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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-19
HONOLULU AND HILO.

The appropriation bills submitted by
the Executive to the Council of State.
although comparatively short, cover
too much ground for complete discus
sion in this issue. One fact which at
tracts immediate notice, however, is
the disproportion of the amounts al
lottei for Honolulu and Hllo.
Honolulu is growing so fast that
large appropriations are necessary for
streets, wharves. sewers and other i'm
provements, II the town is to keep its
proper pace in the march OF progress.
Much that is called for is indispensable.
Yet it may be questioned whether the
Government should branch ous into
garbage collection on the scale pro-
posed. However, with the general pol
icy OF liberal appropriations for pub
lie Improvements the Advertiser is in
hearty accord. But we must remember
that Hilo, as well as Honolulu, Is grow
Ing rapidly. No one who has not been
in Hilo for the past FIVE years has any
conception Of the development Of the
place and the immediate prospect OF
development. Hilo has a framework
upon which 70 make streets: an en-
bryo waterworks; a nubbin Of a wharf
and no sewers. There is immediate ne
cessity for heavy allotments for all
OF these items.
/ The Executive and the Council OF
state consist entirely Of Honolulu
men. 1t behooves them, therefore, TO
use more than ordinary care in dealing
with other communities. especially as
the appropriations are being made
without any member Of either body
visiting the other Islands or even Civ
ing their inhabitants an opportunity
to be heard. HIo has heretofore en-.
joyed the reputation OF being an argre.
cation OF kickers. ia fact. the people
there kick so much and so often al
trifes that II they but knew It they
injure their own cause when Eenuin,
/ grievance occurs That grievance now
exists.
The Advertiser does not speak in this
connection for fear that language vii
fail the Huoites when they see N,
scheduled appropriation bill. for the,
/. will probably turn the air blue; but a
the Council Of State begins work i'm
mediately and will work quickly. It Il
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-19
SEWER CONNECTIONS.

II property-owners are going to be
IN shape to obey section 10 Of the san
itary regulations of The Board of
Health. which requires them to forego
the use OF cesspools within thirty days
after the public sewer system has been
put into operation, they will have to
start soon in making sewer connec-
tEons.
We have heard It said by a man in
position TO know that It would keep
all the plumbers of Honolulu busy for
eighteen months TO connect the houses
of this city with the original sewer
area, TO say nothing OF the extended
system. II this Is true, and We have no
reason to doubt It, we shall have the
sewer system ready long before the
property-owners are. and that means
the indefinite continuation Of the cess
pool nuisance.
We suggest in view OF the exigency
that the Board go somewhat further
with its legislation and require connec-
hAtho W W Ndut WIN NNt sew 81 p
wherever they have been laid. without
other delay than the lack OF Journey.
man facilities requires. We do no
mean. OF course. complete connections
for these. prematurely finished, nigh
become a nuisance; but only such a.
lead from the street to tne immediat,
proximity OF the points. within III,
houses. where they are expected {,
terminate. Then when the punpin.
plant shall be ready the final coanec
tlons can be quickly adjusted
Sensible citizens will not walt for
Law, but will 40 ahead for the sake O
their own convenience and get thel
houses into touch with the sewe
mains. This will be coming earl
20 avoid the rush" and will bring IN
time nearer when the city can get OF
a satisfactory sanitary basis.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-19
AMER AND BRITAIN.
Afghan Ruler Gives the British
Friendly Assurance.

LONDON, March 8. SAP p. m.-The
Amer OF Afghanistan has authorized
his agent in London TO publish the fol-
lowing statement of policy OF Afghanis-
tan towards Great Britain and Russia.
After saying that he had devoted much
anxious thought TO the possibility of
Russia taking advantage of the Trans
vaal war TO advance through Afghanis-
tan on India, His Highness adds:
Il have come to the conclusion that
Russia feared Afghanistan, as a war
with the Afghans would mean a gensr-
al rising OF all Islam, which would
spread through Russian-Asia. Russia
had not troops enough to combat such
a rising. Her hold on the Mussulman
countries she has conquered, Is inse-
cure. They hate her, and with ten
times her power Russia could not fight
Afghanistan and India successfully.
The Afghans prefer death to slavery,
and their women and children being
taken by the Russians"
After saying he is willing TO send
numerous troops to help Great Brit
ain in the Transvaal, hut adding that
the Afghans are unacCustomed 20 the
sea, the Ameer says: But England's
troubles are always my troubles, their
strength is my strength, and her weak
ness is my weakness. England must re-
member that / am always ready 10
fight for her on land, here or in In
dia."
The Ameer refers TO a letter from
the Indian government reminding him
that he had been faithful for twenty
years. and advising retrenchment in
the purchase of arms, as otherwise
Parliament might become suspicious.
He takes strong exception to such sus-
piciOns, saying It was necessary to keep
the country strong enough TO resist a
Russian advance.
The Ameer concluded by likening the
British Parliament 10 Cabul Turkish
baths, which reverberated with a ba-
bel OF calls for towels, soap, etc, and
lOud-vOiced conversation until the
meaning Of individual words and even
the words themselves became lost in
the confusion OF sounds and only in
creased the general uproar.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-19
BRIGHTER SKIES FOB BRITAIN.


The nsvs that President Kruger
has made some kind OF peace repre-
/ sentatious 70 the British Government
. Is reported IA the Associated Press
I kilograms brought down from British
/ Columbia By the Australian mail
+ steamer. The details Of these repre-
sensations are not given, but il Is said
they merely repeat the substance Of
/ Krueger's reply 70 the original British
uitimatum and that they have been
I rejected by Lord Salisbury 50 they
really count FOR nothing.
The leading fact in the news, apart
I from the -inconclusiye peace talk and
the victory OF Osfontein. Is the cemoE-
alizarion Of the Beers. Krueger u
seems. has felt obliged 20 20 among
them "speechifying. and tina, IS al
ways a sign that the nerve Of the fight
Ing men, in the opinion OF their lead
ers. Is breaking down. The speech Is
a last resort among soldiers and is in
tended to restore waning courage and
patriotism. We do not doubt that the
old Boer President, unless he cuts the
Gordian knot BY accepting British
terms, will have plenty OF incentive
during the next few weeks 20 use his
tongue-for as surely as FIVE men are
stronger than one the Beers are going
TO be driven steadily back on Pretoria.
Long before the Transvaal capital
has been reached We may look for
complete subsistence OF the war spirit
in the Orange Free State. This quar-
rel was never a Free State affair. The
burghers Of the South had no Uitland-
er issue and were disposed 10 be hos
pitable, rather than otherwise, 20 Brit
ish immigrants. But being persuaded,
when the crisis came, that II the Brit
ish conquered the Transyaal their own
Independence would be overborne, they
reluctantly made common cause with
their cousins in the north. Naturally,
they have no great heart In the war
now that they see It's fOregone conciu-
sion. President Steyn, who has burned
his bridges, may wish to fight to Ehe
last ditch, but he must deal with the
provident farmers who want to save
their homes from conhagratIon. and
these are not likely to follow him to
ruin. 1t Is rational TO expect that the
Free Staters will soon stand from
under, leaving the Beers of the north
ern belt TO take hot shot alone.
The sudden change in the character
OF the war is matched by the change
in European sentiment towards Great
Britain. The French are tOnlng down
and the Russians seem TO be much less
certain OF the psychological moment
than they were. For this latter change
the triumphs Of British arms are not
alone responsible, for IL appears that
British diplomacy has also done sig
.nificant work. Witness the stirring up
Of japan on the one side to make an
issue Of Corea and the rapproche-
ment between Greae Britain and the
Ameer OF Afgha1istan on the other.
When the Mikado shows his teeth on
the Siberian littoraI and the Ameer
threatens to raise the green standard
OF holy war against Russia in the
far interior, the Car finds quite enough
20 concern him without taking the
chances Of a war with England. And
that is precisely the effect which Brit
ish diplomacy has sought.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-19
Necessity
KnoZvs No Lalu. "

Bat a LazU of Nature bozUs
TO the necessity of Keeping
the blood pare so that the
entire system shall Be strong,
healthy and rigorous.
To take Hoods Sz,sarz-i1s. tie graf
b'ooS purifier, Is Therefore LsZD Of heath
AID 4 IS a Necessity 81 rea,iy eve-y house
hold. Z never essappoi7ts.
Blood Disorders -" Ky step
6auStter AZ 7 hzVe both beea trog-
Bed greatly S0ah Eoo5 disorders and
stomach frou5ies, and SevcrA bottles
Of Hood-S SszsApdrila haze seen Of
great berefa." James z. Thompson,
Wilmington. Ohio.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-19

The supposed cases Of beri-beri al
Port Townsend turn out 10 be bubonic
plague. II Is a significant circumstance
that they originated on a japanese
steamer which had Just previously
stopped at Honolulu. Possibly this city
caught some additional infection from
this steamer and perhaps the steamer
caught what she had from us. There
Il no telling.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-19

II the Cleveland element OF the Demo
cratic party were uppermost the news
that Richard olney aspired TO the
Presidential nomination would be OF
first importance. Mr.. Olney IS the
abIest public man Of his school, the
natural inheritor OF the Prophets man
tie. II Is his misfortune that he has
a Bryan party year to deal with but
his turn may come four years hence.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-19

proper that the fact should be men
toned now. Assuredly II change Il
not made in the amount OF the Hi!o
agDropriatioa a wrong viii be done 70
that community.
Analysis Of the two appropriation
bills providing FOR public improve
ments. shows the following proportions
for the two localities.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-19

Reports agree that too much liquor Is
drunk by the American soldiers in the
Philippines. A striking array Of tes-
timony about this abuse appears in the
last Literary Digest. From the COM
ment quoted in that periodical we draw
the argument that there is as much rea-
son to require total abstinence from
soldiers In the field as there is from
railway employees while on duty OF from
others in civil life on whose mental or
nervous condition may depend the lives
OF themselves and many other people
That such a rule can be enforced to
good disciplinary advantage was made
clear by General Kitchener in his Sou
dan campaign. lie permitted no liquor
to be carried. save little in the medi-
cal stores, and the results Of the march
ing and fighting show that the troops
did very well without 1t. What an
English General could achieve in these
respects ought not to be impossible to
an American General. especially to one
who is sternly bent on spreading the
benefits of an enlightened and benevo-
lent civilization.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-19

Another plague case preserves the
record Of fatality which seems 20 attach
90 the first day Of the week.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-19
PACIFIC HEIGHTS.
Via MdXimd.

and in itself artistic piece of engineering easy
to all points also scenic and marine views of
exquisite grandeur at every turn.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-19
Hoods SalSabalM
IIlz2zslsIllylllD

Hood's Pins cure liv.r ins; the non-irritatnE ana
oaly eAthArtie 70 take with Boods sAr.apArillA
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-19

General Cronje will be sent TO St
Helena. whittier, perhaps, Gen. Joubert.
Steyn. Kruger, Reitz and one or two
others may duly follow. A great Zulu
chief was the latest British prisoner
OF state to be confined on the lonesome
rock from which the broken spirit OF
Napoleon took it's flight. Considering
the unhealthful climate of 81. Helena
the spectacle OF the brave Boer leaders
there would be rather depressing, es-
peciaIly when It Is remembered that in
Malta, Gibraltar and the Isle OF Man
Great Britain has far more suitable de-
tention places for her prisoners OF state.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-19

The news that the United States
forces in the Philippines are 10 be
gradually Withdrawn and that orders
have passed to return three battaliOns
TO San Francisco, Is said TO mean that
the war is practically over. According
90 General Otis The Tagals are return
ing 20 their homes disgusted with the
rebellion. This Information is lmpor-
tant, II true. though in regard 70 the
latter point II may be well TO wait and
see IL the subtle Aguinaldites are not
merely taking breathing spell. They
have often played Spain false in the
course OF their interminable wars and
may not have wholly lost the knack
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-19
Electric RAILWAY.

Contracts have been let for material and the work
of construction equpping and installation placed in the
hands of competent electrical engineer to be fully
peted by June lst. Having independent power
plant we prepared to furnish electric power for
lighting heating and other purposes, home build
ers at most reasonable rates.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-19

It Is cheaper and more EFFECTIVE
than any other preparation.
Sprinkled about cesspools, stables
and outhouses it will thoroughly disin-
feet.
1t does not lose its strength by COM
ing in contact with the soil. but
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-04
HISTORY VINDICATED.

Some weeks ago our attention was
drawn to a contribution to the history
of the Southern Confederacy from a
member of the ~Lynchburg CVa.) bar,
Mr.. Charles NJ. Blackford. We did not
see the address, but were interested in
a notice we saw of it in the Richmond
Dispatch, if we are not mistaken. Mr..
Blackford in a painstaking way gath
cred the needed material for a thor
ough, mastery discussion of the treat
ment of the able and noble president of
the ~Confederacy. Hon. Jefferson d.
Wis, clarum ct venerable nomen. A
great outrage was perpetrated, a great
facts have been concealed. or denied,
or distorted. The Dispatch said:
1.-THE facts are just beginning to be-
come generally understood today, thir-
ty-four years after the end of the
war, but the facts are mighty and will
prevail. The Lost Cause Is well named.
1t lives only in tender recollection, for
the principle upon which its defenders
based their brilliant struggle has been
eliminated. Southerners long g &C
coded to the decree of fate. Even
England. which mewed up Napoleon
in the desert isle of st. Helena until he
died, never touched him with a fetter.
That was half a century before Mr..
Davis lay in irons at Fort Monroe. and
England was a monarchy contending
with an emperor. We are glad to see
that Mr.. Blackford's powerful and in
forming address is to be printed and
distributed under the auspices of the
Virginia Bar association. 1t contains
the proof of assertions that need cir
'culation in the United States out of
common justice to a prominent Ameri-
can statesman who was certainly a
gentleman and just as certainly not a
rebel"
OF American statesmen but few have
been the peers Of Mr.. Davis in dignity.
nobility Of character, purity Of life.
fidelity to principle and devotion to his
people. Long may his memory be
cherished in our southland.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-04

ton of the south and h few far west
ern states that vote with the south
will strengthen the party anywhere?
But the most pungent parts OF the
Chronicles essay remaln to be noticed.
Here is what it says to the western
brethren:
What is called democracy in the
far west is, in point of fact, a discredit-
ed n mongrel republicanism. It is
ever at war with progress. II is igno-
rant and immoral in it's financial theo-
ries. 1t is paternaliStic to the last de-
gree
Writing so that he who runs may
read, he also wrote so that no reader
would run, but would rather pause in
admiration before the perfection of the
ldiction. the balance Of the phrases, the
lreposeful finish of the periods. Yet
there is no atmosphere of idle evening
in these sentences. They have the glow
Iof a summer noon and the Sonorous
lswing Of the eternal surf. They sing
themselves into the ear in prose poetry
of amazing strength and solidity. They
level of eloquence, and they make read
ing which stirs the blood.
The vein or oratorical e~loquence which
sends it's rich flood through all Macau-
lays works vas born in him. and his
Treyelyan records that when
through the Corridors or the mouse ran
the whisper "Macaulay is up, they
speedily emptied themselves and every
member sought his seat. Transferred
from the written page to h speaking
voice the Macaulayan style becomes
.Ciceronian IN it's splendors and it's dig
nifty. 1t CLOVIS constantly, and yer and
anon flashes into lightning points"
Mrs. Wards last move Eleanor" is
in danger of being greatly over-praised.
1t is doubtless a production of decided
merit, and possibly, as it is claimed by
writer's, her best, but it is hardly up to
the top lofty eulogy and thanksgiving
of certain enthusiasts.
Lord Rosebery's Napoleon, the Last
Phase" is meeting with generous ap-,
prevail. 1t is the work of the leading
Liberal in England, who is not meanly
accomplished in letters. He sums up
the greatest man since Julius Caesar
in this wise:
n name represents so completely
and conspicuously dominion, splendor,
and catastrophe. He raised himself
the use, and ruined himself by the
abuse, of superhuman facilities. He
was wrecked by the extravaganza of
his own genius. No less powers thar
those which had effected his rise could
achieved his fall"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-04
OPPOSED TO EXECUTIVE THANKS
GIVING.

Rev. DR.. j. B. Hawthorne. pastor of
the Grove Baptist church in Richmond.
Va. is an Albanian. it may be. by
birth He is one OF the very foremost
preachers among Southern Baptists,
holding a sure place in the first rank
He is opposed to an official thanksgiv-
ing, by proclamation OF president or
governor, holding it 20 be a violation of
religious freedom. a combining Of the
powers of church and state which is Of
fensive TO many religious people In all
the churches, and particularly to the
Baptists. On the 18th interesting ser
vices were held at Beth Ahaba syna-
gogue. Addresses Were made by DR..
Hawthorne and Rabbi Calisch. Among
other interesting remarks by Dr.. Haw-
thorne, he said, as reported for the
Baltimore Sun, that The did not oppose
h naming of a day for thanksgiving
by civil rulers, but he did seriously OBJ
ject to their doing it as an official act.
In their official capacity civil rulers
have no right to direct the religious
conduct of the people. The president
SN@NS1 ~ oo4 AAEoSN Ale
tinguished citizen, and as such could
appropriately suggest a day for ma
tional Thanksgiving, out when by Off
cial proclamation he appoints a relig-
ious service he usurps authority and
violates the sacred principle of relig-
ious freedom. Governmental patron
age of religion in any form is an alli-
ance Of church and state and utterly
incompatible with the true doctrine of
religious liberty"
fluipped minister, and is not apt to go
off ~half-cocked. His views are gen.
orally well based. AS a pulpit speaker
he has but few equals among his own
people, and is no doubt one of the
strong men in religion in the south.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-04
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Junior Mechanics Give . En-
tertainment-Church Services n
Census Does Bad.
Correspondents OF The Messenger.)
Fayetteville. November 80.

CORRESPONDENTS OF The Messenger.)
Fayetteville. November 80.
There was a large gathering OF pu-
pills. their parents and the general pub
lie on he campus IN front OF the graded
school building on Hay street at $50
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. to enjoy
the exercises incident to the presenta-
ton OF Bibles and flags by Cape Fear
Council No. 5. Junior Order Of United
American Mechanics. to the public
schools in Fayetteville. Campbellton
and H~olt-Aiorgan- mills village. Mr.. w.
B. Malloy. chairman. ushered in the
services by a few fitting remarks. and
prayer was offered by Rev. w. L
Cunninggim, pastor OF Hay Street Meth
odist church. after which a beautiful
address was delivered by Mr.. D.. T.
Oates in presenting the flags. which
were accepted in eloquent words by Mr..
]. NJ. Lamb. The presentation OF BIZ
bleS was made by Rev s j. Porter.
pastor OF the First Baptist church. a
pulpit orator of striking ability, n he
was followed by Rev. II. T. Graham,
pastor OF h Presbyterian church, in
prayer. Mr.. J.. A. Oates, Jr.. editor of
The North Carolina Baptist, made a
scholarly. polished speech. fraught with
rich Imagery, in acceptance of the BIZ
bles, and the benediction in dismissal
was pronounced bv e Isaac w.
Hughes, rector of st. Johns Episcopal
church. The intervals were delightful
ly filled by vocal numbers by a full
choir and a quartette. while excellent
instrumental Isl was rendered by
Remburg'S Big Six" orchestra
The churches had good congregations
at the morning services yesterday.
where the collections were for the bene-
fit of the orphans, and a very edifying
feature OF worship at the Presbyterian
church was the mastery sermon of
Rev. DR.. Stage, of the Second Presby-
terrain church of Charlotte.
The census gives Cumberland county
crae of something less than 1000
in population during the past ten years.
1t is tru that ambitious communities
are apt to kick when they fail of such
progress as they expected; but the peo-
pie up here believe that they car count
noses and prove a much greater in
crease from the recent building Of large
factories and their umerou follo "
ing alone.
Miss Hart, of Wilmington, has been
paying a visit to friends i'm this city.