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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-04
The Trusts Promotions.

One Of the most alluring inducements
held ont by the Trust is what Is de-
sCribed in the "No. II semi-annuaTr
statement as zone Of the last corpora
tiOns promoted by rs" This IS the
Tobacco Company - North America. -
a company that. 7o-ordiug 10 the
pamphlet. has T-Id its investors
through us an average Of los per cent
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-04

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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-04
OPTICIANS.

p g.. LUCAS. Love Bldg, Fort St,
r.,airs; p. o. box 251. / carry full
...r Of ALL KINDS OF GLASSES
from the CHEAPEST to the BEST.
Fee Examination OF the Eyes
The evening times., 1900-04-03

in Africa would have been met with some
ridicule. At that time there was large
"unexplored'' region vaguely indicated on
the map. in the vicinity of the great lakes
of Central Africa and the information
generally current in regard TO the n=-
tives was extremely cloudy and indefinite.
But the roads are in process Of build
ing, and the whole earth seems in a fair
way to be traversed by lines Of steel rails.
When one comes to think of the progress
that has been made in this direction in
less than a lifetime il seems nothing less
than marvellous. The present Pope, when
young man. took a journey from Rome
to Brussels. and was rather more than
fortnight on the road. When gold was
discovered in California it took months TO
go from the Mississippi Valley to the new
Eldorado. In India the only means of
travel was by elephant or bullock train.
and the northern half of Asia was hardly
to be crossed al all. Now the TransSibe-
rian Railway is becoming fact, and there
are railways all over India through des-
erts and over mountains One may cross
and Japan, stipicturesque and inaccess-
ible of countries until the beginning of
the present century, has its railways, said
TO compare favorably with those of Eu-
rope. China has held out against the
power Of steam thus far. but locomotives
will be common there within twenty five
years, and then will come a great and
sudden development of the resources of
the country in the shape OF mineral wealth
and manufacturing. 1t is entirely possi-
bic that within the lifetime of children of
today the tourist may go anywhere on
earth that he likes without being obliged
TO have recourse TO bullock cart, coach,
or saddle horse, save for short distances.
Where steam does not carry him electric
ity Will. The mechanic and the electrician
viii be the advance guard of civilization
for the next half century. They will play
the part which the sailor and adventureT
did four hundred years ago.
The evening times., 1900-04-03
DEMANDS OF THE MIAMIS.
4 CnlI by Their Delegate at the In
dian Office.

Thomas F. Richardyille. Chief and
Delegate of the Western Miami tribe OF
Indians. whose reservation is situated in
the northeastern correr of the Indian
Territory. called upon the Commissioner
of Indian Affairs yesterday in reference to
matters pertaining TO his tribe which it
is designed to refer to Congress as sooG
as possible.
1t is the purpose of the Mi
ami Indians. who in common
with the Five Civilized Tribes represented
by the Dawes Commission, are endeavOr-
ing to obtain State rights and the aboli-
tion of tribal government, to secure a
satisfactory allotment of their land pre-
paratory TO that object. By the provis-
ions of a bill introduced on March ., 1899.
200 acres per capita were allotted to each
member of the tribe and a surplus of
1000 acres left for further allotment
among the children who should be born
thereafter.
4 bill introduced on March 10. provides
for the allotment of a portion of this sur
plus land among the children born since
the introduction of the preceding bill at
the rate of acres per capita. Both bills
are now pending before the Senate Com
mittee on Indian Affairs
The immediate purpose of the mission
of Chief Richardville is to amend the pro-
visions of both these bills and to prevent
their passage in their present shape
The evening times., 1900-04-03
The DEVELOPMENT of the RAILWAY

II is predicted that in twenty years
time the railway system in Africa viii
have been enormously developed. The
Cape to Cairo line will be completed in
that time; the line from johannesburg
viii have Joined that at Bulawayo; and it
is prophesied that a road will run across
country from Bulawsyo to walfsch Bay
in German West Africa. Others will be
built in Central Africa. through German.
British. and Belgian territory to the
coast; ard the extension of a network of
railways ali over the Dark Continent may
be only a question of time.
Future generations will look back upon
this achievement of nineteenth century
engineers as nothing less than tremen-
dous. The difficulties encountered by the
builders of lines through savage Africa
have been all but insurmountable. They
have contended with man. beast, and fe-
yer; mountains and rivers; jungles and
marshes Anyone who had ventured to de-
clare. fifty years ago. that railway lines
would at the beginning Of the twentieth
century be under construction anywhere
The evening times., 1900-04-03
OPPOSED TO BACK PAY.
An Adverse Report on Bill TO Au-
dit Accounts.

In letter to J. W. Babeock, Chairman
Columbia, the Commissioners recommend
adverse action on bill 3511. ITO inspect
and correct the accounts of certain en-
ployes of the District of Columbia"
The Commissioners base their recon-
nendation upon a report submitted to
them on the bill by J. T. Petty, Auditor
ef the District, who stated that he had
examined the records of the Water De-
Partment for a considerable portion Of the
period from May l, 1871. to December.
1890, and was unable to find single err
ror of any character in the accounts
1t is further stated that the claimants
five engineers and two firemen employed
at the Georgetown pumping station. whose
names are mentioned in the bll-were
paid regularly upon duly certified vouch-
ers. which were signed by them with the
acknowledgment that the amounts receiy-
ed were lin full payment for services rem
dered.
1t is further stated that there was found
no evidence of any protest against. or dis
satisfaction with, the settlements which
were made from time to time, and the
Auditor was at a loss to understand the
District Commissioners. The Auditor stat
ed that he suspected the claim was based
upon the contention that under the law
the claimants are entitled to extra COM
pensation for services rendered in excess
of eight hours a day. If So he declared
the bill was not well founded.
The Auditor called attention to the law
regulating the hours of labor, and showed
that it was not enacted until August /,
1892, and such of the claimants, he said,
as were required by the exgencies of the
service at the pumping station to work
more than eight hours in any one day,
from August 1, 1892, to July 9, 1898, were
paid therefor, two appropriations of 81, ,921
and of 5000, respectively, being made for
the purpose in the deficiency act of March
2, 1895
After July 9, 1898, the Auditor remarks
the force at the pumping station was in
creased so as to obviate the necessity for
extra labor on the part of any of the en-
ployes.
The evening times., 1900-04-03
Living without Food.
From the New Orleans Times-Democra

IFFOnh IHe NtW VIItaIs IIIIes-DtNIVVTdI'J
The length of time human being can go with
out food before death varies considerably Dr.
Tanner was the pioneer of professional fastcis.
He, with his forty days of starvation, was out
done by Succi, with forty five. Succ in turn was
outdone by Jacques, who, in London, ten years
ago abstained from food for fifty days There is
no authentic record of Jacques feat being equal
ed by any professional faster. But a still more
wonderful effort of abstinence was that of Gull
laume Grainle, French murderer, who refused
food in the hope of escaping the gullotine
This was in the Jail at Toulouse. and the circum-
stances were such that deception was possible
He tasted for sxty-three days, during which time
he drank only eight or ten pints Of water. Then
ha 1iah
The evening times., 1900-04-03

In reports to their Government, Spanish
naval officers concerned In the Bate Of
Santiago. have been unkind enough to
make statements which, while generally
true. tend to discredit other statements
made by naval men on our side, intended
to support the contention of Sampson that
he was technically present at the engage
ment, even if only as an accessory after
the fact These Spanish effusions have
somewhat perturbed Secretary Long, and
he has invited flag officers" and others
who participated in the affair, or say they
did, to write letters and magazine articles
of refutation. We are glad of this move
ment The literature Of the subject is yet
incomplete. Sampson should get out and
twang his "tuneful Tyre" again without
delav
The evening times., 1900-04-03
Our Thrifty Boys.
From the Boston Transcript.

IfNIHtVII fFtIIlcNIITI.T
soldier OF the Twenty-sixth Regiment, a cor
respondent Of the springfield Republican,, writ
ing of army life in the Philippines. says that in
Lis company seventy two men, on receiving their
November and December pay, deposited with the
paymaster 81 800. Money so deposited goes on in.
terest and gives the honorably disch1Iged sol.
dier comfortable little with which to le-
sumo civil life. The incident is evidence that our
soldiers have not forgotten the old American
habit of thrift Moreover, il testiRes that the
stories so eagerly caught up about drunkenness
in the army in the Philippines apply to very
small percentage of our soldiers Large sums
have been sent home from the army in the Phil
ippines to go on deposit in the Soldiers Savings
Bank The Government maintains
The evening times., 1900-04-03

Again Russia has repeated her not in
common Performance of going to the very
verge OF war and then compromising. Tur-
key has succeeded in averting hostilities by
agreeing to let Russia build railways IN
Asia Minor where the Porte does not in
tend to- On this rather vague concession
We will back the Gar to have a strategic
railway under construction from the Black
Sea to the Egean. inside Of a year.
The evening times., 1900-04-03
A Chance Left.

(From tbe Piiladelphis Record)
sT haven't had bite for three days. said the
hungry tramp.
"Poor man. remarked the kiEd-hearteI cid
woman: Il haven't 7ny dog to set ON you hut
if YOU stay out long enough perhaps yoa Will get
frost -bitten."
The evening times., 1900-04-03
The Most Important Religious Event
From Frank Leslie's Popular Weekly

FfUiII faIlA IesIe FOIIuIaI WttkIy.J
The election OF Pope is the most important
event in the world. II affects Immediately sew
eral hundred millions of Catholics in their dear
est hopes of religion. and it touches indirectly
the interests Of all other people on the earth be.
sides. In the Pope the world receives vicar
of Christ. successor TO st. Peter, and an sin-
fsllsble judge in the matter Of faith and moral.
The evening times., 1900-04-03
The Reason Why.

(From the indianapolis News)
word YOU say. hecause of buzzing noise" said
a husband who called up his home the tele-
phone the other. afternoon.
Hush" said the wife. Don't You know that
nconY' 4 "a
The evening times., 1900-04-03
Sensitive,
(From Harlem Life.)

Parker never can be induced to study up his
geneaology because OF the scandal in his family
''Wss there one2
''0h, yes, indeed; Adam and Eve never really
married Won know
The evening times., 1900-04-03
CURRENT HUMoR.
A SIavey's Tribute.
(From Brooklyn Life.)

''Bridget, you must be more careful with your
dustng | declare j could write my name upon
the piano.
Deed, ma am, it's yersilf has the gran eddy
czyshuni"
The evening times., 1900-04-03
She Had an Apprenticeship

SFrom the Philadelphia Record.)
Polly Pinktights-She said she would only con-
sent to play leading parts.
Fanny Footlights-Well. she's consistent enough
to lead on III tlie first act with feather duster.
The evening times., 1900-04-03

prices that buy them here at less
mt Old prices. No m Diamonds be
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-06-21

Kansas has made another record,
Not content with plastering the walls
of her state buildings with caI celed
mortgages; not content with doubling
her bank deposits since 1896; Kansas
now has but one inmate in the state
poor farm. Dining-halls and'bedTooms
that few years ago were crowded
with the idle, with the hungry, and
with the poorly clad, now echo and re-
echo the solitary tramp of their
sole inmate, who is without kith or
kin. and who is too old and feeble to
work. But one sad relic remains in the
Kansas poorhouse, to remind the tax
payers of the days when its free soup,
free bed and free clothes were donated
to those who We're compelled to idle
ness under a democratic administra-
tion, and under its policy of destruc-
tion to all American industries, both of
farm and factory.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-06-21

Rochester, \. V, June l6.-"Otis
day" was Il memorable occasion for
Rochester and the people of western
New York who extended welcome
back to his old home of the man who
for two years ruled the Philippines.
There were 100000 strangers in the
city. Gen. Joseph Wheeler reached
the city about noon, and was given
an enthusiastic reception. The ccle-
bration began with the firing of II
mai generals salute and reached
it's climax in the parade which took
place in the afternoon. The United
States army was represented by
about 1.2O0 men. The Marine band
from Washington was also a feature
of the procession.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-06-21
THE FARMER TALKS.
Tells Eli Perkins How Congress CHn
Make Money Ger the
Country.

"The trouble down in Washington,
Eli" said an old Dakota farmer on the
train the other day, lis caused by
their having too many One-horse east
ern farmers in congress. Now we are
so prosperous that we sold twelve
hundred million dollars worth of stuff
to Europe last year, and only bought
back six hundred million dollars
worth. This gave us a surplus of six
hundred million dollars, which came
back to us in gold and bonds. That's
all right. If we go on that way for
ten years longer. we'll have six billions
money in the world, Now. why can't
we let well enough alone? What's the
use of flying off on free silver and free
trade again?
Then again they say we amt man
aging our commerce right. They say
we don't own the ships that carry this
stuff to Europe. They say European
ships get $500. ,000 for carrying this
stuff across the ocean. Now. why
don't congress bolster up our ships a
little. as it did our tin factories. glass
factories and silk factories? Why.
suppose congress should give our ships
ten or twenty million dollars to help
them start in? Call it a subsidy.
What of it? BY and by, when the
ships get started, we'll save $200.0O0,-
coo year from going to European
ship owners. We bait trap TO catch
rat. don't we, but we don't have to
feed him cheese after he is caught
We farmers won't squeal if con-
gress will spend twenty millions to
save two hundred millions. England
and Germany back up their ships and
give them a bonus on the money they
make for their country. They steal
the carrying trade and take $200,000,-
600 out of our pockets every year 7
say fight them with their own am
munition, as We fight the Russian
thistle. BY and by when we sell Eu-
rope billion and a half dollars worth
of cotton, corn. meat and manufac-
tured goods-and get paid for carry
ing it to them-why then Wen have
the whole earth. You hear me-"
ELI PERKINS.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-06-21
Democratic Beer Trick.

Referring to the visit of the Boer
peace delegates to the United States,
the Daily Express, of London. says that
the democratic Tammany leader, of
New York city, Mr.. Croker, is running
the delegates for all they are worth for
political purposes. 1t adds:
Records of Tammany are already
black enough without the addition of
this new infamy. What makes the ac-
tion peculiarly infamous now is the
fact that Mr.. Croker claims the hospi-
taIity of an English dnmicile andposes
as an English country gentleman, yet
he is aiding and encouraging the worst
of England's enemies. Mr.. Croller's po-
sition is practically on all fours with
that of the duke of Orleans"
The paper points out that the duke
of Orleans paid the penalty of his Of
fense by being socially banned. 1t sug-
gests that Mr.. Croker having reasons
for spending as little time as possible
in the United States. take an Italian
villa near the duke of Orleans, whose
company, it says. he will probably find
cOnppniaI,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-06-21

When a woman makes up her mind
TO get into the charmed circle of So
ciety there is moth
ing in heaven above
Social L"oder' nor on the earth
beneath that will check her effort.
A story in illustration of this persist
eney of the fair ones is told by a
well-known leader in Washington So
ciety, says the Chicago Chronicle. In
high offcialdom is a little lady, dainty
as a spring crocus, who was a mem
Der of the inner circle long before
she became a part of officialdom. On
one of her last reception days she was
chatting with cabinet women when
the servant announced the arrival of
a woman who is struggling to get
into things as never a social climber
struggled before. The hostess knew
her by sight merely and had never
so much as had bowling acquaint
ance with her, but official people are
used to seeing strangers at their re-
ceptions and the lady of the house
bowed with her usual graciousness.
The climbers quick eye took in the
situation. She saw the two cabinet
women and she knew they saw her.
She rose to the occasion in mastery
fashion. "My dear Mrs. Blank" she
said gushingly, clasping her hostess
hand warmly, Il was so sorry not to
have been at home when you called
on Friday. 1t was so sweet of you
to come so soon and l do hope you'll
come in very often, informally, that
way" And before the hostess had re-
covered from her surprise the climber
had passed on, well content, for she
had appeared in the presence of two
cabinet women as the intimate friend
of a lady who had never set foot on
her doorstep.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-06-21
THE GOLD STANDARD
Caused a Saving of So, ,o64,454 to
the Government.
Total Amount of Bonds Exchanged
Was S2GO.02O,75O-ApPIi
for New National Banks
Under New Law.

Representative Brosius, of Pennsyl-
vania, chairman of the house commit
tee on banking and currency, has made
statement, official in character, and
based on information carefully pre-
pared by the treasury department, on
the workings of the recently enacted
financial law. The statement says in
part:
THE refunding provisions of the law
are working out an achievement in
finance without a parallel in the his
tory of the world. The statement
submit is official and shows the
amount of bonds of each kind eX-
changed since the law went into opera
ton, March IA, to the 1st day of May,
1900, together with the saving in in
terest, the premium paid, and the net
saving"
The statement shows the following
totals:
Amount refunded, $26O,O2O.25O; saw
ing in interest, $32 500 ,255; premium
paid SOC, ,O34,771; net savings, $6664,-
454.
The met savings" shown by this
statement represents the difference
between the amount of interest the
government will pay upon the bonds
refunded to the date of their respective
maturities, and the amount of interest
the government would have been
obliged to pay had not the bonds above
described been thus refunded.
at will be observed that the total
&c lc =.
020,750. The treasurer has already
made full settlement for bonds amount
ing to $3.50, ,051 $50, and of the prem
iums paid and to be paid, $26 1904. III, =,
the treasurer has already paid $25,-
923,7 1872, leaving unpaid only about
$4,000. OF the $26O,027,O5 bonds ex-
changed, $4S, sos GOO were from institu-
tions or private persons other than ma
tional banks.
THE operation of legal tender re.
demption under the provisions of the
law exhibits a highly satisfactory con-
dition of public confidence in our gov
ernment paper and is a happy omen
for the success of that branch of our
monetary system in the future. The
secretary of the treasury informs me
that the amount of United States notes
redeemed in gold out of the reserve
fund since the new law went into opera
tion is $5,133,1 ,149."
The most interesting of Mr.. Brosius'
statement is a table prepared by the
treasury showing the extent to which
new national banks have been organ
lied under the new law. The total
number of applications approved is
PA, with a capital of $S,3s0,O0O. The
total applications on file for author
ity to organize national banks is sos,
the total applications for the conver-
sion of old banks into national banks
is 3S2, making a total of all kinds of
new bank organizations of 500.
Mr.. Brosius also adds, from unofficial
but reliable sources. a detailed esti-
mate of $124,7SS,S5s, as the amount of
currency the national banks may issue
in the near future, as gathered from
their expressed intention.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-06-21
Dewey secs He Is Out Of the Running

New York, June 16.-The HeraId's
Washington correspondent sends II
report of an interview with Admiral
Dewey, in which he is represented as
confessing that his presidential pros
poets are not good. He said ''Some
time ago the leaders, or those whom
we have always regarded as the Lead
ers, asked me if ! would allow my
name to be used in connection with
the presidency. After thinking this
proposition over | said Yes and am
nounvcd that i the people wanted
me 10 serve in that capacity | would
gladly do so. But | thank God they
do not appear to want me-"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-06-21
buying ShOye1s.

A shovel cost six and one-half cents
more last year than in 1896. Corn was
II cents bushel higher, so that the
farmer could buy two shovels last year.
and the only additional cost would be
his extra profit on two bushels of corn.
Even then he would still have cent
left to put in the baby's bank.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-06-21
- s123 995 90 s1GS, 317 955
Prosperity In Colorado.

Colorado's bank deposits have more
than doubled in five years, increasing
from $9.379, ,733 in 1894 to $50 ,O5s, ,377 in
1899. The number of people who had
bank accounts increased in the same
time from 1882 up to 30,047. This can
be credited up to Mckinley prosperity,
and accounts in part for the fact that
thousands OF Colorado men who left the
republican party in 1896 are returning
to it.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-06-21
Have the Most Money.
ExDorting WOODEN Goods.

American wooden goods are begin
ming to reach the markets of the world
under tariff that protects the farm
ers' wool clip. Last year we exported
over million dollars worth of Amer
ican woolens and our imports of wool
ems were mere trihe compared with
those undkr the Wilson law.