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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03
FRANCIS WILSON'S MISTAKE.
He BesieEed the Wrong Door in IL
Boston Hotel.
From the Chicago Times-IIcrald.)


When Francis Wilson is playing an en-
gagement within easy travelling distance
Of his home in New Rochelle. n. Y, he is
occasionally visited by his family. Re
turning from a rehearsal in Boston the
other day, the clerk OF the hotel informed
him that his wife and two daughters had
arrived and had heen assigned to apart
ments next to his own. The comic opera
monarch threw ceremony aside. and
making his way to the abiding place Of
his household. thumped on the door with
Il show of playful and noisy ostentation.
Who is it," a feminine voice queried
family.
1t" the actor responded with re-
proach.ul emphasis Tiff you insist
upon my revealing the shivering and
naked truths the head of this ranch
Whom do you wish to see? was the
next enquiry that roated promptly and
cautiously over the transom
oh, well, as to that, said the I'M
tbashed visitor. who now allowed his
sense of the ridiculous to have fun play,
1T doesn't make much difference, ANY
body viii do. I'm not at all particular.
by the way. is there anybody Just at
present that you would care to see?'
At this point the door opened and =
middle-aged lady. who was perfect
stranger to the comedian, surveyed him
from head to foot, and said with icy Sc
verify:
Il am not at all certain that ! care TO
see you, sir. You are distressinSly Tor
NAL.
Mr. Wilson had besieged the wrong
door.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03
SHIPS OF UNLUcKY REPUTE.
some That seamen Dread to he As
ssigned To.


Il nlucky ships in our navy have n
most unpleasant way of acting up to their
populations. ANY bluelacaet will tell you
that the most unlucky ship ff& the navy
IS the Ihunderer-he IS firmly convinced
that in the event of war she will come to
grief. The origin of this ship 8 reputl-
ZION Is not exactly known. though a seory
exists to the effect that workman was
injured or killed during her construction
ana has dependents scur,ily treated by
the admiralty OF the period. His wife,
dying IN c.--birth shortly afterwari
cursed the ship. So goes the legend; pos-
sibly enough, like many another legend.
IL was made later on to mt events. No
doubt whatever attaches to the Thun-
derers iil-luck-a fearful boiler explosion
and terrible gun disaster marked. her
earlier years. Minor disasters have been
many.
Most things that could go wrong with
her did so, and, though 1t was recently
stated that she had outiiyed her bad luck,
almost Immediately afterward all her
suns went wrong-a matter under en-
Guiry at the present moment. She is be-
ing put out of commission and replaced
by the Hood, and it is extremely doubt
ful whether she will be employed again.
save as a harbor ship-men do not like
her.
Another unlucky ship is the Howe. She
went ashore and sank at Ferrol. Subse-
quently she WAS raised ana refodted.
but her bad luck" clings to her; she is
the worst ship of her batch to manage.
10y otp'iSNtNipii SiiI - bOOtht0
to sink some consort or be sunk by her
one of these days
Then there was the Inflated Victoria.
A horrible story absolutely without
foundationD about a man who was acct
dentaIIy fastened down TO die IN her used
to be related in the early 9Js. She met
with disasters. eliminating in the terrible
that bears her name The
saddest of all incidents in connection
with catastrophe has never been made
public
When the order was given for each man
to jump a batch of marines were not or
dered to fall out All or nearly all of
those men were drowned standing at at
tention. However,, this incident does not
the luck of ships.
The list of uitn cs<y- ships could be ex-
tended consider; / ~. but the above typi-
cal cases will sL1ce. In fact. of them 1t
is absolutely useless to argue against
nautical superstitions. The bad luck,
of course. varies; in the majority of cases
forth, but, whatever it be. once the ''un-
lucky reputation attaches to ship it
will last until she ends her career. And
since the new royal yacht has thus got
labeled. nothing that may be said or left
unsaid of her viii clear her. AS she has
cost over G500.O0O. something must be
done with her. One superstition is that
royalty will decline to use her and that
she will be handed over to the lords of
the admiralty in place of the Enchantress,
the anything but seaworthy craft that
now carries them around
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03
MAsaUERADING AS TREES.
Adroit Means by Which Indian Ban
dts Escape Pursuers.


Some of the Indian tribes over which
we rule give us great deal of trouble,
notably the Mahsuds. though 1t is pleas
ing to learn from a recent Bombay tele-
gram that they are at last being brought
TO something like order and are laying
the nne lately imposed upon them as
well as agreeing to cease their rands.
The Mahsuds however, are not by any
means the worst of the Indian robber
tribes, that unenviable distinction proba-
bly, falling to the Bills, who are the clev-
crest scoundrels in the world. both in
their methods of acquiring other people $
property and in evading pursuit
They are very proud OF their skill in
pilferiuG and openly boast of It, one OF
them once told British officer that ne
could steal the blanket from under him
and was promptly challenged to snow his
ability. That night. when the officer was
fast asleep. the Bhil robber cut a hole in
his tent, crept noiselessly In ana sentIy
tickled the hands and feet Of the sleep
ing man The officer stirred uneastly and
turned over. In this way the Bill was
able to pull the blanket out a little way.
BY repeating this performance he finally
succeeded in coaNing the blanket com
petely from under the sleeper.
When engaged in his nefarious little
games the Bhil wears hardly any cloth
to facilitate escape from any would-be
captors. When hotly pursued by the
British troops the robbers make use of
a very clever device they conceal their
sSant clothing under their small round
shields and scatter them about to resem-
bic stones or powders Then, picking up
a few twigs-if there are any to be had
they assume all sorts Of ErOteSque atti-
tudes, their almost Ileshless limbs sill
hOuetted against the dark night sky
closely resembling the charred limbs or
tree. Absolutely motiunless, they hold
their positions till the enemy has passed
them.
In this way a British subaltern in
charge OF a party sent to capture some
Hhls was considerably startled one even
ing. The pursuit had completely lost
sight OF the robbers and finally the par
ty drew rein by a clump of gnarled and
hard eXertions. The officer in charge
took off his hat and placed it on the end
Of a broken limb. when Instantly there
was wild scream of laughter and the
tree trunks suddenly came to life and
vanished in the darkness
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03
IT MUST BE A HOLIDAY.
\ Brokers' Meun Advantage of Eel
Iov-Ffnancier.


Tn at the Hoffman House the brokers
We're celebrating WashingJon's Birthday
as brokers sometimes do. Between cell
ebrations one of them remarked;
This IS getting to he a great country
for holidays They're coming along pretty
fast nowadays. We've got all the old
ones and a lot of new ones and this year
were to have still another
whats that?" asked one of his
friends.
st Patrick's Day
"Trot along, trot along. said the third
of the trio. We've always taken con-
pie or more in honor of st. Patrick. but
wen be doing business just the same.
Don't you know; yoai galoot, that that
isn't a legal holiday
BET you a bottle of wine that II viii
he this year It's been decided TO close up
all the exchanges and banks and all the
public buildings will he closed Not n tap
Of business viii be done on St. Patrick's
Day
''I'H take YOU" said the broker nearest
the bar Lets have the bottle now and
settle the bet on March L.
Done" said the man who advanced
the propnsition. But we can prove IL
now. IT'S marked among the holidays on
the calendar. Get a calendar and see
\ calendar was consulted by the man
who had taken the bet, and then. with an
expression Of disgust on his face, eX-
claimed:
You poor idiot. St. Patriclls Day falls
on Sunday.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03
TALK TO THEMSELVES.
Western Doctor Says the Habit Is
Common Among New York Men
(From the New YORK sun.)

A Western physician made his first visit
TO New York last week, and at a semi
public dinner on Saturday evening he hap
pened to be seated with men who had
spent all of their lives in this city. one OF
them said to him;
Doctor. / have often wondered how
New York would impress a thinking man
on his first visit. What impresses you
most in the streets?
THE thing which first attracted my at
tention," said the physician, and which
still holds 1t is the fact that most of the
men whom one passes in the street are
talking to themselves. Why is it? Don't
New Workers. have friends to whom they
may talk or are they so given to talking
that they must talk to themselves when
they are alone? Do they all talk in their
sleep?
rs il because men work harder here
that they go along the streets mumbling
to themselves? / don't know the true eX-
PLANTATION of it. but | have been in many
different cities and in none of them have
seen so many men talking to themselves
as in New York.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03
WINDSOR AND THE LOUVRE.
Each slmboIizcs NATIONAL Traits of
It's Country.

Windsor Castle is the proper home of
our Kings, because. in a sense ii SYM
bolizes the character Of England and
Englishmen. Despite the iniquitous res
toration of WyaN, the Destroyer we can
still mark its ancient lines and wonder
at it's ancient splendor. IL is vast. Il is
rugged. IL is without plan, it has grown
with the energy and zeal of Britain. Com
pare it to the palaces Of France and note
the difference.
Windsor lacks the beauty of the Lou
vre: the Louvre lacks the chaacter of
Windsor. Even the fortified castles of
TOuraine are more elegant than the great
palace Of our Kings Yet we are more
likely to see another Louvre than another
Windsor
The vast towers and the modest cloisters
afford "A whimsical contrast which cannot
be matched elsewhere, ana though the
hand of change has been heavy upon its
walls Windsor has been u castle for i
thousand years.
Nor may its situation be matched in the
world. once a stronghold. IL is now the
pleasure palace of one of our kings There
many a monarch has ruled. hunted loved
and been buried. It's walks have witness
ed the professions and pageants Of many
centuries But never have its lofts walls
looked down upon more sorroWful prog
ress than that which recently wound up
the slope to the noble gate OF st. Georges
Chapel
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03

UroW Ihr NhIVaGo IT'Dunr-J
"JacIe Rastus. am sorry 70 hear YOU say Won
like secret societies better than you do the
church,
Hits So boss. Yo' kin blong to as many
srekut 'ticiies ez 70 got mind 10. but 70
k'yarnt iinc mo n one church."
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03
Another Part of Anatomy.

They had been at the masquerade where She
had recognized him at once WAS il the loud
beating Of my heart my darling that told you
sas hereYr murmured he.
80. no." she replied. - recognized you 10y the
size of your feet,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03
Polite.

Grom the Neggendorer Blaetter)
Inexperienced skater Cfslling between two 9TH
ers on the iee1-Exeusc me- + tti. seat enSaged5
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-03
M GuN 40 TnE roRPEDo.

In none OF these features is either OF the
other weapons likely to overtake the gun.
The torpedo relies mainly upon STEALTH
the ram mainly upon a happy chance, for
effective use. Both stealth and chance
have their place in war; stratagem and
readiness. each In place may contribute
much. But the decisive issues Of war de-
pend upon the handling OF masses with
celebrity and precision. according to certain
general principles Of recognized uniyer-
salty. Afioat such massed force to be
welded accurately and rapidly. must con-
sist Of units not too numerous because OF
their smallness-as torpedo craft would be
nor zoo unwieldy because OF their size.
We may not be able to determine yet. in
advance OF prolonged experience of war,
just what the happy mean may be CORE
spending In principle to the old seventy
four, but We may be reasonably sure that
81 win be somewhere in the ranks Of the
present battIeships; and that In the range.
accuracy and rapidity of their gun FIRE
especially when acting in feets-will be
found a protection which the small yes
sells that rely upon the torpedo or ram
alone will not be able 10 overcome. though
they may in rare instances elude.
Concerning the frigates and sloops OF our
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-03
GEN. coRBIN COMING.
He Will Soon Leave for the Philip
pine Islands.


WASHINGTON, May 22.-Adjutant-
General -Corbin will make a trip TO the
Philippines, sailing from San Francisco
for Manila on the transport Hancock
about June 18th, for the.purpose of ac-
auaintipg himself personally with con-
ditions in the islands. He will visit the
principal garrisons and make q thor
ough inspection of the troops, and will
probably be accompanied by General
Chaffee, whose formal inspection OF
garrisons- had already been determined
upon General Corbin will arrive at
Manila in August and spend a month
in the islands, leaving there in Septem-
Der in time to return to Washington
and prepare his annual report. This
will contain much of interest in regard
to his inspection in the Philippines, the
principal object of which will be to &C.
cure cooperation in an economical ad-
ministration- Of the military forces
there. He will also secure for the Sec
rotary Of War valuable information as
to the permanent military force needed.
This, 1t is expected, will form the basis
largely Of Secretary Roots recommen-
dations to Congress in his next annual
report. General Corbin said today that
this is to be no mere inspection Of uni
FORMS" The official character of his
trip is understood, though it is called
a personal visit to the islands
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-03

The proceedings of the Southern
Presbyterian General Assembly touch
ing the election and damnation of in
fants, reads like page from the rec
erds of the medieval schoolmen. That
such matters should be seriously dis
cussed by learned doctors and adj
vanced as tenets of religion, accounts
for much of the real heterodoxy in the
world. People of common sense simply
refuse to follow the religious teaching
of men who think 1t necessary to dis
cuss the possibility pro or con, Of the
damnation of an infant dying in in
fancy The schoolmen who spent their
time debating how many angels can
balance themselves on the point of q
needle were as rational and practical
as the modern theologians who bother
themselves and their congregations
over the question of whether God is a
barbarian or fount of justice and
mercy.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-03
Seventy Men Entom bed.

LONDON. May 24.-As the result of
an explosion Of firedamp in the Univer-
sal colliery at Senghenydd, in the
Rhondda Valley, Wales. seventy min
ers are entombed. as there is no hope
of saving the lives of any of Them
The explosion occurred this morning,
when about one hundred miners were
in the pit; but only those who were in
the vicinity Of the shaft escaped The
wreckage of the mine is complete, and,
although there was no lack of voIun-
teers. the work of the rescuers was I'm
peded by the lack of air.
A few bodies were recovered with the
greatest difficulty, and the conditions
are such that no hope remains that
the seventy or more men still imprls-
oned in the debris will be brought out
alive
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-03

A Jurist. DESTROYS of Public Ovation.
visited a Variety Theater. and getting
no Notice. said to a Henchmen some
thing which soon brought that mental
back. remarking, IT Fixed It." where
upon the Jurist, slipping out into the
Hall, re-entered the Theater after the
show had resumed 1t progress, at which
there was a Loud Burst of Applause
4 from the Gallery. The Jurist. all
smiles, took his seat. conscious Of hay-
Ing had an Opportune Moment.
Moral-Don't fix things In the hear
ing of Reporter.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-03
Filipino Display Coming.

NEW YORK, May PA special to
the Sun from Washington says: One
Of the most interesting exhibits which
VIII be seen at the Buffalo Exposition
within a short time will be that from
the Philippines. 1t left Manila on the
steamer Guthrie for San Francisco by
way of Hongkong. The exhibit consists
of about 100 Filipinos from different
parts Of the islands. There are twenty
hve women and children. Some of
them are Tagafos, others are from
lloilo and some from the Visayas. Four
large caraboas will prove of unusual
interest, as will also spinning loom,
oanco, or canoe, all kinds of Filipino
weapons, several bales of hemp for
weaving, and large quantities of pima
CLOTH
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-03

OF last month. Inc gang to which
they belonged has been making Am
er1can dollars with marvellous fidelity.
Colonel T. F. Barr, lately stationed
at Chicago, has been appointed to sue
coed General G. Norman Letter. retir-
ed, as judge advocate general. with
the rank of brigadier general, at Wash
ington.
Another case Of brutal hazing is re-
ported from Madison, Wis. A student
was thrown into rocky lake with his
hands and feet tied, and was severely
bruised, as well as half-drowned. when
rescued
George H. Phillips, of Chicago. sold
100000 bushels of corn in the pit last
week at prices ranging from AZ to As
cents. His profits. 100000, he said,
were mot SO much when you consider
the expenses"
A German-American, naturalized In
the United States, has been compelled
to serve in the German army. His
parents, who wanted to keep him at
home, assisted the military authorities
in OBTAINING him.
The Princess of Chimay has been de-
clared a spendthrift and incapable of
managing her own property, and a
Chicago court has appointed her uncle
7. r. Lyons, to manage her estate, un.
der 100000 bonds.
Reginald Vanderbilt, son of the late
Cornelius Vanderbilt, has been refused
admission into the Skull and Bones.
and the Scroll and Key. He was the
last of fifteen seniors to be elected to
Wolfshead, the least important of
Yale's upper class fraternities.
Captain F. J. Burrows and Lieuten-
ant Frederick Boyer, charged with
selling government property in the
Philippines, have both been convicted
and sentenced. Both are to be dis
honorably discharged and imprisoned,
the former for five years and the lat
ter for one year.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-03

; The Hawaiian band is one of the be-
quests OF the monarchy which everyone
In Honolulu, save some of the profess
sionai reformers In the Legislature,
would like to have retained. 1t is a
feature of Hawaiian life which tourists
always remark, and which gives pleas
ure to rich and poor alike. Nobody ap-
proves of the band more than the Ha-
waiians. whose musical race Is so large
ly represented on it. Surely the
finances are not so badly off as to
make the disbandment of Captain
Bergers fine organization imperative.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-03
NEWS OF WORLD
% % =" ',,' '' :. =, .e,'CONDENSED

The population. of Scotland is 4.47l,
=, Thes Tennessee river Is slowly fall
: Kfondyke piacers are paying big roy
.,sFloodas ares doing great damage in
A large Indian school Is to be buflt
tpRiXerside, Cal .y.
Nine buildings were destroyed by fire
at Jamestown, Cal ~
Cinnabar deposits have been found
near Santa Clara. CAL ~ ~
,-Nhe general crop, outlook In the Unit
ed States, is encouraging.
The Valley Railroad of California has
been sold to- the Santa Fee ~
!, Shipments of oil from America now
amount to 5000, 600 per month.
Russia may ask the powers TO In
crease Chinese :eustems duties. ..-rt.
Edison, has received letters threaten
Ing to kidnap his favorite child.
The Yukon overran Its banks and IN
undated the camp at Forty Mile.
% The University of the Pacific, at San
Jose, has just celebrated its jubilee,
Mgr. Moreau, Roman Catholic Bish-
OPP of st. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Is dead.
ssThe United States army intends pro-
tecting soldiers from pension sharks.
# The Edison. company now controls
electric lighting in Southern Califor-
MIA.
Queen Wilhelmina and her husband
are visiting Emperor William at Pots
dam.
Lodge may succeed Davis at the head
of the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations.
A Fresno boy climbing on electric
live wires, was burned until his right
arm fell off,
Turkish diplomats at Paris threaten
to leave their posts unless their sala-
ries are paid.
Sir Alfred Miner had an ovation on
his return to London, and was elevated
to the peerage.
Philippine natives are dissatisfied
with the appointment of American
judges in the islands.
The Southern Pacific intends running
six-day deciduous fruit train between
Sacramento and Chicago.
The Presbyterian General Assembly,
at Philadelphia, has taken a favorable
vote on the creed revision.
John Weber, the six-year-old son
Of a Fresno widow, was killed in that
city last week by being run over by
a dray.
While In search Of Aguinaldo. Ger
eral Funston's supply of provisions ran
80 low that he was forced to eat an
octopus.
The will Of George H. Fancher, OF
MERGED, Cal, Is being contested. The
deceased left property to the value Of
81, 100000.
The twelfth session of the Trans
Mississippi Commercial Congress con-
venes in Cripple Creek. Colorado. from
July 10Th to goth.
Duncan B. Harrison, the we'll known
theatrical and sporting man, has been
granted a pension for injuries received
during the Cuban war.
Former Governor John r. Tanner
died suddenly in Springfield, ILL.,, on
May %. The cause of his death was
rheumatism of the heart.
Paul Morton, second vice president
of the Santa Fe system, has refused
an offer of $4,000 a year to become adj
wiser Of the Hartman syndicate.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-03

The late Chief Hunt was capable
man in the business of putting out
fires, and his loss is regrettable he
had been sick for some time and mao
suffered much. Under his direction the
Fire Department had advanced to
state of high proficiency
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-03

From the way negroes of more OF
less education are coming to HAWAII In
the wake of the laborers, the chances
of another exodus from the South,
while not appreciable as yet, are stiii
among the possibilities.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-03

1t is reported that the Supreme Court
is about to hand down a decision at
firming the doctrine that the constitu-
ton does not follow the flag. Let US
hope not If 1t should do anything OF
that kind its venerable members may
be cited for contempt, two Hawaiian
judges, including the one of the First
Circuit Court, having decided that the
constitution does follow the flag.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-03

PHILADELPHIA. May 25.-The
presbyterian General Assembly defeat
ed the minority Recommendation by
vote Of 271 to 234.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-03

Representative Beckley says the
President asked him to return to Ha-
wall at the earliest possible moment.
We don't wonder.