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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-31
THE NEW KING

from the darkness and, with barred
head, said: Gentlemen, the Queen
passed away at $50"
All present reverently uncovered and
then shrill whistles and ringing of
the bells of bicycles in waiting were the
signals for messengers to race to Cowes
with the news. In few moments the
place was deserted. simultaneously
mounted messengers on white horses
dashed from Osborne. On their arrival
at Cowes the correspondents found the
news known both at East and West
Cowes fully fifteen minutes before it
had been announced to those in waiting
at the gates of Osborne House. The
streets were already filed with sor-
rowful crowds discussing Her Majes-
tvs death.
MESSAGES OF COINCIDENCE.
From all parts of the world there
are still pouring into Cowes messages
of coincidence. They come from crown
ed heads, millionaires, tradesmen and
paupers, and are variously addressed
to the Prince of Wales and the King
of England.
Emperor Williams arrangements are
mot settled. His yacht will arrive here
today wednesday,, but it is believed
that he will not depart until after the
funeral. Several other royal person.
ages are likely to be present at the
function.
The record of the last days of the
reign of Victoria is not easy to tell.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press was the only correspondent ad-
mitted to Osborne House, and his in
terview with Sir Arthur John Bigge,
private secretary of the late Queen, was
the only official statement that had
been sent out. For several weeks the
| Queen had been failing. On Monday
| week she summoned Lord Roberts and
asked him some searching questions
regarding the war in South Africa. On
Tuesday she went for drive, but was
visibly affected. On Wednesday she
suffered a paralytic stroke, accompan-
led by intense physical weakness. Then
her condition grew so serious that
| against her wishes, the family We're
Summoned. When they arrived her rea-
son had practically succumbed to pa
raIysis and weakness.
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THE DEAD QUEEN

national history, for the court ladies
went busily to work ordering, their
mourning from London.
The world was Jared when the an
nouncement came, but in the palace at
Osborne everything pursued the usual
course Down in the kitchen they We're
cooking a huge dinner for an assem-
blage, the like of which has seldom
been known in England, and the din
ner preparations proceeded just as if
nothing had happened. The body of
Queen Victoria was embalmed and will
probably be taken to Windsor Satur-
day. The coffin arrived last evening
from London.
1t was thought that the Queen was
dying about 9 o'clock in the morning,
and carriages were sent to Osborne
cottage and the rectory to bring all the
Princes and Princesses and the Bishop
of Winchester to her bedside. 1t seem
ed then very near the end, but when
things looked the worst the Queen had
one of the rallies due to her wonderful
constitution, opened her eyes and rec
Iognized the Prince of Wales, the Prin-
cesses and Emperor William. She asked
to see one of her faithful servants, a
fmember of the household. He hasten
ed to the room, but before he got there
the Queen had passed into a fitful
sleep.
/ BEGINNING OF THE END.
| Four o'clock marked the beginning of
1 the end. Again the family were sum-
moned, and this time the relapse was
not followed by recovery. The Prince
1 of Wales was very much affected when
/ the doctors at last informed him that
his mother had breathed her last. EN-
iperor William, himself deeply affected
did his best to minister comfort TO his
sorrow stricken uncle, whose new dig
nifty he was the first to acknowledge.
When the ( p. III. bulletin announced
that the Queen was sinking all the
watchers ct the gattts of Osborne House
made up their mines to remain to the
end. The cold was intense and a few
favored ones sought shelter in the royal
lodge, just inside, where they waited
lin absolute silence. The telephone rams
at 1904 p. m, but before a royal ser
want had time to take the message the
chief of the Queens police emerged
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-31

. OWES, Isle of Wight, Jan. %.
81 Queen Victoria is dead and
Il Edward VII reigns. Fi4et
81 greatest event in the memory
G , Of this generation, the most
~ Stupendous change in exist
ing conditions that could pos
'py be imagined has taken place
petty almost gently upon the ami
eTsary of the death of the Queens
aIAer, the Duke Of Kent. The end of
Is career, never equaled by any wo-
I'm IN the worlds history. came in
S'dpIy furnished room in Osborne
use. This most respected of women,
'ns or dead, lay in a great four-post-
| oed and made a shrunken atom,
.l'se aged face and figure were cruel
a'CEery Of the fair girl who in 1887 be-
to rule over England.
Iouhd her were gathered almost
psEy descendant of her line. Well
MN view of her dying eyes there
ING portrait of the Prince Con-
l IL was he who designed the room
-o every part OF the castle. In
stgeiy audible words the white-hair-
0'shop Of Winchester prayed be-
Her' as he had often prayed with
sovereign, for he was her chaplain
windsor. With bowed heads the
's' OF the German Empire and the
'l VINO is now King of England, the
man who has succeeded to the title
queen, the Princes and Princesses
nose Of less than royal designation
N7l to the Bishops ceaseless
-N clock passed. The Bishop con-
-l1 his intercession. One of the
..ser children asked a question in
+ "-, childish treble and was imme-
ley silenced. The women of this
al family sobbed family and the
- SAuitled uneasily.
DIED AT $50 O'CLOCK.
+. exactly $50 Sir James Reid held
-.s mead and the people then knew
Z England had lost her Queen. The
op pronounced the benediction.
Ne Queen passed away quite peace
~ She suffered no pain. Those
We're now mourning went to their
.s. A few minutes later the in
-.ole element of materialism step
INTO this pathetic chapter of inter
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oNDoN,
The
various of the followed
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-10

According TO our morning news, the
ministers in Pekin this evening viii
make a formal demand upon China for
an indemnity of three hundred and
twenty-seven million dollars The Chi
nese pIenipotentiaries viii be asked to
present a plan for raising the money.
1t is not believed that they viii offer
any more than a peTfunctoTy resistance
TO the demand itself Whether they will
be able to produce any evidence of abiI-
ity to pay it is quite another matter.
It is said that many influential China
men throughout the Empire are urging
the court 10 exhaust every possible
mems of raising the indemnity and get
ting rid Of it in. say, five years, rather
than resort 10 a loan China is
strange and, to westerners. d nearly
unknown country. It is possible that
1t contains millions Of people with TIE
boards and patriotism TO help the Gov
eminent even TO the limit Of the exac-
ton hut -o5o5y TsIiI believe it in ad-
vance Of convincing proof. That soiu-
ton being improbable. the next qUes-
ton is: Can China show the revenue
interest and sinking fund Of so great
q loan? In any case. it VIII have TO be
guaranteed by the Powers, if it IS to
be fOaJed at par or thereabouts. With
out such guarantee we doubt if the
hnanciers Of America and Europe would
touch it.
Opinions differ widely as to whether
OF not the Empire is in a condition to
stand such strain as would be put
upon its ability 10 levy and collect
taxes sufficient 10 meet this new obi
cation. II not, then a new question
must be considered. Shall the amount
be reduced, or shall the Powers. guar
Rntee the loan, nevertheless. and take
TIE chances OF settlement with future
b0ndholders2 That would involve com
pensatiOn In g territorial form at least
Why not save time. trouble. and cx-
pense and take 1t at first2 In short
either The burden should be made not
heavy enough TO break John China
mans back, OF he should be carved up
and put out Of his misery as soon as
possible II is difficult to study the
history Of the Chinese embrogli1 dur
ing the past twosyears without acquir-
ing the suspicion that this is what he
Is coming 20 soon or late. whatever may
intervene 10 postpone the day Of his
1Frdgirar and yserffrfar
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-10
AtavIstic Tendencies.

There Is q family Of Scaudinaviaus in
North Dakota which is somewhat re-
nlarkable in its way The notabIHty
consists in the great size Of the four
sons. the father and mother being PEG
pie Of ordinary stature The youths
ranged in height from six feet 20 six
feet six inches, and in weight from two
hundred up 70 nearly six hundred
pounds. Their aggregate weight was
nearly fourteen hundred pounds.
OF course, this curious development
may be regarded merely as a freak, but
it suggests a possibility which is worth
attention. II may be that this was a
case Of atavism induced by the favora-
bic conditions Of a new country. The
Scandinavian in his native land, under
the best conditions. is tai. and heavy
man; but when he migrates To the
cities he becomes stunted. ike any
other human being. II is possible.
therefore, that the father and mother
Of these giants. migrating to a new
country where food was plentiful, IiY-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-10
THE LOCOMOTIVE CoMBINE.
a Statement Made by n Manchester
Works Officer

MANCHESTER. n H, May 10.-Frauk
P Carpenter. Treasurer OF the Manches-
ter Locomotive Works makes the follow
ing statement regarding the rumored sale
Of the concern to the International Power
Company
The Manchester Locomotive Works
has not been absorbed by any combine
yet The matter stands today precisely
Is it did two weeks ago. The Manchester
Locomotive Works has fixed a contract
and proposed q price for the sale of its
stock, with a pToviso that the Manchester
Works viii not go into any combine unless
all the locomotive companies named by
US 20 in. 1t has been stated that the
Rogers plant at Paterson, \. J.. was be
ing considered in the deal It is not be
ing considered at all This plant has
practically been doing no business for the
past three or four months and is not con
sidered q desirable factor
The sO-Callcd International Power
Company viii not be back Of the stock
cessfuI- The International Power Com
pauy simply suggested the scheme. in the
way of speculation. If the deal goes
through the combined plant will be run
~ the managers Of the three largest 10
connective works of the country, namely,
tie Schenectady, y. Y, the Baldwin
" OTks. Of Philadelphia. and the Cooke
Locomotive Works, of Paterson. y. }.
You can also state that the VsnderbiIts
have greed TO invest q, 0)9, O01 in the com
bine il the proposed deal goes through"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-10
Circulation Statement.
Shcarin- Day

Once in q while it occurs 10 the good
shepherds of Wall Street that a gen
eraI. close and comprehensive shearing
of the lambs is desirable in order to
keep all the wool concentrated in a few
hands. At no tine in history have
there been so many, 50 fat, or so wooHy
lambs as have gambled on the Stock
Exchange green since the beginning OF
the century Truly. it had become high
time Two weeks ago for the skeareTs
and SINNERS and butchers to corral and
do for them
It is ali over now-especiaIly for the
lambs 4 wink of the tail OF one viii
not be seen upon the street for moons
to come. Brokers may shut up shop
now and depart on their steam yachts
But thousands Of their late custom
ers meantime viii be hunting for hum
bic work. or begging bread, or doing
worse. The record of the past two days
spells ruin for the small investor. No
body ever will know the extent TO
which the crash has wrecked homes.
broken up families. and sent love flying
out Of the window as hopeless poverty
stalked IN at the door
Such an object lesson ought to be
sufficient to keep people Of small means
out of a game where disasters are as
q hundred to one successful turn. and
the dealers are in the business strictly
for the purpose Of catching the public
and emPtyIng its pockets But all such
lessons are soon forgotten. Black Fri
day may have made the lambs shy OF
Wall Street for two or three years; but
they have gone back again and again
for the periodical shearing. They viii
be wary for a While now. but not for
any great length Of time. Speculative
like other history has been repeating
Itself continually ever since Adam tried
10 corner the apple crop. and got frozen
out. Then. like some of her fair de
scendants Of this day wE0 have been on
friendly terms with the serpent. poor
little Eve had to give up her luxuri-
OusIy furnished fat and take in wash
ing or go back 10 the chorus.
The play viii be often repeated here
after, only with a change Of actors and
actresses. As Mr.. F.s aunt SO senten-
tiOUsly remarked: You cannot make a
head with brains in II out Of a brass
door knob You couldn't when your
Uncle George was alive; much less now
he's dead
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-10

Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia, is a
man of decided views, and he has a way
Of expressing them with much vigor or
all occasions In his sermon at Balti-
more the other day, when Cardinal Mar
tineIH received the red biretta. Monsignor
Ryan aniTnadverted severely upon the at
titude OF several European nations toward
the Holy See, and this in the presence Of
their diplomatic representatives, in this
country. He is being criticised for his re-
marks, as it is said that some Of the
Catholic diplomats consider themselves
affroated. But it is unlikely that any
thing viii happen in consequence. The
Morsignor here can only be legally re-
garded as an American clergyman exer-
cising the right OF free speech in an
American pulpit Possibly, considering
tie composition of mis- audience, and the
nor-poIiticaI character of the function, he
might better have refrained from expires
sions calculated to cause pain or embar-
rassment to any Of his hearers; but that
IS merely a question Of social ethics The
right of every American to pitch into the
efete dynasties of the Old World when
ever he feels 50 disposed is considered to
be the most inalienable one possessed by
the sons OF your Uncle Sam
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ing in the open air choosing for Their
home the farming lands of the North
west. returned 10 the ancestral cCndi-
tons which produced men OF great siza
and stature. and an atavistic develop
n@nt was the result
We are accustomed to think of the in
fUenCes. which surround the immigrant
in this country as being purely political
and social in their modifying tendency;
and it is seldom remembered that eli
matte and industrial conditions also
have their effect on his physical. men
tai. and moral makeup The reason
why penal colonies have often been so
successful is undoubtedly that they al
low the convict to return to the begin
ming of things. and shake of the evil
influences of the worst side Of civiliza-
ton. so that whatever Is good in him
has a chance to come out. The immi-
grant IS not. of course, q convict. but he
frequently comes out Of Old World con-
didons which are anything but en-
nobling in their influence. and when he
settles IN the country and begins to pay
for his farm, he is likely to be utterly
removed from all the traditions Of his
former life. and what is real in him
comes to the surface. If his grand
father was a sturdy. straightforward,
honest sor Of the soil, his children viii
be likely to develop that character If
he had an ancestor who was a cattle
litter and marauder. it is likely enough
that he viii have at least one son who
is wild and reckless. Whether inten-
tiOnaIIy or not, MI Josiah F7Iynt, in his
tales Of the criminal world gave to one
of his chief characters a significant
name-RudeTick McKlowd- That was
the Chicago lake front pronunciation of
the old Highland name ROderick Nc
Leod, and If that man really had that
name. his t-great-grandfather was
probably one Of the wild, reckless, dare
devil clansmen who followed Prince
Charlie The marauding strain in him
had to come out, and it came out in
carefully planned and daringIy executed
robberies.
It is well TO understand the possibiIi-
ties of such developments, not because
they are to be looked for, invariably.
but because they may be guarded
against There IS no surer way TO make
q boy thief than 10 taUnt him with
the fact that his father was one, as a
rule. 1t is a kill or cure sort of treat
ment; either he viii be scTUpuIousIy
and incoTruptibly honest, or he VIII give
up trying to be honest at all But If
there is an ancestral strain Of some sort
Of deviItry, ways for its safe develop
ment can be provided, and a good deal
Of harm averted. There Is no use in
trying to make born sailor into pro-
fessor in a college. a great many of the
tragedies of the world could have been
avoided if people in authority had
known enough not t. try to put round
pegs into square holes; and there is no
way n which the great general is more
clearly proved than by his ability 10
play chess with humanity without try
ing 20 do knights work with a castle.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-10

He then goes on to speak Of the sew
nineteenth century who. while the vivi-
sector was trying 10 discover the ma
teriaI Of which the human soul is com
posed, on the dissecting table. have
been INDUCING in q sort Of human vivi-
section IN their =cveIs. plays, and
poems
The average reader Of modern times
may not have tE0ught-sO common has
psychological fiction and poetry grown
TO be-of the subtle bat essential dit
ference between the fetiCn-writing Of
the latter part Of the nineteenth cen
fury and most of that which went be
.5re. The literature Of this generation
is occupied mainly with conscious or
unconscious attempts to explain the re-
Iaticns between human beings-the
laws Of the soul-in precisely such ex-
perimentaI and tentative ways as the
physicist uses TO discover the laws Of
matter. The great laws of life. it is
true-the rules Of ethics-have mostly
been discovered just as the force Of
gravitaGon and the laws Of light were
understood IN their broader bearings
before much was known Of their ma
ture; but there stH remain innumer-
able variations and complexities in the
relations Of life. public, social. and pri-
vate. which are bat now being studied
in anything like a scientific way. In
other words, TIE science Of literature
has become the science Of the human
soul.
Contrasting the old ideas with the
new, a train of thought is suggested by
the above quotation from Browning.
Nothing Is more familiar nowadays
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-10

than the half-defncd notion Of soul as
permeatfne all things. instead of being
an article exclusively owned by
human being and used as q sort %
counter in the great game Of salvation
One does not nowadays 50 often hear Of
a human being as having a SOUL the
Inference seems rather To be that the
human being Is the soul Tire story of
the small child who. when soIemnly in
formed Of the fact that she had an i'm
mortal soul. as soIemnly replied
No, ma am, I aint-but I've got coTny-
copier-"
is more or less familiar; but children
with that hay notion Of their makeup
are not as common now as they used to
be. They are told to be good. not TO
try 10 save their souls from destruction.
but because it is right to be good.
It is beginning to be understood,
then. that the laws Of the soul are the
laws of life It is the psychological
noveHsts business to understand these,
and most fiction nowadays has some
thing Of that quality in il, whether rec
CgniZed or not We no longer think of
the human entity as an impalpable
something situated in the brain We
think Of it as the life which inhabits
every part Of the body. There is almost
as much character, sometimes. in the
hand. the foot or the gait of person
as in the face. The same individuality
has shaped them all The laws of eth
les are not mysterious and half-compre-
hensible things, to be given out by GER
tain recognized authorities. but rules
which can be discovered by experiment
and experience. Seine of them may
also be discerned by observation, and
here is where the work Of the novelist
becomes important. He can so describe
and illustrate the relations Of life that
persons placed in analogous situations
can be guided by whatever good there
is in his work If the novel be silly.
sentimental. cynical. vicious, it viii
have a bad influence corresponding in
greatness to the talent of the author
and the size OF his public. If it be
strong, wholesome. sensible. sane. it
viii have an uplifting influence in pro
portion
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-10

Several estimabIe gentlemen, more or
less identified with the Administration,
are expressing the opinion that Mr..
Conger, our amiabIe and able Minister
TO China is acting II a manner which
TO them appears paTadOxiCaL They say
that, although he IS on vacation, he
shows decided Discrimination to va
cate. He is. in fact, disappointing the
expectations of his official sUperiors in
falling 10 resign his mission and cras-
ing the gIittering baubIe Of a nomina-
ton to the GoverRorship of Iowa
The experienced diplomat in question
possibly may not be as much impressed
with the prospects In his home State
as his Administration friends would
like TO have him We viii not 20 90
far as TO say that he suspects little
game to get him out Of the diplomatic
service without actually having to
eject him, in the enthusiasm with
which the Federal officeholding element
in Iowa has been booming him for State
honOrs- Whether he does or not, his
idea seems TO be- TO stick to a good
thing when he has it, and not to ex-
change the meat in his mouth for the
shadow in the water
Probably his attitude is correct. But
it is equally probable that if his room
is wanted more than his company, he
VIII not be permitted to resume his
relations with the Empress Dowager-
His case IS peculiar and appeals to our
sympathy. When he was at Pekin he
was so often right when our Foreign
Office, under the tutelage Of Mr.. WI,
was wrong, that he cannot be surprised
now to find himself persona non grata
at this court. 1t. is quite the way Of
the world
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-10
The Internretcr of Life.

In a little book called Literary IN
depreciation Of Life. Prof. Crawshaw,
Of Colgate University. takes up the sub
jet Of literature II its relation TO the
Interpretation of the human soul The
arguments which he uses are not ex-
actIy new, but presented IN such a way
as to be fresh and suggestive. He
quotes Brownlng's satire on the yivi-
sector. who hopes 10 discover
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supply and Demand.


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Nay ! the price Of steel rails advanced from
Sc 10 IS ton According TO dispatches from
New York the anthracite operators intend 10 in
crease the price Of their product Il a ton II is
estimated that this viii add about 500 .CJJ To
their pruhts- There Is something magnificent IN
the way the trusts announce these advances sup
ply and demands What they2 What cc0nc
mist dared - talk about such entities?
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-10

Chile is said to be terrifying the Strait
OF Magellan England probably has not
heard Of the matter before, or some old
exploded treaty would have been produc-
ed in bar Of the proceedings. England
never allows anybody else TO fortIfy if
she can help it. Her course in her own
case is slightly different. but she adheres
firmly TO the principle, that n0n-British
fertilization is wicked and intoIerabIe-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-05-10
Idle Future Talk

NIVOE.J
No matter what are the political prospects now
It Is more than idle to talk Of this one OF Of
that one a probable winner in the race Tor
either party nomination In 1904. New issues and
new men may arise and the scenes Of the Chi
-,zo conventions that nominated Lincoln and
GIrfeId and Bryan may be re-enactcd.