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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-02-23
HAWAIIAN HOTEL CONCERT.

The band will play the following
selections at a concert to be given at
the Hawaiian hotel this evening, be-
ginning at 1880 o'clock:
PART |.
Overture-"King's Lieutenant. .Tit'l
Chorus-"Tannhauser" ...... Wagner
Selection-''I Due Foscari" 80. Verdi
Vocal Selections
ta) "Hilo Kupa Loke."
(b) "Liki Kai o Ohele."
Miss j. Keliiaa.
(c) "Auhea Lau Vabine."
(d) Hone Ae Nei."
Mrs. N. Alapai.
PART II.
"reminiscences of Offenbach" .Conradi
lntermezzo-"Dixie Land" -. Haines
Waltz-"The Syrens" 80. Waldteufel
Polka-"A Good Kiss" ........ Coote
"The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-02-23
FIRE ON BRITISH BOAT.

Port Dalny, Feb. 23.-The Russian
have fired upon and damaged the Brit
ish steamer Ching Ping.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-02-23
WORLD news BY Cable
ASSOCIATED Press Cable.
USED ENEMY's SIGNALS.

London, Feb. 23.-The japanese have
captured four torpedo boats at Port
Arthur by using Russian signals.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-02-23
PILOT BOAT BLOWN UP.

A Russian pilot boat has been blowr
up here by contact with a mine lait
to defend the harbor.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-02-23
TURKEY vs.. BULGARIA.

London. Feb. 23.-Turkey and Bul
garia are preparing for war.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-02-23
VIM. M'kINLeY LODGE No. 9, K.of p.

Meets every Saturday evening at
1880 o'clock in Harmony Hall, King
street. Visiting brothers cordially In.
vited to attend.
H. T. MOORE, &C.
A. s. PRESCOTT, KRIS.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-02-23

"For Rent" cards on sale at Bulletin
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-03-09


ings. those responsible for the con-
struction of the building went ahead,
regardless OF consequences.
Adjoining the collapsed building on
the west is the four-story brown-stone
residence of Harold Brown. Some Of
the huge iron beams struck the side OF
the house and stove holes in the wall
and roof, and dslodged part of the
hrown-store front, which was thrown
10 the street. The occupants escaped
uninjured. On the east side is a house
occupied by A. Walpole Crage as a
school for boys. This had been dis
missed few minutes before the crash.
A few beams struck the house. tearing
eff a portion of the roof and smashing
holes in the side walls.
Mrs. Storrs, whose husband is IN
London, was sitting at luncheon with
Mrs. Savage when the crash came, and
she and Ernest Me;er, waiter, were
Instantly buried under the debris OF the
roof and walls. Mrs Savage barely es-
capped being struck, but her skirt was
pinned to the floor by a mass OF fallen
bricks. Mrs. Storrs was breathing when
extracted, but died within a few min
utes. The waiter is believed to be IA
tally injured. The other occupants OF
The dining-room escaped unhurt
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-03-09
Observation-Disclosures
NORTH STATE MATTERS !
Newsy Items Cleaned From !
Murphy to Hanteo.
Smith to Be Tried.
Observation-Disclosures

Whiteville, Special.-When Jabel
Register was hanged last week for the
/, murder of Jim Staley, colored, A. C.
Smith. who was implicated il the muir
! der ofsJesse Soles the same night, in
sthe same house, through label Regis
ter, was somewhat relieved as one ol
the principal witnesses against him
could not put in an appearance to testi-
4 ~, and he thought possibly he would
escape another trial altogether. But
he was too sanguine in this particular,
as Smiths own attorney says his in
5dictment holds good against him, and
he will either be placed on trial dur
ing the present week. or at the next
term of court in April. When he is
placed on trial H. B. Register, the
father of label, will unquestionably
be brought here to give evidence
against Smith, from the State peniten-
:tiary, where he is serving a life sem
itence. Cross .Edmondson, who was
with label on the night of the murder
and who turned States evidence, will
be brought here by Homer L. Lyon,
Smiths attorney, as soon as Smith is
placed on trial.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-03-09
Testing the Generators.

Charlotte, Specially construction
engineer and expert of the General
Electric Company is. now engaged in
testing, to their full capacity. the 1,25o
horse power electric generators of the
sCatawba Power Company, near Rock
Hill. S. C. So far four of these genera
Z tors have been installed and others will
S,be put in as they are needed. The
4 transmission lines are up between
Rock Hill, S. G., and the plant of the
company and the only reason the fac
tories and the manufacturing plants in
Rock Hill are not using the power now
is because they have not yet had mo-
tors Installed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-03-09
News of the Day.

IN one of his more recent hyster1cai
hursts the Rev. DR.. Parkhurst said, In
discussing Abraham Lincoln: las 10
iis mother, Nancy, the kindest treat
mentSwe can give her is to write heri
with an Interrogation point and let her
eo.n Considerable indignation has Deen'
aroused by tits remark, regarding
which several protests have appeared
In the papers. One writer says that Dr;
zParkhurst is most effectively answered
sby Abraham Lineoln's own statement,
made in mature life: Call that | am OF
hone to be ] owe to my angel mother.
A snail.eating contest took place De,
tween two men in a restaurant IN
paris recently; the sum staked being
90 louis. Plates filed with escargots'
mostly fat ones from Burgundy pre-
a,naed to have fed on vine leaves,
were placed before the co npetitors,
: and q crowd Of friends watched the
B onerattons. The men deyoured large
I sG1,aptities, and at last one, OF. them
gave In, stating that he was literally
&crammed, anda could not ind room
sssarnaore. The victor in the strange
contest swallow eda243&and won the
wager amid the applauses0f the as
! sSembled spectators.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-03-09
AT The National Capital.

Commander Miller, of the cruiser Co.
lumbia. notified President Morales, of
Santo Domingo, that he would not per-
nit the blockading of any island ports.
The Cabinet decided not to send any
troops to the Isthmus of Panama.
The Senate passed the bill requiring
the transportation of army and navy
supplies in American vessels.
The House concluded general debate
Oh, the District of Columbia appropria-
ton bill.
The House Committee on Interstate
and Foreign Commerce directed an in
vestigation to determine whether the
"beef trust is violating the injunction
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-03-09
For q Dlsuensary.

Wilmington, Special.-Those who are
in position to know say that within
ten days the campaign for q dispensary
in Wilmington will be launched in
earnest. However, the temperance ad-
vocates will make no effort to rout the
open saloons before the first of next
January. Tae necessity for vote
upon the question 80 days preceding
the regular election in November is as
signed as the reason for drawing the
lines so early. Should the anti-saloon
element postpone the election as late
as August, it would then be too late
10 close the saloons in January, in
the event that they are successful. The
requisite number of names were Sc
cured to petition calling for the cleo
ticn during last fall.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-03-09
Sunk Off Hatteras.

Norfolk, Special-Penniless and al
most destitute of clothes, six members
of the crew of the wrecked schooner
David P. Davis, of Bath, Maine, which
were picked up off Hatteras during
gale by Diamond Shoals Lightship NO.
T2,shave arrived here. The men vividly
1T the collision, which occurred
Iatteras last Friday night shortly
,efore midnight, when the Davis was
run down and dismasted off Hatteras
by an unknown schooner. The lookout
Son the Davis says he sighted schooner
bearing down on the Davis, but before
he could make single movement the
collision occurred and the schooner
was helpless, with all four masts gone
and gaping hole in her hull, into
which water was pouring. ne
schooner's crew Of 10 men manned the
three pumps one of which was a
wrecking pump, and worked until they
were exhausted. The water continued to
gain upon them, despite their desperate
Efforts. Finding his vessel doomed,
< Captain Erwin ordered the Davis aban-
doned Saturday morning, and boat
was launched and manned. In the
meantime the dismantled wreck had
been sighted by Diamond Shoal Light
ship, which sent off boat to take on
the survivors
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-03-09
A PECULIAR SITUATION
Taxes on Franchises nay Not Be
Available.

"A peculiar and somewhat alarming
situation arose last week when the
comptroller general examined the act
known as the franchise tax law passed
at the recent session of the legislature.
1t was found that it cannot go into ef-
iect for one year.
Inc act provides that every corpora
llon organized under the laws of this
state to do business for profit shall
make report to the comptroller gen.
eral during the month of February.
giving the necessary statistics concern
ing It's condition. Besides these, all
railroad companies, express companies.
street railway companies, navigation
companies, water works companies,
power companies, light companies, tele-
phone companies, telegraph companies.
parior, dining and sleeping car COM
panies. domestic or foreign, shall also
make reports.
corporations organized in this State
other than those mentioned specially
ABOVE, shall pay to the State treasurer
by April 1st an annual license fee of
onechalf mill upon ever dollar paid in
capital stock. The foreign corporations
mentioned Shall pay a fee OF one-half
mill on each dollar of the property
value owned by them.
= The State board OF assessors shall
ascertain the gross receipts of these
companies for business done in the
State and for the fiscal year next pre-
cedlng and this shall be taxed three
mills on the dollar, to be paid before
May l. The penalty for non-complisnce
is $500 and S10o per day after the time
limit has expired.
The provisions of the act do not an
ply to insurance, fraternal. beneficial or
mutual protection associations or COM
panies.
The comptroller general yesterday
sent the following:
Il find that the act to require the
payment of annual license fees by cor
porations doing business in this state
ahd. reports to the comptroller general
was approved by the governor on the
18th of February, 1904. The act pro-
vided in section l for certain reports
to be made annually during the month
CT February by corporations doing
business in this State, to the comptrol-
Ter general, upon the filing of such re-
portsSt corpo o-ationiAis required to
pay by the first day of April or the
first day OF May in each year, certain
capital stock or property of such cor
poration. The time limited In the act
tor the filing of these annual reports !
has expired for the year 1904, and l de-
sire to be advised whether can now
require such returns to be filed for the
year 1904, or whether shall have to
wait until February, 1905, before re-
quiring any reports under this act. |
There is no provision in the act stating
when 1t shall 90 into effect, and as it
was not approved until February 80,
t will not go into effect until March
Il"
general has not yet
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-03-09
Destructive Prairie Fires

Lawton, Okla, special-Reports
received here indicate that five per-
sons have been burned to death and
5000 square miles of territory in
Kiowa and Comanche counties e"ept
by prairie fires. Hundreds Of people
are homeless and it is impossible to
estimate accurately the financial loss
owing to the wide extnt of country
affected. Following is partial list
CT the killed and injured:
I. Harmond. living six miles north
cas- of Lawton, burned to a crisp;
join Harmond, cannot live; A. N.
Crawford, near Lawton, seriously
bumed; Mrs. Henderson, widow liv.
ing near Lawton, and two daughters,
sefously burned; one cannot live.
Ieport says that more fatalities
arc expected, as the reports from
sole districts are measTe.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-03-09
A Crash Of coIors.

81 can stand lot" said the artist,
"but> there are times when my pa
tience is sorely tried.
"The other evening went into q
restaurant where the walls are tinted
soft red, most pleasing to the eye.
1t is place frequent not SO much
because the cooking is good as that
1t has most restful color scheme. I
had been having hard time at the
studio, and l felt the need Of little
relaxation. The band was playing a
seductive air, and was feeling at
peace with the world, when chanced
to look across the room, and my even
ing was spoiled for me completely.
There against the red background
was a woman in a glaring blue waist
slipping a creme de menthe of vivid
green under a hat of most assertive
shade of New York Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-03-09
News in Notes.

II 1896 Congress adjourned on June
7,i!n days before the Republican Ma
tioal Convention. In 1900 adjournment
vas taken on June II. two weeks be-
fore the convention at Philadelphia.
The Republican convention will be
h.d this year on June 21, and it Will
b reversal of precedent if the Sena-
trs agree to an adjournment OF the
Ougress before June Washington
BS.
The French Minister Of Agriculture
hs received from the Riviera report
hich shows that the orange growers
,e threatened with the worst of ca
mites. A microscopic insect, scien-
dcally known as chrysumphalus
inor. is the cause of an orange dis
lse as potentially destructive as the
,tato disease which spread famine
afI;deyastation over Ireland years
yos M.sBelle nssxper nsseyasgsslas3 as:
cen investigating Efosi
aeation =of this maIadN samoi1gthe
ranges. The council offthe depart
ent, ofSNice has taken the matter5in
and Orange growers are combining for
ie Sssfextirpation of chrysumphalus
inor. 1t is said that the insect was
nported from America some years
20, and that the first signs OF its dep
l.dations were detected in Florence.
A London pauer, the enron.
| lie, says that in the matter OF
othes, House sefs GoInmo s;isSfthe
! losts 1sic ccorrect asseifln1bl legislators
theeworid, and the AmIssrtca House loi
/ Representatives theaEmost aston
hing. "The ordinary Congressional
bstulue," it says. "is long, very
bose frock coat, low-cur waist-coat,
hrned down collar, white BOW and
|erby or felt hat. At first glance one
|ould easily take Congress for an
ssembly of dissenting minister's.
The battleship wisconsin has beat
n the worlds record with thirteen
lch guns. Its expert gunners at
danila, on February 27, made nina
,ull's eyes out of ten shots fired with
n ten minutes.
Washington, special.-A conclusion
If the negotiations for the title to the
panama Canal property is in sight.
Within thirty days, perhaps in
shorter time, the United States will be
n full possession Of the property and
he money consideration will have been
laid to both the Republic OF Panama
nd to the new Panama Canal Com
ANY.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-03-09

in the plan, the purpose stateu Deins
the strengthening of the crews OF the
Pacific squadron. The Novosti prints
a significant editorial article which is
very concilatory toward Great Britain.
The paper argues that the understand
ing between the countries with regard
to an Asiatic policy will assure peace
in Asia, without which the normal de-
velopment of Russian and British IN:
terests there would be impossible. II
Great Britain, The Novosti says, would
agree to an outlet for Russia TO the
Indian ocean, Great Britain posses,
sions in India would be uncondltlonat
ly guaranteed by Russia.
The Novue Vrema also discusses the
offers of British friendship but with
bad grace, saying: John Bull believes
he has better chance of reaching the
winning post with Great Britain and
Japan in double harness than with a
troika, including the American mus,
tang"
The wife of a naval officer gives a
graphic. account Of the bombardment
of Port Arthur Feb. 8 and the flight
OF women and children the next day
She was awakened in The middle oil
the night, by the heavy reports of the
guns and her first thought was that
they were due to blasting operations
at the dock yard, but when the guns
of the fortress began to boom she
awoke the servants, who were panic
stricken. She went out on the bal
cony and saw the searchlights wildly
swirling. The town was deserted eX
cept in front of the residence Of Vice
roy AleXieff.
The officers wife with an infant
took train from Port Arthur in the
morning and she describes the awfu
| crush at the station and also at Dalny
| Great hardships were suffered by thu
travellers for eighteen days. The train:
and stations were crowded and thu
woman found it impossible even to Ia.
her bahy doyn on the floor of the car
which ,.as covered with baggage. Sh'
says that mothers fought to get foot
for their children. Direct through
communication is now established be
tween Viceroy Alexieff's headquarter
at Mukden and st. Petersburg. Thl
is believed to be the longest circui
insthe world, being over 5000 miles
whereas direct tscommunicatfons be
tween London and Teheran MA distanc
of only 5000 miles, hitherto has bee
the longest.
Prince Louis Napoleon, who ha
been in command ofSa grenadier ibr
gada IN the Caucasus, has arrived her
ana the understanding is that heswi
receive an important command on tn
frontier. .iss-.,, So
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-03-09
Turned Out Well.

notwithstanding tie publicity iiven
his pranks. Robert Lincoln turned out
well, and despite the appeals to chill.
dish vanity which are made on behalf
of Archie Roosevelt, the boy, no doubt,
has enough in him to make a man.
says the Boston Journal, a rock-ribbed
Republican organ. eff Archie builds a
srcw fort in front Of the White Hc.ss
the fortress is given national publicity.
n he fires snow ball it is assumed
that the snow ball is aimed az the SILK
hat Of some of the Presidents callers.
Archie has the strenuous characters,
tics of his father, and his father ana
his mother, OF course, are proud OF MN,
tut do not covet the excess. OF puollc,1y
witch is given the childish sports
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-03-09
TOWN " : UNDER FIRE
1hsHliiy Of vIadi7ostock Heavily
BOmbarded
The SHELLS FAILED TO BURST
They Directed Their Fire Against the
Shore Batteries and the Town-The
Russlrns Did Not Reply.

Vladivostock, BY Cable.-A fleet o1
five battleships and two cruisers ap
peared of this place at 1:25 Sunday
afternoon and bombarded the town
and shore batteries for fifty-five min
utes.
The fleet approached from the di'
recton of Askold Island, at the east
entrance of Usuri Bay, and about 80
miles southeast of Vladivostock En-,
tering Usuri Bay the enemy formed
in line of battle, but did not approach
to a closer range than five and one
third miles. They directed their fire
against the shore batteries and the
town, but no damage resulted as most
of their 200 lydite shells failed to
burst.
The Russian batteries commanded
by Generals Veronetz and Artamoff
did not reply, awaiting closer ap-
proach OF the enemy.
The Japanese fire ceased at 2:2O
p. M, and tn enemy retired in the
direction of Askold Island. Stimuli
taneously two torpedo boat destroyers
appeared near Askold Island and two
more near Cape Maidel. The Japan
ese ships were covered with ice.
The attack resulted in no loss to
the Russians but cost the enemy 2OO,.
900 roubles, (s1Oo,Ooo) in ammunition.
Most of the projectiles We're six and
twelve-inch shells.
The population Of Vladivostock
was warned this morning Of the pres.
ence of a hostile fleet and of the pros
pectzof an attack during the day, but
it remained tranquil.
Japanese Advancing. ~
st. Petersburg, BY Cable.-Advices
from Vladivostock say that the $500
japanese troops who landed at Sela-
kin Bay. ION the east coast of northern
Korea), are advancing toward Musan
(21Ssmiles from General SAM with the
intention of ultimately reaching Hun
hcun (on the left bank of the Tumen
river about l002miles west Of Vladivn-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-03-09
Wants Back Home.

Gov. Hayward recently received the
following telegram:
All my property and my people are
in South Carolina. Will you grant me
privilege of returning there. Answer
Immediately.
(Signed) 81. B. BENNETT"
The governor declined to grant the
request.
Ben Bennett is white man, who to-
gether with Burreii Thomas, was con-
victed in Hampton county in 1896, OF
manslaughter, the victim being one
John Lightsey. He was brought to the
State penitentiary to serve life sent
ence, but began to ask for pardon,
first making application to Gov. Eller-
he. Senator Warren Of Hampton IN
forwarding one Of these. applications
to Gov. McSweeney said that Gov. Ei-
lerbe had told him that he would par
don Bennett if 1t could be established
that It was not he who struck the fatal
blow. Many applications were received,
one signed by all the jury, except one
man, all Of the county officers. and
many prominent citizens. ;Affidaylts
were also submitted by Preston Light
sey, the victims brother, and w. Fl.
Crews, an eye witness, to the effect
that Bennett was not the actual MUIR
derer. -,
At last Gov. McSweeney agreed that
if Bennett would leave the State, never
to return. lie would pardon MIN. and Oh
January 16, 1903, the convict was giyer
his liberty. He then, LETT for his sisters
home in Georgia, about 400 miles away
from the scene of the crime for which
he had been convicted.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-03-09
a PEOPLE CRUSHED.
Collapse of Steel Skeleton of Hotel
DaIington
OTHERS MAY BE IN WREcKAGE
The Building Department Entered
Repeated Charges of Violation
Against the Building, Which Were
Disregarded.

New York, Special.-Fourteen per-
sons are believed to have been killed,
Of whom the bodies Of only five have
been recovered, about score injured,
and several are missing through the
collapse of the steel skeleton of the
Hotel Dalington, a thirteen-story
apartment house in course of erection
at 57S West Forty-seventh street. The
steel frame had been erected as far as
the eleventh floor, and the structure
was swarming with iron workers, ma
sons and laborers, when, without an
instant's warning, the upper floor sag
ged and collapsed and the whole struc-
ture fell with crash that was heard
for blocks and shook all the buildings
in the vicinity. A portion Of the steel
frame fell upon the rear of the Hotel
Patterson, on West Forty-seventh
street, crushing in the wall of the din
ing-room and killing Mrs. Ella Lacey
Storrs, the wife of Frank Storrs.
wealthy resident of Rye. We.tchester
county. as she was sitting at luncheon
with the wife of Rev. Dr.. Minot Say
age, who escaped unhurt.
The other dead. so far as known, are
Frederick Morrills. foreman Of the
Roebling Construction Company; a
derrick Min and two unidentified ment
apparently laborers.
Among those missing is Frank j. AL
lison, OF the Allison Realty Company,
the builders of the hotel, who Is known
10 have been in the building when it
fell. Efforts to recover the bodies Of the
dead and rescue those imprisoned in
the wreck were begun by the firemen
Immediately after the crash, and the
work of searching the ruins will be
continued all night. Owing to the enor-
nous mass 2of metal wreckage,S days
may elapsa before all.the,abqdies. are
recovered
The cause 0f the disaster generally
accepted is the overIoading of the
floors. Foreman James Halpin, in
charge of the iron workers, stated that
there was a large quantity Of cement
ond other building material on the
fifth fnnr and that on the ninth floor