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The San Francisco call., 1898-05-23

The Secretary of War said to The Call correspondent tonight that by pext Saturday night over 7ooo troops will have sailed from San Francisco for the Philippine Islands By Tuesday night the first three troop ships, the City of Picking, Australia and City of Sydney, will have steamed through the Golden Gate with from 25oo to 5000 soldiers aboard It is barely possible that the PeIing will get away before tomorrow night, as she is ready, but an effort is being made to have them all three sail
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-23

together, inasmuch as they will not be escorted by man-of-war The Pacific Mail Steamship Company has rendered the service of the big Pacific liners. China and Colon. The offer will prob ably be accepted by the department
 If so these vessels, with the Zealandia and the Centennial, which have al ready been chartered, will have a carry
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-23
SChley'sS Squadron Reported to Be Lying Off
 Santiago.
Naval Experts Disagree as to the Safety of Cervera'S Vessels
 While in the HdrbOr.
CALL OFFICE, RIGGS HOUSE,
 WASHINGTON. Nav 22.

At the Navy Department this morn ing there was posted an official denial of the reported engagement off Mole St. Nicholas last night. News of a battle is, however, looked for at any time. Ad- f11ira1 Sampson is due to arrive before Santiago some time tomorrow, and it is suspected that SCh1ey's division of this fighting squadron preceded Sampson from Key West or Havana at least tWenty-four hours. It is not believed, however, that SCh1ey would proceed to Santiago until Ad- nira1 Sampson joined him.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-23
RUSE TO DRAW THE AMERICAN
 SHIPS AWAY.

@ NEW YORK, May a. C Q The Hera1d's Washington z @ correspondent says: The C @ Naval War Board believes C a the report that Admiral C e Cervera's fleet is to return C a to Martinique for coal is . @ another ruse designed to C a draw the American ships e @ away from Santiago de C S Cuba, a point off which E @ Comm modore SCh1ey's C . squadron is now believed Z @ to be lying. C S00co0000 0000oe 6 Atlantic. It is true, however. they de clare that Admiral Corvera may be Dot tied up," but he will at the same time be safe in a harbor absolutely impreg- nable. defended by four forts and with so narrow a channel entrance that any attempt to force it would be hazardous But he will keep ourfeet there on block ade duty and thus render them useless in case Spain should send over her Cadiz fleet to harass the Atlantic coast.
 While our two fleets are hunting or attacking the enemy on the sea two military expeditions will b. under way. Captain Dorst of the First Infantry. who failed to land his troops from the Gussie, is to make another attempt. if he has not already done so. It IS re- ported here that the expedition sailed from Tampa on "Wednesday. It is said that these troops were to be landed at point not forty miles distant from Ha- vana to prepare the way tor other ex- petitions soon to follow.
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-23

ing capacity of from 1000 to 45oo troops. It is the expectation of the Secretary of War that the seven vesselj will be on their way before the week is out and will have reached Manila by the middle of June There will be no delay in or der to equin any of the troops with the new Soudan uniforms which are now being made, and especially for the Phil
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-23

contact with the ground. Torn and twisted rail, pipes and iron work lay about, evidence of the terrible force with which the train had plunged from the track
 The pilot of the engine in it's wild ca reer had thrown the opposite track en- tirely out of place, and trains from the mole and from Oakland and Alameda were Jagged by the injured brakeman, Jack Bird, to prevent further accidents. Dazed, bleeding and scalded about the head and hands, Engineer. Baldwin was standing on the mud watching with
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-23

ippine soldiers. The uniforms will be sent later It is expected that General Merritt, the commanding officer of the expedition and military Governor of the islands, will sail on the China. All of the transports will sail from San Fran cisco. including the Centennial, which
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-23
ADVERTISEMENTS.
The measure

The measure u1ents of death are a few inches of trivial dis orders, multi piled by many feet of neglect.
 If a man or W o III a Il will take care of the little trivial OlSO1OCIS, lnCIC is no need to fear the big naladies, and long life and happiness will be the reward. The little dis orders that
The San Francisco call., 1898-05-23

Continued on Second Page.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-01-07
PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS.

GET THEM IN TIME for Christmas:
Do not leave it until the last moment; take
time and have first-clasS work. See that
your portrait has the modelling and char
acter that shows an intelligent face. and
not retouched out of recognition.
Appointments made by Telephone 4o2
Sole proprietors of the Bas-Relief an
Iridium processes. Large collection of
cent Island Views.
Specimens can be seen on the groml
floor, MOTT-SMITH BUILDING,
COR. FORT & HOTEL SITS.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-01-07
Cuban Conservatives.

HAVANA. December 21.-At today
meeting of the Conservative party over
800 delegates. said to represent 50 per cent
Of the wealth of the Island, being present,
several Of the speakers insisted that the
president the Marquis OF Apeztegui.
should explain his conduct and utterances
as published in the newspapers of Madrid.
The Marquis, in a speech of two hours
duration, satisfactorily explained matters
and denied the accuracy of the newspaper
reports published in Madrid. In all TWEEN
ty-seven speeches We're made against au-
tonomy, all the speakers agreeing that
autonomy would not bring peace to the
Island, as proved by the protest of the
members of the Cuban Junta of New
York and the recent death of Lieutenant
Colonel Ruiz and five ether Spanish COM
missioners who had been killed by the
insurgents.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-01-07
MILES AND MILES.
How Present Number of Feet were
Selected

How Present Number of Feet were
Selected.
Hapers Bound Table is authority
for the statement that a statute mile
is $3.50 feet long. 1t is our standard
of itinerary measure adopted from the
English, who in turn adopted it from
the Romans. A Roman military pace
by which distances We're measured was
the length of the step taken by the
Roman soldiers. and was approximately
five feet long; a thousand of these
PAGES We're called in Latin a mile. The
English mile is therefore a purely ar
5itrary measure, enacted into a legal
measure by a statute passed during the
reign of Queen Elizabeth; it has no
connection with any scale in nature.
A nautical mile. on the other hand,
is equal to One-sixtieth part of the
length of a degree Of a great circle of
the earth. But the circumference Of the
earth is nowhere a true circle; its ra-
dius Of curvature is variable; hence
the nautical mile. as a matter of fact,
depends upon the shape as we'll as the
size of the globe sailed over; and hence,
strictly speaking, the length Of the
nautical mile should vary with the
latitude from 6,046 feet at the equator
to 6,109 feet at the pole. Such extreme
accuracy is not necessary in navigating
and cannot be we'll attained without
undue labor The English admiralty,
therefore. have adopted $3.50 feet as
the length of a nautical mile which
corresponds with the length of one
siXtieth Of a degTee-Or one minute of
arc-of a great circle in latitude As de-
grees. The United States coast survey
has adopted the value OF the nautical
mile as equal 10 one-siXtieth part of
the length Of a degree on the great
circle Of a sphere whose surface is
equal 10 the surface Of the earth. This
gives the length of one nautical mile
as equal TO 6.0S027 feet, which is very
nearly the value of the admiralty mile
adopted in the English navy. Practi-
cally the nautical mile is 500 feet long
er than the statute mile. In other
words. one nautical mile is equal to
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-01-07
J. |. NATERHOUSE.
Queen Street.
Coffee LQld To Be LelSed.

The Trustees of the B. P. Bishop
Estate offer for lease for Il years, de-
sirable lots of land suitable for coffee
growing, in the Ahupuaa of Keel,
Kona, Hawaii, at rental varying from
81 to SIS per acre. The lots have been
laid out by w. A. Wall, Surveyor, and
vary in size from five acres to ninety
eight acres. Application for informa-
ton may be made to A. G. Lovekin,
Chief Clerk, at the Estate Office, ad
joining Bishops Bank; or to j. d.
Paris, Napoopoo, Kona, Agent for the
Bishop Estate for the District of Kona,
who will show all applicants the maps
of the lots that indicate the location
and size of same, and the form of lease.
The leases will be sold at public auc-
ton to the one offering the highest
bonus for the lease. Further notice
will be given as to date of sale.
Honolulu, December Is, 1897.
4792-1m
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-01-07
PAKE GAMBLERS
Police Hot on Trail of
Gaming Enterprises.
No Grounds for Bribery Charges
information Handed In-Lists of
mes-Operators Brazen.

1t does not appear that the police
have been bribed by the Chinese paka
pic bankers if the arrest Of two of the
prominent Cinnamon by Detective Ka-
apa just after noon yesterday, would
go 70 show anything. Marshal Brown
was seen last night in reference to an
article which appeared in one Of the
afternoon papers, and, in reply to
question, answered that he had heard
from various sources that the Police
Department. all the way from the At
torney-General down, had been bribed
by the Pake paka pio players. He had
just received from some Chinaman. an
anonymous letter telling him of the
proposed opening of three paka pic
banks in the city and at the same time
informing him that he, the Marshal
had been bribed by the bankers.
Possessed of information regarding
the banks, Detective KAPPA and some
of his men, armed with warrants for
the arrest of certain Cinnamon, started
out and it was not long before there
were two men in the police station,
playing. The case against them seems
TO be so clear that there is hardly any
hope for their escape from the penalty
set by the law
There are at the present time, three
banks running, the names given the
Marshal being as follows: Foo Kai
Chung, Pau Tai Wo and Mung Lee
Chow.
The Pau Tai Wo bank was the one
raided yesterday and the Cinnamon
arrested, Wal Seuck and Bo Tung. Iii
their possession was found a lot of the
material such as tickets, as well as
the names of the officers of the banks
and those of the men who are detailed
to watch the movements of the police
on the streets. Following is the list
as taken from the papers found in the
drawer of Wal Seuck, one of the clerks
Cheong Hong, door keeper.
| Chock Hong, head clerk.
! Wal Seuck, the clerk to whom the
runners take the tickets and money
to be deposited.
Sung Hook, treasurer.
All Piu and All Fat, the men who
have the beat from the Chinese theatre
to the King street bridge.
All Chung and All Che, the mer
who have the Maunakea Hotel anG
| Pauahi street beat
All Wal and All Nam, the men who
have the Nuuanu avenue beat.
Warrants have been prepared for the
arrest of all the officers named anC
the men will be gathered in today.
KAPPA and his detectives made {
raid on the Foo Kai Chung bank OF
King street, but the bankers had re
ceived notice of the arrest of men from
the other bank, so they shut up fo
awhile. 1t is believed that all thu
banks will try to. start up again, blu
the police are determined to nip tn,
thing in the bud and stop the playing
before the operations of the banks hav,
gone very far.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-01-07
WANTED.

A nicely furnished house for a few
months for very desirable tenant.
A House containing or 10 rooms
with good yard.
A House containing 5 rooms with
stable in yard.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-01-07

Mr.. Elisha Berry, of this place, says
he never had anything do him so much
good and give such quick relief from
rheumatism as Chamberlain Pain
Balm. He was bothered greatly with
shooting pains from hip to knee until
he used this liniment, which affords
prompt relief-B. F. Baker, druggist,
st. Paris, Ohio. For sale by all drug
gists and dealers. Benson, Smith &
Co., wholesale agents for Hawaiian
Islands.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-01-07

]. |. HAIERH(|UyE.
Queen Street.
Silesia, loo. I'd.
Cambria Lining, &c. yd.
Birdseye Linen, 20 in. and % in, zoe.
I'd.
Ladies Colored Silk Hose, 75c. pair.
White Turkish Toweling, 2Oin., zoe.
yd.
12-4 Colored Quilts, 50 each.
Turkish Bath Sheets, $3.50 each.
White Linen Batiste,-45in., So and I
yds-$1.
Slate-Colored Linen Crumb Cloths, 81
to So
Nottingham Curtain Lace-14, Is, 20,
24in., 10c. yd
Percates sin, II yds. for 81.
Colored Shetland shawls, 75c. to $3.50
| each.
Wooden Muffers, 75c. each.
Artificial Flowers, from Toe. to 25c. a
spray.
Ostrich Feathers-All Colors-10c. to
25c. each.
Silks in all Shades, from SOC. per yd
up.
Red and Blue Damask. 50in., 75c. yd
Colored Table Cloths, s1.75 to $2.5(
each.
Wooden Dress Goods, zoe. to Csc. yd.
Brown Cotton, 36in. Is, 16, Is yds.
$1.00.
Bedticking, 32in., Is, 10 and s yds.
S1.00.
Table Damask, 35c. and 40c.
10000
J. I. NAIERHOUSE.
Queen Street.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-01-07
Prizes for Stories.


The Literary Circle of the Kilohana
Art League offer $25 for the best orr
ginal story, and 500 for the next best
original story to be awarded on the
following conditions:
1st-Each story must not exceed
$500 words.
2d-It must not have been previous
ly published.
3d-It must have distinctly Island
coloring.
4th-It must be typewriter.
5th-Each story must be signed with
a fictitious name, and the real name
enclosed in a sealed envelope. Both
must be sent on or before February
LIST, 1898, to Mr.. G. w. Dickey, Secre-
tary of the Kilohana Art League, Homo
lulu.
6th-Any person residing in these
Islands may compete for the prizes.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-01-07

1l515 statute miles; or one statute mile
is equal 10 0.S69 nautical mile Multi
ply nautical miles by 1.1515 and the
product will be statute miles: or null
tiply statute miles by by 0.S69, and
the product will be nautical miles.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-01-07
COFFEE PLANTATION IN kONR, HA-
Wall, FOR Sale.

The undersigned offers for sale a
fine Coffee Estate, comprising over 200
acres of fine coffee land, under lease
for about 80 years at a low rental
A portion is now planted with thirty
ing coffee trees.
Fine roads to the steiner landing
about 20 minutes time from the prop
erty.
If the owner can realize fair profit
on his outlay and labor, he will dis
pose of the place.
Full particulars and easy terms of
payment given to any intending pur-
chaser, who means business.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-01-07
4SO6-1w

JAS. T. MORGAN,
6-1W queen street.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-01-07

316 FORT ST.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-01-07

Ex-Secretary Hoke Smith has been
chosen president of the Board of Edu-
cation of Atlanta, Ga, by the unani-
mouse vote of it's members.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-29
HEALDTON HAPPENINGS.
Special Correspondence.

OPCOAoA correspondence.
Healdton, Aug. 27.-This has been
week of clouds and showers, tend
ing to the growth of boil worms, still
we hear but little complaint of them
J. A. Gordon and wife are of ON q
visit to Montague county.
r. H. Whaley and VIII Gray are
taking in the reunion at Montague.
Mr.. and Mrs. league, of near Fort
Worth are visiting in this section.
There is a great deal of sickness in
the country and all the doctors are
kept busy.
Many OF cur people are attending
horse races in the Loco vicinity.
From general inquiry we learn the
boil worm is doing but little damage.
There 10 some little complaint of the
sharp shooters iniuring the young
crop and the general impression is
the top crop will be light
Cotton picking will soon become
general as the staple is opening rap
idly. 1t 10 generally conceded to be
we'll fruited.
A general desire prevails to see
the Atoka agreement win.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-29

Only officers of the regular army
will be detailed by the war depart
ment to muster out troops. To avoid
expense to the government and
hardships and annoyances to indi-
viduals concerned, by unavoidable
delays that will occur in the final
payment of officers and enlisted men
absent from their commands or mus
ter out, commanding officers will
make every effort to effect the re-
turn to all absentees and detach-
ments prior to muster out of the or
ganiEation.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-29
Pronosed ARMY Increase.

Chairman Hull, of the house com
mittee on military affairs, is said to
be preparing a bill providing for the
reorganization of the army, the
peace footing to be fixed at 100, 900
men. There is likely to be much op-
position to any such measure, but
the necessity for the increase is
bound to influence congress, in spite
of the sentimental and political OBJ
iections which are sure to be raised.
"a large standing army in time of
peace" has always been regarded as
a menace to republican institutions
and rightly so, but it is clear that an
army of 100, 900 can not be called q
large standing army in q nation OF
81, ,OO0, 900 people. When the army
was fixed at $4,000 men years ago
the population of the United States
was by no means as large as it is al
present, and the nation had no such
responsibilities as now confront it
When we consider the situation In
the Philippines, in Cuba, in Porte
Rico, in Hawaii, the inadequacy o.
q, 900 soldiers can not be doubted
1t iG very likely that many years viii
elapse before the country can dis
pense with troops in the insular ter
ritory which has come under its iu
risdiction as q result of the war will
Spain, and by the time that norma
conditions are restored the popula
ton of the country will be so larg
that 100, 900 will be regarded as mere
Iv n nominal force.-DallGs News.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-29
Taxation Without any Return.

Elsewhere in this paper will be
found an order from D. M. Wisdom,
Indian agent for this territory, re-
garding the iniquitons license tax
imposed upon non-citizen merchants
and others doing business within
these sacred precincts. 1t will be
remembered that Wisdom is the man
who sent here q mob of drunken
police armed with murderous look
ing Winchesters and huge revolvers
to collect this tax two years ago.
This tax is as unjust as its collection
is arbitrary, and is only equaled by
the taxes levied by England which
brought on the revolution in Amer
lea. 1t is blood money at the point
of gun. 1t gives nothing in return.
The merchant and others got no re-
turn in any shape. 1t gives no pro-
lection, no roads, no schools, no
representation. Heretofore the
money was paid to irresponsible,
drunken collectors, who got one
half by law and stole the other half
by right of conquest. Now it will
be paid into the treasury of the gov
srnment, thence back to the Indian
officials pockets from which it will
never emerge except to make him
richer. The poor Indian will get
none Of it, nor any of its benefits.
No merchant in the land will OBJ
ject to pay g tax that gives him a due
return in protection, in roads or in
schools. This is what taxation is
for. But to pay a tax without even
the right of representation is not
Americ an, and too unjust for an
American Indian agent to soil his
hands with in collecting.-Chicka-
sha Express.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-29
Those Who Wed.

Marriage licenses issued in
the Chickasaw Nation for the
week ending Aug. 9th.
r. A. Riner and Maggie Chandler,
Ardmore.
Andrew Jackson and Mandy No
land, Gainesville.
Clyde Rowe, Stonewan; Tishs
Smith, Wiley.
j. H. Pace and Dollie Parker, Lin
wood.
Sam Askew and Laura Lancaster,
Ada.
]. w. Tippit and Adslla Smith,
Paoh.
W. A. Brumley, McGee; Matte
Nichol. scipio.
Bert Isabel and Bell Paul. Duncan.
w. A. J. Mcbride, Nebo; Annie
Bedford, Hickory.
Frank Williams and Laura Bugler,
Gainesville.
David NJ. Pope and Melinda j.
Southward, Maxwell.
William M. Thompson and Mabel
McCampbell, Purcell.
Will Seely and Susie Mortcn, King
ston.
Thad D. Phillips and Virginia F.
Cheek, Pike.
w. J. Bland, Lone Grove; Lena
Pleasant, Connersville.
Chas. @. Thompson and Pearl l..
Smith, Hox Bar.
John Ohronister and Matte DaYis,
Stonewall.
F. E. Durham and Oracle Burnett,
Stonewall. .
William R, Pritt and Lizzie D.
Julien, Stonewan. sEys
Cepus Y. Morris, Linn; Maggie
NcCallom, Granthsm.
Harry P. Brown and Emma Spro-
nil, Ardmore.
Isaac Davis, Healdton; Annie
Marker, Graham.
]. L. Ward and Mary Jane Isaacs,
Eastman.
Nat Burnett, Lebanon; Anna Tur-
ner, Oakland.
Jno. W. Smith and Cora Lee Smith,
Purcell.
D. G. Martin and Emma Falkner,
Raysville.
w. l.. Mason and A. A. Rhenfrow,
Eastman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-29
Three Men Killed Over Lewd Women

Three Men Killed Over Lewd Women.
A Pineville, KY, telegram says:
On Friday Bracken Williams and
John Head, with two young women
of bad repute, vent to . peach
orchard on a mountain farm near
the head of Popular creek. Late
Marshal Malone and Iasac Lunsford
approached them and demanded that
the women leave the company of the
first young men and 90 with them.
The women had not time to answer
before their companions entered N
strenuous protest and backed itup by
placing in evidence two IS Colts re-
volvern. Malone and Lunsford &C.
cepted the challenge, pulling their
revolvers and opened fire. After the
firing ceased and the smoke had
cleared away, it was found that win.
liams, Head and LunsfOrd were dead
laad Malone dangerously wounded.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-29

One Minute Cough Cure surprises
people by its quick cure and children
may take it in large quantities with
out the least danger. It has won
for itself the best reputation of any
preparation used to-day Cor colds,
Group, tickling in the throat or OBJ
stinate coughs. City Drug Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-29

The pulpit, the bench and the bar
recommended Cheatham's Chill
Tonic as the finest an imperiodic in
use, being free from poison and
guaranteed. Put up in both the
Tasteless and bitter styles. Taste
less in soc size.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-29

For broken surfaces, sores, insect
bites, burns, skin diseases and es-
pecially piles there il one reliable
remedy, DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
When you call for DeWitt's don't &C.
cept counterfeits or frauds. You
win not be disappointed with De
Wits Witch Hazel salve. City DRUG
Store.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-29

Charley johnson of Iron River,
Wis, bent q small tree down and
tied one end of barb wire around
the tree and the other end around
his neck, then let 60 Of the tree.
His head was nearly severed from
the body.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-08-29

You invite disappointment when
you experiment. DeWitt's Little
Early Risers are pleasant, easy,
thorough little pills. They cure con-
stipation and sick headache just ms
sure Is you take them. City Drug
Store.