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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-11

Lieut.. J. NJ. Campbell of the Fifth
Infantry, who Is en- route for the Phil
ippines, expressed the opinion that Ha-
wall is the most beautiful place in the
dominion of the United States, the next
in rank being Southern California.
Mrs. Campbell said that she was
charming place, but that she was too
busy drinking in it's beauties.
Captain j. NJ T. Particle of the Fifth
Infantry wished to know how it hap
pens that Honolulu Is so up to date.
Imagine our surprise" said he, ION
landing In what we deemed practically
a primitive country to find automobiles
as thick as ants in a sugar-bowl and
hotels that compare well with any in
the world!'
DR.. Hall, the ships surgeon of the
Buford, said that he was not qualified
to venture any opinion, but his i'm
pressions were to the effect that Homo
lulu was the right City to settle down
and live in forever If one were re-
tired capitalist and wanted to take 1t
easy the rest of his life.
Mrs. Kerr, wife of Adjutant General
Kerr at Manila, who goes to join her
husband, said that the Islands impress
ed her as the most delightful resting
place between ports that could be
imagined and that it seemed sort OF
/; fairyland.
Lieut.. Armstrong of the Fifth Infan-
| try said that he was one of the two
bachelors of the battalion, and as such
he wished to pay unstinted tribute to
the ladies, whom, as type. were most
surprisingly attractive and good to
| look upon.
Lieut.. r. S. Griswold of the Twenty
/ sixth United States Infantry, now re-
turning to the Mainland, stated that
the pleasures of the Islands were suffi-
cient recompense for the hardship of a
+ few days delay in the homeward jour-
ney.
! Lieut.. D. Elliot said that he might be
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-11

public health. The proposition has
been made by contractor who thinks
he may be able to fill all this section
on such terms as would be advantag-
eous to land owners there. ] think the
Bishop Estate and others would agree
to reasonable terms by which their
properties could be ma lie more valuable,
but what is more, healthful.
There is likely to be in the near
future a very great improvement in the
sanitary condition of the district and
the improvement of the shore line. II
this Is done it will be done on a large
scale and at a figure that Is very small
compared with the expense heretofore
involved in reclaiming low lands. 1t
will be the salvation of the whole dis
trict. cannot speak definitely upon
this matter, but 1t has been under con-
sideration by the heads of the depart
ments."
Executive Officer Pratt supplemented
the report by stating that sink and
wash water goes into the ditch which
flows sluggishly through the district
between the Stock Yards and the Old
Plantation and lies there a menace to
health. When flood comes the entire
Ni9tt iSL lS iuuludLSu anu the WASTE dno
stagnant water is spread upon the land.
Dr. Cooper and Mr.. Winston both an
nounced their intention of visiting the
section at once, and other members will
do the same.
The improvements suggested by At
torney-General Dole, involve laying a
strata of good foundation on the land
varying from two to six feet in depth.
The sand, gravel and coral will make
a solid cover for the present surface
/ or spongy, unhealthful soil upon which
the dwellings at present are erected.
The value of filling premises in this
manner Is to be seen along the water
'front.' near the sewer pumping station,
the Honolulu Iron Works and the Naval
station. Instead of the low-lying lands
saturated with water and covered with
a tangle Of swamp grasses, a solid
clean stretch Of new lands Is to be seen
The deepening of the sea shore would
perhaps make good bathing beaches
along the line proposed, except thai
the sewer outfall empties into the sea
beyond the district. AS the outfall is
about mile from the shore this VIII
probably have little effect upon the
cleanliness of the water.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-11

doubly appreciative because of his
long exile in the Philippines. but that
the American ladfes of Honolulu were
feast to the eyes and that the City
as whole, with it's modern acquisi-
tions, gave him a pleasant foretaste of
his native land.
You may say anything nice you can
think off, said Lieut.. B. T. Shear Of
the Buford land you can not say any
more than is due the beauties of the
City"
Captain Talbot and Captain Connell
of the Garonne both expressed sur
prise at the character of the popula-
ton. ''I would not have supposed"
said one of them, that it was possible
to find in one City so many natiQnali-
ties represented and all mingling in
seeming harmony together. Honolulu
seems to be very cosmopolitan City
indeed. 1t is a very beautiful one
also"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-11

The annual vestry meeting Of st.
Clements Chapel will be held in this
building on Friday evening next, April
feth ~ o'clock. All those who at
end this chapel are earnestly request
ed tn be present, including ladies.
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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-09
HAVE A NEW SPASM,

Abusing and villifying the admins
tration has become such a fixed habit
with the ants that they cannot over
come the desire to take a fling at the
president every time the shadow of an
excuse presents itself. Just now they
are engaged i'll exploiting a new field
for the venting of their spleen. They
are holding the president responsible
for the preparation of the frauds al
legged to have been discovered in the
commissary department at Manila.
While they do not openly accuse him
Of having been a direct party to the
Interpretations, they charge him
with being morally responsible for
their commission, and arrive at this
conclusion by the rather devious pro-
cess of reasoning that if it were not his
"imperialistic" policy there never
would have been any necessity for
sending commissary stores to the
Philippines and consequently no weak
or dishonest mel would have been ex-
posed to temptation by being placed in
charge Of them. While engaged in
making accusations of this nature,
why not include all those millions OF
Americans who last fall voted to con-
tinue the policy of empire to which
the ants are SO unanimously and
vehemently opposed. The reasoning
by which the guilt Of the president in
the frauds is arrived at is so absurdly
ridiculous as not to be worthy of
notice, were it not for the excellent H.
lustration it affords of the force of
habit,
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Japan N RUSSIA.

Should it happen that Japan and
Russia engage in war, the unusual
spectacle will be afforded of the civil
lized nations giving their sympathy to
the ''heathen' com5atant. Although
classed as one of the "civilized, Chris
tian'' nations, Russia has not reached
the high plane of a national civiliza-
ton, Notwithstanding her centuries of
existence as an alleged civilized ma
ton, that Japan has acquired during
the few short years that have elapsed
since she first came in contact with
the peoples of the western world and
has adjusted herself to modern ways
and adopted modern thought and
ideas. Her people enjoy greater lib
erty of thought, speech and action
than do those of her supposedly higher
civilized and more enlightened op-
ponent, while her conduct and actions
as a nation compared to Russia are
admittedly far superior. In the es-
sentials of civilization, judged from
the occidental point OF view, Japan is
far ahead of Russia. In warfare she
has shown herself to be humane and
amenable to every law that Chris
tianity and civilization have imposed.
The same cannot be said of Russia, as
events in China have gone to show.
None of the charges Of cruelty and
savage1y that have been so often made
against Russia since the Chinese &C.
cupation began can be laid at the door
of Japan, in which respect the United
States and Japan set examples to the
rest of the world, as they alone have
escaped censpre and emerge from the
whole thing with honor and their good
m unimpalred.
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G mi Y A

II further evidence had been re.
CURED to convince them of their posi-
ton as political corpses, the elections
just held at St. Louis and Chicago
should satisfy Altgelt and Bryan that
the time has come when it would not
be inappropriate to pass the hat and
give them decent interment. Both
entered the lists against Rolla Wells,
democratic candidate for MAYOR Of St.
Lous, because he is a "gold" democrat
and he was elected by what may be
termed a tremendous majority. Not
, satisfied with the results of his labors
in that direction, Altgelt made a fight
in Chicago against Carter Harrison
and threw his imaginary strength to
the republican candidate, Judge
Hanecy, and the latter was defeated so
badly that it was almost disgraoeful.
Altgelt evidently has no more follow
ing in his own state than Bryan has
in the country at large and as a
stellar attraction in Illinois politics his
time has passed. The day was when
he could be classed as a power in the
sucker state, but that was before he
conceived the silly notion that he was
above his party and sought to dictate
to it's people what they should do and
should not do.
We're it not for the fact that Bryan
has engaged in a business where of
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-09

--"N - p I'd H-
While England has decided not to
buy any more horses in the American
market, the order to cease buying
comes at q time when it will affect
but little the American ho1semen. The
large number of the animals which the
British have bought has about cleaned
up the surplus stock. and from now on
the breeders may expect much better
prices than they have been receiving
in years. The scarcity of good animals
is already apparent in the increased
prices obtained for those which are
now being sold to this government.
At Fort Meade, in South Dakota, a
regiment Of cavalry is ogranizing, the
mounts for which ara being boughl in
that part of the corntry. The latest
advices from there are to the effect
that considerably over 800 is being
paid for animals that can pass the in
specting officer. Only a short time
ago the same class Of horses could be
bought for a little more than half that
sum and those who sold, even at that
fguer. thought they were doing ex-
tremely we'll. sa4
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..
notwithstanding the indifferent and
sighting lone Mr.. Clark assumed in
his eastern interviews when speaking
of his late political ally, Mr.. Faug
Heinze, the senator does not seem to
really feel RS unconcerned regarding
the gentleman's change of attitude as
he pretended. What is more, he is TAX
ing a way of showing his displeasure
that will be more effective than any
mere words of protest that he might
care to utter. New York sends out
the news that Mr.. Clark has decided
to withdraw his patronage from the
smelter and refining works operated
by Mr.. Heinze and give it to the Ana
conda company. This will mean a re-
duction in the earnings of Mr.. Heinze's
plant of from $40, 900 to $40, 900 per
month, which represents the amount
he has been receiving in the Fast for
treating the matte produced by Mr..
Clark's Butte reduction works.
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due the corporation by taking advant,
age Of the law which says municipal.
ties may not contract indebtedness be.
yond a certain amount. By virtually
taking the pauper's oath she got out Of
paying the sum. But while seeming.
~ so poor that she could not pay debts
of her own contracting she is not SO
poverty stricken but that she can hold
secret meetings of her city council and
buy water rights costing large sums
and so far removed that it will take
even larger amounts of money to pipe
the water to the city if it is ever de-
cided to obtain the benefits of the
rights. The council pleads in extern
uation of its act that if the transaction
had been attempted openly and above
board the water company would have
taken to the courts and OBJ
tanned an injunction. Although out
witted in the preliminaries, the COM
pany says it is not through with the
council and proposes to invoke the
courts and the law, just the same.
Of course, it is not the concern Of
outsiders, but it does seem that the
council took a peculiar way of rid
ding itself and the city of the incubus
which the Helenaites claim the water
company is, and the effect will be det-
rimental to the credit of the city, as
it has a tendency to create the impress
sion abroad that the city has no re-
gard for the rights of invested capital
and cause others who may have been
thinking Of making investments there
to go slow. The members of the
council, if they will then still be
members, may find that a city that
has %repudiated its Indebtedness and
does business in secret will not be con-
all acceptable customer when
the time comes for buying pipes and
other necessaries for the introduction
Of the water supply which it has
acquired miles away. With a company
holding a claim of $6l7, 900 against
city. for water furnished i'll the past
and that claim repudiated, Helena
may find itself in an awkward position
wen she attempts to incur further in
1ebtedness for leading her own sup.
ply to the city.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-09

England now says that the spirit of
the Clayton-Bulwer treaty is applica-
BILE to the Panama route as we'll as to
Nicaragua and does not admit the pos
sibility Of any arrangement the United
States might make with the Colombian
government which would absolve this
nation from it's obligations under the
treaty. The assertion is made by the
British foreign Office that the treaty
contemplated the construction of a
canal anywhere within the Central
American region and that while the
Panama route may not be strictly
within the territorial limits prescribed
by the treaty, it lies within the spirit
of the convention. The, chances are
that if the United States decides to
accept the Panama proposition and
England does make objection, the
British will arouse another spirit, one
with which they are not altogether I'M
acquainted and which is known as the
of 49," which, while though
possibly not so rampant as it was in
the past, is still very much alive, as
future events may go to show.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-09

1t will be a source of qualification
to all Montanans to learn that a citi-
zen of the state is likely to be the
next governor OF Porto Rico. The
gentleman who has that prospective
honor awaiting him is Judge W. H.
Hunt, late associate justice of the su-
preme court of the state, who resigned
to accept. the secretaryship of the
island under Governor Allen, who, it
is said, will soon resign. Judge
Hunt is a man whom all respect and
admire and it is safe to say that re-
CARELESS of party affiliations and preju-
dices every man in Montana hopes he
may secure the honor which it is said
may be awaiting him. As a lawyer
he ranked among the best of the state
and as a citizen and man he stood
without a peer. That he is competent
and amply able to fill the higher posi-
tion no one doubts.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-09
HELENA'S LATEST.

Helena is the Carrie Nation of Mon.
tana cities when it comes to doing
things calculated to carry notoriety
with them, and like the Kansas
woman she is not at all particular
concerning the propriety or legality of
the acts calculated to call attention to
herself. Like her Kansas prototype
she has her specially, and though at
times she may try a side line by way
OF diversion. she invariably falls back
on the speciality and makes it win
every time. Her great act is Juggling
with water and the company which
supplies her with the fluid. She has
had lawsuits by the score with the
company and has eve pleaded the
baby act to avoid payment of a sum
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-09

r LLNeHNG &.M. 49, S EAlWG 4tEE-E#EMH&
Minnesota has decided to make the
experiment Of a primary election law,
the Legislature just having passed a
bill to that effect. Under the pro-
visions of the bill all candidates for
Office, except those for state office,
shall be nominated at a primary cleo
tion. ANY man eligible to vote at a
general election may vote at a pri-
mary, but is not bound to support the
men for whom he voted. That is, ut
the general election he need not vote
the same ticket he voted. at the pri-
mary affair. The same law is already
in force in a number of eastern states
including Missouri, aud it's advocates
claim that it. works we'll. The only
possible objection that may be urged
against it is a political one-the
members of the opposing political
party might take advantage of a pri-
mary election to elect a lot of men oh.
jeotionable to the party holding it
and cause weak men to be nominated
for the purpose Of strengthening their
own changes for success.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-09

The capture of A%guinaldo may not
have been such a great achievement in
the opinion of General Corbin and
some Others, but it is apparently pro-
ductive OF the desired results. One
more province in the archipelago has
been completely pacified and the last
band of allies Of Pettigrew and
Atkinson which operated in the terri
tory has surrendered. With Aggie
himself now advocating complete sub
mission it does look as though the re-
bellion was about on its last legs and
that peace is about to take the place
of the strife and warfare Of the past
two years OF so. The president seems
to hold all opinion largely at variance
with that Of the adjutanr general Of
the army as regards the value Of the
services rendered by the somewhat
understood Jay Hawker, even though
he may only be a ''boss scout and
with the a%djutant making l~ieutenants
every day out of stuff of a higher
grade than he.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-09
|NcEND|ARY and THIEF
STRANGE CONFESSION OF MIN
NEAPOLIS MAN.
Claims to Have Robbed Employers
and Set Building
on Fire.

Columbus, o., April S-A young
man giving the name Of D. M. De-
pew, arrested at the Cittenden hotel
on the charge Of attempting to beat a
board bill, today made a remarkable
confession to the chief of police. He
stated that his right name is M. r.
Depuy and that his home is at Mime
apolis.
While at Minneapolis he was en-
ployed as confidential clerk and book
keeper for Fletcher Bros, of the Min
neapolis Elevator company. In that
capacity he claims. he had the combi-
nation of the safe and one night stole
5000 from the safe and fed. In a few
months after this he went back to
Minneapolis and as he had taken one
of tho front door keys, he let himself
in and stole goods to the value of
800. He then collected a lot of old
letters and set fire to them, the fire
destroying the entire block. He made
his escape again from the city and
shortly afterwards was met by his
parents at another place. He in
formed them Of what crimes he had
committed IN Minneapolis n they
aided him in getting away. He said
that his parents did this in order that
he might escape prosecution and not,
disgrace them. He promised to re-
form, and says SO far as his parents
know, he is supposed to be leading an.
exemplary life.
He said he had gone to Chicago and
then to Dayton, where he had a
Pinkerton badge made and forged the
names of Allen & Pinkerton to a GER
tificate that he was in their employ.
From Dayton he came to Columbus
and he says he intended to fleece a
number of persons by pretending that
he desired to employ a stenographer
and to secure what money he could
from the applicants and Jump" the
city.
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E WILL APPOINT.

Governor Toole gives vigorous de-
NAL to the stories which have been in
circulation that he intended to be con-
v%eniently absent from the state when
it came time to appoint the third
Judge for Silver Bow county, provision
for whom was made at the recent ses-
sion of the legislature. Just how the
story started is not known. but it has
been charged that his excellency would
leave the matter of making the APP
pointment to the lieutenant governor,
whose we'll known leanings toward
the Heinze faction of the late fusion
could be depended upon to u him
to give the place to some one thorough
~ acceptable to the gentleman of the
multifarious litigation. Now comes
the governor and says that he has
never though of such a thing and
promises to make the appointment
himself, and in due time. He also
says that in looking around for a man
he will be guided solely by the mans
fitness and qualifications for the posi-
ton. He furthermore says that while
he would prefer to appoint some one
from Silver Bow county, he will not
confne himself to any geographical
limits, but if necessary will go to some
other county, should he find no one in
Silver Bow possessed Of the required
fitness for the place. 1t is said that
Judge Mediation, who for several
terms was on the bench of Silver Bow
county, is an applicant for the posi-
ton, and as he has been one of
Heinze's attorneys no objection would
be made to him from that quarter.
The other side has a candidate in a
gentleman from the nor thern part of
the state. 1t will be seen that no mat
ter whom he may appoint, the COVER
nor is bound to displease somebody.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-09

The fact that Russia has refused to
further recognize the Chinese peace
ENJOYS makes things look rather grave
in that part of the world and may
lead to some serious results. Should
the two engage in war, without some
of the others interfering in her behalf,
it is not difficult to see the outcome of
such a struggle as far as China in con-
cerned. When more shall be known
it will undoubtedly prove that China
has the backing of Japan, which
would put a different aspect on the
situation.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-09

Those who are Of the opinion that
the United States is compelled to pay
an excessive price for its armor plate,
have the mournful satisfaction of
knowing that Germany has to pay
even higher prices, without getting a
better article. The reichstag recently
took up the matter of plate and
appointed a special committee to in
vestigate. The committee made an
elaborate report in which il found
that the empire pays 400 marks more
for the same plate than the United
States, and that, too, after the Ameri-
can manufacturers pay the Krupps a
royalty of 142 marks a ton. As figured
out by the committee the Germans are
forced to pay at the rate of 3, 900, 900
marks more a year for their plate
than do the Americans and as it will
take 20 years to complete the fleet
authorized by the German government
it will be seen that. the loss to the
kaiser will amount to a goodly sum
by the time his new feet shall have
been completed. The committee rec
commended that in view of the enor-
nous %extortion practiced by the two
German films which have the n
oily Of supplying the government, for
eign competition be invited or the
other alternative of a government
armor plate factory be adopted.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-04-09

necessity his name must always re.
main more or less prominently before
the people, he would soon be forgotten
and pass into the complete oblivion to
which his fantastic and absurd econ-
omic and political doctrines should
properly consign him. It is only his
vanity and desire for wealth that
cause him to longer remain in quasi
public life, for he must certainly
know how absolutely repudiated he is
by the people of the nation and his
own state.