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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-21
THE TEST or AMERlCANlsM.

Col. Iaukea in his speeches on Hawaii
makes bold to accuse the Governor of
un-Americanism. The Colonel is not
precisely an authority on things Anleri-
can, having had reluctant citizenship
of four years, spent. but for a small
AS an authority on things monarchical.
an expert in the etiquette of courts and
in decorative establishment of skirts, .
the Colonel-as he would say himself
is au fat, but we hesitate to follow
him far into any discussion of what
constitutes Americanism for fear of his
getting lost.
The reason why Col. Iaukea accuses
Governor Carter of disloyalty to the
faith of Uncle Sam is that he has taken
the undated designations of all his chief
appointees. AS the paper which first
suggested that excellent scheme to head
off future Wrights and Boyds if not
future Iaukeas. the Advertiser looks
with much pleasure upon the Gov
ernor's action And of its Americanisrn
this paper cannot presume to doubt,
seeing that we borrowed the suggestion
from Seth Low who applied it with
great success in the municipal conduct
of Brooklyn, many years ago; and we
might have borrowed it again from
other mayors and governors who have
since chosen it as the best means Of
guaranteeing a uniform and consistent
administration. That the Governor OF
Hawaii made the expedient his own
seems to us to have shown clear APP
probation on his part of the merits OF
an American device to insure a dutifu
spirit on the part of administrative
subordinates.
OF course it is to be regretted thai
the policy does not commend itself K
such an enlightened patriot as Iaukea
but that is one of the ills Hawaii mus
bear in its progress down this vale o
tears.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-21
PORT ARTHuRs DEAThRoLL.

I The soil about Port Arthur ought 70
be fertile. so many men have shed their
blood upon it. For centuries the Lao
tong peninsula vas scene of hostile
ineursions. both by Japanese pirates
and barbarian Manchu tribes. In
course of time the war with japan came
and again the bare, gray land was red
dened with the blood of combat; and
for years past one of the features OF
the landscape has been the hiliock
graves of the slaughtered Chinese.
Twenty-six hundred such little knobs
lie under the walls of Klnchow and
| close to Nanshan hill and hundreds
more are to be found on the hills about
Port Arthur despite the fact that 50
many of the corpses left there in the
wake of battle were burned. II is a
recollection not to be effaced from the
minds of those who saw from the deck
of transport in Port Arthur harbor,
two months after the capture of that
fortress, the long line of creaking carts
| bringing in from the frozen hills the
| heaped up bodies of the dead to be
burned in the market place. These
were the remains of the Chinese who
fell on the last day of the defence and
spilled their blood among the graves
of their half buried comrades.
OF the total mortality about Port Ar
thur in this war, the world knows moth
ing exactly, but there have been
glimpses enough of carnage to justify
ones faith in the Russians claim that
they have killed and wounded over
$4,000 of the enemy. No one outside
Port Arthur knows of the slaughter
within but it must have been enor-
NOUS. For intervals in weeks there has
been a bonbardment with the most
destructive of modern enginery of war;
and the assaults have cost the besieged
as well as the besiegers. 1t is sad that
the approaches to the fortress are block
ed with japanese corpses and that the
Russian hospitals are full. And the
death of thousands is yet to come.
Inc Story IL grim commentary Oh
the Cars peace policy which brought
about the tribunal of The Hague. In
deed ever since that noble conception
took material form, the world has
fought more wars than had been COM
passed III so brief a space since the
time of Napoleon. And now the Car
himself mas brought on the greatest
war of all because of the greed which
led him to violate his pledges to evacu-
ate Manchuria. The blood that flows
he is answerable for. because of the
he gave the Japanese and I
of his failure to refer to his own Peace
Tribunal questions which We're easily i
negotiable there.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-21
or CURRENT INTEREST.
SUNSHINE IN ENGLAND.

Sunshine is so rare in England that
the government takes great care 10
measure il. The official summing up
for 1903 as regards sunshine shows that
all districts IN the British isles. with
one exception, fell short of The average.
The exception was England northwest,
including Manchester. that curiously
had an excess of ffty-seven sunny
hours. In Scotland north. west and
east, the deficit was eighty-ori,s hours.
forty-eight hours and 133 hours. En-
gland northeast and east We're Short by
IO7 hours and 139 hours, while in En-
gland south and southwest the deficit
was sixty-eight hours and 115 hours
In Ireland north and south the shortage
was eighty-one hours and 113 hours
Commonly the islands IN. the English
channel have large share of sunshine,
but last year they We're 135 sunny
hours short.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-21

Admiral Togo's secret naval base is
not so secret as the Japanese papers
declare. 1t is the harbor of one of a
small group of islands off the coast of
Liaotong, forty miles from Port Arthur.
The place is garrisoned with 10000 men.
There the fleet retires fog recuperation
and repair and to lie during stormy
weather, leaving light patrol to watch
Port Arthur. a correspondent recently
there saws that all five of the japanese
battleshIps are intact as we'll as the
armored cruisers bought at Genoa.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-21

Every argument used against small
farming here was overworked against
agriculture in California thirty-five
years ago.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-21

Chairman Henry Vida certifies to the
strength and virtue of the Fifth Dis
trict ticket. That ought to be enough
to satisfy any reasonable man.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-21
wHERE TIME SPEEDS.

A watch taken to the top of Mont
Blanc will gain thirty-six seconds in
twenty-four hours. The thinness of the
air. with its increased pressure. makes
the poor watch dizzy and leads it to run
faster
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-21

People who guarantee the Repub-
licanism and reliability of the Fifth
District nominees, should go slow about
denying those qualities to Cecil Brown.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-21

Marshal Oyama has captured plenty
of seed for crops and has the advan-
tage over some other people in being
able to pre-empt the land to plant it in.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-21

Loyalty to the machine gave US Ku-
nalae and his Solid Thirteen two years
ago. we don't believe that responsible
voters will elect another gang of that
sort if they can help it.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-21

Kuropatkin is beginning to discount
his next defeat by telling of the strong
positions occupied by the japanese
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-21

Everybody would be satisfied to let
Admiral Schiey have the credit of the
Santiago victory if he would quit tell
ag us about it.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-21

1t is a pity that Berger didn't get
chance to write King Peters corona
zion hvnn: THE crown has came"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-21

Ignorance, stupidity and viciousness
are not improved any by Republican
labels.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-21
The Brief rIerits
of the
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Goods

The successful product of II
years scientific study and ex-
pertinent.
Personal observation and ex-
perience in the use of Baby
Garments and Outfits, made
from the Arnold" Knit Fabric.
Soft and finely finished, new
er irritates. Pliable and yields
to every movement of the body,
Porous and allows the exhala-
ton of the skin<to pass off
freely; absorbent, leaving the
skin dry and normal, thus pre-
venting colds. Sensib1y made
on the most thoroughly approx
ed modern lines. Wash well
and retains the shape.
Endorsed universally.
The most ideal hygienic fab
ric now in use. Can you say
this of Woven Goods?
Every article tor the Infants
Outfit.
Styles for Children's wear.
Styles for Women's wear.
Ask for descriptive Catalogue.
The
Arnold Knit Goods
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-20
LECTURE ON VOLCANOES.

Dr. w c. Wiles lecture "The Volcanoes of Hawaii which
he in Pearce hall last night and which illustrated by
large number of beautiful interesting
both the subject matter OF the lecture itself and the
excellence and vvdne of the pictures which the finest
that have ever been in Danbury
But the pictures of not all that shown
Besides these there shown during the first of the lecture
eighty illustrative of Hawaii people, houses
and also cities and of its most beaut
full scenery.
Among the modern pictures showing patch and
field showing the wonderful results obtained by
rigation.
The principal feature the lecture however, the trip
imagination the OF the volcanoes which assisted by
the doctors description of the and of the volcanoes
activity Mauna Loa which still active volcano, the
principal subject OF the lecture The natives know the mountain
Mokuaweoweo The House of Everlasting Fire Dr.
gave little of the history OF volcanic action the island OF
Hawaii which the largest OF the group and which all the high
located
description volcano appears ordinary activity
may magnificent and intensely interest
which illustrated the description splendid
specimens of
sized audience The lecture given
under auspices for the benefit of St James church,
Danbury News
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-20
WROSE FAULT IS IT
a Local Occurrence That Will
Interest Many Readers in
Honolulu

If, when a fog horn warns the mariner
to sheer off the coast, he still hugs the
shore and wrecks upon it, whose fault
is it? If the red switch light it up and
the engine driver deliberately pulls
ahead and pitches into another train,
blame the driver. If a careless work
man will in spite of warning try to find
out how many teeth buzz saw has,
and the saw tries to find out how many
fingers the workman has, blame the
workman, not the saw. If sick man
knows that a certain medicine is doing
him good, and he csrelessIy neglects to
use it, blame the man, not the medi-
cine. If Honolulu people who have
kidney complaint and backache Will
not take Doans Backache Kidney Pills
when they are Endorsed by scores of
citizens, blame the people, not the in
dorsers. Read this Endorsement:
Mr.. John E. Bush of Punchbowl ST.,
this city, is attached to the Hawaiian
Interpretation staff at the Supreme
Court. He says: IT had kidney trou-
BILE, and, acting on the recommends
ton of a friend. who had tried yout
invaluable remedy. 1 got some of
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills at Hol-
lister Drug Co.'S store. They were just
as bChCAASAdl " uS thCy Aldu uSCA "
my friend. 1t is well the virtues of
these pills should be made known, for
they really are an excellent medicine
for kidney trouble"
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills are
for sale by all dealers. Price so cents
per box, or sent by mail on receipt of
price by the Hoilister Drug Co., Homo
lulu, wholesale agents for the Hawai-
ian Islands.
Remember the name-DOAN'S-an
take no other.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-20
NEW YEAR
FEASTS END
Chinese TO Return
to Their Work
Monday.
Much Money Has Been
Spent During the
Celebration.
Firscrackers on Sunday Night
viii End the Holt
day.

Midnight on Sunday will see the close
OF the Chinese New Year celebration il
Honolulu and by Monday morning the
| Chinese workers in every walk of life
will return TO their usual avocations
promptly Monday morning the business
houses will reopen and in few weeks
the elements will have so damaged the
hundreds OF lanterns which now decor
ate the fronts of every Chinese business
place that the New Year will be but a
memory. Despite the hard times the
Chinese have spent an enormous amount
of money in the celebration And the
tendency of the younger Chinese, those
born and bred in the islands, is to make
their celebration more expensive each
year.
Chinese who seldom smoke anything
but pipes during the other portion of
the year have branched out on the New
Year week as heavy smokers of cigars
The young men have spent much money
this year in carriage riding but during
the entire celebration noticeable fact
is that no Chinese were brought before
Judge Lindsay on charges OF drunken
ness. Many Of them may have been
drunk in more ways than one but not
so that a policeman could tell it.
Willie Crawford, importer of the
Chinese dragon, has made small for
tune out of his daily parades. The
dragon has visited nearly all of the Chi
nese business houses in the city and
during these visits has received hand
some presents. Last night the dragon
was the attraction around which a
drama ragged in the Liliha street Chinese
theatre and the performance will be
repeated tonight. On Sunday the
dragon will make its last tour of the city.
Crawford is undecided as yet as to what
the fate of the dragon will then be but
it will probably be used shortly as
good luck token at wedding in which
Crawford is said to be interested.
The Quon On Kwock Society was
made happy yesterday by the announce
ment that the furniture for their new
Smith street club house had arrived
on the steamship Doric and also that
a large shipment of hrecrackers had
come for them. Among the frecrackers
is one piece that contains 100000 small
squibs. This will be set off from one
of the verandahs of the club house and
it is expected that the noise of the ex-
plosion will last for at least
three quarters of an hour The crackers
are arranged on a string in such man
ner that as one explodes it lights the
fuse of another and its fell
lows continue this performance until all
have exploded.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-20

At conference of members of the
Chamber of Commerce and Merchants
Association with Government officials
yesterday on the public financial stu
alton, it transpired that bankers were
declining to cash Treasury warrants
under the eighteen months appropria-
ton bill for current expenditures. They
honor only salary and, payroll drafts.
Attorney General Andrews, who is on
his way to Washington, was found fault
with for not having brought a test case
under the six months bill. President
ISOLATION said the Attorney General had
been derelict in his duty and was very
much to be blamed for the fnaction
The question about the six months
bill, whose term expired the end of 1903
is whether or not it may be used as a
basis for necessary running expenses
of the Government to supply omissions
in the eighteen months and biennial
biils-due to the abortive county legis-
lation-under the Organic Act provision
for failure of the Legislature to vote
such necessary expenditures.
Treasurer Kepoikai insisted that it
was understood before the Governor left
for Hawaii that the Attorney General
should initiate a test case at once. He
also suggested a special session of The
Legislature as the most certain way
out of the difficulty. This idea does
not seem to have favor in other depart
mentS than the Treasury.
Although the contests of certain hos
pitfalls with the Auditor are of a specific
nature, their trying out in court might
raise points affecting other appropria
tons. The ground of the Auditors re-
fusal to issue warrants to those hos
pitfalls is the opinion rendered by the
Attorney General to the effect that the
Organic Act enabling clause refers only
to necessary expenses of the Govern
ment, and that subsidies to institutions
not of an absolutely public nature are
not necessary running expenses of the
Government"
Those who took part in the confer
ence were George ". Smith, ]. F. Nor
gan, F. j. Lowrey, J. NJ. Wakefield,
r. Cation, Treasurer A. n. Kepoikai,
Auditor j. H. Fisher and Deputy Attor-
ney General E. G. Peters.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-20
SCHOONER ADA
BACK FROM SHOALS

The small schooner Ada returned
yesterday from French Frigate Shoals
The vessel, carrying a small expedi-
ton which intended TO try to float the
stranded French bark Connetable de
Richmont off the Shoals, left here in
December and her crew have since that
time battled with the elements in an
effort to save the French vessel. which
would be worth at least forty thou
sand dollars if the wreckers succeeded
in bringing her into this or any other
American port. Had a hurricane not
spoiled their work the fine French
man might by this time be afoat but
the wrecking must all be done over
again now The men on the Ada, as
soon as they can get supplies and
supply of fresh water, wish to return
to French Frigate Shoals as they are
positive in the opinion that the vessel
can be saved. Shipping men agree
that if the Connetab1e de Richemont
is not broken up by storms during the
winter there are good prospects of saw
ing her next summer.
The Ada was only five and one-haIf
days in making her trip from the
Shoals TO Honolulu.
Captain Weisbarth. who commands
the Ada, and Diver Ellison, state that
the bark stiIl lies on her side and that
II the matches can be closed the vessel
may be pumped out and foated into
deep water. Diver Ellison says that
her fine steel hull is uninjured with the
exception of one cracked plate on each
side of the vessels bow. The Ada's
crew had nearly completed the work of
covering the matches when a hurricane
struck them on Feb. 9Th. This of
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-20
HEARST PAPERS
ARE MORTGAGED

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-The World this
morning prints the following: A mort
gage of 81, 00O, 900 has been placed on
the property of the New York Evening
Journal Publishing Company and the
Morning Journal Publishing Associa-
ton. subsidiary corporations of the
Star Publishing Company, publishers OF
the Evening Journal, American, sun
day American and Journal and Das
Morgen Journal.
The mortgage was executed January
Is and was filed in the office of the
Registrar of Hudson County, in Jersey
City, on January g. 1t was given to
secure the payment of coupon bonds
to equal the amount, running for TWEEN
ty years at six per cent One million
dollars was loaned by the Knickerbock-
er Trust Company of this city.
The mortgage is described as first
lien on the property of the Star Pub
fishing Company, the Evening Journal
Publishing Company and the Morning
Journal Association. Indentures show
that the entire publishing plant, inciud-
ing property of every character,
whether real, personal or mixed, Is
given over to the trust company to Sc
cure the payment of the bonds, the
documents reciting the transfer to be
1895 shares Of the capital stock Of the
aforesaid Star Company. of par value
of SO each, out of total issue OF
10, 600 shares; 90 shares of the capital
stock of the aforesaid New York Even
inc Journal Publishing Company, of a
mar value of 500 each, out of a total
issue of 100 shares; 341
shares of the capital stock of the afore-
said Morning Journal Association. OF
q mar value of $500 each, out of a total
authorized issue of 344 shares" The
mortgage was executed by Edward H
clark executor of the Hearst estate
ard president of the Star company.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-20
| OTTER|ES
BROKEN Up
New Year Cuts No
Figure With
Police.
Paka Pho Bankers Are
Fined in Police
Court.
Agent Of the Che Fa Bank
Was Arrested Yes
terday.

The Chinese have learned that the
police do not understand the Chinese
New Year, that is they do not '.sarvy'
it in just the way the celestials wish.
| They thought that the police would give
them immunity from arrest for gambling
| during that period but this was not the
| case. The street games were broken up
and now the two big lotteries, one paka
pic. the other che ia, have been put out
of business The men of the hui of
Chinese who reap the profits from these
lotteries were not caught but their as
sistants and some of the players were
nabbed and had to pay the penalty in
the police court yesterday morning.
Seven Chinese appeared before Judge
Lindsay. Nee Chau and Chin Vim
pleaded guilty to having assisted in con-
Quoting paka pic and were promptly
fined $50 and costs each. Lee Chun, All
See, All Hook, All Lum, and All Yau
each plead guilty to having had the
paka pic tickets in their possession and
they had to pay FIVE dollars and costs
each. The Chinese knew that the police
had ample evidence to secure a conyic-
ton and SO put up no defense. The men
were caught in small room near the
Chinese theatre. on Hotel street. They
had a complete lottery outfit The tick
cts found were marked off into eighty
squares. Players pay ten cents for each
ticket. The squares are marked with
various figures. Should a player pick
the ten squares which have been decided
upon as the winning series he secures
prize of $500. Should he get nine of
them he gets $3.50. The scale of prizes
runs from these figures down and if
player picks less than five of the Win
ming squares he gets nothing 1t is
seldom that player ever secures the |
maximum prize or anywhere near that |
amount.
in Liliha street. / he alleged agent OF |
that concern was arrested yesterday and |
will be tried in the police court this
Before going on the bench Judge |
Lindsay is said to have held the view |
that 1t was wrong TO be continually |
filming the Chinese gamblers of the town
and seldom Furnishing a white man. 4
have changed my opinion to some ex-
tent, SAID the Judge yesterday, for [ |
believe that the Chinese gamblers should |
be fined pretty often, or as often as
they can be convicted. The Chinese,
when they gamble, congregate in large
crowds in the daytime All of the worst
classes are found among them and it is
at such times that the crooks among
them plan out their work. Many gam
blers are not criminal in any other way
yet the gambling keeps them away
from their work during the day and in
case of continued losses may later make
them criminal. When white men gam
bic in Honolulu they usually do so at
night after their days work has been
They usually gamble in
small parties in some private residence
and their assemblies are not as harmful t
as the big gatherings of Chinese gam
blers are. But if they are caught they
merit the same punishment as the Chi
nese"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-20
RIIs RoosEvELT's BIoGRAPHER

Jacob Riis is in Colorado finding in
spiration for his Forthcoming life of
only man whom the president cared to
knew all about the Eastern record of
Roosevelt, but was bit shy on the
Western end of the story. President
Roosevelt could give him dates and
color of the West. Physicians refused
to permit Mr.. Riis to go West owing
to weak heart, but at last he braved
the danger, and, as he says, he is feel
ing better than he has in all his life.