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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-02
ExpoATloNs FINANCIAL FAILURES.

With many states and territories OF
the Union and the friendly foreign
countries considering the making OF dIs-
PLAYS of their resources at the Trans
Mississippi fair at st. Louis in 1903. the
fact that the stockholders of the Bur
faIo Pan-American exposition VIII be
called upon 10 make up a deficit OF Z
million dollars. must call attention 10
the truth that such great fairs are not
financial successes. Beginning with the
demand upon the stockholders whose
money made the Chicago fair or 1888
possible, there has been an era OF fail
ures from a monetary point OF view
Each Of the expositions, at Charleston
at Omaha, at Atlanta and now at Buff
falo, have fallen below the expectations
OF their promoters. This in America
while from the greatest Of the foreign
fairs, that Of Paris last year, the same
story comes of disappointment Of the
people.
Perhaps 1t is not that the people nav"
lost their interest in displays OF tte
resources of the countries, but that The
plans for the entertainment of visitors
are made upon such an elaborate scale
that it is impossible to recoup the eX-
penditure within the season of open
gates. Inc growth Ol eApOS4LiOA4S ii'-''
been enormous. From the days of the
American Centennial. which was the
greatest enlargement upon the plans
Of the Crystal Palace fair to that time
attempted, there has been an effort to
make the permanent feature of the
show one which would attract. Now
advertising is a matter of descriptions
Of buildings and effects, rather than OF
DISPLAYS At Paris the buildings We're
by no means the least part of the show.
and at Buffalo the features of lighting
and games were starred as the grea-
attractions.
Concentrating a great event in the
history of the Nation the Trans-Missis-
sippi fair will be built upon even great
er lines than it's immediate predecessors.
Attendances must be counted in mill
lions to make any showing against the
expenditures. sideshows must be count
ed by scores to secure needed fees from
concessionaires, and the result will be
an over grown exhibition which will
leave an impression of righteousness
and not of educational effect. Perhaps
the promoters of fairs are killing the
goose which lays the golden egg for
them by trying to make it lay too many.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-02
SHERIFF'S SALE NOTICE.

IN PURSUANCE OF AN EXECU-
ton issued by Lyle A. Dickey, Second
District Magistrate of Honolulu. ISL
and of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, on
the 23d day of October. A. D. 1901, in
re matter of Alexander Lothian VS..
Tasaka, l have, on this 30th day of
October. A. d. 1901, levied upon, and
shall expose for sale at public auction,
TO the highest bidder, at the police sta
ton. kala1aua Hale, in said Honolulu
at II O'Clock noon of Wednesday, the
4th day of December. A. D. 1901, all
the right, title and interest of the said
Tasaka in and to the following describ-
ed property, unless the Judgment.
amounting to sixty-two and 7O-1OO dol
lars, interest, costs and my expenses
are previously paid. Said property
levied upon being:
One Dark Bay Mare
CHAS. F. CHILLINGWORTH.
Deputy Sheriff. Territory of Ha-
wall.
Honolulu, Oahu
6OO4-Nov. 2, 9, 16, 25; Dec. 4.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-02
N0T,CE.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
hawaiian Territorial Medical Society
will be held at the offices of Mr.. w. E.
Taylor. Saturday evening. November 2,
at $50. when election of officers
Will take place.
All members are urgently requested
TO be present. and a cordial invita-
ton is extended to all physicians to be
present.
ARTHUR G.. HODGINS.
1904 Secretary.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-02

II is pleasure to know that greater
care is to be exercised hereafter in the
installation of wires. When concentrat-
ed fire is taken into place o. business
or residence the utmost precautlon
should not only be used by the people
who do the work but by the authorities
as we'll The testing of street wires
should be frequent ard thorough to pre-
vent such an accident as happened to
a hackman three years ago or was mar
rowIy averted the other day in front Of
the Metropolitan Meat Market.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-02

A Yokohama paper says that philatel-
lists will be interested to learn tnat the
japanese authorities have under con-
sideration a proposal TO issue new three
sen postal stamps in memory OF the late
Prince Kitashirakawa. The design rec
commended for the new stamp mas IN the
center a picture Of the Formosa Shrine
which is dedicated to the Prince, with
the Imperial crest beside 1t surrounded
nv the letters Imperial Japanese Post"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-02

Hundreds Of sympathetic letters and
presents of flowers and food were sent
to the assassin Czolgosz in auburn
prison. None of them were perrnitted
to reach him. The man died, assum-
ing that the execution went off as or
dered, without the knowledge that he
had a friend or admirer in the world
The custom is new in the literature OF
American criminology but 1t Is one that
should not be permitted to lapse.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-02

This root Of many evils

MS IOOl Va hiaAtJ SSA~
Clandular tumors. Assesses. pinples
and other cutaneous eruptions. sore
ears, InflAmed eyelids. ricketts,. dyspep-
sia. eatarrh, readiness to catch cold
and inability TO get rid of IT easily. pale
ness, nervousness and other ailments
including the consumptive tendency
Can be completely and permanently
removed. no matter how young or old
the sufferer.
Hoods sars&parilla was given the daughter
Of Suas Vernooy, WAwsrsing. n. T., whe aAe
brelsa est with scrotula sores all over her
fass aSA head. The first bottle helped her
and when she had taken six the sores were all
healed and her face was smooth. He writes
that she has never shown any sign 81 me
ssrofaia retaxntn8.
Hoods SaEcSaPaFELE@
Promises to euro and keeps the
promise. Ask your druggist Tor
today and accept no substitute
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-02
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

Cinnamon for influenza has been
tested by DR.. ]. c. Ross for eight years,
and he finds that it cuts short the at
tack, the patient being usually con-
yalescent in three TO four days.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-02

II may be Of local interest TO know
that among the candidates Tor vacant
bIshoprics in the Protestant Episcopal
church is Rev Prescott Evarts, son OF
the late VIM NJ. Evarts- Mr. Evarts
IS rector OF Christ Church. Cambridge
y. Y, and is in middle life.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-02
PIONEER BUILDING AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION.

THE REGULAR MONTHLY MEET
ing OF the Pioneer Building and Loan
Association Will be held at the office OF
Gear, Lansing & CO., Judd building
Merchant street side, on MONDAY
EVENING, November 4, 1901, at 1880
o'clock.
Payments are required in gold.
A. " GEAR. Secretary.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-02

Smoke from the chimney of a copper
foundry serves an English observer as
a safe barometer. He notes that if the
smoke rises slightly and evenly it is a
sign Of good weather; but bad weather
is near If the Smoke Is beaten down, or
II it curves back upon itself
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-02

On December l the head OF the lat
President Mckinley will appear on q
new Issue of postal cards. Probably
before long, It will also be seen on an
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-02

issue of postage stamps. Both Garfield
and Lincoln have been similarly hon
ored.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-02

A mistake not likely to be rectified
seems to have been made by the de-
signers of the first wheels for rail-
ways The hanges-doubtless without
special consideration-were placed or.
the inside. where they may remdir,
but a Burmah contractor has just
shown that wheels with outside fanges
will = round sharp curves without de-
raiIrnent or locking where wheels with
inside hanges viii jam and leave the
track
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-02


The new cleptoscope of Sigs. Rosso
and laurent. two Italian naval engi-
neers. is claimed TO be the most sue
cesSful solution thus far of the prob
lem of giving vision to the crews of
submarine vessels. 1t has a range OF
60 degrees, showing objects on the
water distinctly and without distortion,
and the only part of the apparatus
reaching above the surface is a prac-
tically invisible tube five inches in
diameter.
The method of measuring smell
adopted by NJ. Berthelot opens a wide
field for investigation. a bottle is
filed with the vapor of an odorous sub
stance which is weighed before and
after to determine the quantity Of
vapor, and measured fractions of this
vapor are then poured from bottle TIC
bottle until just enough remains in one
TO excite the nerves of smell. With
iodoform the quantity was three
eighths of one millionth of a grain,
while a thousandth as much musk
would probably suffice.
Powdered sugar without grinding is
produced by the new process of Vallez
and Geraud, two French inventors.
The sugar solution is heated in an
open vessel to about 120 deg. c., and is
then poured into a stirring vat with
shafts revolving thirty or forty times
per minute. The water begins at once
to evaporate and the strongly agitated
mass finally becomes pulverulent III
about fifteen n1inuteS the process is
complete. and the vessel is tipped and
emptied, a special contrivance keeping
up the agitation during the time.
To give sight to good eyes is a curious
feat that has been accomplished by
Director Keller of the Vienna Institute
for the Blind. The patient, a boy now
seven years old, had perfectly formed
eyes, but was unable to see; and he has
been taught patiently for fourteen
months with such success that he can
discern colors, forms and objects, and
read by sight. He was first trained to
see disc of light in a dark room! This
was a tedious task, as he was quite I'M
conscious of the existence Of the faculty
that was being developed, but he saw
the disc at last, and was then shown |
colors through suitable glasses, follow |
ed by geometrical figures and letters on
the disc. and then by the Illuminated |
objects without the disc. The last stage
was a. gradual change to daylight con-
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-29
SECRET is OUT.

All Sadieville, KY, was curious
to learn the cause of the vast inn
provement in the health of Mrs.
S. p. Whitaker, who had for a
long time, endured untold suffer-
ing from chronic bronchial
trouble. 'It's all due to DR..
Kings New Discovery" writes
her husband. 1T completely
cured her and also cured our
little granddaughter of severe
attack of Whooplng Cough. " 1t
positively cures Coughs, Colds,
La Grippe, Bronchitis, all Throat
and Lung troubles. Guaranteed
bottles SOC and S1.0O. Trial bot
ties free at J. NJ. Cams store.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-29

all its sweetness, distill the frag-
rance of all the sweetest flowers
that have bloomed since the stars
sang together on the first MORN
ing; condense in one melody of
all the harmonies and music that
has been made since this old
world fell from the hands of God
finished, and you will not have
half the sweetness, the fragrance
and music which fills the souls of
the young lovers, when soul meets
soul for the first time, at the
touching of the lips. 1t is SEN
sation that cannot be described
only felt-and not forgotten.
When age chills the blood, when our
pleasures are past,
For years feet away with the wings of
the dove,
The dearest remembrances will still be
the last,
Our sweetest memorial the first kiss of
love.-Greenwood Commonwealth.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-29

check. So the only losers were
Dixey & Co., and the Memphis
firm.
The Memphis people wanted
Spectacle Billy back in the Bluff
city, but the local authorities had
claim on him in the matter of
Dixey & Co., and requisitlon of
the Tennessee authorities was
not granted, and since his arrest
Spectacle Billy has been prison
er here in the parish prison.
In talking about the swindle,
Spectacle Billy said that he in
tended to speculate in cotton,
win enough money and return
the amounts he got from the
Memphis and local firm. But he
got on the wrong side of the
market and lost everything he
had.
Spectacle Billy was to go to
trial yesterday, but his attorney,
Mr.. Chandler Luzenburg, an
nounced that it would be inn
possible to place the accused on
trial for his liberty, as he was a
very sick man. Spectacle Billy
has been sick over a week, suf-
fering from heart troubles, and
Coroner Richard has been called
in to attend the man in the prison
several times day.
"Why, he'll hardly last" said
one of the deputies, talking a bout
the prisoner. Hes growing
weaker and weaker, and we are
looking for the end. He has a
prisoner acting as his nurse, and
every hour or. so one of the
deputies visits him in the hospital
of the prison.
District Attorney Gurley I'M
derstood the condition of the
prisoner, and yesterday he with
drew two charges of forgery and
publishing as true by nolle pros
SEES. But he will draw up infor-
nations charging Spectacle Billy
with obtaing money by false pre-
lenses, though hardly any one ex-
poets that he will have the paper
finished before the prisoner pas
ses away.-Times Democrat.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-29
Treasurer
Showers
Removed From Office
Was Short in His Cash 100000
on August 18th
When Governor Longino Counted
The Money,
Money All There on The Second
Count on August Goth.
George w. Carlisle of Jackson
Appointed Temporary
Treasurer.

On August 18th Gov. Longino
called at the State Treasurer s
office to count the money on hand
without giving any notice as the
law directs, and when he counted
the cash there was d shortage
of 100000 Gov. Longino asked
Mr.. Showers what he was going
to do about it, and he said that
he couldn't do anything until
his cashier, who was then off on a
vacation, returned. The Govern
or then told him he would be
there again on August 20th
and when he returned on that
date the money was all there.
Gov. Longino then demanded an
explanation of the missing money
and Mr.. Showers attempted to
explain matters IN round-a bout
way but never did telfWhere the
money was. He stated in his
card to the public that he had
instructed his cashier to deposit
money in the banks when the
State Treasury vaults became
crowded. This being a violation
of the law and the refusal of the
Treasurer to explain matters
caused his suspension by the
Governor, pending an investiga-
ton and Mr.. Geo. w. Carlisle was
appointed temporary treasurer.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-29

Meridian Star: There would
be dollars in the pocket of every
man in the state who owns a news
paper should the patent insldes
and outsides be thrown in the
nearest frog pond. The amount
of foreign business which the
country papers of Mississippi
fail to get annually amounts to
thousands of dollars. The news
paper man who will run a
patent" side in town where
the merchants refuse to adver-
tise, and where they depend upon
the credit system altogether, is
foolish, as it is this class of busi-
ness he must look to meet his eX-
penses. A poor all home print
is far better than a good foreign
publication.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-29
ASTHMA CURE FREE!
Asthmalene Brings Instant Relief and Per.
manent Cure in All Cases.
SENT ABSOLUTELY FREE ON RECEIPT OF POSTAL.
NNfEAN

There is nothing like Asthmalene.
1t brings instant relief, even in the
worst cases. 1t cures when all else
fails. =
The Rev. G. f. WELLS, of~Villa
Ridge, H., says. ''Y0ur trial bottle
of Asthmalene received i'll good condi-
ton. l cannot tell you how thankful
| feel for the good derived from it.
was slave, chained with putrid sore
throat and Asthma for ten years. L
despaired of ever being cured. saw
your advertisement for the cure of this
dreadful and tormenting disease, As
thnla, and thought you had orerspoken
Yourselves, but resolved to give it a
trial. TO my establishment, the trial
acted like charm. Send me a full-size
bottle.N
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-29
A SW1NDLER DYING.
The Man Who Hoodwinked Sew
eral Leading Cotton Firms
BY Means of Forged Bills of Lad
ing, is Passing Away IN
Prison.

There is little hope held out
for Spectacle Billy, the swindler,
who worked his shrewd game in
cotton in Memphis and this city,
and was brought to an account
after he had gotten away with
most of the money he obtained.
In fact, they are looking for him
to pass away in the prison almost
any hour, for the prisoner is a
sufferer from organic heart
troubles, and momentarily grows
weaker and weaker.
In his little Mississippi home
Spectacle Billy was a gentlemen.
He was William G. Williams,
Esq, and had the confidence of
every businessman about his
home. Having been raised in
cotton country, he took an inter-
est in the product and even dealt
in futures. Calling himself Mr..
Ward, he went out on a swindllng
campaign that was successful,
and he won quite sum of
money.
Spectacle Billy went to Mem
phis some months back and began
dealing with billiard, Coffin & Co.,
big cotton factors in that city.
He knew he was dealing with
sharp businessmen, and to de-
ceive them he used simple game,
telling the cotton factors that he
had several hunred bales of cot
ton in Mississippi, and he was
anxious to draw against hisgoods.
OF course, billiard, Coffin & Co.
we're willing to honor his check,
provided he brought the bill of
lading to them, and when Spec
tacle Billy produced forged
railroad paper, he managed to get
$1,000.
He raced to this city met up
with some clever gamblers and
had good time. Then he
went to the firm of Dixey g. Co.,
cotton factors of this city, and
managed to get big draft from
that firm on the same trick. He
kept on gambling, losing several
thousand dollars. To raise more
money Spectacle Billy went to
the firm of Richardson & May
and dealt with the firm with an
other forged bill of lading.
By that time the billiard, Coffin
& Co., firm had the railroad wires
hot, hunting for the cotton that
Mr.. Ward had drawn on, and 1t
was found that Mr.. Ward was
William Williams, and that all he
had said was untrue.
Richardson & May gave the
man check for $1,000, but IN the
meantime they got word from
Billiard, Coffin & Co., asking
about Ward or Williams or Spec
tacle Billy. One dispatch forced
another, and the Geographic cor
respondence between the firms
resulted in getting the matter be-
fore the police.
Spectacle Billy was playing
poker in one of the poker clubs
on Canal street, and he was a big
loser. To keep in the game he
offered the check of Richardson
& May, and he was given new
stock of chips. While in the
game Detectives Kerwin and
Littleton arrested him, and the
keeper of the game began clear
ing his skirts by giving up the
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-29
Pan.American Exposition
VIA
Queen e. Crescent Route.

Dauble daily service to Buffalo,
and through sleeping cars be-
tween New Orleans and Buffalo
via Cincinnati without change.
Finest and fastest trains in the
South between New Orleans,
Cincinnati, Northern and East
ern points.
For rates and particulars, call
on 9. & C. Agent, or address,
h. w. BONDS, 4. p. A.,
Meridian, Miss.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-29

If the officers all over the State
would take the advice of the press
and wage a ceasless war upon
the Migrants, pistol toters and
blind tiger keepers, there would
be less crime committed, less
Inch law and better times gener-
ally.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-29

1t seems that according to the
Constitution, the people have a
RICH to know not where part of
the States money is all the time,
nor all of it part of the time, but
where all Of it Is all the time.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-29

The good roads movement has
struck Poplarville and it's streets
are being put in frst-class shape
with the new road machine.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-29

What about that special term
of court at Carrolton? The Of
ficers decided that it would be
useless, which fact all sensible
people knew at the time SO much
fuss was being made about it.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-29

If Mr.. Showers had lynched a
negro, Gov. Longino would have
called out the State militia and
had HIM surrounded by this
time.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-29
Testimonial to Schley.

We will publish the list below
as the amounts are sent in;
Miss Jessie Davis ......... 10
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-29

Mississippi must be the wealth
Jest state in the union, as it has
more money than the treasurer
knows what to do with.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-29

1t is a very dull time indeed
when Jackson can't spring life
size sensation.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1901-08-29

1t must have been that Mr..
Showers had that money in his
sock to hide it from the burglars
and is ashamed to own up to it.