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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-11
RUSSE:l. IS
HOME AGAIN
The War Stops His
Plantation
Scheme.
Hawaii Doctor Did Not
Get as Far as
Russia.
But Says His Friends Have SUBJ
scribed for Stock Three
Times Over.

DR.. Nicholas Russell, of OIaa, who left
for Russia FIVE months ago to secure
capital for a new plantation on Ha-
waii. returned on the Gaelic yesterday
having been cut off from communica-
ton. by the war, with men who were
willing to subscribe three or four times
over the two million dollars stock it
was proposed to issue. DR.. Russell will
keep the project in allegiance for awhile
until he secures capital from other
sources. In the meantime, DR.. Russell
intends to remain in Honolulu to prac-
tice his profession, and his wife will
manage the plantation near Olaa.
Il had very pleasant trip, said DR..
Russell at the Alexander Young Hotel
yesterday. Il was in both Japan and
China but did not see much of the war.
excepting its effect upon business. IN
Shanghai and Japan business is prac-
tically dead as "a result of the war. The
Siberian traffic has stopped entirely
and the people are suffering more frora
business depression than we are in Ha-
wait
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for the whole group.
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ROOM AND BOARD.
PASTURAGE.

GOOD pasture near town. Apply P. o.
Box 365. 6747
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Shipping Notes.

Shipping Notes.
The Gaelic brought s27 tons OF freight
for Honolulu.
The Gaelic leaves for San Francisco
at o'clock this morning
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-02-26
go arOun.

MR.. EDITOR:
After I got so severely hurt a few
weeks ago that it looked as though |
would always have one stiff leg
could not run as was able to do
few years ago-l concluded l would
not make the race for representative
the coming campaign, which / had an
nounced I would do. But the dear
people, whom ] love dearly, are de-
handing certain reforms, which can
only be secured to them by my making
a sacrifice of myself, aud therefore 1
have consented to "run," if 1 have to
do so on one leg.
Some of the reforms referred to
above are: IL Our tax laws want to
be radically changed so as to place
the burden of taxation on only two
articles, viz: land and bachelors; ~
We want more efficient laws in pro-
motion of good roads; (3) We want
more stringent laws for the punish
ment of dishonesty and boodling in
official circles; ~ A law making an
even '.divlde; of all school tax money
collected from railroads to all the
school districts in the townships
where township bonds are voted-or
to all the school districts in the coun-
ty where county bonds are issued to
aid in constructing railroad.
We have had state senator's and
representatives right along, and none
of them look after these things, and it
is necessary that some one who is
honest, capable and willing should do
something right away in the interest
of the "dear people" along these
lines. Having carefully considered
the matter feel that duty (?1 demands
that waive my own personal interests
in this matter and undertake for the
people. Loyalty yours,
JOHN G. GIBSON.
First P. ST. have to acknowledge
that l do not know how to play
''POker.'' J. G. G. Z
Second P. S.-Should anything oc-,
cur that would make it necessary for
me to take second place on the state
ticket with Mr.. Hoch will of course
not be able to make the race as rep
resentative. ]. c. G.
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The following is the prize ''knock"
in the Mail and Breeze's knockers
competition. The author is r. F.
Waugh. Manhattan, Kansas.
Together with thousands of other
republicans, knock upon the folly of
electing legislature. A machine
member of the house apologized for
the extravagant use of the peoples
money by saying 'all those appropri-
ations were settled by the committee
therefore why not elect committee
with full power to take everything in
sight and abolish the foolish custom
of holding biennial elections to choose
men to draw milagc and per diem for
themselves and their wives, sons and
daughters. Another advantage of
the proposed system is that it would
not take as many chairs 'and cots to
go around.'
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A One-Shirt Affair.

Says a story teller in the New York
World: "a theatrical company had
gone on the rocks aud the leading
man had been leading precarious
life at his hotel waiting for remit
tances. Que morning he rang the bell
10 his room for half an hour. No
body answered. Then he went out in
the hall, leaned over the railing and
said: Boy; oh, b-o-y!' What is it?'
snarled bellboy from the lobby be-
Meath. Have you seen anything of
my laundlY?' 'Ah, gwan, said the
boy. You amt had but one shirt
since you've been here.' That, said
the actor, with great dignity, is the
one To which refer. p"
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Should the Mettodists Revise?

The disciplinary rules of the MethO-
dist church declare as plainly as the
English language can state it, that
members who. after being pleaded
with, persist in ''imprudent and un-
christian conduct such as "indulg-
ing tempers of words, buying, selling
or using Intoxicating liquors, dane
ing, playing games of chance, attend
ing theaters, horse races or circuses,
etc., "shaIl be expelled"
1t is we'll known that many devout
Methodists-probably the majority
do not feel bound by the prohibition.
and the fact is that the penalty of ex-
pulsion from the church for any of
the causes mentioned is rare, or un-
known. The rule was framed in 1871,
by Rev. A. E. Ballard, now vice pres
ident of the Ocean Grove Camp Meet
ing.
Recently the question of repeating
this prohibitory clause has been taken
up and it is now being vigorously dis
cussed. The rule does not by any
means cover all the frivolities which
stern conception of religious duty
might denounce, and in singing out
only few special ones it is therefore
Inconsistent; moreover as the prohi-
bition is not enforced it would be
better to get rid of it, the critics say.
The matter will come up at the gen.
eral conference at Los Angeles in
May.
It is said that two Methodist minis
tiers and nearly one hun1red other
Methodists were among the victims of
the Chicago theatre fire, and this has
stimulated disc L. sion anew.-Path-
finder.
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WANT TO BE HARVEST HANDS.
Letters Already Coming to the State
EMPLOYMENT Bureau.

T. B. Gerow, director OF the state
employment bureau, is already re-
ceiving letters from men who want to
come to Kansas to participate in the
next harvest. Most of these letters
make inquiries as to the probable
need of men and the localities where
they will be needed, but some of them
instruct Mr.. G crow to be sure to co.
gage employment for the writer's
These letters come from all over the
east, even as far as Maine.
OF course it is too early at present
to tell anything about the needs of
farmers in the next harvest. 1t is es-
timated that &c, 900 men came into the
wheat belt last year to help save the
wheat, and still there was not enough
in some localities, which did not ask
for them in time.
Mr.. Gerow will send out his first
blanks to county clerks in the wheat
counties asking for Information about
the probabilities, on March 20. The
returus from these inquiries will fur
nish basis for Mr.. Gerow to figure
on. Six or eight weeks later he will
send out for further detailed informa-
ton, which will tell pretty accurately
the number of men in general that will
be needed. and just before harvest he
will secure the data which will give
the number of men needed in each lo-
cality as near as can be estimated.
The public employment agents OF
some of the states of the middle west
have formed an organization to more
successfully cope with the harvest
hand situation, and the agents in
those states which have unemployed
men will employ some system in send
ing them into the wheat country.
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KANSAS STILL SHORT OF FUNDS.
The Warrants May Soon Be Stamped
s.Nof Paid"


Interest in the tax controversy be-
tween Kansas state officers last sum-
mer is revived by figures from the state
treasurer's Office which show that the
state has begun the present year with
a deficiency of 1864, $1,000, to be met
from the appropriations made by the
last legislature for the expenses of the
state this year. The legislature pro-
vided for tax levy which would raise
u million dollars for 1904. This
would admit of monthly expenditure
for the twelve months of 1904 of
$208, 300. The expenses of the state
for the last five or six months have
exceeded this amount by nearly $40, 0J0.
Ii this increased expense is continued,
the state treasurer will be compelled
to begin stamping warrants "Not paid
for want of funds by next September
or October.
The appropriations for 1908 were
exhausted October 81, last year, and
from that time until December %, war
rants to the amount of 1925, $50. 80
were stamped by the treasurer and
sent TO the banks of the city where
they were paid and drew interest at
per- cent year until January 2lst.
The total interest paid amounted to
nearly $1,000. The expenses for De-
cember, which amounted to $235, 900 81,
were paid out of the money appropri-
ated by the legislature for 1904. The
1908 taxes due to reach the treasurer's
Office by January 10th, began coming
in before the close of December and
the December bills were paid with this
money.
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DEFENDS THE worlEN.
Shafroth Says Election Frauds We're
Not Due to Them

Washington, Feb. 20.-Former Con-
gresham John L. Shafroth of Colo
RADIO, who resigned his seat because of
election frauds in Denver, denies that
these frauds were committed mainly
by women. In an interview to-day
Shafroth said:
"Of the persons implicated very few
were women, not more than one in ten
at the outside. The frauds were COM
mitted in the lowest part of Denver.
where not many women live. The in
cident was net characteristic OF the
women's voting in Colorado and it is
preposterous to make it an argument
against female suffrage. Everybody
knows there are bad women as we'll as
bad men but what would any good man
think if it were proposed to take his
vote away from him because few bad
men somewhere had cheated at an elec-
ton. In Colorado the women vote as
generally as the men, and fraud is much
rarer among them. AS rule their
election methods are honorable, and
the influence of woman suffrage on the
state has been distinctly for good. !"
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the territorial integrity and independ-
ence of China. Russia throughout the
negotiations declined to discuss the
question of Manchuria, the demands of
Japan in this regard being described
in the Russian Official statement as
naturally inadmissible /" There was
great readiness shown at ST. Peters
burg, however, to discuss Korea, with
a view 10 imposing limits upon
Japan's liberty of action in that
quai ter.
The extreme concession offered by
Russia was mot to impede" Japan or
o. her powers in 1.-THE enjoyment of
rights or privileges acquired by them
with China" IDasmuch as this con-
cession was nnaccompanied by any
guarantee of Chinese sovereignty in
that province, il was, as the japanese
statement truly says, "of no practical
value" for as treaty rights are only
co-existent with sovereignty, the alb
sorption of Manchuria by Russia
would at once annul all privileges ac-
quired there in virtue of treaties with
China. Moreover, the concession Of
fered was further hedged about by a
proviso against the establishment in
Manchuria of foreign settlements and
by restrictions upon Japanese ac;ivi-
| ty in Korea-the evident purpose
whereof was to strengthen Russia s
position in Northern China. 1t should
be added that Japan's proposals in,
cluoed one to recognize Russia s
special interests in railway enterpris-
es in Manchuria.
The japanese government, appar-
emily is animated 10y the same purI OSe
as that expressed in Secretary Hays
note to the powers-the preservation
intact of the Chinese empire; and this
is the only means whereby the privi-
leges granted by recent commercial
treaties can be permanently secured.
OF course, Japan was Influenced by
| political as we'll as commercial con-
siderations to resort to arms; for the
declaration of the Japanese govern
ment that "the integrity and independ-
ence of Korea" are indispensable to
its own welfare and safety should be
read so as to include the independence
of China as well. The policy of ia
pan involves an application to con-
| ditions in the far east of the principles
of the Monroe doctrine; and in the
pursuit OF such policy she cannot
fail to have the sympathy of the gov.
eminent and people of the United
| States.
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Fulfilled Expectations.

Mr. u. S. Kerr, of Boston, basso,
fulfills all that was expected OF him
and on account of what had been
heard this was much. He has strong,
deep aud round voice, whose volume
does not eclipse It's feeling.-Randolph
tvt. Herald and News.
Mr.. Kerr is with the Katharine
Rrdgeway concert company, the next
number in the Kiusley entertainments
course, February q.
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when Representative Shafroth. demo-
crat, of Colorado resigned his seat
because he suspected there was cor
ruption in the election by which he
had unwittingly profited. Members of
both parties surrounded him and
cheered him to the echo. Would
there were more such
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-02-26

The physical powers of Senator
Morgan of Alabama, eighty years of
age, are obviously failing. He can
now work only fifteen hours a day
without showing fatigue. He can
speak two or three hours day when
ever necessary aud attributes his en-
durance to eating and drinking mod
erately and going to bed before one
O'Clock every morning.
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Lieutenant General Miles has been
invited to be banqueted and ovated by
the Iroquais Club of Chicago in a few
days. He Is forcibie and command
ing speaker and is expected TO make
it clear that he Is earnestly ifnot fierce
~ opposed TO this Notwithstanding
Administrations aud that he Is good
enough democrat for all practical
uses.
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Judge Parker is the choice of the
Brooklyn democrats and very strong
with the party up the state, but Saga
more Murphy of Tapmany insists
that the delegates from New York
shall go to the national convention
uupledged. We shall see.
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Senator Carmack says: IA party
which has the audacity of its wicked
ness will always prevail over party
which has not the courage of its con-
victions. The democratic party can
not live by initiating the vices of its
adversary" True, too.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-02-26

Governor Taft's name is mentioned
more and more in connection with the
presidency. and the Chicago conven-
tion may find it name to coniure
with, now that Hanna has Withdrawn
from the scene.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-02-26

Senator Hanna was greatly annoyed
by the horrible cartoons made of him
during the presidential campaigns.
After looking at one of them sorrow
fully for moment he remarked 81
think the postoffice might have spared
me this
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-02-26

1t is understood that the republican
ments, making one of them read "Thou
shalt not steal except in the interests
of collective civilization -
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And now the Leland-Bailey men are
showing by the records that Hoch
pillaged the state of SIS in 1893 They
claim this swindle outranks the
famous sschair and cot" deal that has
made Pringleism a by-word and a
Joke
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-02-26

The old-fashioned birch seems to be
recovering some of its lost popularity
in schools. a good many people be-
lieve that it has wholesome and bene-
ficent uses.
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1t appears there are other uses for
stockings besides filling them with
legs and pads. Grace Mcdonald, of
Kansas City, carried the cream for
her noon lunch in a small bottle which
she placed in her stocking '.to keep
the cream warm" Unfortunately, she
slipped on an icy pavement, the hottie
was broken and she sustained several
severe cuts on her cream-heater.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-02-26

Secretary Hay has been very lively
in securing the protection of China.
Is it too much to inquire why he left
little Korea at the mercy of combat
ants? Is the "Hermit Kingdom" too
small to need friend? And when
the British troops march into Thibet,
will he issue another proclamation?
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From the Philadelphia Pa record
From the official statements pub
lished by authority OF both the Russian
and Japanese governments it is made
quite clear that the breach was cause1
by the unwillIngness OF the former to
give any pledges assuring respect Tor
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-02-26

And now Deacon Hoch, the saint, is
put on the defensive right from the
jump. The Topeka Journal has shown
that the good deacon has no conscien-
tious scruples about annexing for his
own use public money which he has
not earned. The little Oversight
was committed when Hoch was a menu
Der of the legislature and consisted of
his taking SO more pay for his SER
vices than the law says he was entitled
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-02-26

Senator Fairbanks has finally made
up his mind(and will accept the nomi-
nation for Vice President If it is ten
dered to him. -
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BRANDON Remarks"

By Harvey Eckert.
By the time that the new railroad is
running trains into Kirsley the citi-
zens expect TO have the business Sec
tion of the town built out few miles
to meet the court house.
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Non-EIeezrrc 1a.s.-.lIas-

Any observer of little changes in
fashion cannot have helped remarking
this year the return of umbrellas
made on wooden stats instead of the
steel rod that has been the correct
thing for several years A within of
fashion is not the reason of this
change. 1t is due to the general fear
If electricity. So many persons who
ride in cars propelled by electricity
are SO fearful of getting a shock
through a steel umbrella rod that
their repeated demands for the old
fashioned wooden staff have led the
1s---fact urers to making them again.
Now is the time to tone up your
stock. DR.. Hess & Clark stock food
is absolutely guaranteed or money re-
funded.-Marsh & Bidweil.
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got a soft feeling for writing folks
that've got some sporting blood in them
and don't do the baby act and wrote
him check for his royalties at the
regular rate up to that date, sum
amounting to more than $4,000.
Its not often that you'll hear of a
man come so near falling down for
no apparent reason as that one did
when he cast his eye over that check.
And I beg to assure you that it was by
no means wholly because we wanted to
retain so valuable man on our list
of authors that we decided to give him
full royalties on a winning book that
he had sold outright to us for so in
considerable sum compared to the
profits, as $780, He'd never have got it
had he whimpered for it or demanded
it as right.
I'm other respects, too, we find some
of the authors extremely unreasonable
and hard to get on with. Nobody ex-
poets a writer of fiction to be a good
business individual, but you'd naturally
suppose that such people would read
a contract, anyhow, before signing it.
1--WE had fine old riotous time of it
in this office a few months ago just
because a new author on our list had
failed to read the terms of the con-
tract he signed in delivering a book
to us.
You see, it is the custom of pub
fishers in these days of dramatized
novels to reserve the dramatic rights
of a novel in the contract The clause
is inserted in all of the contracts for
books of fiction, as matter of course.
"Once in while some author comes
along who makes a kick over the
clause, and, when that happens why,
we come to some sort of an agreement
with him, if his book is particularly
promising, whereby we agree to share
and share alike in the dramatic rights
Ordinarily, however, the authors
skip this clause altogether having lit
tie idea that anybody will ever want
to use their books for stage purposes
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And when they skip the clause, and
sign the contract the dramatic rights
belong to us, as q matter of course.
This is what happened in the case
of pretty good seller we published a
year ago last spring. The author didn't
pay any attention to the clause as to
the dramatic rights, and signed the
contract handing them over to US.
when the book got to going we'll a
number of different adapters for the
stage got hold of it simultaneously and
saw at once that it was eminently well
adapted for dramatization. They i'm
mediately dug the author up, and the
first thing he knew he had them bid
ding, and in pretty good sums, too,
for the dramatic rights to his book.
Then he came down to me, good
deal elated.
Say he said, I'm going to have
that book dramatized.
"'Yes?' said L Who's going to do
the work of dramatizing it?'
He mentioned the name of well
known stage adapter.
All right said I. You send him
and give him my figure for the drama
tic rights. The dramatic rights belong
to me, you know
He was UP in the air in less than
a second, storming and throwing his
arms around. I showed him the con-
tract he had signed. He swore that
he'd never even read that clause in the
contract, and declared that it would be
simply swinish-that's the word he
used-on my part to hang on to the
dramatic rights when they clearly be-
longed to him, the author, morally, any
how in spite of the old contract.
1T was a rough house sort of a time
we had of it here over that little point,
and 1 wasn't the loser, either. At that,
believe if the young man hadn't
stormed and ragged at me the way he
did, I'd have cut the dramatic rights
in two and given him half.
But I didn't. 1 just remained swim
ish''