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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-09-27
IS TO FORE AGAIN |
CEpperton Island Once
More Is Advertised.
Governor Freeth was After u Ono .
Title Not Ciear-lt IL Claimed
Now BY Mexico.

Clipperton Island is again attracting
attention at San Francisco. 1t will be
remembered that Capt. G. d. Freeth,
of Honolulu, was there about two years
ago and II was rumored that he was
negotiating for possession OF the island.
A local concern also looked into the
matter of leasing the property at the
same time. There was then and still
is a question as TO the ownership OF
the island. II seems to be claimed in
an indefinite way by the United States,
Mexico and Great Britain. At one
time ownership absolute was claimed
by Hawaiian parties.
Theo Gusmann, who has figured in
most of the sensations caused by the
island in one way and another. has
returned from Clipperton after con-
tinuous stay of thirteen months there.
While there he few the American flag
and figured in heroic light by refiis-
ing TO haul il down when ordered to
do SO by the Mexican cruiser Demo-
crata. or the incident and the island
Mr.. Gusmann says:
uOWh odu u
year ago last month, and have been
employed in getting out phosphate for
the Pacific Islands Fertilizer Company.
Although Clipperton is not very pre-
possessing and is of no value, except
for the fertilizing material. hoisted
the American flag soon after my ar
rival. 1t remained in the breeze until
December 18th last, when officers from
the Mexican man-of-war Democratic
took 1t down and ran up a Mexican flag
In its place. was taken on board the
Democrata, and, much to my surprise,
was appointed Mexican colonial agent
for the Island. AS soon as the Demo-
crata passed out Of sight beyond the
horizon, however, hauled down the
flag, and since then no flag has floated
over Clipperton, though l believe the
island really belongs to Mexico.
The whole island Is overrun with
crabs from one to six inches long, and
they make sleeping out of doors at
night almost impossible, although the
weather is almost unbearably hot"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-09-27
STRATEGY BOARD.
Praise From Long to Mahan and
Associates.

<ASSOSldSSSs
WASHINGTON Navy Depart
ment today gave out the following let
ter addressed by Secretary Long to the
President Of the War Board in recogni-
ton Of its services:
bingham, Mass.
My Dear Admiral: In view of the
practical ending Of the war with Spain
and the well-earned relief from further
duty to which the Naval War Board is
now entitled, cannot, though absent
from the department, forbear to ex-
press to you, and through you to your
associates on the board-Commodore
Crowninshield and Captain Mahan ire
tired)-the very high appreciation
which the department has of the SER
vices it has rendered since the war be-
gan. That its members have been
faithful and diligent In the highest
manner goes without saying, for they
are animated by the high professional
spirit which distinguishes the navy,
and which they have themselves done
much to stimulate and maintain. But
from my personal observation and
knowledge l desire to add to this that
equally marked have been the intelli-
gence, the wise judgment, the compre-
hensive forethought and the unfailing
competency to meet every eXigency
which have distinguished their deliber-
atoms and action. May 1t not be said
that not one error has been made?
Proper control by the department has
been exercised over all movements in
the field, and yet at the same time
commanding officers have been duly
left to exercise discretion and have
never been hampered in their work.
do not know how your work, as men,
bers OF that important board, could
have been better done, or where, in the
arena OF the war, you could have rem
dered better service or deserved more
honor. Very truly yours,
JOHN d. LONG, Secretary Of Navy.
To the Rear-Admiral Montgomery
Sicard, U. s. N, Chairman Naval War
Board, Washington.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-09-27
A LOCAL ITEM.

(From Sydney Morning Herald)
There are a great many of them.
Every paper has it's share.
Statements hard to believe, harder
TO prove.
Statements from far away places.
What people say In Queensland.
Public expression from New Zea-
land.
Oftimes good Endorsement there.
But of little service here at home.
Sydney people want local proof.
The sayings of neighbors, friends
and citizens.
Home endorsement counts.
1t disarms the skeptic, Is beyond
dispute.
This is the backing that stands be-
hind every box OF Doan's Ointment.
Here is case of it,
T. w. Hickson, of No. 10 Cumber-
land street, this city, says:-"For few
weeks / was very much Inconvenience
by ain attack OF itching piles, from
which | could get no relief. Doans
Ointment was first advertised at that
time and l obtained a pot OF 1t. | am
glad to say that the piles completely
disappeared after three applications OF
the ointment and I've not had occasion
TO use 1t since. ! will not forget to
recommend Doan's Ointment"
Experience with Doan's Ointment In
the past three years has demonstrated
to the medical profession, as well as
TO thousands OF sufferers from piles.
that 1t Is the safest and most effectual
cure ever offered to the public, con-
tanning no opiates or poisons of any
kind, painless and convenient to han
die, and being sold by dealers at soc
per box, Is within the reach of every
sufferer.
Very frequently two or three boxes
have made a complete cure OF chronic
cases that have not yielded to other
remedies for years.
There Is scarcely disease more ag-
gravating and obstinate to cure than
the various forms OF piles. Doan's
Ointment has superseded all ineffect-
ual remedies and no one suffering with
any rectal trouble makes any mistake
in giving Doan's Ointment a trial.
ANY dealer can furnish the Doan's
Ointment as II Is the best known and
most popular remedy for piles and II
You ask him he can doubtless refer you
10 many people In your vicinity who
have been cured completely by 1t.
DOAN'S Ointment Is for sale by all
dealers for soc per box, or six boxes
for $3.50, or will be mailed on receipt
OF price by the HOllister Drug Co. Ltd.
Honolulu. agents for the Islands.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-09-27
IN LOTS
Mementos of Manila on
e, 20 Board a Transport.
Chief Engineers Coliection-insur.
gents and Churches - After
Priests-Oid Organ Reed.

Chief Engineer Pierson of the Unit
ed States troopship Valencia which ar
rived In port from Manila last Satur-
day is something Of collector HIM
self His stateroom on board that ves-
sci Is a veritable museum Of defunct
shells, bullets, cannon balls and vari-
ETY. of fixtures plucked from the engine
room of the Reina Christina, the Span
ish man-of-war sunk by Dewey, which
lies quite exposed at low tide on the
beach at Manila.
There is an interesting object, an old
bass reed, from the cathedral at Cavite,
looted by the insurgents before the
American troops landed. They left
nothing except what was nailed down.
Cavite Cathedral is 800 years old and
when Engineer Pierson blew a deep
note out of the old reed it seemed to
come from about ten centuries ago.
Mauser bayonets, machetes, wicked
looking Malay curved dirks, grape shot
from the fort at Cavite, a reducing
valve from one Of the sunken Spanish
cruisers engines, gun barrels with
stocks burned off, breech plugs from
ruined cannon and other rusty looking
pieces OF iron and brass, each with q
history. make up the booty. Nothing
intrinsically Of value but story for
every one Of them.
1.-The cathedrals Of Manila and Cavite
are magnificent" says Chief Engineer
Pierson. But they seemed to have
been conducted by as big a lot of
scroundrels as remain unhung. So
when the Filipinos gained their vic
priests first of all. They were mutilat-
ed in most horrible manner and then
finally shot or hung"
why" continued Pierson, men and
women had to wear tags like dogs who
are taxed. These showed the authori-
ties that they had paid the church
tithes. The Manila churches are now
used as prisons for the Spanish SOL
diers."
1t was a good run over to Manila for
the Valencia. She made good time and
kept ahead of the other steamers, Nor
gan City, Newport, Ohio, Indiana and
City of Para. The Indiana was in pill
kia nearly the whole trip. The lndi-
ana and Ohio left for Nagasaki just
previous to the Valencia's sailing from
Manila.
There was not a sick man on board
when the Valencia finally anchored of
Cavite, July 3lst at p. m. She had
sailed from Honolulu, July 9th. Four
days after the Valencia landed the
Dakota troops from on board. After
the bombardment she moved over to
Manila and discharged her stores and
then returned to Cavite where after a
weeks stay coaling and preparing for
sea, she moved back again to Manila,
sailing from there September Bird, after
just five weeks and one days stay.
Three hundred tons of coal will be
taken on board the Valencia and she
will sail for San Francisco tomorrow
afternoon or Wednesday morning and
expects TO reach there in eight and a
half days.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-09-27
German Lloyd Marine Insur'ce Co
OF BERLIN.
Fortuna General Insurance Co
OF BERLIN.

The above Insurance Companies have
established general agency here, and the
undersigned. general agents. are author
lied TO take risks against the dangers of III
seas at the most reasonable rates ana on
the most favorable terms.
+. A. SCHAEtER Il Co., Gen. Agts.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-09-27
Major Jones Hurt.

Major j. Walter Jones is laid up at
Hilo. While touring Kaumano last
week he was struck by limb falling
from a tree and quite badly hurt.
Though he expected to return by the
Kinau, Saturday night 1t will be several
days before he can travel in comfort.
His injuries are not serious. Chan
Wilder, the Majors side partner, came
home by the Kinau.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-09-27
GOOD ENOUGH TO TAKE.

The finest quality OF loaf sugar is
used in the manufacture OF Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy and the roots
used in its preparation give it flavor
similar to that of maple syrup, making
1t very pleasant to take. AS a medi-
cine for the cure Of coughs, colds. la
grippe, Group and whooping cough 1t Is
unequaled by any other. 1t always
cures, and cures quickly. For sale by
all druggists and dealers. Benson,
Smith & Co., Ltd. agents for H. I.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-09-27
Reception Invitation.

Mr. and Mrs. s. NJ. Damon present
their compliments to the ladies and
gentlemen Of Honolulu, and cordially
invite them to an entertainment to be
given in honor of the officers Of the
Army and Navy at Moanalua on Satur-
day, October LIST from to 8 o'clock.
Special trains will leave the railway
station in Honolulu every half hour at
3, 3: 80, 4, $3.50, 5 and $50 p. m. and re-
turn every half hour.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-09-27
New Rsformatory.

Minister Cooper purchased at Ma
wiliwili the estate which had been of
fered for Boys Reformatory. The
institution now in Honolulu will be
moved to Kauai. At the site OF the
Boys Reformatory here there will be
established home and training school
for incorrigable girls. Minister Coop
er is much pleased with the progress
he is making for accommodation of re-
fractory boys and girls.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-09-27
hanbuTg Bremen Fire Insurance CO.

The undersigned having been appointed
agents OF the above company are prepared
to insure risks against fire on Stone and
Brick Buildings and ON Merchandise stored
therein on the most favorable terms. For
particulars apply at the office of
+. A. SCHAEFER 4 Co., Agents.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-09-27
From Montana Ladies.

The Soldiers Aid Society, Mrs. r. A.
Burton, President. Butte, Mon
tana, September 10. 1898.
w. n. ARMSTRONG,
Pacific Commercial Advertiser,
Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands.
Dear Sir:-The ladies of the Soldiers
Aid Society kindly request that you
convey to the generous people of Ho-
nolulu their sincere thanks for. and
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-09-27
General Insurance Co. for Sea,
River and Land Transport
OF Dresden.

Having established an agercy at Homo
lulu and the Hawaiian Islands the under.
signed general agents are authorized to take
risks against the dangers OF the sea ut the
most reasonable rates and on the most favor
able terms. +. A. SCHAEFER Il Co.
Agents for the Hawaiian Islands
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-09-27

deep appreciation Of the kindness and
hospitality shown "our boys" the First
Montana.
NJ. BENNETT, Secretary.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1898-10-12
New York Milk Dealers Trust.

New York dispatches state that a gil
gantic milk trust is being formed in
that city, with John D. Gilmore, a mil
llonaire baker, as promoter. The plan
is to form a corporation with a capital
OF $40, 600, 600, which every dealer
must join. If any one refuses, the old
freeze out methods will be employed,
and his business will be ruined. When
the combination is complete, the price
will be advanced If only the farmers
who produce the milk were bright
enough, broad enough and steadfast
enough to combine and hold to their
combination under wise leadership, how
pale and sickly they could make such a
trust look But when such farmers are
not enterprisiug enough to become good
dairy students for their own private in
terest in the production of milk they
constitute a rich field for big trusts and
combinations to thrive in.-Exchange.
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1898-10-12
Pipe Line Report for September.
Continued from 4th Page.

oil at the close of 1897 were 10, $780,,
952 barrels. During January there
was decrease of I53,334 barrels,
followed by an increase in Febru-
airy OF ,46o barrels, OF 1914, 500 in
March, of 232,o72 in April, of $780,
284 barrels in May and of 135, o4o
barrels in June, making the net
stocks for June 80, I1,798,877 bar
rels. In July there was decline
OF GO, 296, in August of 71,455 bar
rels and in September, of 5o,632
barrels, leaving the net stocks at
the close of September II, 5o2,4o5
barrels. This added to the net
stocks of the Buckeye and other
pipe lines handling Lima oil makes
a total of 2S, 6I3,75S barrels, which,
at the present rate of consumption,
would last about three and a half
years.
The net stock of Lima oil held
by the Buckeye and other lines in
the Ohio and Indiana fields have
been steadily decreasing since last
November. For the month of Sep
TENDER the decrease was 66o,6so
barrels. The decline during August
amounted to 764,72S barrels. In
July there was falling off of 500,
SIS barrels. For June the decline
was 5So,7o7 barrels. During May
there was drop of6oo,4o4 barrels.
For April this decline amounted to
67o,354 barrels, for March 726,o55
barrels and for February, 66o, 100
barrels. The January drop was
48I, $40 and the December 3oo, $50
barrels. The Lima stocks on Sep
TENDER 80, were I7,o2I,2 o3 barrels
which was lower than any point
touched during the past five years.
The credit balances of the Buckeye
Pipe Line on April 80, 1897,
amounted 10 6,54o,377 barrels.
They dropped off during July and
increased slightly in August, but
during the next II months they
continued to decline, and ON the
last of July, 1898, were down TO 1,
955,o42 barrels. They have been
picking up since that time and on
September goth were 2,52I, 263 bar.
rels
The September runs of lima oil
were 48,4Io barrels a day, or e12
barrels below the August record
The runs of LIMA oil for August
were the heaviest of the present
year; they averaged 49, 22 barrels
day, gain Of 4,241 barrels over
July. They have not reached go
900 barrels day during the present
West Virginia daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1894-1902, 1898-10-12

year, although averaging much
above that figure in 1898. The
average daily runs of Lima oil for
July were 45,o8I barrels, tor June,
4o,946 barrels and for May, 45,36o
berrels a day. During April the
runs were 46,24o barrels a day, and
during March, A. ,o45 barrels day.
The pipe line runs of Lima oil av-
eraged 45,541 barrels a day in
February. The January pipe line
runs were 47,oo4 barrels day.
The daily shipments of Lima oil
for September were 67,74o barrels a
dav, or 1885 less than the August
average, which was the heaviest on
record. The August average was
.7I,734 barrels, or 9,22o barrels
above the July average. The Lima
oil shipments averaged 63,455 bar
rels day in July, 65,853 In June
and 65,o28 barrels in May. For
the present year they have been
unusually heavy. The March av-
erage was 1906 barrels a day.
For April the shipments were o.
62I barrels day, or 2,445 barrels
below those of March. During
February the daily average was
69,437 barrels, as compared with
6o,937 in January and 2o,68I in
December. The total shipments of
Lima oil for the first nine months
OF the present year have averaged
67,252 barrels a day, while for the
entire year 1897 they averaged Co.,
!o83 barrels.
The total average daily runs of
both the Buckeye and PENNSYLVANIA
fields for September were 1858
barrels. while the shipments were
153,e24 barrels, or an excess of
shipments over runs of 1876 bar
rels.-Oil City Derrick.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-05-18
How Navy Prizes are Divided.

The term prizes" in time of war is generally applied exclusively to property taken at sea. As between the belligerent powers themselves, the property in a ship or other thing captured prsses at once by the mere capture to the captor. On a ship being taken she must be sent to a port belonging to the capturing power, where the court of admiralty, on full evidence, adjudicates wheth- CT she be lawful or not. If the de- cision be affirmative, the prize is then sold; or if a ship-of-war, a cer- tain allowance is granted by the government. The product of the sale or grant is lodged in the hands of the accountant general of the navy for distribution to the officers and men who assisted In the cap- ture. The net produce of the sale or grant is first divided rotably among any ships, if there be more than one, engaged in the capture.
 If under the orders of flag officer, he receives one-thirtietE part of the
 whole; the commanding officer then receives one-tenth part of the re- mainder, or Of the whole if no flag is present; or if there is more than one ship present, one tenth part is divided among the commanding off cers. After provision has been made for the flag, if any, and for the DOT tion of the commanding officer or officers, the remainder of the pro- ceeds is so divided that each officer. man and boy shall receive shares or a share. Commanders and officers of similar rank receive 45 shares each; lieutenants and officers of similar rank, from 40 shares to 30, according to seniority; sub lieuten- ants, etc, 20 shares each; naval ca dets, 10 shares; chief petty officers, 2 shares; able seaman, 4 shares; or dInary seamen, 2 shares, and boys, 1 share each.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-05-18

The man who wants the least on this earth, generally comes the near est 10 getting his wants supplied.
 The strong fighting point of the courageous Spaniard seeps to be 10 blow up ships through treachery, poison springs and other methods of assassination in the dark.
 On board the Boston, during the hottest period Of Dewey's fight Paymaster Martin steadily served coffee to all who wanted it, and Captain WiIdes strolled around dangling a pair of glasses and wavN ing palm leaf fan. It appears that the function ir question was merely a sort of ''high tes,' after all.
 The sailor who protested against stopping for something to eat dur ing the fight at Manila, tesrfullv pleading, Let's keep on and finish 'em now, captain. To - with breakfast" cannot be recommended for a position in Sunday school. but he is haudy sort of man L. have around in a scrap.
 War advice, like all other kinds, is cheap, but believing that the president, his cabinet, and our tralned army and navy officers know more about how and where to do the fighting than we do, we shall not give any.
 Surgeon General Steinberg, |. ; N. has officially announced that DO women nurses will be allowed io go to Cuba, or 10 the hospitals at Key West, for the present, and that If additional assistance should be needed, he will only accept those who have had the yellow fever.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-05-18
AN IDEAL MINING CAMP.
improvement the Order of the Day at
 Santa Maria Mining District.

Santa Maria, May 13.-Improve- ment is the order of the day m this district.
 John Roberts has improved his place near the Swiss Belle camp by planting fruit and shade trees, vines and roses, and fixing things up in nice shape. A miniature lake, fed and formed by springs that flow out of the cliffs near his house, adds much to the beauty of the place.
 Across the river from Roberts , MT. Feas. is building house and making improvements on the place that is to be his future home.
 MT. and Mrs. Blacks new house at the Standard mine is nearly com pleted at Austin.
 Mir. Homestead hes planted a big variety of choice fruit trees, among which are the orange and lemon, and he thinks he will soon be enjoy ing solid comfort under the shade Of the orange and fig tree, with the perfume of the orange blooms and linden blossoms floating around his head. Here the lines of the charm ing Goethe present themselves, and might, with some stretch of the imagination, be made applicable: Know'st thou the land where the
 lemon trees bloom. Where the gold orange in the deep
 thicket's gloom,
 Where wind ever soft from the
 blue heaven blows, And the groves are Of laurel and
 myrtle and rose.
 Where a leaf never dies in the still
 blowing bowers,
 And the bee banquets on through a
 whole year of flowers"
 The Santa Maria may not be that ideal place at present; indeed, Il Is not. But wait until you see it in the sweet by and by, when Home stead orange trees bear the gold"u fruit, and Roberts rose trees bloom and blossom. H.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-05-18
Proposals Wanted.

Notice is hereby given: That the undersigned, at his office in the City of Prescott, Territory of Arizona, will receive proposals for the pur- chase of not to exceed one hundred and fifty, (or as many thereof as may be directed by the mayor or com mon council of the City of Prescott, five per cent water and sewerage gold coupon bonds, until F o'clock ID. on the 10th day of June, each of said bonds being of the denomIna- tion of one thousand dollars, ($I,- OOOl interest payable semi-annually in New York City, place to be designated by purchaser; principal and interest payable in gold. Said bonds are to run for a period of fifty (50) years.
 The said bonds are issued under and by virtue of the Act of congress entitled "An Act to amend an Act to prohibit the passage of local or special laws in the territories, to limit territorial indebtedness" etc. approved March f, 1898.
 A certified check payable to the order Of the City of Prescott for five per cent per cent. of the amount oi the bid must accompany the bid, which is to be forfeited in case the successful bidder shall, for any reason, fail to accept or pay for said bonds. No bid will be considered for less than the par value of said bonds.
 The right to reject any or all bids IS reserved.
 T. l.. SHULrz, City Clerk.