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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-02
A PALACE FOR
A CITY HALL

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-Queen W:lhel.
nina is again considering her project OF
restoring to the city of Amsterdam the
royal palace on the Dam, says a dis
patch from The Hague, to the Journal
and American. This place which has
some times been described as the eighth
wonder of the word, was built some 800
years ago and until the beginning of the
nineteenth century was the headquarters
of thes-sun.cipality of Amsterdam. Louis
Bonaparte. however. when King of Hol-
land, established his residence there and
it has ever since remained the Amster-
dam abode of the sovereign of the Meth
erlands. 1t Is, however, rarely occupied
by the queen. Learning that the city
was about to be asked to provide at !,
large cost a new town hall, the existing
Hotel de Vile being no longer adequate
to the requirements of the munic,pal adj
she announced her intention
Of restoring the fine palace in Dam to
he use for which IL was originally in
ended, and to turn it over to the author
ties Of Amsterdam. Her action in the
natter has greatly pleased the people Of
amsterdam.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-02

San Francisco in answer to a letter o
December 9th inst, protesting agains
the action of the inspectors In charS
of the administration of the Chimes
lexclusion act at the port of Sant'ran
Icisco. who, as stated in the Spreckeis
letter. required that company to fur
nish a sepaNate passenger LIST or thre'
Chinese persons brought to that pof
on the auxiliary steamer Sierra IRON
| Honolulu The protest is based uPoT
the fact that Honolulu Is q domestic
port, a proposition which is not dis
puted by the Treasury Department as
respects any other feature than the
entry of Chinese coming therefrom to q
continental port of the United States
The letter OF reply. which is written
by Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
| III. A. Taylor, concludes thus:
Your attention is drawn to the pro-
visions of section 101 of the act APP
proved April so, 1900, providing the
form of government for the Territory
of Hawaii. a portion of said secti on
reads as follows:
provided, however, That no Chinese
laborer. whether he shall hold such GER
tificate or not, shall be allowed to en-
ter any State, Territory or District of
the United States from the Hawaiian
Islands.
I'm view of this proviso, which places
Chinese coming from Hawaii upon the
same footing as those coming from
any foreign territory, you viii concede
the necessity of complying with the
provisions of law, with regard to fur
nishing collectors of customs at the
port of arrival in the United States
separate lists of all Chinese persons
ON board, even though some or all of
such Chinese persons were taken on
board at port of the Territory of
Hawaii.
The other decision is by the board
at Now Work in tho f
ter of the protest of Lee Tonla, against
a decision of the collector of customs
at Honolulu, H. l., as to the rate and
of duties chargeable on GER
tain merchandise. in this instance, fif-
teen cases of Manila cigars, which We're
imported into Honolulu from the Phil
ippine Islands per steamship China,
and entered September 8 last. The
goods were assessed for duty at the
rate of $3.50 per pound, and 20 per
cent ad valorem, under paragraph 2l1
ot the Dingley tariff act of 1897. The
claim made in the protest is that the
cigars are the product of the Philip |
pine Islands, and that said islands con- |
stitute a part of the United States, |
md these cigars are therefore not liza /
Die to duty as merchandise imported |
rom a foreign country.
The decision is that the jurisdiction |
f the board of classification of the gen.
raj appraisers under the provisions OF |
section Ii of the customs administra
i've act of June 10, 1890, does not eX-
end to an appeal from a decision of
ollectorS of customs on goods import
d from the Philippine Islands, when
he preliminary question is whether
hose places were foreign countries
within the meaning of the tariff laws.
me opinion, which is by General APP
raiser Sonlervilie, quotes quite extern
lively from the recent decision in the
iamond rings case.
ERNEST G.. WALKER.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-02
A CURE FOR LUMBAGo.

W. c. Williamson, of Amherst, Va
says: For more than a year 1 suf
fered from lumbago 1 finally trie,
Chamberlain's Pain Balm and 1t CAV,
me entire relief, which all other rene
dies had failed to do" Sold by Ben
son. Smith & Co., Ltd, wholesale
agents.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-02

Tonic for impaired health. spruance.
Stanley & Cos tSan Francisco) ken.
lucky Favor1te" whisky. unsurpassed
for medical purposes
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-02
HAWAH'S
CONCERNSN
WASHINGTON

CONTINUED from Page l.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-02

the globe, and 1 believe more OF these
routes converged in the vicinity OF da-
waii than to any other point In tne
world. If the harbors' are not TOO hu-
merous. and the prospect of expense
roo great. 1 should see no objection to
the provision in this years bill
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-01

better supplied with facilities for get
ting into every section of the state
than any other state in the union.
Large OUTLAWS were made In 1901 I'M i'm
proving some of these lines. The C. &
W. now has a double rack nearly COM
plete across the state, a large part of
which was the work of the closing year.
1t completed during the same period
one of the greatest railway bridges in
the world across the Des Moines river.
Other great lines were equally busy in
improving their mileage. Baiiastfng the
roadways has been a conspicuous feat
ure.
The ear 1902 will place Iowa we'll to
the front in railroad construction, If
lines now projected are completed. The
Great Western extensions to Omaha
and Sioux City and the Iowa Falls-Des
Moines lines are already in progress.
and others that are projected will
doubtless be practically carried for
ward The outlook is promising here as
Well as elsewhere for railroads and troll
ley building.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-01
cREAT RAILROAD BUILDING.

Railroad prosperity was a notable
feature of the year just closed. Not
only were all the leading lines actively
employed in transporting increased
traffic. and thus earning increased In
comes. but railroad building was great
er than In any year since 1880. In the
last mentioned year $50 miles We're
built: in 1901 the total reached 5,O57.45,
as shown by a table elsewhere In this
issue. This new trackage was laid on
1892 lines, in forty-three states and ter
ritories, thus showing the general char
acter OF the extensions. With the ex-
ception OF Pennsylvania, however, there
was little building in the eastern n
New England states. The greatest ac-
tiyity was shown in the southwest.
The construction west OF the Missis-
s!ppi river has amounted to SITS miles,
and the states east Of the Mississippi
and south OF Ohio have added 891
miles, making a total of 4.07S miles built
in the states south OF h Ohio and
and west Of the Mississippi. Other
groupings show the following results:
Fifteen southern states. 1888 miles: six
southwestern states missouri. Kansas,
Indian Territory, Oklahoma. Texas and
New Mexico. 1855 miles; central north
ern states (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Michigan and wisconsin,, 1855 miles;
Northwestern states, ss4 miles, New
England states, % miles.
Texas leads all states in the union
with 5s3 miles on 20 lines. the longest
of which is 91.75 miles in length; Okla
homa comes second with 42S miles built
by three companies on six lines. Next
in order come New Mexico with 27t
miles: Georgia, 2O3 miles; Wisconsin,
1876 miles; Missouri, 1S9 miles; Indiana,
TIA miles; Minnesota, III miles: Illinois,
1854 miles: Michigan, 1874 miles; Louisi-
ana, 100 miles; Indian Territory, 167
miles; Arkansas, 1856 miles; Pennsyl-
vania, 1853 miles. The above named
fourteen states and territories are the
only ones which have added over 15o
miles each, and the aggregate is s,17S
miles.
1t will be noticed that Iowa does not
figure In the above named great extern
sions. The number of miles constructed
in the Hawkeye state was 9O.34 on elev-
en- lines. But this does not indicate that
railroad Improvement was not in pro-
gress here last year. Iowa has a per-
feet net work Of railway lines, being
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-01
iowa oPIhloNs AND NOTES.

In noticing that the Iowa newspaper
vince the legislature this winter that
Iowa ought to have a more modern and
reasonable libel law, the Sioux City
Journal declares that they certainly de-
serve to succeed"
The Britt News observes hat "the
strong men in Iowa are in demand, and
no really great man In Iowa need be
concerned about the future"
The Dubuque Times is of the opinion
that if bank note retirement continues
at the present rate for a considerable
time the matter of finding a basis for
bank currency other than United States
bonds will become one of immediate Inn
p~ortance.
The Logan Observer declares 1.-The
mulct law should be let alone. It will be
found a difficult undertaking to change
that law for the better at the present
time"
Cedar Rapids Republican,: The Des
Moines Register has another article on
prominent men Of Iowa, which is clearly
In the vein of RET" Clarkson. The
chances now are in favor of the theory
that RET" wrote the article on Senator
Allison a few weeks g altho 1t was
clearly not in the vigorous and ford
style which he used in years gone by.
Manchester Press: People are afraid
that Roosevelt will slop over. but the
country can stand a little stopping over
occasionally IL he will right some OF the
departmental abuses in Washington.
The Usage Press notices that the price
OF butter is coming down within the
reach Of the poor mans butter knife
again. But the price of milk has gone
up to see what the feed trust Is about
in hosting the cost of feed out of sight.
So there we are again, between the but
ter tub and the pump handle!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-01

fast and has been able to give a large
sum to the public. Life, for our friend
is henceforth to be unsatisfactory until
he, too, can accumulate a fortune and
become a public benefactor.
So has the spirit of public giving been
cultivated that the year just closed has
seen some remarkable changes wrought
on the hearts of men heretofore sup
posed hardened against all charitable
impulses. The greed for gain is still the
moving spirit Of American life, but the
last few years have seen an improve
ment in that this greed for gain is not
for gain itself, but often for the pleas
ure and fame Of carrying out some pet
scheme of public b~enefaction. Men have
learned that there is a limit to the
amount Of wealth n individual can
spend on his personal comforts. Beyond
this a mans millions are of no use to
him unless he take pleasure in giving
them away. II. is a change for the bet
ter.
Some will say hat the opportunity Of
fered for the accumulation of such for
tunes as that of Nj. Carnegie is the
fault of our social system. In a sense
this is true. Mr.. Carnegie doubtless
thought SO when he spoke of the dis
grace of dying: rich. He realizes that
he has not earned the wealth that is his
and is now busying himself giving back
to the public that which has come to
him un~deservedly. However, the fault
is far to be preferred to any remedy that
will destroy the prize Of gain for all ex-
~traordinary eff ort. The worlds progress
and the general prosperity of the many
are due largely to h increasing efforts
of the few, who, endowed with superior
talents, exert their every effort because
of the gain that rewards them in a So
cial system such as ours. With u eyes
On these and the general average, soci-
ETY. today looks bright and happy. but
looking at the unfortunate few who fall
in the struggle the picture is a dismal
one in any system.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-01
4 YEAR OF srupEHoDus GIVING.

The year just passed has seen the
record Of the greatest philanthropy, as
measured In dollars and cents, the world
has ever known. Observation-Disclosures,
in it's time, was a record breaker. with
1900 mot 80 good. but 1901 surpasses all
other figures in the be~nefactions to
churches. libraries and charities. the
total being 1928, 1888. 732. as compared to
s7s.74s.s5s in 1899. and se2, 49,. 1904 In 1900.
Such men az Andrew Carnegie. who
preach the doctrine of giving and prac-
tice what they preach by the most mu
niicent benefactions, have made 1t the
fad OF the age for rich men to give OF
their wealth to public institutions. So
marked has been the influence of these
men that the effect has been noticed in
all parts Of the country, where men OF
comparatively small means but rich in
their communities are endowing public
libraries, hospitals and other charities
Mr.. Carnegie avs that it is a disgrace
to die rich. and his view is being adopt
ed by hundreds upon hundreds of
wealthy men. Mr.. Carnegie might have
said that 1t was a glorious pleasure and
privilege to give away riches, for all
over this country are seen thousands OF
men striving to acquire riches for the
sole pleasure of giving them away This
may seem a strange statement, but the
writer knows Of several such men. One
in particular, who has been moderately
successful and IL looked upon as a very
generous citizen, seems to be burning
with a feverish desire to amass a for
tune that he may give a great sun to
an Iowa college in which he is interest
ed. This man has raised and educated
his children, who are about self-sup-
porting; he has enough to keep himself
and wife comfortably, and his falling
health demands that he let up. His chill
dren do not want any Of his money, for
theyEdon't need it. and they are urging
their father to quit and take care of
himself. But no. another citizen of his
town has made money very easily and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-01
TOPICS OF The TINES
The cheeriest shout that is heard to-
day Is "a Happy New Year,"

The cheeriest shout that is heard to-
day Is "a Happy New Year,"
Keep an eye on Shawl" exclaims
the Cedar Rapids Republican, which
leads the Chicago Tribune to say re-
provingly: as that a nice way to talk
about a man who has just been APP
! pointed to the secretaryship of the
Treasury"
The senate OF Georgia rejected the
part of the proposed constitutional
amendment that would make the term
of the governor Of the state four years.
1t refused also to strike out the pros
hibition against Punishment and the
whipping post.
Representative Loud. chairman of the
house p~ostofice committee. Is opposed
to penny postage, believing the scheme
impracticable. He had a conference
with President Roosevelt the other day.
during which the affairs relating to
the p~ostofice department were gone
into quite OuB MI. Louu oiS-
agrees with the new postmaster genera,
ON this proposition Penny postage
can not be made a success" said Mr.
Loud as he left the white house. THE
present rate does not pay expenses
To cut 1t In half would create a still
greater deficit. Even If the mail in
creased to twice it's present dimensions.
as must be the case to produce an
equal revenue, the expense Of handling
this enormous amount of mail would
be increased Is per cent.
Nowadays, or, rather, nowanights. says
the Washington Post, Senator Warren
sleeps in a brass bedstead. There was
a time, tho, when the senator's bed was
q pine box filed with hay. That was
many years ago, when the senator was
a boy in Massachusetts,, living In an old
fashioned, implanted farmhouse. The
kitchen fireplace was SO large h a it
took a horse to haul in the backlog,
which was almost half a tree. There
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-01
ONE GOOD PLAN SUGGESTED.

On another page will be seen a plan
for redistricting the state which seems
to have been devised with a view t.
making the various districts compact
and OF uniform size. If Marshall county
II to be incorporated into some new gel
OF counties this plan is the most accepta-
BILE of any that has yet been made. Mar
shall county would enjoy a%ssociating It
self with the citizens of Hardin, Hamii-
ton, Webster, Humboldt, Wright,
Franklin and Butler counties along with
its present associates. Taraa and Grun-
Gy. The interests and friendships of citi-
zens of these counties are much more
identical and more in harmony than now
exist among the present Fifth district
counties. Marshall county has no desire
to give up Congressman Cousins. but 1t
seems impossible t o redistrict the state
without cutting him out of u district,
and as every plan SO far suggested has
placed him in the new Second district,
where he win undoubtedly be welcomed
and returned to congress. Mr.. Cousins
friends are consoled.
On the other hand the T.-R. could
name a dozen men in Marshall and the
other counties of the proposed district
who would make strong congressman
and IL the change should really prove in
the interests Of Hon. Thomas Healy, Of
Fort Dodge, there is not a man ! n all
Iowa to whom the T.-R. could give more
hearty support than to Senator Tom
Healy. II redistricting must come this
Man win prove the most sensible.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-01

"For the love o. God, parson, nobody
but q crosseyed nan could catch those
DUN things! Get n right at me-
right herer, folding his hands Id front
of his stomach.
That's right where they would 90 IL
you didn't get out Of the way. Stand
still and keep your eyes OPEN" Har-
wood commanded. "Noww
Biff! Another sizzling inshoot. Crackl
Colonel was In the air dancing like q
wild Indian. trying to blow on his'
hands and rub his elbows at the same
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-01

We GCA uVNb N0 44Ss
aoood," FILTERED the rtvcr man.
venson he had found 9 fine fellow, al
though everybody but his own family
did call him Pot. Pot on his part, had
at first been doubtful Of the young
preacher just out OF seminary, but aft
err q little had said OF him to a friend:
"Our parson Is all right from the
ground up. not one Of those white chok-
cred fellows who go around with
faces as long as q snail track, as II
they had given up the world, the hesh
and the devil and were almighty sorry
they had to. Harwood is none Of that
SORT. He's q man frst and . minister
afterward."
AS Harwood stepped inside the mu-
Sic store q strong voice called across
the street:
Hey, there, PotT'
Coming, colonel," Potter answered,
picking his way across the newly
sprinkled street to q big crockery store
opposite. A muscular young fellow
leaned against the doorjamb.
sAere.a.the dey1l to pay and no pitch
= - -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-01

the creation of better social and indus
trial conditions. The first generation of
home-makers is not longing for new
bitches, new settlers. or increased de-
mands on the water supply until it is
assured of relief from the evils and I'M
certainties incident to the haphazard de-
yelopment of the past.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-01
THE OLD AND THE MEM.

The year 1901 closed under the most
favorable auspices for the nation, n
consequently the new year opens with
an exceedingly hopeful outlook. Peace
and prosperity are the conspicuous
features of the material world. h
year Just closed, however, was not
without its periis.
The most startling event was the
tragic death of President Mckinley at
an assassin's hands just as he had
reached the eliminating period OF q
glorious career. Entrenched in the
hearts of the people. exemplifytng the
best traits OF a patriot and states
man, public confidence reposed in
| him, irrespective of party to an
universal degree. The nation was
.eoryulsed by the shock. and had
less worthy man than Theodore
! Roosevelt succeeded to the high posi-
: tion he held, public confidence would
have been shaken n a panic might
have ensued. Happily the nation ac-
; cepted the new leader c~ourageously, tho
!. of another type in his mental make
up, and has not been disappointed.
! president Roosevelt has taken UP the,
work where the martyred chief dropped
II, has adopted his policies and is in
yoking his spirit in an honest admins
tration OF public affairs.
Another danger that threatened in
1901 was a widespread loss of crops
thru drouth and the terrific and record
breaking heat OF summer Great havoc
was wrought among growing crops and
fear of famine prevailed among the
timid, yet despite this the great ex-
tent of our territory and its magnificent
nresources demonstrated the ability of
e nation. to triumph over threatened
y~saster. It Is true that higher prices
}revail, and a shortage is felt in many
directions. tho few have suffered as
result OF 1t. Courage is manifest
ong the people and confidence in the
gure prevails.
The outlook for labor in the new
sr could scarcely be better. Activity
all fields of work is foreshadowed.
toney is plentiful, public confidence
Is strong. and new fields Of enterprise
invite effort all along the line. Build
fling enterprises, railroad construction,
factory outputs and in fact all indus
trial movements promise to go forward
with vigor in 1902.
In III national arena, progress and
expansion are stil the order of the
day. The development. and better
5vernment of the Philippines and 9TH
II colonies, the construction of a great
fnteroceanic canal that has been the
dream of the centuries. the encourage
ment OF shipping. the extension Of reci-
procal trade relations to Cuba, and q.
number OF other great schemes will
have practical attention from BUR states
men during the early months of tha
new year.
Iowa came out OF 1901 in better condi-
ton than many of her sister common
swealths. Her crops were larger than
many others, her banks show great de-
posts and sound conditions. her states
men are in demand and her people are
contented and happy. and many OF them
feel like adopting some Of the sentiments
of Tennyson's lines as they Ring out
the old. ring in the new:
Ring in the valiant man and free.
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness OF the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be-"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-01
For Over sixty Year.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
used for children while teething.
1t sothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain. cures wind collie and is
the best remedy for diarrhoea. Twenty
five cents a bottle.