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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-07-05
FOR SALE.

Lease and furniture of finely furnish
ed house of seven rooms. kitchen. bath,
etc. House mosquito PROCEED; in very
desirable central location. Address p.
o. Box 727, Honolulu, H. ].
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-04-20
KAISERIN'S STRANGE VISIT
She Makes a Call c1 the Mother of
Triplets

She Makes a Call cn the Mother OF
TripIets
BERLIN, April $ Another Berlin
family was recently augmented by trip
lets, and since then the parents have
been the recipients of parcels of baby
linen and other useful articles. On
Thursday the neighbors were aston
ishsd at the sight Of an imperial car
riage in front of the house. Two la
dies and a gentleman emerged from
the vehicle and climbed TO the fifth
floor Entering the room occupied by
the poor mother, one of the ladies said:
'Gcod-day; 1 have taken the liberty
10 come and have a look at the trip
let's
1t was the Empress of Germany.
who, after a long conversation. reveal
ed herself as the unknown benefactor
OF the family. She left a present of
money, and promised other assist
ance.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-04-20
TRIUMPH OF SOCIALISTS.
A Popular German Agitator Elected to
the Reichstag.

4 Popular German Agitator Elected to
the Reichstag.
BERLIN, April lin the by-eiec
ton to the Reichstag held today in the
Second electoral district OF Berlin,
Herr Fischer, the we'll known Social
ist-Democrat and agitator, replaced
member of the Freissinnige party.
At the Socialists annual conference
at Stuttgart last October Herr Fischer
in discussing the expected anti-strike
bill which Emperor William had an
nounced a few days before, said: 1--WE
should have the souls of dogs If we re-
Trained from replying to this eternal
harping on the domestic enemy and
we should be fellows without coun-
try if, the Emperor having thought it
advisable to throw down. the gauntlet
in this manner, we did not have the
courage to pick it up. Down with the
monarchical idea, That is now the
motto not only of the Socialists, but of
the whole German working Glass;
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-04-20
HONEYMOON INTERRUPTED.

NEW YORK, April 11.-Idle Hour,
the country seat Of William K. Wander
bilt at Oakdale, Long Island, was de-
stroyed by fire early this morning, and
Mr.. and Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt,
Jr., who were spending their honey
moon there, narrowly escaped with
their lives. They were aroused from
sleep just as the flames reached the
west wing of the building and fed in
bilt and the servants managed TO Sc
cure part Of their clothing. Both lost
all of the wardrobe they took with
them on their trip, but none of their
presents or valuable jewelry
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-04-20
The Mystic Brethren to Gather
in Colorado.
TO MEET ABOVE THE CLOUDS
Rare Spots for Special Work-Gar-
den of the Cods-Pi'grimage
to Pixies Peak.

DENVER, (Col), April S.-Ancient.
Free and Accepted Masonry above the
clouds. This Is the shibboleth of
every masonic chapter in the West.
Seven hundred and fifty candidates
for degrees in Cryptic Rite Masonry
Peak in August, and the Royal Arch
Masons of Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas,
Iowa, Oklahoma, Wyoming and Colo
RADIO propose to participate in the
unique proceedings. In short, Colo
dado is TO be besieged by Masons this
summer, The mystic followers of
King Solomon propose to swoop down
upon the Centennial State in August
and hold high carnival for ten days in
Denver, Colorado Springs, Manitou,
Cripple Creek and Victor. With the
visitors Will come mere than 500 can
didates for degrees in Cryptic Mason
ry. These will be joined by perhaps
$50 Colorado candidates for the same
degrees, and all are to be obi gated in
top of Pixies Peak, or in Cheyenne
canyon, or in the Cave of the Winds
or in the Garden of the Gods, as the
candidates themselves may prefer, or
their health permit.
The first special trains equipped
with commissary cars and musicians,
and, carrying hundreds of Royal Arch
Masons from the different states
named, together with the grand Off
GERS of Missouri, Nebraska and Kan
sas and the general grand officers for
the United States, all with their
wives, daughters and sweethearts, will
leave Kansas City on August 7th.
The pilgrims will be met at Colorado
Springs by the grand Masonic officers
Of Colorado, together with members
Of the Council of Royal and Select
Masters holding their membership in
the grand jurisdiction of Colorado
From Colorado Springs several side
Victor will be visited and the pilgrims
there met with trumpet and band by
the Masons of Colorados twin gold
en- wonders" From Cripple Greek to
Denver is next on the schedule, and
from this city on to Georgetown and
around the world-famed loop ON the
Colorado and Southern Railroad.
Then back again to Denver, where the
Masons of Colorado's capital city
will meet the beciegsrs at the Union
Depot and there bind them to Denver
by the silken girdle of fraternal
bonds At the Union Depot the Ma
sons, in full, regalia, will be formed
IN marching columns and triumph
antly escorted through the principal
streets of the city.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-04-20
BIG ACREAGE.

LOS ANGELES, April 10.-An opin-
ion faVoring the plaintiff in the case
Of the United States VS.. the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company was handed
down by Judge Ross Of the United
States District Court today. The net
result OF the decision is to give to the
Government nearly 100000 acres of
land which has heretofore been held
and claimed by the railroad company.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-04-20
FOR MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP

NEW YORK, April Sat meet
ing of the Tammany Hall General
Committee last night resolutions were
adopted putting the organization on
record as favoring the municipal own
ership of gas plants for all lighting
purposes.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-04-20

cruise through the Suez canal. Elabor-
ate quarters have been fitted UP for
Leary. and the ship also carries the
furniture for the Government house. \
battalion Of 125 marines under Major
A. c. KilCOn viii go out on the Yose-
mite as well, and there will also be a
brass band Leary Will be allowed
$4,000 10 maintain his establishment
and impress his subjects.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-04-20
GUAM'S GOVERNOR.

NEW YORK, April 10.-The gunboat
Yosemite. which is to carry Governor
Richard P. Leary, United States Navy,
to Guam, is here preparing for her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-08
HIeInnchoIy Thought.

When man really gives his thoughts
up chiefly to eatables and drinkables.
he generally ceases to think of anything
else after awhile. 1t is related in an old
book ON French cookery that Fontenelle.
a French author of the early part of the
eighteenth century belonging to the
school of the precieuses, or literary ex-
quisites, was found one beautiful morn
ing lying at ease on the slope of a hill
In the valley was a large flock of
sheep. They skipped about daintily,
waiting for their guardian to take them
home. A friend of Fontenelle surprised
him gazing meditatively upon these
sheep.
''AhaI' said the friend. "The anna
BILE philosopher ponders without doubt
upon the vicissitudes of life
''Y-yes." said Fontenelle. 81 had
been carefully looking over this flock,
and said to myself, 1T is possible that
among these 200 sheep there is not one
tender leg of muttonP
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-08
Ro,el I'm wa.h,nrton.

at breakfast the other morning a
Washington young woman found lit
tie note at her plate saying that her
aunt had arrived from the east the night
before and was at well known hotel
About 8 o'clock she went to the hotel
indicated and asked the clerk whether
the newcomer had been down to break
fast yet The clerk informed her that
he did not believe she had been down
and offered to send up card.
"Oh, never mind doing tbatr' she
replied lyon just tell me the number
of ner room, 1nd will go up"
'No =" promptly replied the clerk.
and the young woman took the elevator
Upon arriving at the door of No. =,
instead of rappipg. she softly put her
ear TO the door and listened in order
that she might not disturb her aunt If
she were asleep. She heard no noise
and SO took out one of her cards, and
after writing, ''Will come again at 10
Jane" she tied n little bunch of flowers
to it and left it on the knob. where it
would fall into the doorway when the
door was opened
AT 10 o'clock she came again. The
clerk had not seer. her aunt and did not
believe that she had left her room So.
after looking about the parlors in vain,
she went to the door of No. - and soft
ly tapped.
who is itG'' came a gruf voice. and
at the same time a man opened the
door and stepped out into the hall.
"Oh. you are the party who was
coming again at 10. are your" contin-
ued the man smilingly 'Well. what
can l do for your"
Nothing. thank you. she replied.
'unless you come down stairs and help
me thrash that hotel clerk. wash
ington Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-08
The Poverty of Rome.

There is terrible poverty in Rome,
of which the beggars who await you at
every street corner are but too genuine
a sign. The first gesture learned by the
children of poor people in Rome is to
hold out their hands for aims They be-
gin when they are SO young that they
can only totter, and they are still hold
ing out their hands for aims when they
can only totter because they are so old
Yet another sign of it l find in the
3. 600 cabmen of Rome, sitting hungrily
on their boxes. in their worm eaten fur
coats, too lazy to do anything but sit
there holding out their whips to solicit
every passer and unable to make a de-
cent living even in a place SO frequent
ed by strangers and a place where every
one drives. But even here, in these beg
gars and cabmen. is there not certain
participation. at all events, in that
open air life which is the felicity of
Rome2 "Abbiamo pazienza, say the
poor people. and sit in the sun.-Ar-
thur Symons in Harper's Magazine For
April
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-08
Cured Him.

An intimate friend of Rear Admiral
John w. Philip tells the following anec-
dote of the gallant naval officer: Though
Philips religious side has been much
emphasized and commented on, he is a
determined man and will brook no op-
position. Once when he was in charge
of the Pacific Mail steamer China he
carried two passengers of foreign ma
tionality who persisted in smoking in
their staterooms during the hours when
smoking was prohibited. Philip, then
captain. called their attention to the
fact, but instead of needing his warn
ing one answered him impudently.
Nothing further was said at the time.
but the next morning the offensive pas
senger was handcuffed to the upper
deck for three hours. and for the re-
mainder of the trip that particular per-
son seemed to have lost all desire to in
dulge in back talk to the captain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-08
The Ashes ofLoye.

The women are telling of an Atchi-
son man who treated his wife with in
difference and cruelty in their early
married life. They say he is now down
on his knees blowing into the dead
ashes of her love trying to revive a
spark of affection for him. How women
love to picture a man in such an atti-
tudel 1t is probably the dream of every
neglected wife that some day her hus-
band will try to warm his hands like a
frozen Cupid at the fires of her love.
and will find only dead ashes there.
There are enough dead ashes in the aver
age woman's dreams to macadamize a
road -Atchison Globe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-08
4 Happy Introduction.

An Englishman who is an enthusi-
astic Alpine clubbist came in one night
to carry friend off to lecture which
the veteran mountaineer Whymper was
giving at Westminster on his pet theme.
Twenty Thousand Feet Above the
Sea-" The friend could not go. for he
was otherwise engaged, but Whymper' s
name reminded him of a story of Sir
James Linton, the late president of the
Royal Institution of Painters In Water
Colors- He had to introduce the well
known artist E. NJ. Wimperis to the
Alpinist, and he did it in the following
fashion: II want to make two distin-
guished men known to each other. The
one is Mr.. Whymper, the other Mr..
WimFeris. For an impromptu this is
not bad
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-08
1T WAS NOT TOO LATE.
A seary of European Diplomacy and
Our Civil War.

Our Civil War;
The Outlook gives an interesting
story of the Spanish administration,
when, during our civil war, the Emperor
Napoleon formed the ingenious plan of
uniting European nations in a change
of the international law governing
blockades. The admiralty law of the
world at present extends the jurisdic-
tion of any nation for one marine league
from its shores. If, therefore, any block
ade runner could get within three miles
of jamaica, Cuba or Porto Rico, he
was safe from any interference from
our blockading fleet.
Napoleon proposed that, instead of
one league, the limit of local sovereignty
should be extended to three leagues
from shore. and he persuaded the Span
ish minister to come into his plan.
Such an extension of neutral limits
would have greatly hindered tie opera
tions of our blOckading fleets. All the
negotiations We're conducted with great
secrecy, but orders We're sent from
Spain to the West Indies, instructing
authorities there to extend threefold the
range of their dominion over the sea.
These orders had already gone when
llOEdGIO ItIIN, tHc aiicllSuh SSSlSedAy
of legation, got wind of the treachery
of our ally.
Mr.. Perry told his wife. She told the
Duchess of Montpensier, who hated
Louis Napoleon. and the duchess told
her sister. the Spanish queen. Then the
queen sent for Mr.. Perry and asked
what it was all about.
"You are injuring your best
friends" said he after explaining the
matter, sat the solicitation of this in
triguer whom you have reason to be-
Heve is your enemy.
The queen regent sent for her prime
minister and Intercepted him. He re-
piled that her majesty had signed the
order on such a day.
But no one told me what it meant,
said Queen Isabella. ''No one told me
that this is heavy blow to my Ameri-
can allies.
No one had told herl The minister
was sorry if her majesty disliked it,
but it was too late to help it. Why was
it too late Because a steamer had gone
TO the West Indian feet with the orders
which changed one league to three.
Then said Isabella, at is not too
late for me to accept your designations. "
But the senior don did not want to re-
sign, and the other senores dons did not
want to resign. So they found fast
steamer to take out orders resembling
the other orders, and the blockade was
maintained for the next year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-08
lie Cot the Fees.

Sugar. the verger of Halifax parish
church. was quite a character in his
way. He figured in several good stories
in Dean Pigou's ''Phase of My Life. I"
On one occasion a bridegroom discover
ed after the service that he had no mon
ey with which to pay the fees.
Sugar went to the bride in his most
winsome way and. asked her: "Hast
ever seen Black Bibles? We've rare
lot on 'em in this ere vestry."
NO" she replied, not having the
faintest idea of what Black Bible was.
Coon along. I'll show yer them"
He lured her into the inner vestry
"There's the Bibles he said, point
ing to them, locked up as they were in
a bookcase with glass panels. of which
he had not the key. "Wait awhile till
/ come back"
He turned the key of the vestry on
the bride and, going to the bridegroom
said, Lass is all right, but you'll no
have her till you have paid
The brass was Immediately forth
coming.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-08
RUNNING A THEATER.
The Big Salary Account That New
York Houses Must Meet.

York Houses Must Meet.
The salaries of actors and actresses
vary so much that no fixed prices can
be quoted 1t may suffice to say that
the salary list of stock house for per-
formers will not come to less than ST.
900 a week, and is often considerably
more.
The salaries in the .'front" are about
as follows: Business manager. $50 to
$75 a week; box Office man, $50; as
sistant, $15 two doorkeepers, SO to $12
each; head usher, So; other ushers
(three or four), 81; Autograph men
(two), SIS; night Waterman, so.
The salaries of the attaches of the
stage are all fixed at union rates. Fur
thermore, the manager must employ
three men on a side-tha is, three
stage hands on each side of the stage,
including the stage carpenter and his
assistant-and two fymen, men who
work the curtain and drops up in the
''flies, the regions above the stage
The union rates are as follows: Stage
carpenter, $50 week; assistant, $25;
electrician, $25; assistant, SO; prop
erty man, S25; assistant. SIS; back
doorkeeper, 81; stage hands, 81. so for
each performance, So. 80 per day for
putting on play, so cents an hour for
rehearsals and 621s cents an hour for
all labor half an hour after the fall of
the final curtain. Orchestra leaders get
$40 to $50 week, and the union rate
for musicians is $50, except in oper-
ettas, when it is 81 performance
''The Business of Theater," by w. J.
Henderson in Scribner's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-08
A WOMAN'S HAND.

The dawn grew golden in the east,
The dancing and the music ceased,
The world, the world of men, awoke
And then the guest who tarried spoke
And as he spoke he took her hand
In his the could not understand
And held it, tiny, white and slim,
While she in silence gazed at him.
''Soft little tender, birdlike thing,
May time toll, - he lnurmured, "bring
No line to thee, poor girlish hand!"
Ooh, he could never understandD
Then she, with one strange wistful look.
Drew back the hand he idly took
And, smiling, hid it from his gaze
While he bowed low and went his ways
The little hand remained the same
Soft, birdlil1e thing, and no toll came
To take its tenderness away
Nor steal its beauty day by day.
For in the world its only task
Was but to press q Maynard heart
Cab, little hand, so white and slimD
That ached with all her love for him.
Arthur J. Stringer in Harper's Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-08
Executors Notice.

Estate of Julia CorkeD, dece ased.
The undersigned having Deen appointed ex-
ecutrtx of the last will and Testament of julia
Corlken. late of the county of Rock Island,
state OF Illinois, deceased, hereby gives notice
that she will appear before the county
court of Rock Island county, at the county
court room, IN the city of Rock Island at the
June term, on the first Monday In June
next at which time all persons having
claims against said estate are notified and
requested to attend, for the purpose of hav-
ing the same adjusted
All persons Indebted to said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment TO the
undersigned.
Dated this 18th day OF April A. ID. 1899.
JULIA CORKKN. Executrix.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-08
women and Their Cats.

Louis Vain, the famous cat painter.
processes TO believe that a cat owned by
a woman is the mirror of its mistress
temperament He says that if a cat
that has been constantly with its mis-
tress is suddenly removed from her So
ciety the creature viii show the char
acteristics madame has displayed. If
she has been snappish, pussy will
scratch; if she has been sul1y. pussy
Will sulk too. If this were really true.
il would pay prospective husband to
steal the cat Of his ladyloye before tax
ing the fatal matrimonial step. As the
cat is about the most independent crea-
ture alive. one can't help being skep-
teal of Mr.. Wain's theory.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-08
The CapitaI uoIIand.

\ gentleman-to the best of our recol-
lection retired linen draper-went
into school one day with the intention
of putting the fifth standard through
their facings in the geography of Eu-
rope. He began. What is the capital
of 'Ollandf' Capital H." was the
crushing rejoinder from the smart boy
of the class The ex-linen draper did
not pursue his geographical inquiries
further -CornhilL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-08
Masfer,A Sale.
Jackson & Hurst, Attorneys.

state OF Illinois -
Rock Island county S7
In the Circuit Court, In chancery. Fore
closure. General No. 1910.
The Home Building and Loan Association OF
Rock Island VS.. Rudolph y. Oberlander aud
Befha A. Oberlsnder and Chris Henning
Louis 4. Henning. and Fred Henpin0. part
ners, &c, as &. Henning & Sons and Clara
Pearson
Notice is hereby given that by virtue OF a
decree OF said court, catered In the above en-
titled cause. on the Fifth day OF April A. d.
Isss, shall. on Saturday, the Twenty-scventh
Gay OF May a. ID. 1899. at the hour of two
O'Clock In the afternoon, at the east door of
the court house, In the city of Rock Island In
SAID county OF Rock Island. to satisfy said de-
cree, sell at public vendue to the highest bid
ger Tor cash that certain parcel of land.
situate In the county Of Rock bland and state
OF Illinois, known and described as follows,
to-vit:
The esst one-half ~ of Lot Number Ten
NO), IN Book Number Three ca. In Pitts. Gil
bert & Pitts secord addition to the city of Mo
line.
Dated at Rock Island, ILLINOIS, this Twentlet In
day of April, A. u. 1899
ELwIN +. PARNKNTEH,
Master In Chancery. Rock Island County H.
JACKSON & HURST, Cornpialnant's Solicitor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-08
AHnughtr RenIx.

y story about William Pitt read or
heard somewhere many years ago. il is
to be feared, Is not authentic, as can
not find it in Lord Stanhope's or Lord
Rosebery's book 1t represented no.
BILE mediocrity as assuring the great
statesman with some condescension that
he might fairly expect an earldom for
his magnificent services.
II an earll' was the naughty reply.
Il make dukes - Macmillan
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-08
Executors Notice.
Marion L. Sweeney, attorney.
tie of Mary O'CnnneII deceaaed

hapioh T. sweeney attorney.
Estate OF Mary O'Connell, deceased
The undersigned having been appointed ex-
ecutrix OF The laStwql and testament of Mary
O Connel.-late of the county of Rock Island.
state of Illinois, deceased, hereby gives notice
that she viii appear before the county court of
Rock Island county, at the county court room,
In the city of Rock Bland, at the July
term, on the first Monday " July next,
at which time all persons having claims
against said estate are notified and requested
to attend for the purpose OF having the same
dJusted All persons indebted TO said estate
are requested TO make immediate payment TO
the undersigned.
Dated this fist day of NAV, A. ID. 1899.
MARGARET THIELE, Executrix. ,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-08
Why Wood CrnckIes.

Wood crackles when it is ignited be-
cause the air expanded by heat forces
its way through the pores of the wood
with a cracking noise. Green wood
makes less swapping than dry because
the pores contain less air. being filled
with sap and moisture, which extin-
guish the flame, whereas the pores Of
dry wood are filed with air, which
supports combustion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-08
Very Different.

''snaggs and have quarreled. said
SquiIdig 10 McSwilligen-
Then when you separated of course
You did not exchange assurances of dis
tinguished consideration %
son the contrary. we exchanged as
surances Of eztinguished considera-
tion. "-Pittsburg Chrenicle-T