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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-04
STREETS AND SIDEWALKS.

Ex-Governor Cleghorn heartily agrees
with the position of this paper that the
outlay of money for cement sidewalks
about the Capitol and Thomas Square
Is unwise while the principal streets of
Honolulu are lacking in ordinary re-
pairs. The sidewalks about the Capitol
and Thomas Square were level and of
fair width as they stood; but the high
ways were and are in a condition that
makes driving and wheeling anything
but pleasant and the reputation of the
Department of Public Works anything
but business-like.
We are aware that the Department
finds excuses for its neglect of certain
small areas. Fort street cannot be
turned upside down just now: it is the
sole route of much traffic. Places where
the right of way is under contest be-
tween street railroad companies can
not be repaired without taking risks of
an early overturn. But these excuses
do not reach beyond a small district
there remain miles upon miles of high
way that are not affected by them.
Take King street Eva of the railroad
depot and we find battered makeshift
of n road. The same thoroughfare
w VI tue CdpilOl - lTdNtISeu ny
hollows where lateral mains have been
put in and at a point makai of Thomas
Square there Is an eruption of cobbles
which operates like a sign of Keep Off
the Grass. Several streets where sew
er work was done are still spotted and
patched with loose gravel or followed
out here and there like a miniature
stretch of buffalo wallows. 1t is an ex-
ception to find block where loaded
carriage can be driven smartly without
danger to the springs; it is the rule
that every well-travelled street lacks
for repairs that could be easily made
and economically maintained.
We admit the lack of money for the
complete rehabilitation of the high
ways. but the funds spent on decorative
conveniences would have put King,
Beretania and Nuuanu streets IN the
shape they ought to wear. What makes
the matter worse is that the cement
sidewalks for which so much is being
paid are likely. in a very few years. to
be upheaved by the roots of adjacent
growing trees.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-04
THE ELECTORAL CRISIS.

III the Independent ticket is elected
not dollar can be had for the material
Improvement of Hawaii from outside
money markets; and residents will
choose. as they did in revolutionary
times. to invest their local savings
abroad. There will be less money in
circulation, reduced scale of living
and comparative hard times. The rea-
son Is that capital will not risk itself
under bad government or in any place
where bad government is threatened:
and Hawaii must have plenty of money
In hand to keep the wheels of business
moving and to meet the higher cost of
living, or 1t will stagnate.
1T Is hard enough to get on now with
the postal and customs income cut off
with so large a part of the dividend
revenue going abroad and with retail
prices for all the necessaries of life on
rising scale. At best there will be in
creased taxation: in the event of an In
dependent majority in the Legislature
large enough to overcome the Gov
ernor's veto there will be quadrupled
taxation for purposes that can leave no
compensatory advantage to the public.
Purse strings will be drawn tight If
this emergency comes and every man,
woman and child in Hawaii will feel
the bad effects.
a Republican Legislature, on the
other hand. means. that no local obsta-
Gle Will be raised to prevent an inflow
of prosperity from the United States.
Taxation viii not be unduly raised;
capital will be invited and protected:
the wheels of administration will not
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-04

The Friend has thrown up its hands
and announces that there seems little
doubt that Mr. Wilcox will be the first
Delegate from our Territory ~ Congress"
Not II the people know Il. dear FRIEND
Bulletin. ..- ~
Overconfdence Is as much a vice OF
politics as underconhdence. The Ad-
.yertiser cannot go SO far as The Friend
IN Its estimate OF Mr.. .Wilcox's chances.
hut IL does not share the anticipations
'ofs n. walk-over expressed by the Bull
letin.f Owing to the reckless policy Of
dividing the anti-wilcox strength on
National party lines wilcox certainly
has a good show-a much better one
than he deserves. Still he may be beat
en-. The idea. however. that he can be
easily beaten or that there are fore
gone conclusions against him Is not
held by any one who really knows the
native electorate.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-04


Hawaii has not made much by it's
displays at foreign expoSitions. Try as
people of standing might in 1893 at Chi
cago to draw notice to the climate.
scenery and agricultural resources OF
these Islands, seven out of ten people
went around the corner to the hula
sideshow and got their Impressions of
Hawaii there. No one has seen any
good results from the Omaha exhibit
and, all things considered, nobody had
right to expect any. At Paris Ha-
wall is represented by strong men but
the display seems to be lost in the
midst of great national collections.
Nothing has been sold on account of IT.;
no tourist, so far as we know, has
found in it an inspiration to come and
see what we have to offer; and consid-
cred simply as an advertisement the
failure of the press to describe the ex-
hibit or to refer to it in any way, is a
fact of depressing significance.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-04

The late Arthur Sewall receives this
panegyric from the New York Sun,
which shows. among other things. how
widely Mr.. Sewall was removed from
the school Of political and economic
thought occupied by his whilom chief.
Mr.. Bryan:
He was an honorable business man. n
great captain of industry. the successful
organizer OF combinations OF capital. n
benk anf railroad president, a thorough
going protectionist. and one Of the pio-
neer expansionists Of the present genera
uoi OF American expansionists Few men
OF the present time saw earlier than Mr.
sewall id. or appreciated more accurate
~. the future possibilities OF American
commerce on the Pacific. His ships were
on every sea. He built and sailed them
Ha maintained tendciousiy. and at Ne
last almost alone. the ancient prestige and
Rlcry OF the wooden shipyards % tho Now
~ gland coast. lie conducted, consoIi-
dated and managed railroads. His theo-
rctical Views and practical achievements
into which his remarkable personal encr-
sy took him were broadly American ani
In no sense partizan.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-04

II is TO be hoped that the Pacific
Heights railroad will yet be extended
to the wooded ridge back to the sum-
init terminus and thence into the Tan
talus country. One of the things most
needful here Is n chance to go cheap.y
and quickly from the stagnant ami
swamp-fed air Of the lowlands to the
crisp. medicinal atmosphere of our
nearby mountain range. Many people
under the weather seek the Coast,
who would do as well on Tantalus IL
they e9uld only find accommodations
there. But hotels and boarding houses
will not be built at that elevation until
there are cars to carry the crowds upon
whom such places draw for custom. II
electric cars ran TO the highlands there
would be no lack Of places in which TO
eat and sleep-and much less need.
withai. OF long journeys for a change of
climate.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-04

II Is clear that the President did not
act at once upon the Star Chamber rec
ommendation of George ID. Gear for
Judge but that he waited long enough
20 get further advices from Honolulu.
The letter conveying Judge Silliman's
resignation and the Gear bequest
reached Washington about the 18th OF
September. Up TO the 22nd. no appoint
ment had been gazetted and on that
day the President must have received
urgent telegrams from high quarters in
Honolulu asking him to appoint Mr.. De
Bolt. The next steamer should bring
some Information about the results.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-04
DON'T WAIT TO REGISTER
DO 1T NOW.
OF CURRENT INTEREST.
Extortionate Prices.

Paris is more rapacions than ever.
Indignantly declares a business man
just back from the French capital.
The exposition has by no means met
expectations So far as hotel preprietors
and other money getters are concerned
Whenever possible they try to make UP
fol. deficits by sticking a little extra on
each guest. For instance, l stopped al
the Rue Caumartin, but a stones throw
from the exposition grounds When
left on August q the landlord and
had several tits over the bill. He re-
duced 1t twice. and then 1 settled, rath-
er than Maggie all day, although 1t was
still outrageous. One hundred and for
ty francs a day (s2s) for a hall bed
room five flights up and one meal is
rather steep, according to my idea. The
proprietor declared he was ruined, and
hope he is
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-04

One possible result of the Chinese
troubles is the abandonment of Pel<,nr
a. the Imperial capital That city Is
too near the sea and too near the
spheres OF foreign influence on land 10
be tenable place for the sovereign
and his ministry. Apropos Of that fast
the Philadelphia Ledger says:
"Singan Is n better capital for China
than Picking. IL would be a hercuiean
task 20 capture and hold IL. Eyerv-
thing done by the Empress indicates
that she intends TO remain there prr-
manently. In fact. Il was her avowed
purpose last year TO remove the capital
TO escape the encroachments OF Ger
many and Russia. The removal was no
doubt part OF the program of operl-
tons against the foreigners, of which
the Boxers uprising was the most rIar-
Ing feature used TO produce n clash
with the foreigners and Justify the nee
OK imperial troops against the legations.
The strategy of the removal 10 SIM
gan Is already apparent In the unbeud-
ing. unreienting attitude OF the Chinese
'Sovernment. China does not know vet
tnat she mas been whipped. and to ne
kouate peace or indemnities with a
~Na"Heht Nhdt mas gone Into hiding
and conceitedly imagines precipitate
Hight Is victory over the foreign arms
VIII be fully as difficult as all the prcs
ent Indications seem to predict. The
hight to Singan has another aspect
which has been fully considered by tais
Government. and which has an impor-
tant bearing on the withdrawal of our
troops from Picking and China.
AS the Government settles down 10
the security OF the inland capital. ard
IL becomes apparent that the powers
VIII demand large lndemnItles, which
the obdurate anti-foreign commission
ers appointed to act with Ii Hung
Chang Will resist, there will no doubt
be n decision on the part OF China to
continue the war with the allies"
While we may not agree with tie
proposition that China will continue
the war. n desire TO avoid the worst
consequences OF future struggles, by
putting the central government in a
defensibIe position. may be safely cred
lied 10 the Empress Dowager and her
advisers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-04
Patti Recommended Substitute.

Patti is personality who always at
tracts the public interest, but she is
an autocratic little lady, though kind
hearted to a degree, relates an English
periodical. One of her rules that she
breaks for no one is that she must have
her concert fee before she sings and
managers before now have found her
not at all willing to reduce that fee. On
one occasion she had lively discussion
with an impressario. He objected to her
price for a series of concerts and re-
marked: But that is. more than the
President of the States gets for year,
II can't help that was the retort
But get the President of the United
States to sing for you.'
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-04
An Electric Peach Protector.

y peach grower near Georgetown,
Del, protected his trees from the dep
relations of fruit thieves this summer
by conspicuously displaying this legend
on signs nailed to the fence surround
ing his orchard: 'Cautioni This Fence
is Surmounted by Live Electric
Wire!" The wire could be seen on top
of the fence, strung on glass insulators
and no one attempted to NEEDLE with it.
but now that he has marketed his crop
the owner of the orchard admits that it
was a dummy"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-04
hot Meals Sent Seventy Miles.

A company in New Haven, Conn, un-
dertakes to serve hot meals to all with
In radius of seventy miles from it's
headquarters. These meals are sent
out In wagons with compartments for
each article; the meals are placed in tho
different compartments smoking hot.
ana are kept at high temperature uu-
I'll placed on the purchasers table.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-04
woodford's Promised Bride.

New York society is discussing with
interest the announcement of the en-
gagement of the former Minister TO
spain, Stewart l.. Woodford. His finan-
Gee is Miss Isabel Hanson. She is a
handsome woman, twenty-six years of
age, and has long been a friend of the
Woodford family. During Mr. Wood
ford's stay at Madrid she acted as his
private secretary.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-04
A Fools Freak Bet.

a sporty citizen of Brooklyn antici-
pated poStelection eccentricities by
making freak bet as to the speed of a
sound steamer. He lost and proceeded
TO pay by walking across Brooklyn
bridge on his knees. Such a crowd coll
lected that a policeman interfered and
the man went home, but the winner of
the bet insists on collecting, and the
loser, 1t is understood, will make a
Journey late at night, when observers
are likely to be few.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-04
He's "Blll' at Home.

When Senator Frye was at the
Rangeiey Lakes a native approached
him and said: Mr. Frye. / am puz-
zled to know whether to call you Mr..
Frye or Senator Frye We'll" replied
Mr.. Frye. ''if Twas in Washington to-.
day my friends probably would say.
Good morning. Senator but anything
goes up here. Bits as good as any
thing
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-04
Metschnikof7s Discovery.

NJ. Metschnikoff. of the Paris Pasteur
institute. has communicated to the
Academic de Medicine his discovery of
lymph which regenerates the red
globules in the blood of lepers. He
thinks that when he has improved his
serum he may be able to rejuvenate
the organs of the human body.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-04

be clogged: there will be talent and
respectability at the head of the law
making branch of the Government.
The choice between the two systems
viii soon be made. Election day is but
little more than a month distant and
every friend of Hawaii must realize
that the. issue, will involve a. public
emergency for which past electoral
contests here afford no parallel. q
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-04
All For Mckinley.

Mckinley Is reasonably sure Of a ma
Jority In Pequea township. Lancaster
county, Pa. Rev. Daniel Rhines. sew
enty-nine years old. lives there, with
MS hve sons, five sons in law and thir-
Teen grandsons, every one of them a
Republican.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-04
A Duck Pest.

Wild ducks are troubling the farmers
OF the San Luis Valley in Colorado by
Ioraglng their grain fields lake
FORMED by the overflow of an artesian
Wen: the largest body of standing wa
ducks, which are protected NV law
and the farmers are asking the stat
authorities for relief.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-04

ed. lazy and shiftless. to have no ap-
petite, to sleep badly, to have what you
eat feel like lead In your stomach.
Not sick enough to take to bed, but
just sick enough to not know what to
do. '''ii',@
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-04

You cannot vote If you do not regis
ter and now is the time to put your
name on the roll.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-04


FOR DELEGATE IN CONGRESS
SAMUEL PARKER. -
FOR SENATORS
HENRY wATERHoUsE,
GEORGE X. CARTER.
CLARENCE l.. CRABBE,
CECIL BROWN.
W. G.. ACHI,
FRANK PAHIA.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
l.. l.. MCANDLESS,
J. l.. KAULUKOU,
ENOCH JOHNSON,
L. J. M'CABE.
". X. HITCHCOCK.
W. J. COELHO,
A. q. NJ. ROBERTSON,
J. w. KEIKI.
WILLIAM AYLETT.
A. y. GILFILLAN.
WILLIAM II. HOOGS,
JONAH KUMALAE.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-04
TAKE
Murine

That's what you ought to do-A good
sensible tonic that will sharpen your
appetite and put new go into your
nerves and muscles. Come to-day and
begin taking it right away. You'll ind
just what your system needs right here
1t is just what It's name implies.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29
From Washingt'
How. a Little Boy Was Saved

Washington, D. C.-"When our
was about 16 months old he broke
with a rash which was thought to
measles. In a few days he had a sWI
ing on the left side of his neck and
was decided to be mumps. He I
given medical attendance for adj
three weeks when the doctor said
was scrofula and ordered salye
wanted to lance the sore, but | wd
not let him and continued giving
medicine for about four months vi
the bunch broke in two places and
came a running sore. Three doctors
it was scrofula and each ORDERED
blood medicine. A neighbor told M
q case somewhat like our baby's WI
was cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla,
cided to give it to my boy, and
short while his health improved and
neck healed so nicely that stopped
inc him the medicine. The sore broke
again, however, whereupon | again :
him Hoods Sarsaparilla and its per
ent use has accomplished a com
cure" MRS. NETTIE CHASE,
ST.. n. e.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29

surveyed the boundary they set up one
of these stones at the end of each mile,
with more elaborate monuments at in
tervals of five miles.
Not since the stones were first set IN
the ground have they been repaired,
though Mason and Dixon's line has
grown famous as an historic, if almost
intangible, barrier at one time between
slave and free territory. Many of the
original stones have been almost destroy
ed by the elements. Others have been
taken up and are used as fence posts or
stepping blocks. Now the Legislature
of Pennsylvania has appropriated $4,000
and that of Maryland the same amount
for the preparation and placing of new
stones, which shall mark Mason and
Dixon's line for the next 100 years.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29
WILL INCREASE SILVER COINS.
New Act Provides for an Additional
Vintage of $2O,OOO,OOO.


Mintage of $2O,OOO,OOO.
A special from Washington says that
the minis Of the United States will be
busy for some time to come in under
taking to carry out the provisions of the
act that has just become law and that
permits the Secretary of the Treasury to
add $2O,O0O,OO0 to the stock of subsi-
diary coinage. The authority to coin sill
yer Of the smaller denominations has been
obtained specifically from time to time,
but has been restricted to small amounts,
the supporters of the free coinage of sill
yer having Systematically resisted the in
crease of the supply Of minor silver.
Director of the Mint Roberts, in talking
about the new act, said: 1.-THE new none
tary act authorizes an increase of about
100000 in the stock of subsidiary
silver coin. The last authority for the
issue of subsidiary silver was given by
joint resolution, approved July %, 1876.
It authorized the issue of an amount not
to exceed $5O,OOO,OOO.
''June 8, 1879, the act providing for
the redemption of subsidiary silver in
lawful money was passed, and forthwith
our old quarters, dimes and halves,
which had been driven to the West Indies
and South America by our paper money,
began to return. They were presented
for redemption until the treasury held
over $3O,OOOOOO. The present stock in
the country is about $SO,OOO,OO0. Under
the new law it may be $1OOOOO,OOO.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29

Miss no"AooNh" very sick in New
York City, and that it is absolutely nee
essary that she be here at the trial. The
attorneys for the prosecution resisted the
application and it was refused.
April 10, 1899, box Of poisoned bon
bons was left at the studio door of Mrs.
Charles i. Morey, and several persons
ate of the candy and We're made very i'll.
Miss Viola Horlocker, stenographer in
the employ of Mr.. Morey, was charged
with the crime and arrested. 1t is claim.
ed that the girl was infatuated with her
employer.
Miss Horlocker is highly connected and
was a society leader as well as leader Of
All Saints Church choir. SO far as is
known the familiarity of the girl ex-
tended no further than frequent bicycle
rides, in which Mrs. Morey occasionally
Joined
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-03-29
EXPORTS BREAK THE RECORD.
February Foreign Trade Averaged
$5,OOO,OOO Day.

ECOAudES fOTelgH lEaue averaged
$5,OOO,OOO Day.
A Washington dispatch says that the
month of February, 1900, has made the
most remarkable record of any February
in the history of our foreign commerce.
The exports during that month have av-
eraged $5,O00,000 for every business day
In the month, and the total exports were
Sis, 765, 162, or more than % per cent
greater than that of any preceding Feb
ruary. Not only are the exports larger
than those of any preceding February,
but the excess of exports over imports
is also much larger than in any preced-
ing February, surprising those Of 1898
by nearly % per cent and being more
than 80 per cent in excess of that of any
earlier year. February is a month of
heavy importations, and it frequently
happens that the imports exceed the ex
ports, so that an excess of 500, O91 ,612
In exports over imports in February
makes the record of the month remark
able one, despite the fact that the impor-
tatlons which amounted to SOS, TIA, $50
were slightly larger than those of any
preceding year except 1893