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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-15
TACoMA's SILVER SET.

The silver set presented to the cruiser
Tacoma by the people of Tacoma IS one
of the treasures of the officers and crew.
1t was designed and manufactured by
Shreve & Co. of San Francisco. The
service is radical departure from the
conventional services usually presented
to cruisers and battleships The design
is the development of an art scheme
originating from the use of steel ana
iron upon massive doors and gateways
OF the fourteenth century, and it may
readily be seen how consistent this
character of design is with the purposes
and uses to which the service is being
put
The set is composed of many pieces.
There. is a punchbowl twenty-three
inches in height by twenty-one inches
wide, which includes the spread of the
handles This bowl stands upon a mas
sive but graceful tray twenty-six inches
in diameter. There are two loving cups
twenty-one inches high by fifteen wide.
two serving trays seventeen inches in
diameter, punch ladle and thirty-six
punch cups. ali of silver
The service is entirely hammer work
all made by hand. Deeply chased upon
its sides is the seal of the city of Taco
ma. and in the case of the punch cups
the word Tacoma" is applied In mas
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-15

Trim and snart-Iooking the newest
warship commissioned in Uncle Sans
navy-the cruiser Tacoma arrived at
Honolulu yesterday morning from
Bremerton and moored alongside the
Channel Wharf. The Tacoma is live
ly cruiser. officered BY good men and
manned by a willing crew. The new
ness OF the vessel is wearing OF and
she now presents the same orderly.
well-kept appearance which is eharac--
teristic of the American navy.
The Tacoma is commissioned to
search for lost island, sunker reef
somewhere in rnid-ocean between Ho-
nolulu and San Francisco. an underly-.
ing menace to shipping which, If only
known to saamen, would be a blessing
to those VINO go down to the sea in
ships
The cruiser is small, compared with
other wen known vessels of the type,
but she has battery of 5-snch guns of
the most modern sort and her light i,
draft, of about eighteen feet, Will enable
her to ferret about in inshore places
which are barred to the big cruisers.
Captain Nicholson Reggie" Nichol- /
son. as he was familiarly known 20. Ho-l
nolulans some fourteen years ago-is a
proud commanding officer AS he trod
his quarter deck yesterday afternoon
he told an Advertiser man that the
Tacoma was an ideal ship to be com
mander of
THE Tacoma is an excellent vessel.
She is steady in heavy sea, is stauneh
and seems to be a perfect warship of
her kind. We came down from Bremen
ton in the face of head winds and but
ting strong currents, yet we maintained
an average speed of about eleven knots.
sThere is fine sweep to the Taco
mas main deck. and the commander
waved his hand in the direction of a
ong stretch of unobstrueted deck. She
IS very comfortable. and the men seem
to think she is just the best boat in
he navy. believe think 50 too.
1--WE had a delightful time at Taco
ma where the citizens gave US our
silver service. which. of course. we
nave duly christened. 2
{ Captain Nicholson expects to remain
lere about a week. The vessel carries
crew of 261 seamen and twenty-five
marines. She left Tacoma on May
md proceeded to Bremerton where she
,oaled The warship left the Navy :
Yard on May i for Honolulu.
OFFICERS OF CRUISER TACOMA.
The commissioned and warrant OH
ers of TIC Tacoma are az follows: $
Commander r.. f. Nicholson, q. 5. n, {
Lieut.-Comnander Harry George, U.
J. N, executive officer.
Lieut.-Commander W. G. Hume. 6
navigator. i
Lieut.. U. T. Holmes. engineer officer. q
Surgeon NJ. K. johnson, U. S n.
Paymaster Ray Spear. U. s. N.
Lieut.. W. d. Leary, u s. n.
Lieut. /. F. Lands. U. S. n. a
Ensign Harry K. Cage u. S. n.
Ensign w. ". Galbraith, U. s. n.
First Lieut.. Paul E. Chamberlain, u.
/. NJ. c.
Midshipman D. P. wickersham, u il
n. Y
Acting Gunner j. Mitchell. u S. N. )
Acting Boatswain H A. Stanley. q.
n. =
Warrant Maehinist ]. F. Green, U. il
n. t
warrant Machinist G. T. Brownridge. t,
. s. N ;,
warrant Machinist Ernest Evans. q. d
n pl
Acting Carpenter c. a. Lazar, U
n. al
Pay Clerk S. F. Rose. q. S. N -
COMMANDER A VETERAN. m
Commander Nicholson. commanding tt
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-15

/ the beautiful cruiser, which cost about
81 ,500. 900, is naval veteran, having
been in the service thirty-four years.
He entered the naval academy at the
age of Is from the city of Washington,
d. c., the place Of his birth and which
has ever since been his official resi-
dence. Commander Nicholson has work.
ed his way up to the high position he
now occupies. Personally the COM
mander is a splendid fellow. genial and
wfole-souled. but thorough naval Of
fcer,. commanding the strictast respect
of his officers and men. He is known
to not few Honolulu people and he
Is highly elated at the wlcome which
he and his vessel have received.
4 sHEATHED CRUISER.
The protected cruiser Tacoma is of
$500 tons displacement. sheathed with
copper and teak. Her length at the wa
ter line is 292 feet. breadth A feet L.
inch and draft 10 feet. Her indicated
horse-p power is 400 and the speed call
ed for in her contract was 161k knots
an hour. Her equipment is her main
batteries, consisting of ten rapid-fire
rifles, besides two one-pound rapid-sire,
four automatic Colts and one three-inch
field piece. Her complement is thirty
officers and 2s1 men.
SHE COST UNCLE SAM ST, $40, 800.
The cost named in the contract was
81. 10000, although she cost about $780,
600 more before completed. The cruiser
was launched at San Francisco from the
Union iron Works at s:5s p. m. Tues
day. June 2, 1902 Since then the work of
completing the Tacoma has been push
ed, and she has but recently gone into
commission. this being her first TRIP.
The cruiser is monument to the skill
of the shipbuilding industry on the
coast
The Official trial trip of The cruiser
November 80 in the Santa
Barbara channel, under favorable cir
The average speed made
during the trip was 1850 knots an hour
At the conclusion of the trial, when
covered sixty-four knots, it was the
unanimous opinion of the members of
he board that the cruiser had proved
herself splendid vessel and excelIing
he government requirements in every
respect. She is the first vessel of her
lass to meet requirements.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-15
HONOLULU IRON WORKS
COMPANY.
STEAM ENGINES

STEAM ENGINES.
BOILERS, SUGAR MILLS. COOL.
ARs, BRASS AND LEAD CASTINGS
and machinery of every description
xaade to order. Particular attention
aaid to ships blacksmithing. Job work
secuted on shortest notice.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-15

- The Commercial and Official
Record contains all meeting
notices and all corporation no.
uces of every kind and descrip-
ton.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-08-25

for the evening. A bright young girl
was chosen for auctioneer, the boys
being banished to another room. The
sale started with the fair auctioneer
naming the meritorious points of the
young men. No names were used, but
she managed, in humorous comment
on their faillngs, as well as their vir-
tues, to indicate the personality of
each one offered. Bidding started of
bri ,kly in dime jumps, but after the
dollar point was reached the auction
eer announced that the boys would be
so impressed with their value that they
would be too conceited to be good COM
pany, and bids were reduced to l cent
One young man held fire at thirty
cents. why, girls. the brass in this
article is worth more than that" ple-d-
ed the aucioneer, in an effort to secure
a higher bid; but to no avail. "Sold at
thirty cents" she announced, as the
young man was brought in, and add
ing, you are dear at that" and the
young man for the life of him can't
figure out whether he ought to cut the
witty auctioneer's acquaintance or con-
slider himself complimented.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-08-25
IN THE REALM OF MIND.

In speaking of the danger from II.
braries. DIR. Canfield, librarian of Col
umbia university, says: MANY per-
sons. even among those who give their
attention only to good books, read too
much. There is a vast amount OF
mental dyspepsia in the land, particu-
larry among women, who constitute by
far the larger part of the reading pub
lie. They should read less and think
more. Education and the great in
crease in the number of public libra
ries are responsible for the present
tendency toward an overindulgenee in
the reading habit"
Extended experiments in Paris show
that in given period Of labor the total
quantity produced is increased by in
tervals Of rest, especially when short
resting intervals are multiplied. Rest
acts as a stimulant.
A scientist says it Is not true that
intellectual work is relief from ph. s.
ieal work. or vice versa. Fatigue. of
whatever nature it is. accumulates dur
ing any kind OF labor and disappears
only on complete repose.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-08-25
NEW CAR DESIGN.
Most Striking Figure Is Lack Of
Platforms at the Enc.

Street Railway Journal.-A new de-
| sign of car is being tried on the Bos-
ton Elevated Railway, which is now
| putting them into service from time to
| time as they are delivered. The most
| striking feature in their construction is
the lack of platforms at the end.
These cars have been designed to in
corporate certain changes which it is
"Xi' r"i Jlli overcome some of the
serious difficulties that have been ex-
perienced with the present type of car.
The cars which are now in use upon
that road are similar to the so-called
Manhattan type of elevated car, with
open-end platforms inclosed by gates
OF the "swingback" type, except that
they have sliding doors upon each side,
similar to the arrangement used upon
| the Brooklyn bridge cars. As is the ex-
perience of the elevated railways in all
OF our large cities, the handling of the
crowds during the. rush hours through
the congested end platforms and mar
row doorways is most difficult, and in
wolves serious delays at every station
from which heavy traffic originates.
The novel features of the new cars are
that they have been constructed with
out open-end platforms, the space occu-
pied by the usual end platforms being
taken into the car and inclosed, access
to the car being provided by sliding
doors at the ends of the car in positions
corresponding to that occupied by the
former swing platform gates. These
sliding side doors at the ends of the
cars are operated by means of COM
pressed air cylinders, which are to be
controlled by the guards standing
across the two platforms in end-door
openings, in a manner similar to that
which is usual upon the cars with the
open-end platforms. These door-oper-
ating cylinders are arranged with their
piston rods directly connected to the
sliding doors, and a reoperated by
means of air valves, which admit CON-
pressed air to either end of the cylin-
der at will. The doors will be normal
ly held in their closed position by
means of spring latch, which may be
released for opening the doors by
means of foot levers convenient for
tic guards. Another decided novelty
in the construction of these cars is in
the provision against the shock of the
quick closing of the side DOORS The
door, In closing, comes to a stop, at
the end of the air cylinders piston
travel, some distance from the door
frame; this open space, which is pro-
vided to prevent catching the clothes
or hands of passengers in closing, is
to lie filed in by an elastic striker con-
sistinS of a pneumatic cushion, which
will permit of the easy removal of any
clothing that may happen to be caught
In this way, and would not cause in
| jury to a passengers arm or foot If
caught thus in closing.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-08-25

st, Petersburg learns officially tina,
the cruisers Gromoboi and Rossia
reached Vladivostok considerably
damaged. The Ecssia lost two officers
killed.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-08-25

In Christiana, Norway. Sivert Mel
sen, former president OF the storthing,
Is SNaA
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-08-25
How To Save Money

Write Marsh Mfg. Co. 53S w. Lake
St. Chicago. for catalogue. They sell
Piece Upholstered Parlor Suits
worth $40 for SIS, SIS Morris chairs
for 81 SIS Hot Blast stoves for $500.
SIS graphaphones for $40. 75c. razor
hone for Csc. IS gold pens for 800.
IS revolving book cases for $3.50,
And anything you can name at less
than same can be bought of any one
else. Catalogue free. Write at once
for IL and save money.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-08-25
JEWS AND CHRISTIANS FIGHT.
israelites Attack Their Enemies
Russian Poland Towns.

st. Petersburg, Aug 17.-Reports
from the governors of Random and
Syedlets, Russian Poland, received by
the police department of the ministry
of the interior communicated to the
Associated Press state that the re.
ports of Jewish massacres in the small
Polish towns of Parchevo and Ostro-
vetz arose from ARRAYS between Jew.
ish and christian inhabitants in which
the Jews in both cases were the ag.
gressors. Thirty-nine Jews were in.
jured and one killed. The christians
did not report their injuries, fearing
prosecution. A number of arrests
were made.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-08-25
Secrecy Necessary.

"The book is a MARVEL" said the
publisher enthusiastically. "You had
better drop the nom de plume and
publish over your own name"
NO" replied the author; "it's
money l want, not fame"
But. my dear sir. you can have
fame and money both, if you publish
over your own name"
mot much can't. My wife would
know | had the money then.'-Cath
Ollie Standard and Times.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-08-25
Said the Boy Was Dear.

Philadelphia Record-At leap year
party held recently in Germantown a
novel way Of raising funds for char
table object was suggested and carried
out in the auctioning OF Of the young
men present. the highest bidder for
each being entitled 70 his attentions
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-08-25

A local sheet speaks of beef ano
mutton as condiments. This recalls
the story of Tom" Corwin. statesman
of an earlier day, who. when asked by
an illiterate but affected woman. his
hostess. If he took condiments in his
tea b-usquely but appropriately re.
piled: Pepper and salt, ma'am, but
no mustard" And also. ]. G. Holland,
who once said: Anything is GOOD
which prevents literary condiments
from being adopted as food
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-08-25
Willing.

Hobo willie-"Madam. has you a
gas stove?"
The Lady-"Yes."
Hobo Willie-'Good. Gimme some
grub an I'll chop some firewood for
yer. philadelphia Telegraph.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-08-25
A La the Prizefiuhter.

Florence. Aug. 1S.-The bullfghter
Mazzantini, who has become million
aire and who boasts that he has Killed
$500 bulls, has retired from the bull
ring
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-08-25
Rebellion in Congo Prostate.

Brussels, Aug. 1S.-It is reported
that rebellion has broken out in the
Mongolia river region of the Congo
Freestate and that troops have been
sent.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-08-25
Death From Natural Causes. .

AT an inquest at Watford on the
body of a young woman named Revitt,
the jury returned verdict Of death
from natural causes.
The girls mother said that during
the morning before the death occurred
her daughter asked for and was given
the following drinks: A glass OF
water, lemon squash, -four and water
cup of tea, a jug of milk. ginger
wine. -four and water again. and hall
a pint of beer. The doctor said this
extraordinary mixture might have
1astened death-London Telegraph
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-03-19
~/ix VoteS From Oklahoma

Democrats can make a separate issue
of IL before the country. The Repub.
lican policy is to use the Oklahoma
Indian territory bill as club with
which to force Dcmocratic consent 10
the jointure OF New Mexico and
Arizona.
Senator B2verldge called at the
White House today and told the presi-
dent he was convinced congress would
adjourn by April 10. Senator Aldrich
also gave this as his opinion.
But for the furry In the house
over the postoffice affair" said Sen
ator Beveridge, I'VE would have been
ready to adjourn by April L."
Il is evident that il congress is to
be adjourned by April Is, the plan OF
Republican leaders does not edntem.
plate the passage Of any statehood
bills. Aside from the assertions OF
some Of the senators there is no rea.
son to believe that an adjournment
can be secured as early as April Is.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-03-19
speeial 10 paIly Leader.

Special to Daily Leader
Washington, D. c., March 1s.-Un-
der the terms Of The Oklahoma Indian
territory statehood blll now being
prepared by the Republican sub-com-
mittee, the new state which viii be
known as Oklahoma will have four
members of the lower house Of con
gress, giving IL six votes in the cleo
toral college Although it has not
been definitely decided by the com.
mittee. the bill win probably carry an
appropriation of nor less than mill
ion dollars as school funj
The committee took up Oklahoma
for discussion without disposing OF
the most perplexing OF the problems
which confronted II in the New Mex.
ico-Arizona situation. Delegate Nc
Gulre insisted that the new state OF
Oklahoma was entitled to five mem
bers Of the lower house Of congress
His contention is that Oklahoma and
Indian territory combined have a pop
ulatlon of not less than 100000. The
committee. however, Is not inclined to
accept this estimate, contending the
safer plan IS TO use the federal census
OF 1900 as a basis Of apportionment l.
viii follow this plan in both statehood
bills
'Hhe house committee win not pre-
pare ifs bill until The senate is ready
10 act upon the measures The com
mitiee on territories is a privileged
committee and calls up rs bills foi
consideration at any time Although
no official announcement has beer
made. it can be accepted that an ON
nibus measure win De presented
Coupled with this action, there MAJ
be an agreement among Republican
leaders concerned In the two house
that the bills may be separately con
sidered. II j, is deemed politically eA
pedient at any time
But the Republicans DO not propos'
to have the Oklah9maIndian terri'or'
bin get through the house and befor
the senate in such shape ha ga
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-03-19

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% THE PEOPLES COLUMN. c
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-03-19
Colds Cause Pneumonia.

One OF the most remarkable cases
OF cold, deep seated on the lungs,
causing pneumonia, is that Of Mrs.
Gertrude f. Fenner Marion, Ind,
who was entirely cured by the use OF
one Minute Cough Cure She says;
"The coughing and s'raining so weak
ened me that ran down in weight
from l4S TO 80 pounds / tried a mum
ber OF remedies 10 no avail until
used One Minute Cough Cure. -Four
bottles of this wonderful remedy cur
ca me entirely OF the cough, streng
thened my lungs and restored me te
my normal weight health ane
strength" Sold by J. n. Wallace
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-03-19

ing chemicals. The fumes from the
chemicals are famed into ccld air
chamber and are forced through ser
les Of tubes extended downward on
each side Of the cotton row. The gas
passing through the meshes OF limbs
and leaves Is destructive TO an insec.
life and leaves cotton plant unhurt
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-03-19

A Chlckasaw nation farmer. near
Raira. Is almost afraid 70 believe ina
he has invented a boil weevil EXTERN
lnator for which there is a andlng
reward Of 100000 Tie says that a
machine with a capacity of twenty
acres a day can be built for $50. u is
mounted on a two wheel platform A
furnace continually famed BY a draft
Of air Is placed under a vat contain
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-03-19

Editor Leader: In the pioneer days
of the San Joaquin valley in the heart
of California Fresno. now one Of the
most productive counties Of the great
sta.e. was settled by a people who
powed their aeld and sowed seeds. or
planted their vines and trees. and then
retired 70 a cross road church house
erected for the purpose. bowed their
heads and prayed for rain OH they
had the necessary amount of faith to
remove mountains. but the system by
which 4aouutains might be moved was
not practical for tllling the soil nor
was w. successful in procuring rain.
Yes they prayed for rain, but natures
god, by the force of his immutable
/ lat5 sent the dry hot winds from the
north, and they blasted the vegetae
tion OF that fairest valley On the face
Of earth Even the dew drops that
caressed the soil by night leaped up
ward to greet the dawn and was scat
tered by the burning rays of the sun.
As a natural consequence poverty and
destitution was the daily companion
OF those early pioneers, while Fresno
was a sheep camp. But some years
agd a spirit Of freedom, and unitarian
ism took a dominant place ia its 81
cial sphere 1t was the spirit that pro
claimed man the most magnificent
type OF the manifestation Of Gods in
telligence of which we have any pos
litive knowledge, in contradistinction
to poor. weak. finite worms Of the
dust" Il was that spirit that cried in
the vlgor Of manly manhood Il am
from Missouri, you must show me-
and the people then voicing the pre-
cepts Of the unitarians, said, Why
pray for rain and await Gods pleasure
TO send IT, Probably he does not
want us to have t. But seventy-fve
miles away on those sky kissed peaks
of the Sierras God has set cap OF
snow Down here in the bowels OF
earth God has placed an ocean OF
water. We need but dig a canal and
our fertile soil viii be flooded by
water from the heart of those giant
! protecting mountains. We need but
tap the soil beneath us and a spring
of pure water win rush forth to
, moisten the bosom of earth. And
, from that poverty.stricken people
there went up the great cry Let us
quit praying and dig" They dug
, and their labors have been rewarded
On the site Of the sheep camp the
beautiful clty of Fresno sprang up as
I though by magic. The wolf Of hun
ger has been forced from their homes
while Fresno county stands proudly
foremost in the worlds history as the
greatest rasin producing country.
on! Sacred Spirit of Liberty think
not that in iron dogmas thy chains
are welded nor that in faith thou art
intombed, for upon the throne of
science guided by divine intelligence
thou art crowned "Lcrd of all" From
the frozen lakes of Maine, to the fair
land of the Montezumas, from New
, York TO the Golden gate we hear the
! Joyous shouts Of thy children, and
they come. OH Spirit Of Liberty, they
( come from frozen lakes and burning
deserts, from mountain tops and val
! leys sweet scented by fragrant flow
ers to swear again upon thine altar, oh
Spirit OF Liberty that thou shall 40
: perish from on the face Of the earth
Yours respectfully, a Unitarian,
r. r. George.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-03-19

"The Nashville Students" is In no
way a minstrel show but is one of the
finest colored musical organizations on
the road today. Don't fail 10 hear the
open air concert Sunday afternoon al
2 20 at the opera house.