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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-19
THEORY VS.. FACT.

1t is easy to theoriZe on making da-
waii rich by sending fruits and vege-
tables to the Coast, but those who have
tried it have small patience with the
theorizer. After paying steamer freight
over 2100 miles of sea TO glutted mar
ket and settling with the commission
merchant at the other end of the line
who makes. large deduction for spoil
ed goods whether they are spoiled OF
not-the grower, unless he is a China
man, doesn't get enough to pay his
expenses. Further loss is apt to be in
CURED at the hands of the Coast Off
Gals who subject Island fruits and
vegetables to the closest scrutiny for
insect blights.
The only fruits from Hawaii in de-
mand on the Coast are bananas. pine
apples and alligator pears. Our or
anges have never been popular there
for the reason that they are. compare
lively. an. inferior fruit. Bananas are
now in competition with those of other
points and sell. on San Francisco
wagon stands. at the rate of three for
FIVE cents What is left for the grower
here may be imagined. If pineapples
paid. the vacant lands near town
would be covered with them. The
losses are so great on consignments OF
alligator pears that the retail dealer al
San Francisco has to ask thirty-five
cents apiece for them. Certain vege-
tables raised on Oahu. near the por
of departure. might sell as Bermuda
potatoes and onions do in the New
York market, but the. trade in those
if it ever develops. will go to ChinameI
,x-ri
pete.
To seriously urge that Hawaii woul'
profit by losing its great staple and go
ing into a picayune fruit and vegetabl
trade Is to incur the smile of derisiol
from every one who knows anything
about either agriculture or economics
The only argument for diversified prod
ucts here is that which holds out tn
prospect of making living cheaper :
home Export on any great or profit
able scale is out of the question
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-19
JAMES H. BLoUNT.

90 tha announcement in the last
s,.. ,ha+ ex-Congressman James h
D,.. rod heen stricken with paraiy-
s;s little had been heard OK MIN slhce
the critical days Of 1893 when he was,
naxt tn President Dole, the foremost
6o,,re in Hawaii. That little referred 10
the unlikeIihood that President CleVe-
land would entrust any further respon-
.;hn,t,es to him and embodied the news
of his withdrawal to privacy winch
has been unbroken until now.
Refore the Hawaiian affair took place
Mr. Blount was "a rising man In the
Democratic party-a risen man, III iaee'
His service in Congress had peen ois-
tineuished and his chances 10 secure
the Governorship of Georgia We're con
sidered good, with Senatorsnlp IN
further prospect In an evil hour ne
accepted the mission to Hawai- Whlch
was in its secret initiative, an at
tempt to convict the Harrison admins
tration of having seized these lsianns
by force of arms. MIR. Blount, as USED
to be said of drumhead court-martlals'
was organized to convict. In pursu-
ance of his orders he directed the Al
miral on this station to haul down the
| American flag which had been raised
lover the Government buildings TO sig
nalize a United States protectorate
That act started the greatest political
row the United States had seen since
the disputed Presidential count OF 1870
The storm which broke over the heads
| of Cleveland and Blount must have
lappaIled them both. Almost the entire
press denounced the flag AFFAIR; ano
when. at a later date, Cleveland. re-
Igaining courage ventured upon pial
Ito restore the Queen-a plan which pu
leyery patriotic American in Honolulu
Including the majority of the u. A X
post. under arms-it was seriously pro
posed to impeach him. A Democracy
Congress then took the Hawaiian al
fair out of his hands and put an ent
TO a conspiracy which. SO far as 1t ha'
gone. had threatened the Democrati
ticket in every Northern State and cit.
with defeat.
Ii was necessary to have 'scapegoa
and Mr.. Blount was the handy man
He was accused by the administrator
papers of having deceived Presiden
, Cleveland in his report upon the politi
, cal conditions of Hawaii. Had it no
. lbeen for that they said, the Presiden
would never have made the mistake o
trying to compel an American colony
t endure monarchical yoke. MI
, Blount protested in vain. be went [
; see Mr.. Cleveland and came away dis
/ pirited 1t had been made plain to hir
that the President did not mean
: carry a responsibility which could b
unloaded upon him. Thereupon TN
once Paramount Commissioner an
t Minister to Hawaii returned 10 n
s Georgian home and public life kne
him no more. His retirement was thu
most binding of exiles-the passing int
the private station of an able and once
conspicuous men who had become VI
. available for any party service.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-19
DISTRIBUTING HAWAII.

The plantation men who will meet
here today will do well to take notice
of the attempts which are being made
in print by local junta, operating in
Honolulu and the States, to discredit
their industry. Just now we have the
remarkable spectacle of an official trav-
cling through the States trying to
blockade their efforts to get labor and
Of a paper controlled by him advoeat-
ing the ruin Of the sugar business.
What 1t all means we are at a loss to
understand, but the fact that it is
coupled with a purely malicious at
tempt to destroy the credit of the Rap
i'd Transit Company suggests that the
rule and ruin faction, having lost all
chance to rule. have decided to go TO
the other extreme. Strangely coinci-
dent with it all is the strenuous cam
pa,gn in the States of newspaper SIAN
der against Hawaiian morality Of which
a sample Is given elsewhere.
What IL any measures are needed to
protect Hawaiian credit from these
shameful assaults the planters can de-
eide for themselves. Seeing that they
are so regularly called upon to assist
the Republican party and as they are
CAPTAINS of one of the greatest of the
protected industries to the support OF
which the party and it's administration
stand committed, their influence al
washington is naturally very strong. II
ought to be their decision to oppose the
seating in Hawaiian Office or the feten-
tion IN such office of any man whe
would use or does use the prestige OF
high position to strike at the vital bus
mess interests of this land. At leas
that Is the opinion of the majority o.
resi- onsible citizens here and 1t is ONT
that seems reconcilable with every in
stinct of self-defence and of fair play
to the thousands who have their saw
ipgs invested in the Hawaiian sugal
industry. "a
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To break the force of the Associated
Press 4. telegram. saying that Judge
Humphreys successor is likely to pc
announced before long, homemade
telegram is printed saying that the
administration supports Humphreys
against Dole and that Dole VIII De
soon removed" to make room for Estee.
The telegram does not come from the
Associated Press and is unsigned. Thal
1t was made in the same slop SHOP
which produced the land sale order
fake of some months ago. and when
had. Secretary Cooper rebuked ana
Governor Dole removed at least a doz-
en- times goes without the saying
Writing Washington dispatches in Ho-
noiulu has long been a favorite pursuit
of the Humphreys hand-me- down news
bureau.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-19

The mainland press, or a portion OF
;. hos am eruption of Islander about
Ta,,o;; which SOUNDS like the TRADES
of certain, sensational lec,ulets 80
press correspondents who lnies'eo 49, -
parts a few months ago. MANY ~;
articles we see are unnt lor
cation in these columns. oucn
of iniauity coupled with the iloeis :, =
Humphreys is utterlng wneheV ~
can hire a newspaper TO PRINT "ha. ~
saws. have served to give the isia,ius
name they never have anu piopaD'
never will deserve. 1t Is ply W.
identitv of the writer's is wlthneio pu'
sIanderers are usually anonymous III
their methods of assault
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-19

wbv not select the slackest business
day in the week for the clerks nan
holiday instead of the liveliese! oat
urday. the world over. is time loi
shopping and this must always De 50
where Sunday law obtains Peopie
then have 10 buy for two days ana thes
usually have more money to buy Win
Here In Honolulu every store is crown
ed on, Saturday swhileeits doors, stay
OMEN This shows the presence OF
public demand which ought not TO oe
arbitrarily cut off. In some countries
the clerks get their half-holiday on
"Wednesday, an arrangement wnich
breaks the week in the middle and does
not interfere to any marked extent win
trade. as2ste'
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-19

General Corbin has sailed from Ma
Mia for Shanghai, and will return
home on the Empress line.
The great department emporium OF
Hordern & Sons. at Sydney, Australia,
was destroyed by fire July 18th. with
loss of 100000.
Ex-Governor Jones' of Alabama, a
cripple, witnessed the death of his
daughter in a street car accident. and
was powerless to aid her.
Miss Mabel Morrison, the actress,
daughter of Lewis Morrison, accident
| ally took an overdose of poison at AS
bury Park. Cal, but recovered
! John NJ. Wilson. an inmate of the
| Piwa Utah) Insane Asylum. plunged
head first into the furnace at the asy-
lum. and died almost Immediately.
| Miguel Malvar, who is recognized as
the successor of Aguinaldo in Manila,
has issued a proclamation threatening
General Cables with death, and warn
| ing all Filipinos that they will not be
allowed to live outside the American
| lines if they take the oath of ale
| glance
| Comptroller Dawes, in his reference
to the organization of national banks
under the act of March, 1900 says: In
| the Pacific States. including Hawaii
| there were twenty-five organized, with
an aggregate capital of s1,635, 600 Oh
| this number twelve were of the smaller
class. and nine were with capital OF
! $50, 600 or more.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-19
IMPORTED PESTS.

Neither the press, police nor the va
rious Government inspectors can be
too careful to guard against the intro
duction of the rabbit tribe, under what
ever variation of species, to these ISL
ands. Carelessness in similar respects
has hurt Hawaii prodigiously in the
past, though an honorable exception
may be, noted. in favor of the officials
who killed DR.. Hildebrand's snakes. The
mongoose imported to eat rats in the
canefields was a most und ac-
QUESTION It liked poultry and eggs bet
ter than rats and has succeeded in not
only depopulating hen yards but in pref
ty nearly cleaning out the quail and
pheasants and other ground-nesting
birds. The Japanese beetle came in on
plants and has taken away the roses
which used to bloom so generously here
There were some things like the mos
Quito the scorpion, centipede and big
spider that could not have been kept
out They came, mostly, in ships from
the coast of Mexico. But the mongoose
and the mynah bird were brought here
with deliberate purpose which Should
have had better judgment behind II.
| Rendered wise by misfortune our peo-
ple tried TO make ii impossible to intro
duce the rabbit pest and law was
passed against the importation of the
scourge of Australia and Southern
ICalifornia Unhappily some feeble
minded legislator got through provise
| favorable to rabbit pets and oni!
those hares and rabbits designed fol
threading purposes were debarred. Bu1
the pets, with serene contempt OF
statutory law, proceeded to breed, ant
now there are hares and rabbits
enough in town to menace the integ
rity CT every vegetable patch and cane
field on Oahu providing they are no
rounded up and killed.
The police are doing their part ant
lalready have a colony of hares AM
rabbits behind the bars But enough
are outside in the guise of pets to con
stitute a serious danger. It is prob
able that the law cannot find a. way t
. touch these. II that is the case we hav
: no letter advice to offer the planter
! who are assembling today than tina
they appropriate a sum large enough t
= buy what hares and rabbits there ar
: under private control in the Islands a
D a fancy figure, 1t would be cheaper t
pay dollar a pound for rabbit mea
: now than to go to the expense later o
t. Iof building rabbit-proof fences aroun
0 and through the great plantation
8 Further consignments of rabbits froi
: abroad could probably be kept out.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-19
TO LEASE

FOR TERM OF YEARS piece
OF land fronting on South street, and
running through to chamberlain
street.. the frontage on each of said
streets being 140 feet. and having
depth of 140 feet.
This property is suitable for the
erection of warehouses and stores. For
terms. apply to the
KAPIoLANI ESTATE, LTD.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-09-15
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
Many Incorrect Reports Given Out Be
fore Presidents Death.

Many Incorrect Reports Given Out Be
fore Presidents Death.
LONDON. Sept. l4.-Many reports af-
terward found 10 be incorrect. were cir
culated during the night to the effect
that President Mckinley was dead. The
news Of his actual death arrived a, 7:3O
o'clock and was Immediately telegraph
ed to King Edward al Fredsnsberg.
A constant succession Of kilograms
had been received every few minutes in
the course OF the night from Buffalo
describing the dying moments Of the
president. Ferven; hopes We're express
ed everywhere for the presidents re-
covery.
The question OF Mr.. McKinleys sue
cessor has much occupied the citizens
Of London. a week ago most OF them
would have supposed that the death OF
the president would necessi,ate another
election, bu; the subject has been fully
ventilated in the papers during the past
week and It is thoroughly understood
that Vice President Roosevelt. will i'm
mediately take the oath Of office.
I, is safe 20 say that both President
last speech foreshadowing
his new policy, and Vice-President
Roosevelts speech, If the day preced-
Ing Czolgosz' attack upon the president,
will be keenly discussed in the papers f.
here today.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-09-15
TROOPS AT RIO HACHA
Fortunate Presence of a French
Cruiser.

COLON, Colombia, Sept. 14.-The
Alexandre Bixio has arrived at Colon.
The delay was due TO the fact that she
was chartered at Savanilla by the CO.
lombian government to convey 1900
troops with ammunition to Rio Hacha.
on her arrival there, September s,
CeneZuelan squadron, consisting of the
Restaurador formerly the .Atalanta)
and two other gunboats was on the
Doin. of bombarding the town.
The French cruiser Suchet had been
against the bombardment and
this had been postponed for twenty-four
hours in order to allow the foreign con-
suls and other noncombatants to leave.
During ne interval the Alexandra Blk
10 arrived and succeeded in landing 1000
troops with ammunition at Rio Hacha.
This was entirely due to the protection
afforded by the presence of the Suchet
which sailed for Curacao September 6.
The General Pinzon accmompanied the
Nexlndre Bixio from Rio Hacha to
Cartag ma and is now at the latter port.
General Alban is on board.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-09-15
Men Agree to Go to Work on
Monday.
THE TERMS ARE UNKNOWN
Agree That Settlement Should Not Be d..
vuIged-Three Steel Companies Slgn
the Agreement.

NEW YORK Sept. 1.-THE great
steel strike, which began June 90. was
brought TO an end at a conference held
today between leader sof the Amalga-
mated Association an doficers OF the
subsidiary companies of the United
States Steel Corporation. An agreement
was sigled under which the men will
return to work in the mills Monday
morning.
The full terms OF settlement were not
tivulged and il was announced that this
was in accordance with an agreement
with the parties to the conference.
The agreement was not made public.
l, was signed by the officials Of the
Amalgamated Association and the
American Tin Plate Company. the
American Steel Hoop Company and the
American shse: Steel Company.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-09-15

three hours when mounted courier
rcje rapidly into ,he Tahawas Club
with messages 20 the NcN-prasldtnt stat
ing that PresIden, Mckinley was in a
critical condition.
Extra guides ant, runners were at once
deployed from the club in the direction
Of Noun, Marcy, with instructions to
sound a general alarm In order to find
the yice-pr5sident as soon as possible.
Just as the afternoon began to merge
with the shadows Of early evening the
responsive echoes of dlstan, signals
were heard ana answered, Gradually
the scouts and the Roosevelt party
came together.
The president at 5:45 o'clock
started back FOR the Tlhawas Club. The
Adirondack stage line placed at his dis
posal relays Of horses covering thirty
SIX miles to North Creek. a deluging
thunderstorm had rendered the roads
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-09-15
AT MILBURN HOUSE.
QuieInass Reigned Throughout the Ear
ly Morning Hours.

Quietnass Reigned Throughout the Ear
ly Morning Hours.
MTLBURN HOUSE, Sept. l4-There
were no signs Of activity in the Mil
burn House until after o'clock Short
ly after that hour, messengers began TO
emerge from the house al frequent in
teryals and the bulk Of their missions
was in the dispatching Of numerous tel
egrams. Up 70 7:30 no members Of the
afflicted family had put in an appear
ance. From the servants It was learned
that Mrs. Mckinley not had yet left
her room.
The days detail Of soldiery reported
a, a. m. and the guard Of honor was
augmented. Unlike the days OF the
anxious week OF suspense, the scene on
Delaware avanue near the Mlburn
House was a quiet one
Had /. not been for the ropes al the
street crossings and the ceaseless
tramping Of the sentries Of the guard.
the avenue would have presented a
normal aspect. At the house the only
visible sign OF the nations calamity
was 10 be found in the crepe badge Of
death fius,ering from the door post.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-09-15
AUTOPSY ON THE REMAINS.
Death Was Unavoidable and Was Dl-
rect Result Of Bullet Wound.

Death Was Unavoidable and Was Di-
rect Result Of Bullet Wound.
BUFFALO. Sept 1.-THE following
report Of he autopsy Ipon The remains
o; President Mckinley was issued at
O'Clock:
The bulle, which struck over the
hreastbone did NJ; pass through the skin
and did little harm. rhe other bullet
passed through both walls Of The s,om-
ach near the lower borIer. Both holes
were found 20 be perfectly closed by
stitches, but the tissue around each hole
had become gangreneous. After pass
ing through the stomach. the bulle.
passed into the back walls OF the abdo-
men. hitting and tearing the upper end
u the kidneys This portion Of the bull
let's track was also gangrenous. gan
creme involving the pancreas. The bull
let has not yet been found. There was
no sign II pei.onitis or disease. The
other organic heart walls were very
thin There was no evidence Of any at
tempt to repair on the part Of nature
and death resulted from gangrane which
affected the stomach around the bullet
wounds as well as the tissues around
the further course OF the bulelt. Death
was unavoidable by any surgical or
medical treatment and was The direct
result Of the bullet wound"
The repor. Of the autopsy has again
given rise 10 the theory hiq,ed at a
day or TWO after the president was shot
tha, Czolgosz fired poisoned bullets. A
chemical AMI bac,eri7l1sical eyamina-
,ioA Of the remaining bullets in the pis-
t5l will undoubtedly be made at once.
]; seems probable that the result Of
;he autopsy will give -lse 10 4 medical
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-09-15
STOOD IN REVERENCE.
Crowds in New York Receive the News
in Silence

Crowds in New York Receive the News
in Silence
NEW YORK, Sept ll-When death
Of the president was bulletinei a. he
newspaper offices in this city several
thousand people were still standing
about waiting for the expected an
nouncement Instantly silence raigned
and without any orearrangement Zach
man in the throng took off his hat and
stood for several minu.es thus uncov-
cred. Then when sull realization came.
tn crowd silently dispersed
THIS city manifested It's grief at the
tidings from Buffalo concerning the
hopeless condition Of President M'lIn-
ley's case by eagerly seeking the latest
news. OF excitement there was none,
for the city was preplcai for the worst.
Large numbers Of people scanned ihe
bulletin boards of the newspaper otFces
awaiting for the anloun ;em-nt 4 the
presidents death. but he crowd wos not
dense and no expressio Is but yhsss Of
sorrow were heard as III. succeeding
fHnnkfn,.Aa
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-09-15
THE NEW PRESIDENTS FIRST PROCLAMATION
Thursday September 49, Appointed Day OF Mourning and
Prayer Throughout United States

BUFFALO n Y Sept l-Pre ien Roosevelt proc
hmator. l. is, in part, follows:
The president has struck down 4 crime
has been committed not against chief magistrate
aw-sblng iberty-loying citizen
Mckinley of larges: for his fellow
mcn Christian forttude
Now therefore, Theodore Roosevelt president
America appoint THURSDAY mourning
hroughou; THE United earnestly recommend that all
people assemble hat day their respective places worship
there bow down In humble submission will Almighty
pay reverence to the great and good p-
death has smien with bitter grief"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-09-15

controversy. The gangrened condition
Of the interior wounds, which the ply
Slciars thought were healed and that
they announced positively tina; the kid
ney which the bullet tore in its pas
sage through he abdomen was unin-
jured, were So contrary to what was eX-
ptcted by the public that discussion
seems inevitable
The poisoned bullet theory might, of
coarse. accoInt for the sudden and puz-
zlIng reversal Of President McKinley's
condition just VIII n the physicians laid
didon and gave such strong hopes Of
mis- recovery.
The bullet was not cound.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-09-15
POLITICAL OPPONENTS TRIBUTE.

Col. Kilboume Speaks Feelingly Of the
Irreproachable Life Of Mckinley,
COLUMBUS. O.. sept. 1t-Colonel
James Kilbourne, Democratic candidate
for the governorship of Ohio, when no
titled of the death Of the presiden; made
Ia statement in which he said:
His most determined political oppon-
.ents recognize the many lovable personal
traits Of his character and If he had any
enemies the event of the past week must
have d.sarmed them. Living and dying,
his private life has been without re-
proach and a shining example to his
countrymsn."
Governor Nash has issued a proclama-
ton setting forth the virtues of Presi-
dent Mckinley.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-09-15
ALL WERE AFFECTED BY THE ORDEAL
president ROOseyeS Hand as Steady as Though Carved
In Marhle-A Worthy Successor of the MAI
tyred President-0ath Taken at
$50 P. NJ. Yesterday.

,urontr simply viewed th' body this
morning, and later gave a certificate
IN accordance with the result OF the
autopsy, which declared tina; death was
unavoidable by any surgical or medical
Tca,msn; and was the direc. result OF
the bullet wounds.
The wretch who plunged the world in
to sorrow will therefore, pay the pen
al oC his trime by Death In the electric
chair
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-09-15
ENGLAND DEEPLY STIRRED.

LONDON. Sept. 1L-President Nc
Kinley's figh. for life has been watched
from The outside in Great Britain with
IN intense anxiety that has recalled the
las. days Of Queen Victoria. Every
phase Of the medical evidence has been
keenly discussed and the painful sud-
ienness Of the collapse after a revival
Of hope deeply stirred the nation.