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New-York tribune., 1904-10-29
AN IMPROPER REQUEST.

This request was q grossly improper one for
your letter certainly implies that favors may be
given or Withheld in the discretion Of the man
answered in very frank and honorable style de-
cl-ning to commit himself. and closing his letter
Il received the appointment without having
shall so take the oath Of Office
Writing subsequently,. the postmaster wrote you
The amount Of her salary and the duties per-
pIoye in the Office here: to avoid jealousies and
public censure each must receive absolutely fair
which you demand for her is proportionateIy much
larger than the other employees receive II seems to
ter and the service under the circumstances. If she
Accordingly. Miss Tyner was transferred and the
place which She held al Portage was forthwith
made. II appears clear therefore that you were
keeping your daughter in the postal service simply
for the sake OF giving her the salary. and that
deemed necessary 70 FIJI It al all ana vou scnaI nT
called the attention OF the postmaster al Portage
10 this fact in order 10 induce him 10 retain voUr
happened he would lose the appropriation for the
position unless ne acted as you desired; On March
2 1902 you wrote the postmaster at Chicago. say
clerk IN vour Office kinswoman Of mine Pm q on
the condition I will furnish you the allowances
necessary TO pay her salary specifying it as such
She was, then transferred to Chicago.
on April OF the year you wrote TO the
pdinI one Cora Watson as IaT 8 IN mat 7 ne
on condition that he provided with an allow
ance to pay her salary In this letter you the
law Official Of the PostofiCe Department DELHI
eratey instructed the postmaster to violate the law
BY appointing Cora Watson IN the Ware pcstofice
where her services were needed subsequent
10 the Office having been classified The furrive-
ness OF your action is shown By this statement in
your letter 70 the postmaster:
you DO you wish about giving out the
impression that she Is there as representative OF
the Postoce Department assist in the establish-
ment OF free delivery. II Is on frank however. to
say that she Is pOstoiice expert
II not bona hde appointment but one de-
signed Improperly to get Miss Watson IN the cassi-
81 inns n4fa 0Efr WDIf
assumed offended tone In your letter to him
OF April "A, asking him why he wished so much
ceremony and Why he was 'timid" IN the matter
assuring him that the appolntmest was proper and
correct. and warranted ~ laEs because you were
New-York tribune., 1904-10-29
Theodore Roosevelt.
President of the United States
TYNER REPLIES AGAIN.

MI Tyner tonight issued a statement TO the
public in which he asserted that the President had
rnisstated facts in the letter made public to-day.
He declared that the statement that he had IA
vored Nj Barretts clients untrue and that
the records showed that in about twenty instances
where Mr.. Barrett had presented plans OF business
for ruling they were in most cases passed on by
the Attorney General Some Of these companies
he said we're doing business to-day under these
plans after having been investigated recently b.
the Postofhce Department. He said he had issued
fraud orders in than half the cases where
Mr. Barrett appeared attorney and as to the
case Of Arnold & Co.. OF St Louis asserted that
his action was entirely IN accordance with the law
the postohlce inspectors presenting no evidence OF
fraud The allegation that his wife had committed
a burglary" at the Postoflce Department Nj
Tyner said was las unmanly as it is unjustlhed
Mrs Tyner's visit, he said, in Office hours and
was perfectly open and she took nothing from the
safe except his private papers and batch OF semi
Official papers. which he returned at once and also
sent the private papers to the Postonace Depart
uent for examination, although they consisted Of
nothing except letters and gifts lo his wife He
declared the suggestion that some discriminating
papers were in the safe indefensibIe In con-
elusion the statement says;
Half Of the Presidents letter Is devoted IN sx
tracts from correspondence with certain nostnaas-
ters relative 10 two appointments and comments
cordance with the law and Civil Service rules and
my letters speak for themselves. My daughter for
many years mas been employed IN the postal
vice and both these appolntees performed faith
ful service / never in the least sought to fOrce
their appoinTment. nor were the appointments made
for the purpose or transfer, but both remained at
the ofncs where originally appointed for a long
time. To show that the appointment OF persons
in ofcs prior 20 classification was considered psr-
New-York tribune., 1904-10-29
MR.. HIGGINS AND CIVIL SERVICE
He Quotes His Madison Square Speech, Show
ing His Attitude.

In response TO q letter from Elliot h Goodwin
secretary OF the Civil Service Reform Association
few days ago, asking for his stand Civil Ser
vice reform. Lieutenant Governor Frank W. Hig-
gins has sent the following reply:
New-York tribune., 1904-10-29
The TYNER CASE.
Il Statement from the President and
a Reply by Tyrer.

Washington, Oct. &.-By direction Of the Presi-
dent, Secretary Loeb to-day sent to James n.
Tyner, formerly Assistant Attorney General for the
Postofhce Department reply to Mr.. Tyners let
ter dated October 8 Secretary Loeb's letter says
that as the question Of Mr. Tyner's guilt on the
criminal charge on which he was tried has been
passed on by jury. the President acQuiesces in
the verdict but the evidence seems to him over
whelnning that you CTyner) were guilty either OF
moral obliquity in performance OF duty or Of the
grossest inefhcency." The letter follows:
White House Washington. October Q. 1904.
Sir: The President has received this morning your
letter Of June a Which have never made pabnc.
although you did make public your own letter
again claim thai a wrong has been done you, and
the righting Of the wrong could only be effected by
your reinstatement to office or a DECLARATION by
instructs to say to yoI THAI his memorandum
three ndict9ents against You had been returned
Ing fs been sa6mtd e to Mrs B Bonapate and Con
rad and the action taken against you by the De
Of Messrs Bonaparte and Conrad In his memo
ra1dum the President referred TO your oh1ce as
The tnvestiga ton discloses condition Of gross
eoTTupoR m n TN 5ae 9ce or me attorney
the case OF Assistant Attorney General Tyner (the
but it is impossible to say exactly when it be-
gan The three chief offenders in the gov
ernment service were Tyner. Machen and Beavers
r rienos zen IS 81 M @ oer really b sS 1S
BY marriage Barrett, who was his assistant in mis-
ofice for part OF the term, and that Tyuer's Of
fences were due his failing bodily and mental
powers The facts set forth in Mr. BristoWs re-
port do not tend to substantiate the validity of
these excuses for Tyner. while they show literally
astounding mscondget IN Et,d4nn BaFTet In In the the
Postoffice Department. under Tyner and Barrett,
far greater wrong was inflicted upon the public
than could be measured by pecuniary standard.
for in this office the corruption of the government
concerns and similar swIndlIng schemes; in other
words the criminals whom it the sworn
duty OF these government officials TO prosecute
paid them for permission 10 fleece the public
molested-"
New-York tribune., 1904-10-29
TIMERS LETTER

Mr. Tyners letter of October 5, referred to above
is as follows:
New-York tribune., 1904-10-29
State OF New-York.
AIr EInot q ooawtn. ssers5aEEI i1 81 serTies u :.
Governor s Room.
AlhaDu OcTOhar

ny Elliot H Goodwin, Secretary Civil Service Re-
form Association. New-York City.
Dear Sir: In reply to your communication asking
for a public declaration OF my views as 10 the
maintenance and enforcement Of the Civil Service
law. beg leave TO call your attention to my Madi-
son Square speech, in which l said
The management Of ali charitable institutions,
State hospitals and State prisons. should be abso-
lutey free from partsanship. In these institutions
as well as in all other departments OF the State
the Civil Service provisions OF the constitution
should be strictly enforced, and appointments
should be made for merit and fitness, to be ascer-
tained by proper examination tests competitive
whenever practicable I am. very truly.
FRANK W. HIGGINS.
New-York tribune., 1904-10-29

"Mr. Grant IS happy writer-eh--rful.
original, witty, and kindly satiricaL His
stories are entertaining IN thcInselv-A
clever IN their keenness Of observation,
and more than satisfactory IN the after
glow they cause" -3OstoH Tsrnsg.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-07-14

r. c. LYDECKER,
Territorial Meteorologist.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-07-14
POWERFUL DOOR OF AMBERGRIs.

I T. L
The druggist held in his hand lump
of gray substance like putty 1t was
smaller than baseball and as light as
cork. Through it, here and there, ran
streaks of yellow and black.
This is a lump of ambergris," the
druggist said. It is worth about $500,
I judge Smell it"
The patron put his nose to the am
bergris. Then he said, surprised;
why. it has no smell"
The druggist. smiling, rubbed it with
his sleeve and Immediately a powerful,
musk-like odor filed the air.
Crude ambergris." he said, never
smells until you warm it or rub it.
This chunk of ambergris here smells
like musk That is because it is crude.
The odor of prepared ambergris has
not the least resemblance to musk
He rubbed his hand over his sleeve.
From handling this" he said, my
coat will smell till the autumn. My
hands, no matter how I was-4 them,
will smell for several days. Seattle
Post Intelligencer.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-07-14
METEOROLOGICAL SUMMARY
FOR MONTH OF JUNE

Maui
waiakoa. ..27Oo SO SO lis "a Sc
Oahu
Castle -. so SIS 71.s 761 Sc 81
Eva Mill >. so S2.9 667 TAI Sc 81
Z. S. Exp.
statior. :. $50 S8.7 69.S 100 So 6S
Eva Mill; dew point, 597: relative
humidity, 63.3: barometer average,
1901.
The precipitation throughout the
group was very unevenly divided some
stations having considerably in excess
of the normal while at others. and in
some cases in the same district it was
below. At the Weather Bureau it was
the lightest for June, with one -excep-
ton (0.64 inches, 1899. on record.
Honolulu-Heavy earthquake shock
at 12:27:05 p. M. on the 4th, lasting %
seconds. This shock was felt gener-
ally throughout the group being heavi-
est on Maui; A degree lunar halo at
10 D. m. 21st.
Notes from other stations; Pepeekeo,
in addition to earthquake noted above,
slight shock on the 2Sth; heavy surf 9Th
to 9th inclusive, 23rd, 9th and 2Sth;
winds ENE and E, mean force, IL;
average cloudiness, Sc; dew one morn
ing. Waimea Hawaii, Northeast gale,
eth to 9th inclusive and with but few
exceptions, fresh and strong trades.
r. c. LYDECKER,
Territorial Meteorologist.
RAINFALL FOR JUNE, 1904
FIT. Inches
Stations. EleV Rain
HAWAII
Hilo.
w didhsd. ..-'.-.-' .-.---... % ). IS
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acknowledgement mean fol
| month, 76.1; normal, $50; average
daily maximum, $40; average daily
minimum, III; mean daily range, 1O.s
| degrees; greatest daily range, 16 de-
grees (23rd; least daily range, Z de-
grees Gth); highest temperature, 81
| (23rd); lowest, 6S (24th).
Barometer average. 8O.O1O; normal,
10000; highest, 5000 Ord to 5th in
clusive); lowest, 29.91 Q6th); greatest
24-hour change, that is from any given
hour of one day to the same hour of
| the next, .O5; lows passed this point,
18th and 18th, 18th to 18th inclusive,
21st and 22nd. highs End to 7th in
elusive, 18th and 9th.
Relative humidity average, CTS; nor
NAL, 7O.7; mean dew point, $50; normal,
$50; mean absolute moisture 6.52 grains
per cubic foot: normal, 6.S3.
Rainfall, 0.72 inches; normal, LAG;
greatest 24-hour rainfall. O.16 (from 9
a. m Sth to 9 a. m. 9th): rain record
days, 10: normal 10.
The artesian well water level fell
from 1886 to $40 feet above mean sea
level. June SOtb 1908, it stood at 34.1s.
The average daily mean sea level was
9.S4 the assumed annual mean being 10
feet above datum. For June, 1908, it
was 9.7S.
Trade wind days, % q NNE); nor
NAL. %; average force of wind, Beau
fort scale and during daylight only,
1.6; average cloudiness, tenths Of sky,
So; normal, 40.
Approximate percentage of district
rainfall as compared with normal
Hawaii: Hilo district, 100 per cent;
Hamakua, so; Kohala. 60; Waimea, 20;
Kona. 1S4; Kau. variable. from AZ at
Hilea to 169 at Naalehu: Puma, 12S. Is
land of Maui. 90 Oahu: Honolulu
district, variable. from AZ at Kinau
street to 124 at Woodlawn Dairy; Nuu-
anu. IS; Koolau. variable, from so at
Waimanalo to 101 at Ahuimanu. Is
land of Kauai. variable. from Ga at Ha-
naIei to 137 at Grove Farm.
The heaviest monthly rainfall was at
Nahil1u, Maui $500 #. elevation), 14.45
inches.
The heaviest 24-hour rainfalls were
al Puuohua PSI inches t21sD, and Ho-
lualoa. Hawaii, 2.OS inches GOth.
TEMPER AZURE TABLE
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-07-14

SUMMER COMPLAINT is the chill
dren's most dangerous enemy and the
mothers most dreaded foe. Immediate
and proper treatment is always neces-
sary. Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, given accord
ing to directions, is the most effectual
remedy known. For sale by all deal
ers. Benson, Smith & Co., Ltd, agents
for Hawaii.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-07-14
VIM. G. IRWIN & CO., LTD.
AGENTS FOR

Western Sugar Refining Co., San
Francisco, Cal.
Baldwin Locomotive Works, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Newan Universal Mill Co.. Manu-
facturers of National Cane Shredder,
New York, n. z.
Paraff1ne Paint Company. San Fran
cisco, Cal.
Ohlandt & Co, San Francisco. Cal.
Pacific Oil Transportation Co., San
Francisco, Cal.
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~
NOW OPEN!
AT
kapioDani Park

THE AQUARIUM WILL BE OPEN
on Week days from 10 o'clock a. m. to
D. m. and from Z to $50 o'clock p. m.
On Sundays it will open at 1 p. m.
ADMISSION will be FREE on
Thursdays. On other days a charge
will be made of 10 cents to adults and
cents to children under fourteen years
Of age.
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Bishop & Co., Bankers
ESTABLISHED IN 1855.


ESTABLISHED IN 1855.
BANKING DEPARTMENTS,
Transact business in all departments
Of banking.
Collections carefully attended to.
Exchange bought and sold.
Commercial and Travellers Letters q
Credit issued on the Bank Of Califor-
mia and n. NJ. Rothschild & Soma
London.
Correspondents: The Bank OF Cali
fornia, Commercial Banking Co.. O.
Sydney, Ltd, London.
Drafts and cable transfers on China
and Japan through the Hongkong and
Shanghai Banking Corporation and
Chartered Bank of India, Australia ana
China
Interest allowed on term deposits at
the following rates per annum, viz:
Seven days notice, at pc cent
Three months, at per cent.
Six months, at 315 per cent.
Twelve months, at per cent.
TRUST DEPARTMENT.
Act as Trustees under mortgages.
Manage estates, real and personal.
Collect rents and dividends.
Valuable papers, wills, bonds, etc.
received for safe keeping.
ACCOUNTANT DEPT.
Auditors for corporations and pri-
vate firms.
Books examined and reported on.
Statements of affairs prepared.
Trustees on bankrupt or involved
estates.
Office, 924 Bethel street.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
Deposits received and interest allow
ed at Az per cent per annum, in ac-
cordance with rules and regulations,
copies Of which may be obtained on
application.
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.
Agents for FIRE. MARINE. LIFE.
ACCIDENT and EMPLOYERS LA
BILITY INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Insurance Office, 924 Bethel Street.
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BANKING DEPARTMENT.

Transact business in all departments
Of banking.
Collections carefully attended to.
Exchange bought and sold.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-15

alton would hereafter be required.
In case heavy appropriations were
made it would make necessary a
State tax.
Governor Murphy considers the
State tax a ''bogy" and believes
"that greater calamities might
happen to the State than to havea
State tax" 1t is doubtful if the
Governor can bring the great mass
of taxpayers to his way of think
ing. Probably Governor Murphy
is right in calling the apprehended
State tax "a bogy." The taxes
from railroads amount now to more
than 81, 100, 900, and the taxes
from miscellaneous corporations to
more than 81, 100, 900. This fact,
however, does not lessen the
necessity Of cutting off unwise
appropriations.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-15

cannot as yet be determined. They
are powerful factors in the
fight for the retention or abandon
ment of the Morris Canal, and it
all depends on how far their in
fuence can be exerted over men
who have been sent to legislate for
the greatest benefit to the Common
wealth as we'll as for the greatest
benefit to their respective localities.
Woe betide the man who betrays
his trust!
The Newark Board of Trade
constitutes very small portion of
the State of New Jersey. yet a
majority of its members imagine
that the other 1884, 900 inhabit-
auts of the State must bow to its
royal decree. And it is not an
uninterested body either, as it is
dominated by the Public Service
Corporation of New Jersey, body
professedly serving the public at
low rates with gas, water, electric
lighting and trolley cars with a
large admixture of that uncertain
fluid known as "hot air''-the
latter constituent predominating.
Both of these corporations are
wealthy in stocks, bonds, money
and-promises.
The question now arises: Can
our legislators be influenced in any
way by this dazzling array of
corporation holdings? If not, the
Morris Canal is saved from the
grasp of these land-grabbing
operators, whose aim appears to be
nothing but common robbery
under the guise of benefcence.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-15

Some of our quite able contem-
poraries are trying to solve the
puzzle why the Attorney-G General
of the State did not appear before
the State Commission to plead the
States interest in the Morris
Canal. The solution is simple:
Thomas Nelson McCarter, former
Attorney General, but who resigned
to assume the presidency of the
Public Service Corporation of New
Jersey, was succeeded by his
brother, Robert N McCarter, the
present Attorney General. There
may be nothing in the curious
coincidence-but blood is thicker
than water.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-15

Two hundred and thirteen resi-
dents of the city of Trenton were
hailed before the police magistrates
last week and fined 81 each for
neglecting to clear their side
walks of snow.
An ordinance covering the snow
and ice gatherings on sidewalks
after each snowfall is presumed tc
be in effect in this town. 1t is on
the statutes but rarely enforced.
Why do not the civil authorities
enforce the ordinance, and in case
of individual failure to comply
with its injunction collect the
penalty 1t might add somewhat
to the city's finances. even if il
was all paid out again to repair
someone's neglect.
Should it so happen that some
unwary person falls on the bidder
pitfall and Injuries himself or her
self, the municipality might suffer
a considerable loss in monetary
matters.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-15

During the year 1903 there were
incorporated in this State zoos
companies, which paid the State
filing fees to the amount of $500,
I47-a falling off of nearly half the
amount received in 1902. The
number of companies Incorporated
in 1902 was 2,25o, and in 1901 it
was 2,347. 1t is now believed by
some economists that in view of the
dissolution of large number Of
corporations and of the fact that
about eleven hundred corporations
have been declared void by Gov :
ernor Murphy, while there is no
immediate cause for alarm, it is
doubtful, when the above were
included with those corporations
which pay no tax to the State, II
tn e balance in favor of the State
would be such as to warrant a
wide range of liberality in making
appropriations for proposed new
institutions, which would not only
require large immediate outlay,
but which must also be a State
charge for each succeeding year,
and for which an annual appropri-
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-01-15
Association Notes.


AT the boys meeting on Sunday Mr..
Charles r.. Scott, the Boys State Sec
rotary, win address the meeting.
The speaker ait the mems meeting
on Sunday next will be Mr.. J. w. john
son, president of the Summit Associa-
ton. Mr.. f. b. Kutscher, baritone
soloist, will aid i'm the musical portion.
The third numberof the Star Course
of Entertainments takes place at the
Lyceum on Friday evening, January
g. The attraction for that date will
be the well-known characterize, Elias
Day. 0laas
The basketball game arranged for
Monday evening, January Is, in the
local gymnasium, promises to be a
close and exciting contest for suprem-
acy, as there is considerable rivalry
between the athletic teams of the
neighboring association. The chances
are that it will be case of standing
room only" If everyone intending to
be present, shows up
Montclair goal tossers proved too
much for the MorFistown team last
Tuesday evening and scalped the
local players to the tune of 25-17.
The game was well-played through
out and at times close.
Tuesday evening, February Is, has
been finally settled upon as the date
for the minstrel show to be given in
the Lyceum by the members of the
Association. From the manner the
men are taking hold of the scheme it
looks, as if this show would be the
banner event of the season. Prominent
men of the younger members of the
board of directors and other leading
men of the Association are working
hard in the matter and high-class
entertainment is assured.
A gymnasium exhibition and
basketball game has been arranged
by the Junior department for Satur.
day evening, January 30, which will
begin promptly at SIS. Great pre-
parations for this occasion are being
made by the boys.