,sd. i. u. iiE6MAS.f
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1898-01-12
.LOVEL0CK LOCALS.

the ice cellars in Lovelock ar
cram full of an excellent quality OF ice
the best that has b, en- stored away fo
many years. Last summer ice Was i'm
ported from Truckee.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-02-17
BIG STORM.
A Second Visitation of Flood and
Lightning.


The rainfall of last night was per-
haps heavier than the downpour OF
last Saturday morning.
The street cutters and in many
places the streets were streams and
there were rivulets dropping from the
awnings and rushing from the roof
pipes for hours.
In the early part of the night the
showers, though heavy, were with ces-
sations. About II p. M, the flood
set out in earnest. The water came
down in sheets.
There was a little lightning early
in the evening Around midnight the
flashes were heavy and strong and IL
Illuminating as on Saturday morning.
With the extremely weighty rain even
the policemen sought shelter. Safety
precautions were taken at the tele-
phone office, but work on the new
switchboard went right along.
1t seems probable that the storm
extended over most of the Island. a
good many people were awakened by
the thunder and there must have been
great deal Of nervousness. Chief
Hunt was extra vigilant for fear OF
fires, but the rain would have extin-
| guished almost any outside blaze.
Those in charge of shipping in the
| harbor were on the alert all night
but the danger had been headed on
|
dropped and additional lines run out
For hours there were perfect torrents
of water rushing into the bay from
town.
The new street crossings down town
are all right, excepting that they were
all under water last night
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-02-17
A FIRE INQUEST
Sitting On the Telephone
Switchboard Case.
Testimony Relating to a Prophecy.
What Mr.. Bailey Thought-A Cor
rection BY MIR. Cassidy.

Deputy Marshal Hitchcock presided
at the first session of the telephone
switchboard fire inquest, held yester-
day afternoon The inquiry began at
o'clock and was adjourned three
hours and a half later to meet at The
call of the Deputy Marshal. Press
representatives were excluded.
The members of this jury are VIM.
Blaisdell, c. B. Wilson, Ed. McInerny,
Henry Zerbe, J. P Cooke and JOIN
Campbell Mr. Berg the insurance adj
ulster. was in attendance. The wit
| nesses were all employees or ex-em-
ployes of the telephone company with
the exception of Louis Marks. Mr.
Marks had heard Mr.. Bailey, the lately
retired superintendent of the Mutual
| Company say that in case of an cleo
trical disturbance in the air or he
crossing of a telephone by an electric
for the reason that some fuses on Nuu-
anu street had been taken out by Mr.
ICassidy, the new superintendent This
was the only important testimony
brought out in the session. All the
levidence was recorded by Stenographer
Braddick Mr.. Bailey said he had
made the statement as given by MI
Marks. In the course of his examln-
alton, Mr.. Bailey said he had not seen
in his experience of Is years in bust
ness, a telephone system like the one
in service here. He was questioned
length and told about systems to whlct
he had been accustomed on the Coas
while in the employ of the Sunset AM
other companies.
Mr.. Cassidy disposed of the theor.
and prediction of the ex-superlnten
dent in a few words. He said the fus
system attempted to be used was no
= adapted to this system at all and wa
only hinderance and an interruptio
in the way of disconnecting lines an
making breaks in communication. Tn
g cause of the fire, in his judgment, wa
the current forced on waikiki re
turn wire that was a new featur
and that had been charged from
. electric light wire held against it b
a fallen tree. This return wire" ha
been reduced to almost thread frol
heavy copper carrier and came int
the office in such way that it va
not known excepting to those who ha
placed it, The new superintendeI
gave a good deal of technical inform
= alton to the jury and explained man
points in telephone installation an
maintenance that made the working
of this and other plants clear to II
board of inquiry.
There are connected UP this morntr
- 900 city telephones and attention WI
next be given to the country line
They will be available again in fe
days. There is not little confusil
with the wires around town as
suit of the storm attended by the Fl
and the heavy weather of last nigh
= Squads from the force Of men WI
= have been working in relays in Il
g office will be sent out early this NOR
. ing to make city repairs. Chas. Graz
was in all of last night again. CAPITA
Pratt, formerly superintendent of t
Mutual Company, gave Mr.. Cassie
some assistance in switchboard q
rangement or equipment that was Va
liable and that was appreciated.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-02-17
No Session.

After the regular prayer meeting at
Central Union Church last night there
was to have been a business session.
but the inclement weather brought out
too small number of members and
all work was postponed until next
week.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-02-17
The Star Dairy.

The Star Dairy Company, Ltd, de-
livers milk twice a day. Household
ring UP Telephone 1913.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-02-17

Seh,lLamg's Best tea is the
best you can get for anything
like the money it costs.
Sehsllamg's Best baking pow
der is the best you can get Al
any price.
Schilling s. Company 49,.
San Francisco 2oS
Evening star., 1898-12-22

slavery question would have been affected
by the acquisition of Cuba must, of course
always remain a matter merely for specu-
lation.
But everything is very different now. For
one thing, Cuba is not the property of the
United States, but will be held in trust for
the people of the island. For another thing
the negro is not now chattel. He is a free
man and citizen under the law, and may
not be deported at anybody's instance TO
Cuba or elsewhere. If he prefers to remain
on the mainland here he will be at liberty
to do so.
That both Cuba and Porto Rico will snow
within a few years an increase of popu-
lation derived principally from the United
States is very likely. Negroes may heip 10
make it up. But all who CO. black or Whlte,
will go, of course, of their own voiltlon.
There will be no deportation of anybody
from this country, nor any chromos offered
by the government to induce people to emil
CRATE Cuba and Porto Rico do not touch
the race question in the south at all, ana
cannot be made to do so.
Evening star., 1898-12-22

From the New York Tribune

ioi' 'He .Ne" 1Otk
The fact Is recalled that five wears ago
Andrew Carnegie who is now violently on,
poseo 10 expansion, wrote a magazine ar
tlcIe, entitled "A Look Ahead advocating
,ne union OF england, Scotland. Wales, Ire
land and Canada with the I1nited St.tes
In urging such a union he said: "Tbe
American people are favorable to the ex
tension OF national boundaries No evil
but great good, has come from every suc,
ceedlns addition to their union. Therefore
proposition to reunite Britain and the re-
pubic would not seem anything novel to
them. They are used to territorial exDan-
sion: we observe in the history of the
world that patriotism is ever expansive
centuries ago the people of Perugia and
Assist. fifteen miles apart We're deadly en-
emles. The patriotism of the Perugian and
Asslslan could not embrace an area so
great as fifteen miles. Today patriotism
stretches over hundreds of miles-in some
cases thousands of miles-and does not
lose but gains, in intensity as it covers a
wider area. There is more TO be patriotic
about
Evening star., 1898-12-22
The Gar Needs Money.

Is the cars disarmament propaganda a
shrewd scheme for floating a new Russian
loan2
The attention of all the world was at
tracted when the note OF peace was sound
ed from ST. Petersburg. Russia had al
ways stood so cOnspicuously for war. and
her operations of late in China and else
where had been so very aggressive, it was
startling 70 hear the miIIennialistic word
spoken by her. But the world gave re-
spectful heed TO the deliverance. and con-
ference to consider the subject is on the
cards for next spring. A proposition so un-
usual. and proceeding from such a source
is. 1t seems to be agreed. worthy at least
Of formal discussion.
But II now appears that the czar is pretty
hard up Funds are very low. His expen-
ditures have been heavy, and his receipts
curtailed by several successive failures of
crops Many of his people have not only
been unable to pay their taxes. but have
been obliged to look to the government for
support He needs money badly. and the
markets, as matters stand, are not open TO
him. Neither England nor Germany cares
10 stake him, and France, his ally. is not
in condition to do so. Hence. it is sug-
gested, the sounding of the New York capi-
ta!ists on the subject
Has the car discerned that his only hope
o1 raising the wird is by a play for peace?
Is ne convinced that. as a great war lord
accredited with great and aggressive de-
signs which may call for an appeal TO
force. he is no; a coed risk in the money
centers? And has h put out his feeIer for
peace largely with the view of tiding over
the difficulty?
spatEs folly carries a lesson with 1t
which bankers generally are likely TO ap-
ply. This thing of stalking a government
which Is at war or is likely to engage in
war, is risky for outsiders There is. of
course. a very great difference between
spain ard Russia. But if Russia were to
float big loan and then go to war and
ind herself overmatched. as was Spain's
fate her creditors. like Spain's. might run
the risk Of having their bonds scaled down
Evening star., 1898-12-22
The Monkey Can stand Our Climate

Isn't it rather straining the excellent pur-
poses of the Humane Society to insist as
one of its members did in the Police Court
yesterday, that the monkey companions Of
our peripatetic organ grinders shall be
clothed with stockings and shoes. to pro-
tect them from the London weather with
which we are just now SO bounteously sup
piled? Such contentious can hardly fail to
make the organization represented by the
complainant appear ridiculous in the eyes
of people who wish it we'll and respect its
generally praiseworthy work. Besides. the
complainant is sadly beyond his reckoning
in his assumption that monkeys are exclu-
siVeIy the product of the tropics. They
abound in wild state in Japan, where the
climate is about that of Washington, and
in other countries far removed from the
torrid zone.
Evening star., 1898-12-22

ii Is amusing to see it suggested every
now and then that the United States sbou,d
Utilize Cuba and Porto Rico In an effort to
settle the race question in the south 1t is
asserted with all seriousness that by filling
those two Islands up with negroes and
holding them as territories the limited
States would do n wise thing; that the
south would thus part with the objection
able portion OF her population and shake Off
an incubus which for years has handl-
capped her in the political ana the COM
mercial race.
This is comic renewal of ola ante-civil
war talk. when the proposed acquisition of
Cuba by this government was based on the
question of slavery. 1t was then thought
that if Cuba could be added TO the Union
those Shareholders who were seeking an en-
larged field would turn in that direction and
abandon their claims about rights in the
northwest territories. Spain refused to sell
and the matter was dropped. How the
Evening star., 1898-12-22

The retirement of Secretary Bliss from
the cabinet causes the fifth break in the
Presidents council since the beginning Of
the present administration. First the at,or-
rey general. now judge McKenna. resigned
10 accent "a seat on tn Supreme Court
bench. being succeeded by Ex-Governor
GriESs Of New Jersey. Then Postmaster
General Gary retired in favor Of Mr.
Charles Emory Smith \ few davs after
wards Secretary sherman resigned and was
succeeded az the head of the State Depart
mcnt by Judge Day. who few months later
left the cabinet and was in turn succeeded
by Ambassador Hay. Now Secretary Bliss
yields 10 the impulse to return TO private
life, which he has resisted throughout The
irving period Of the war. He entered the
cabinet reluctantly. after much solicitation
by the Presidents friends and the President
himself. He was averse to entering pub-
lie life, preferring the quiet of his own home
% the nervous activity of administrative
duties But the situation at the opening OF
L politically important that Mr.. Bliss should
become a cabinet member and he put aside
his personal preferences and accepted the
call To duty manfuIly. He has served the
country to the full extent of his large
ability. having brought TO the desk of the
Secretary of the Interior an unusual ca
pacity for conducting important business
enterprises. with broad grasp of the pub
lie necessities and a sense Of equity in the
Evening star., 1898-12-22

President NcKinleys order for the relief
OF the starving people IF Havana and
GGineS is reassuring. 1t has been noted in
the news dispatches from Cuba from time
10 time Of late that as the military situa-
tion has cleared il has been discovered
that the people We're in many cases ut
terIy destitute. Their economic status is
completely upset. their farms are not yet
in working condition and the general de-
moralization attendant upon the change
Of sovereignty has evidenced itself in the
long lines Of hungry people asking for aims.
Ii is CbvioIS that the Spanish authorities
will ard can do nothing for these unfor-
tunat,s. They have no money and no mo-
tive to conduct relief works That task nat
uraIly falls upon the United States. and
the only question now to be considered
is to the best method to be adopted to
prevent widespread suffering. From prac-
teal point of view and for the best in
terests of the people the most substantial
relief would be that afforded by their en-
plOyment .,OIne form of public work
the construction of railways, canals and
the other necess 4ry improvements which
will eventually be undertaken to rescue
Cuba from her present retrograde cOndi-
Jion. distribution of funds among thu
people IN JnlS manner VIII dSOl0 tnc
danger of pauperizing them and will per-
haps start them permanently along the
line of self-sustenanCe. But these works
require large appropriations. such as the
United States will not be likely to advance
to the Cu5ans at present. 1t is question:
able. too. whether this government would
have any right to undertake any such
extensive operations without some guaran-
tee that they are desired by the people of
the island. Its trust does not now extend
thus far. Meanwhile something must be
done to save lif4- The people are suffer
ing They are said to be dying in places
from sheer starvation. Emergency meas
ures must be adopted. The President con-
Sequently. after ascertaining the facts, has
directed the c0mmiSsary, quartermaster
and medical departments of the army to
send supplies 10 the suffering Cubans in
relief work will form one of the most i'm
Tortant features of the military adminis-
tratiOu of Cuban affairs. With the army in
control the distribution of supplies and the
care of the sick can be Systematically con-
Quoted at 4 minimum of expense Early
in the pOSt-holiday session of Congress
some measure ought TO be enacted to per-
init the President to ascertain how far he
Is authorized to proceed with the inaugu-
ration of extensive public works. This
would necsssitate direct communication
with the people of the island through their
leaders.
Evening star., 1898-12-22

Mrs. Lydia Dominis still styling herself
LiliuOkalan after the fashion of the de-
funct Hawaiian royalty, has filed her
formal protest with Congress against the
absorption of the so-called crown lands by
the new state in the islands. She assumes
that the act of her deposition in no wise
affected her title to the real property per-
tanning to the position of Queen of Hawaii.
She ignores the plain fact that the crown
lands were never more than permanent per-
quIsites of the crown, not the personal
property of the occupant of the throne.
Should she have died in possession of the
throne she could not have willed these
lands away to her personal heirs. They
would have passed to her official successor.
who might not have been her next of kin
In point of family relation Had she the
right to dispose of this property by legacy,
a right Inherently pertaining to the abso-
Lutte possession of a property, there would
have been no crown lands. The integrity of
these areas as official holdings would have
been at the mercy of any monarch who
saw fit to appOrtion them to her own friends
and relatives. The very nature of the lands
as official properties fixes their character.
They were in the same relation to Liliuoka-
lani when she was queen as are the royal
palaces of England to Queen Victoria. If
the latter, by some extraordinary turn of
the political tide in England. should chance
to become Mrs. Guelph, she would not carry
with her to private life by absolute right
the title to Windsor. or Baimoral. or any
other of the official establishments, save
such as might have been actually secured
by the expenditure of her own personal
funds When Liliuokalani. by virtue of an
IN, ,,F-
she lost her relation to the royal usufruct
The republic OF Hawaii succeeded to her
interest. just as the United States now, by
virtue of the process of annexation, sue
ceeds to that of the republic. Let the case
be reduced to an absurdity. to illustrate in
turn the extreme absurdity of Mrs Dom
inis' present claim to the title of one million
acres of Hawaii. Suppose she had suffi-
GENTLY extended her power as queen to
permit her by gradual accretions to extend
the royal title to the crown lands to cover
two million acres. then three, and then
practically all of the island area She
would then have been owner in fee simple.
as queen, to the entire territory. Her de-
thronement would then have meant moth
individual, she could have exercised as
Ia -ldlord the same dominant powers a s she
had exercised as queen. II she could pre-
serve this title to one million acres she
could have preserved it to ten million 1t
Is apparent that this would have prevented
any progress, any practical expression of
public discomfort. any new adjustment of
affairs. Mrs. Dominis may secure bounty,
a pension, gratuity. but she will not es-
tablish her claim as sole owner in fee
simple of the lands which were crown
lands but which are now the public prop
erty of the United States
Evening star., 1898-12-22
Senator HOar Comes to Dinner.
From the Boston Post (dem D.

Senator Hoar is ready to come in to din
ner He has heard the bell ring If the
dowhtaH OF the republic as he has said,
shall date from the administration of
William Mckinley" he will help fix the
date positively and hasten the downfall.
lie may yet hear his great speech against
imperialism recited by youthful Filpinos
In the lloho schools of elocution and the
Mindanao college of oratory as a MASTER
piece of denunciatory eloquence in the an
cient method of the republic
There is no longer reason to entertain a
doubt of the ratification of the treaty of
Paris as it stands, with the purchase of
the PhilinpineS
Evening star., 1898-12-22
Exploiting Our DeDendencies.


we are confident that the greatest secur-
lty Tor order, Justice, prosperity and pro-
gress for these people can be obtained only
by the utmost freedom of trade and the
greatest encouragement to industrial en-
terprlse of every kind. Every dollar of
capital invested in the Antilles or the
Philippines, whether it come from our
own country or from others will tend
to promote the general welfare, pro-
plded that equality of opportunity IS
guaranteed by the government of the
United States. The more enterprise of this
sort there is the more employment there
will be for labor, and the greater the
chance Tor general advancement The time
for exploitation in the old bad sense has
pretty well gone by, and it will never re-
turn.
Evening star., 1898-12-22

adjustment of the affairs of his department.
His counsel has been of value. too, in the
emergencies through which the government
has just passed and has been deeply appre-
ciated by the President and by his col
leagues.
The President has surprised the people
and the politicians by his selection of AM
bassador Hitchcock to succeed Secretary
Bliss. Mr., Hitchcock's name was not con-
sidered OF the outside, but it seems to have
been before the President for some time
He IS not familiar figure in politics.
though he occupies a prominent place in
the western business world. His work
at the cars court has not demanded any
unusual demonstrations of diplomatic talent
but it is noted now that he has created a
most excellent impression and it may be
that he was called upon during the days
of wartime negotiation for more delicate
services than the best interests of the pub
lie service now permit to be revealed All
accounts agree upon the point that Mr.
Hitchcock is a man of sound Judgment, ar
dent patriotism and large executive ability
He fitly succeeds Mr.. Bliss in that he like
his predecessor, is not a professional man.
but has achieved his success in mercantile
pursuits. Judging from Mr.. Bliss success
at 'iie hedu VI the department tnlS quali1l-
cation seems to assure a sound, intelligent
administration of the affairs of the sew
eral bureaus committed to his care.
There are now but four members of the
original cabinet chosen by President Nc
kinley, Secretaries Gage, Alger, Long and
Wilson. Few cabinets have ever survived
the presidential term with more than half
their first complement. Other changes may
occur in this one. but it is to be hoped that
if such do occur the President will be as
happy in his selections to fill the vacancies
as he has apparently been this time.