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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-25

latter slouched up and with an approved
Dare Devil Dick attitude said. I'll tell
yO'all sOmethin'. / amt loOkn' fer
trouble. but l certainly do detest peace.
This was enough for the local fellows and
with one dash they caught the pseudo
cowboy and simply ripped up the plsnks
with him. When / left each Of the victors
wore some remnant Of the fray and he
who detested peace was hauled away in
cotton team.
Boston is funny old city and is al
ways doing something to add to the hui
NOR of nations said Alfred l.. Nicholas
/ OF the Hub. at Wizards last night This
ought to interest you. as there must be a
bicycle lamp and bell ordinance in Wash
ington. judging from the number OF those
| see on wheels Well what do you think
Of city officials who would prepare and
send to the State Legislature bill pro
hibiting the use of lantern or light OF
any kind on a bicycle? This was done
two weeks ago and the bill is still before
the solons Of the Bay State. This re
markable document reads In this style:
No person riding a bicycle tricycle.. OF
other similar machine shall display while
in motion a lighted lantern. lamp or other
light in any highway or public place The
reason given for the need of such Law
was that the lamp was a source OF danger
instead Of safety. and that the glare OF the
light hid completely the rider behind IT,
so the puzzled pedestrian or driver OF
vehicle could not tell what the danger
was nor whittier it was tending. This has
been done in all seriousness and is not
joke, therefore ] regard t as one OF the
strangest things I ever heard
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-25
AN OLD FRIEND OF TWEED
III" End Of n steadfa-t Adherent of
New Works Most Famous Boss.

tFom the Utica Observer
Edward Pitteuger. who died on Monday
/ last. at the Westchester county aImsbOiIse
was distinguished once as being the most
intimate friend Of William NJ Tweed He
was siXty-seven years old
Ptttenger was New Yorker BY birth
and came Of family who were well en-
lowed with this worlds goods He was
carefully educated. being graduated at
Harvard and then sent abroad to finish his
learning Returning 10 New York be coon
embarked in the real estate business. and
was presently appointed sherin's auction
eer-a place which, although 30 sounds
humble. nevertheless yielded several hun
dred thousands Of dollars 90 the man lucky
enough to hold IL. II was through abe
favor Of the Boss that be got this place.
and his gratitude was great.
He liked Tweed for favors received and
Tweed liked him because the quick eye Of
the Boss" discovered in him a man Of
excellent education. supplemented BY mod
est manners, and crowned withal By a
gracious bearing TO which faultless cloth
ing was only an adjunct So this strange
ly assorted pair became more and more in
innate Pitteuger accompanied Tweed 10
Greenwich. Conn. when the Boss" de
sired to rest. He also rode with him up
to the famous dinner and dance which
Cornelius Carson gave at Fleetwood thirty
years ago. Five hundred dollars a plate il
said to have been the cost Of that dinner
Tweed drove thither drawn by SIX white
horses and accompanied by Pitteuger. That
was the acme Of he Tammany politicians
ambition. and the fact that he permitted
Pitteuger TO share his hOnors speaks vol
umes as to how much he liked him.
The end Of Tweeds glory came suddenly
The lob
day became the accused felou Of the next.
and was convicted on the day following
Old friends stood aloof. old followers re-
traced their footsteps to get out Of the
mlre. and even old reJainers held their
breath. All but PIttenger turned from
him. But Edward Pittenger-the rich
mans son. the educated fellow. the real es.
tate auctiOueer. the faultless dresser
stood by Tweed when he was a convict al
Blackwell's Island. when he was prison
Pr at the Ludlow Street Jail: when he broke
Jail and made his futile journey to Spain.
and up to the time OF his death
II the heyday Of Tweed's success Pirteus
ger had chosen for his wife the daughter
IF Dr. Murphy the former Health Officer
Of the Port OF New York After he had
spent all his own money and ali Of hers
hat he could reach. she left him ten years
,go.
He weut-after sucking his New York
range dry-to East Chester. which is 10
ated in Westchester county. where he was
lected town clerk for two terms Then
.e began TO go down-vlsibly and openly.
ie had contracted a great thirst for liquor
.uring the evils days Of his prosperity 10
which was allied a love OF gambling. With
hese Two vices the road to ruin was opened
efore him, and he walked it to the end
.fter his finances were exhausted he went
o the poOrhOuse Voluntarily There he
led on March j.. His wife s-rt for his
ody and will give it decent burial. So
nds another Of Tweed's friends
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-25
DANISH WEST INDIES.
Germany May Prevent This Country
From Possessing Them.

Germany May Prevent This Country
From Possessing Them.
It was said at the State Department
yesterday that the resignation Of the Dam
ish Cabinet was not due TO the negotla-
tons between the Danish Government and
this country for the sale OF the Danish
West Indies. but was probably due to a
question of taxation which has been under
discussion in Denmark
The State Department declines TO state
what if any effect the resignation Of the
Danish Cabinet Will have on the negotia-
tons for the islands. but il is generally
believed that they will not be secured by
this country IL is rumOred that the Dan
ish Government has entered into a con-
tract with Germany giving that country
long lease on the islands, and that the
German flag will soon be raised over St.
John and st. Thomas. and that the United
States will not be able to get control Of
them because OF this lease
The State Department officials say that
they do not believe that Germany will OBJ
tain control Of the islands and that the
United States has as much chance as ever
Of possessing them.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-25

LONDON. March 24-This has been d
week OF calm. The ministry having pledged
themselves against the continued indie
pendence Of the Boer Republics. and even
the most sensational Of journals having
abandoned the alarms Of foreign interyeu-
tion. there is little left 10 discuss but the
betise Of Lord Methueu as now partly eX-
posed in his own dispatches and the ques-
ton what should be done with those Dutch
Of the Cape Colony who have been caught
in active revolt against the Queen.
The Methuen discussion Is severely
frowned down by the War Office and one
hears OF great activity among ladies Of
high society to burke enquiry but the
Scotch are indignant 10 man over Lord
Methuen's treatment of their beloved
Highland warrior, General Wauchope, and
will not rest Till they know how Tar his
death was due 10 General Methuen's oou-
duct OF the campaign.
There are also Lord Metbueu's treatment
OF Colonies Cough and Paget and hi, own
balsted account Of the Magersfontein dis
sster. for full explanation Of all OF which
the public shows keen anxiety. The nation
is being made 10 pay stiffiy Tor its army.
and il demands now. more than ever. eff
cient. level-headed and humane generals.
The question how to deal with the rebels
is evidently a burning one al the Cape,
and, under pressure from the Cape Col
onists the ministry here are being ur-
gently pressed to declare their policy Pres
ident Kruger, IL will be remembered re-
Gently made the exemption OF those rebels
from punishment one essential condition
Of peace. and Il Is significant that Winston
Spencer Churchill. writing In the Morning
Post" warns the ministry. from Cape
Town, that for one surrendered rebel
handcuffed and Jailed. ten desperate men
viii resolve to fight to the bitter end
with the Beers
On the other hand a section Of the min
isterislists in the House Of Commons.
stimulated by Ruyard Kipling's violent
distribe in the Times" on The Sin OF
Witchcraft." are presenting a round
robin" TO the Government demanding the
prompt and effective punishment OF rebels.
in justice TO the loyalists whose property
these allies OF the Beers are said 20 have
looted.
Both those who clamor for severity and
those who clsmor for lenity declare that
the future peace OF South Africa depends
upon decision In their favor. The Gov
eminent haits between these two opinions
Meanwhile the rebels are said 10 be fast
surrendsring under Lord Kitcheners iron
rule, and 10 be returning unharmed TO
their farms. Thus, probably, will the ques-
ton die down. for the English Ministry
generally prefers the line o. least resist 4
ance. and many here fear that 10 punish I
rebels BY DISTINGUISHING them would bear
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-25

tons in Bossuets handwriting; also Cath
crime de Medici's copy Of the Lyons edition
OF the 'Cyropedie de Xeuophon.' the cover
ing Of which is one Of the most perfect
specimens Of sixteenth century binding.
English book collectors lament the fail
ure OF their efforts to get the sale Of the
late Augustiu Days library transferred to
England. They attempt TO pour ridi .ule
upon the way in which his books have been
catalogued and sold this week ID New
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-25
SHELDoNIsM IN LONDON.
The Views of Rev. Joseph Parker on
Minister'S Journalistic Effort.

LONDON March 24-Rey. Dr. Sheldon's
journalistic experiment has caused consid-
cradle amused interest in England. The
Rev. Joseph Parker. minister Of the City
Temple, is moved to criticism and says:
After all. it is an excusable kind Of
lunacy. The first mistake is in thinking
anything proyable in a six days expert
ment. For week you can do almost any
thing with success, provided il is foolish
enough. / could ill St Paul's Cathedral
to overlooking by promising to swallow the
pulpit Bible" which a newspaper today
mischevously calls a neat illustration Of
Dr. Parker's own methods Of attracting
large Congregations.
Dr. Parker adds that DR.. Sheldons eX-
pertinent ignored and misrepresented the
spirit of the Bible itself. The Bible" he
said. lis a frank and free record Of muir
der, lust, drunkenness, lying, hypocrisy.
and prodigality. Such things should be re-
ported and the antidote energetically ad
ministered."
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-25
A NEW COUNTERFEIT BILL.
The secret service bureau Discovers
Spurious Note.

The Secret Service Bureau has discov-
% new counterfeit So Treasury note,
.uiu are being made to arrest the
makers of IT, The counterfeit is OF the Sc
ries OF 1891 bearing the portrait of General
Thomas. check letter d. face plate 20. back
plate %; J. Fount Tillman. Register; D. n
Morgan, Treasurer
It is a very poorly executed photographic
production printed on stiff. heavy paper
and the silk fibre Of he genuine note Is
Initiated with a few purple ink lines on
the back. The general character Of the
work is so poor that the note viii probable
deceive very few persons.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-25

Quartomlster General Ludington. Commi,sar,
General Weston Surgeon General Sternberr. and
several other chiefs Of War Department bureaus.
will form party which viii inspect the new
transport sumner, now at New York City The
sumner wss recently rehtted az great expense. and
d considered one Of the finest Transport, IN the
world. She viii sail from New York in about
week CARRYING l2D0 recruits 20 the Phiippiuc.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-25
FUNERAL OF COLONEL ELLIOT
The Remains to He Buried nt Airing
ton Tomorrow.


The funeral OF Col George H. Elliot. OF
the Corps Of Engineers Of the Army Wis
occur at ST. Matthews Church tomorrow
at 1890 a. m. The interment will be in
Arlington Cemetery. Colonel Elliot died
Friday at Marmion. Prince George County,
Va. at the home Of his son-in-law, Field
ing Lewis. after a short illness.
Colonel Elliot was sixty-nlne years old.
and was born in Massachusetts,. He grad
uated from West Point in 1859, and was
assigned to the First Artillery. He served
a year on the Texas frontier and in 1857
was transferred TO the Engineer Corps
remaining with it until he retired in 1895
He served with credit In the civil war. and
was employed on many OF the public works
of the country He was for years en-
ployed on the engineer work connected
with the District of Columbia. and ae-
complished many Improvements in rhe
water system.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-25

kaieish last night. He has a remarkably
hne mind ana IS thinking right up to date.
marked departrres in pnfyer.ity sd,rio mis-
tration methods. and The post graduate and
scientific dep9rtments are dcing yreU ana
are the best in the country DR. H.dle, =
very awkward man. and is always en-
harr4ssed In the nraseprs of ladias II ia
standing Joke with the students that he
always begins TO bow TO lady acouafntances
when BLOCK swav. as he fears he viii not
be observed and might do something IN
. amharrass the fair cnas of Naur EGaver .,
NJ p,,.. ute. - e-.-..- M.
va Do a., VIZ Vi '7tUdloI L ldt' OF Ne"
va H. '0l. l',e N'-i's'ou ioI 9'iaulIc ,Ity'
( ~ g. S'a'eiu's al MON. she EelsH Oy
private gar over the pennsylvania railroad.
. ana Will remain UuIH htr hedIth mas been
+ itSoF e'e"'
The Duke dLoubet. Of Paris. is al the
Arlington from Mexico where he has been
gathering specimens of buried Indian pot
terry and utensils lie is a famed scientist
and has endowed several American univer-
stiles.
Pusssu r,,bIisbed ~ "prss.If.s
,,r,ertio, nat :. is nj rho pi,-,,s g-or,
rar,..ro,11 ~ an r1sas,,rs 97i, ana
LII -, ,,,,.fI .r,,r-5,,. ~
col" refer &. haihs ana Alfred NOD g.
TWO Oh tue engineer members OF lhe
i7lhm'ah ,'hdI comm i55ioh' are al the
AIIlnsloE from Nicaragua having arrived
W. Ne" lorh ie" uays ago both meh-
DTS ld'oI lHs ne" route Oh the Nicaragua
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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-25
LONDON NEWS and GOSSIP
Lord Meihuen'S Treatment Of His
Officers Criticised.

An Explanation Demanded in the
Case of General Mauchope 49, The
Disposal of the Rebel Dutch a
Dilemma for the GoVcrument-PoS-
SibIe Dissolution of The Nini~trS.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-25

Latest spring style box plat
Dress Skirts, lined throughout.
OF chevi0t. serge, and mohair.
All lengths, in black and navy.
Only fifty of these garments. viii
one be here at closing time to
morrow?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-25

The new seasons corded effects.
prettier in design and color than
ever before, at 25c. Genuine
Scotch Ginghams. Only Zoe ward
for the American limitations that
look like them and are warranted
fast cOlOrs.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-25

Hon. J H. Manley Republican national
committeeman from Maine. is at the Ar
lington from Augusta accompanied by his
son and daughter He will remain for
week
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-25

Mrs. Elwell $ Otis and Miss Otis. the
wife.a daughter of Geud.al Otis. are at
the Raleigh from Rochester. y. Y They
are here on a social visit and vii. be the
guests Of several friends in official circles
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-12
REPUBLICANS
TOACT ALONE
Will Not Join In the
Framing Of a
Charter.

In the framing of a municipal char
ter for the city of Honolulu the Repub-
licans will act independently of the
other two parties. The invitation of
the Independent party to join with it
was declined.
The responsibility of acting with the
other two parties or framing a charter
from a Republican standpoint was left
with the executive committee of the
Republican party by the district COM
mittees which met at the drill shed
Monday evening, although there were
not at the meeting majority of dis
trict committee members present.
The executive committee of the Re
publican party at its meeting yester-
| day decided to decline the invitation
of the Independent party and to ap-
point a committee of thirty citizens to
prepare charter for Honolulu on be-
half of the Republican party.
| The following resolution was also
passed and ordered published in En-
lglish and Hawaiian:
Resolved, That this committee re-
cords it's appreciation of the uniform
courtesy. the sound judgment, the un-
lceasing energy and the constant
lwatchfulness with which the chairman
of this committee has discharged his
duties in the last campaign; and
Resolved, That this committee fur
ther expresses it's sense of obligation
to the party workers who at head
Quarters and in the field helped to start
with measurable success, the Repub
lican party of the Territory of Hawaii
| (Signed) e. r. HENDRY, Sec'y.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-12
THE ADVERTISERS STAFF.
II Gains Two Well-known People
From 9au Francisco.

II Gains Two Well-known People
From San Francisco.
Miss Ernestine Coughran, one of the
most talented of the woman journal
ists of San Francisco, whose illustrat-
ed articles covering pages of the Call,
are familiar to that journals readers
in these Islands, has been added to
the Advertisers local staff. She ar
yixed on the Zealandia
Fred G. Holzheiser, librarian of the
'Chronicle, has accepted a similar posi-
tion on the Advertiser, and will arrive
December II, on the Sierra. 1t will be
Mr.. Holzheiser's duty to index the
files of this paper for the past forty.
three years, classify the reference
books Of the Office, and build up 9
library of clippings like that which
enables metropolitan papers to pu
their fingers on the record of any pas
local or general event, and the record
and picture of any public man ol
woman, at moments notice. Tn,
Chronicle clipping library is the fines
in the United States with the excep
tion of the New York Herald's, an,
is valued at $4,000, though it woul,
not be sold for any price. Mr.. Holz
heiser has been connected with it 70
several years; first as assistant, an
! latterly as chief
/ The Advertiser intends to make 9th
er additions to its staff, and will grad
ually enlarge all its facilities for tn
collection and dissemination of new:
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-12
THEIR "PIoTuREs TOOK
The United States Court Officials
Photographed Yesterday.

Judge Estee of the United States Cir
cult Court and the officers of his court
and the United States MarshaPs office
were subjected to trying ordeal yes
terday forenoon in the court room.
They had their pictures took" in a
group by Mrs. w. ]. Robinson, wife of
United States Commissioner Robinson,
and all looked pleasant. Those who
were favored by this little diversion
were Judge Estee, United States Dis
trict Attorney Baird, Clerk of the
Court Walter B. Mailing, Chief Deputy
f. r. Hendry, Court Stenographer C
r. Reynolds and w. j. Robinson, u. S
Commissioner. The picture was taker
while the officials were in their Gus
tomary places
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-12
LIKE MUD PIES.
Chinese and Native Fight in tho Dirt
Of the Street


Covered with mud from the crowns
of their heads to the soles of their
feet, Chinese and a Hawaiian were
brought to the station house yesterday
afternoon by Mounted Patrolman
Pierce and charged with affray. Their
names are Pilipila and Lee Chong. The
officer had caught the pair in a street
fight on King street, Palama- Both
were rolling over and over in the deep
mud, and their nationality was almost
hidden by the slime, save that the
Chinese queue was describing para
bolas at each turn. The patrolman
had hard work in separating the men,
and managed to bespatter himself as
well.
Both men were put in the prison
yard and the hose turned on them. The
Hawaiian was somewhat under the in
fiuence of liquor and refused to be q
target for the stream of water. He
was sent into the bathroom, where, af-
ter splashing around for sometime, he
emerged claiming he was perfectly
clean. He had not removed his clothes
and refused to do SO when ordered by
Turnkey Melanphy. A squad of TRUSTEES
made for him and he quickly changed
his mind and his garments. The Chi
nese washed himself clean and was
later bailed out by brother Celes-
tial.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-12
-. Choirs and Congregation

.......... Choirs and Congregation
Benediction.
In the afternoon of Thursday the
people will gather on Punchbowl hill at
3 o'clock to commemorate a meeting
held there on December II, 1900, by Geo.
q Cannon and his companions, Hyrum
Clark, Thos. Whittle, James Hawkins,
Hiram Blackwell. James Keeler, Henry
w. Bigler, Thos. Morris, John Dickson
and VIM. Farrer.
FIFTH MEETING - THURSDAY
p. NJ.
1. Hymn of praise, "The World Is
Full of Beauty" .... Laie Choir
Prayer.
q Song and chorus, "The Mormon
Boy"-Frank Woolley and Quartet
3. bill of Fare" ...... ............
........ Auwaiolimu Quintet Clut
T. Hoomaumau and Hooma' uma'u..
49,. Hiiwai o ka Alma Glee Clut
Stereopticon views similar to ex-
hibition of Wednesday night.
s. Fairy Moonlight" -. .............
..........-... Lanihuli Glee Clut
Benediction,
All are cordially invited; no applause
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-12
VISITING THE LEPERs.
Washington Stars Comments on the
New Arrangements.

The Washington Star approves the
methods adopted by the local Board of
Health in making provision for the Wis
iting of friends of lepers without con-
tact with the diseased. The Star COM
mends the board for its energetic meas
ures as follows:
Some weeks ago the Star noted the
fact that an agitation had been begun
'at Honolulu to secure the separation of
the sick and the well at the leper col
only of Molokai when the periodical
visitation occurs. Copies of the Homo
lulu newspapers just received indicate
that this reform has been in fact ac
lcomplished and that the danger Of con-
tagion occurring when the friends OF
the lepers are allowed to visit them has
been greatly reduced. A double line of
fence two feet apart, with a wire
screen at the top, has been erected.
This permits the lepers and their
friends to see and talk with each other,
but does not allow personal contact,
| from which a spread of the disease is
feared. 1t is now hoped that the device
will permit a continuance of the GUS
tom of annual visits to Molokai, for
thereby the native horror of isolation
will be somewhat modified. With the
| lleper colony an established institution
and improved governmental facilities
for health inspection provided through
out the Island, it may be possible un-
der a vigorous administration to seq
regate all cases of leprosy and thus
confine it's ravages perhaps to single
generation. 1t is greatly to be desired
that this terrible scourge should be
checked. Hawaii is too beautiful and
otherwise healthful a spot to be infect
ed with such a plague.
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-12

The Grand Duke of Mecklenburg was
one day gambling at the Doberan ta-
bles and was betting on the same num-
bers as a rich master potter who stood
next to him. Both having lost their
money. the Grand Duke inquired:
well, potter, what shall we do now?"
"Oh." replied the master potter, your
highness will screw up the taxes and
1 shall make pots!"
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-12
THE ONE CONCERNED.

eride tthree times widow)-That
small In one 81 the most imperti-
y 'h I ever saw. Why. Alfred.
\, ~ me ceremony he came up and
IA. nc many happy returns.
n, Woom latter figuring on u n
- ruess rs up % me % go
w snash HIS head or 70 and take
~, "ie Insurance. policy.-Denver
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-12

.VA.-Agent 10 take acknowiedg-
49, 20 Instruments, district OF Kons.
y, ~ w, G. Achfs once. King st..
The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1900-12-12

An inventory in the matter of the es-
tate of Mele Kumuokalani alias Liza
walune (w), showing the estate to be
valued at $1,041.3S, was filed yesterday
in the Circuit Court.