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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-05
Especial to The Advertisero

" AsHINGToN. d. C.. March "a
An arrangement for the appor.
tionment OF Senators in the Ha-
waiian Legislature has been made by
Ex-Gov. Powers of Maine and Repre-
sentative Robinson OF Indiana. They
are members OF the House Committee
on Territories and form a sub-commit-
tee appointed to consider that matter
Mr.. CaypIess and Mr.. George r. Car
ter appeared before these two gentle
men q few days ago and. after quite a
long argument, the subcommittee
agreed upon a plan II has not been
presented yet to the full Committee,
and one cannot say with certainty that
IL win prevail. The chances are, how
ever. that II viii.
BY the plan agreed upon four Home
:, Rulers must accept the two year
terms In the Senate and three Republi-
cans must also accept the same short
term. One of the short term Republi-
cans comes from the First district.
and two from the Third district. while
one short term Home Ruler Is taken
from each OF the four Senatorial dis
IEicts. The short term Senators by dis
vGicts, as agreed upon by the sub-com-
mittee of Gov Powers and Mr.. Robin
son. are as follows:
First District. Island of Hawaii-Nich-
olas Russell. Home Ruler. who polled s73
votes. and J. ID. Paris. Republican, who
polled 500 votes The other two Sem
ators from this district are ]. T. Brown.
who had sss votes. and ]. Il. Kaohi.
who had ss7 votes. both being Home
Rulers. and both slated now for long
terms
Second District. Island of Maui-wil-
liam White. Home Ruler. who had $50
votes The other two Senators from
l. L 4
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-05

I vention is bound to become of great
value. The wireless telegraph will
work at sea over distances not to ex-
ceed 200 miles, but for a greater dis
tance or for practical work on shore.
there is little reason to believe that he
will ever succeed in establishing a
commercially valuable system. There
are too many obstacles on land TO his
free currents: electricity is like water,
it will cling to and follow the nearest
conductor
But for short distances at sea, and
from ship to ship. and across narraw
channels between islands, the Marconi
system will prove of value. 1t will
serve there really as an ally or q feed
er to the cables and established lines of
telegraph. That our company is not
afraid of the new invention is shown
by the fact that Mr.. Mackay is prepar-
iaE to spend a large sum OF money N
lay.Ds the Pacific cable
FREDERICK O'BRIEN.
Especial to the Advertiser.)
WASHINGTON, d. c.. March "a
There is poor prospect at present of
legislation for Pacific cable. but on
the whole that is probably the best
word that the friends of a cable could
desire The Pacinc commercial COM
pany is said to desire that there shall
be no legislation whatever at this ses-
sion. In the meantime they expect to
have their cable completed to Homo
lulu. They seem to be confident that
they will be able to land the cable at
San Francisco and Honolulu. although
Congress grants no specific authority
to do so. Chairman Pete" Hepburn
of the House Committee on Interstate
and Foreign Commerce is said to have
1cquiesced in such a program.
The Pacific Commercial Cable Com
rany officials are understood to hold
that II the cable is once put in opera
ton as far as Honolulu there viii be
no efforts on the part of Congress after
that to construct a rival government
line. and that they will be allowed to
lay the cable the rest OF the way to
ERNEST G. WALKER.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-05
Cuban Reciprocity.

WASHINGTON, March 29.-Chair-
man Payne of the Ways and Means
Committee of the House has called a
meeting of the committee for Monday
morning at 10:30 to consider his bill
for reciprocity with Cuba. This an
rouncement is interpreted as an as
surance on the part of the Ways and
Means leaders that the victory for reci-
procity has been won in the commit
tee.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-05

AZ ASHINGTON, March 2s.-The
r. President today sent to the
House of Representatives the
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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-03
JANNEY CASE DECIDED.
Judge Vermillion Renders Judgment
Against L. T. Crsmap 6. Co.

In the case entitled j. G. Bunk VS..
the Janney Manufacturing Co., which
was heard by Judge Vermillion in dis
trict court last week, decision was
rendered today giving the plaintiff
judgment against l.. T. Crisman & Co.
for SIPS and interest from, the date of
the contract upon which the case was
largely based. The Janney Co. was
absolved from liability in the matter.
The hearing of this case occupied
two days of the courts time last week.
The plaintiff asked the foreclosure of
a mechanics lien against the property
of the Janney Co. in the amount of
$12S, which he said was due him for
work done in building foundation as
sub-contractor under L. T. Crisman &
Co., which firm had contract for the
building in whole with the Janney peo-
pie. The defense claimed that the
foundation which Mr.. Bunk built was
not solid and gave way when the
building was being erected, and that
the matter had been settled between
the Janney people and Mr.. Crisman,
the former Withholding a certain
amount from the total money agreed
upon for the work. In Judge Vermil-
lions estimation the Crisman firm was
responsible and judgment was accord
ingly rendered.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-03
WAS FORGED
70 KEEP MOVING
THE STORY OF AN IOWA MAN WHO
TOOK A FRIENDS ADVICE.
Matters Were Gettiug Worse Rapidly
when He HIet "A Man Who Had Been
Through Tie Same Experience
and Knew What 10 DO.

Advice is cheap but it is sometimes
valuable. The following incident is
unusual because the advice of friend
was not only followed but it succeed
ed in rescuing the recipient from dis
agreeable predicament. Mr.. S. M.
Jones, of Hampton, Iowa, in telling
the story, said:
Il don't know what caused it unless
about the middle of February. 1901,
contracted rheumatism. The pains
across my back were very painful and
kept getting worse all the time AT
ter about a week or ten days it went
from my back to my left hip and grad
ually extended down my leg into my
foot. Even my toes became stiff and
ached.
Il was in such pain that I could
neither sit nor lie down for more than
a few minutes at time and | had to
be on the move most of the while,
night and day | came across friend
who told me that he had suffered from
the same complaint and had been cur
ed by DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People. | began taking them right
away and used six boxes in ALL They
did wonders for me and now | recon-
mend them to everybody meet who
has anything the matter with him
There is a popular idea that rheu-
matism is caused by exposure to cold
and that some localities are infected
with it more than others. Such con-
ditions frequently promote the devel-
opment of the disease, but, from the
fact that rheumatism runs in certain
families, it is shown to be hereditary
and, consequently a, disease of the
blood
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People go directly to the seat of the
disorder, purifying and; senriehing the
blood by eliminating poisonous ele-
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forces. They are, a positive. specific
not only for rheumatism, but for such
diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial
paralysis, st. Vitus' dance, sciatica.
neuralgia, nervous headache, after-ef-
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acute diseases, palpitation of the
heart. anaemia. pale and sallow com
plexions and all forms of weakness.
At all druggists, or direct from DR..
Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady,
N. Y, fifty cents per box; six boxes
for two dollars and half
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-03
GILBEN TEATON,
OF GLIDDEN, IOWA, SAYS:
Favorite Remedy Cured Me of
Kidney and Bladder Trouble.

For some three years l Suffered
much from kidney and bladder trouble.
| saw an advertisement in the Times
Republican which led to my using
DR.. David kennedys Favorite Remedy.
The relief was almost instantaneous
and my cure was matter of a short
time. | am an earnest believer in the
efficacy of this great medicine and
heartily recommend it to all afflicted
as l was for l am in better health than
have been for years and DR.. David
Kennedy's Fayorite Remedy did it.
By special and particular arrange
ment with the manufacturers any OF
Cur readers who suffer from kidney,
liver or bladder trouble in any form,
diabetes, Bright's disease, rheumatism,
dyspepsia, eczema or any form Of
blnod disease, or, if q woman, from the
sicknesses peculiar to your sex, and are
not already convinced that DR.. David
kennedys Favorite Remedy is the
medicine you need may have trial
bottle, absolutely free, with valuable
medical pamphlet, by sending your
name, with postoffice address, to the DR..
David Kennedy Corporation, Rondout,
N. Y, mentioning this paper.
Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Rem
Iedy is for sale by all druggists. slice
bottle or six bottles for $500, less
than one cent dose.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-03
GOES TO ROCKFORD.
Arthur Owens Will Play With Illinois
Team This Summer.

Arthur Owens, known to Ottumwa
as Rusty" left this afternoon for
Rockford, ILL.,, to join the baseball
team representing that place in the
Three | League this summer. Rusty
will twirl for the Rockford aggrega-
tion this year and he is of the opin-
ion that he is in better condition to
do good work than ever before. Ow-
ems is a boy of whom his many friends
are proud and they expect to see
something good come from his work
this summer. He is favorite in
Rockford also. This year he is one
of the old men. having played with
Rockford last summer, but he is the
only one on the new team who show
ed up last year at the opening of the
season. The club will open the sea
son this week with a series of games
with the team representing Beloit col
lege at Beloit, Wisconsin.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-03

afternoon. However, there are so
many parks in other places the same
size as Ottumwa the citizens feel no
little shame when asked to point out
the city park as it stands now. but
with the addition of even so small
piece of ground and the improvements
that will come with the new gun and
monument the park will become one OF
which all may be proud,
Committees Appointed.
At the meeting last evening com
pose of soliciting funds for carrying
out the scheme for securing the can
non. A soliciting committee was APP
pointed, composed of two members
from each of the three patriotic orders
of the city and two from among the
citizens. An executive committee of
six members was also constituted for
the purposes both of looking after the
matter and watching it's progress.
Mayor Picker was instructed to bring
the matter before the council at it's
next meeting for the purpose of get
ting legal authority to bring the can
non to Ottumwa and place it in the
park.
The committee appointed to do the
soliciting is composed of the following
men:
From the G. A. R.-Commander H.
c. Nosler and W. H. H. Asbury.
From the Sons of Veterans-H. B.
Maynard and w. T. Mollison
From Company G, I. N. G.-Lieuten-
ant G. E. Caughlan and John X. Ma
hon.
From city at large-Mayor T. H.
Picker and Claude Myers.
An executive committee, the duty Of
which will be to have general super
vision over all arrangements, is made
up as follows:
Major Samuel Mahon. chairman;
Capt. S. B. Evans. Capt E. B. HILL
Commander H. G. Nosler, Capt. G. P.
Brown, Capt. j. K. Dysart.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-03
A FINE REPOSITORY.
The Carnes & Burnett Carriage Co., at
1877 West Main street,

w. A. Carnes and d. f. Burnett have
formed partnership and will conduct
an extensive carriage and vehicle bus
mess under the firm name of the
Carnes & Burnett Carriage Co. The
location of this business is at 127 West
Main street in the building formerly
occupied by A. d. Moss.
Messrs. Carnes and Burnett are we'll
known in the vehicle business in this
city, Mr.. Carnes having been engaged
in this line in this city for more than
twenty years, and Mr.. Burnett for most
|of the time since 1890. This being
the case, it is but natural that this
firm should be able to buy goods at a
figure which will enable them to sell
them at very low prices.
1t is the intention to make in the
second story of the building one of the
finest carriage repositories in the state.
It is electric lighted, has fine elevat-
ors and when the arrangements are
finished it will very pretty.
These gentlemen extend cordial in
vitation to all to call and see their
stock.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-03
A PACKERS TRUST
Claim an Ottumwa Firm is Caus-
ing Trouble in Kansas City.
TRY TO KEEP PRICES AT HIGH FIGURE
Claimed That the Packers Combine
Has lnausurated Detective Service
on Comprehensive Schedule of Prices
Fixed by Agents Every Week.

1t is claimed by certain persons
connected with Kansas City packing
houses, against a firm in Ottumwa,
which can be no other than John Nor
rell & Co., that they are selling lard
in Kansas City at lower price than
the firms in that city, which it is
claimed, have formed trust for the
purpose OF maintaing prices at a high
figure. The figure at which the OF
tumwa house is selling lard in Kansas
City as quoted in an article appearing
In The Kansas City Journal gives the
difference in the prices of the houses
OF the two places at III cents. It is
probable that the figure quoted was
not on the best grade of lard as the
quotation received from the local es-
adjustment places the wholesale price
at figure that is higher than that Civ
en- for the Kansas City firms.
Deny Trust Formation.
Though the Kansas City packing
firms strongly deny the accusation of
the formation of a trust for the main
tenance of prices it appears from an
interview with man well informed,
appearing in the Kansas City Journal
that there is packers combine in
that city. 1t is claimed that on every
Thursday afternoon the general sales
agents of these firms meet and decide
upon a general scale of prices for the
entire territory which they severally
cover. Precisely the same price lists
are sent every Monday morning to
the statesmen who travel for these
plants and, it is claimed that any par,
ty to this agreement who sells any
packing house product at lower fig
ure than the agreed price is subject
to line OF $50 for every offense.
No Rebate Allowed.
The Journals article concerning the
packers combine states:
Every man who travels from, a
house out of Kansas City is instruct.
ed to keep a close watch upon the
statesmen for all other houses, to see
that they do not rebate to their custo-
mers or cut rates. The rate card
which we receive every Monday
morning formerly contained prices of
only the fresh meats. Two weeks
ago, however, an agreement was
reached regarding salt meats, hams,
lards, and all other provisions. So
ngldly enforced are the trust rules,
that IL customer receives an article
which he does not consider good, the
salesman who mas sold il cannot give
him a rebate on it. until he has called
in statesmen for two other concerns
fully informed them regarding the
case, and secured their written con
sent to give it. Statesmen are careful
" warned in signing such papers, not
to use the name of the packer fol
whom they travel, but, of course, ev
erybody in the combine is familia,
with their names and understands the
deal.
Detective Work.
Let me tell you another fact which
will show you more clearly than any
thing | have said how binding the
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-03
oTTUMWANs GRADUATE.
Local Young Men Finish Courses at
Iowa City.

The commencement exercises for
the schools of medicine homeopathy,
pharmacy and nursing. of the Iowa
State university, were held yesterday
and last night. Among the graduates
are 7. H. Baer of this city in the class
of medicine and Lawrence T. Ford, al
so of Ottumwa in pharmacy.
The address was delivered by Presi-
dent S. B. Mccormick of Coe college
The thirteenth convocation of the
university was held in connection with
the commencement programs. The
event was followed by a banquet.
The college of medicine graduated
a class of thirty, the college of phar-
macy twenty. the college of homeo-
pathic medicine eight and the school
of nurses three.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-03
MARCH WEATHER.
Temperature Ran Unusually High for
Few DAYS.

The most noticeable feature with
regards to March weather, as a rule,
is its ability to make lightning changes
from warm to cold, fair to cloudy, etc
In the month just passed this char
acteristic was as noticeable as usual.
and an added trait was the unusually
warm days of last week, when the Their
mometer ran to 70 degrees. The low
est mark during the month was 5
degrees.
During the thirty-one days fourteen
were cloudy, according to the monthly
report of Observer Henry Howell. Ten
of the remaining days were fair and
seven We're clear.
The following table shows the maxi
mum, minimum and mean tempera.
lures as reported for each of the days
in March,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-03

combines agreements are. If sales
man suspects that one of his corlpeti-
tors is cutting prices he is required
to immediately report the fact t, his
house. The matter Is then submitted
to an arbitrator, and this arbitrator.
under the rules of the combine, must
go over the books of the suspected
concern to ascertain whether or not it
has been cutting.
unruIy Members.
There are two of the packers in
the combine who are rather hard to
hold in line. They are Morris of ST.
Joseph and Cudahy of Kansas City
They have been charged with rebar-
ing. There is still way in which
this can be done, in spite of the com
hines rigid rules If a salesman is es-
pecially anxious to keep a particular
customer he can make price which
on the face, appears to be that agreed
upon, and may rebate by returning the
customer the difference in cash. 1t is
difficult to tell how much of this is
being done, but NOT much because it
Is difficult to do it without getting
caught
How long has it been since the
combine was formed?"
More than a year"
And have these agreed rate cards
been sent out every Monday NOR ung
since them"
Every Monday morning. The trust
has not succeeded yet in doing much
harm to the consumer. think, because
since it was formed the prices Of live
stock of all kinds have been going up.
think that some packers have,in fact
lost money. The point that l make is
there is really a combine which does
control the prices of meat here, The
recent raises in the prices of all meats
have been made at the same time and
in the same amounts by all tn packers
Beef has gone up from IA cents, al
wholesale, to 81 cents during the last
five weeks, advancing each Monday
morning Il cent: and the raise made
by each of the packers has been exact
ly the same. Pork, mutton and lard
have been raised in the same way"
Are any further raises contemplat
ed?'
Raise in Beef Expected.
1T is understood by the statesmen
that beef is to be raised considerably
Monday morning. We have heard that
it is to go up y eff a cent-that is, ta
SIC. One packer says it may even &c
as high as Is cents at retail. | can't
see how that can be. | don't Alink il
will go that high from what | know OF
the situation
The Journals informant said that
the packers combine also has an iron
clad agreement regarding the employ
ment of salesman If a man quits
one concern and goes to another he
cannot be given the same territory
that he had before. There is also, he
said, an understanding regarding the
salaries to be paid, and he fears that
one of the results of the combination
is going to be the looping off the heads
of a number of statesmen, whose ser
vices the agreement or prices is ren
dering useless.
Regarding the price of lard, thi.
salesman said that the packers have
already raised At higher than there il
any warrant for. He says the same
lard that they are now selling for II
cents in Kansas City is being sold here
by packer at Ottumwa, Ia, for So
cents He thinks there is no doub
that an attempt will be made to holt
up the prices of all packing house pro
ducts even after the prices of live stool
have resumed their normal level.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-03
Famous Alderman Elected to
Chicago City Council.
OMAHA is REPUBLICAN
Results in Nebraska Show That the
Republicans Have Elected Major
ity of the Enthusiastically Mixed
in kansas-other Elections.

Chicago, April 2-The republicans
and democrats each made net gain
of one alderman in the city election.
The new council will consist of SO re-
publicans, 80 democrats and 1 indie
pendent
The hottest fight was in the First
ward, where a determined effort was
made by opponents of John Coughlan,
known as "Bathhouse" to defeat him.
1t was the only ward in the city where
anything like full vote was polled.
Coughlan won easily, however, secur-
ing majority of 2,605.
The question of public policy, in
volying municipal ownership of the
street car systems, gas works and
similar utilities were voted on, the
vote in every instance being strongly
in favor of municipal ownership. The
question of abolishing various town
governments, such as North, South
and West towns, also carried. The
vote upon these questions carries with
it no action, the desire being to ascer-
tain the wish of the people. Action
in accordance with the vote of the ma
jority may be taken at some later
time