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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-10-16
Bills allowed:

Upon vote of council IL mill tax was
levied for the year 1901, six mills being
for current expense ard six mills for tho
indebtedness fund.
Application of w. 5. Eastman for re.
duction in water rent and. that meter be
placed in his barber shop. read and re-
ferred to water committee, Rate found
to be as low as could be given by meter
Communication from P. r. Clark and
James Schiewe asking for electric light
franchise read. Upon motion council
resolved itself into executive session.
Application rejected.
Water applications read and referred
to committee on fire and water and the
following granted: NJ. w. Starr, J. H.
Cusck and Pettijohn & Swenson.
Toilet in rear of Hotel Ritzville de-
clared nuisance and ordered that ow-
ner of premises be notified to remove
same respectable distance, and not less
than twenty feet, from the sidewalk and
in future to be keptin sanitary condition.
In the matter of electric light franchise
asked for by Chas. o. Greene, ordinance
No. 50 read second time by section.
Adopted by full vote, rules suspended,
read third time and placed upon its final
passage. Passed by unanimous vote Of
all members present and ordered pub
lished in ADAMS COUNTY News.
Petition of Rev. Koch etal for water
main to be laid intersecting at corner of
Ortho Dorman residence extending east
500 feet. Read and same granted.
Clerk instructed to notify Messrs. E.B.
Born. Jr, ct al that permission to change
channel of ditch from lots one to eight,
block 10, Greene & Prouty addition, to
adjoining street will be granted provided
that same be done under supervision of
the town marshal, same properly bridged
and sidewalks built as may be directed
by the marshal or council and all TO be
done without any cost to town, and bond
given town to indemnify the town against
all damages that may be incurred on
account of changing said ditch.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1901-10-16

We Never Sleep. We are the
King Mercantile Company. We
are closing out our heavy four
spring Mountain Studebaker
hacks. Come and buy now
aud takc advantage OF a. bar
gain
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-12
RICHARD vAux.
Only American Who Ever Danced
With thes Queen.

Richard, / am told thee has been
dancing with the Queen. l do hope,
my son, thee will not marry out OF
meeting.
The good, d-fashioned Quaker SIM
plicity and distrust of royalty were
never better exhibited than IN these
words of the mother of the late Rich
ard Vaux They were her first greet
ing to him. on his return home from
the Court of ST. James after his mem
orable exploit at the court ball In
Buckingham Palace when he attained
the distinction of being the only
American who ever danced with
Queen Victoria.
It was in 1887. Mr.. VauXs position
as secretary to Mr.. Stevenson, United
States Minister to the Court OF st.
James, was in itself a noteworthy one,
and brought him at once into social
prominence in London, but his eXcep-
tional personal attributes, his bril-
liancy of conversation, charm of per-
son, exquisite manners, elegance of
diction and gallantry of carriage,
made him the beau ideal of a court
cavalier and a welcome guest in the
houses of the nobility, where he was
received and welcomed with open
arms. No one, therefore, was greatly
surprised in court circles when 1T be-
came known that the young Queen
and had commanded that he attend
the court ball at Buckingham Palace,
which was to be given in honor of her
coronation.
When, however, the night Of the ball
arrived and the Queens cotillon" set
was formed and the guests beheld
Richard Vaux, arrayed in his bril-
liant court costume. take his place IN
it, position that was supposed to be
reserved for royalty alone, there was
surprise and excitement indeed. Then
the music struck up and the gallant
young American threaded his way
through the intricacies of the royal
dance, bearing himself with an air of
grace and confidence that was wonder
full to behold. The Queen was seen to
smile in gracious approval as he took
her hand and led her through the evo-
buttons of the dance. And there was
not man present who would not have
given a coronet to win so coveted a
distinction.
| After that Mr.. Vaux's career was a
series Of brilliant social triumphs. In
| his candidacy for Congress, in 1890,
certain voters in his district resented
his having danced with the Queen of
England, and used the fact against
him as a reflection on his Democracy.
Philadelphia Press.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-12
CABLE PROSPECTS.

There is not much chance of the Pa
cific cable being authorized at the pres
ent or short, session of Congress. The
increase of the Army and Navy calls
for large sum and the River and Har-
Dor bill asks for nearly four times as
much money as did the measure which,
in President Arthur's time, caused the
people to change the political complex
ion of the House. War expenses are
going up and the warktax revenues are
being cut down. Republican leaders do
not think it wise at this time to add
the millions required for a Pacific ca
BILE. There is also some disposition to
first see what Marconi may do with his
wireless telegraph.
But it is inevitable that when a more
propitious moment comes for the outlay,
cable to Hawaii will be built We
are not SO sure about one across the
. ocean inasmuch as the United States
is already in cable intercourse with the
Philippines and when the Russian land
telegraph has been perfected the cost
of communication between Washington
and Manila will have been much re-
duced. Perhaps an all-American cable
may be built when the fate of the Phil
looking long way ahead. The need of
a cable to Hawaii must, however, be
regarded as imminent The United
States aims to become the sea-power
of the North Pacific and in the devel-
opment of that ambitious purpose Ha-
wall, as the strategic key to maritime
control, will need to be within tele-
graphic reach of the Navy Department
ry~l. III he ed he
growth of German power in Samoa and
the Philippines coupled with the belief
which universally prevails in official
circles at Washington that war be-
tween the United States and Germany
is not a long way off. Touching this
latter point it is said In the recent dis
patches from the Coast that the supple
mentary naval program of this country
is being made up on its great scale
chiefly because Of the activity In Ger
man shipyards.
If Hawaii had any one at Washington
who could push for local cable. we
should feel fairly sure of getting one
from the next Congress in it's opening
session. But Wilcox will represent the
Islands then as now; and WILCOX Is
precisely the nonentity which owing &c
the fact that he belongs to neither par
ty. we long ago said he would be- The
hest we can hope for is that the Navy
Department. will have some OF It's
friends introduce and push the cable
measure without reference to WILCOX
treating it as broadly American Dill
Of only incidental concern to the Ter
ritory Of Hawaii.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-12
HAWAIIAN LABOR.
The Problem of Aided Immigration
is Discussed.

The Literary Digest contains the fol-
lowing:
q,be sugar-planters of Hawaii suffer
from scarcity of labor and are max
ing strenuous efforts to induce immlgra-
ton of colored men to the ISLANDS. ma
wall wants labor, wants IT desperately
bad" says the New York Mail and Elk
press, flor it is lacking nearly one
third of the force needed to get in its
big sugar crop. 1t holds out to the ne
gro the mulatto, the Porto Rican, the
prospect of an ocean voyage and steady
employment at S16 a month, with his
cabin free, in mild and Saiubrlous
climate, where the color line Is not Oh avn
and half-caste races are not made TO
feel any social inequality. The parucu-
lar circumstances that have caused
clamor to be raised in these far-aWay
American islands, it continues, have
been brought into play by the action both
of climate and of law The native ka-
nakas are indisposed to work outside OF
the cities; the white workers are ener-
waited by the climate; and the tloes Oh
Chinese and japanese immigration have
both been recently checked, the hrst pS
the Chinese Exclusion Act which TOOK
effect when the islands passed under the
control of the United States, the second
by a decree passed by the Japanese Gov
eminent restricting the emigration of its
people The Mail and Express. thinks
the present opportunity an attractive
one to colored men ito see a good deal
of the world without expense and earn
a nice living in a pleasant country" On
the other hand. the San Francisco
Chronicle maintains. that the practice OF
| importing aided labor under contract and
under supervision is a bad one. 1t says
THE objection to aided labor Is not
/, on account of the injury. IL any, to the
aided laborer, but on account of the I'M
| fair competition with labor already on
the ground, and by reason of the fact
| that aided laborers are not likely to
| make desirable citizens. In the Hawaii
an Islands the sugar-planters are max
/ ing enormous fortunes, and are in sore
| need of labor, but instead Of seeking te
obtain that labor by offering such wages
as will attract it and amount to fail
division of the profits of the business
they endeavor to find some place wher'
| there is an excess of labor which can b'
had at low prices and import it under
| contract"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-12
Last winters drouth does NOT seen.
such an uncomfortable thing TO io'A
back upon.

The Advertiser has received belateo
copy of the New Year number OF .,e .ae
New York World, in which Alire q
Harmsworth embodied his prophecy oi
.wantietb century Journalism. The pa
ner has the shape of a magazine though
+ 1,is third larger in the size OF It's
nages than the biggest magazine we
Know It's convenience and the preVlty
of its news articles commend 1t 10 the
reader afisg induce the belief tnat az
great dailies gWlll yet accept AZ as q
moiieI Assuredly the day OF tapioio
Journalism is coming.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-12

Hoods Pills cure liver ills the non.irrita.ing and
only cathartic to take with Hoods sarsaparilla.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-12

something new and practical in the
line of Worlds Fairs is proposed Ny
the Chief of the Bureau OF STATISTICS
a. washington. 1t is nothing less lnai
a floating exposition carrying samples
Of American merchandise around the
world and putting our merchants III
touch with those of all other nations.
This is a vast extension OF the laliiiiia.
: principle which sends the drummer Out
With his sample cases. A circular is
sued by the Bureau of Statistics says.
..If a floating exposition were system.
atically organized, loading one vessei
with exhibits of foodstuffs, another
with textiles, another with agricultural
;mplements and vehicles, another WIFI
manufactures of iron and steel Fanotner
with household requirements, and an
other with Yankee notions and sent
from port to port and continent to- con-
tjnent. it should prove highly advanta-
seous to our commercial relations with
ALL of the countries visited. 1t Is
especially noted that such an EXPOSE
ton would do much to acquire Tor the
limited States a fair share of the ex-
ports to Asia, OceaHia, Africa and Cen
trail and South America, which amount
2, to over two billion dollars per year ano
of which this country got, in the bes'
year of it's commerce, but ten per cent
The proposed route of the commercial
voyage, touching first at Porto R1co, IN
cludes the Hawaiian Islands.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-12

studious attempt is being made. as
a basis of defense in the Gill attempted
murder case, to have it appear that Mr.
Stevens went to the office of the Repub-
lican to assail the editor. People who
are deceived by this pretense, If there
are any such, should consider the prob
abilities of the case. Had Mr.. Stevens
gone looking for a fight in, an office
where he might have to contend, not
only with the man in charge but with
his employees and subordinates, he
would naturally have been prepared to
defend himself from overpowering
numbers. But he did not even carry
a cane, let alone more lethal weapon.
He went unarmed and single-handed,
believing that he could rouse enough
decent instincts, even in Mr.. ellis ma
ture to protect his lady friends from
further insult Mr.. Stevens did not
threaten Gill when he entered the edi-
torial room He had come to argue the
point but when the editor made filthy
Jest about the ladies Mr.. Stevens
struck him in the face. 1t was nat
ural if inexcusable thing to do. reply
in kind or an interference by the staff
might have been expected; but instead
came a cowardly ball and the pursuit
by the editor, with pistol pointed, OF
the reporter as he staggered out Of the
:, room in a half-fainting condition
These facts are eloquent witnesses to
the real intent of Mr.. Stevens and to
the brutal cowardice of the man who
tried to kill him-a man who was
cashiered in the National Guard of Ari-
IONA, if the California papers told the
fr1, ut Inns q hnrpici6al
sault upon an aged judge.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-12
MRS. NATIONS CASE.

To understand the course. of Mrs.
Nation, the saloon wrecker of Kansas,
it should be known that Kansas is a
Prohibition State, that the saloons
there are being run in violation of the
law and that one of the provisions of
the statute confers upon any citizen
the right to abate the common nuis-
ance which a saloon running contrary
to law may be adjudged, providing the
officers of the peace neglect or refuse to
do their duty.
Mrs. Nation assumes that it is not
necessary to await the judgment of
the court that a saloon is a common
nuisance, holding that it is nuisance
per Sc and that it is the plain duty of
the good citizen to set an example to
the police in abating it. In other words
Mrs. Nation may walk along the street,
pick out a place which seems like a
nuisance to her. and then proceed to
smash it. This is a clear reversion to
the old, barbarous principal, antedat-
ing the reign of law, when personal diff
ferences between men were settled by
private violence. To logically extend
this theory would be to turn society
upside down and return to chaos.
There are many things that take the
form of nuisances, from the jangling of
church bells and the diffusion of fac
tory smoke, to fast driving and the
sale of impure milk. But can the pri-
waite individual be permitted to crack
church bells and the diffsuion of fac
the man who speeds his trotter on the
the highway and spill the product OF
the pump-handle diaries? Give him
that authority and courts might as well
be closed and police dismissed, every
man becoming his own private judge
and Lord High Executioner.
Society will tolerate no such renais-
sance Of savagery. It insists that ever
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-12

Excused, of course: (The scarlet fever
epidemic is bad in the village) Cautious
teacher-"Why did you stay away from
school yesterday 2" Mabel-'Please, miss.
muvver's sick" Cautious teacher (anx-
iously)-'What Is the, matter with her;
what does the doctor say it isg' Mabel
PLEASE. miss, he says it's girl
Moonshine.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-12

In the United States Consular reports
we find the following report by Consul
SHEPPARD, who, wiring from the town
of Hamilton, in Ontario (Canada), says:
after years of experiment. this city is
having down pavement that for excel
lence. durability and cheapness is rec
commended for examination by all In
terested in municipal works. The pos
sibility of making good roads at reason
able cost has been demonstrated ana
tests extending fovet a number nt years
on business streets proves that tarreo
macadafn makes not only a smooth ana
solid roadway, but one that can be kept
in perfect repair at nominal expense.
The first cost in this city, where lime
stone is abundant and near at hand, Is
from 70 to So cents per square yard, ana
the engineer estimates the cost OF re-
pairing on heavy traffic streets at less
than one cent per yard per year, whlie
asphalt costs three cents. The addltioii
of tar renders the roadway imperv1ous
to water. frostproof in winter and pre-
vents mud and dust in summer. II Is
easily kept, does not require scrapiis'
TINS avoiding wearing of the surface.
one block of tar macadam laid more
thon a wear ago on a business stree'
where there is heavy teaming shows nc
lperceptible wear today In resloehtia
streets these pavements have peen ~
use eight years, without any repairs
and are still in good condition.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-12

a man who maintains an unlawful
nuisance shall have his day in court;
and that if he is to be punished, that
course shall be taken decently and IN
order by the accredited officers OF the
law. Kansas may have legislated loose
ly on this point, but certainly it has not
left the door wide open, as. Mrs. Nation
assumes, for the application tof such
methods. Her crusade not onlysyiolates
the right os of property, as Missouri
paper points out, but it disturbs the
peace
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-19
-HAW Ais
CHANCE.
WhyWe Should Be
In BuffaIo's
Fair.
ADVICE FROM
VISITING SHRINER
Mr.. Richard H. Stafford Tells of
the Pan-American
Exposition.

Richard H. Stafford, one of the visit
make fine exhibit at the Pan-Ameri-
can fair to be held next summer at
Buffalo, the great New York city which
is growing up at the foot of the Lakes.
He is so charmed with Hawaii person
ally that he wants it to come into the
American brotherhood of exhibitors and
show what lit is worth Let US see
what you have to SELL" he says, land
particularly. show what you have to Of
fer tourists like ourselves and home
seekers such as you need for steadying
the population. 2s ,s.5s1s.&-
], I'VE shall have a greater fair than
that at Chicago" said Mr.. Stafford, en-
Enthusiastically. "Mr. Buchanan, who
had so much TODD in making the
Worlds Fair of 1888 success, has
charge of ours and win be able not only
to avoid the mistakes but profit by the
successes of the past exposition. The
Pan-American Fair will occupy 400
acres adjoining Buffalos park system,
There will be beautiful vista of la
goons and buildings. All the structures
will be in the old Spanish style with
tiled roofs. The coloring will be unique
and alluring-a. blending of harmonious
hues that will entitle the fair to be
called The Rainbow City Among the
attractions is to be an electric tower
something like 375 feet in height, cover
ed with colored staff. From a point
about 200 feet above the ground a cat
aract will fall into a lagoon and the
descending waters will coruscate with
colored electric lights. Nearly if not
quite all countries in North, Central and
South America will have fine buildings.
There is certain to be vast crowd
at the exposition. No less than &C, 000.-
900 people live within twelve hours ride
of Buffalo and cheap railroad rates will
attract multitudes from them. The ar
rangements for handling the throngs
are good. The exposition grounds are
twenty minutes ride from the heart of
town and both electric and steam cars
run. There will be no lack of lodgings.
Buffalo's hotels and lodging houses are
legion. Niagara Falls, with its great
hotels, is only seventeen miles away.
Everybody who comes will be taken
care of comfortably and at a fair price
Come from Hawaii and see the show
and be sure to have your beautiful Is
lands represented in the exhibit"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-19

and beyond the snow line, intangible
and mysterious, fading into the deepen-
ing shadows below; the foreground is
the cool, gray1green of the mountain
meadow; it is mastery description of
a glorious scene and will help make
this talented young artist better known
This picture has been purchased by a
noted collector of pictures of Burlington
Iowa. This gentleman is a retired Army
officer who is just going through Homo
lulu on his way to Japan travelling FOR
pleasure. He saw the merits of this
painting and at once secured it to add
to his collection, which contains many
noted works.
A number of others are adding and are
about to add to their household artistic
treasures. One young gentleman, well
known as a collector of things artistic,
has selected three important pictures
from this exhibition. One Is a winter
sunset in Holland, by Stattman, and an
other, ''On the Trail" by Hansen, who
has no superior in America as a painter
of frontier life. One of the large Chicago
dailies gave him full-page illustration
and several columns of favorable COM
n1ent. A lady and gentleman of this
City, who from time to time have been
collecting good paintings whenever they
saw what pleased them. have also Sc
lected some choice works. The Morris
collection has some of Mary Hinkson's
famous flaming tokay grapes. This ar
fist is classed among the best for still
life in this or any other country, and
she does not confine herself to that
phase of art exclusively, but has at
tanned eninence as an animal painter
and portrait painter, as well. The two
autumnal paintings in Mr. Morris coll
lection have been both sold, to go back
to the Mainland.
This exhibition will repay visit both
for the variety of the collection and the
names of the artists represented.
w. T. Richards, the greatest living
marine draughtsman according to Rus
kin, has two fine examples of his skill.
One is an oil Ion the New England
Coast" and the other is a scene off the
New Jersey coast representing the surf
after a storm. The marvellous skill with
which Mr. Richards has shown the in
tricate waves, both in process of forming
and those already expended into foam,
and the beautifully modelled cumulus
clouds with the motion actually express
ed, and then the delicious harmony of
sky and water, shows indeed the mas
ter's skill. This collection will be on ex-
hibition for the ensuing week. after
which Mr. Morris expects to return to
the Coast, taking the Uasold pictures
with him.