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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-05-23
The Victorian Ball.

Among the guests who have pro-
missed to be present at Queen Victo-
ria's birthday dance tomorrow even
ing are Col. Mills and the officers of
the U. S. forces, and Commander
Pond and the officers of the U. S. s..
Iroquois.
1t is believed that the large tent,
70 by 70 feet, will materially add to
the comfort OF the guests not mere
ly for refreshment purposes but for
promenading.
A conference of such mem ers of
the several committees as may find
it convenient to attend will be held
at the Waverley Club at 1870 this
evening, to arrange details for the
dance.
The directors of the dance are
anxious to see a very large attend
ance tomorrow evening. The Quin-
tet Club will probably be present to
occasionally relieve Captain Berger's
band, as it is not proposed to have
an intermission.
The dance program contains 1E
numbers including the Highland
Schottische and Sir Roger de Cover
ley.
The Home Bakery will have q
menu for the refreshment tables.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-05-23

1t invariably pays a large
bonus in mental satisfaction
and inward rejoicing. Itnever
fails to please. People are
changing their investments in
other refrigerators to take the
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-05-23
A Serious Collision.

Manoel Andrade, a driver of a
"bus," was charged in the District
Court this morning with Needless
driving. He was driving his four
mules along the Kalihi road in the
"don't give d" manner, which
is characteristic of bus drivers, and
he nearly ran into buggy occupied
by Deputy Marshal Hitchcock and
Mr.. Meyer. To avoid a collision,
Mr.. Hitchcock pulled his horse aside,
aud his carriage struck telephone
post and smash up was the result.
The occupants of the buggy were
thrown violently to the ground, but
Mr. Hitchcock hung on to the reins.
Both he and Mr.. Meyer we're
severely bruised and cut, and the
Deputy Marshal's gait while down
town was far from graceful. The
bus driver will have hearing on
Saturday next, aud will be defended
by Mr.. Paul Neumann.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-05-23

If the Hawaiians take any interest
in their own political future they
will flock to the Offices where they
qualify and register as voters at the
next election. Take any kind of
oath, sign anything the law de-
mands, but place yourself in a posi-
ton which will entitle you to cast
your vote in September, and if a
legislature ever meets have chance
to be heard or perhaps even control
the government. The men who now
advise the Hawaiians to stand aloof
and who hold out hopes of a posi-
BILE restoration of the happy days
gone by are the enemies OF the peo-
pie. Register, swear, and vote and
then only can you get chance to
down the enemies of the Hawaiian
people.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-05-23
Hawaiian Stock Exchange.

A number of licensed stock bro
kers met yesterday and formed an
association which will be koown as
the Hawaiian Stock Exchange. The
following officers we're elected: &. Q.
Winston, president; j. 81. Schnack,
vice-president; VIM. Savidge, secre'
tary, and j. S. Walker, treasurer
Other members of the hawaiian
Stock Exchange are James IL, Love,
E. r. Biven, A. Gartenberg and
Charles Phillips. Several applicat-
ions for membership have been filed
The Offices OF j. FL. Schnack on Mer-
chant street in the former Bulletin
building will temporarily be the
headquarters Of the Exchange, and
reports will be published daily.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-05-23

The Confederated Veterans AS
ISOLATION have decided to care for
their own dead, and have declined
the Presidents suggestion.
Lord Selborue is to succeed Earl
Cadogan as Viceroy of Ireland in
September
Syrians have announced their in
dependence and are prepared to
fight Turkey.
1t is said that a guard has been
sent to escort Dreyfus to France,
where he is expected in June.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-05-23
Sherman Again.

e. Allen Sherman was arrested
this morning on charge OF yagran-
cy. The young man, who was re-
ceived in respectable homes, and in
troduced into fashionable club,
is evidently bound to get into pill
kia. The man is locked up pending
his furnishing bail of $500. The
steamer China was closely watched
last night TO prevent his departure
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-05-23
a SONG.

MY ToastP Old England's Boast
The Queen.
Staight bumpers ALL No heel-taps
nowl
Bare. headed all with prideful brow.
Uplifted high your glasses hold,
And drink with cheering loud and
bold.
My toast7
Old England's Boast
The QUEEN.
joint heathery hill and lonesome
loch,
Whence spring the men Of Scotia's
stock,
Whose claymores bright and hieland
shout
Chase flying foes in fearsome rout.
Your toast?
Old Scotia's Boast
The QUEEN.
For freedom fair on every soil,
The warlike guerdon of their toll,
st. Patrick's sons have nobly fought
For fame and honor bravely bought,
Their toast?
Old Erin's Boast
The QUEEN
And Cymri's land which still main
tains
In loyal hands old knightly gains,
Re. echo from your hills and dales
The cheer that thunders through fair
Wales.
The toast?
Brave Cymri's boast
The QUEEN.
And Britons born in every land,
Where floats the flag on foreign
strand,
Take Mp the ioast and bumpers
drain
In gladly joining in the strain;
The toast?
Colonial boast
The QUEEN.
You men, the day dawn of the West,
Of freedoms loins the bravest, best,
The Stars and Stripes untarnished
fly,
And drink our foaming beake, dry.
Our toast?
Columbia's friend
The QUEEN
And you, our winsome host, Hawaii,
Our homes now nesting far and
nigh,
Midst summer scenes and loving
hearts,
Smile on our toast while care
departs.
Our toast?
Aloha Oe,-
The QUEEN.
BRINDIs.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-05-23
TUESDAY, MAY %, 1899.


We noticed this morning in one of
the stores which deal in tombstones,
marble slate with the inscription
"the doctors office is on the third
floor" And the surrounding tomb
stones looked pleased.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-05-23

The Thurston organ is doing some
uncommonly noisy whining in re-
gard to the application Of the Hilo
and Honolulu r. r. Co. for fran
chise. The organ admits frankly
that the new company will drive the
Observation-Disclosures syndicate to
the wall, but the people in the Hilo-
Hamakua districts are rejoicing by a
prospect of getting rid of the curse
of another monopoly.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-05-23
Groceries to the Fore.
In Union is Strength, and SO it
is in Cooperation

The Yanco-Sparco war brought about
high prices for time, but it has again
come down to its former level, and we are
getting our groceries as chear as we ever
had them before. If every stakeholder in
the company were to purchase his or her
groceries from the Co.opera i've Grocery
Co., the success of the corporation will be
assured.
Call and trade; free delivery 20 all parts
of the city.
e. TIETJENS,
Manager Palama Cooperative Grocery
Co., Ltd, out King Street, opposite Raj
road Central Depot.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-05-23

Ladies Shirt Waists, 80 percent
reduction in price at l.. B. Kerr's,
for one week only.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-05-23
Timely Topics.
Honolulu, April 1S, 1899.

Mayhap you think we will
wait until the hot weather
arrives to remind you of Alas
kan matters. Not so, for you
must keep cool and well pre-
served and nourished in these
stirring times if you are an
xious to follow the rising for
tunes of Kihei and Multi. We
have the
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-05-23

1t is rumored that very high Of
fetal and his wife each mourn the
loss of 5000 loaned by them TO a
young stranger who lately has been
doing" Honolulu people, gained an
entrance to respectable homes and
received with open arms in leading
club. When will Honolulu cease to
be jay town, and when will friends
abroad go slow in penning ''letters
of introduction" for the benefit of
any scallawag asking for them?
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-07
FarnSwOrth-Hera|d
Tailoring Company,
25O Washington Street, PORTLAND, OREGON
PRIvATERING IMPROBABLE.
The Boer Government Could Not Issue
Letters Of Marque II It Desired.

The Boer Government Could Not Issue
Letters Of Marque II It Desired.
NEW YORK. Nov. GA special to the
Herald from Washington says;
II is doubted here whether the Boer
government could issue letters of mar
que to prlvateers that would give the
vessels carrying them the right to be
treated otherwise than as pirates,
In the first place, the Beers have ac-
oepted the suzerainty of Great Britain
by the treaty of 1881, the International
status of the flag is very doubtful. AS
sumIng, however, that the flag of the
Transvaal would be recognized on the
high seas, there are serious practical
difficulties in the way OF the issuance Of
letters Of marQue by a government that
has no seacOast and no ports
The vessels could not be armed and
equipped in any neutral port without
making the neutral government liable
to heavy damages to the British govern
ment under the principles laid down
in the Alabama case. They could not
procure coal in any port in the world
without a violation Of the principles of
neutrality If any nation should allow
privateers with letters from the Trans
vaa government to issue from its ports
or to coal in It's ports, It would be al
most equivalent to declaration of war
against Great Britain and the British
government would probably so regard
IL.
Aside from this the general senti-
ment Of the civilizated world is strongly
against privateering. BY the declara-
iton of Paris, the signatory powers
agreed TO the abolition of privateering
The only maritime nations not joining
in this declaration were the United
States, Spain and Mexico. The United
states refused to join because it de-
sired to secure from other nations a
declaration exempting private property
at sea from capture. While not pledged
to abstain from prlvateering, the uni
ted States would probably never resort
to It unless in retaliation
In the recent war with this country
Spain was forced by the public opinion
of Europe to abstain from issuing let
ters of marque
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-07
NO LIGHT FROM
DARKEST AFRICA
"NO News Announced From war
Office, But Important Information
May Be Held Back.
NATIVE RlSINGS RUN0RED
johannesburg Refugees Describe the
Fantastic Scenes Which Followed
the Commencement Of War
NATIVE RISINGS RUMORED

NEW YORK, Nov. GA dispatch to
the Tribune from London says
with the war Office reduced to the
extremity OF holding back important
information aud announcing from
house to house that there Ia no news
and the war correspondents, in the
phrase applied by Grant to Butler
"bullcd up" and tightly corked,
South Africa remained until midnight
darkest Africa"
There were splnters Of belated news
regarding Thursdays artillery duel at
Ladysmlth. In which a Boer iiO-pound-
er was wrecked, and also susplcously
brief account Of brilliant sortle by
which Boer camp was surprised at
Besters hill. Later came message by
pigeon post. forwarded by General Bull
Ter, showing the town holding out on
Friday and hard fighting going on,
There was also brief reference to a
Boer attack upon Colenso, the sequence
Of which had already came in the It'd
lngs from the colonial office that the
British garrison had fallen beck and
abandoned the defense Of the bridge
over the Tugela,
Gen, Jouberts object was apparent
ly secured In breaking communication
with the coast, and preventing the
movement Of relnforcements to Lady
smith, but some military men We're pre-
dieting that he would set a large force
in motion for Pletermaritzburg and
Durham, and complete the conquest of
Natal before he arrival Of the British
army corps.
This would be a bolder and more
reckless movement than Sherman's
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-07
BEECHAM'SPILL

become an article Of commerce. 1t is
claimed that one pound Of tropon is
equal in nutritive value to five pounds
Of meat or one hundred eggs, and its
cost is only 70 cents. The hospital pa
tients liked the tropon so well that near
ly all of them preferred it to meat. 1t
is now being used as an ingredient of
various foods, as, tor example, in flour,
a roll containing five per cent of the
powder equalling in nutritive value
five eggs or half a pound Of meat. 1t is
needless to enlarge upon the future of
tropon, II there has been no exaggea-
tion in the accounts of the experiments
whit it, The inventor is a professor at
Bonn.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-07

march to Savannah. since the British
iect commands the sea coast The
more probable theory Is that Joubert
has closed In upon Ladysmith after
driving the English out OF Colcnso and
Is making strenuous efforts to over
whelm Whites army with his superior
force
\ rumor OF n general uprising OF Ba-
sutos ogains, the Orange Free State
has not been officially confirmed at
midnight Their chief has force OF
60,OeO we'll mounted. well-tralned war
rlors. which Is capable not only Of plac-
ing the Free State ON the defensive,
but also ot rousing the swasis, Kafiirs,
zulus and other black races and setting
ell South Africa aaamc as far ns the
zambesl river
This black menace adds a new terror
to the darkness now brooding over the
camps and garrlsons OF the two war
ring white races The Orange Free
State is the traditional Zoe OF Basuto-
land. and those most familiar with the
conditions OF race resentment In South
Africa have feared from the outset that
Mlucr'a agents may not be able to hold
under restraint this tribe, once all pow
erful under Chief Mosheish
Public anxiety has been Increased by
the invasion of Cape Colony at two
points where the population is entirely
Dutch, and therefore suspects Of dis
affection.
This seems to have been done with a
larger force than earlier reports indi-
Gated, and Deaar Junction, where the
British base Of supplies has already
been established, Is thought by tlmor-
Gus military writer's TO be in danger Of
sudden attack, The latest information
tends to minimize these raids, The
kccner critics Ierc ave that the Dutch
allies are scattering their forces, and
by menacing too many points on the
western border, the southern frontier
and in Natal, are wasting the adNan-
tage derived from their superior
strength.
Engllshmen who are lrritated by the
war offices contempt for public opln-
lon may fairly be said to be counting
the hours before the arrival Of the fresh
batteries Of the army corps. Ten trans
ports are scheduled to reach South AZ
rica during the next three days. The
rear guard of the English representa-
tives Of the mining companies Of the
Rand has struggled into London by the
last steamship arriving from Caps
Town It's leaders give fantastic and
dramotlc accounts of the closing scenes
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-07

at Johannesburg when the mining
camps were abandoned by the English
residents.
Evacuation had been In progress for
weeks before the final signal for war,
and then the English rear guard OF
confidential advisers and trusted en-
ployes Of every great mining corp IRA
tion were ordered to go. The richest
gold fields In the world, with the cost.
Hest mechanism for crushing and
chemical treatment OF the sandstone
conglomerate and deep-level mining,
were left under charge of foreign un-
derling and native servants.
Palatlal residences We're turned over
to care-takers, and their occupants
locked and barred front doors and
drove to the station, convinced that
their furniture and art treasures would
be looted before the end OF the war
Strange as has been the mushroom
growth Of the English mining city. it's
sudden desertion was grotesque mar
vel among the vlclssltudes Of human
fortune
The tolerance with which these re-
turning pilgrims from Johannesburg
speak Of President Kruger astonishes
their London friends, He is credited
by them with clear perception Of the
outcome OF the war which may be the
earliest results Of the conflict Presi-
dent steyn is described as a shrewd
intelligent ambitious man.
The rear guard came away from Jo-
hannesburg with the conviction that
President Kruger had been dragged
into the war against his will and judg-
ment and that steyn had involved the
Orange Free state in a fatal struggle,
in which 1t had everything to lose and
nothing to gain, and that he had no
other incentive han a dream Of pow
erful Dutch republic
A representative Of one Of the largest
mining properties, said after his arrival
from the Transvaal that many lntelli-
gent burghers were bitterly opposed to
the war He quoted Johannes Rissik
who surveyed the city named after
him, as saying that he himself would
gladly have granted to the Utlanders
all that they had asked and these con
cesslons would have been merely eqult,
able.
Rissk and other Beers who shared
his view of what would have been a
just and reasonable solution are nov
lighting strenuously on the Dutch side
Rissik Is described as having no illu
sons respecting the ultimate result
bu. also as forecasting hard fighting BY
the Beers and great destruction of life
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-07

An Ohio man by paying SIS has Sc
cured a perpetual subscription to Har-
per's Magazine. This sum would pay
for the magazine for only fifteen years,
but 1t is to be noticed that four per cent
Of 1t is 50, which Is the annual subscrip-
ton price of the publication. The sub
scription is assignable to the subscrib-
er's heirs and since there can be little
doubt but that the magazine will be
published for at least fifteen years
longer, the arrangement seems to be
favorable to both parties.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-07
lJnCaIIed for Garments at Half Price.

$4,000 Suits and overcoats, $1,000 q
$26.00 Suits and Overcoats, $1250 .
$4,000 Suits and Overcoats, $500
$500 Suits and Overcoats, $175O q
$4,000 Suits and Overcoats, $4,000 a
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-07

These garments are so Tar superior in
style, fit and finish to ready-made cloth
ing that comparisons are odious. Call
and examine them and see il we can
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-07
We are TaiIOrS, Bear That in Mind

Not cheap makers the only thing cheap about price
Our suits ye that sft and inh about them that dressed gentle
appreciate ASorns cordially call inspect goods
whether they buy
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-07
AN ARTIFICIAL FOOD PRODUCT.
Merchants Review.

Merchants Review.
Experiments in German hospitals
with an albuminous powder called
'tropon," a substitute for meat, have
been so satisfactory that It is likely to
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-07

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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1899-11-07
no CURE a COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab
let's. All druggists refund the money
II II fails to cure. Il. W. Groves sig
nature is on each box. 25c.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-07
MONEY TO BUY NEGRO VOTES.
Republicans of Maryland Clair
Wholesale Corruption.

Baltimore, Md, Nov THE cor
ruption of the negro vote in Maryland
is to play big part in today's election.
There are 1900 negro voters in Balti-.
more city and 5000 more of them in the
counties. 1t was discovered by the re-
publican managers yesterday that
agents of the democrats are at work in
all the negro districts in the city and in
the black belt in southern counties.
They are paying the negroes to stay
away from the polls. Thousands of ne
groes who work in the guano factories
and mills outside the city. but who are
registered in the city, will be paid from
50 to So each by the democratic ward
politicians to go to their work this
morning instead Of to the polls. When
they return from their work in the ev-
ening the polls will be closed. The re-
publican managers continue confident.
They hope the exposure of the facts
that the old democratic machine bosses
are still running the party and that a
bigger corruption fund than ever is be-
ing used. will cause all the independent
anti-machine democrats to Vote for
Governor Lowndes and the entire re-
publican state ticket, as they did four
years ago,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-07
1B[ RETURNED TROOPS
The Reception at Des Moines At
tended by Great Multitude
Of People.
Streets We're Too Crowded to Per-
nit a March to the Aud
itorium.
Regiment Almost Unanimous in
Support Of Administration
Many Have Grievances.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to mes-Republican.
Des Moines, Nov 1.-THE reception to
the Fifty-first was a fitting closing of
a campaign along the same lines on
which these boys have been fighting.
There is pretty good evidence that they
pressions heard from them and from
the vote taken on one train, 4S1 for the
administration to 63 against and doubt
full
Des Moines has good many crowds
that fill the downtown streets, but few
We're SO impenetrable as that one last
night that was out to welcome the SOL
diers. The troops that never hesi-
tated about going through a Luzon
jungle infested with skulking Tagalos
could not march through this crowd
and had to give it UP and get to the
Auditorium the best way they could.
The managers of that meeting used
skill in getting the boys to go to the
Auditorium BY having their relatives
go there. The boys We're told that all
their dear ones would meet them at the
Auditorium. Still, some of the soldiers
never went there. and the whole affair
was disorganized and Informal. No
limits could be observed in the face of
the determination Of the friends and
relatives of these boys to get To- them
as soon as possible. The program was
short, but it was too long for the boys
and their friends
The first boy to show up was Corp.
McAllister, of Company A. who came
in with the Oskaloosa and Knoxville
companies on the first train, ahead of
the pes Moines companies. He was
received by great burst of applause.
He ran down the aisles, mis- eyes eagerly
searching the faces on the stage for
the one that was there waiting for him,
his mother. and he was but a few sec
onds in getting his arms around her,
where he stayed for some minutes,
W bile hundreds tried to reach him, the
first soldier welcomed in oes Moines.
Some OF the fathers and other friends
got caught in the crowds on the street
and We're unable to get out in time 70
meet the train, as they had planned.
1t was not the largest crowd ever seen
lin the city. but il was the most dsnse
and eager to get To one place the sta
tion, and then the Auditorium.
The regiment IS full of dissension be-
tween officers and men. who say that
some of the officers have given them
the worst OF it These things Will sure
Nv be aired after the Welcomes have
been gone through with. for the men
feel very bitter against few of the
officers A. dozen men refused to
march last night because of such
feeling. one private says he was kept
ten nights in succession on outpost
duty without sleep. After the election
excitement is over we shall begin TO
hear these stories and others about the
adventures OF orr boys. They have
brought home vast stores Of inforrna-
tion, experience and souvenirs and tro-
phies of war and travel.