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Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
PRESIDENT PENFOLD SIGNS
Judge slabaugh So 0rders in Application OF
Architect Mcdonald FOR Mandamus.
COURT DELIVERS EXHAUSTIVE OPINION
Five Propositions set Forth by the
Hespnnden nnd the Court
Rules ON Each, citing
Legal Authority.

President H.. J. Penfold Of the school
board must sign the contract by which John
Mcdonald is appointed architect for the pub
lie school buildings Of Omaha.
Judge Slabauuh so decided yesterday
after having had the matter under advise
ment since the close Of the hearing two
days ago. The proceedings we're brought by
Mcdonald, who applied for mandamus writ
10 compel President Penfold to sign the con-
tract in question.
The opinion in which the writ is granted
as prayed for is a voluminous document.
Judge Slabaugh enters into every detail of
the case.
Propositions we're advanced by the de-
PENDANT as follows: That the relator had
not a beneficial interest in the contract
sought to be signed such as would authorize
him to maintain suit; that the proceedings
of the Board Of Education relative to the
approval OF the bond and contract of Nc
Donald were irregular and void and that
therefore President Penfold was warranted
in refusing to sign the contract, that the
action of the board was invalid in that it
limits the discretion and power of the in
coming board, which organizes in January,
and that the contract is void as against pub
lie policy.
The Court's Ruling.
JhuBt DldDdhEu uclu ludl Nv ltldbOl Ia
sufficient interest in the contract by virtue
% the work to be performed by him and the
compensation to be received by him to en-
title him to maintain suit.
AS to the irregularity of the boards pro-
ceedings. the court found that such proceed
inrs were regular; that a majority of the
board by a vote of Q to 3 had voted to APP
prove the contract and bond of Mcdonald
and ordered the president and secretary to
sign the contract at the meeting Of Deem
Der g..
The court further held that the school
board is a corporate body, made so by
statute, and that 1t is continuous in its pow
er3 of contract and succession and that it
had the right to make a contract for one
year with Architect Mcdonald, beginning
December /, within the term Of all members
of the present board, although such contract
continues in effect after the organization of
the new board and the terms of five out of
fifteen members have expired.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
Nn,Ice 40 the pubIic.

have purchased the Omaha Star and
Electric laundry from l., Michaels. All bills
due will be collected by me.
NJ. NJ. ROBERTSON. Phone Pa,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

Molasses candy. at sherman & Mcconnelrs.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
Via
The Overland Limited,
Union Pacific.

You can leave Omaha for
the Pacific coast after breakfast
ami reach your destination
&c soon as those who leave
VIA OTHER LINES THE DAY BEFORE
Only Two Nights on the Road.
City Ticket Office 1902 Faruam Street.
Telephone 316.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

Yellow box candy at Sherman & McCon-
hell Drug company.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

Absolutely reliable. Edholm, jeweler.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
Coal Fund for ms TOO.

Velvet candy at Sherman & McConnelrs
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

Blank book and magazine bina ng. A. l..
Root. 1909 Howard street.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

Hubermann, jewerer, est. lo66. Absolutely
reliable, lowest prices guaranteed IS & Doug
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31

Diamond engagement rings. Edholm, j'w'i
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
DIED.

Sherman & McconnelIs Tor Boston tany
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-31
THE FINEST TRAIN IN Tmn WEST.

THE FINEST TRAIN IN THE WEST.
"The Overland Limited" win the Union
Pacific.
Equipped with
double drawing room
palace s]lcepers,
broad vcstibules,
buffet smoking and library cars.
with barber shop and readits room.
Dining cars.
meals 4 Ia carte.
Pintsch light,
steam heat. etc. etc.
City Ticket Office 1902 Farnan Street.
Telephone $40.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16
PORT ARTHUR'S GROWTH.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. Ga letter
from Port Arthur, under date of Octo-
Der 16, gives interesting details of the
remarkable growth of the town during
the last few months, although the new
Russian settlement, on the left-hand
side of Powder Magazine valley, has
not yet been begun. Outside of this
site, however, many houses and stores
have been constructed, and barracks
for 10000 soldiers have been built.
The railway from Newchwang runs
up the valley, where the powder maga-
zine used to be, and it will be finished
in a few months, furnishing direct
rail connection with Newchwang. Up
to this time the Russian Government
has been busy strengthening the forti-
ficatiOns, but this work is now done,
and the town will be built at once.
There are many European shops,
which carry large stocks. Restaurants,
and hotels, too, are numerous, where
good accommodations may be secured
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16

charges. The editorial says further:
I'VE were the more disposed 10 be-
lieve that Captain Evans was the au-
thor of the charges referred TO because
it accords with our impressions of his
character that he should do the square
and manly thing We felt sure that if
he had anything TO allege against n
brother officer, and especially against
a superior officer, his allegations would
take the form provided for by the reg
ulations. There is no reason to COM
plain of an officer who. in the interests
Of the service, prefers charges when he
thinks there is sufficient cause. What
brings discredit on the service is criti-
cisms for which their authors are not
willing to make themselves responsible.
We need not tell the navy who have
INDUCED in such criticisms. Some one
has set in motion a current of civilian
gossip that flows out of certain clubs.
greatly to the discredit of the service.
We understand perfectly the extent of
the feeling against Admiral Schley, and
know the cause of this feeling, but we
contend that it could find expression in
proper ways, and not in loose gossip.
for which no one can be made respon-
sible. We are not the partisans of any
man, and speak only IN the interests
of the navy itself. Time will prove the
wisdom of what we have said even TO
those who are disposed TO question this
now
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16
MILLIONAIRE'S SQUAW WIFE.
Indian Woman Declared the Legal
Wife of a Wealthy Miner

Indian Woman Declared the Legal
Wife of a Wealthy Miner.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4.-Judge
Jones of Contra Costa decided today
that Lucy Hite, a full-blooded Indian
woman of Mariposa, is the legal wife of
John r. Hite, the mining millionaire.
She is given $4,000 for counsel fees, and
$50 month alimony. The judge re-
serves the right to distribute the Hite
estate at a later date.
Indian Lucy" as she is called, is
an ugly old woman, with whom Hite
lived when he was poor prospector,
forty years ago. 1t has been said that
the Indian woman gave him his first
lift by showing him the location of a
rich mine. At any rate, she cooked
and washed for him, and many witness
es declared Hite used to introduce her
as his wife.
She made no move to assert her
rights until a few months ago, when
Hite married a young woman. Then
she demanded an allowance, which was
refused whereupon she brought suit
Hite will probably appeal the case.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16
The Woman Maria Did Not Die
Of The Plague.
HOFFMAN, FINDS NO BACILLI
General Review OF Sanitary Work
by the Quarantine Force In
Chinatown.

The doctors who thought the woman
Maria died of the plague took too
much for granted. DIR. Hoffman dis
posed of that theory yesterday in
brief report in which he stated, as
result of his meteorological examina-
ton, that there were no signs of the
plague bacilli in the cultures submitted
to him. So one more sensation was
pau.
There were no suspicious cases re-
ported yesterday. However, etricter
quarantine regulations have been
adopted, and all previous passes Co the
district were called in at noon. New
and fewer passes were issued as prev
iously for anyone within the district
to leave it. The military lines were
drawn closer and new guards were
posted at places where leakages in the
quarantined portion were said 60 have
taken place.
At the Health Office the animals
which have been inoculated were yet
u :. x .. 81 ?. % 2. ~ 2. n ?. u :. m 2. pl
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16
SWEATING ENGLISH COIN.
Gang of Swindlers Robbing the Public
by Means of Acids.

Gang of Swindlers Robbing the Public
by Means of Acids.
LONDON, Dec 6.-Since the begin
ming of the year it has been known at
the Bank of England that an unusual
ly large number of light gold pieces
was in circulation. Finally the mint
instituted Investigations, resulting in
the discovery that such coins were be-
ing Systematically sweated by INNER
sion in acids. Those engaged in the
operations are not common sWindler5.
They have capital and brains and are
not actuated by overreaching greed.
AS far as the Bank of England rec
ords show, the average amount Of gold
sweated has been six grains from each
sovereign, which would mean a nefari-
Gus profit of about l shilling per coin.
Apparently the gang varies its methods
according to the character of the per-
sons to whom the sweated coins are to
be rendered. Some sovereigns are
barely a grain short in weight; others
are as much as fourteen grains short.
The sweated coins appear to be fresh
minted, and it is impossible to detect
the fraud except by weighing, but few
people except bankers keep scales so
delicate as to weigh single coin and
the majority keep no scales.
Up to the present the postoffice has
been the chief sufferer, and the matter
has become so serious that the Post
master General has issued a special
warming to officers in his department.
He warns the staff that all gold coins
received at postoffices are to be sent to
the Bank of England for examination,
and those short are to be cut in two
and the deficiency made up by the Off
Ger who received them, but the Post
master General failed to assume the re-
sultant responsibility by providing
each office with coin-weighing scale,
and officers want to know how they are
to detect coins which, apart from
few grains deficiency in weight, are
genuine.
A lively agitation is now afOOt, and
if redress cannot be obtained earlier
the aggrieved officers will have the
matter brought before Parliament in
February. The headquarters of the
sweating gang is believed to be in
some provincial town, but all efforts Of
the mint and the Bank of England de-
tectives to trace them have SO far
failed
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16

And Of C0u Sc the Doctors Said Bubo
nic Plague.

And Of COuI Sc the Doctors Said Bubo-
nic Plague.
NEW YORK, Dec. "a new possible
victim of the bubonic plague was taken
off the steamship ]. W. Taylor at quar-
antine this morning and sent TO Swim
burne Island 10 be isolated.
Third Engineer Story, who had been
under observation for four days on ac-
count of having developed slight symp-
toms of the ailment. was found to be
suffering great pain today from small
pimple on the little toe OF his left foot.
Aside from glandular affections, these
small Tisings on the toes are character
istic Of the bubonic sickness. The
pimple was not large enough TO have
caused such pain as Story suffered If
it had been of the ordinary kind. There
were no other general symptoms. State
Health Officer Doty took no chances,
however, and decided to remove the
engineer to Swinburne Island.
The other members of the crew are
well. The engineers room was thor
oughly disinfected this afternoon.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16
DIR. YERSIN,

The Worlds Greatest Authority on the
Bubonic Plague. Eues
a % tt 3. a 3: H q ~ p a :. ~ . br :. m
living. Physicians express an opinion
that the disease has probably been
stopped, as very little sickness prevails
In the segregated district.
The establishment OF the fumigation
station in the Boys Brigade clubhouse
at Kaumakapili Church also tended to
allay the fears OF the outside populace,
in that the clothes worn by the inspect
ors and others who frequent the dis
trict are now being thoroughly fumiga-
ted before being allowed to be taken
past the quarantine patrol.
DR.. Hoffman has made two bacterio-
logical reports, the second showing
that there was no evidence OF the
plague bacilli In the culture made from
the native woman who died at Abi's
place.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16
EVANS MAKES DENIAL.
He Says He Did Not Prepare Charges
Against Admiral Schley.

NEW YORK. Dec. 6.-Captain Rob-
ley D. Evans has written a letter to
the Army and Navy Journal contra
dieting the statement that he had pre-
pared charges against Rear Admiral
Schley in the matter Of Schley's con-
duct at the battle of Santiago. He says:
Z have not prepared or preferred any
thing in the nature Of charges against
Admiral Schley. It seems only fair and
reasonable that before using an Off
GERS name, as mine is used, in d mat
ter as serious as preferring charges
against a brother officer, the editor Of
a service journal should use every
means to discovering the truth"
In reply, the editors state in the lead
ing editorial this week that several in
dependent witnesses had informed
them about the charges, one Of whom
stated that he had himself seen the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16
TO BUY A PRINCE.
Millionaire Marcus DAILY Wants One for
a SOn-in-LaW.

PARIS, Dee. 5.-Tempestuous gossip
has been excited here by the rather in
considerate boast of Mrs. Stewart Tay-
lor that she has been promised a quar-
ter of a million dollars as a commits
sion by Marcus DAILY, the Anaconda
copper king, to match his daughter
Madge with a certain Italian prince.
Mrs. Taylor spoke thus before a
gathering Of ten or twelve ladies in
Armand's fashionable dressmaking es-
tablishmant
1t had been generally understood that
Miss MadEe DAILY was engaged TO DR..
Archibald Ryckert, a handsome Amer
lean dentist with a fashionable ellen
tele Marcus DAILY only began 70 op-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16
PARNELL'S HOME.

Irish. Leaders Save it From the Sheriff
Hands.
NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-Daniel Talon,
Lord Mayor of Dublin, and John f.
Redmond, the Irish Parliamentary
leader. sailed today for Queenstown
aboard the Cunarder Campania. They
took with them enough money to buy
the Parnell homestead and put up a
shaft over Parnell's grave, also a large
part of the fund that will be used TO
erect the Parnell monument in Dublin.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16
COME TO HER SENSES.

Prince Lobengula's White Wife Has
Him Arrested.
LONDON, Dec. 5.-Miss Jewell the
English girl who became infatuated
with Lobengula, the alleged son of the
South African King, and married him
at the time of the Earls court eXhibi-
ton in August, has not found her mat
rimonial venture bed of roses. From
time to time the troubles of the ILL
assorted pair have been. ventilated in
the press. and now the wife has had tC
have her dusky spouse arrested for
robbery and assault. She asserts that
Lobengula attacked her and that she
was compelled to call stranger to her
assistance after the Prince mad bitten
her throat.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16
BEGAN WITH NOTHING

Cecil Rhodes, who is one of the rich
est men in the world went out to the
African diamond fields as a poor boy
with his brother. Their whole fortune
was in their outfit, but from the first
they ''struck it rich" Mr.. Rhodes is
only 46 years old.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16
AUSTRIA'S FOREIGN MINISTER
He Comes Out for Colonization
Policy

VIENNA, Dec. Count Goluchow-
shl, the Minister Of Foreign Affairs, in
a statement to the various delegations
compares the feverish activity of other
nations in the matter of expansion over
the sea with the Incidence of the Aus
trian commercial world. He says he
fears it will result in Austria's dis
placement as a. political center of grav-
ity. II will lessen, eventually, Aus
tria's position politically. He appeals
for an increase of the navy, and wants
a squadron sent wherever immigrants
are able to establish themselves solid
ly, and thus keep up their connection
with the mother country.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16

pose the match during his visit here
last summer.
The Italian prince is aged and
has a rather unsavory reputation in
Paris and Rome. where he has been
the hero in several social adventures.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16

HONOLULU SANITARIUM. - 1882
King ST.; Tel. 639. DR.. Luella S.
Cleveland, medical superintendent.
Hours a. m. to p. m; methods Of
Battle Creek, Mich, Sanitarium;
baths OF every description; trained
nurses in bathrooms as we'll as In
sickroom; massage and manual
movements; electricity in every
form; classified dietary, ETC.; ample
facilities for thorough examination.
DR.. G. l.. Garvin, consulting physi-
clan and surgeon,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16
FUMIGATING STATIONS.
Conveniences To BE Established For
Inspectors.

inspectors.
The health officials yesterday morn
ing looked up site 10 establish q fu-
migating station within the limits OF
the guarded district, finally accepting
the offer OF the Boys Brigade Club
house. located within the enclosure OF
Kaumakapili Church. The Board or
Health has the use of the building
gratis. the only requirement being that
the premises shall be returned In their
original condition when the quarantine
is raised.
DR.. ]. S. b. Pratt and his assistant.
Mr.. Hemingway. Immediately laid
plans for putting the building into
proper shape for disinfecting persons
and clothing. A partition has been nut
in dividing the building equally, the
mauka half being again divided by
cross-partitiC1. Upon entering. the
person will proceed TO the partitioned
room on the Eva side and there remove
his street apparel; in the outer room
he will don his working suit in which
he performs his quarantine labors.
Upon returning from his work ne
steps into a room supplied with fumi-
eating apparatus, bathrooms and toi-
lets. The working clothes are left
here. After bathing, the fumigated
street suit is put on. Every arrange
ment has been perfected TO make the
disinfecting process complete and GER
tain; mats saturated with formalin
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

MRS. FRANCES MONTROSE.-Up-to-
date Manicure Parlors, Lairdress:ng
and shampooing; scalp treatment a
speciality; room s Model block, Fort
and Beretania Sts.; Tel. 989, take ell
evator.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16

DIR. A. c. POSEY.-Specialist for Eye,
Ear, Thoat and Nose Diseases and
Catarrh; Masonic Temple; hours to
II a. m, 1 to and to p. m.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
MUSIC.

COOKS MUSIC SCHOOL.-Love Bldg,
Fort ST.; Piano, Voice Culture, Sing
ing and Harmony; especial attention
paid to touch, muscular control and
musical analysis.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16

The Mikahala signaled to the shore
yesterday afternoon. At first it was
thought she desired a physician. Upon
inquiry, however, it was ascertained
that she desired provisions.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16

P. SILVA.-Agent to take acknowledg-
ments to instruments, district o: Ko-
ma, Oahu; at w. c. Achi's Office,
King St., near Nuuanu.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16

]. MORGAN.-Opal Merchant, Jeweler
and Lapidary; Opal Cutting a Spe-
cialty; No. School St., near bridge.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16
CONTRACTORS.

j. A. BUTTERFIELD.-Contractora and
Builder. Store and Office fittings,
shop and repair work; Bell Tower
Bldg, Union ST.; Tel. 702.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16

ANNIS MONTAGUE TURNER-Vocal
Studio, "Mignon,' 720 Beretania St
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-12-16

GUIDE THROUGH HA-
WAII.-Price 60c; beautifully illus
trated. For sale by all newsdealers.
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Band Concert.

The band will play at Makee Island
tomorrow afternoon at 8 O'Clock pre-
senting the following program:
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DENTISTS.

Ct e. GROSSMAN, O.D.S.-Alakea ST.,
-hree doors .-bove Masonic Temple,
4onsiulu; office hours a. N. to
1 p. IN
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PART /
MESSENGER SERVICE.

Honolulu Messenger Service deliver
messages and packages. Tel. 37S.
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OPTICIANS.

: z. LUCAS.-Love Bldg, Fort St,
upstairs; P. o. box 351. carry full
Iire of ALL KINDS OF GLASSES
ron the CHEAPEST to the BEST.
Eree Examination OF the Eyes.
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a c. TRAPHAGEN.-22s Merchant
St, between Fort and Alakea; Tel.
7s4; honolulu.
The age-herald., 1899-11-14
SOUTHERN PROGRESS
The New Industries Reported in South
 in Week

Chattanooga, November 13.-The new in- dustries reported by The Tradesman during the week ending November Il include among the more important, a 2O0-ton blast furnace in Tennessee; carriage factory In North Carolina; coal mines and coke ovens in West Virginia; a construction company in Arkansas; $2OO, 900 cotton mill in Missis- sppi cotton seed oil mills in Alabama Mis- sissippi and Texas; creamery and cold storage plant in Arkansas; an electric light plant in Mississippi; Touring mills in Tennessee, Texas and Virginia foundries and machine shops in Alabama, Tennessee and Virginia; a gas retort manufacturing company in Alabama; a harness factory in Tennessee; a handle factory in Alabama; an ice factory in Florida; an ice and cold storage plant in Arkansas; lumber mills in Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee and Virginia; Ignite mines in Texas; phos- phate plants in Alabama and Florida; blaming mill in Tennessee; shingae mill in Alabama; a stave factory in Georgia.