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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-18
I'D. X. W., Balanced the Book.

The Memphis Scimitar tells OF a re-
cent bride whose husband noticed that
she was keeping an itemized account OF
the household expenses. In looking II
over one day he noticed at the bottom
OF each page or two the letters ID. X.
w" This somewhat puzzled him. He
really found II very difficult TO keep
from thinking about what these letters
could possibly mean. IL occurred o.
him that possibly his wife was saving
out some money to buy something for
him. But then he knew that his ini-
tails were not I'D. X. W." and this did
not prove a satisfactory solution OF the
matter. So one day when his wife was
in a real good humor he took her in
his arms and asked what she meant by
I'D. X. W., so cents" ID. X. w, ST."
and the like. She replied. I'D. X. W.
stands for don't know what When
ever / went to balance my account at
the end OF each page and found had
spent money for which I could not &C
count, Just put in a sufficient amount,
with the item ID. X. w. to make Il
balance Just exactly"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-18

trio lighting plant of the corporation
which supplies the city.
Five hundred steel gondola cars have
been ordered in France from America
HowisOn, Kautz, Kenny and Farqu-
har have been nominated rear admir-
ais.
Foxhall Keene has been badly hurt
by a fall from his horse while hunt
ing.
The Maehias has been sent to San
Domingo to protect American inter-
ests.
It is expected that the opening of
Philippine ports will break the hemp
corner.
A satisfactory settlement between
France and Santo Domingo has been
reached.
Ex-senator Quay invited forty-six
Senators to a dinner and only fifteen
attended.
The new United States cruiser AL
bany has developed a speed of nearly
twenty-one knots.
President Snow Of the Mormon
Church has issued a strong manifesto
against polygamy.
-AI AADAAAt VI oDGNH Al hiANAtA III ANIW
York has been burned with the loss of
two servants lives.
NJ. Deschanel has been elected Pres
ident of the French Chamber OF Depu-
ties over NJ. Brisson.
Carter Harrison will not be a candi-
date for the Democratic nomination for
Governor Of Illinois.
Mrs. Langtry defends her new play,
The Degenerates, and says it is not
the story Of her own life.
A dozen prominent Michigan officials.
including the Speaker Of the House,
have been indicted for bribery.
Elihu Root has declined the Republi-
can nomination for Vice President.
preferTing to stick TO the War Office.
Now that Apia has become German
movement is on foot to ship Robert
Louis Stevenson's body 10 Scotland.
Victoria. b. c., is excited because a
portrait of Queen Victoria has been
trampled under foot in a city saloon.
The London Spectator declares that
Germany has designs on South Amer
lea and will fight the Monroe doctrine
President Mckinley Is opposed to
having Federal officials go as delegates
to the Republican National COnven-
ton.
Prof. Rowland OF Johns Hopkins is
developing the fact that the magnetism
Of the earth is caused by its revolu-
ton.
Murderer Walter Rosser has been re-
leased from custody, the latest victim
Of his assaults falling to appear against
him.
Mrs. Skinner, the New York matron
who was sued by her social coach, Miss
Howe, for $4,000, was mulcted in
$4,000.
Testimony in the Clark bribery case
tends to show that $1,000 were paid for
a Republican vote and $4,000 for a
Democratic.
w. r. Hearst Is to start a society
magazine planned like that OF Lady
Randolph Churchill. He is associated
with Arthur Brisbane.
The French were beaten In their re-
cent battle with the Chinese on the
Tonkin frontier. The Chinese used
jingals, guns operated by two men
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-18
CENTRAL UNION CHURCH.
Henry c. Brown the New Assistant
Pastor Arrives in honolulu.

pastor Arrives IN honolulu.
The Salt Lake City Tribune prints
the following interview with Henry G.
Brown, who arrived yesterday on tho
Australia:
Henry c. Brown and wife OF Worces-
ter, Mass, are en- route TO Honolulu.
where Mr.. Brown is 10 act as assistant
pastor OF the Central Union (Congre-
EationaD Church and As Sunday school
superintendent, as well as TO assist IN
other religious work. lie remarked
last night: There is a grand work In
the way OF evangelization going on In
the Sandwich Islands. where less than
fifty years ago was all a dense wilder
ness inhabited by an uncivilized people
That shows what can be accomplished
by the Christian faith. The larger
churches now In the Island capital
considerable pretensions, for they are
large, handsome stone and brick strIlct-
ures. The largest church will seat 1000
and the Union Church will seat 1000
people. Honolulu has made wonderful
growth and progress since the Ameri-
cans took control, and Is being made
more like a large American city every
year, although there are comparative
ly few Americans In the city as com
pared with those OF other nationalities.
We leave for San Francisco tomorrow.
where we will spend Sunday, ere sail
ing for the Islands"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-18
NEWS CONDENSED.
Brief kilograms Covering a Wide
Field Of Late Intelligence.

CASAu VI LdLe 1nIelllgence.
Kaiser Wilhelm Is to visit Italy.
A new revolution is brewing in Peru.
A divorce has been granted to Julia
Tabor.
Gen. schwan's column has occupied
Benan.
President San Clemente of Colombia
Is dead.
Emma Nevada is singing in San
Brazil is to destroy s5O.OOo,OOO of pa
per money.
An army department for Alaska has
been created.
A better tone prevails In the Berlin
money market.
The coal famine in Great Britain is
becoming serious.
About $4,000 are now in sight for
the Lawton fund
Blackburn is leading for the Ken
lucky Senatorship.
The Kentucky Senate will investigate
charges of bribery.
A new American bank has been start
ed in the City of Mexico.
Nine. BaZaine's death Is reported
from the City of Mexico.
The monitor Miantonomah Is likely
to be condemned and sold.
]. B. Stallo, formerly United States
Minister to Rome, is dead.
Princess Henry of Prussia has been
safely delivered OF a son.
The United States Government is to
abolish personal pOstoflces.
The value of the Cornelius Wander
bilt estate is over $4,000, 900.
Mexico has forbidden travellers to
bring firearms into the country.
With the reconvening of the Diet
the canal bill fight will be renewed.
The American troops have won sew
eral sharp fights in the Philippines.
Rev. Edward McGlynn, famous In
the Henry George movement, is dead.
General Shafter will accompany
General Lawton's body to Washington.
Birmingham has bought out the cleo
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-18
A CHIEFS VIEW.
Head of san Jose Fire Department
Makes Comment.

Head of san Jose Fire Department
Makes Comment.
Mr.. Henry Ford, Chief of the Fire
Department Of San Jose, California, a
city about the size of Honolulu, is
here for a vacation and to recuperate
from failing health. He remarked to a
friend yesterday that the trip was
proving more beneficial than he had
anticipated.
II have not allowed myself to worry
over the plague. new as the situation
is to me. and so the ba3ny air of Ha-
wall has been OF much benefit. Fur
thermore, l have profited in no small
measure by the work Of the Honolulu
Fire Department Il burning the con-
demned and infected buildings in the
city. 1t is not often such an object les
son is rendered possible. The acct
dental or unlooked-for destruction of a
building by fire affords very little op-
portunity to gain new ideas in the
business OF firefghting. True, new
points are always being learned. but
unless the fire Is one OF extraordinary
size or occurs under peculiar circum-
stances, the work of the firemen Is
pretty much tne same.
1.-The condemnation of Infected build
ings in Honolulu and their subsequent
destruction by fire has no doubt been
fruitful OF new ideas to Chief Hunt and
his men, as the lesson has been to me.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-18
TERM UNITED STATES
It's Meaning in the Customs Clause
Of the Constitution.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1O.-The Ways
and Means Committee of the House
held a meeting today at which an i'm
portant resolution was adopted upon
motion of Mr.. Newlands Of Nevada, as
follows:
Resolved, That a committee of FIVE
be appointed by the chair to report the
authorities and the law as to the mean
ing OF the term, United States in that
provision Of the Constitution which de-
clares that ali duties on imports and
excuses shall be uniform throughout
the United States l. e., whether it in
cludes simply the area included within
the boundaries of States or whether II
covers also the territories belonging to
the United States"
Chairman Payne appointed Messrs.
Dalzell of Pennsylvania. Grosvenor of
Ohio and Hopkins of Illinois (Republi-
cans), and Messrs. Richardson Demo
craft and Newlands (Sllverite).
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-18

have watched the fre-hghtlng with
some interest, from a purely PROBES
sional standpoint, OF course. The man
ner in which whole blocks nave been
entirely cleared away by the depart
ment without loss in any instance 10
valuable adjoining property, shows
wlat might be accomplished by the ef-
fioient department should a bad FIRE
break out in the thickest part OF the
community. l think Honolulu
is safe in the hands OF her firemen.
The Chief has shown wisdom I'm his
=. ans and ability in their execution"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-18
Lubricating Oils

very freely eight months we
Of machinery to
used
demand has increased that this year
hold hundreds
Machine
Dynamo and Car-box
run
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-01
Neely's EN- bezzlements a
the Very Least $4,000.

Washington, July 25.-The post
master general has made pubic the
report of Fourth Assistant Possmas
ter General Bristow, who investi-
gated the Cuban postal frauds. Mr.
Bristow finds that Neely's embezzle
ments aggregated at least Sl3l,713
and says he was justified in recon-
mending the removal of Director Gen
eral Ratbbone. Whether or not the
latter was guilty with Neely in the
embezzlemepts, he says, there can be
no doubt that 10 the matter of unau
thorized per diem allowances, per
sonal expenditures and warrants
cashed and unaccounted for. be un-
lawfully appropriated to his own use
money from the Cuban revenues, and
for this, Mr. Bristow says, he believes
Mr. Rathbone ahould be required to
answer
The report says there wes no
check whatever on Neely's transac-
tions. From the accounts examined
the report says the minimum OF
Neely's embezziemeuts may be SUM-
married. as follows:
Shortages as Shown by his own
records $50, 500 /; excess Of credit
b. destruction Of surcharged stamps
definitely ascertained S101,ll3: to-
tai sl3l,7l3
This will be increased by the dis.
coyery Of additional sales CT sur
charged stamps. but will net exceed
$50, 600 in :he aggregate
The report says that Rathbone
appointed Neeiy who had custody Of
the stamps. y (! Reeves, she only
can w;.o could have check on
NeeIy's transactions, AID D War'
field. caiei oi the bareau o; reg;stra,
zion, a commission to destroy the
surchargea Gsamps, CT wbica Neely
had received 1922 900. and that
Neely and Eeevea entered into q
conspiracy 10 rep2Tt g larger qaalti'y
Of stamps destroyed thaa were &c
tusliy destroyed But, tie report
says, Neely's fraudulent t7aassctloos
were DOT confined to these enbezz'e
mep.s, and whiIe the amounts were
small compared with tue latter they
show the same official dcpraviiy and
utter disregard of the interests o. the
public service I"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-01

William E. Crrtis. writing to the
Chicago Record. ge1a of this good par,
agrapb Col Bryao's house stands on
tie edge OF the city. modest cottage
neatly painted 10 yellow with tEln-
nipes Of Indian red 1t bears the
rum5er 1925 10 the street. The house
rex: door is number 1921, and wag
gish friend nas suggested to BIN The
advissoiIity Of trading a1nes's With
his 1eie;, 5ors, SO shat the igares OF his
shresbo!d may BE tie snibboieth of his
campaign. IS to l G diagram ul'l
&c furnished eli who 30 not see the
ioae "
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-01

Tae causes ~alcG I'D % 'ns
"Oclcr, .r..: are nov. sao~m % ali
the :. .l.1 Thy are Of record %
B.i.isn SITE pap@fs and la Tie
pse4. o! historians Ua:se accuracy
and tairaes5 aye 5S3on.; Al qaess'o;'
TIE lupo,szt.on 8 o2:a2: i:sto China
has hesn prohibited by s:ie 9ek'n
go-arnre2t s;;acs 1876 The a;us
. .. s;u;sly :a.roduced y Pos'asaese
traae.s vaa sir2ggg!ed overland fron
British India wae:: i was 9go2aeee
in large qualities f;oa. sae poppy,
extensively grown tor tae purpose
The trade, grown 70 Be o9aneh OF
commerce by sea sad al one iiase {.
monopoly Of the English Eas' ladia
company, af,ctward tell almost eaiIre.
" ;ato tie hands CT Bsitisa aeT.
c:aa.s When the atteat;on Of tae
house Of commons was called 70 tae
growing evils Of the trade and the
Efforts made By CANA to. It's suppress
sion, a select committee Of the house
declared that it was iHsdvlsap.e to
abandon an important company.
II 1887 the Chinese government
adopted fresh ana more stringent
policy. It decided on rlgoreusiy
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-01
A Quest,on ID Figures

::so.ns mathematical, hard headed,
practical fellow has reduced the Oh!
nese problem to figures Assuming
t,3s. CHINA IS to be suppressed, he
presents the following facts ior Goa
sida1.tioa
|. is roughly es:instod that the
population Of China IS l0O, ,oo9, Geo
'?ae natural increase is 10000 oGc a
year If the allies will s:a:t IN a;'c
XIII one million Ciliaamcn year Tor
g09 years, there wiz be ,0Go. eos, $50
enmanea, approximately speaking,
70 deal with q, she hegiualng OF the
:.ext can.aev Or, II the normaI
iacrease OF U:;nan:en IS 10000, eos,
sra TIE slice XII ct il o9o, ESQ Q:
thar. or about 35s.as- a d2y, II vii
on,y take i90 yeG1s . ezte7n2anaie
them. # TIE 'um5es oi saot7 iiiad
in pas: vass 5e asei as 54s's lei
calcuiatioa. ,4Go. .G9o ,etel ,ttoo oi az
meaitioa would be le4e'le35 v4'c'',
at - cents eacie, .veaie osy COS; tee
allied aa,ious q zee eassa sta oi
s335. o0o zoe, ESQ 2bese woa;d, O
course. Sc a;her minos l,ams q
expense attendant i2on iE@ cam
palgn
O. 1so.-----
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-01
LaWIessness and Murder
III New Orleans.

New Orleans was viii: w:,n rlotias
siroe las. Tuesday and 5locdy race
var seemed at one tine to be 'creatcc
/ The latest dispatches however s'c:e
peace aud order has been restored
4 com;lets Est Of casualties shous
tSat SIX regroes and six whites ha7e
been killed, End l0 negroes and 20
whites wounded since the s7oaois be-
gan
The beginning OF the :rou5le is stat
ed as follows:
Two suspicious negroes we're hang
iog around quiet oeighboghood and
somebody took the precau'icn to iu-
forc the police Several officers went
to the scene, and Instead Of making
explanations or going TO jail, the
negroes showed fight Pistols we're
sooo in play and Officer Mora was Sc
rious!y shot. One OF the negroes was
arrested but Rooer: Charles, who did
tee shooting, sioce said to be desperate
burglar and ez convia'. got away,
al;housh wounee3 The police organ
ized pursuing party aud succeeded il
locating the sagi,;ve Captain John 7
Day, commanding toe precinct, led a
posse Of police to this shacty ard 'riei
to reach the refugee by dark alley
leaaus TO IL They carried lanterns
aod we're essiiy dis;io gulshed and when
they got close enough Charles opened
FIRE with Winchester. killing Captain
Day aud keeping up the fusilade until
the captain bad five "ouods IN hlR. a
ncgress opened the doc: OF so adjoining
room and told the police 20 jump 10 as
Charles had rifles aod ammuo;sico and
an imp7egoab!c posi,ior. They obey
cd, ,biuklae to h,ld Charles in Dis
quarters uDtii help or daylight came.
Officer Lamb was the last OF the three
survivors to attempt 10 reach shelter,
after emptyiog his revolver 10 The
direction of the negro, and Charles
reached ors and dropped him with
bullet behind the ear. Nearly an hour
elapsed before reirfo-cements came and
these were placed around the block to
prevent escape. 1t was then discovered
that Charles had already left the room,
though shot at the pickets told that
be was 10 the neigbborhood.
Thousands of people gathered around
the scene of the shooting aud, lacking
victim or other excitement proposed
vengeance on the property and on the
negroes 10 the hovels around. The
police promptly quelled the disturbance
and Jailed number, bu. the guard had
to be Increased.
To suppress ibis lawleasness c''i-
zens' police force of over 1000 men
was organized by the mayor, wbict
with the State militia bad apparently
restored peace aod order, when on Fri
day afserooon sao desperate negro,
Robert Charles, whose crimes caused
tie terrible events oi the previous two
DAYS, vas located 10 a negro's dwelling
ou Saratoga Street, aod ID efec'lng bis
capture ne lives Of four Thite meu-
two oiice officers aud two citizens
were aeri6ced.
Charles resistance cost hin his !lIe
and With aim was killed a negro COM
paoion wbo Tad aided him 10 his var
on the whites aud his defiance of the
aushorities The fresh violence revived
the turbulence of the unruly element
aud added strength to their forces.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-01
More Beney0IeIice.
Mckinley Buying Two hIore
Islands OF the SuIu Group.

Madrid, July 2-The cabinet is
considering the proposition OF the
United States government Tor the
cession of the islsads Of Cibi1u and
Kaiagayou in consideration OF al Ia
demnity of 100000 Tie ministry
regards the proposition favoTably !;
the negotiations for a treaty Of accord
between the two governments are
proceeding rapidly.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-01

Washington, july 81 Arrange
ments have practically been com
pleted for the purchase from Spain
by the United States of the islands
of Cibitu and Cagayen, which were
left in Spanish possession by the
treaty of Paris, although part of the
Philippine archipelago The purchase
price was not made public
These islands lie without the
boundaries Of the Philippine archi-
pelago IS laid down in the Paris
treaty Of peace After lengthy ne.
gotia,ions the United States deter
mined to buy out Span's rights 70
them.
Oue important consideration in the
negotiations was the desirabi!ity CT
excluding any European power from
the possession Of the islands for use
as naval station, which would con-
stitute constant menace to the Uni
ted States sovereignty. There ;s
reason to believe that schemes of
that kind already have been pat adoat
which are now to be thwarted
The two islands are Insignificant in
area and thinIy populated, probably
containing from Six 10 eight thousand
people in all Cibitu is long, mar
row island, IA miles in length by 2
across
Cagayen is about the same area,
FIVE miles by eight, with mountains
reaching in height LOO feet 1t is
the largest Of q half dozen tiny islets
known as the Cagayen Sulu group.
and owing allegiance to the Sultan of
Sulu. It's chief products are cotton,
sugar and similar tropical products
Both the islands are said to be main
ly valuable for their pearl and shell
fisheries.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-08-01

Good haz.mooSs cheap-be,ter ones to' d
little mo-e--a. &. G. Oa.een & Co.'S.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1900-09-25
new INDUSTRIES IN
SOUTHERN STATES
Many Enterprises Reported
During the Past Week.
PROGRESS IN ALL LINES

Several Large Manufacturing Concerns
Launched-New Coal Fields to Bs
Opened In Alabamaand Tennessee.
Furnaces to sumo Operations.
CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 24-The more
important Of the new industries re-
ported by The Tradssnan during the
week ended Sept %, are the following:
An asphalt company in Arkansas an
acetylene company in Tennessee; coal
mines in Texas and West Virginia; cot
tonseed oil mills in Georgia and Missis-
sippi, and $4,000 plant, burned, to
be rebuilt at Houston, Tex; cotton mills
in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina;
a 100000 canal and irrigation plant at
Beaumont, Tex; coffin factory in
Georgia; cooperage works in Kentucky;
a chair factory in East Tennessee,
$50, 900 canning and fertilizer factory at
Gulfport, Miss; cigar factory in Flor
ida; an electric light and power plant in
Georgia; Touring mills in Alabama,
Louisiana, kentucky AMI Tennessee; a
furniture factory in NorGh Carolina; a
$50, 900 hardware company at Gaines
vile, Fla; an ice factory in Virginia;
knitting mills in Alabama and Georgia;
lumber mills in Alabama, Georgia, Lou
isiana and South Carolina; mining
company in Arkansas; a moss factory in
Florida; natural gas and oil develop
ment in West Virginia; a shoe factory
at Savannah, Ga. a salt company in
Texas; stone quarries in Georgia; stave
factory in Louisiana; a sash and door
factory in Georgia; telephone compa-
MES at Atlanta, Ga, Hamlet, N. c.,
and Honey Grove, Tex; waterworks at
Augusta, Ga, Luray, Va, and St.
Mary's. w. Va.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1900-09-25
STRIKE is STILL SPREADING.
Every Mine From Mahoney City to
Ashland Tied Up.


SHENANDOAH, Pa, Sept. "a. - The
promise of protection by the state troops
failed to encourage the mine workers OF
this district, who expressed desire to
continue to work and the strike is more
extensive today than at any other time
since the strike was inaugurated.
Messages received from various towns
in the region announce that every mine
from Mahoney City to Ashland, inciud-
ing the latter place, Is closed. 1t is es-
timated that fully $4,000 men, employed
principally by the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron company and the
Lehigh Valley Coal company, are now
on strike and indications point to q con-
tinuance of the tieup.
Early this morning five battalions OF
infantry and one troop of cavalry pro-
ceeded to the outskirts Of the town and
marched along the roads leading TO
the various mines. They met win. hnt-
few strikers and the number Of employees
willing to work was still less.
General Goblin remained at his head
quarters during the day awaiting re-
ports from his troops. Later he drove
through the mining district and found
everything quiet.
Company B of the Fourth regiment
is acting provost guard today and the
soldiers are patrolling the city from end
to end.
The Lattimer mines were reported TO
be tied up, but the mine officials there
say their colliery is working as usual
with only 30 men short out of LOO.
Today was expected to witness either
a big break among the strikers or the
going out Of large additional number
of mine workers, but neither happened.
Reports were received here from most
of the mining towns that there were no
big gains or losses on either side.