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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-23

II IL rather absurd for Democratic
paper like the Independent to urge the
Hawaiians to support its ticket and tell
them at the same time that they are
treated In the States as badly as ne
groes. Who treats them badly there?
Are they not the Southern Democrats
and their Northern allies? Who but
the Tillman Democrats OF the South
have drawn the color line and threat
ened. as Tillman did In his magazine
article. to apply II to the natives Of
Hawaii7 Who but Democrats have
passed laws providing separate church.
go and schools and street cars for men
OF color? What party stood for the
slavery OF men not white? In Repub-
lican states Hawailans go and come
without insult providing they behave
themselves and meet no radical Demo-
Gratis: in Democratic States they are
classed as negroes and treated as such
by everybody but Republicans. Not
wlthstanding all this. the senior Demo-
cratic organ OF Hawaii tells them. by
implication. that they should vote the
Democratic ticket because OF the Am
erican Democratic color line.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-23
THEY MIXED
THE WOMEN UP
Sensational Details in the Defen'
bachs Insurance Fraud
Case.

CHICAGO, Oct 1.-THE Tribune says
Irene Spicer was the stenographer
whose death took place suddenly on
train bound for California. Ofhcials OF
the detective agency, who are probing IN
TO the Defenbachs' insurance plot THINK
tho Snicer death came from natural
causes.
In connection with the Spicer case, SUI
lperintendent Soule of the detective agency
relates a strange story
Miss Spicer. ii has been learned, was
not only a friend of F. Wayland Brown,
but was also an intimate acquaintance OF
Miss Defenbachs. The two young women
were both about the same height ana
weight and their features were so simi-
lar that yesterday when the photo OF
Miss Defenbach was shown people VINO
had been acquainted with Miss Spicer
they were for a time inclined to believe
the picture that of the latter young wom-
an. This likeness between the two young
women is believed to have been made use
of in getting life insurance on Miss Spi-
Ger as il is believed that the young wom-
en- many times exchanged names in a jok-
ing manner, each passing herself OFF to
be the other Whether this insurance has
been issued will be investigated today.
Miss Spicer, whose fate became linked
with that of Marie Defenbachs', came tc
Chicago six years ago from Albert Lea
MINI.
Miss Ethel johnson, who had acted as
stenographer for f. Wayland Brown, Is
not dead, as has been reported. Detect
ives of the Central Station have located
the girl at Lockport, Ind, where she has
been married to a Chicago travelling man
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-23
THE TRUSTS FIRST MOVE.

To quiet public clamor the plumbing
trust has apparently decided to sell
goods at retail. for n short time, to any
conner. Yesterday this paper was able
TO buy plumbing wares in small quanti-
ties. though, but a short time ago. Pc
ter High was refused material for the
plumbing OF a house by two leading
concerns. the managers Of which told
him they had agreed with the Plumb
ers' Union not TO sell TO customers out
side the combine. IL Is the evident
hope OF the trust, In letting wares go at
retail for n while. TO discredit the state
ment that IL discriminates between its
patrons and thus create a revulslon OF
public opinion In It's favor.
The Advertiser f. anxious to see how
much the trust will stand in the way OF
purchases and II takes the liberty OF
advising non-Union plumbers to go at
once and see IL they can get large or
ders filed at n price within their reach.
IL Is possible that the trust will agree
20 sell to any one but will make the
price twice az big TO the outsider as to
the insider. II 80 the Advertiser wants
70 know II as soon as possible: IL on the
other hand the price Is even. then there
Is n chance for nom Union plumbers to
get hold OF enough material to smash
the trust by competition. In either
case the trust must 30.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-23
ANNUAL Meeting.

THE ANNUAL MEETING or r,,r
shareholders Of the Pacific s,par MN
VIII be held at the office of F a
Schaefer & Co.. on Thursday. October
25th. at 10 a. m.
bSso w. LAM. Secretary.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-23
THE JOURNEYMEN PLUMBERS.

4 JOurneyman plumber, In talking
with one of the Advertisers staff the
other night, said that this paper had
dealt with the plumbing issue in thor
ough knowledge of the inside workings
OF the trust. save In one particular.
The Journeyman. he said. lis not a
member Of the trust but its victim. He
gets 81 n day for work which pays
his employer from $50 to $50 per day;
and II IL were not for the trust he
could buy material and take independ-
ent jobs for himself and make, say, $40
or SIS per day. This would pay him
handsomely and save 50 per cent or
more TO the customer on the scale Of
trust prices. OF course the journeyman
hasn't much to say; ne wants to keep
his bread and butter: but ne will secret
ly rejoice at anything the Advertiser
may do TO destroy the plumbing COM
bine. He objects. however. TO being
called part of It,"
III this Is the actual position Of the
journeyman plumber the Advertiser
welcomes him as an ally and pledges
Itself TO do all II can to get him a fair
To put plumbing into a house under pay
OF n master plumber he knows enough
TO put II In a house under pay Of the
owner without the intervention of a
middleman. In common with the pub
lie this Journal wants him to have a
chance TO do plumbing at a fair price
without let or hindrance.
Another thing: IL 3ourneyman plumb
ers will put the Advertiser in the way
Of freah Testimony 4. yo{,g. H. 800
lions Of the trust, the fact will be treat
ed conhdentially so far as they are in
dividuclly concerned. The more evi.
dence In hand the sooner the time will
come to smash a swindling monopoly
and make the plumbing business fire,
to every qualified mechanic.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-23
Upton has all the Pork.

LONDON, oct. 11.-Sir Thomas Lip
ton was questioned today in regard to
the pork corner and said:
TT is a fact that j control today
practically all the pork in the United
States. 1 have no intention of raising
the price to an 'exorbitant degree. /
am perfectly satisfied to make a fair
profit out of the deal and shall do all
possible to avoid causing serious trou-
BILE to those who sold short. In fact,
let some go the other day, in order to
save a few threatened failures"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-23

The extortionate plumbing bill, by
raising the cost of putting up house.
adds to the rent that a third party
must pay. Every man, woman and
child In Honolulu, not connected with
the ring, suffers from it's exactions.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-23

II Is high time for the Board OF
Health to get plumbing inspector who
does not enjoy the united support Of
the members OF the plumbing trust.
The usefulness OF Duffy to the public
has passed. He does not need the place
and II he did. and lost 1t, even the
plumbing trust would hardly be base
enough to let him starve.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-23

The public Is waiting. gentlemen of
the Board Of Health, to have you
amend or rescind the plumbing regula-
tons that give the trust Its chance to
hold up the house
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-23

When the plumber calls "hands-up,"
keep those hands in your pocket. Let
the next move be the jury's.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-23

The new battleship Wisconsin is at
Santa Barbara. ready for her speed
test
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-23

FOR DELEGATE IN CONGRESS-
SAMUEL PARKER.
FOR SENATOR'S
HENRY wATERHoUSE,
GEORGE II. CARTER,
CLARENCE L. CRABBE.
CECIL BROWN.
W. c. ACHI.
FRANK PAHIA-
FOR REPRESENTATIvES-
l.. l.. MCANDLESS.
j. l.. KAULUKOU,
ENoCH JOHNSON.
JOHN LANE,
III. Il. HITCHCOCK.
w. J. COELHO.
A. G. NJ. ROBERTSON.
J. w. KEIKI,
WILLIAM AYLETT,
A. +. GILFILLAN,
WILLIAM II. HOOGS.
JONAH KUMALAE
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-08

PitiabIe Plight OF Pettigrew. TILL
man md Allen.
Idaho Statesman.


In some portions OF the West there Is
a plant called loco weed" IL horse
browses on this plant he becomes TO
coed" and is thereafter a very unreliable
beast. When hitched in a team he begins
to plunge and the teamster can never tell
what extremes he will not go 20. It al
ways being certain that he win never pull
steadily but always try 10 20 OFF on n
tangent.
There must he a political loco plant also.
judging from the performances OF some
OF our statesmen. Pettigrew got heavy
dose OF the noxious plant somewhere and
has bad case OF loco. Hale must have
bitten off a few sprigs and be suffering
for his temerity. Tillmsn probably grazed
on the, weed while in South Carolina, for
he has manifested the symptoms ever
since he landed in Washington. Allan
seems 10 be affected In the same way.
having no doubt partaken OF the plant in
Nebraska. Hoar also got locoed some
how. and there are some other senator's
that seem 10 have been too near the dan
gerous plant. In the house there are A
number affected IN the same way,
The secretary Of agriculture should he
empowered TO make an investigation with
the view Of Graduating the weed
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-08
DEMOCRACY. WHAT Is ITf
Nondescrfpt Party Led by Two Po-
hticnI ChRngelings.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat

~ iSouiS tflODe-Dem0Crat.
When an impartial survey is mad. p,
current events In the political world a
doubt arises concerning the existence ~
a Democratic party. Bryan is already n
Popufst nominee for the presidency ana
on rabid greenback platform. His RIM.
ming mate. Towne. was a Republican nm
TO the silver campaign Of 1896 The So
called Democratic national convention
may reject Towne. but II will be with ,ba
understanding that n consolation prixe
snail be provided in tho cabinet or
among the foreign ambassadors A sim.
lar popularity is to be seen in eonrress
Democrats do not lead in debate on the
opposition side. 1t IL Allen, the PopuIist
or Pettisrew. who seeded from the Re
publican party along with Teller. TIM,
speaks Tor what is called the Democracy
Populists at Sioux Falls have anticina,cd
the Democratic platform Democrats
senator's and governors in the Northern
states have dwindled almost to the zero
mark The one Democratic ex-president
and his leading associates are cornpletelv
out OF touch with the party as now con
Quoted.
What may be called the Democratic
machinery is still in existence. But who
are running III Certainly the Democrats
OF 1882 or any previous year ara not Al
the helm. Populists do the talking and
cut out the work. A question arises n. ,o
the continued existence OF the Democrat
ic party II may be moribund. or catalep-
tic, or simply In "A state OF torpor through
TRANSMISSION OF Populist blood Once An
drew Jackson was It's spokesman. Now
Pettigrew II its oracle IN the senate Bry-
an toilies a little squad OF Democrats in
Nebraska and then whoops up a coliseum
fun OF Populists in the same town
Towne is posing az Democratic Barkts
Allen coaches Bryan on delicate political
points, II viii puzzle the Democratic par
~ TO prove that q Is alive. The name
survives. bat the organization Itself IL
either In the graveyard or snoring away
the years somewhere in Sleepy Hollow.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-08
Remaining Mount Rainier.

AE0fIA news
The News offers the suggestion that n
distinguished citizen OF the state of
Washington-a pioneer on the Pacific
coast-be honoTed, and that Mount Ia
coma be- hereafter known a. Mount An
keny- Its snowy crown, It's Pressing at
mosphere and its glacial arteries are pc
cuitAriy suggestive % the man from wal
ia Walla- The mountain and Mr. Ankeuy
are each unique. They stand alone and
un@xcellea IN their majesty and grandeur
The warm rays % a summers sun melt
tho snow and ice on The mountain and
rivers are formed. which as they cut
through the rocky foothills disclose pock-
cts rich in gold and copper 10 II "a
with Mr.. Ankeuy. A warm sugsestier,
of seat IN the senate will melt his men.
tai frigidity and expose more gold and
copper than the mines Of the mountains
have yet produced. Mr.. Ankeny has fur.
nished more easily worked pay strenkz
20 interruptions politicians than the
mountain ever possessed,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-08

Van wyck. as delegate. goes Richard
Croker. the Tan.nany boes. likewise an
ice trust maSnate.
The Journal, the New York news
paper which makes a specially OF at
lacking trusts, and which has been en-
gagged busily On piIlorying Augustus Van
wyck and his brother Robert, the Tam
many mayor Of New York. for their
connection with the ice trust, Is par
ticulariy fragrant instance Of this Pc
culiar hypocrisy. The owner of the New
York Journal. who likewise owns the
San Francisco Examiner and who is re-
ported to be on the point Of establishing
another Bryanite antitrust newspaper
in Chicago. is one of the principal stock
holders, 20 the amount Of many MIL
lions, In the gigantic copper trust, from
the dividends of which comes the money
to keep afioat these fragrant examples Of
yellow journalism. II may be mentioned.
also. that the head Of this particular
copper trust is Marcus DAILY. free silver
Democrat and ardent Bryanite, who. &C.
cording to his own testimony. Is In the
habit of spending few hundred thous-
and dollars in add Of his party In any
campaign in which he takes a personal
interest.
Certainly there is gross hypocrisy in
dealing with the trust question-abun-
dance Of it-but so far as the record
goes the palm must be conceded to the
Democratic party. which deliberately
blocked. at the present session OF con-
sress. the only practicable proposition
yet brought forward to deal with the
trust matter through the national leg
islature.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-08
Some Gross Hypocrisy.

The Missouri Democrats. In conven-
tson assembled. denounce the Repub-
Aoan Earty as guilty Of the grossest
hypocrisy tn dealing with the trust
question There is. without doubt a
considerable amount x hypocrisy In
dealing with the trus; question. but
So need not seek 1t IN the Republican
ranks. The Demorrat.c party Is liter
"'iy i@rmeatsi with H. For example.
~h,le every Democratic convention has
denounced trusts. tina, held In New
! orh- watch was particularly strong
va This subject Immediately Sc
l"c;sd 20 cad is delegation 70 kansas
city Augustus Van wyck. former can
d'date FOR governor Of New York.
who has been FOR some weeks past held
up TO public odium by the leading Dem
ocratic newspaper OF New York city as
enc q the principal stockholders, to tho
extent 4 hundreds q. thousands % dol
lars IN the ice trust That trust. under
special privileges granted by TaIn1nany
Hall has been holding up the people Of
New York city in order that II might
pay interest on is $50 COZ. 600 Of capital
izatior, ag.nc-I~lly fictitious Win Nr.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-08

ing the various Philippine islands. the
existing charts OF which are wofully In
accurate, an unarned vessel could not
safely work under present conditions.
Unless this necessary work is to be de-
layed until peace is completely restor-
ed. II would probably be necessary To
detail a gunboat to guard a coast sur
vey vessel in doing work which the Of
fcers and crew Of the gunboat them
selves are perfectly competent to per-
form.
What arguments the opponents Of the
navy have to Offset these perfectly OBJ
vious facts have not appeared in the
debate. and thus no explanation is at
hand for the heat displayed by the
friends Of the coast and geodetic sur
vey over the matter.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-08
POLITICS VS.. BUSINESS,
Important Features cf Amspisaa
Life ought 20 he Separated.

New York Commercial
II II very much TO be regretted that POI
tiles and business are 40 much entanGied
with each other In this country. and II
would seem as II the separation Of b,ssi-
ness az far as possible from politics
should he the first object for business fnsn
10 attain. For as long an tho result Of
an election may be the total revoiutton
of the country's business policy, Just ~
long Will the approach Of n general elec-
ton day obscure tho whole commercial
sky and make very doubtful until psr-
haps months after the election has bssa
held. Just what sort of business weather
Is going to prevail until the next election
day
The cardinal points OF our business doc
trine should be In the keeping OF tina peo-
pie themselves in the shape OF distinct
constitutional provisions which could not
be altered by any kind Of politicians whom
the whirligig of political agitation had
placed momentarily In power at the rs
tional capital
For example. ~ important matter ~
the country's foreign trade relations
ought not TO be at the mercy Of shuttle
cock politics To have Il 50 places ths
people too largely In the hands Of foreign
tobbies. The tendency Of human nature
tn take its ease ought 20 be reckoned
with. and the responsibility for broad ns-
uonhl policies which have 10 do with In
dustry and trade should be cast saaarsly
upon the peoples shoulders by the direct
avowal In national campaigns that
changes In those policies are nj stake. Ia
other words. there are some things which
y ought 10 bo impossible for congress 70
do without a constitutional amendment.
which, ~ course. would require broad
statement OF the object IN view and .
clear canvass upon that point.
AH things are now. The people some
times wake up after m election 10 sad
mat an actual minority NJ all the psopls
Or the country have steered tho eountfT
into an Industrial ditch
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-08
Good Done In Havana.

Even the Springfield Republican is con-
strained 20 say that on the sanitary
side. the AmerlcHn occupation Of Cuha
has been a brilliant success During Aprll
there we're no deaths from yellow fever
10 Havana. and 81 is the first Arrn FOR ten
years win such record" Not only has
that work been "a marvellous one for cuba
hut Il takes away mighty dread from
all our 0ui states. because heretofore
their yellow fever has COMO from Havana
and hey never telt safe no matter pbs,
their Precautions were. uscAuse eh.v
knew that 40 efforts we're being made In
the birthplace u yellow fever 10 kA..
IL from doing It's deadly work every tirns
the weather Kot warm
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-08
Former Judge f. q. Walker. who was

Former Judge f. q. Walker, who was
mentioned as a presidential posi-
bility at the meeting of the National
Negro party In Philadelphia, is quoted
as saying in Boston that the colored
people will vote against Mckinley this
year. as Mckinley has no sympathy
with the negro Perhaps the Judge thinks
IL the negro wants real sympathy
must go to the Democratic party. That
organization is showing its solicitude
for the colored people in a marked way
at the present time. 1t has already re-
suited in disfranchisernent Of the negro
in Mississippi. and the same sympa-
thetic treatment will soon be admins
tered in North Carolina. Virginia and
louisiana
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-08
st. Louts Injured by the strike.


Tho street car strike will cut OF few
millions Of ST. Louis total In the table
OF tho bank ciearances Of the principal
cities OF the country which will be pub
lished in tho leading papers next satur-
day morning. OF course. the old figures
VIII he restored when the strike ends, but
not all the business which was lost will be
recovered The total clearings % 81. Louis
for the month OF May and for the year
800 will lie diminished to some extent by
this dislocation OF business. The strike will
cause loss oil around. for only an ina-
Intestinal portion Of the people OF the
city viii gain anything by IT,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-08

7 have been IN this city fpr a week. ana
I ina that there are hu' four daily %.
pers In tho city. The Times. the Trfbfns,
the Evening Post AMI the sun. What
abortions the others ara
When 7 see what seems m be a Eer
York gentleman or lady with "A asfisG
wood type, cardinal lettorsd sheet in hls
OF her hands. ! eixe MIN or nor up az yui-
Far, coarse IN taste Tine signs IN tbs
street cars prohibiting splitting are meant
FOR them. not for the readers II tho -
pcTs ! have mentioned
such sheets roui4 not command Q
bakers dnzeu = auhsoribsrs ~ any city
west Of the AlleRhauies what kind u q
population has New York rotT
A COZ STEY EDITOR
Westminster Hotel May ~
We have irkcn me liberty 20 change IN
one reapret tho order In Whtrh the Coup~
try Editor names the four journals.
which he approves Letter in the Se~
York Sun.