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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-22
DARK HORSES DID
THE ROWING TRICK
Healani Four-Oared Race was
q Big Surprise on
Saturday.

In a surprisingly close finish a dark
horse crew coached by ]. Lloyd won
the Healani Boat Club race on Satur-
day. The two other crews of the club,
coached by Dan Renear and Paul Jar
rett finished in the order named.
Lloyd's crew, 1.-The Royal Flush
crossed the line half length ahead of
Renear's crew while Jarrett's boat was
length to the bad.
1t was a right spirited race and con-
sidering that most of the men IN the
crews are green hands, but one man in
each boat ever having rowed in shell
! IN a race before, the work dispf---.-ss
well for the success 10: of the Blue % AM
white next fall.
The race was from the inner car
buoy, just off the railroad wharf to 6
finish line opposite the Healani Boa
Club house, distance of about half 6
mile. Quite goodly crowd came dowr
to witness it and the clubs verandas
were almost as gay as on a Regatta
day. The crews got off we'll together
and rounding the Inter-Island wharf
were about even, with Jarrett's crew
slightly to the bad. There was con
siderable splashing in all the boats, but
the form on the whole was creditable
As they neared the finish Lloyd's crew
spurted prettily and drew ahead nearly
length. A hundred yards from the
finish two men in Lloyd's boat nearly
lost the water and the boat stopped
perceptibly, allowing Renears crew t.
regain half a length. Lloyd's men re.
covered quickly however and spurtet
across the finish half length ahead o.
Renear's boat. Jarrett's men had row
ed smoothly all through the course bu
there did not seem to be the power be
hind their strokes and the boat was {
length to the bad al the finish line.
The crew were as wollows:
Lloyd's boat: Allen Walcott stroke
Harry Murray, 3; r. o. Yardley, 2: F
l.. Lowell, bow.
Renears boat: T. Lloyd, stroke; F
Woodbridge, 8; F. West, 2; Georg,
Ward, bow
Jarrett's boat: P. Gleason. stroke: T
Tredway. 8; w. Stone, .; w. Wright
bow.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-22
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Resurrection" by Tolstoi, and many
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-22
NAoNE's BODY FOUND.
Plantation Engineer was Drowned
In Pump Pit at Aiea.

The body of Naone, the engineer Of
the Honolulu plantation who was
drowned in the pump pit during the
freshet last Tuesday evening, was found
by the searchers at an early hour sat
urday morning in an upright position
and badly decomposed. When the wa
ter was pumped out of the shaft almost
to the bottom the body suddenly shot
up into view... The arms were extended
in a manner to indicate that the en-
gineer attempted to swim and save his
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-22

life. From the appearance of the ma
chinery it is believed that he was stun
ned by the blowing out of two valves.
The searchers were compelled to make
haste in bringing the body to the sur
face on account of it's condition,
Arizona republican., 1900-08-21
READY FOR TRAMPS.
Iowa Farmers Turning Dogs and Shot
 guns Loose.

Britt, Ia, Aug. 2O.-Farmers in this vicinity are unchaining their watch dogs and loading their shotguns with charges of salt and pepper in anticipa- tion of the invasion of tramps that is scheduled for this week. The occasion, as announced in the official organ of the Tourists Union and also made public by mysterious chalk writings on fences and bars along the roadways of the west, is the second annual convention of the National Society of Hoboes The organization was brought into exist ence last year at a roundup of Weary Willies" held at Danville, H., and since that time, according to report, there has been gratifying increase in mem bership if net in finances.
 Though Britt has not had much ex- perience in entertaining national con ventions. its citizens are doing their best in the way of operations to insure a warm reception for the visiting dele
Arizona republican., 1900-08-21
RUSSIA IS JEALOUS
Objects to British Activity In
 the Ydngtse Valley
France Is Also Not Without Appre- hension and Will Defend Her In- terests In the Southern Part of China.

London, Aug. 2O.-The St. Petersburg papers are campaigning against the po- litical activity of Great Britain in the Yangtse valley. The St. Petersburg Gazette has interviewed a member of the United States embassy as to the reasons why the United States assumed d hostile attitude toward China and the motive of Ii Hung Chang's declaration that Minister Conger could be sent safe to Tien Tsin on condition that the United States abandon the idea of a march on Pekin. The member of the United States embassy in question is quoted as saying the United States was indignant at thus being bargained with and expressed the telief that the United States would send many troops to China.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-21

Washington, Aug. 20-The American reply to China's appeal for a cessation of hostiities received today from Lii Hung Chang has not yet been made known, and it is likely that the mat ter will be one of the main subjects for consideration at the cabinet meet ing tomorrow. But there is reason to believe that the overtures will in ef- feet be rejected on the ground that con- ditions laid down in the American note of August 12 have not been compiled with, and unless complied with, the governments course must proceed without reference to China's appeal for a halt in the proceedings.
 As stated, however, the government has given no authoritative statement of its purpose in reply to China's appli- cation of today and there is still slight chance that complete compliance with the demands of August F may be an nounced in the Pekin dispatches before the final determination on the reply is made. But the disposition is clearly in the line indicated. China'S last applica- ton for peace negotiations were received early today at the Chinese legation, and was transmitted by MT. Wu to the state department. Secretaries Hay and Root were out of the city, but Acting Secretary of State Adee went Over the subject with the president
 Earl Lis request is that the United States shall name Mir Conger, or some other official to act as peace envoy for a cessation of hostilities. Lii expressed his willingness to go to such point as the powers may desire and under the intimation made, it is thought that Pekin or Tien Tsin would be selected for the negotiations The Chinese en- voy proposed no terms as to the with drawal of the troops and made no other suggestions as to what was to come before the commission, his sole anxiety being to secure a cessation of hostili- ties.
 The dispatch of August 12 said spe- officially that the United States was ready to enter into an agreement be- tween the powers and the Chinese government for a cesSa tion of hostili- ties on the condition that the relief forces should be permitted ito enter Pekin unmolested" and escort the le- gationers therefrOm under such cir cumstances as the commanding general might lay down. But up to the pres ent time there is no evidence that the allied forces are unmolested at Pekin, or have received the sanction of the imperial goernment to convey the le- gatiOners to Tien Tsin without further trouble under the conditions laid down by the commanding general.
 On the contrary, all the dispatches indicate that the allies are meeting with stubborn resistance and there is an entire lack of compliance with the conditions laid down by the United States in its dispatch of August F.
 The state department tonight made public the following:
 "Che Foo Aug. 2O.-To the secretary of state, Washington: August 20 Rags dale reports that the Chinese troops have surrendered the palace grounds.
 FOWLER"
 Ragsdale is the consul at Tien Tsin.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-21
COUNTERFEIrERs TO BE TRIED

Philadelphia. Pa, Aug. 2O.-The Au- gust term of the United States district court, which commenced today. before Judge McPherson, will be taken up all most entirely by the trial of nG.able counterfeit cases The trials which are likely U take place are:
 Daniel R. Hays. who is accused of as sisting Harry Taylor in passing coun- terfeit $20 notes in the big counterfeit ing case; John c. Hoffman and Edward Bryant. charged with making and pass ing counterfeit 5O-cent pieces: Bar tholOmew Ruello, charged with making large quantities of counterfeit dollar coin, and Amos Tucker. who is an i'm portant witness against Ruello, and who is charged with passing me of the bogus silver. The cases of Arthur Taylor and Walter s. Bredell. the en- gravers in the Kendig and Jacobs coun- terfeiting case, and Harry Taylor. the brother of Arthur Taylor who is charg- ed with passing numerous counterfeit $20 notes, may also come up.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-21
SHARKEY Is CONFIDENT
Has His Plans For Fitzsimmons Battle
 All Mapped Out.

New York, Aug. 20.-Tom Sharkey, who will fight Bob Fitzsimmons at Coney Island on August 24, tells how he thinks he will reach Bob and win the fight as follows:
 Tt would be a hard study for me, and would be for anybody else, to find flaw in the defense of Bob FitzsimmOns and although 1 have discovered some, they are 100 per cent. scarcer than his freckles. Regardless of the fact that I once fought Fitz, am not going to base my grounds of attack on that eXperi- ence. You know that a man changes in time. I saw Bob fight Ruhlin at the garden Friday night. and for the sake of money inducements I hope that he will fight me the same way. If he does you can bet it vii be all oveE in shorter time than l can tell 1t.
 Tn that fight Fitz fought very much different to the way he fought me. He put up harder fight with me and was a bit more guarded. Fitz is man with whom few can take any chances, for his good qualities up to this day far ex- ceed his weak ones. He knows how to deliver every blow known to the game in d damaging way, and besides the or dinary wallops he has some of his own invention. He can punch as hard as I can with either hand, and I don't want to bump into any that Ruhlin did.
 But there is one thing about Bob in fighting that an equally good man can overcome. You rememblr how often he had things going his way in Friday nights fight. He forgot all about hay ing two hands to guard him. He was open for any kind of a swing, one that would have laid him out had a good hitter been before him. sThat is one of his weak points shown in a general miXup, in which kind of fighting l think I excel.
 Another thing I noticed was that he was a great deal slower in duckinG swings than he was when he met me. Well, I have just got a patent on how to nail him. I would like to go into de- tail, but then you know that would be giving him line on what I expected to do. and he could improve on that point. Pm always after the big end of the money, and am giving very few points of my intended mode of fighting to op- ponents.
 "Fitz can't straighten out that right arm of his very fully, either That I consider a big advantage to me. The crook of the limb prevents him from guarding as thoroughly as he ought to. and if I don't find l can pierce it, then my name will not be Tom Sharkey.
 "These are the apparent weaknesses of F'itz. | have discovered other ones. too. but I am not going to give my snap away. He would be given too fair warning of the advantages l think I have and when the time arrived l would be found waiting for some other man. ner of attack than the one l am going to map out.
 'I know just as certain as the sun rises on a clear day that l am going to win that fight. Fftz I know is a good one. but he will be no match for me. can assure my friends of that. l am working hard preparing for the mill and although my handlers are limited to enc man now, an amateur named Haynes, I am getting along very well. ThereNll be more along as. soon as l need them, but if they are stolen I guess I'll get along all right"
Arizona republican., 1900-08-21
COMMERCE OF CUBA
"A Startling Excess of Imports
 Over Exports
The Anomaly Is Presented of Purely Agricultural Country Largely Dependent Upon a Foreign Food Supply,

Washington, Aug. 20.-(SpeciaD .-The commerce of Cuba in 1899 is described by the British consul at Havana in a report which has just reached the treasury bureau of statistics. It spe- cially calls attention to the fact that value of the exports, and that more than 50 per cent of these imports were food products, much of which might have been produced in the island and produced with a approximately less investment of capital than that re- quired for the chief producing industry, sugar. The following is an extract from the report;
 Judging from the more detailed re- turns which are available as to the na- ture of the imports at Havana, which constitute 75 per cent of the total mer- chandise imported into the whole island, it does not appear that any large amount of tools, industrial ma chinery. or material for public works were introduced, which might rep resent the investment of foreign capital to be employed in opening up new en- terpriseS, tt.a great bulk of the imports being rather for food, clothing, liquors and other articles of habitual cOnsump- tion which call for periodical replenish- ing.
 ''The greater part of this excess inn portation was covered by the amount realized by the sale last year of cer- tain railways and cigar factories to foreign Cprincipally BritiSh) companies but, of course. the permanent aliena- tion of properties to meet current ne cessities cannot be indefinitely repeated, and unless there is a large increase in the exports in the current year, a great
Arizona republican., 1900-08-21
alIIp of

Further on, in the same report, the consul general writes:
 The island of Cuba presents the an~ Omaly of a purely agricultural and eX- ceptiOnally fertile country dependent very largely on foreign countries for it's food supply. The limits of this re- port do not permit of examining al length the causes which have led to this state of things; it is sufficient to point out its existence and the inn portant hearing it has on its foreign commerce.
 The value of the food products tin- cluding liquors and two thirds of the live stock which must be reCkCned as foOD imported into Havana in 1899 amounts to over e5. 900, ,OOO or 51 per cent of the total imports into that port. without taking into account the under valuation to which I have called atten- tion in the paragraph on imports and exports. If the same proportion be applied to the total imports into tie whole island, We find that 26,74O, 900 represented imports of food alone Gin other words, absolute necessities). in which it is hard to see how any econo- mics could be effected except perhaps Tn quality, and that only to a limited extent. If we deduct this amount from the value of the exports We find a sur plus of only s2,272, ,OOO with which to provide for clothing and all the other necessities of a country containing q population of 1,5OO,OOO, and without any manufacturing industries what ever, a sum which is manifestly made quate-
 The deduction to be drawn is suf- ticiently obvious. The island must either raise more articles for export. or it must raise more food products at home and import less from abroad. The most pactical solution is undoubtedly the latter as far less capital is requirad for cultivating maize beans, rice and vegetables than for producing sugar. which has hitherto been considered as the staple export.
 "Whatever solution may be ultimate ly found, there can be no doubt that the island will in the immediate future have to pass through a period of pow erty, during which the imporiations will fall considerably below last years figures, and will be restricted to abso- lute necessities of life, and to the
Arizona republican., 1900-08-21
GREAT LAKES COMMITTEE.

Chicago, Aug. 26.-The congressional committee that is touring the great lakes in the interest of the rivers and harbors Committee is expected here to- day. They first went from Buffalo to Duluth, and are coming here by way of the Soo and Mackinac island Ex- elusive of the special committee of the Lake Carriers association, which ac- companies the congressional commit tee, there are forty-three people in the party, which will make the examina- tiCn of the Chicago and South Chicago harbors and the drainage canal. Many of the congressman are accompanied by their families.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-21
CREATURES OF FORTUNE
For Some Men Everything They
 Touch Turns Into Money.

T haven't great deal of supersti- tion, but do believe there is something in luck, good fortune, or whatever you may term it, aside from the natural re- suit of virtues which are certain to bring their reward" remarked a Phoe- nix man yesterday as he walked down the street with a friend. Continuing. he said:
 T have known a great many honest. industrious, and hard-working men in my life who never seemed to have d bit of good luck. If they earned $50 a month and the absolute necessities of life demanded $40 of it. by close econo- my and never indulging in luxuries or recreation they could save s10 a month But it is hard way to live and would take years of toll to save d competence for old age and perhaps when years had passed one stroke of misfortune or a spell of sickness would take it all. If a man gets a dollar and does not spend it he still has the dollar, an un- deniable result of the virtue of econo- my. But if a man possessing this vir-
 
 matter how judiciously or carefully he invests his dollar, nine times out of ten he will lose it. The exception will be the real genius. endowed by nature with the art of making money, making it by cold calculation.
 On the contrary there are those who seem to have no idea of the value of money, yet their investments. even though carelessly made. will turn out prOfitably. And if fortunes wheel turns against them it is but moment. some thing unexpected turns up, a friend is at their elbow and they are again pros porous.
 Take myself, for example," con- tinued the speaker, ''I am a poor man and working for wages, but it's my own fault I've had my money and spent it and I'll have more of it. too. for I was always lucky. though never strik- ingly handsome or rich.
 'I remember one time when I was a boy and was playing baseball. The ball rolled under a vacant house and I went after it. On the foundation wall I found a purse that had been secreted by some one, probably a burglar or sneak thief. It contained between $60 and StO. Pretty good start for a boy. One time when I was a young man. looking for work and not caring whether I found it or not, l landed in Fresno, Cal, about daylight and flat broke. I did not have the price of a meal-or a drink. In crossing a vacant lot near the road l picked up a hand kerchief, evidently belonging to wo- man, and in it was knotted two $20 gold pieces, $10 bill and some silver. I stopped looking for work and took the next train out of town"
 By this time the story was getting in- teresting and the narrator and his com panion strolled into a drinking resort Beer" was their simultaneous or der While the man in the white apron was doing his part the story went on. Yes. on two different occasions since have been in Phoenix I have picked i up $5 bills. Once down in the post i office and once on the street. Their steins were nearly emptied when the lucky man glanced down to the floor. and there, not four inches !! from his feet lay a half-doIlar.
 There's nothing like luck" he said ' as he picked it up. What are you going to have this time?"
Arizona republican., 1900-08-21

exhibition in the Grand Central Palace, where the sessions are held.
 The exhibition, to which H. Mex Twombly. w. Bayard Cutting and other prominent New Workers have contrib uted literally, includes almost all de- scriptions of decorative plants known. The convention and reception halls are decorated with festoons of northern and southern mosses, while the eXhibi- tiOn hall resembles a tropical garden, being filled with a bewildering array of plants. The convention will continue it's sessions all week.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-21
SISTERS ARE HEROINES.
Plunge Into Lake and Save Boy From
 Drowning.

Wilk sbarre, Aug. 2O.-Misses Helen and Janet Jones, sisters, and employed as teachers in the Scranton schools proved themselves true heroines this afternoon. They are spending their vacations at Harvey Lake. and this afternoon while walking along the lake heard the screams for help of a boy in the water.
 The Misses Jones are expert swim mers, and they hastily jumped into the Wat-r They did not reach the boy any too soon, as he was about to go down for the last time. He proved to be Harry Weller, aged 15 years. He was tall and heavy and the girls had con siderable trouble in getting him to shore.
 When the Misses Jones returned to their hotel to change their wearing ap- parel they were loudly cheered by the other guests.
Arizona republican., 1900-08-21
HELP NEEDED.
To Complete the Restoration of Order
 in China

London, Aug. 21.-Owing, probably. to the Pekin wire being cut little news of the conditions in the Chinese capital has come through this morning. What has reached London indicates that the allies are in need of achievements.
 The commander of the Italian crui- ser Fieramosea telegraphs from Taku. according to the Rome correspondent of the Daily Mail, that very urgent re- quests were coming from Pekin on Sat urday for the imme diate dispatch Of further troops, and that in answer to these 400 Italian marines were sent off post haste.
 The Japanese minister in London is said to have received a telegram last evening announcing that subsequent to the entry into Pekin a Japanese de- tachment went to the imperial palace to afford whatever protection was necessary. The enemy was in strength and fighting was still proceeding when the message was sent to Tokio. The main body of Japanese was then at the An Ting Men gate. in the Tartar city. with headquarters at the Japanese le- gatiOn.
 Reports of the presence of the em- ''Niii '|Dihei e'ulCtOl y but General Yung Lu, on the authority of the Shanghai correspondent of the Standard, is announced to be a prisoner by order of the empress, in the imper- ial palace.
 This, perhaps says the correspond ent, 'is a good thing, as his detention in the capital will enable him 10 ne gotiate with the allies commanders, which he would do as Prince Tuan's enemy"
 The Chinese minister in London, Sir Chin Chen Lo Feng Luh, on being asked as to the whereabouts of the empress dowager and the emperor, re-
Arizona republican., 1900-08-21
FOUND DEAD IN JAIL
The End of Bob Irwin, an OlG. Timer,
 at Williams.

Williams, Ariz.. Aug. 2O.-(SpeciaL)- Bob Irwin, an old timer in Arizona, was found dead in his cell in jail this morn ing, where he had been lodged by the officers. Irwin, in company with an other, was caught in the act of burg lary on Saturday rNht, when he broke into the warehouse of J. B. Jones, and carried out cases of wine and other liquors.
 It is not known whether Irwin com mitted suicide by taking drugs, or whe- thcr he died suddenly from heart fail ure. Irwin owned some property in Williams. He had been bound over to await the action of the grand jury in $500 bonds.