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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-14
MILES on BEEF
Tells of Embalmed and
Canned Article.
Statements Based on Thirty Re.
ports-Has Affidayits- Chemi-
calls Used-Some Results

NEW YORK, Jan. 3l.-General Nell
son A. Miles gave out a statement to-
night. after denying several published
interviews attributed TO him. He pre-
faced his statement by saying:
Il have been most freely quoted
without authority from me or without
any utterance on my part. II has been
source OF great annoyance TO me-"
His statement IL as follows: On the
Goth OF last September ] issued an or
der to regimental commanders to re-
port 10 me concerning the beef which
had been issued TO their men. At the
time went before the War lnvestigat-
ing Commission ] had only received re-
ports from fourteen Of the command
ers. Now / have thirty reports. They
all tell the same story.
The evidence proves the truth of
the statements ] have made In addi-
ton to the report Of the regimental
commanders, have a great mass OF
Ievidence consisting Of communications
afiidavits, etc, from officers. soldiers
and civilians. Every part Of the com
! try has contributed TO the mass o.
correspondence which ] have received
in reference to the beef served to ON
soldiers and the evidence IL all corobor.
latiye OF what | have said. The grea,
publicity, which the press has given
to the matter has brought all the cor.
respondence OF which ] speak upon
line.
II have overwhelming evidence tina,
the embalmed beef was treated with
chemicals in order to preserve II.
have aiiidayits from en- who saw tht
beef undergoing the treatment or EN-
balming process.
-. Now, as to the canned roast beef
that was different from embalmed beef
The canned roast beef was the bee
after the extract had been boiled on
of II. You have seen the advertise
ments beef extract; one pound con
Itains the substance OF from four to five
pounds Of prime beef Well, this II
the beef after the extract has been
taken from IT, They put this bee'
pulp mp in cans and label 1t Canned
Roast Beef The soldiers report thai
the canned beef was nauseating. u
swallowed It cannot DE kept on the
stomach"
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-14
4 SLIGHT CHILL.

NEW YORK, Jan. ga Times ca
BILE from London from Henry Norman
says; should not be a faithful chro-
nlcler IL shirked the duty of report
ing that a certain falling of in the
cordlality in Anglo-American relations
prevails In official circles In England,
The difference between the feeling
now and six months ago may be small
in amount, but It is unmlstakable
Many cases have combined to produce
this, The application Of the naviga-
ton laws to Cuba, Porto Rico and Ha'
waii-a deliberate blow to British ship
plng-was much commented upon here
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-14
Death Of Miss Gould.

The death OF Miss A. Maud Gould
occurred last Saturday. due to con
sumption. Deceased was quite well
known here, having been in 1898 a
guest of Minister Stevens. She had re-
turned last fall In hopes or regainine
her health. The remains were entrust'
ed 10 the family Of J. A. Carter, heI
intimate friends. The funeral tool
place yesterday from the Contra
Union church and was largely at
tended.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-14

Ia tbs lasi tao places uiush trade u
nos sIriually destroyed.
ib aside circles u ~ nos knoFn
taat DO negotiations toward a settle.
msnt ~ this matter have isen In.
aurufmsd. ani worse stlll n the iac'
that virtually m progress Nhaicyef
bns been made la the American-Cana.
dian Commission. owing 10 the Amer
lean refusal 10 give way at any point
Worst 81 all. however. Is the CEASE
lcssly repeated belief In America that
only for her own ends has England en-
couraged America TO retain the Phil
ippines. This charge rankles here and
may yet affect the Governments ac-
ton
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-14
TOOK 4 SEVERE COLD AFTER THE
BIG FIRE

After the big fire in Cripple Creek, /
took very severe cold and tried many
remedies without help; the cold only
becoming more settled. After using
three small bottles OF Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, both the cold and
cough left me, and in this high altitude
1t takes a meritorious cough remedy to
do any good.-G. b. Henderson, Editor
Daily Advertiser, Cripple Creek, Col.
Sold by Benson. Smith & Co., Ltd,
wholesale agents for II. l.. all druggists
and dealers.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-14

TALKS ON TAXES
Debate al Paia Church. To Tackle
Expansion.
CHINESE AAD CANE KNIVES
Bloody Fight Capture OF Youth
Bloody rlght- Capture OF q Youth
.uI Bursiar-PIan TO Purchase
SOCIAL Rail.

MAUI FEB. II, 1899. Last evening
,he 10th A large number OF ladies. no.
=, r0.,,,i,,,, a., s.,.leme, y,ere nrasent
W
10 shco"'"se tue HP'"heiS AZ 'n' ''s
ular monthly meeting OF the MakaNao
Debating Society, he'd as is customary.
an I'm. p,la rursl.u church
o., a. suuIast gI a.bala Wa "KasyIysd-
mi mo ura-.n. u-r,ou., La al mess.
l.,anos j. 100 aigna
N..srs a a IJnasay and "A r. shaw
snox. an me anrm,tIye ana Messrs q
), i,,r.sy ana Innn r,ieming argued
"a, rns n.',aT,vs "a. Tne negs,,ye sids
Won ,b. i,yor of no sua,tnrs nv a vnte
n,IE ,os mo snntect Tor n.xI debate
has 90 sn Win ,mn.ri. Itsm -..Resolv-
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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-14
N PORT AGAIN.
Ghe Favorite Cruiser Philadelphia
OnSe More Il Visitor.

The United States cruiser Philadsl-
phia anchored in naval row at S,o'clock
Saturday morning, eleven days from
san Diego. As soon as loaded she will
continue her voyage TO Apia. Her
slow passage is accounted for by the
big cruisers bottom being very foul
from long absence from dry docking
The officers on board the Philadelphia
are as follows:
Rear Admiral Kautz, commander in
chief; Lieutenant w. G. Miller, flag
Lieutenant; Ensign ID 7. Sellers, flag
secretary; Capt. Edwin White, COM
handing; Lieutenant Commander 7.
H. Stevens, executive officer; lAeuten-
ant r. V. Landslide, navigator; Lieu
tenants q. w. Brown, II. A. Field, +,
II. Brown. Ensign j. II. Monaghan,
Naval Cadets J. T. Babcock, ID. c. Han
rahan, G.. &. Sweet, G. I, Pattingil,
Passed Assistant Surgeon G. \. Lung,
Passed Assistant Surgeon II, Il, Odell,
Fleet Paymaster J. II. Stanton, Chief
engineer A, IS, Bates, fassed Assistant
Engineer w. w. Bush, Chaplain 4. A.
McAlister, First Lieutenant, marines
G, NJ. Perkins, feet; Pay Clerk o. G,
Haskell, Pay Clerk J, J. Doyle, feet;
Acting Boatswain J. S, Croghan, Act
Ing Gunner G, Il, Jaife Acting Car
pcnter J, A. Barton,
She carries 800 men, 20 marines and
q officers.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-14
srAMrs roR coll.ncTons

WASHINGTON. Jan. 30 The Posi-
Office Department has placed on sal'
al all M. hrs,-ciass Postoilces In The
country al the leftover newspapei
ana periodical postage stamps Who's
Use was discontinued on July lat
There are 10000 sets 90 these await
inc philaiersts. These sets Of twelve
stamps each will be kept on sale at 8
a set for private uses until Decembei
2ls' next.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-14
school Dedicated

The new Japanese primary school on
Vineyard street was dedicated on Sat
urday afternoon. The school was
founded by Mr.. okumura in 1896. The
first sessions were held In Queen En-
ma hall, with a membership Of thirty.
The institution has grown until It's
present enrolment is eighty.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-14
GREAT RAILWAY DEAL.

CHICAGO, Jan. 3l.-The sale of the
Chicago and Alton Railway to the
Hartman Mitchell syndicate, which
represents the Vanderbilt interests, &,
virtually effected, The deal has an i'm,
portant bearing on the Vanderbllts
great coast forecast project, as wher
they take possession OF the Alton the,
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-14
NOT TURNED TURTLE.

: 4 reliable citizen Of Kohala
8 writes TO the Advertiser:
; ON December END, Thurs
day, about 80 or 6:i5 a. m.
X was on high land above Multi
and near Pololu Gulch and look
+ ing out to sea ] saw vessel
about three and "A half miles
\ from shore on Hilo side of Anvil
4 nj, her bow facing Hilo, bare
masts standing, but listed or
4 Canted to port at an angle OF
X 45 degrees or more, went on
X down TO breakfast and reported
to manager there was a vessel
out there that looked in pilikia,
4 returned 10 high land later on,
+ but vessel had drifted around
4 the headland and was lost 10
4 view, and must soon after have
4 been cast on the rocks, as there
X was a strong north wind blow
4 ing and sea was rising,
X This contradcts the state
r ments that this vessel was bot
4 tom up; further proof of this is
+ that when she struck, the seas
r listed her 10 starboard and her
masts We're touching the cliff,
4 and that Is how the natives first
4 got aboard"
4 It Is added that the Nomad
y has been stripped by local
4 wreckers.
az X X II Il X X X X Il * X * X X 4
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-14
Land Company.

The Honolulu Investment Company
Is the name OF new corporation
which made application for articles
OF incorporation Saturday. The fol
lowing are the slgners OF the petition:
Henry Smith, T. +. Lansing, c. B,
Gray, George d. Gear, John ID. Holt,
Lewis s. Gear. n. Emmett May, Fred
4. Jacobs. A. V. Gear.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-14

wln have y dirce Nns frun Nev fofs
riiy GO oadfn rtAh. and The Western
t.fminus 0f fhtIr Frnai system VII 10
lsss fhan inNU miles from San Fmn'
.fIa#U
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-14
VIGILANCE.

We will serve free Of charge a glass
Of this wonderful natural Spring
water at our Soda Counter to ell who
care to come and test its virtues. We
deliver the water to your home In case
lots at $3.50 for 80 plnts, $3.50 for 80
quarts.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-14
DUE:

Ask your family physician about the
water, and II he 10 honest he will en-
dorse its use.
All who have drank the water speak
in the highest Of terms for It.
This climate demands the use OF
such q water and you cannot afford to
be without II.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-14
TIMELY TOPICS
February Ath. 1899.

In the opinion of exper,
cowboys and ranchmen and
their idea In this instance
is regarded as proof positive,
and accepted by all who ride
the horse, whether ii be for
pleasure or on duty, the
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-14
DR.. ]. Coils Brownies Chlorodyne

la liquid medicine which assusge- PAIN OF
EVERY KIND. Affords calm, refIe-hing sleep
WITHOUT HEADACHE, aud lSVlGORATEs
the nervous system when exhausted. IL the
Great Specific for Cholera. Dyson
terry, Oiarrhea.
The General Board Of Health. London, re-
ports that 1t ACTS as a CHARM one dose gen.
| orally .ufhcient.
| DR.. Gibbon. Army Medical STAT, Calcutta,
states: Two doses completely cured me OF
| dianhBa
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-14
MEXICAN
SADDLE

10 90 tiNui bSIISSt III NOil
struction and general appear
ance as il Is possible to make
a saddle. A great many
features Of the Mexican Sad
die resemble the old Ha-
waiian Saddle, made by the
natives years ago and which
seem to grow in greater de-
mand as they become scarce.
The tree of this saddle is
identical; If possible the
Mexican is an improvement
in that it is beautifully stamp
ed and decorated, has COM
plete box strips and is we'll
finished.
The saddles range in price
from SIS to $40.
Our Cotton Manila Tie
Ropes are very strong with
convenient snap on end.
Prices are very reasonable.
Full line of Stable Fur
nishings.
Call and examine our stock.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-02-14

PURE
WATER.
EXERCISE

Our doctors are busy treating pa
tients who are suffering from COM
plants, more especially malarial dis
orders. which will be materially bene-
fitted II they drink water that 10 pure
and possesses curative features, az does
Bartlett Spring Water.
The morning news., 1899-12-13
MODERN JACKsNIPEs.
Much Quicker and shrewder Than
Their Ancestors.

Ernest Mccartney in Chicago Record.
Ihe Jacksnipe Is a most aristocratic and
handsome Dird. lie Is about ten or eleven
inches long and his wings win measure
close to twenty inches when spread. His
back Is dark, almost black. intermingIed
with tawny streaks, while his breast ana
SIDES are lighter the sides being Iieht
brown with darker specks until the belly Il
reached, and that is white. The tai ID
barred beautifully, and when the bird
stretches It, as he sometimes does when 10
IS shot and falls TO the ground it shows
IN Ian-shape something like a ruffed
grouse's tail, when IT. too. spreads lie tal,
IN the death agony. The jacksnipe is built
on racehorse line, for speed and agility
BE Is as light on his feet as a thistledoUyn
IS IN the air and when disturbed he
rs up and away In a quick dart that puts
the sportsman on his mettle In the ola
days 1t was supposed to be the proper
thing to shoot jacksnipe at forty rods or
so; the calculation being that the bird by
The morning news., 1899-12-13
COFFEE THE CAUSE
of Heart Trouble.

Three cases of heart trouble that have
been relieved by stopping coffee and taxi
ing Postum Food Coffee have come un-
der my notice. First, my own case.
suffered greatly from palpltation and ir-
regularity of the heart. My physician or
dered me to leave off coffee, and when 1
took up Postum Food Coffee In its place,
the heart trouble was soon entirely cured,
and 1 find the Postum TO be just as the
doctor said not only harmless, but very
beneficial
"a gentleman friend had mucsl the same
trouble with his heart. / suggested that
he try Postum. After the first cup at
breakfast he said; 4 don't want any more
of it, Inquiry proved that IL had not
been properly boiled, so / prepared a cup
for him, strictly according 10 directions
and he pronounced IL delicious and bet
ter than coffee Mrs. --- Of Paducah suf-
fered much the same way, and mas had
the same experience In recovering from
heart trouble by the discontlnuance Of
coffee and taking up the use OF Postum
For private reasons, ] request that you
withhold my name from publication
", Princeton, KY"
The morning news., 1899-12-13
.PICKPOCKET MADE ESCAPE.
wEYL WAS TO HAVE BEEN TRIED
IN BRUNSWICK.

He Was Caught Surreptitiously Rob
hing Representative BIaek-BroISe
Out of Jail Just Before His Trial.
He Is Supposed TO Have Robbed n
JeweIry store Before Leaving
TOwn-He Is said TO BE "a Famous
Crook.
Brunswick, Ga. Dec. l2.-Henry We'll.
the venerable pickpocket who robbed Rep
resentative Black of Whitfield. while he
was here with the Georgia Legislature On
Thanksgiving Day at the Brunswick
Fair escaped from jail last night and has
not yet been apprehended.
Weyl was caught in the act and run
down by Lieut. Ed Wilson of Savannah,
who was attending the fair with the
troops from Savannah. When detected
Weyi attempted to draw a gun and clear
ed the road, but was given chase over a
nigh fence and caught with Representa-
tive Blacks pocketbook concealed on his
person.
Since Weyls Incarceration here he fas
been apparently subjected to vioont FITS.
ana as his time for trial drew nearer
these fits increased. lie remained in his
cell, and with tools furnished rom the
outside of the jail bored his way through
thN AOpl anu CidW4Su ulu6I me JAN 10 Inc
outside wall, through which he tuuneled
out TO the streets.
To-day Representative Black arrived TO
prosecute Weyl, but he bird had flown. In
leaving The city. it is thought that Weyl
stopped long enough in passage to break
c. J. Doertlinger's jewelry store window
and swipe therefrom about twenty co..
lars worth Of trinkets. He left TIE inn
prints of blood on the glass showing
that he was wounded during the opera
ton.
Weyl is one of the smoothest workers in
the country. He came to Brunswick with
the host of grafters that swooped down on
this city during fair week, and by his ven
cradle appearance deceived every one as
to his calling. He looks like a preacher.
is 65 years old has gray beard and man
ner somewhat like a gentleman of the
cloth.
Sheriff Berrie has offered a liberal re-
ward for his capture, and the court here
would like to get him in its grasp again,
as weil as Representative Black, who is
out the expenses of long trip.
The morning news., 1899-12-13

special Agent Galloway Gives an
Idea of Some DispIayS.

Washington. Dec. 12.-Thomas ]. Cal
loway, special agent on negro education
for the United States Commission to the
Paris Exposition. has recently returned
from an extensive tour through the South
1or the purpose of arranging for exhibits
He said:
nave definitely arranged for credita-
bic exhibits from several educational in
sdtutions, showing the work being doAe
among the colored people. Howard Uni
Verslty, with eight professional depart
ments, will furnish an exhibit showing
the professional training being done:
Hampton Institute will exhibit a system
OF manual training which has been devel-
oped there This institution will also fur
hlsn an interesting Photographic display.
rom Atlanta University in Georgia
arranged for an exhibit in sociology. A
cIass OF cololed students under a cofored
graduate of Harvard College. will display
IN artistic coloring such statistics as re-
iate to the negro population at various Pc
RODS, relative increase of the two races
distribution cf negroes, education and il
nteracy, pauperism, crime, ownership of
homes' factory employment etc.
The Tuskegee Institute in Alabama is
now preparing a series of uniform sized
small articles are attached which represent
the twenty-eisht shops and o.her indus
tries of that institute
Fisk Uniyersi y viii furnish a complete
set of bound volumes of the history of the
institution, through which will be scat
tered large numbers of photogra phs.
The Washington negro public schools
are preparing series of modelled groups
with miniature figures of persons, school
houses ard sur ound 'ngs, sh wing by
three or four groups The evolution of the
negro school house from the most primi-
tive backwoods hut to the finely appointed
and commodious colored high school build
ing in Washington.
Nearly fifty colored men have received
medals of honor in the United States amy
and navy. Phot0gI apis of hose men with
the official records of valorous deeds for
which these medals were granted, Will be
displayed"
The morning news., 1899-12-13
WERE REFUGEES FROM CURA.
Sonora Lopez and Children Seek to
Regain Their Estate.


New York, Dec. 12.-Senora Carmina I.o-
pez, who was the wife of a Cuban general
and who, in 1897, escaped from Cabanas
Fortress, Havana, in the guise of nun.
and who took refuge on an Argentine war
ship, which conveyed her to Buenos Ayres,
was held, with her four children, at the
barge office to-day, having arrived here
from Rio Janeiro on the steamer Wads-
worth, en- route for Cuba. The family is
returning to its old home after long exile
Gen. Juan Lopez wes, five years ago a
wealthy planter worth 100000. He was
arrested and sent as a political prisoner to
Cabanas Fortress, where three years ago
with one hundred and ~ ty-seven other
prisoners he was shot.
Shortly after this his widow was appre-
hended and cast into a prison set apart
for women. Her four children were taken
in charge by the Sisters of Charity. After
Sonora Lopez had been in prison two
months she effected her escape by the aid
of two American stets of Charity. SEN
ora Lopez is returning to Cuba to try to
regain her estate.
The morning news., 1899-12-13
HARRIS WILL GO TO GALLONS.
Columbus Power Company Held an
Important Meeting.

Columbus, Ga, Dec. 12.-At Scale. Ala.
Judge Evans sentenced Bill Harris, the
negro convicted of the murder of MIR.
julie Smith, to be hanged Jan. 10. the ex-
ecution to be private.
The remains of Alderman w. j. Pearce
of Birmingham reached Columbus tonight
and will be buried here tomorrow. The
Mayor and Council of Birmingham and a
number of city officials and a delegation
of Cyrene Commandery, Knight Templar,
attended the remains as an honorary es-
cort.
The director of the Columbus Power
Company held their regular meeting at the
Office of Treasurer G. Gunby Jordan to-
day. Maj. ]. #. Hanson of Macon and
Mr.. r. +. Conner of Savannah were pres
ent.
At the meeting a resolution was passed
authorizing the payment of $4,000 on ac-
count of the electric generators, as soon as
they are tested and shipped. Another cali
of 10 per cent, $4,000 as an installmen on
the capital stock was made, TO mature
Jan. /, 1900.
The contractors were present at the
meeting and reported good progress to-
ward the completion of the dam and power
house, An additional force will be addei
on this work as rapidly as Ii can be util-
lied.
The Columbus Manufacturing Compa-
nys plant, which will use electric power
from the Columbus Power Company Is
rapidly being constructed. It's site Is
probably the most eligible and beautiful
in the South
The morning news., 1899-12-13
WILL ASSEMBLE AT ST. PAUL.
Republican League Held Important
Meeting in Washington.


Washington, Dec. 12.-The Executive
Committee of the National Republican
League of Clubs met here to-day for the
purpose of deciding upon a city for hold
ing the next convention of the league.
President George Stone of San Francisco
presided
on motion of Mr.. Myers of New Jersey
a resolution was unanimously adopted re-
citing that in the death of Vice President
Hobart the league had lost warm friend
and supporter, the Senate a wise and inn
partial presiding officer, and that the ma
uon had sustained an irreparable loss.
81. Paul. Mimi, was chosen as the place
Tor holding the next convention of Repub-
Acan clubs, that city receiving twenty
elsnt votes, to three for Indianapolis and
sixteen for Sioux Falls. The date of the
convention was fixed for the third Tues
day in July.
On motion of Melville Hayes of Ohio,
resolution was adopted expressing the
sympathy of the league with the Repub-
means of North Carolina in their struggle
against the adoption of a proposed amend
ment to the constitution of that state,
which, 1t Is alleged, violates the fourteenth
snd fifteenth amendments to the Consti-
tuition