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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-13
JAP TRIED A
COAL OIL TRICK
He Got Scorched and a House
Narrowly Escaped
Burning.

| DnlAss ksouseholders keep clase watch
on their. Asiatic. servants, and especially
those who are kings, of the kitchen, they
are liable to suffer the loss OF their res
licences By fire, the experience yester-
day of a lady living in Makiki goes to
ishoE- She had ordered the cook TO light
the kitchen fire preparatory TO getting
lunch The Japanese found that most
of the 6rewood had been soaked with
rain and he reSorted to the quickest
means of making the fire burn He got
bottle of coal oil and, opening the side
door of the. stove, made a quick motion
to throw the infiammable material upon
the Smoldering wood. The mistress OF
the house was startled by a muffled
sound, a scream and the sound of crash
ing glass She rushed to the kitchen,
where she. found the cook with his face
buried in his hands, moaning and unabl
to see A trail of oil upon the floor from
the stove to the door showed where the
japanese had attempted to throw the
bottle The room was filled with the
ipungent odor of oil and smoke drifted
about near the ceiling. Happily, moth
ing caught fire from the explosion The
Japanese boys face was badly scorched.
One of the oldest freaks of luck was
that at the moment of the explosion a
five-gallon can of oil and two lamps
were resting on the zinc in front of the
stove. Had the Japanese attempted to
pour the oil from the front instead Of
the side, there would undoubtedly have
been case fartthe coroner and the fire
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-13
HOME RULERS TO
MEET N 0RPHEUM

AT meeting of the executive COM
rnittee of the independent Home Rule
Party held Monday night, a commit
tee, consisting of James X. .Kaulia, J..
X. Pendergast and F. J. Testa, was
appointed TO perfect arrangements for
series of mass-meetings, the object
of which will be to further the inter-
eSts of the Hawaiian, Japanese and
Chinese property-o who suffered
loss by the sanitary fires of last year.
The first big mass-meeting Will be
held at the Orpheum next Tuesday ev-
ening at 1880 o'clock, at which time
different lines of action will be pro-
posed and considered for the purpose
of securing redress at the bands of the
Government through the coming Legis-
1atnre. A committee of investigation
will be appointed to look into the
claims of all losers and estimate what
restitution should be forthcoming. 1t
is the intention of the convention to
see that all claimants are treated fair
iy in the matter of presenting the case
to, the Legislature, but it is also it's
purpose to see that the claims shall
not be in excess of the damage done.
The Japanese formulated this plan
last week.
For some timethe Chinese and Japa-
nese losers have been agitating the
question but the Hawaiians have been
slow to take it up. Now that they are
united in their purpose they intend to
press the matter, as they feel the time
is ripe for action. Il is thought that
about 500 natives living along Bere-
tania street between River and Nuu-
anu streets, and between Vineyard and
King along River street, were losers
by the fires started by the Board of
Health during the plague in the City
las4 spring, and their estimated loss
in the aggregate is about $4,000
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-13

Marshal Ray received sdvices from
Washington some time ago to the eff
feet that after the present session of
Congress was finished large party of
Congressman would head this way
and spend several weeks visiting in the
Islands He has recently heard that
the party may not be organized, but he
believes that when the President goes
to California a number of prominent
men both in Congress and in the Gov
eminent service will extend their trip
to take in Hawaii.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-13

WITH LARGE BUCKLES. Do n OF overlook
your costnne for this grand event IheS are
large assortment to make your selec LION lIo.l-
your costume be spoiled by q pair OF hppeIs ma
chase pair viii do honoRs to 20 UT costume
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-13
Another Large Shipment
Of Jingle Lamps
THE ANGLE LAMP
THE LIGHT
THAT NEVER
FAILS.

II seems almoat In
credible that any 3dlnap.
oaDll be good enough
- take the place OF
electricity on even
terms. yet such ID the
case with the ANGLE
LAMP. All over thar
the Island people are.
throwing away. thetE-
old lamps and replace
ing them with thine
lamp, not merely be-
cause 1t costs about.
One-tenth as much tor
maintain (cost is MOI
object to some people, ~
but, besides being In
f1nitely cheaper, it Ia
more brilliant ana
more reliable In the
bragain. 1t Is q reve-
demonstrates that the
3 ANGLE LAMP never
tinguished as easily AZ
carry these lamps from
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-13
TAROEN.A

Business men who have rrworked
and suffer from loss of sleep and APP
petite, nervousness, headaches and a
general prostration of the nervous sys-
tenn will promptly improve on diet
of Taroena.
TAROENA IS THE PRODUCT OF
NATURES OWN LABORATORY. 1t
contains in natures proper proportion
all the elements that go to build up a
healthy human body. 1t contains them
in form that the weakest stomach can
digest and assimilate. 1t will make
babies strong, healthy and happy.
1t is a strong. and at the same time
a light food. 1t contains nothing of
an irritable nature, but possesses
marked soothing properties that allay
irritation OF the stomach or intestines.
It is a valuable food in all cases OF
bowel trouble, cholera infantum. etc.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-13
For the Mard Grds
QUEEN ELIZABETH
SLIPPERS

yonr footwear to match
Beauties" and a good
Do not let the effects q
dc not match. but pur-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-13
MANUFACTURERS aa;!!a!ERS
lllsaoE: cOhRA6Y(J
A NERVE AND
BRAIN FOOD

TAROENA is rseh in the phosphates
Tt is a wonderful nerve tonic and
nerve fibre builder. 1t Is the best Of
brain foods.
NERVOUS. RUNDOWN WOMEN,
who suffer from headache, nervous
ness, irritability and dependency
viii rapidly recover upon a diet of
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-15
eled a distance of 5000 miles.

eltu IL UlSlalPCe OF o,WU miles.
AS you may imagine these messages are
reduced to the smallest possible dimen-
sions. In fact a cablegram purchasing.
say G100,000 of stock will probably con-
sist of three or four words only, with the
time of despatch and a single letter to
serve as name and address of the re-
ceiver.
These messages are despatched with lit
orally lightning speed by a highly skilled
band of cablists, the picked men of the
army of operators, who must not only be
exceedingly expert cablists, but unfailing-
ly accurate in transmission, for an error
might mean loss of thousands of pounds.
1t says much for their skill and care that
mistakes are very rare indeed.
There are three rival cable companies
In London-all almost equally expert and
reliable-one British, one French and the
third American. From 8 D. M, which
means 10 a. m. in New York, messages
pour into these offices at the rate of ma ny
hundreds an hour and are flashed with
inconceivable rapidity over the wires from
London via Ireland and Canada, to New
York, the actual transmission over 5000
miles of wire only taking a single min
L <hho nv tS hOC 10 AoN
and fly westward under the Atlantic,
! other messages are flashing from New
York to London over the same wires
without any possibility of getting in each
others way.
AS many as 800 messages are often de-
srstched in an our and between 1000 and
5000 in aday, and almost as many are re-
| ceived in return, recording their contents
/ on the almost endless serpent of paper
which streams from the receiving ma
chine.
Even at a shilling q word it is possible
to spend immense sums on cabling. a sim
gle firm often paying the cable companies
as much as G60O or eSe0G in a week, and
perhaps 1t is no exaggeration to say that
during the recent boom in American rails
the receipts of the three cable companies
were not less than f1o.OCO a week.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-15
RAILWAY CAPITALIZATION.

The latest report of the Interstate
Commerce Commission contains some
important statistics.
The amount of railway capital out
standing June 80, 1900, was $11 ,491 ,034,-
$50, which assigned to a mileage basis
represents a capitalization of SOL ,490 per
mile of line. OF this amount $5,S45, 579,-
593 existed in the form of stock, OF
which $4,522, 291 1898 was common ana
5 1923, 2S7, 755 preferred. The amount
which existed in the form of funded
debt was $5,645, ASS, 367; classified as
mortgage bonds, 5 1900 SIG, 1923; misce,-
laneous obligations, $464, 9S3 ,341; in
come bonds, 1919, 536, $50; and equip
ment trust obligations. $50, 30S 1920. The
current liabilities not included in the
foregoing capital statement was 1884,
7S7, $40, or $3,1S3 per mile of line.
The amount of capital stock paying
no dividend was $3,176 500 sos. or 54.34
per cent. of the total amount outstand-
ing. The amount of funded debt, ex-
Guiding equipment trust obligations
which paid no interest, was 1888 ,S06,
OF the stock paying dividends, 10.1s
| per cent. of the total amount outstand-
ing paid from l to 4 per cent, 14.56 pei
cent. paid from 4 to 8 per cent, and SAC
! per cent. paid from Z to 8 per cent. The
amount of dividends declared during
| the year was $139, 597 ,972, which would
be produced by an average rate Of 5.2s
per cent. on the stock on which some
dividend was declared. The amount o.
mortgage bonds paying no interest wa:
| $3.50, S74 ,623, or 5.44 per cent; of mis-
oellaneous obligations $16,77 ,175, o
3.61 per cent; of income bonds $95, 2S4,
COS, or 1910 per cent.
These figures, although they don't in
dictate that every railroad is a GOLD
mine, serve to give us a glimpse o,
what d really tremendous country Wa
are.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-15
LONG DISTANCE STOCK DEALING
Spectators Gain Time by Being
1000 MiIes Away.

london TR-Bits?
II Is one of the most amazing Of modern
miracles, said a stock broker. that a man
can more quickly purchase and sell stocks
at a distance of 1900 miles than a man In
Fleet street can operate on the London
stock exchange. a quarter of an hours
walk away.
1t is this, | had almost said fatal. facil-
ity that has enabled so many English
SPECTATORS to take a hand in the recent
American boom. when the loss OF a minute
might mean the winning or losing Of a
small fortune.
You would think that when stocks and
shares are fluctuating wildly many times
within an hour it would be sheer Madness
for anyone i'm another continent to have
anything to do with them, but with such
marvellous rapidity are messages trans
mitted nowadays by able that a trans
action can be completed in Wall street.
New York, almost as quickly as in the
London Stock Exchange by a broken on
the spot.
Suppose I have an order to buy f1o.0o
worth of Illinois Central. The purchase
is completed within a couple OF minutes
of handing in the message in Shorters
court and / can receive a reply within
five minutes, a marvellous feat when you
consider that the double message has tray-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-15
only in New York City but also in Buff

only in New York City but also In BUY
falo. Rochester, Troy and Utica.
The spring elections in Chicago
Toledo. st. Louis and Cleveland, already
held, evoked a great deal of popular IN
terest and this years municipal elecuon
in New York will see probably not less
than 500. 900 votes cast, the total vote
for the whole city having been 553,0oO
in 1896, 555, 600 in 1898. and 64s,O 600 IN
1870, the latter being a presidential
year.
The number of American cities now
having Democratic mayors Is much
larger than the number of American
States having Democratic Governors
and these facts taken together are
probably not without some poitlcal
significance which will receive a new
illustration this year. The largest
cities in States carried by the RepupI-
cans by substantial IL not sweeping
majorities have now Democratic may
ors: New York, Chicago. Cleveland, In
~dianaporis, Newark, Milwaukee and
San Francisco.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-15
CORONATION.
One Place Where He Cannot Limit or
CurtaiI the Expenses.

New York World.
There is a limit to the economics Of
King Edward VII. He may sell his rars
wines, give up the royal buckhounds and
discharge one-third of his chap'ains, but
he is not allowed to cut down the expenses
of his coronation.
1t has been estimated that the corona
ton ceremony, which is all over in a few
minutes, will transfer about 81, O00,oO0 from
the pockets of the fashionable society to
the tills of the London tradesmen. Therf-
fore it would never do to block the wheels,
of trade by abolishing this nightly profit
able ceremony as was recommended by
King William ".
The robes to be worn by the king and
queen will cost something like $4,000.
Each is obliged by sacred British Gus
tim to wear three different outside gar
ments-one in whlch to enter West
minister Abbey, one for the coronation
ceremony and a third in which to leave
the Abbey.
The kings entrance robe is to be Oh
crimson velvet, lined with ermine; and
the robe in which he leaves the build
ing will be an elaborate affair of ermine
and purple velvet.
But the greatest interest naturally CEN
tiers around the mystic conservation robe.
which is thrown over the kings shoulders
just before the crown is placed Upon his
head.
This garment consists of a white lawn
surplice, trimmed with the most precious
lace; a super tunic of brocaded cloth Of
gold, lined with crimson; a stole with 81
| Georges cross embroidered ,,non II. and
over all a mantle of clotb of gold with
a long train.
None of these rar,,erts mrs+ ever be
worn a. second time Tbey viii he shut
| up in tin cases immediatelv after the
| ceremony and thereafter seen only by
the court dressmakers and ,1o4nestics.
However. it is the lesser lords and ladies'
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-15
A

Thirty thousand members of the
Amalgamated Association employed by
the United States Steel Corporation
have quit, and something like twice as
many more may be called out in the
strike.
Taking the average of five of popula-
ton to the voter, 10000 people are al
ready without income, while something
like a half million oon may be in the
same predicament.
And what is the trouble? Simply tina
the giant steel trust cannot agree witt
the great labor trust as regards tht
operation Of two Of its component com.
paniss.
IAs dispute l. a peculiar one >aas
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-15
neither side can be said to have all the

| neither side can be said to have all the
| right Of ii.
That the Billion Trust has determined
! that It's Employees shall not have the
same privilege of combination that
it enjoys If 1t can throw obstacles in
| the way is plain.
The policy OF the gigantic combine
| has been to give its non-union plants
the preference in all things. II a mill
had to be closed down it was a union
mill that suffered. The %non-union con-
! Germs we're always worked full time and
as their wages were the same as the
union wages the non-union employees
had all the best OF 1t. They were GER
tain of steady work whiA there was
work, while the union men had to stand
all the burden of the shutdowns. The
result of this insidious warfare on the
union was that the Amalgamated Asso-
citation steadily lost members, since It
was plain that to be non-union meant
to be given all the preference. The
Amalgamated officials contend that IL
was only a question OF time until this
policy accomplished the entire disrup-
ton of organized labor in all the mills
or the Billion Trust.
Their logic is unquestionably correct.
But there is another side to the dispute,
for it is anything but a one-sided con-
troversy.
The trust in presenting It's case told
the men that 1t had no quarrel with or
ganized labor and that it did not object
to the Amalgamated Association bring
ing its n~on-union men into the union,
but it declined to force its %non-union
employees to join the union by making
membership therein a condition of I'M
ployment or to alter the conditions in
it's n%on-union concerns. In other words
the employers conceded to the Amalga-.
mated officials the right to organize
their n~on-union mills If they could, but
declined to interfere to assist that pur-
pose.
This is the substance of The entire dis
pute. 1t is not an easy question to de-
eide. The Amalgamated Association
was unquestionably right in its conten-
ION that the policy of the trust in fav-
oring its non-union employees at the ex-
pense of the union men meant the ul-
innate disruption of the Association.
But equally strong is the ground the
trust takes in declining to interfere with
the status quo or to take any measures
looking to forcing its non-union men
into the Amalgamated Association.
1t is a delicate question, an excellent
one for an arbitration court-and it a
great pity we have no such institution
to settle these disputes On their merits
instead of resorting to the primeval
means of settlement-brute strength and
endurance.
Altogether it is a struggle as sense
less and useless as it promises to be gi-
gantic, in which capital and labor and
all concerned, which includes the whole
country, must suffer equally.
Now is the time for some sane and
master mind to enter the breach and
bring the Billion Trust and the great
Labor Trust to their senses. Neither is
altogether right and both more or less
wrong.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-15

In the death of Robert Henry Newell,
in New York, the other day, the coun-
try loses one of it's old time humorists.
Mr.. Newell was widely known as
"Orpheus c. Kerr" He was a contem-
porary OF Artemus Ward and Petroleum
V. Nashby. He was a friend of Presi.
dent Lincoln and General Grant. Tit
woes OF Lincoln when overwhelmed by
office-seekers gave Mr.. Newell oppor-
tunity for his genius. He wrote the
'Orpheus c. Kerr Papers the name
being a play on the words "of1ce.
seeker" In his day he was one of the
worlds most brilliant humorists and
the world has reason to mourn his loss
for its fun-makers are few and far be.
tween.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-15
CORRUPTION ny PATRONAGE.

Congressman Underwood, OF Ala
bama, has an article in the current
Forum on The Corrupting Power OF
Federal Patronage" which is highly
enlightening. Mr.. Underwood knows
whereof he writes, because he has
served three terms in Congress.
As showing the heavy expense OF the
spells system on the government, ne
noints out that in 1925, before the in
auguration of the system, the civil ex-
penditures amounted to $11 1900 0 In
1888. after its inauguration, they
reached a total of s22, 10000, with a
corresponding increase of the number
of officers dependent. In the succeed
ing years three collectors of the port OF
New York defaulted in amounts aggre-
eating over 81, 900, 900, and down to the
appointment of Mr.. Arthur, in 1871, the
New York custom house was a mass OF
corruption and abuse of power.
After the passage of the
resolutions on March 3, 1871, an i'm
provement was noted, but not until the
Pendleton bill became a law, in Janu-
airy, 1888, were the abuses of a half cen
fury previous seriously checked.
1t is by the evasion Of this civil ser
vice law that much of the present pa
tronage is secured. Places simply must
be found if a Representative wishes to
hold his political leadership. 1t is"
he says, that the pressure brought by
the people at home on their Represen-
tatives to secure offices for them gives
the executive branch of the government
a dangerous power in influencing legis-
lation."
Taking advantage of this fact, adj
ministrations pass measures that 9th
erwise would never see their way into
the statute books. Mr.. Underwood cites
the case of the Porto Rican tariff. In
the beginning, ovey thirty Republican
members of the House declared them
selves opposed, but, as the debate pro-
crossed, announcement was made that
the administration whip was being
used-in other words, that patronage
and pressure from home districts were
brought to bear Upon the recalcitrant
Representatives. After the debate had
closed, only eight of the Republican op-
position remained on their ground.
Mr.. Underwood does not claim that
the present administration alone is re-
sponsible for the condition of affairs.
He does contend that from decade 10
decade it has grown worse instead of
better. Concluding. he points out as
the only remedy a law prohibiting the
representative of the people from hav-
Ing any voice in the appointment of
the governmental offices. either direct
ly or indirectly, and making him incl
igible for an appointive Office under the
government for at least two years after
the term for which he has been elected
has expired.
Mr.. UnderwoodA peglects to mention
that there are men in Congress who Ge-
lfberately oppose measures for the sole
purpose of being bought off by patron
a"c Although we agree as to the eff
ficacy Of the remedy he proposes, it is
but fair to have an equal division of
the responsibility for the evil.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-07-15
First Americans to Wed in Cebu.

nothing to say about the labor contro-
versy.
A good many mill workers will go
fishing this week.
Watch the stock market closely to-
day, if you're interested.
That Saturday night crowd was the
largest ever seen on the streets of
Wheeling.
There wasn't a fire or a serious acct
dent during the week. That constitutes
a good record.
The West is still sizzling, but We Of
the upper Ohio valley are very comfort
able, thank you.
The big strike Is on this morning,
and the results will be far-reaching and
disastrous to all concerned.
1t looks as though M. Dumont had
solved the problem of aerial navigation,
after all. His machine is certainly a
wonder.
The Comptroller of the Currency has
ordered an assessment of 100 per cent.
on the stock of the Seventh National,
New York, bank.
From London adyices the coronation
of Edward VII, next June, will be a
greater event than the Wheeling Car
nival. Preparations are already on
foot.
The "CoLWorker," published at
| Bellaire, is an interesting little paper
containing much important informa-
ton. Harry r. McKeen is the editor
and Rev. w. /. Powell assistant editc..
On a basis of 5S4 900 names in the
directory. Chicago thinks she has a pop
ulation of 2,100, 100. The Federal CEN
sus of the city last year only gave
1885, SIS, but the school census reported
a total of 2,007, sos.
The North Atlantic squadron, under
Rear Admiral Higginson, has demon
strated. at Nantucket, the ability of the
| American navy to land heavy guns in
! an The English ships
landed S-inch guns in South Africa to
aid the army closely pressed by the
Beers. upon several occasions. AT Nan
tucket the American sailors landed two
5-inch- guns, two 6-pounders and two
3-pounders over night, and had them
in firing positions by daylight. and IN
addition. set UP a battery of four tor
pedo tubes. Each of the 5-inch guns
weighs five tons.
The census shows some queer things
about Texas. For instance, Bailey
county has but Tour residents, Cochran
has 20. Andrews 81. Lynn Il, and Daw-
son &c. Twenty-Five other counties
haxo less than 800. Soma eop1ties