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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-20
sHIpBUILDING FOR NAvlEs.

A field of large business enterprise,
as yet unexpected in America, is the
building of frst-class ships of war on
speculation. Within ten years past
there have been five occasions when
anybody with a spare battleship or
cruiser could have got two prices for
it. A decade ago and less Japan went
after every warship then on the mar
ket and bought two or three. includ-
ing the Chilean Esmeralda. A few
years before that time the Balmaceda
government in Chile offered the United
Yorktown and Charleston. Greece
would have bought battleships, could
she have found them, during the war
with Turkey. In 1898 the United States
secured the dockyards of the world for
purchasable ships and got the New Or
leans and Albany from Brazil And
lately the Japanese have paid 100000
for two Italian cruisers that could not
have cost more than IS, 600. 600, and are
understood to have purchased some
Argentine cruisers besides, Had there
been an American shipyard extant dur
ing the past few months. with ready
to-move squadron for sale, Russia and
Japan would have hidden it up to an
extraordinary price.
Nor would the United States be a bad
customer to look after. A shipyard,
employing the best experts and doing
as honest work as the SCOTS did on the
Oregon, could dispose of a good many
vessels at home. An extra knot Sc
cured above the average speed of bat
tleships of its class, for instance, would
be worth hundreds of thousands of dol
lars to it. OF course, in such an en-
terprise, vast capital would be required,
but the United States which will soon
have its billionaires. need not worry
about that.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-20

It did not take the new King of Ser
via long to Peter out.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-20

New Years Advertiser ready for mail.
ing at Sc each to be had at the Office.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-20
RULE OF MAJORlTIES.

The best doctors are those who no
only deprecate the use Of patent medi
cine instead of their professional pre-
scriptions, but who frankly help one
to avoid druggfng his system with any
medicines and to live a wholesome life
And so it is with panaceas for public
evils. As long as human passion. ig-
norance, selfshness and greed sway
the actions of individuals, they Will
control the course of any political body,
be it nation, state, county, city or
township, which such individuals man
age or direct. What else can be ex-
pected? To expect temperate, intelli-
gent, public spirited acts from a set of
individuals who 90 not even know the
meaning of such acts, is to expect figs
from thistles. Such men do not learn
habits of self-restraint, of regard for
the needs OF. rights of others by the ex-
ercise of power over others. They may
rant about civil liberty. the equality of
mankind and the wisdom Of majorities,
they may work Lincoln's famous
words of Government of the people,
for the people and by the people" to
sanction their vicious use of power
over their fellow men; but they do not
change their natures.
Shall we then say that self-govern-
ment is a failure, popular institutions
a snare and delusion, and that con-
stftutional monarchy, supported and
also restrained by an intelligent aris-
tocracy is safer than democracy? To
say that would be a confession of fail
IRE of American institutions. And
with all its weakness and its frequent
opportunities for corrupt practices, the
Republic is steadily developing power
to restrain domestic turbulence and
corruption, and is gaining each year
more and more respect from the ma
tions OF the world.
The fact is. to paraphrase a genial
Kentuckian's sentiment, "all whiskey
is good whiskey, but some is better
than others all governments have |
their inherent faults, but some have
less than others. The rule of one man,
or of few men, does not educate the |
many in the practice of self-restraint |
and in showing regard for the rights |
of others.
The only saving principle of safe |
democracy is that intelligence and not |
ignorance shall dominate. AS a choice |
between evils, some persons may prefer
a plutocracy to democracy which has |
a large adnlixture of the criminal and |
ignorant classes. There is, however, |
no other way Of making democracy |
anything else but a rule of the worst |
elements in society, by the worst and |
for the worst. except for those who
know what civic virtue means to exert
themselves to control the vicious, be |
they rich or poor, and enlighten the
ignorant
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-20

The modern sky-scraper as it is now
in evidence Will soon be dwarfed by an
office building which Henry c. Frick
and Bird s Coler VIII put up in New
York. Starting at bed rock, five stories.
or eighty feet below the surface, this
structure viii rise to a neIght of forty
stories and a sixty-foot tower, max
ing 615 feet above the surface. The cost
of the site viii be $5,000,0o0 and of the
structure 81, SOC. 600. Six per cent net is
expected of office buildings in New
York. which would require an annual
earning capacity OF this one of about
5000. 900. 10 locally realize the height or
the new sky-scraper, it is only nee
essary TO compare with it that of
PunchbowI, which. at its highest point
above the sea, registers 1T feet less.
Even the tower of Babel was rot so
high by nine feet.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-20

Joseph Chamberlain Will have to sue
coed quickly, if at all. Though the man
of the hour in Great Britain he is in
his SEVENTEEN year. At that age, in
this country, most political leaders
cease TO lead. But lately Andrew D.
White retired from diplomatic post
because he had reached three score
years and ten. Fancy him starting out
now to lead a new political crusade auo
make himself the master of a great
party.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-20
THE WlLEs OF POLITICS.

A subtle campaign Is DS1Hg maze II
the Mainland press against President
Rooseyelt-one which seeks to under
mine MS popularity without openly
challenging it. SkillfuI writer's have
been employed TO frame anecdotes
about the President in a vein Of good
fellowship. telling things which seem
joviaI and rollicking enough until they
are thought over when they leave a
bad taste in the mouth. The first i'm
preston from some Of these stories
is that the President has good red
blood and is not unduly starched; the
second and more lasting one is that his |
conduct is reckless and undigniied. of
kind far more suitable for a Colonel /
OF Rough Riders than for a President
of the United States.
Here are some of the current anec-
dotes:
The President takes more physical
exercise than any other man in Wash
ington. His fayorite enjoyment is to
go horseback riding and to get some
lJDdy 10 80 With IlIil- IL the 4i4tlld
can't ride very well. the President is
fond Of dropping back bit. and then
riding up at a hard gallop and shout
ing a cowboy "Whoopee!' at the top
Of his voice Il does this to Senator
Lodge very oftey7, and Lodge hangs
grim1y to the pammel of the saddle
while che President laughs
Ten to one there is nothing true in
his; or if there is, that some trivial
Incident has been magnified and dis ;
orted. But the Democratic campaign !
rs know very well how sour it will :
make old-fashioned, frosty headed Re-
'ublicans. who believe in dignity
One more anecdote to show the
rend:
When he isn't excited his favorite
rords of emphasis are by Godfrey" |
nd BY Jovei'' The President is a
cry hearty eater. His appetite is pro-
igious. He likes a bottle of white
line with his dinner. He drinks very
tile besides that. The President says
e is delighted" fifty times a day.
lie is delighted" to see you, de Y
GIFTED" to hear you are well, and de 6
GIFTED everything else.
That. with the other story about the =
residents profane remark to a Meth .
dist Governor out West, is deftly cal :,
ulated to ALLEVIATE the temperance man q
nd the church member. d
We may expect this sort of cam d
aigning to go on not only until the il
lines are drawn be- G
Neen Roosevelt and his opponent but lc
nth the election registers its decree.
is plain that the Democrats are not II
My trying to undermine public respect u
or the President so as to make votes II
gainst him, but to form contrast in t.
haracter between their supposititious a.
and the Democratic nominee q
hich viii make to the advantage of Ct
heir own man. The latter, it is easy fl
see, will be conventional to the last :.
aig of his head; some somber, correct, n
ow-speaking lay-figure of man who a:
ever ruffled the surface of society o.
18th an idea nor made remark in +
ngular Saxon. We almost see him Y,
ow in the act of addressing a vast CT
ay school children on the head and -,
tying, "Ail I am and all I expect to a
3 I owe to my dear Bible class TT
.acher." =
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-20

through the Senate. but with a united
opposition there, the prospects could
not be called bright. They are made
the darker because the general election
has still the authorization of the last
Congress 10 go ahead and make pur-
chases. but the failure of the treaty
would amount to the repeal of this spa-
ciaI privilege and the President would
hardly feel free to go on.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-20
THINGS WILL GO WRONG:
WHY LEAVE THEM SO?

Better right them now. A
little Looking into" on your
own account; not taking too
much for. granted, will work
wonders. Start the year, by
supplying your table with solid
silver. It is cheap now, but may
not be SO very long, as silver is
steadily rising in price.
We are selling at the old price
and will continue to do so, for
some time, and as that price is
as low as the lowest catalogue
price from the States, it will pay
you to make your purchases now,
and right at home. Take our
price list and compare it at your
leisure, we know the result.
Many patterns to select from.
and no remittance with order.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-20

Fancy the remarks of the travel
worn war correspondents when they
reach the peaceful environs of Yoke
hama and hear the far off purr of the
Russian bear as his back is being
scratched by an art1ess japanese
maiden.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-20

Is a rack on which you need not
suffer long.
1t depends on an acid condition
OF the blood, which affects the
muscles and joints, causes infam-
nation and pain, and results from
defective digestion and a torpid
action of the liver, kidneys and skin.
Sciatica, lumbago and stiff neck
are forms of it.
Hoods sarsaparilla has cured me OF
rheumatism. was so could not lift any
thing and my knees were so stiff could
hardly get mp or down stairs. Since taking
three bottles of Hoods Sarsaparilia I have
never felt a symptom OF rheumatism, and
| gladly recommend Hoods for this dis
ease" Mrs. HATTIE TURNER, Bolivar, Mo.
Hoods JarS0pdriLEd
and Pills
Eeutralize the acidity of the blood,
perfect digestion and excretion,
and radically and permanently
cure rheumatism.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-26
BROTHERS KICKED TO DEATH
Two Remittance Men Killed Under
Strange Coincident Circumstances.

FRESNO, Cal, July 26.-Here is a
coincidence strange enough to drive
people almost to superstition.
Charles Ruddle, a remittance man
from London, was killed a year ago by
the kick of a mule. The animal hoofed
him in the jaw and with such force
that the mans skull was fractured.
He had been here a year when the ac-
cident occurred.
On exactly the same spot, Jeffrey
Ruddle, a brother of Charles, and like
wise a remittance man, was kicked in
the face by mule this morning. His
jaw is shattered into bits and the base
of his skull is injurede. The sur
geons say he cannot recover. This sec
ond victim has been here just a year,
having come for the purpose of settl-
ing up the estate of his brother after
the latter was killed.
The father Of the two brothers was
crushed by a house falling on him ten
years ago, and an uncle met a violent
death in railway accident shortly af-
forwards.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-26
The August Century.

The August Century is in fact as well
as in fancy, Midsummer Holiday
number, being pervaded with the holi-
day and outdoor spirit Eight colored
insets present Italian villas by Par
IRISH, Bermuda submarine life by Knight
an Old time crOquet party by Miss
eBtts (whO made the much admired
color drawing, The Easter Bonnet'O,
and a newly discovered natural bridge
by Fem.
The last of these illustrates a great
find being one of three pictures OF
colossal natural bridges accompanying
an account by w. w. Dyar, of a recent
discovery in Southeastern Utah which
has excited a veritable sensation
among the few geographers and others
to whom it has been known. These
bridges are of much greater proportions
than the Natural Bridge of Virginia,
and they have not before been pictured
nor described in print.
The number is crowded with holiday
features: The New Coney Island" by
Albert BigelOw Paine, with drawings
by Yohn; Visiting in Country Houses
by Eliot Gregory, with drawings by
Charlotte Harding; The Old and Novel
Sport of Archery" by A. B. Casselman,
aprOpos of the Olympic Games at ST.
Louis, illustrated; Lombard Villas
by Edith Wharton, with Parrish's pict-
ures; What Do Animals Know" by
John Burroughs. Six or seven poems
add further to the seasonable character
of the number. There is also a contin-
uation of Andrew d. Whites anecdotal
recOllections of Russia in Wartime, y
and a reproduction of Volk's handsome
painting, The Belle of the Colony"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-26

same buggies are being peddled
through the country and sold at $3.50
and s165 each.
1t is not unusual for property to be
assessed at less than its actual value.
but seldom can case be found where
an article is sold for more than ten
times it's assessed valuation. These
figures are from the assessors books
and can be relied upon. There isn't any
doubt but that the buggies are dear
at any price, and people should be
careful not to pay twice as much for
them as good vehicle would COST
TekOa Blade.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-26
INDIGESTION,

With it's companions, heart burn
fiatulence, tOrpidity of the liver, cOnsti-
patton, palpitation of the heart, poor
blood, headache and other nervous
symptoms, sallOw skin, foul tongue
offensive breath and legion Of other
ailments, is at once the most wide
sphead and destructive malady among
the American people. The Herbine
treatment will cure all these troubles
soc bottle. The Upington Drug store
dealers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-26
Edwards Arms Broken.

wheel, and both arms dangled loosely
from the elbows. He was revived
ambulance. An examination by DR.. J.
A. Client revealed the fact that the RI
der's arms were both broken, and it
was thought at first he was injured in
ternally.
He was hurried to the hospital, and
after recovering somewhat from the
shock, announced that he felt as we'll as
ever, but that both arms We're useless.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-26

Louis J. Kruger, ex-champon long
distance foot racer of Germany and
Holland, writes, Oct. 9th, 1901: Dur
ing my training of eight weeks foot
races at Salt Lake City, in April last
l used Billiards. Snow Liniment to my
greatest satisfaction. Therefore, l
highly recommend Snow Liniment to
all who are troubled with sprains,
bruises or rheumatism" Csc, soc, s1.0O
bottle. The Upington Drug Store,
dealer.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-26

ISOLATION, which at an expenditpro
little more than $4,000. construct,
series of bitches through mo-,
draining stagnant pools over an o..
of twelve miles square. These mars,.
extended along both sides of -,
shrewsbury river and We're not,
breeding grounds for mosouitooe ~
agricultural department strone,v -
commends ditching to other regions .
fiicted with the pests.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-26

1t Was Firmly Embedded In the Earth
In Goodhue County.

In Goodhue County.
KENYON, Mimi, July 26.-The me-
teorite was found by a searching party
in the heavy timber strips on the farm
Of J. A. Tale, Az miles northeast Of
Kenyon, this morning. 1t is of a dark
blue color, with highly ribboned black
lines, and reddish brown spots. 1t ap-
pears solidly imbedded, with about five
sixths of it's bulk in the ground. 1t is
estimated to weigh between 1000 and
5000 pounds.
Small trees were ground into pulp
and limbs of large oaks broken like
matches by it's descent The indica-
tons are that there was intense heat
for hours after it's fall. 1t was cold
when found, the earth being baked to
the solidity of pottery from eight to
fifteen yards surrounding A test by
Professor Ramos of the Kenyon high
school, one of the searching party.
disclose that there is metal in it. The
farmer owning the land refuses lib
eral offer. Excitement prevails
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-26
TESTING BAD KNEE
BY CLIMBING HILLS AFTER
BIG GAME.
ers That Are Now in the
Public Eye.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 26.-Jim
Jeffries is in camp at Hardin Springs
again. 1t was his purpose to start his
training campaign with a deer hunt,
and the chances are his new Winches-
ter is already responsible for the taking
off of a noble buck or two.
The big fellows trip after antlered
game will be regarded as a test of the
sOundness of his left knee If the af-
fected joint can stand the rough usuage
it will be subjected to while the cham
pion is securing the dips'an spurs and
peaks of the Lake Coy ranges, it is
reasonable to suppose it will not stiffen
up and become waterlogged during the
comparatively tame training work that
is to follow.
Looking at the matter in this light
Jeff's friends are waiting to hear of the
manner of his home coming from the
hunting grounds. If he is sound in
limb when he gets back to Jim Hayes
hosiery, the housemaid's knee which
has already caused two postpone
ments will be voted a boyle that has
vanished.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-26
SCARVMAY BRING FORTUNE.
Chicago Domestic May Prove to be
Lost Daughter of Millionaire.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 26.-Two scars,
one on her right cheek and one on her
left hand, may lead to the identifica-
ton of Mabel La Morris, at present
maid in the family of a South Side
physician, as the longlost daughter of
the late Marshal Fabian, the Califor-
MIA millionaire. If Miss La Morris can
prove her kinship to Fabian she will
be entitled to a third of the estate left
by the rich Californian.
George Denton of Mendoza, ILL.,, read
the story of Miss La Morris and was
struck by the similarity between her
experiences and those possible for the
daughter of Fabian, who was deserted
by the millionaire before he went west
and amassed his fortune, and may be
able to identify her.
Marshall Fabian lived in Kansas
City, and was too poor to care for his
three daughters after the death of
their mother. He gave the children
away and went to California, where he
amassed a fortune. Then he searched
for his deserted children, and found
only two of them. When he died he
left provision for the third.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-26
RuS SIa S.

CHICAGO. July 26-Walter Well
man, in a Record Herald dispatch
from Washington says:
Profound interest has been excited
in Washington by the clearly fore
Swallowed determination of the Brit
ISL government to take forcible means
TO prevent a recurrence of the deten
ton and seizures of British ships by
Russian cruisers of the volunteer fleet
in the Red sea.
Despite the denial cabed from Lon
don, that the British government has
issued orders to the Mediterranean
squadron to proceed to Alexandria, it is
known in Washington that the British
cabinet is seriously considering the
necessary steps.
One of the legations has received
a dispatch from its European repre-
sentative, conveying the information
that the British government is deter
mined not to permit Turner illegal in
reference with British commerce, to
demand from Russia disavowal and
reparation for the vessels already seiz-
ed and to make Russia clearly under
stand that she must comply with these
demands or else abide by the conse-
quences.
1t is known through official channels
land. While there is no expectation
that Mr.. Balfour and his colleague
viii do anything rash or undignified,
and will not move without a proper
appreciation of the gravity of the sit
uation that may follow any action on
their part it is quite certain that they
will resolutely deal with the matter.
The present British cabinet is hold
ing on to power by a slender thread.
Any sign of indecision or cowardice
would be the swapping strain and
throw the government out of office.
Cans Fathom Russia's Action.
Russia's action in stopping Brit
isn and German merchant vessels on
the high seas, Selling mail and taking
prizes on the ground that they are con-
Veying contraband of War, is incOmpre-
hensible to diplomatists. A man whose
position entities his opinion to respect
full consideration, advanced what is.
perhaps the real explanation.
1T would appear to me-" he said,
"as if Russia really wanted to force
rupture with England. or else she is
anxious to make England actively in
tervene on behalf of her japanese ally.
Surely Russia must know that England
would not tamely submit to her ships
being held up, searched and seized. nor
can she believe that the English people
would be Indifferent to this affair. The
sea is England's pride and boast. and
nothing so quickly wounds the vanity
of an Englishman as to have any one
attempt 10 interfere with the freedom
OF his SHIPS. To prevent that, he will
fight at any time.
Russia either wants war with Eng
iand, preferring to suffer defeat at the
hands of England rather than at the
hands of Japan, or else she wants to
force England actively to intervene in
the war. In that case Russia could
save her face by listening to peace
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-26

initiation to make peace with Japan,
but she could, without such an utter
England, with whom Japan is actively
allied
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-07-26
o, r, a n. Co.

For Triennial Conclave. Knights
Templar, September to 9 and for the
Sovereign Grand Lodge I. o. o. F..
September 10 to Is. the o. r. & N. Co.
will sell excursion tickets to San
Francisco via steamer or rail, $3.50.
Dates Of sale
Via steamer August 81. % and Sep.
TENDER 1 and 2.
Via rail September 1, 2, 3, Is, 16 and
II; limit October %.
address r. BURNS,
General Agent.