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the entrance, the word "Charity" blazed
forth from myriad Of incandescent
bulbs. '

forth from myriad of incandescent
bulbs.
The far end of the hall had its full
quota of color in the light green and
buff walls OF the big sounding board.
Such portions Of the wall as 1t left ex-
posed were hidden by flags and bunt-
ing. The opposite end of the hall above
the gallery was covered with an i'm
mense stretch OF bunting of wide alter
mating salmon and white stripes. Be-
low the gallery was wainscoat of
dark red.
The forty boxes along either side and
the far end of the building were beauti-
fully embowered in flags and bunting,
forming pretty settings for their richly
dressed occupants, and heightening the
general decorative effect. The front of
each line OF boxes was covered with
light colored bunting and just above
them were clusters Of flags, held in
place by shields.
Midway in the hall was located the
dancing floor, with its 5000 square feet
Of space, covered by a sheet of crash
which weighs 1,S00 pounds. This floor
was raised about eight inches above the
asphalt floor of the armory. All about
it was hedge of palms and other
plants, entrance being made at either
end or side
Wide areas at both ends and liberal
passageways along the sides of the
dancing floor made place for the prom
enaGes.
Forty arc lights, high up among the
draperies. made an already brilliant
scene dazzling and the arnOrv as
bright as a sunny midday in the open
air.
With band playing, the dancers glid-
ing about the raised platform, and the
promenaders moving about the whole
hall, there was an inspiration that
would awake the most phlegmatic SOUL
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st. Joseph's Society.

The society under whose auspices the
ball was given is composed of the lead
ing Catholic ladies Of st. Peters cathe-
dral parish and some from adjoining
parishes. Its principal work is the
maintenance of st. Josephs Founding
Home, one Of Scranton's most bene
ficent charitable institutions. The presi-
dent is Mrs. Robert c. Wills: vice.
president, Mrs. John j. Brown: treas
urer, Mrs. A. NJ. Cusiclt, and financial
secretary, Mrs. B. T. O'Malley
To even mention by name only those
who were especially generous in con-
tributing to the financial success of the
ball would be to make a long list of
names, which would include most of
Scranton's usual contributors to affairs
Of this kind. Several Of our wealthy
men paid $100. for their tickets: d num-
ber of others bought boxes and then au-
thorized the committee to resell them
If they could secure purchasers; every
body from whom the committee pur-
chased anything made rates that We're
almost like giving the things away.
The armory trustees charged the usual
price for the rent of the ball, not wish
ing to break their rules. but the indl-
vidual members of the board of trus-
tees made up a purse for the home
which quite equalled what was spent
on the rent OF the armory.
A generous action is also accredited
to Superintendent Manvlle, of the
Delaware and Hudson. The ball com.
mittee went to him to find out how
much it would cost to have special
train run down the valley after the
dance. He replied that they could have
all the trains they would need and that
it would cost them nothing. The three
special trains that We're arranged for
induced many to come who We're hesi-
tating about coming, because of the in
convenience of long waits for the early
morning trains.
Among the most generous of those
who performed services for the~com-
mittee We're Mr.. Fuhrman, the decor
ator; Mr.. Durkin, the caterer, and Prof.
Bauer.
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Dowd, +. C. Fuller, I. $. Fuller +. p. Fuller,
Jerry Foster, j. X. Gearhart. Clarence Gilmore,
\. q. Hunt, DIR. Hamilton, DIR. IIciuS Kennedy,
Frank Linen, l.. 4. loomis, Douglas Moffatt. II.
ID. Merrill, Mr. Maris, j. b.. Neal y. r. Osbourne,
Clay Osbourne, Norman Parkc, Worthington
Scranton, Allen Smith. Prentice Strong. G.. r.
Sandarson W. J. rorrey. r. Dickson Torrey, :.
B. Thorne. G. Taylor Mr.. Van Dusen, Lawrence
Watres, Harold Watres, C.W.Walker, Carl Wellas,
W. \. Wolfe, Hilary Xehnder,
The committee in charge of the dance
consisted OF Maxwell Il. Bessell, David
Boies. n. Dickson Torrey, Paul E.
Welles, Walter A. Wolfe.
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Committee Wasted Time.

Secretary Root is generally recognized as one
OF the hard.working members of the cabinet. III.
deed, some OF his friends have felt called upon to
warn him that his cxertons in the interests Of
the war department often carry him past the line
of prudence. hut the Secretary has been known,
says the Washington Star, to rest his brain when
the fact is entirely ul,srspected. A short tme
ago Il delegation from one OF the southern states
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called upon him to urge the establishment OF a
large camp in II certain part Of their state. Al
tnost Immediately after they had LETT the depart.
ment newspaper man the secretary and
asked:
"Ar. Secretary, i'll what part OF -------- did they
want the camp located?"
Mr.. Roof looked lust the tiniest bit embarrassed.
Then he came out with it. Honestly, ] do
not know" he said.
They had talked it to him for nearly half an
hour and lie had not heard it.
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BACkUS BOMLERS
WON The TROPHY
Electric City Wheelmen Lost Three
Games at Wilkes-Barre-Out of
the Race for First Place.

The Electric City Wheelmen's bowlers
dropped three games to the West End
Wheelmen, of Wilkes Barre, last night,
which decides the championship of the
Northeastern Pennsylvania Bowling
league In favor of the Backus team.
The scores of last nights games were
as follows:
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inarr OF 'hinr',lsa, Yesterday filed petition in
|, naHrpptrS WIN 'heteree IN Bankruptcy Van
"W'hef' me hIs' inee'hs "t creditors VIII be
he'd III hei'ie" Van "orihefs once on April lo.
o. t-7'N pav "'-----
NALL DAY sESSIoN.---An allday meeting OF
the Christian and Missionary alliance will be held
today, in Gospel tabernacle, jefferson avenue,
, Dunmorc. Rev. Won Nc,la, of Reading, Pa,
will be the speaker. lie. witt, others, will also
lake part in an allday meeting in the Primitive
Methodist church OF Green Ridge, on East Mar
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WEST END WHEEL LINEN.

'IIunter rolled the last game in place Of
Wegand,
High score--Yost, ala
High average-Yost, lS4 l3.
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ELECTRIC CITY wuEELME.
Mine Workers Holiday.

by Exclusive Wire from The Associated Press.
Wilkes.Ba Pa, March 3i.--None OF the mine
workers in this region will work tomorrow, it be-
ing holiday for the observance OF the eight hour
q day movement
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Arrival of Guests.

At 8 o'clock the guests began to ar
rive in numbers and from that time
until II o'clock there was a constant
stream of people ascending the stair
ways. AS each carriage drove up, it
was given a number and when the
guests We're ready to go a stentorian-
voiced footman with megaphone
called the coachmen by number, thus
doing away with the confusion often
attendant at large gatherings.
On reaching the main floor, the
guests were directed to cloak rooms,
and when ready to enter the hall were
escorted by members of the reception
committee and floor committee When
it was seen that the attendance was to
be so unexpectedly large there was a
fear that the dancing platform would
be constantly overcrowded. This,
however, did not prove to be the case.
Many came simply as spectators and
spent their time in the gallery. the
boxes. the seats about the edge of the
floor or in prOmenading. AS q conse-
quence, there was quite a plenty Of
dancing room the whole evening long.
While the affair was under the aus
pices of Catholic society, it was far
from being a distinctively Catholic af-
fair. The most representative people
of every class We're present and all
commingled in a most sociable way.
the ball received from non-Ca tholics
was one OF the things that most grati-
fled the society.
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W. {, \. L. MEErING.-'rhc central Woman =
Christian Temperance union will meet this after
noon at 3 O'Clock, in Gucrnscy's hall. The sub.
jcct OF last week continued. "rhe Best Use
TO Make OF Money Now in Treasury"
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PETITION IN EANKRUPTCY.-Fre T.. Gu.
inaer, of thinohil!u, yesterday filed u petition in
banitpptrS with Referee in Bankruptcy Van
Wlrner The first meeting Of creditors will be
held in Referee Van Worner's office on April TO-
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The occupants of the boxes serve as
an earnest of this. They were
No. 10. S. johnson.
No. ID. Cleanl.
No. 3-Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Samter Mr. and
Mrs. Benjamin Samtcr, Miss Minnie Samtcr.
No. i-SherH Charles Schadt, Mr.. and Mrs
John Fahey, Miss Mct;owan, OF Avoca; Mr.. and
Mrs Joseph O'Brien, John Ioftis
No. MR. and Mrs. W. Davis. Mr.. and ,lrs.
Peter Zieglcr.
No. S-Mr. ana Mrs. N. j. IIcalcy
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LADIES' MEETlNG-A general meeting Of the
ladies OF the Linden Street temple will be held
Wednesday evening, at the residence of Mrs. j.
II. Cohen, Madison averc.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-04-29
COURT NOTES

The jury's verdict in the case of the
United States vs.. Manuel Castahnu.
charged with Illicit distullug which was
SVEN sealed To Inc clerk OF III, court
ON Friday night, was opened ON Satur-
day morning, the defendant being found
guilty. He Will be sentenced TINS morn
ing. The case against the SON OF Nam.
uel castahna was Withdrawn Joy District
Attorney Breckuus On Friday nisnt on
the question of the Cr'dlbllrv u to~u-
mony of intormcrs, Judge l.at,c said
during his charge to the jury:
I'm this case something mas been said
by counsel to the erect thar certain
testimony offered by the Government IL
open To suspicion ON the ground ,nay the
witnesses giving il were inIumprs. ana
for that reason should not bc believed.
You are instructed that IL is the right
and duty of every citizen 60 report to the
proper officers any violation of the law
and the fact That any persons do so re-
port is not one which IN any manner at
fects their credibinty, unless il should
further appear that they have some liz
tertst in the penalty TO bc recovered from
the person on trial or receive some COM
pensation from the parties in interest.
I'm this case, therefore, it not appear
ing in any manner that any Witnesses
tesufyinG on the part OF the Government
We're interested i'm any penalty or had
any share there, or any other Compensa-
tion, you are instructed that il they did
give information 10 the officers, 1t does
not In any manner affect their credible
ity."
Suit was commenced in the Circuit
Court on Saturday by J. q. Carter ct al,
trustees of the Bishop Estate. against
Frank Hustace, j J. Iigan and Frank
Foster, for rents due from the Kamalo
Sugar Company to the Estate for lands
leased on Mololini. The rents are alleged
TO be due. none having been paid during
the tendency OF litigation. The plain
tins allege that $2O1G is due on two
leases.
Suit was brought in the Circuit Court
Saturday against the Rapid Transit Com
pany by Pedro Fcrreira FOR $4,000 dam.
, ages for the death of his son, who was
killed by collidng with an electric car on
Liliha street ON November u
Hatch Il Siliman, attorneys for tho
| Bow Wongs, brought suit i'm the Circuit
| Court Saturday against the Yang Wei Pin
| faction of the United Chinese Society 10
get control of funds now lying idle in
| the hands of the Yang Wei Pins. 1t is
another phase To a controversy of long
standing which has split the United chr
nese Society in twain.
The kamalo case will be argued before
the Supreme Court today.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-04-29
WORLDS NEWS
CONDENSED

Tho strike in Belgium is rapidly
spreading. AT last accounts a quarter
of 4 million men We're in the army of
the unemployed.
}. T. Toilette, who was a member of
the FOrty-eighth Congress from Ohio.
died at Cincinnati on the night of April
l6, at the age of II.
\ syndicate has been formed in Plu-
mas county, California, to develop
what is claimed to be the greatest cleo
trical transmission plant in the world.
Il. f. Keith will build the greatest
thelter New York has ever had. The
building Will be fifteen stories high.
the major portion OF which will be Civ
on over to Offices.
Grief over the death OF his pet dog
appears to have been the sole cause of
the attempted suicide of Louis Bird, an
English remittance man." near Red
ding, Cal, on April is.
Louise NJ Garland, the Berkeley girl
who went insane a few weeks ago as
the result of overstudy, succumbed on
the night of April is. She would have
graduated in May of this year.
Dr.. Brooke, of Hobart College, has
discovered IA new comet in the constel-
lation Pegasus. The comet has dali
ly motion Of about three degrees,
southeasterly and toward the sun.
+. +. j. Salisbury. II bookkeeper en-
d.
Everding, San Francisco, committed
suicide at Berkeley on the 18th by
shooting himself through the heart.
company has been formed at Seat
Tie for the purpose of constructing a
railroad from Resurrection bay to
Rampart city, a distance of ga miles.
Operations will begin very shortly
y courier who arrived at Hongkong
on the 10Th reported that in an en-
counter between Imperial and rebel
troops, 1000 of the former had been WHIP
/ ed out, not one being allowed to escape
An immense Mckinley memorial BEN
ent performance was given in Paris on
The night of April 10. President Loubet
was among the number present The
money raised will go into the Canton
. fund
| Al last accounts it was the intention
| of the Senate Committee on Foreign
relations To report adversely ON the
proposed reciprocity treaties with
! France, British West Indies and Argen-
| tina.
Generals Bird, Snyder and Amman
VIII be retired in few days after their
confirmation as Brigadier Generals to
make way for three more veterans OF
the Civil War who are near the age OF
retirement.
Two hundred and fifty thousand
acres of land in Spokane and Stevens
counties, Washington. have been sold
by the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany to Spokane. Seattle and Wiscon.
sin lumbermen.
Conductors and motormen of all tn,
street railways in San Francisco wer,
10 have gone out on strike on April 20
The strikers demanded that their pa,
he raised from % to 25 cents an hour
The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-04-29
WATER SYSiEM
FOR LAhAINA

Bids will be opened next Monday for
installing the piping for the water sys-
TEN at Lahaina, Maui. Tenders will
also cover the repair of the old reser-
vor near Lahaina-luna school and the
construction of new reservoir about
a quarter of a mile above Pioneer Mill
near the soda works. There will be
approximately 10000 feet, or about four
miles. of piping to be laid.
The Lahaina-luna reservoir can,
without much trouble, be converted in
to a reservoircan-Z:IA cmfwyp fwyp
to a serviceable institution. Being at
Il nigh elevation on the slope of the
mountain, 1t will be the first into
which the water will flow, the water
being diverted to it through a ditch or
tlumc. From this reservoir the water
will descend to the second reservoir
which will be at just such an eleva-
ton as to insure force for fire and other
purposes. From the reservoir main
line will be laid down to the road by
the mill to the town. In Lahaina the
three principal pipes will be laid on
Front street and the two streets back
If 1t, running parallel with the shore
line.
The last legislature made an appro-
priation of $3l 900 for the Lahaina wa
ter system. The pipe will cost about
$4,000, which will leave sufficient
rnargin to ensure first class work in
every particular. A local contractor
who has looked over the ground in or
der TO more intellgently bid for the
work SAID last night:
The greatest difficulty n contractor
viii encounter will be in laying pipe
near and above the mill. Solid rock
appears just below the surface and an
immense amount of blasting will be
| necessary. Work in the streets of the
town will be easier as there is less
rock"
Nearly every Legislature for the p.
fifteen years has appropriated money
for q water system at Lahaina, but for
various reasons, chiefly lack of mon
ey, the work was never carried out.
In the meantime water has been OBJ
tanned from surface wells.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-04-29
WAR MAY
SOON END
The Beers Seek.
ing honorable
Peace.

LONDON. Aptl ~ - Government
rUor \. J. B1ifour In the House ~
Commons today made the following Inn
Iortant statement:
After two conferences between Lord
Miluor. tho British Hlch CommissIoutr
in South Africa. and Lord Kitchener
and the Boer delegates at Pretoria,
Lord Kitchener. while refusing TO grant
an aruistlce, on military grounds. has
agreed to give facilities for the election
ana meeting 81 repre- sentatives of the
various commands to consider the sltu-
alton The Boer leaders have there
fore left Pretoria 10 carry out this
plan"
Air Balfour added that IL was not eS-
pccted that communication between
British authorities and the Boer lead
ers could be resumed IN less than three
weeks.
Mr.. Balfour's statement made a gen
orally favorable impression. II was ar
Eued among the members that the
action OF the Boer leaders demonstrates
that at any rate majority Of the del
erates favor the acceptance Of the sus-
Eested British peace termr. The sub
mission of the question to "A pleblscite
Of the burghers In according to Boer
law, which requires the leaders of
armed forces in the reld 10 take the
opinion OF their followers before con-
I Guiding peace.
1 LONDON, April 1S--The Daily Mail
! claims to have assurance that terms OF
| peace have been agreed on at Pretoria
but that some time win have to elapse
I before a full contamination of the
. agreement will be reached, for the prin-
! cipal reason that all matters of this
/ character have to be referred accord
! ing TO Boer usages to the electorate
! for endorsement The paper goes on to
! say that upon learning on Wednesday
! that the British Government had re-
fused to modify its demand in regard
to amnesty. Punishment and a response.
bic government the Boer delegates held
another meeting on Thursday.
| The British demand gave the Beers
| the alternative of accepting the terms
proposed or breaking up the confer
cnce. When the matter was presented
in this light the delegates of the repub
lies seemed to be more reasonable. Th'
offer OF Lord Miner, British Commits
sioner in South Africa, to allow tn
Beers one or two seats in the eXecutiv,
'ouncil had good effect.
Lord Miner has summoned from 10
hannesburg an Australian expert to es
innate the cost of rebuilding and re
stocking the Boer farms.
DR.. Hans Sauer. speaking at Brad
FORD tonight. said that he believed tn
Beers would offer to accept 100000 90
, 60 G90,0O0,O0O from Great Britain an
lear out of South Africa altogether.
The Ro"rs dewand " reuresentativ
government and this demand has bee
steadfastly denied by Lord Miner.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-04-29

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Af.f0I o. ~ thf pui pJst ~ tafftinH
iui ~. rf0i.fi Me- ns faaHiy
h"S.i ~ 4 ~ nj
rho nfaahltH napld Tufff uIH b.
iH cold n fund nl tl OBJ ~ $50
pnil fH sd InEHf Hant.t lHWuni EItt
HH fNh.iI... With Nf nl uF machine
NHfh uuuI ha afNHI
... SOS tn Ht inuIf
..U" H |Hr hIH placed Dub
...H .It t.W Geo. uI
lU, iuU.fI... 3D. .frr mon Bee ui ore
H.u. ...I nrd porte bearing uu
90. rU.HhIt .ul military alta oil Do tlie
uHpiHn,I r.INllc,s OF ~" Islands.
tI. NaU.UIt uI DuWnfh fp has been
.ra aI o. divorce from the Mar
thlntt.H. rl0 was Miss Hare, un ace
count OF .'. misconduct ~ ths latter
Win tlHI.Iu Joseph L1RruCE uI thn
Nru. r.rN So defctse IVES attempted.
i"r report That "a bank "a 90 f.ult rs-
tihl.tHI. "a at BucHs de- 1ofu. Go ON
h.a i,U.Fing 90 America b. h8H b.el
seized hy the insurgents. O. confirmed
by later adyiCes. Tine Unit 4 states
luIhuat MaChias Us taking care ul the
matter.
a. Official bulletin was issued on
April U.s. declaring that tn ail.E,ut of
"a llurlmilu, queen of Hola d. was
typhoid fever. The cause of tn dis
ease Us uuaccouutcd for. unless trace
able to statlllzed milk. which the queen
regularly used.
An apartment hotel eighteen stories
high VIII be speedily erected at the cor
ner OF Fifth avenue AM F.t y-nttn
street. New York. Land and building
viii represent a cash expenditure of
S3.5JOOOO. The company interested was
Incorporated at Albany, April II.
Dr. Barton of New York has chal-
lenged NJ. Santos Dumont for an air
ship race from London to Birmingham
for a wager of $4,000. The American
inventor has also challenged the Bra
lillian to a race from London to Edin-
burgh for any amount up to $4,000
The plan of the grazing interests to
gobhe up the public lands in the West
on long leases at nominal rentals as
proposed by the Bower bill now before
Congress, is characterized by III ger
Hermann, Commiss Toner of the General
Land Office. as indefens!ble and tend
ing TO create a great monopoly at the
expense of the small land holder.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-04-29
Shipping Notes.

The Alameda sails for San Francisco
on Wednesday afternoon.
The L. >. S. Albatross sailed on a
cruise u Kauai yesterday morning.
The transport Sherman sailed from San
Francisco on April !, 10. Manila direct
The transport Crook and the $. S.
China ana Alaskan are due from san
Francisco today.
The s. $. Alameda arrived from San
Francisco early on Saturday morning
with fun cargo OF freight and small
passenger list
The gasoline schooner Eclipse which
arrived yesterday morning from Ha-
waii and Maui brought 60 head of cat
tie for the Metropolitan Meat Com
pany
The American Hawaiian freighter Alas
kan is probably now on her way from
San Francisco here. She is the largest
vessel that has ever cleared from San
Francisco.
The following vessels were scheduled
to leave San Francisco for Hawaii: Bar
kentine Coronado. Honolulu, Goth: schoon-
er II. c. Wright, Aahukona, 18th; bark
Kaiulani, Honolulu.
Local shipping people take no stock
In the recent report from San Fran.
cisco that freight rates between Sar
Francisco and here have been cut (,
$40 ton by the sailing vessels
The tug Leslie Baldwin arrived from
kahului yesterday morning, having OF
board the remains of J. Cushingham
the chief engineer at Paia mill, VIII,
died on Sunday morning of dysentery
The Molokai steamer Lehua met with
slight accident while docking on Satur
day night She was backing from III,
cattle-pen to the Likelike wharf when {
faulty command caused her to hit III,
end of the wharf with her stern, smash
ing several of her bulwarks.
Agent Ware Of the American Hawaii
an Steamship Company, said yesterda
that the Hyades would leave San Fran
cisco for Honolulu on May II. He fur
Their stated that the vessel would nc
go 10 Nome as had been reported bu
woula remain on the local run.
Commencing May /. the rates 70
round trip tickets between here an
San Francisco will be raised from 81.
to elS6. An important arrangement I
this effect has been made by the Pa
cific Mail and Oceanic Steamship CON
psnies In future. however. the ticke,
win be interchangeable. the retur
portions being good on vessels of eiths
line.