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lLOUGTHE
WHARVES
There Was Little Do
ing On the Front
Yesterday.
But THREE STEAMERS DEPARTED
TIE PILIEIA or THE BossUET
THREATENS DIRE Re
SUITS.
Captain Rodd OF The Dominion
thought the 0. R s. L. Tracks
Were Washed Away
Harbor Notes.
But THREE STEAMERS DEPARTED

49, fAST airht the harbor lookei
I gerg empty as far as ships
went There was nothing
ia Naval Row except La
Paloms Of the lighthouse
I'LL. and The bunch OF old JUNK
and the steamer Helene at
s.e a.es end 81 the harhor. An the is
iaaa aset with The exception OF the He.
i add Hawaii we're away and the
CREATE. number Of vessels discharging and
lar.i.- were 80 the Railroad wharf.
I- the Gay there were no arrivals
lHa hsaUhou. Eclipse and Kauai were
t an.y departures They all took biz
,- and the Kauai was quite late n
lsar as she had TO go to the Railroad
n.s. TO e, two big barges which she
took 14 deck 10 Kauai. They VIA e
El .Y discharge coal onto and will De
q sra, advantage over the old way Of
s.kls and landing in boats along the
osa#t
The Hawaii VIII sail today for Kihei
and iauakua ports. She is Caking soure
tg heavy pipes TO be used in the shaft
c.e a- Kihei and which is now down
nearly 400 feet Captain Nicholson If
la laval Is a firm believer in the Hi
D.. lantation and says the more he sees
az E the more he knows it is all right
lie has samples OF the Kihei water
which be- 90; himself and it is certainly
enc water and Us sweet as the drinking
1FHfs- here in Honolulu. The big pipes
winch are being loaded on the Hawaii
are extremely strong being built of
small sheets Of iron and double riveted
Today the steamers from the other is
SAND. viii begin TO arrive and make
things lively on the front The Waia-
's'r aad >iihnu from Kauai and the
Noeau from Hamakua are due early this
morning. The kinau and Zealandia are
due today, but il is probable that only
the Hilo liner will be in, rs the Shriners
viii have lot 10 do to see Hilo in one
DAP and may not be in till Monday
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win He Expirer

Tue whole United States is liable 10
to enibroiled in diplomatic difficulty
with the Republic of France and all on
account Of a sick sen captain Accord
aux TO friends of the captain in aues-
ron. Collector Stackable stands goci
show Of being branded as an assassin
and the Revised Statutes of the Unitei
States as the weapon with which the
official does the deed
II SEEMS that the captain of the French
hark RoSsuet. who IS sick in the hos
pital gets bat $500 year as salary.
lie must pIngle IN $1,000 in good
broad sold Of the realm before he can
clear his vessel - she can proceed 70
her destination. This is where all the
trouble lies. The French consul. N
PoitierS. thinks that bis government wilt
rot cake kindly to the tine imposed BY
the collector. chevalisr Joe Lucas. Who
is helping his good friend. Captaine I.er-
,loiaee de Ia hargae Bossuet. Says th'S
Slsckahle is treating his sick friend
with great lnhunAnity and that the inn
position of the fine viii surely cause him
10 expire.
TIE law is no respector Of persons and
slle collector does not see how the tine can
l.c e,aded and is CERTAIN that II il 10 not
paid The Bossnet cannot elear. and If she
does sail without clearing she will be
sied mp upon arriving a, any American
port
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Shipping Notes.

Captain Merry has given W. III.
Hoogs permission to build coal scale
with capacity of twenty tons on the
naval lot on Allen street, near the new
Navy docks.
The men who were instrumental IN
saving the two railroad barges were given
$50 by Superintendent George Dennis N
of the o. X. < l.. Co. yesterday.
II. G. Morse, mate of the Fort George.
and Mate Crosby OF the Irmgard have
snapped berths. Young Morse is SOD
of Captain Morse of the Fort George
and has been with him at sea several
years
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Captain Rodd Fooled.

Somebody put up a job on genial Cap
tain Rood OF the bark Dominion, which
Is 90 the Railroad wharf After the biz
food of Tuesday night joker told the
tSipper that the railroad track was all
washed away just out OF town and he.
thinking this TO be a fact, concluded
that il would be- good time to hail
90 one Of the uptown wharfs and take
ballast. lie accordingly moved his vessel
0u Wednesday morning bright and early.
thinking that as the road was blocked
il was no need waiting for cars. He
had no sooner got away from the wharf
th8n train of empty cars was backed
up go take coal. but il was too late and
tbe Dominion went to get her ballast
y Yesterday she hauled back to the Rail
road wharf and in hauling nearly go5
into sorionS pilikia, as one of her lines
parted and she began TO swing down on
rae bunch of old vessels in rotten row.
Au anchor was let go just in time to
keep her from colliding with the Sc
bastian Bach aud Luka and she was fin
ally got alongside the wharf without
the assistance OF the Eleu. which As
Sista1t Harhor Master Friis had sent
ia her aid. When she was alongside it
was found thar several thousand sacks
Of sugar were piled on the wharf. which
would prevent her working coal until
y l. Co.'S wharfnger. Frank Berg
x J. Cos wharhnger. Frank Bres-
sirom. there has been considerable of a
msx-up on the Railroad wharf. which
accounts Tor the sugar being in the
way The Dominion still has abou,
'aM tons Of cool to discharge and viii
ge, away for the Sound about the mid
ole of next week.
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Hawaiian Navigation Co.
GASOLINE soHooNERs.

Surprise sails from Honolulu every
ten days to Lahaina and Maizena,, Maui,
aud all the Kons ports of Hawaii. Al
ternating Tuesdays or Fridays with
lnter-Islsnd Steamers, this gives Kons
5 day service
Eclipse sails from Honolulu as soon
as possible after arrival for Kauai
ports, Koloa, Eleele, Hanapepe, Msks-
we'll. Waimea and Kekaha.
The vessels carry freight and psssen-
gers and insure quick dispatch.
For further information apply to the
agents.
NJ. W. McCHESNEY & SONS,
Queen Street : :: /: Honolulu
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70 persons who will begin
the erection Of houses within
so days. we viii make special
inducements in the matter of
transportation of building
material over our railway.
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We can recommend this
property as being especially
desirable and attractive to
persons seeking choice loca-
tons for homes OF moderate
cost.
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DEPARTED.
Friday. October 10.

FRIDAY, Uctober 10.
Stmr Kauai, Bruhn, for Eleele aud
Waimea.
Stmr keauhou. Mosher, for Anahola.
Hanamaulu and Koloa.
Gas sch Eclipse, Townsend, for La
haina. Kihei. Maizena, and Kona ports.
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TO SAIL TODAY.

Stmr Hawaii, Nicholson, for Kihei.
Paauhau. Kukaiau, Ookala, Laupahoe-
hoe. Papaloa Hakalau, Honokaa ana
Pepeekeo at p. IN.
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Diamond Head Signal Station. Oct. -.
10 p Ia--weathsr cloudy: wind high ::
northeast
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ARRIVED.

Friday. October 10.
o. X O. $. S. Gaelic, Finch, from
China and Japan.
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Attractions.

Located on high ground.
excellent scenic aud marine
views are to be had from al
lots, and being upon the line
of our Electric Railway. pow
er and electric lighting plants.
ready transportation and cleo
trio lighting can be secured
at very reasonable rates.
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Water will be supplied at
the rate Of $500 per year
for each lot or at less than
city prices-from our Pacific
Heights water system.
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KISDON IRON AND LOCOMOTIVE
!. WORKS. San Francisco, Cal.
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MOVEMENTS OF srKAMERs.

Steamers due and 70 sail for the mex
THIRTY days are as follows:
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Low Prices,
Good Terms.


On MONDAY. October LIST.
we will begin the sale Of
these lots upon following
prices. terms and conditions:
Prices Of lots range from
$500 to $3.50 each accofding
to size and loeati0n. One
fourth cash at date Of sale.
balance in installments and
at terms to suit purchasers.
The evening times., 1900-03-10

the expletive rats" conveys no mean
ing whatever to the mind, and there are a
dozen other expressions Of disgust or in
credulity, sanctioned by time and usage
which are just as good for all practical
purposes. 1t is possible that the verb Ito
hike" meaning to march hurriedly
through jungle or rough country, may be-
come part of common speech as our SOL
diers return from the Philippines; that is
fair example of the kind of military
slang which sometimes becomes good En-
glish. Political slang also has a reason
able chance of becoming classic, and at
present it looks as if Ito have a pull
were on the road to respectability, along
with the people concerned in the opera
tion described. Some slang, no one can
quite tell why, is condemned from rhe be-
ginning of its existence, by association
with the "Artie" and Min" type of being.
The youth who wears audibly striped
linen, and the girl who chews gum in pub
lie, will ruin even good English if they
take fancy to use it, much more bit
of colloquialism of dubious parentage.
They have spoilt more than one beautiful
strain of music, or graceful fashion, by
making it common past all endurance.
The evening times., 1900-03-10
SENATE NIGHT SESSION.
Five statesmen Listen to the Alaskan
Government Bill.

Five Senators assembled last night in the
Senate Chamber in order 10 see that the
constitutional requirement of having every
bill read in full was fairly carried out in
the case of the large volume entitled A
bill making further provision for civil
government for Alaska.
The bill fills over 500 pages. and consists
largely of the statutes of Oregon modified
and made applicable to Alaska. which is
not designated a territory but district.
under the rule of Governor appointed by
the President of the United States.
The Committee on Territories. with Mr..
Carter of Montana taking the leading part.
had devoted much time and industry to the
preparation of the measure, had given
hearings to the Governor, prominent citi-
zens. lawyers, and others having knowledge
of the subject, and had formulated a meas
ure which il hoped TO see become a law at
the present session and this is why il was
necessary to have some night sessions at
which the bill was TO be read in extenso
and no other business transacted. The
first of these sessions was held last night.
when 145 pages of the bill were read be-
tween the hours of and 11:30.
When the hour of meeting came there
were five Senators who had sufficiently
strong sense of public duty to put in ap-
pearance These were Messrs. Kean of New
Jersey. Warren of Wyoming, Shoup and
Heitfeld of Idaho, and Bate Of Tennessee.
The last three are members OF the Commit
tee on Territories, Mr.. Shoup being its
chairman Mr. Kean presided last night.
There wore a few hundred spectators in the
galleries. but the spectacle was not enliv-
ening or attractive, and most OF them grad
ualIy withdrew, evidently realizing that
their time might be more agreeably en-
ployed elsewhere.
The regular custom is. in the case of
lengthy bills. for the reading clerk to skip
page after page and thus get through the
performance in an incredibly short time
But Mr.. Bate was on hand for the express
purpose of preventing such a mockery and
elusion of the constitutional requirement.
With spectacles on nose and with the VOL
ume before him, he occupied a front seat
and followed the reading carefully and
Systematically as if he were proofreader
in a newspaper office.
There was no chance of dropping a line
much less a paragraph so long as he was
at his post After the clerks had been
reading about an hour some sort of induce
ment was brought to bear to get Mr. Bate
out of the chamber: and it was hoped that
the opportunity had come to get through
the bill by large jumps but he soon came
back and the humdrum monotonous chant
ing of the clerk went on, at the rate of
thirty or forty pages to the hour And so
the night session eventually came to a
close with less than half the bill read.
The evening times., 1900-03-10
GETTYSBURG PARK GROWING.
Greatly Enlarged and BeautiHed
During the Year Past.

GETTYSBURG Pa March 10.-The an
nual report of the Gettysburg National
Military Park Commission for 1899 shows
that several handsome monuments were
erected on the battlefield. and that many
of the positions have been marked with
suitable tablets within the past year.
Since the last report OF the commission
an avenue along the battle lines Of the
First Army Corps. on the field of the first
DAYS battle has been constructed. The
main section is called Reynolds Avenue.
but three minor sections have been named.
respectively Wddsworth. Doubleday and
Robinson Avenues The two parts OF
SickIes Avenue. which were previously dis
connected have been united by construct
ing an avenue along what is known
Wheatdeld Road.
There is also being constructed and now
nearly completed. an avenue one-half mile
in length from Spangler'S Spring around
the southwestern slope and base Of Culp's
Hill along the line on which the Union
forces formed on the morning of July 8
for the struggle to recover their works oc-
cupied bv the COnfederates the previous
evening The land purchased by the COM
mission this year amounts 70 l9i.S9 acres.
costing s11,741.
a proof of the great and general inter-
est felt by people in the Gettysburg Bat
tlefieId is the fact that g 1000 vehicles. car
rying %. 600 tourists, passed over Hancock
Avenue in a single month last year
The evening times., 1900-03-10
STRIKE IN CUMBERLAND.
RAILWAY Muchinists Demand a Uni
form Rate of WHgeS.

CUMBERLAND. Md. March 10.-Tne
machintsts at the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad shops in South Cumberland struck
yesterday afternoon for an advance in pay
and a uniform rate Of wages. The men
have been receiving from 81 to s2-25 day.
A few days ago a demand was made for
an increase to $3.50 for all journeymen.
Mechanical Superintendent J. y. Barr and
Assistant Mechanical Superintendent z. 7.
White came to Cumberland and held a
lengthy conference with the grievance
committee. 1t is said the officials offered
$2.35 a day and free transportation over
the line east Of the Ohio River. The COM
mittee would not accept the terms untn
the entire force was consulted. A hurried
meeting was held and the men agreed 10
accept the S2G5 and transportation. but
when the committee reported this thc7
were informed that the offer was witn-
drawn
Notice was given the officials that un-
less they agreed by o'clock to the $3.50
a-day rate or the 1926 day and trans
portation they would strike. A telegram
was sent to the general manager. but, as
no answer was received at O'Clock. all
the men except four very old ones who
were afraid of losing their jobs and their
insurance. marched out in an orderly man
ner and went to their hall. where another
secret meeting was held
The men are sanguine Of success and
believe the matter viii BE- adjusted salts
afCtoriiy today.
The steel-mili mJchinists are still out
and it is thought that if the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad grants the advance
asked the steeI-milI people will quickly
follow The men are quiet and no trOubls
whatever IS anticipated. The railroad is
busy.
A meeting OF the Elk Lick region coal
oprators. the most OF whom reside in Bal
timore and representatives Of the stfik-
ing miners took place Thursday. and ii IL
thought an early settlement Will result.
All the miners are out except those at
Riverton The strikers number about l.5o0.
The Elk Lick miners are included in the
advance Of 10 cents to be given the Cum
berIand miners on April l. This raises the
miners TO - cents a ton and
the Elk Lick miners 10 30 cents The lat
ter are striking for the differential.
The evening times., 1900-03-10
The Making of Good English.

People who use slang may comfort
themselves with the thought that in a
hundred years or thereabouts, when they
are dead and buried their favorite words
will be not only popular but in good form.
Investigating the literary history of the
mast. some one has discovered that a
hundred and fifty years ago fun a word
of Irish origin. was considered shocking
Iv low" Mob" was also a word which
mo seIf-respecting gentleman would
use" and ''humbug" also came under the
ban of polite society.
We know that even in a short time
slang words may be Incorporated into the
language and made dignifed. This is
especially true of those which come from
some foreign language-sailors' and
soldiers slang. brought from lands where
they have seen service" During the
next five or ten years the American
language is likely to be enriched by a
number of words of Spanish derivation.
But it generally takes one generation. at
least. TO make a word respectable, and
sometimes it takes as long to naturalize
a new phrase as it is said to take to
evolve a gentleman.
There is a curious analogy between
language and those who. use it. The
growth of a nation and the making of its
mother-tongue are governed by very much
the same laws. The speech of the peo-
pie reflects their character. A new word
will be adopted into the language just as
a new type of man becomes part of the
national life.
The words which are thus adopted are
generally those which are needed. When
a slang word or phrase is useful to ex-
press some idea. it becomes part of the
language II it voices no meaning. but is
simply a catchword of the day, ii falls
into disuse. Sometimes slang word is a
useful synonym, expressing a shade of
thought never quite expressed before.
Fun for example, does not mean quite
the same as amusement, or recreation. or
humor, or wit, or jollity. or any of the
other words which are almost its
SYNONYMS II filed a vacancy.
The trouble with the slang of the day
which remains slang, and is forgotten in
due time, is that it does not do this. 1t is
used by the indolent or ilfiterate as a sort
of verbal factotum. The ideas which 1t ex
presses could be embodied quite as well in
correct and less colloquial form. 1t is SIM
ply meaningless iteration of a phrase Of
all-work.
There may be chance, for example.
that the expression rubber neck will be
incorporated into American speech There
is a humorous flavor about it. and it pic
lures for US the aimless, vacant stare and
neck-craning attitude of the congenltal Gu
riosity-seeker as perhaps no other combi-
nation of words does. On the other hand,
The evening times., 1900-03-10
A NEW MILITARY POST.
for the Establishment
of One at Galveston.

The Secretary of War is preparing to
have a new military post established at
Galveston, Texas, and has issued the fol-
lowing order regarding it:
by direction of the Secretary of War.
a board of officers to consist of Lieut.. Col
Cyrus S. Roberts, Thirteenth Infantry:
Major Charles B. Thompson, quartermas-
ter, Volunteers: Capt Erasmus NJ Weav-
er. jr, First Artillery; Capt. Charles s.
Richie. Corps of Engineers, and First
Lieut. Thomas ". Winston, First Artfl-
lery, will meet at Galveston, Texas. on
March Is, or as soon thereafter as prac-
ticable. for the purpose of investigating
and reporting upon the acquisition of ad-
ditional land at City Beach. Galveston,
Texas. as a site for a garrison at that
point. under such further instructions as
may be communicated to the board by the
Adjutant General of the Army"
The evening times., 1900-03-10
TRIBUTE TO EDWIN FORREST.
A Tablet Placed ON the Tragedian's
Former Home.

PHILADELPHIA. March 10.-A bronze
tablet, in commemoration of the birth of
Edwin Forrest, the tragedian, was placed
on the front OF the great actors former
home, Broad and Master Streets, yester-
day. The building is at present occupied
by the School Of Design for Women. and
the idea of placing the tablet on the house
originated with those interested in the
school, II was thought that some mark
should be placed on the home OF Ameri
cas- greatest tragedian, so that visitors
to the city may notice it.
The tablet bears the following inscrip
ton: This house was the residence of
Edwin Forrest the greatest tragedian OF
his time" Those who have given this
memorial are: Daniel Baugh, James III.
Windrim, Stephen Green. James Pollock,
William l.. Elkins, Thomas DOlan, George
W. Hall. Edward J. Matthews, and Ferdi-
nand J. Dreer
Yesterday was the ninetyfourth ami
versary Of Forests birth, he having been
born on March 9. 1906 He died in Philadel-
phia on December 2, 1872. The house at
Broad and Master was left by him as
home for aged actors and actresses, but
when the home was moved to Holmesburg,
the School Of Design leased the building.
The evening times., 1900-03-10
a NexH school of Fiction.

During the last fifteen or twenty years
the achievements of certain writers of tic
tion, belonging to what may be called the
ultra modern school, have caused old-fash
ioned book lovers to wonder silently il
their brains were giving way, or if there
was really a flaw of some sort in these
romances. Remembering the anathemas
which have been hurled at all new writers
who opposed an old and we'll l-established
school, they have been slow to condemn
with violence. and have conscientiousiy
tried to see the reason for certain phe-
nomena to be observed in modern fiction.
The leader of the new school is alleged
to be Mr. Stephen Crane, who regards
words very much as scraps of silk are re-
gsrded by the maker of a crazy-quilt. He
sees everything in color. mans emo
tions are purple" and a womans laugh
has violet ripples' in it; and the men
and women in Mr.. Cranes stories go about,
figuratively, clothed like the participants
in a stage cake walk Before one of his
heroines succeeds in betrothing herself to
the man of her choice she is a perfect
rainbow of mingled red, yellow, and blue
feelings.
The distinguishing characteristic of this
new school. however. is not the use of
psychological color photography. So far as
its basic principle can be defined it is the
lack of intelligibility. Here. for example,
is a stray paragraph from current maga-
zine:
IN his sitting room. the taot conniyanoe OF the
inauimatc had centred the lamplight pho
tugraph OF AleXa Trent. placed. in obligatory
silver frame, just where. a memory ottciously
reminds him. Margaret Aubyn's picture Lad long
thToEcd IN It's stead
OF course. it is possible to find out what
this sentence means. The author must
have known what he meant when he wrote
it. and if the thoughtful reader will take
it, and dissect it. and pick out the snarIs
and reduce it to lowest terms. and find
the greatest common divisor he will dis
cover that somehow or other a girls pic
ture had gotten into the place where an
other girls picture used to be. in mans
room. 1t is good mental exercise to do
all this. of course. and If people must have
their brains drilled in some artificial way.
such a paragraph may have its uses. But
it really seems as il one might get quite
as much discipline out of studying the
grammar of the Choctaw language. Such
a course of literary training would fit the
student to be an Indian agent, at any
rate. while it is doubtful whether the mas
terry of literature composed of paragraphs
like the one quoted would be of any prac-
teal use whatever.
The long and short of the whole matter
is. that involved and obscure language
seems to pass for rhetoric with some of
the writer's of today. They appear to think
that to tell story in plain. obvious Eng
lish is beneath their dignity.