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The courier., 1901-03-16
OMAHA LETTER.
Omaha, Nebr.,
March IL, 1901.

Dear Eleanor:
1t strikes me that you have degener.
ated decidedly as to your allowance OF
savoire faire. since that time when you
occupied the exalted position of mine
own familiar friend. l hope it isn't the
result Of matrimony, as that would be
dscouraging to your spinster associ-
ates. You used to admire, or pretend
you did, what you we're pleased to call,
my stylish handwriting" now it is an
"illegible scrawl."
Your eye of affection, which was so
wonderfully successful as a translator,
evidently isn't part Of the type settlers
!. anatomy, as l notice he has reduced
Mrs. Ms. four dollar and half per
yard brocade to a dollar and half. She
doesn't possess an eye Of affection for
me at best and il she should ever put
two and four together and conclude it
makes seven and that it was my plebeian
pen that had been making free with her
personality. would undoubtedly wake
up some fine morning to find myself
social outcast, for she comes pretty close
to topping the list Of the 400. altho' We
used to live next door to them in the
early timee and my wash lady said OF
her family. La! she'd not ought to put
on no airs. l washed fer 'em when they
was pore as pore!'
Do you happen to know how pore
that is? l do not quite locate the tar
get at which yon had your repeating
rifle aimed in that remark OF yours"
Later: Just as reached the above
point in the procession OF my thoughts,
Mary came up stairs and said that
poor woman wanted to see me in the
kitchen. / went down to do the honors,
as Mama was not at home and found a
woman, "pore" enough suppose, but
not the cleanly, thrifty kind which ap-
peals at once to your sympathy. She
was eressed in lot Of somebody's cast
off finery and was the proprietor OF
professional whine. She had long tale
to unfold, which boiled down, amounted
to a request for wrap Of some kind for
her daughter Lille. Lille was going
to the high school and her jacket was
.'ail worn out" and this cold snap COM
ing on and Lilies Paw being "con.
sumpted," che was afraid. etc. l cut
her ehort and returned to my room for
jacket which l knew was hanging un.
used in the clothes press, warm and per
fectly whole. took it down stairs, and
gave it to the woman, rather expecting.
as suppose every one does, q touching
show Of gratitude on the part OF my
beneficiary. / reckoned without my
host. The woman took the jacket, look.
The courier., 1901-03-16


ef sleeves: Lille is so awful perticular." I"
Now you probably think this is an
imaginary case. but it is the actual truth
But the worst OF it all is, that wher l
came back to my room and picked up
my pencil, could not for the very life
OF me, think what l had intended to
say. as flush 10 that rudely interrupt
ed sentence about your repeating rifle
etc. 1t was no doubt, something very
hae and cutting and you may as well
consider yourself crushed, as my fangs
are pulled by that particular mendicant
and my had memory.
As we start in on this cor.espoudence
again are you conscious that it is an ef-
fort to be agreeable? That it is about
as easy as rising in the world by pulling
OF ones boot straps? | do. But l dare
say that is only natural. You know we
used to fit into the grooves with such
harmonious dovetailing.
Now We have 1t all to do over again.
We must find common interests. plaa
NV designs, where your half of the pat
tern will be Necessary to complete mine
and vice W rsa. We must dissipate the
chill little wind which sprang up in
absence.
A little lady friend of mine here. who
could not think have been more dain.
ty and charming at seventeen than she
is DOW at seventy, was telling me recent
ly about visit she paid last summer to
some relatives in the east whom che had
not seen for very long time.
"They did everything they could pos
sibly think Of in my honor and to make
my stay enjoyable. but with the best
intentions in the world they came near
making fatal error. One day my
cousin said to me with an air of great
triumph. Sue. I'm going to give you a
great treat. The BelPs are coming here.
and Thursday l am going to give a din
ner for you and them. Mrs. Bell said
she would so like to meet you again that
you had not seen each other for thirty
years."
My dainty little friend pushed the
white curls from her forehead with a
little laugh, as she finished, and looked
at me quizzically. What did l says"
What do you suppose your ungrateful
old chum did say, Penelope?"
lust threw out my hands with a
gesture OF dismay and said, "Now, my
dear. beloved and highly respected cous-
in, invite the Psha Of Turkey, Dom Paul
Or William Jennings Bryan to break
cheese straws with me. but for the love
ot mercy don't ask woman whom l
haven't seen for thirty years to come
and count my wrinkles an compare my
number of gray hairs with hers. Now
what would l have had to Say to that
woman or she to me? Nothing, abso-
utely nothing that might not better be
eft unsald. We we're not friends, were
not strangers, but would
likely end by being enemies after a fu.
lie attempt to bridge that awful chasm
If thirty years.
We laughed at her absurd conception {
# the situation and yet all tho elements
we're there which make even the COM {
honest little human life tragedy per-
ormance, it is only because we grow so {
amiliar with it's details that We ever t
all it comedy.
You are doubtless struggling your
houlders With your characteristic i'm i
'atience and saying "What has all this I
o do with us?' Much, my dear Flea '
nr much Wo hava M cboop, ~ tb;,ty |;
Rock Island Argus., 1901-07-02

9Th WARD SIDEWALK.
Labor pay roll. 13 30
37th & 3Sth STREET & 18th AVE. SEWER.
W Treiehler..... 90
LIGHT ACCOUNT.
p Power Co.. 1926 so
21st ST. SEWER.
II / Argus IL 40
OFFICE ACCOUNT.
Mrs NJ Judson =. S 90 p Power Co... / -
Callahan 4 Co. % Young McCombs 1 20
GARNSEY SQUARE ACCOUNT.
Foster oCyne = C1l2 70
SPENCER SQUARE ACCOUNT.
r Champion g. 30
Rock Island Argus., 1901-07-02

Trains marked are daily. All others daily
excet Sunday
Rock Island Argus., 1901-07-02
white Man rurned yellow.

Great CONSERVATION was felt by the
friends of Nj. A. Hogarty, of Lexing'
ton, Ky, when they saw he was turn
ing yellow. His skin slowly changed
color. also his eyes, and he suffered
terribly. His malady was yellow
jaundice. He was treated by the
best doctors, but without benefit.
Then he was advised to try Electric
Bitters, the wonderful stomach end
liver remedy, and he writes: AFTER
taking two bottles / was wholly
cured" A trial proves it's matchless
merit for all stomach. liver and kid
ney troubles. Only so cents. Sold
Hartz & Ullemeyer, druggists.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-07-02
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.

City Council Room, Rock Island, July
THE Council met in regular semi
monthly session at s p. m, all the alder
men present and Mayor Knox presiding.
The minutes of the last regular and ad-
journed meetings were read and approx
ed.
Alderman Anderson, from the Finance
Committee, submitted an ordinance
which was ordered considered and passed
by unanimous vote, allowing bills against
the city as follows:
Rock Island Argus., 1901-07-02

STREET ACCOUNT.
Labor pay roll ..15O 20 Labor pay roll. 70 16
Labor pay roll. .1sS 81 Labor pay roll. 20 SJ
SEWER ACCOUNT.
Labor pay roll. u o. L G Frazer go. 80
Labor pay IoiI.. is % TrOpp. Darl'g Co i5
Labor pay roll. IS % Allen NJ & Co. 90
End STREET IMPROVEMENT 10th to 18th
AVENUE.
Labor pay roll. .12O Is G r & p Ry Co IS
Labor pay roll. .1l5 - II ! L x VI Co.. -
Labor pay roll. .123 50 Z Frazer go. 5 10
Labor pay roll. 60 80 Blake & Murphy 80
W Treichler go. p 50
BRIDGE ACCOUNT.
Labor pay roll. ga b Labor pay roll. es 80
Labor pay roll. % 20 Harper r.. u so
FIRST WARD SIDEWALK.
Labor pay roll. Al 81 Labor pay roll. sc 50
9Th WARD SIDEWALK.
Labor pa, roll. 13 81 Z C Frazer. 5 A.
Labor pay roll. IL % VIM Klockau.... 4 80
Labor pay ROLL. 46 10
3rd WARD SIDEWALK.
Labor pay roll. 45 s5 Labor pay roll. 10 80
HEALTH ACCOUNT.
Labor pay roll. 81 90 Hartz & B Co... 10 .
Labor pay roll. 90 Tropp. %. & Colo 90
Tony Harper E. - 90 r 1 Argus ...... o.
John Jamison... 81 c Benson .... 65
Robt Shaw ..... Is 90 Mrs Tegcler.. 90
Harry Moore ...19 so J w Stewart......5 So
VIM OBrien 80. 30 % A Riess ...... 20
Aug Vincent go. 20 O0I B Souders...... 3 90
Saml Knox .... As o. John Nolk & Co 90
Jos DeSiIva .... 81 90 Phil Weber so
VIM FerkeI...--s % 90 Weyerhaeuser & ID 161
Jos Rossr 4eId.. 67 80 Craig Jr.... 80
Archie Bradford 20 Go Ward & Nom. A.
Kahlke Dros.... 10 90 VIM Klockau.... 10
cfh WARD SIDEWALK.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-07-02
DeWitt's Witch Hazel salve shoul

DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve should
be promptly applied to cuts, burns
and scalds. 1t soothes and quickly
heals the injured part. There are
worthless counterfeits. Be sure to
get peWitt's. b. u. Bieber and
Hartz & Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-07-02

What's the secret of happy. vigor
Gus bealth? Simply keeping the bow
e's, the stomach. theliver and kidneys
9 rong and active. Burdock Blood
bi tiers does it.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-07-02

I Mitchell Lynde Building
t. o 5 and m. Sunday II.
Rock Island Argus., 1901-07-02
All trains daily except Sunday.
TRAINS

Peoria & Springfield Lin
TED -......-i o:lU am
Peoria, Springfield, Lit. L,
Indianapolis, Cincinnati #So5 am 5000 pm
Peoria, Springfield, Indian
apoliS, Cincinnati, Bloom
lnStOn ..........- .-.- ~Z.oO pm 1.lo pm
Peoria Express ............ s:30 pm
Peoria, IGdienapOs.s, Gin
cinnati bloomington 1925 am
Peoria, st. Louis, Spring
field. Decatur ............. ass pm
Cable Accommodation -. 700 am
Sherrard Accommodation. 9:I5 am 4:55 pm
Gable * Sherrard Accom-. $50 pm 2;20 pm
Gable x Sherrard Accom-. s:3S
Rock Island Argus., 1901-07-02

FllssS;s55777 75757; BURLINGTON ROUTE - O.,
bsH1f!1iiff1IE DB. & @. RAILWAY-Depot
k.kktliiksfillH Second Avenue and Twen-
lEfS4fe4$d3fsI tieth street.
So lIil e. Nj. YOUNG,
Agent
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VESSELS IN PORT.
ARMY AND NAVY.
q. 8. tug Iroquois, Pond, Midway ISL
and, August s.

MERCHANTMEN.
(This list does not include coasters.)
Abner Coburn, Am. sp., Murchison
Newcastle, May II.
Chas. E. Moody, Am. sp.. Rasmussen
Tacoma, May %.
Gerard c. Tobey, Am. bk., Cove, San
Francisco, May n.
hului, May %.
H. F. Glade. Ger. sp., Haesloop, Kaa-
napali, May %.
H. D. Bendixon, Am. schr, Olesen,
Newcastle, May q.
Irmgard, Am. bkt., Schmidt, San Fran
cisco, May Is.
Louisiana. Am. bk., Halcrow, Newcas-
tie, May 30.
Marion Chilcott, Am sp., Weldon,
Newcastle, May rs.
Mauna Ala, Am. bk., Smith, San Fran
cisco, May 20.
Nuuanu, Am. bk., Josselyn, New York,
May "a.
Paramita. Am. sp.. Backus, Newcastle,
May "a
Robert Levers, Am. schr., underwood,
Port Gamble, May e.
Reaper, Am. blk, Saletzke, Newcastle,
May 80
Skagit, Am. bk., Robinson, Port Gam
BILE, May 26.
S. G. Wilder, Am. bkt., Jackson, San
Francisco, May &c.
s. G. Allen, Am. bk, Johnson, San
Francisco. May 20.
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| Copenhagen has ordered six new
! steamers of 1900 tons each for the
United States trade. On account of the
| increase in American exports it has
been decided to open regular line to
! Boston and increase the number of
steamers on the New York and New
, Orleans routes.
The Oregon Railway & Navigation
Company, it is reported from San
Francisco, is going into the fight for
the carrying trade of the Orient The
British steamer Indrapura from Cal
cutta has been chartered by the COM
pany for three years and will shortly
proceed to Portland to load flour for
Hong Kong and other Asiatic ports.
The company also has chartered the
Indravelli, sister steamer to the Ins
drapura.
The American Bureau of Shipping
classed and rated the following yes
sells in the Record of American and
Foreign Shipping: screw
Esperanza, American schoonerS ]. c..
Strawbridge, Martha P. Small and
Clara Barton; American bark Carrie
Winslow, American three masted
schooner Susie B. Dentzler, British
screw steamer iceland, British schoon-
err Zeta, British schooner ]. B. Martin
and Swedish bark karuna.
The German steamer Nicomedia,
launched at West Hartlepool on April
10 for the Hamburg-American Line OF
Hamburg, is fitted with side tanks
which extend through the main and
after holds and engine room a distance
of 271 feet. These tanks have a ca
pacity of $50 tons, and allow her space
for 1900 tons of water ballast in all.
They also give her double sides, which
adds to her strength and safety The
side tanks also improve the behavior
and speed of vessels running light, be-
sides considerably reducing the racing
of the engines. The dimensions of the
steamer are: Length over all, 1893
feet; breadth, 50 feet, and depth, %
feet 4 inches.
new twin-screw steamer for the
Tyser Line for the service between
New York and Australasia is building
at the yards of Workman & Clark
Belfast, and is expected to be finished
in November or December She will be
$50 feet long, about 81 feet beam, with
depth of about So feet, of 1000 tons
gross and a cargo capacity of some
1900 tons. She is expected to have a
speed of 13 knots. Another new steam
er, the Indralema, is also being built
for the Tyser Line and will probably
be ready for service some time in
June. She is being finished at the
yards of Charles Connell & Co., Glas-
gov. This boat will be of about 10, 500
tons dead weight, with a cargo ca
pacity of about 1900 or 1900 tons, and
q speed of about II knots
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General Shipping.

United States Minister Hart at Be-
gotta has informed the State Depart
ment that on and after May Is all port
charges in Colombia will be payable
In gold.
The Philadelphia Transatlantic Line,
capitalized at $4,000, GEO. was Incorporat-
ed at Trenton, N. J., on May 20. The
object of the company is to construct
and operate steamships. The incor-
porators are Frederick Walter Taylor,
Joseph Sterling Taylor and John F.
Lewis, all of Philadelphia.
A maritime exhibition Is soon to be
held in the great marble hall of the
Antwerp Geological Garden Society.
The exhibition will consist OF models
and groups Of models of all the steam
ers of the maritime companies trading
with Antwerp. Maritime companies
and individual owners are urgently re-
Quested to take part in the exhibition.
The British steamer Rosario has been
awarded $4,000 for salvaging the Nor
wegian steamer FoIsjo In March last.
The Folsjo, from New York for Oporto,
had her shaft broken and was lowed
into st. Michaels, Azores Islands.
March 6, by the Rosario.
The Peruvian Government has grant
ed in part the petition Of the mer-
chants respecting the application of
the new customs tariff, which went
into force yesterday. Goods on board
ships that have touched at any Peru
Wan port UP to and including April
20 are to be subject to the old tariff.
The Richmond Locomotive Works
shipped twelve Is in. by "a in ten
wheeled passenger locomotives TO the
Finland State Railways. Helsingfors.
Finland. on Wilson Line steamer
"Consuelo'' which sailed May Sd. These
locomotives are duplicates of ten en-
gines built by the Richmond Works
for the Finland State Railways during
last year, and is the third order re-
ceived from the same source.
The United Steamship Company Of
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Battleshlp Oregon Coming.

There is a chance of the United
States battieship Oregon arriving here
today from the Orient. She will make
this port very soon, at any rate, I'M
less detained by bad weather
On the 18th instant, according to re-
ports brought by the steamship Gaelic,
the Oregon sailed from Yokohama for
Honolulu. A fast voyage was not in
tended by her commander, who plan
ned to be here about today.
AS the Gaelic experienced rough
weather coming from the Orient, it Is
expected that the Oregon will also
have a story Of bad weather to tell
She will remain here several days,
probably lying at anchor outside of the
harbor
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An Accident at Koloa.

The steamer James Makee, Captain
Tullett, arriving from Kauai yester-
day, brought news of probably fatal
accident at Koloa.
While the steamers Ke Au Hou and
Iwalani were loading sugar into the
schooner Columbia on Monday last, a
heavy sling of sugar fell on one Of
the crew of the Columbia, breaking his
back. AS soon as it was possible, the
unfortunate man was taken to the hos
pital. When the James Makee sailed
from Kauai the man was not expected
to live. His identity was not learned,
although it is known that he was
working his passage to the States
The Makee's captain reports bad
weather on Kauai, with strong winds
and much rain. The Makee and her
big sister, the Hanalei raced into port
yesterday morning from BARRIERS
Point, the smaller boat beating by a
good ten minutes ~
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-30

ways ask for the best quality. Ken
lucky Favorite," Of Spruance. Stanley
4 Co, San Francisco
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Erelghts and Charters.

Aberystwith Castle br sh, LOSS tons
Eat Eureka)-redwood thence to Sgd
ney, a2 lis Sd.
: Alden Besse, Am blk, S12 tons-pass
and mdse to Honolulu, in Spreckels
line, by ]. D. Spreckels & Bros. Co.
Alexander, Br sc, 1S9 tons-lumber
from Grays Harbor to Petropauiofski.
Allen A. Am sch, 266 tons Cat Eureka)
redwood thence to Honolulu by Chas.
Nelson.
Amy Turner, Am blk, 900 tons-pass
and mdse to Hilo, H. l., in Planters
Line, by WEIGH & Co.
q Andrew WEIGH, Am blk, 1868 tons-pass
and mdse to Honolulu, in Planters Line,
by WEIGH & Co.
Archer, Am bkt, .S45 tons-pass and
mdse to Honolulu in Planters Line. by
Welch & Co.
Dovenby Hall, Br sh, 1888 tons
wheat totU. K, Hav., Ant, Ell les Sd.
by G. W. McNear.
Francois, FIR blk, 1,706 tens-wheat to
U. K, Hav.. Ant, or Dirk, Ell les Sd. by
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.
Haydn Brown, Am blk, S21 tons-coal
from Departure Bay to Honolulu
Latona. Chill blk, 1884 tons lat Puget
Sound)-lumber thence to West Coast
Owners account.)
Lota, Br blk, 1885 tons Cat Blakeley>-
lumber thence to West Coast, Gs SIS rs
Sd less direct). Pisagua Range, by Rem
ton, Holmes & Co. Prior to arrival
Metha Nelson, Am sc, 399 tons-pass
and mdse to Kahului, by Alexander &
Baldwin, Ltd.
Nereus, Ger sh, LIZA tons Cat Port
land)-wheat thence to U. K, Hav..
Ant. or Dnk., 92 Is Sd, by BaIfour,
Guthrie & Co. Prior to arrival.
Stronsa, Br sh. 1889 tons-wheat to u
X, Hav.. Ant. or Dirk. Ell It's Sd. by
Eppinger & Co. Prior to arrival.
Thalassa, Ger blk, 1885 tons (at Bur
rard Inlet)-thense to Cork, u. K. f. o.
Continent. III. to H. ga 17s6d, by
Prior to arrival.
Tropic Bird, Am bkt. $50 tons-pass
and mdse to Tahiti, by j. Pinet & Co.
Vimeira, Br sh, 2.163 tons (at Port
land-wheat thence to u. X, Hav.,
Ant. or Dirk, Ell It's Cd. by Girvin &
Eyre. Prior to arrival.
w. F. Jewett, Am &C. 452 tons cat
Gamble)-lumber thence to Hflo. by
Pope & Talbot.
Eagasaki shibuilding.
HC OdAyO INdllHdy Company IeTTy-
boats Shimonoseki-maru and Oseto-
maru and the American liner Kaga-
maru, all Of which have been construct
ed at the Nagasaki Mitsu Bishi Ship
building Yard, are now receiving the
final touches at the Akunoura Engine |
Works. and are expected to be complet- !
ed in few days. These vessels will |
leave in another ten days, the Kaga-
maru for Kobe, and the ferryboats for !
Shimonoseki. Besides the above there
are seven vessels now in course of con-
struction at the Mitsu Bishi yard. They
are the American liner Iyo-maru: two |
dredgers ordered by the Wakamatsu |
Dredging Company; shallow-draught |
steamer Taftef-maru, to be employed on |
the Chinkiang service of the Osaka |
Shosen Kaisha; two steamers to be |
used by the Government Iron Foundry |
for the transportation of iron ore from |!
Hankow to Moji, and another steamer
fitted with salvage plant for the
Atto11 RfqhPG No u
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Ring up Main 70
Steam, pIow Ropes


HAWAIIAN toMMERciAL AND
NJ SUGAR COMPANY IA
sAreekelsvilies Maui March q. &onl
NfLDfR's STEAMSHIP coMPMY.
ASSp,s John A. Roebiins's (ons Coz
doenilsmsl |: -four. Of n.rJ 18th r.
s e.. s.ss,. ship chandler, foods has
sWe have DECD q number OF the John
n. Roebling' 81 steam ploT cables. and
kAve found THIN tar 4Iperior to the
Basilsh cables. md at he same time .
great deal cheap4E INTACT. We sent for
pone Of these oabNe/And We put new
Roebling and new fuller cable on the
same set OF steam btpws. one on each
Isnsine. OF course and\ that was consid-
Hrab,y over war as5A The American
Gable Is much/ oetser TIL IL the English
cable IN evept way. and today b not
NsAriy - ba)1y worn. We\Rre perfectly
sstisfsed h0fe that the American cables
arr the 1tst.
| We shin certainly bear N Aand your
ssock goods whenever vs med any.
ihine/in your line.
| Very truly
- {s,gneU ~. ). LowR1EA
AanasSE
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WILL E. FISHER, Auctr.
At Auction
on FRIDAY, MAY 81, 1901,

AT IL O'CLOCK NOON,
will offer for sale at my salesroom.
serner Merchant and Alakea streets, a
miscellaneous assortment of household
goods and furniture, consisting of
Beds, Tables, Chairs,
Spring and Top Mattresses,
Pictures. Filter, Curtains,
Oh Stove. Wood Stove. Kitchen Uten-
a11st
Glass and Chinaware,
Hanging Lamps,
Ice Bsx. Mating. Etc, Etc.
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The Gaelic Leaves
Oregon Is
Due.
Baggage of Chinese
immigrants Is
Damaged.

HORTLY after the whistles an
nounced the noon hour yesterday
the Occidental and Oriental steam
ship Gaelic sailed for San Fran
CISCO
The usual crowd was on the Pacific
Mail wharf to witness the leaving of
the boat, and the Territorial band, out
of the glare of the sun beneath a shed,
played many airs appropriate to the
occasion, receiving the applause of the
Gaelics passengers, as we'll as the
praise of the people ashore. large
mail went to the coast on the Gaelic
The ship will arrive in San Francisco
considerably ahead of the Zealandia-
Chinese Baggage Damaged.
About ninety Orientals arrived here
on the Gaelic, all but twenty being
Chinese When they were put ashore
on quarantine island yesterday their
baggage was put on the Pacific Mail
wharf to be searched by the customs
authorities and then fumigated. This
baggage was thrown ashore at the last
moment, almost, before the departure
of the steamer The men employed in
uniOdOlnS the STUN ITOHi the SlcdihSi
and putting it on the wharf did the
business in the most careless manner
possible. They did not seem to care
how the baggage got onto the wharf
as long as it got off the ship. Baskets
were hurled down the chute upside
down, sidewise and any old way. The
result was that a heap of Chinese bag
gage lay on the wharf after the de-
parture of the Gaelic; a heap that
looked more like a lot of stuff thrown
out of Chinese store during the burn
ing of Chinatown than anything else.
Crockery was broken; rice and Chinese
vegetables spilled; baskets and bottles
broken, and their contents scattered,
and most of the pieces of baggage left
in such condition that it will be
difficult for their owners to recognize
them. The customs officers cannot be
held responsible for this state of af-
fairs, and will take particular pains to
note the condition of each piece as it
is examined, so that if any question
vouch for the condition in which the
baggage was received The men en-
ployed by the steamship company,
many of them far from sober while
engaged in discharging the baggage,
can explain matters. Their actions
were the remark of people on the
wharf at the time; people who won
dered at the extreme carelessness and
studied Indifference with which the
goods were handled.