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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

The Orpheum was filed last night
by an audience which heartily appre.
ciated the rendering OF Amorita,
The performance was excellent and
Amorits will be repeated this even
ing as we'll as at the matinee this
afternoon.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

The band will play at the Palace
this afternoons for the benefit Of the
plague fighting volunteers, and there
will be no CONCERT at Emma Square.
There will be no concert on New
Years Day, it being legal holiday.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

S. e. Lucas, the opticiau in the
Love Building, Fort street, has an
excellent assortment of articles in
his line very suitable for Christmas
and New Years gifts.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

Miss Alice Gay, eldest daughter OF
the late James Gay, Esq and Albert
Harris. will be married this evening.
The affair will be- strictly private.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

Mrs. Helen Crafts annual report
has been issued, When we receive
a copy we will take pleasure in
noticing the effective work OF the
energetic humane officer.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

NEW SAILOR HATS at Sachs.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

A young pupil Of the Kameha-
meha schools uam-d Henry Free
man, died last night. The deceased
who was suffering from pneumonia
was only ~ years OF age. The
funeral took place this afternoon,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

Who are the three young men
caught 10 the Guaranteed district?
Let our HOO check their visiting
list, and seq who are missing.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

The INDEpEND4NT acknowledges
the receipt Of handsome calendars
from Bishop & Co, representing the
Liverpool and England and Globe
Insurance Co, and the Fireman's
Fund Insurance Co. of California
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

E, B. Thomas has lime for sale.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

THE PEOPLES PROVIDERS,
Sachs q Co,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS


LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS
Il. B. Thomas has lime for sale.
NEW SAILOR HATS at Sachs.
THE PEOPLES PROVIDERS,
Sachs q Co.
SPECIAL SALE OF Ladies' Mus.
lin Underwear at Sachs.
--.l----.---
The band will give a concert at
Makee Island to morrow afternoon.
The jury at the next term will
have to listen to three perjury cases.
New Years Day will be observed
as general holiday all over the
islands.
Call and see the Rugs aud Cur.
tains being displayed at l. b Kerr's,
Queen street.
A shed for freight will be erected
on the dock between the Likelike
and Pacific Mail wharves.
The prettiest sight in the city is
the Dolls and Toys being displayed
at l. B. Kerr's Special Christmas
Sale.
Samuel @. dwight ia confined to
his house with typhoid fever but it
is hoped that he has passed the
crisis
There will be a football game be-
tween Sixth Artillery and ST. Louis
teams on Monday afternoon at 3
o'clock.
Don't fail to ring up Telephone
444, American Messenger Service, il
you have any messages or packages
to deliver.
The Rev. Canon Roberts OF Spo-
kane, Washington, will preach at St.
Andrew's Cathedral to morrow morn
ing at IL o'clock,
When you want a hack ring up
191. On that stand you will get a
reliable and good driver, a fine hack,
and no overcharging.
The annual Christmas celebration
OF the Kawaiahao Sunday School
was held at the church last evening
and was largely attended.
Mr.. Edmund Stiles who has been
i'll with pneumonia for several days,
has greatly improved and is con-
sidered out of danger.
Who are the three young men
caught 10 the Guaranteed district?
Let our "400' check their visiting
list, and see who are missing.
Miss Alice Gay, eldest daughter OF
the late James Gay, Esq aud Albert
Harris. will be married this evening.
The affair will be strictly private.
S. e. Lucas, the opticiau in the
Love Building, Fort street, has an
excellent assortment of articles in
his line very suitable for Christmas
and New Years gifts.
Mrs. Helen Crafts annual report
has been issued When we receive
copy we will take pleasure in
noticing the effective work OF the
energetic humane officer.
The Cabinet will not grant retail
liquor license to Coelho. 1t would
be interesting to learn the principles
and rules under which privileges are
granted TO petitioners 10y the Dole
regime,
1t has not b.en decided vet who
is to have charge OF the Diamond
Head Light House. There seems to
he no truth ~ the report that @. w.
Macfarlane is a candidate for the
lucrative position.
The INDEPEND4NT acknowledges
the receipt Of handsome calendars
from Bishop & Co. representing the
Liverpool and England and Globe
Insurance Co, and the Fireman's
Fund Insurance Co. of California.
A young pupil Of the Kameha-
meha schools named Henry Free
man, died last night The decea sed
who was suffering from pneumonia
was only 10 years OF age. The
funeral took place this afternoon.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

SPECIAL SALE OF Ladies Mus.
lin Underwear at Sachs.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

Mr.. Edmund Stiles who has been
i'll with pneumonia for several days,
has greatly improved and is con
sidered out of danger.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

New Years Day will be observed
as a general holiday all over the
islands.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

The Cabinet will not grant a retail
liquor license to Coelho. 1t would
be interesting to learn the principles
and rules under which privileges are
granted TO petitioners 10y the Dole
regime.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

The band will give a concert at
Makee Island to morrow afternoon.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

The jury at the next term will
have to listen to three perjury cases
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

Call and see the Rugs aud Cur.
tains being displayed at l. B Kerr's,
Queen street.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

1t has not baen decided vet who
is to have charge OF the Diamond
Head Light House. There seems to
he no truth NJ the report that @. w.
Macfarlane is candidate for the
lucrative position.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

The annual Christmas celebration
OF the Kawaiahao Sunday School
was held at the church last evening
and was largely attended.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

A shed for freight will be erected
on the dock between the Likelike
and Pacific Mail wharves.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

When you want hack ring up
1911. On that stand you will get a
reliable and good driver, fine hack,
and no overcharging.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

The prettiest sight in the city il
the Dolls and Toys being displayed
at l. B. Kerr's Special Christina
Sale.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

Samuel @. dwight ia confined to
his house with typhoid fever but it
is hoped that he has passed the
crisis.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

Don't fail to ring up Telephone
444, American Messenger Service, il
you have any messages or packages
to deliver.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

There will be football game be-
tween Sixth Artillery and ST, Louis
teams on Monday afternoon at 3
O'clock
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30

The Rev. Canon Roberts OF Spo-
kane, Washington, will preach at st.
Andrew's Cathedral to morrow morn
ing at II o'clock.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-03

should have been given 10 the mechanical
and vulgar inCenuities Of the cabarets Of
heaven. Of hell. Of the dead. These are
rot Bohemia. for they appeal 10 the un-
healthy and perverted interests Of those
whose tastes have been overstimulated or
Vitiated. True Bohemianism is spontan-
eous and natural II may be vulgar but
II is not sickly The true strength Of the
book is in it's picture OF artist life, which
might well have been more fully pre-
scnted
Even as for these elaborate and un-
wholesome trifies, however there is an
interest in having'a vivid account Of them
As part OF contemporary history, perhaps
The sincerity Of style and straightfor-
warness Of the book are high merits AIr
Cucuers sketches are graceful and clever
especially those OF single figures. d. b.
Lppincott Company. Philadelphia
Mr.. Tgnatius Donnelly has just pub
lished another Of his ridiculous books on
the Baconian authorship Of Shakespeare
In this one-"The Cipher in tho Plays and
on the Tombstone'-the epitaph on
Shakespeare's tomb at Stratford is made
10 yield the information that Bacon wrote
the plays Of Greene and Marlowe. as well
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-03

as. of Shakespeare; and Mr.. Donnelly
promises future evidence that Ben JON
sons name is only another mask of Ba-
con. Mr.. Donnelly might as well assert
that Francis Bacon is the spirit Of divine
inspiration while he is about IL. and at
tribute to him the composition OF Isaiah
and Of Browning's "Paracelsus." What a
cipher could be made out OF Hebrew vowel
points and Browning's grammar Mr.
Donnelly's method is that followed i'm the
schoolboy declarations to a beloved OBJ
ject:
Read up and down. and you shall see
That l love you II you love me-:
while his reasoning is like that OF the
butcher in the Hunting Of the Shark.
who took three as a number convenient 10
reason about. Take three add twenty
nine, multiply by eight, subtract six, null
uply by four. subtract one. and divide by
three times a hundred and eleven: and IL
you call 2, and is the third letter of
the alphabet, why more-low Is the author
Nothing could be palmer. And this result
is attained with only two modiners What
a help Mr. Donnelly would have been 10
NJ. Bertillon. and how Dooley missed him
on the Drcyfus trial. CThe Verulam Com
pany. Minneapolis. 81 25D
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-03

called literary industries" The :hou-
sands OF sets of "Bancroft's Works" sold
by his agents testify TO his ability as
distributing contractor-manufact of
printed pages and expensive bindings His
Book Of the Fair and his Book OF
Wealth" provide additional evidence as
10 his literary qualifications and his finan-
cial shrcwdness. He collected in the
laboratory rooms OF his publishing house
in San Francisco q very valuable library.
Utilizing the services of numerous secre-
tares and unnamed clerks he aspired to
produce complete histories. "the distilled
essence of n whole library" within the
covers of 4 few volumes. The critical
world has set its seal OF condemnation
rron such factory methods i'm scholar
ship. True cooperative authorship has
produced works OF distinguished merit
and permanent value. But the cxploita-
tion of material by irresponsible and un-
known subordinates is always rightfully
distrusteG.
Why recall these significant points in
the career OF Mr.. Bancroft? Because he
has again come before the public, this
time in a volume which he entities 1.-The
New Pacific" The author presents the
book with the claim that:
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-03

what IL better than noise and jolts and
takes no more power. and that is speed
Fifty miles AN hour 100 miles an hour
things are beginning to hum. but no iolts
and no lurches: $50 miles an hour and no
swaying or bouncing. only little from
hle that seems To pervade everything
even the ar. The hands on the dials of
the speed indicators in the ends of the
car still move forward. The air outside
of the windows huns and whistles as the
train cuts through IL with tornadolike
speed. Two hundred miles an hour at
last and the speed hand stops moving
and only wnvers slowly as grades change
The train is up 10 speed and the car Is
steady as cannon ball Ii is going so
fast that II has no time TO move sideward
or up or down. Looking out Of the win
dow We sec only haze over the land
scape 10 indicate the upright columns
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-03

A day and "A night gives one time 10
experience all Of the minor wants OF l!fe.
and as there Will be but few stops and no
dust. the fittings. furnishings and convent
ences VIII bc far more elaborate than in
tho present wheeled palaces The bath
room. barher-shop and library are now
found on some Of the trains in America.
but with the Increased size and weight of
cars which can be used on the solidly
bound rails 81 the straight line road all
of these things can be made much more
commodious and homclikc.
When The train starts there VIII bc no
putting. no whistle. no jangling bell
Electromotives do not purf-thev only
hum: and there is no necessity to ring
bells or blow whistles when flying
through the afr. And best OF all. there
will be no jolts that come from rotten
wood ties In shifting sand There will be
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-03

lines through stepdown transformers.
The plan calls for an almost direct line
between the two terminals. While this
involves heavy tunneling the improved
machinery i'm the way of air drills and
channelers, and the use of liquefied AIR
for blasting, which leaves no poisonous
smoke to keep men away from the face of
the drifts. will greatly reduce the cost
OF underground work.
II Is estimated that the cost of this
road will not be more than $63 900 per mile
OF each track, as the building of so many
together will enable economies TO be prac-
ticed that would not otherwise be feasible
The same relative economy will also re
practical In the operation Of the road
for while IL now takes fourteen trains on
the track all the time TO maintain a daify
transcontnental service. the Straight
Line" will give daily service with only
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-03

two THANKSGIVING the use OF twelve
trains. with their crews, and five days TO
the passengers.
The surface roads Of the United States
owe debts for construction and equip
ment OF over sl1 600 900 600. on which they
must earn and pay interest. This repre-
sents a cost OF $4,000 per mile. against
which the straight line road. costing
about the same. will give six times the
service and have a proportionately great
er earning power.
The inventor has been working for years
on the plans. and the important features
are covered by patents. either granted or
applied for Agents in England are en-
gagged In promoting company TO under
take the work and find capital interested
in plan which has both permanency and
large earnings 10 recommend H.
This mammoth road will be fifty feet
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-03

that support the overhead tracks which
are passed so rapidly to blend with
each other Then from all this To turn
10 the daily papers or to letter writing
or dressing for dinner. which will be
served I'm the dining car or a supper in
the grill.
The road will be four tracks wide and
two tiers high. The four lower tracks
will be used for transcontinental through
trains and the four upper tracks for the
slower local work. the outer tracks in
both cases being used for passenger traf-
fic and the inner for freight. The trest-
ling will he either secured TO bedrock or
else bolted TO stone and concrete .founda-
tions. laid below the reach of frost and
flood.
The electric power will be generated at
stations about 100 miles apart. transmitted
at high voltage and run on to the feeder
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-03

wide and twenty-five feet high. The trans
continental trains viii run on the four
lower tracks. and the four tracks above
will be used for local traffic. Passenger
trains will be run on the outside. where
the best views may be secured. and the
inside tracks will be used for freight
trains.
AS each class OF trains has its own
track and trains In each direction have
their own tracks there Is no possibility
OF collision. Signals will be little used
and the train dispatcher will have "a sine
cure; merely giving train when % starts
"A clear right OF way to the other termi-
nus.
stephen ID. Carpenter. the protector os
the road. Is a newspaper man VINO has
sides the self-binding reaper. has made
about seventy other patented improve
ments, for which he Il paid largo sums
of money by the users He has been
State Printer Of Wisconsin and Is an at
torney admitted 10 practice.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-03

marred by vicious eXtravagances Of style.
lie scars into fanciful prophecies. The
reader is compelled TO say that here. after
all. is onlya chapter Of rhapsodicaI phrase
making. Chapters two to six. Inclusive.
sketch the causes. events and immediate
results OF Cuban instructions and the
SpanishAmerican war. They may be dis
missed briefly. They have no vital rela-
tion 10 the main theme of this b1ok. No
superior excellence OF treatment justifies
their insertion. Chapter seven has for a
caption THE Awakening" Its quality
may be inferred from a characteristic SER
tencc: The problems OF Cuba the Ha-
waiian Islands and the Nicaragua canal,
which for half century had been dis
cussed, were solved by the war on the in
stant, and without friction" Chapters
eight and nine purport TO give adequate
presentations of the arguments for and
against imperialism and expansion. The
sober student finds in them a wonderful
conglomeratiOn of ill-digested and Inre-
lated considerations having more or lees
bearing upon the question. The role Of
impartial interpreter Of opposing opinions
does not fit our authors capacities. Chap
tiers ten and eleven discuss the peace ne
gotiations and the attitude of foreign na-
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-03

the audacious bril-
lance of the Bal des
Quatz' Arts. in the
amateur cookery in
Bishops : room. in
the rolling Of ones
own furniture
through a fashiona-
bic street In a hand
barrow, the vital
spirit Of Bohemian
ism appears-an un-
forced readiness TO
give up without re-
serve or after
thought To the free
play OF nature. The
charm OF this phase
of Bohemianism is
conveyed by text
and Illustration with
much spirit. Both
text and illustration
likewise exhibit the
danger that Bohe-
mian freedom runs
from the invasion
Of the commonplace
into the sacred land.
IL makes no man
original 10 free him
from conventional
ity. Alas, most men
have worse rcstric-
ti0ns in themselves.
The Vcrla : ting
danse du ventre. the
insults 10 new mod
els at the atelier
and many another
custom OF the art
lists world are te-
dio n = conventions.
created by sheer
commOnpl a c g vul-
garity.
II could he wish
ed that half-pallia-
tions for what needs
no excuse had not
been inserted. Mr..
Morrow's $ suggestion
that artists see in
models only tools OF
their trade Is very
weak. Old Benve-
nuto Cellinis frank
ness on this subject
is a sound evidence
that there are ex-
ceptions 10 this
broad en- e raliZa-
ton. and there is
cvi q q n c Q enough
that he was not the
last artist 10 find a
mistress in a model.
The truth is best
at least Il is thu
only thing permissl-
ble in a genuine Bo-
hemian.
II Is 10 be re-
Cretted that in the
latter part OF the
book so much space
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-03

invented thc reif-bndinE reaper
Trains propelled bv ''cicctromotlves"
viii travel a; the rate ~ 80 miles an hour
on steel tracks lala on e;cel trestlcs az an
average height az twelve feet above
ground.
This means that YOU VIII &c able 10 step
frl M tte elevator ~ the terminal station
into tle fuN Nest.bulcd train. which. oN-
ing 20 thc plentiful supply OF electricity
needed Tor rower. win be lighted and
heated hy thar means as well. while In
summer rcfrigerating machinery operated
hy eIccfric-p0wcr wiil cool the cars 70
temperature that VIII make travel more
pleasant than staying al home.
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-03

Here for the first
time are presented
{ n Q co untrie . :
around the Pacific
Ocean as an entire
ty, resources and in
dustries. history and
romance. to gether
with the events
leading TO the pres
ent active develop
ment."
No one will deny
that the events Of
recent years wourl
give a high degree
of interest 10 a good
encyclopedia treat
ment OF the cOun-
tries bordering the
Pacific Ocean. Mr..
Bancroft is entitled
10 the credit OF a
valuable conception.
His work must new
ertheless pass the
test OF a careful ex-
animation for the
measure OF { his
achievem Q n Z. His
previous u b ! ica-
tlons on the history
OF the Pacific States
OF North America
raise presumptions
both for and against
a favorable judg-
ment on this new
est production. lie
might be expected
70 show a rcasona-
BILE familiarity with
the essential facts
In the history OF the
Eastern Pacific. His
use OF compilation
as a substitute for
real con 3 tructive
composition. his pen
chant for rhetorical
tricks OF style. his
insincere comming-
ling OF stilted lauda-
tion and serpentine
sneers-these sins OF
authorship the re-
viewer C n a ritably
hopes may possibly
be absent.
The New Pacific
opens with a chap
ter entitled Now
and Then" It
treats i'm a not un-
entertai n n & way
the contrasts OF
past and present
centuries in the de-
velOpment Of in
dustries attending
human pro gr ess
around the Pacific.
But at once some
OF Mr.. Bancroft's
shortcom / n g $ be-
come apparent. His
historical sketch is
The San Francisco call., 1899-12-03
RAILROAD FROM NEW YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO MAKE The TRIP IN nMEN0 HOURS

y eight-track straight line Gle
waited railroad on which the trip
from san Francisco 90 New York
can be made in twenty-four hours.
has been planned by the man who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-04
ADDRESSES AND REPORTS,
Meeting of WOman's National Press
Association.


The Woman's National Press Association
held Its first meeting of the season at VIII
lards Hotel Friday evening, the president,
Mrs. Mary 8. Gist, in the chair. The meet
ing was opened by remarks by the presi-
dent, who referred with feeling to the grief
of one Of the members, Mrs. Mary NJ
North, in the loss of her son Norman at
Porto Rico during the hurricane. COM
mittee was appointed to draft suitable res
olutions.
A resolution of thanks to Oren G. Sta
pies, proprietor of Wizards Hotel, for
gratuitious of parlors during the past
year was also passed
Mrs. Clara B. Colby, who has just re-
turned from the International Council of
Women in London, gave an account of her
voyage, of the municipality of Glasgow
which she claims is the most advanced
municipality in the world of the London
buses and cheap fares. She told also Of
the railroad carriages and their separate
compartments; of travelling 100 miles On
hour from Liverpool to London; of the old
Roman wall in York, and of four milk
women in London who have successfully
occupied and operated a government fran
chise for $50 years.
Mrs. H. B. Sperry read a letter from
Mrs May Whitney Emmerson, now in
Jerusalem, Palestine, concerning her re-
searches there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-04

Mrs. Eliza Warning Magruder of the
Louise Home died there Saturday. The
deceased had reached the venerable age of
ninety-seven, but had so*well retained her
faculties that she appeared many years
younger. 1t was only during the past few
weeks that her vitality became impaired
and her death was looked for Her maiden
name was Bowie, and she was born in
Prince Georges county, Md, in the year
1902. Her father was native of Bowie
vile, and, like his father was governor
OF the state of Maryland. After the civil
war Miss Eliza Waring Bowie who had
married and become the widow of Mr.
John Magruder, had the misfortune to
lose all her property in the south. and
after some time entered the Louise Home
She was the mother of eleven children. of
which only three are living. These are
her eldest son, John Magruder, aged eighty
years: her second son, Robert Magruder
aged seventy-siX years, and her daughter
Mrs. Elizabeth Reiss, aged sixty-six years
The remains We're taken to Baltimore
where the funeral took place this after
noon from the home of a grandson of the
deceased. Interment was made in Green
mount cemetery.