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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-19

There is a broad counter surmounted
by an iron screen with openings for
the different clerks. The banking
room is larger than that of any SINH
lar institution in Honolulu.
The Frank Wa;erhouse Co. charter
ed the Port Albert for $3.50 per day
and then rechartered her TO the United
States Government as a transport at
$3.50 per day, which pays better than
if she ran as a passenger steamer be-
tween the Sound and Honolulu.
| Wagon Master Johnson of the trans
port Port Albert has been in the
United States Government service for
several years He was at the battle
of Wounded Knee at the Pine Ridge
agency and was with Miles at Puerto
Rico. He was educated at Oberlin.
The arrival of the c. T. Hill under
| charter to the City Stables & Suppl!
Co., made a temporary ease in the 10
cal market. Among the cargo wa:
some rice. This was sold on the wharf
the potatoes bringing So the bag an,
rice $12 the bag. The lot on the Fall
, of Clyde caused a drop in the market
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THB BANK Or HAWAII.

-LiMITED.-
Incorporated Under the Laws of the
Republic of Hawaii.
CAPITAL .........s..'.... S4oV,VVv.VV
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:
Chas M. Cooke ............ President
P. c. Jones ........ Vice President
=. II. Cooke .........s......s CaSnler
F. G. Atherton 1899. Assistant Cashier
Directors-Henry Waterhouss, Tom
May, F. w. Macfarlsne, E. D. Tenney,
]. A. McCandless.
| Solicits the Accounts Of Firms, Cor
porations, Trusts, Individuals and will
promptly and carefully attend to all
business connected with banking en-
! trusted to it. Sell and Purchase For
eign Exchange, Issue Letters of Credit
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
Ordinary and Term Deposits received
and Interest allowed in accordance
with rules and conditions printed il
pass books, copies of which may b.
had on application.
Judd Building, Fort street.
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CLAUS sPRECKELs. WIN. 6. IRWIN.
IQQS SDIeGkeIS I Co., Blllas
HONOLULU, II. ].
SAN FRANCISCO AGENTS - TIE
NEVADA NATIONAL BANK OF
SAN FRANCISCO.

DRAW EXCHANGE ON
SAN FRANCISCO-The Nevada NE-
tional Bank of San Francisco.
LONDON-The Union Bank Of Lon
don (Ltd).
NEW YORK-American Exchange Ma
tional Bank.
Observation-Disclosures National Bank,
PARIS-Credit Lyonnais.
BERLIN-Dresdner Bank.
HONGKONG AND YOKOHAMA -
Hongkong and Shanghai Bankia&
Corporation.
NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA
Bank OF New Zealand.
VICTORIA AND vANCOUvER-Bank
of British North America.
ITUnSGGl O General BOnkln0 Z EIChmQG BUSINESS
Deposits Received. Loans made en-
Approved Security. Commercial and
Travellers Credits Issued. Bills d
Exchange Bought and Sold.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY
ACCOUNTED FOR.
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THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK
LIMITED.
HEAD OFFICE: YOKOHAMA.
INTEREST ALLOWED:

INTEREST ALLOWED:
On Fixed Deposit for II months 4 D. q.
p. a.
On Fixed Deposit for 6 months 31k .. 9.
p. a.
On Fixed Deposit for months 8 p. 9.
p. a.
INTEREST ALLOWED BY. THR
4 HEAD OFFICE AT YOKOHAMA: .
On Current Deposit 1 2-1s sen per day.
On Fixed Deposit for IL Msxshs. k3x
per cent p. q. aEsse 800
The bank buys and receives Ser cor
lection Bills OF Exchange, Issues
Drafts and Letters OF Credit and trans
acts a general banking business.
Agency Yokohama Specie Bank:
New Republic Bldg, Honelufa, q. L
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Sugar Plantation
BONDS!

ARE DESIRABLE INVESTMENTS
for trust funds.
We make specially of the bonds OF
SUCH companies as have first been sub
jected to thorough legal and financial
examination; and we are prepared to
furnish full data regarding the prop
critics of the companies whose bonds
we nave purchased and offer for sale
at prices to yield safe income and
good investment.
We will take subscriptions for the
following at 21a per cent premium:
KAHUKU-3-10 year per cent gold
bonds; security, s750,0Oe; issue,
100000
EWA-3-10 year gold bonds, 6 pei
cent; security, 5000, 900; issue $500, 200
We are TRUSTEES for both tht
above issues.
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The Water Supply.

The stream of water tapped by the
Olaa Sugar Co. has turned out to De ol
greater volume than was expected no
question of whether or no taking water
from that underground stream mas IN IN
terfered with the supply which usually
goes into the Electric Light Company
ditch is unsettled. Since the last ram
and until Sunday night the lights nave
been particularly bright, but on sum Am
and Monday nights they MeEe -
enough. On Tuesday and Meun o9oin
nights they appeared D[Lsnt 80 !.
Manager Sedgewick states lha' 'ne4 -
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The above Copmany wall buy lease.
or sell lands in all parts OF the Ha-
watian Islands: and, also has houses in
the City. OF Honolulu for rent.
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THE FIRST AMERICAN Bin
OF HAWAII, LTD.

Incorporated Under the LAWS OF tA&
Republic OF Hawaii.
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BiSHOP & CO.
honolulu, September {, 1898.
c. BREWER &COL'D
Queen Street HoHot9u. q L

Queen Street HoBoaeu. q. L
AGENTS FOR
Hawaiian Agricultural Company, Ono
me- Sugar Company. Honomu Sugar
Company, Waikiki Sugar Company,
American Sugar Co, Aakes Sugar
Company, Ookala Sugar Plantatssa
Company, Haleakala Ranch Com
pany, Kapapala Ranch. Moioka
Ranch.
Planters Line, San Francisco Packees.
Charles Brewer G. Co.'s LiRe OF Bes-
ton Packets.
AGENTS Boston Board of Underwriters
! AGENTS for Philadelphia Board o. On
| derwriters.
| Standard Oil Co.
LIST OF OFFICERS.
C. NJ. Cooke, President; George d
r. bertson, Manager; E. T. =
Treasurer and Secretary; Col-MM: =
Allen. Auditor P. G. Jones, = se'sr
house, G. r. Carter. DfrecssFS
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PER CYRUS Wakefield.
Just Arrived from San Francisco.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE

Bradley & Hubbard Hanging Lamps.
Hall and Piano Lamps.
Bracket Lamps with Refectors for
same.
Hand Stand and Hand Fort Lamps,
assorted sizes.
Burners. Chimneys and Wicks to fit.
Victor Hand Sewing M1chines.
wertheim Easy Sewing Machine.
Lantern Globes, Lamp Chimneys.
Water, Beer and Whiskey Glasses.
Solid and Silver Platedware.
Havilandware in sets or by piece.
A large assortment Of Agateware.
Red Velvet Rubber Hose, assorted
sizes.
Garden Black Rubber Hose, assorted
sizes.
Pennsylvania Lawn Mowers, assert
ed sizes.
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Authorized Capital. Sf.0o0.e0e-
subscribed Capital, $50, Geo.
Paid Up Capital. 100000.
DRAW EXCHANGE ON:

DRAW EXCHANGE On:
San Francisco-The Anglo-CalitsE-
MAN Bank, Limited.
Chicago-The Merchants Loan ana
Trust Company.
New York.. & w. SeliglnaR & Gem
pany.
London - The Angls-CalftoeatAA
Bank, Limited.
Peris-Societe Generate.
Berlin-Gebruder Meyer.
Hamburger. NJ. WarbuIg & Con-
pany. ~
Hongkong and Yokohama - Tas
Chartered Bank of India, Australia
and China.
Australia-The Union Bank OF Ans
tralia, Limited.
Canada-Bank OF Montreal, ~
Exchange bought and sole
and Letters of Credit issued on
all parts of the world.
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BISHOP eco.
- y H. iAI u - =
SAVINGS BANK

ofacs at bank building en- Merchant
street.
Savings Deposits will be received end
interest allowed by this Bank 81 Sour
and one-half per cent per aanxn.
Printed copies OF the Rules and Reg
ulations may be obtained On aSplios-
| ton.
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Japanese Lend Aid.

Having presumed Hilo would FORUM
ately be free from the plague, leading
Japanese residents of Hilo met at the
Japanese Christian church on Saturday
last in order to raise money for aiding a
great number of the distressed Jap
anese in Honolulu. A committee which
consists of ten men of Hilo organized
for the purpose. They will immediate
ly go around among the Japanese of
Hilo and vicinity, asking contributions
of money, which will be concluded
within this month.
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RIsDoN IRON AND LOCOMOTIVE
WORKS, San Francisco Cal.
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oHLANDT 4 CO.,
San Francisco. Cal.
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NEWELL UNIVERSAL MILL CO..
(Manf. National Cane Shredaer')
New York, u. s. A.
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no leak in the pipes and no evidence
that water is being used by others; he
SAYS. also, that the flow of water in
the upper Waikiki is not as large as it
should be after the rainfall OF week
ap0
The Marshall republican., 1900-11-16
tend Ing criminal court.

tending criminal court.
Rufus Holloway L. spending the
week IN N%orihcas, Missouri.
Miss Susan Finley. oi Lexington. i.
visiting friends In this county.
Frank Robertson. of Mexico. -Imn,
sunday with Marshall friends.
Marcus I,hoadc-. of Slater, l. ~.
ported to b" III with smallpox.
+. q. Su,herlin and wife. of Arrow
Rock. were up shopping Monday.
T.. l.. Cnifman. of Blue Lick, was Il
visitor Ia the county sea, Friday.
Born. Ia Mr.. and Mrs. William
Shm November :, lMM, II daughter.
Miss Lillian Bowen Is boarding with
Mrs. Annie Vance on Jefferson avenue.
Misses BESSIE Stahl and Stella
brooks are visiting friends In Upton
David Meriwcther left Monday for
Jackson. Tenn. Ia attend II family re-
union.
Go to Nice Butler for the choicest
cuts in beet. At opera house meat
market. Sim
Arch Gregory, .0f Hardeman. at
tended Ia hnsin... In Marshall Sntuc.
day.
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LOCAL IN BRIEF.

Try i.oomi-' home ~maderandy. rs I'm
Elegant cut.glas- goods ut Mitch
els. II
See ,ha, handsome hall mirror ut
Mi,"hell'-, II
Ira Hol-'ein made = trip I" Boon.
win" saturday.
Mis-. Jo-i" Allen l. visiting relatives
in independence,
oysters received direct from Balti.
more u, l.oomis'. ~ In
u. ~. Downing lc, for oklahoma
Monday morning.
Mrs. Fanni" True visited friends In
Gillian saturday,
Solid silver spoons in beautiful pat
terms M Mi'rheli'.. II
T., r., burnett, Of Little Rock. was
in our city Friday.
Capt, Suthcrlin. al Arrow Rock. was
in our city Monday
Father Hogan. ni Shark"lford. wa.
~ "nr cit. saturday.
I'hil Tucker. ot Slater, wa. II visitor
in this city this week.
i, I" l;ni"rt> j. in Lexington at.
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combs. etc.. at Mitchen's.


made sausage ut Nice Il Buffers at
opera house meat market. ~ I'm
w. II. Taylor. wife and son. Leon
ard. spent Saturday and Sunday with
friends ut Mount Leonard.
Barney Sappington and wife left
Monday for u visit Ia their daugi ter.
Mrs. James. at Pilot Grove.
y. T.. Peak. of blackburn. attended
the meeting of the directors ~ the
Bank of saline on Thursday.
william Sappington Reynolds went
to slater Saturday to vi-i, his mother.
who Is visiting relatives there.
Mrs. L.uctta Cooper. daughter. Miss
l.otta and u Homer. were IN Mar
shall saturday from Malta Bend.
Mrs. Ernest Allen. ~ Kansas city.
visited her parents. William Gaines
and wife. Of the county, this week.
F'oR SALE OK TRADE several tracts
81 land. Apply I"
H.u MARTIN ZIMMERMAN.
Cm.gla-s salts aud peppers. Gun
boxes, jewel eases. cigar boxes. cir..
In beautiful patterns. at Mitchclls. ~
Dave Fox. of Noun, sterling. KY.
who has been visiting NJ. NJ. Mon.
taguc al this city. has returned home.
q. l.. Huiching'- Tor %np.,o.dn'c pho.
,ograph-. NOr,h.wrs, corner square.
Established isni. Phone 80. 3,,f
a. q. Mcdowell. II kingsvill". u
big Hereford cattle breeder of Johnson
county. visited relatives here ,~,ren,ly.
Prof. ". j. Dysart. principal III the
! W-ntzvillc Mo. Public schools. vi-.
tied his muthcr In this city this week.
M--damr- !. y. McAmi- ami u. y.
Guunt have returned from u visit Il
friends In the sharon nrighborhnod.
Mr.. aud Mrs. \. !. Mri,olsr,s. nf
Malta l,"nd and Miss May u! M. ot
near slater. were IN Marshall Satur.
day.
T.. !. VERIFY left Monday for Dallas,
Texas. where he will spend the winter
with his daughter, Mrs. t.mmc, Cham
hers
Miss Lena Mae Sappington has ~.
,urne" To her home In Nelson after 70
four-wrrk, visi, IA relatives Ia Kansas
City.
Miss Margaret Clark. the CUES, ot
Mrs. Fannie Clark for some months.
left Thursday for her home IN Ken
lucky.
Mrs. MOllie Miner and daughter
Miss Johnnie, Ot the southern part Ot
the county, were In the city shopping
Saturday.
Montgomery Leonard IL In charge
~ the Marshall Book Store during
the absence ot David Meriwether In
Tennessee.
Mrs. r.. \. Scott. III Miami, returned
home Monday after u visit 10 her
daughter, Mrs. He,e Mcdaniel. nn
Capitol Hin.
v. Garnet. Of Colorado. spent Sat
nrday night and Sunday with his Sis
ta. A.. WnnlLriA,r IAN En.s
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" ~ w w" '"
Friday.
Go tn Nice Il Butler for the choices
cuts in beef. AZ opera house meu
market. ~ l,
DIR. u. &. Gore aud wife spent Sun
day with DR.. lee Shuck and wife d
Nelson.
ID. q. Hcnshaw. travelling audito
of the Chicao " Alton, was IN this eli,
recently
Mrs. Ola Reed. of W a%rrensburg.
the guess, of Miss Agnes Baglcy ~
Capitol Hill.
Miss Maggie Roe. ~ Kansas Cit,
IL the guest of Mrs. John Kennedy d
Shackrlford.
l.. ~. Franklin has returned froi
Chicago. where he laid In u big -,oc
III Xmas goods.
Rev. II. Kennedy left Friday IA
Roanoke. where he l. bolding u pr,
trar,cd meeting.
NJ. ". Oc,ling and Louis I,rarl
man. 81 Conrordia. visited friends I
this city Friday.
Mrs. Marrllu- Gauldin. of the cout
". was the CUES, III Mrs. j. W. tat
Ter on saturday.
simpson " knight. Lawyers. OH,
over Bank of Saline. -oliri, u -har
| al your business. Ii.,f
L. \. Mcbride. travelling for Bloom
Cochin n Co.. left Tor u two.mon,l
trip Monday might.
Miss Ethlync Jackson rciurnc
Tuesday from u yisi, Ia Mrs. l."
Murrrll u, Nap,"n.
Mis-. i."ia Harwooi. ~ Kansas TT,
l. visiting her aunt. Mr.. &. ". r"i
dlet"n. of this city.
u. Is. Wright. Mr.. and Mr.. Ia
Robertson, 81 Mt. Leonard were
Marshall SATURDAY..
Miss .\nni" &. smith has rrinrn'
from u visit Ia her uncle, \. ". Srrij
,ure, u, Dallas. r'rx.
Miss Lizzie Duggin- can" up fret
her school u, Nelson aud sI"n, 81,
day with hom"folks.
Mrs. WIN. Nap,on returned Sa,ul
day from u visi, Ia DR., T.. n. Smi,
and family at Napton.
l,uy ON" of those watches Tor
Xmas present ut Mi,chcll'>. the al
reliable jewelry house. II
Miss Mary Harris, of the rountr.
was the CUES, ~ Miss Maude Mas0
several days this week.
Mrs. Harry Downing left Wcdne
day night for Battle Creek, Mich,
In gone several months.
W. II. Townsend and q. u. Mart
and daughter. of Arrow Rock, wrr"
tho city shopping Friday.
Pure leaf HON" made lard and hon
made sausage NJ Nice \ butler,
opera house meat market. ~ ]
Mrs. u. &. Horne and son. Glide
returned Friday from ten-day- Wis
with friends IN ST. Louis.
Evening journal., 1900-03-17
SALVATION BY PHONE.

From Columbus, Ohio, comes tele-
graphic information that the First
Baptist Church is being wired for tele-
phonic connection with residences so
that members can lie in bed with the
telephone trumpets at their ears and
drowsily enjoy the sermons and the
songs on Sunday mornings and the
exhortations and the prayers on We'd
nesdays at evening" A large trans
mitter will be hung in front of the gal
lery OF the church, and by these means
and the private house telephones the
pastors words will be heard by the
absent ones. The idea is that OF the
clergyman. Rev. II. II. Barbour. He
says that although the plan will tend
to decrease the attendance he expects
to fill the pews with those who have
no phones.
Must ! be carried to the skies
On flowery beds of ease?n
Evening journal., 1900-03-17
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

A woodruff vice-presidential cam
paign button has appeared. The hole
for the button and the boom Will De
provided later.-Topeka Capital.
General Cronje has a little TO be
thankful for in the fact that there IS
no word I'm English with which Sir Al
fred Austin can make his name rhyme.
Washington Star.
Admitting that the president has
constantly wished to do his duty, we
are puzzled. and a vast number OF
American people are puzzled. to ac-
count for what he has actually done
within the past fortnight.-New York
Times
Philadelphia's Republican National
Convention fund is growing 50 very
slowly that those in charge are now
more worried than ever over the out
look. But IL cannot be doubted that
before the real pinch comes public
spirited Philadelphians will tender
their assistance. They must do this
for the city's credit.-Troy Times.
In his latest speech Carl Schurz re-
marked that the teachings of Wash
ington and Lincoln are derided as an
tiQuated nursery rhymes No one else
has made the discovery. But 1t is q
matter of record that when Lincoln
was alive no one wounded him more
deeply than Schurz did with snarlini
criticism and depreclation.-St Louii
Globe-Democrat.
Evening journal., 1900-03-17
THE WEATHER.

New York Heralds Forecast-The
storm centre yesterday, moving on the
New England coast, has moved north
east. A cold wave covering the central
west. will drift slowly eastward, caus-
ing freezing temperature today in the
Middle Atlantic States.
In the Middle States and New Eng
land today fair and colder weather and
fresh westerly to northwesterly winds
will prevail, preceded this morning by
light local snow in New England, tenn
perature falling considerably tonight.
On Sunday, fair weather and fresh To
light westerly winds will prevail with
nearly stationary, followed by slowly
rising temperature.
On Monday fair TO partly cloudy
warmer weather, probably followed by
rain in this section.
European steamers now sailing viii
have mostly fair weather and fresh
westerly breezes to the Banks.
Forecast for Saturday and Sunday
Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey
Delaware and Maryland, fair and cold
er saturday; fresh westerly winds.
Evening journal., 1900-03-17
oNE PHYsIcIAN,s METHOD.

A physician in the city who is not
member of the County Medical So
ciety, has hit upon a scheme for en-
larging his practice which will not
recommend him to other physicians
though it does bring him patients,
says the New York Sun. Every physi-
clan knows that many men are so SEN
sitive to suggestions that IT is danger
GUS for them to read medical books.
They readily imagine that they have
the symptoms of each disease de-
scribcd. This physician. who says he
Is a specialist has evidently taken ad-
vantage of this tendency to detect
symptoms which are described. He has
sent out a great many circulars with a
typewriter letter. If the man who re-
ceives the letter happens to be John
Smith he will discover, for instance,
that the letter was addressed to james
or Fred Smith and if he continues TO
read ii he viii find that this other
Smith was apparently successfully
treated for stomach or kidney troubles
by this physician The latter writes
merely to caution him to be watchful
for symptoms that might indicate a re-
turn of the trouble. The enclosed cir
culars show what these symptoms are
and any perfectly we'll man might
easily think that he had these very
symptoms. Invariably these letters are
sent to the right address. but with a
wrong first name or a slight change in
initials so that the recipient may draw
the conclusion that the letter was in
tended for another man. This physi-
clan has evidently taken the city and
suburban directories as his guide and
his plan became evident several days
ago when three men who live at differ
ent addresses compared the circulars
which had been sent to them. In each
case the mans first name was wrong
but the address was right The type.
written letters were alike.
Evening journal., 1900-03-17

retraced. In the former case. it will
work no injury to the interests of Porto
Rico.
"That island Is today without reve-
nue. and the people are suffering. III
has no government except a military
one. II will be some time before any
machinery for raising revenue can be
put In operation. Meantime, Porto Rico
must be taken care of and enabled as
rapidly as possible to furnish the reve-
nues for its own expenses. BY the bill
which the House has passed It is re-
lieved from every other form of tax ex-
cept this 10 per cent. OF the existing
tariff laid upon its products coming
into the United States and the products
OF the United States entering Porto
Rican ports. Every dollar of this is
turned back to its own use. The meas
ure is for revenue, and only temporary
at that. and can be followed by free
trade as soon as the great principle
which recognizes the power of Con-
gress TO legislate for these new terri
tories is vindicated. The necessity OF
this Interpretation OF the Constitution,
after the debate in the House, Is para
mount, and is considered important TO
our success in the Philippines.
"The principle OF free trade recon-
mended for Porto Rico, and which the
president evidently hopes in due time to
see prevail, has, therefore yielded only
for the time being to a more important
principle. The necessity OF the case and
1.-THE honest difference Of opinion which
led to the new issue are frankly recog-
nized. The president appreciates that
he must to q large extent rely upon his
own party in the administration Of
public affairs. He is bound to weigh
against any personal triumph the de-
lmoralization and disorganization OF his
party in the legislative branch OF the
government. upon which he must de-
pend. No greater calamity could hap
pen than to have his party majority
lfall down on the very threshold of theiI
consideration of these island questions
i Under these circumstances the presi'
dent did what he though was right
land we believe that time Will Vindlcat'
the wisdom Of his course
Evening journal., 1900-03-17
TOWER GREAT SOCIAL SUCCESS.

AIA I4IA ANtAI4Al DOAAAAA 0012AAt1A2s
Charlemagne Tower, the American
ambassador at the court of the car, isl
a great success socially, and the Ameri-
can embassy at st. Petersburg is the
centre OF an elegant hopitality. Mr..
Towers residence, which he had great
difficulty in finding, as houses to rent
in ST. Petersburg are not plentiful, is
on the left bank Of the Neva river in
very fashionable part of the English
DUAL. It is three stories, with wide
halls, several reception rooms and a
dining room capable OF seating COM
fortably forty persons, all on the first
floor. A broad white marble stairway
with three landings leads to wide
gallery on the second floor. Opening
from this gallery are the library and
drawing rooms, richly furnished and
decorated with paintings, bronzes, ta-
pestries and superb electric chandeliers.
Over the dining room is the family
sitting room, with wainscOting and
ceiling Of richly carved oak. The en-
tire house is luxuriously furnished,
and scattered about are the art treas
ures and bric-a-brac collected by Am
bassador and Mrs. Tower during their
residence abroad. Mr.. and Mrs. Tower
gave large reception a few weeks
ago, to which 1000 invitations were
sent out. The apartments on the first
floor and the white marble staircase
were all lavishly decorated with tropi-
cal plants. The introductions to Am
bassador and Mrs. Tower were made by
Mr.. Gourko and Baron Meyeudorff, as
slstants to the master OF court cere.
monies. The members of the embassas
STAFF were also of the receiving party
/ According to Russian custom, the gen
tlemen, on being presented to Mrs
Tower, kissed her hand. The guests
then passed into the drawing rooms
where they greeted each other. Music
and supper were the other accessories
of this brilliant function.