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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-09
British Warships.

In designing the new type of 1900
ton battleships for the British navy, a
fresh system has been followed. Naval
officers of high standing and much ex-
perience in handling battleships were
asked to point out defects in the exist
ing ships and suggest ways in which
they might be improved upon.
AS a result. it is understood that the
masts of the new battieships will be
shorter than the towering
ones now fitted, Probably as much as
sixty feet will be cut off them. for ex-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-09
Shipping Notes.

The Coronado is at present lying at
the Railroad wharf, where she is tax
ing on board lot of 1000 bags of su-
gar.
The Robert Levers will take about
1900 tons of scrap-iron to Tacoma,
where it will be used in the blast fur
naces.
There may be a race to Lahaina be-
tween the Mauna Loa and the Kinau,
as both boats started from here at
about the same time
There are about 10000 bags of sugar
in the warehouses on the wharf of the
Americana Hawaiian Steamship Compa-
ny, which are to be shipped to New
York by the Californian.
The case of the Marion Chilcott,
whose skipper did not enter at the Hilo
custom house, is at present before Act
ing United States District Attorney
j. j. Dunno. The outcome of the case
is awaited with some curiosity in ship
ping circles.
Work is progressing on the steamer
w. c.. Hall, which is at present on
the marine railway being furnished
with new copper sheathing. AS soon
as she goes off, the schooner Robert
Levers will so on to have her bot
tom cleaned
Two vessels We're launched Septem-
Der / for the British navy, namely:
The battleship Exmouth at the Laird
yard, Birkenhead, and the armored
cruiser Bedford at the Fairfield yard,
Glasgow. The Exmouth is of the Dun
can class, six in number, and is of
"A, 900 tons and nineteen knots speed.
There are ten sister ships to the Bed
ford of $500 tons and twenty-t three
knots speed, of which four have been
launched. The keel of the Exmouth
was laid August 10, 1899, and that of
the Bedford, February 10, 1900.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-09
Sectional River Gunboats.

A shallow-d raught gunboat for the
British navy, named the Moorhen. was
launched August Is from Yarrow's yard
at Poplar and had her official trip two
weeks later. The boat drawing TWEEN
ty-seven inches, with a load of forty
tons, averaged over thirteen knots for
three hours under natural draught and
against a twenty-five knot breeze. She
is built in sections and viii be taken
to pieces for shipment to China, where
she is to serve as a river patrol. The
Moorhen is just the type of war craft
needed in the Philippines, where the
intricacies of navigation make the use
of large vessels extremely hazardous.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-09
Steamer Boys and Poker.

The officials on the Inter Island wharf
were bothering their heads yesterday
morning as to what could be the reason
for the disappearance of the crew of
native sailors of the Mikahala. The
boat was to sail at o'clock in the aft
ernoon, and in the morning the crew
failed to show up.
Finally, however, word was received
from the Police Station that the crew
was at the time languishing in jail.
Frank Harvey went to the station to
see if he could pay their fines, but
when he found out that the fines in
total amounted to ST., he drew off. The
boys had been having a festive little
time with a certain game which is very
much like poker and were caught by
Deputy Sheriff Chillingworth and put
in jail. Consequently they had not
been able to report, even if they had
wished to do so. While they were in
the lookup they had been discussing the
possible length of time, which they
would have to spend IN Mr. Henry's
hotel, so when Frank Harvey showed
up he came as a liberating angel.
The steamer could not sail without
the boys, SO Harvey dug up and march
ed down to the wharf with his sorrow
full gang One of the boys looked on
himself as especially ill-treated by for
tune. He was the fellow who had just
won $2.15 on a pair of kings, when the
police stepped in and spoiled the game.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-09

When your joints are stiff and your
muscles sore from cold or rheumatism,
when you slip and sprain joint, strain
your side or bruise yourself, Pain
Killer will take out the soreness and
fix you right in jiffy. Always have
it with you, and use it freely. Avoid
substitutes, there is but one Pain-Kill-
er, Perry Davis. Price 25 cents and
so cents.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-09
Tamplco Delayed.

The steamship Tampico, which was
expected to arrive here in the very near
future, will not come as soon as she
was expected. The reports brought by
the Californian state that when the
Tampico started from Seattle on Sep
tember 5, she ran into the mud, receiv-
ing quite bit of damage. She was put
on the dry dock and repairs were start
ed, her screw especially being in need
of them The Tampico is the first Of a
new line of steamers which are to run
from Seattle to this port. AS she had
none of her cargo on board when the
Californian left it will now probably be
several weeks before she arrives at
Honolulu.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-09
Planter shorthanded.

The American barkentine Planter was
sighted yesterday about noon. She ar
rived in port during the afternoon and
tied up by the Irmgard wharf where
she will discharge her cargo of general
merchandise, among which is a great
deal of stone and building material for
the Young building. She also brings
thirty head Of horses and mules, and
1913 hogs. This last consignment is for
Mr.. Wagner. Two of the hogs died on
the trip down.
The Planter was loading in San Fran
cisco during the worst part OF the
strike. The entire number of steve
dores. amounting to from thirty to for
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-09

S. s. COPTIC LEAVING HONOLULU HARBOR.
Q .

perts hold that, with the new signaling
devices now being introduced into the
navy, comparatively short masts only
are required. Hardly any wood is to
be used. What is employed will be in
such places that it can be hove over
board in a few minutes.
1t is proposed to do away with the
present system of building high fore
and-aft bridges. In places of these only
comparatively squat structures will be
put i'll the new type of battleships, and
these bridges, which are to be of iron,
will be so made that they can be easily
slid overheard when clearing for action.
By this arrangement the look of the
ships will be rather spoiled, but a deal
of dangerous superstructure will be re-
moved from their decks. Between
decks, too, it is proposed to provide
greater space by making the officers
cabins smaller than in existing ships.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-09
EXTRA sTRoN&
ROPE AND BLOCM
y TO HANDLE \
MACHINERY.

we carry in stock a special 8-strand-
ed rope SA and az inches in circum-
ference manufactured TO our order.
This rope is Is per cent stronger than.
ordinary 3-stranded cordage.
We also carry extra strong blocks.
6tted with metalline or roller bushings,
Plantation managers will be furnish.
ed with any Information in reference TO
equipment for handling heavy weights.
by our manager. Captain C. ]. Camp
belt.
A full stock of well boring rope.
Wire rope of all descriptions and
blocks, and other equipment for the
came.
Steam pillow rope. guaranteed to be the
best In the world.
Special wire and Manila ropes manu-
featured to order.
A full line of paints. oils and var
aishes of superior quality especially
manufactured to withstand the actiop
Of sea air.
E-anterns and lamps for ships Use.
anA>e full stock of general ship cAand.
''''- t
WIL6ER's STEAMsHIPEO..
CHIP cHAlpLERY DEP RTMENT.
Captain c. W CAMPBELL, Mgr.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-09
q. s. Naval Engineers.

BY the operations of the United States
navy personnel law of 1889 the engineer
corps ceased to exist as a distinct
branch of the navy, and it's members
were transferred to the several grades
in the line. One hundred and sixty
five officers were thus affected, of which
there were eight captains, fifteen COM
manders, twentyseven lieutenant com
manders, sixty-three lieutenants, thirty
junior lieutenants and twenty-five en-
signs All of the first two grades and
twenty-five lieutenant commanders
were to perform engineer duty only,
while the others were required to quail
fly for line duty by examination after
March /, 1901, and by this time all of
the latter have passed the qualifying
ordeal, except one, who has been tenn
porarily rejected because of physical
disability. The vacancies in the en-
CINE rooms of the ships have been filled
by a corps of one hundred and fifty
warrant machinists, and only very few
of the original stock of line officers
have been detailed for engineer duty,
as was the intention of the promoters
of the law. Engineer in Chief Melville
is apprehensive that the machinery of
the ships will suffer in consequence,
but the former engineer officers are as
a whole content with having attained
actual rank as line officers, and the line
officers are escaping disagreeable en-
CINE room duty. thus demonstrating to
their own satisfaction that Rear Ad-
mirals Walker Evans and the majority
of ld-tfme line officers were correct in
their assertion that it needed only war
rant officers to run the engines.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-01
THE TAIN Of THE DAY.

While l was in the State Attorneys office. ."
says William g. Smith. formerly Deputy Stare
Attorney Of Maryland, Il had 10 Try case against
an otherwise honest German for selling liquor on
Sunday. The defendant had retained a certain
member Of the bar who is noted for his high G.
voice During this attorneys rather loud address
his German client looked on in rapt admiration
and he was heard TO remark:
'Ach! dots der kind Of lawyer 10 haf. vet
why he was asked.
Because was the reply he hoIers so loud
he der jury
who her husband viii be by consulting 's5r Fortune
husband Wouldn't be by ha pp bo pShd n9q out 63 Tao G
Miss Coy-keally! What fortune teller did You
Miss -Brads,reet.-Phiad Press
The British Medical Journal says that a Ger
man surgeon has been calculating the cost Of an
artificial man-so far as he be artificial and
i've He has under his care old artilleryman
VINO retains Nttle Of his original body but a trunk
ana half a face. For f35 may get a pair Of
arms and hands. while legs would run to about
rs. false nose is rather expensive. costing from
tl5 10 10 In short. you could replace all your
seParable parts for about s12o. including a good
though not serviceable-pair Of artificial eyes.
I'll, TIE ,BrookIyH woman was showing her little
niece through the ART gallery.
oh look. auntie. at he woman without any
Yes; dearie that IS an ancient goddess"
Il didn't know they had trolley cars in those
days. auntie''-tYOnkcrs Statesman
While thece Is a strong movement in Ireland for
the revival OF the ancient language, II is different
In Wales A poll taken at Cardiff on the question
whether children in the board schools should be
taught the Welsh language has resulted in a ma
jority OF 90 votes agans, IT,
men HqMq@ GTqi5 ina . eas osSn Fn n9yel sxRe.
markets. and made suppOsititlous investments. OF
which he kept careful track, At the end Of the
year he found that II his speculations had been
real he would have been ont OF pocket just $500 Geo
IL is fine illustration OF the fate which lies in
wait for the amateur on the stock market-(Kan-
Sas city Journal.
The postmaster OF Cedar Springs Mich has
posted the following notice: "Hounding hunting
hungry candidates for township Offices cannot open
headquarters in the Dostof1ce in Cedar Springs to
discuss politics. They may pack the township and
the caucus. but not the postofice. Loafng is pro-
hibted."
One of Those Questions Help gursled
the drowning man as he was about to sink for the
last time
What's the natter. yelled the Iounser on the
''Of course. gasped the other sarcastically but
I'm afraid I'll get my shoes muddy" Then ha
k.-tPhadephia Press
New-York tribune., 1901-04-01
MONEY AND BUSINESS.

Industrial conditions were greatly benefited
last week by the settlement Of threatening labor
controversies in both hard and soft coal mining
regions, and progress also made toward
agreement at silk mills. Many iron and steel
concerns have voluntarily increased the pay of
wOrkmen. and the prospect Of resumption al
the Rogers Locomotive Works means employ
ment for a large force. Increased facilities at
other plants promise a greater demand for la
hor. and this assurance that there viii he few
idle hands is the best reason hope for con
tinued activity in general trade Traffic is in
terrupted in some section by floods and country
collections delayed. but this is only a tenn
porary setback, while better water power at the
mills than compensates for losses else
where. Gratifying reports are received OF the
lumber cut, with a good export movement from
the Pacific Coast and large consumption az
Eastern pulp mills.
Loans expand because of a healthy demand
in mercantile and manufacturing lines Small
exports OF gold had no significance, and rates
are easy, despite a moderate reduction in the
surplus of associated banks. Large dividend
disbursements provide funds for investment
purchases. and securities go into strong hands.
With monotonous regularity railway earnings
exceed previous years. Southwestern roads max
ing the most noteworthy exhibit for March.
The sixty most active railroad stocks averaged
81 81 share higher for the week, closing at a
new high record of $94 A.. After a weak spot
on Tuesday the industrials rallied. and with the
first trading on the Exchange in the new steel
stock there was a general RISE averaging 81 a
share Heavy stock dealings account only in
part for the gain of 40 per cent over last year
in the daily average OF bank clearings. last
weeks increase of more than 40 per cent at
New-Orleans and St. Louis showing that Wall
Street is not the only factor.
Structural steel has received the exp, ,cted ad-
vance of from 50 to S4 a ton. and billets are
quoted at S24 at Pittsburg, with steel bars and
plates commanding 81 30 TO 81 60. according 10
promptness- of delivery. Bessemer pig iron is
still firm at SIT %. delivered at Pittsburg.
Throughout the whole range OF steel products
il is the exception when prompt delivery can be
secured at less than 81 premium over regular list
prices. Some manufacturers are informing con-
structon companies that orders must be re-
ceived Immediately if delivery is desired within
nine months. Orders for railway supplies and
New-York tribune., 1901-04-01
THE RISE OF ARBITRATION.

Mr. Cleveland'S lectures before the students of
Princeton University on the Venezuela boundary
dispute were interesting from many points of
view. Not the least valuable and inspiring of
their suggestions is that relating 10 the part the
United States has played in establishing and
extending the operations of the benefcent prin-
ciple IF arbitration for the settlement Of inter
national controversies. 1t is an historical fact as
rected by Mr. Cleveland, that while Venezuela
on more than one occasion expressed a desire
for such settlement of her boundary dispute
with Great Britain. arbitration was not actually
effected until the United States interested itself
in the matter; and il was directly because of
the Intervention of the United States that the
long standing dispute finally ended in a
manner satisfactory 10 both parties and by
means consOnant with the most enlightened
sentiments of the world.
We may go further than this and say that in
securing arbitration in that case the United
States was not only maintaining it's own con
sistent policy, but was promoting practice of
which il had been itself the founder. The com
mon consent of the world dates international
arbitration from the Treaty of Washington and
that treaty was In its original conception a
United States measure. Probably the first sug-
gestion of il was made by Mr.. Adams, the
American Minister 10 England. on October %.
was mo fair and equitable form Of conventional
arbitrament' 10 which the United States would
not he willing To submit its controversies with
Great Britain over the alleged violation of the
neutrality laws. Two years later Earl Russell
replied. declining arbitration on the ground that
the British Government was the sole guardian
OF It's own honor and a better Interpreter of it's
own laws than any foreigner could be. In 1866
the menace of retaliatory legislation by Con
press and various Influential public discussions
and appeals began TO open the way toward a
more hospitabie reception of the proposal
The completion OF the record requires how
ever, another interesting citation. which is 10 be
made from the files OF The Tribune itself. IT
was in 1864 that Thomas Balch. of Philadel-
phia. nfter personally witnessing the destruction
OF the Alabama by the Kearsarge. began his
propaganda for settlement by arbitration of the
claims arising from the depredatioDs of the
famous prvateer He mentioned the idea To
Lincoln, who thought court Of arbitration was
New-York tribune., 1901-04-01

wants only 20 per cent Of the valuation Of his
holding. and so can secure loan from the saw
1gs bank or insurance company, but on the
struggling farmer or home maker whose equity
iS small and who has 10 borrow from an indi-
vidual.
Instead of putting such a hodgepodge as this
on the statute book. IL would he much more
sensible for the legislature 10 follow the Gov
eTnors advice. BY exempting mortgages in
vestment in real estate would be encouraged.
borrowing would he made easier. as the Gov
ernOr has said, improvements would conse-
guently be more rapid. and the increased tax
able property would bring the State more reve-
nue. than the taxation of a mere fraction of the
mortgages, as proposed by the Stranahan bill
The real revenue producer is the mortgage ex-
emption. not the mortgage taxation bill
New-York tribune., 1901-04-01
An OPEN DOOR TO THE PARK.

II has been decided to widen Fifty -ninth-st.
where the congestion is worst in present condi-
tons, and 10 open a new temporary entrance
for vehicles where Seventh-ave reaches the
southern limit Of Central Park. Both improve
ments have been advocated in The Tribune and
both are needed urgently while the rapid tran
sit work and the important operations of var-
Gus kinds in and about the EiGhth-ave Circle
are in full swing. The excavations in the yicin-
ity OF the Columbus column far reaching
and the labOrs of the contractors require the use
OF so much machinery that the whole region
close 10 the southwestern corner Of Central Park
is welnigh impossible for pleasure driving and
for the quiet walks of women and children who
wish TO take the air without suffering alarms
on all sides.
II is not intended TO find fault with the meth
DDS employed in getting the subway ready
This is so huge and complicated undertaking
that New-YOrk ale not inclined 10 complain
when the ground is mined for long stretches
under their feet and mountains OF blasted rocks
and scoOped up earth rise in formidable ranges
close by one of the finest portals OF New York :
choicest pleasure ground. Moreover, the pom
derous cars Of the Metropolitan company are
laundering hther and thither from almost
every point of the compass and putting women
and children in panic. Then, TOO. real estate
investors and builders are beginning 10 make
great changes on the West Side in the quarter
about the junction of West Fifty-ninth-st with
upper Broadway, and in many instances they
are compelled TO pull down old buildings before
they raise new ones.
From these causes the Eghth-ave. Circle dis
trict is fun Of turmoil and travail. choked with
dust and confusion, noisy and nerve racking.
These things must he endured for the time
because notable advantages 10 the community
will follow present troubles and disturbances.
But the existing condition Of affairs makes the
widening of Fifty-ninth-st and the opening OF
the Seventh-ave. entrance for carriages TO
Central Park thoroughly acceptable
New-York tribune., 1901-04-01

rolling stock do not decrease. and there Is moth
ing as yet to indicate that the manufacture is
being overdone. Numerous new consultations
are in progress, and the largest concern has ex-
tended its scope by the acquisition of valuable
properties. Coke production increases steadily,
but shipments from the ConneHsville region are
restricted by scarcity Of cars.
Although prices Of footwear do not advance.
the activity Of this industry is only second to
that of iron and steel At the West and South
more factories have sprung up. and working
overtime at many points where other manu-
featuring is comparatively quiet. New-England
concerns have contracts that will take months to
fill and a definite measure of business is only
available through statistics of shipments from
Boston which were 92.9T5 cases last week
against 1856 year ago. while for the year
thus far the movement exceeds every other on
record except 1900. and is only 9S,952 cases
behind that This increase. in. the face Of do
mestic competition, is only to be explained by
the growth of exports. 1t is also noticed that
the foreign demand is mainly for the higher
grades. AS the season advances the quality OF
hides offered at Chicago should improve. and
the decline in prices may he checked.
Textile fabrics the last to share the gem
eral prosperity. These industries We're so ex-
tensively Overdone especially as to woollens and
silks that recovery has been slow. and the high
priced raw material purchased by cotton mills
leaves them In anything but enviable posi-
tion. Further concessions in cotton goods fail TO
stimulate an active demand. and until stocks are
reduced il will be impossible TO take advantage
of the favorable terms at which cotton can
now he secured. Much woollen mill machinery
is still idle. and the buying for manufacture is
insignificant. Large purchases of wool at East
markets indicate confidence that there will
be no further fall I'm price however, particularly
among dealers and spectators One house
c,osed its entire line of territory at full fig
ures. and the ranches there is tendency to
wait before accepting contracts for the new
clip.
Among the staples there is marked irregular
ity Cotton declined 10 SOC cents, the bottom
price of the season, and the moderate recovery
that followed was not surprising in view OF the
remarkable fall of nearly four cents from the
top. The low level of quotations attracted some
foreign buying and for the first time in many
weeks there appeared small increase of about
twenty thousand bales in the amount exported
For the month however the loss In value of
cotton shipments will account for much Of the
decrease in the total of merchandise exports
compared with March. 1900 The decrease IN
visible supply during March was less than one
third of the loss last year. Wheat and corn
have shown strength in the face of fairly good
crop news. In part the advance was due 10 in
creased foreign buying. especially of wheat
This heavier movement may be explained by
the fear Of British and German purchasers that
their governments will soon make tariff changes
affecting imports Of grain.