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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-24
AFTERNOON REPORT.

ST. PETERSBURG May 23-The blowing up of the Russian
cruiser Bogay of the Vladvostok squadron admitted The
ship grounded impossible her. The were
taken ship vase destroyed.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-24
SEATTLE OPIUM SEIZURE.
tAssoo1ATED PRESS oAsLEeRAMs.,

SEATTLE, May 74.-Crude opium value of $4,000,
smuggled by of Victoria has been seized
rngleaders traffic. operating years. were
arrested
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-24
OIL VESSEL BLOWN UP.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 23The schooner Fanny Adele
ed with oil gasoline blew today
was
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-24

The schooner Fanny Adele and well known
the Hawaiian inrsand trade During that time
the OF the Inersand Steam Navigation After
leaving here she Pacific trade
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-24
BOXING MATCH ARRANGED.

NEW YORK, May a3--Terry McGovern and Eddie Hanlon
been matched fight
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-24
DECLINES BISHOPRIC.

LOS ANGELES, May 23-Bishopect Day. recently selected
by the Methodist Conference, has resigned
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-06
AN ADVANCE STEP,

In GreenVille, s. C., the PreSbyterians have a college called Chicora College. It is a female college and the manage ment has just adopted the old blue back spellingbook as one of the text books of the institution. This may to some look like retrogression, but it Is not. It is distinctly progressive. and if the example should be followed in all the schools of the country, male and female. 1t would be an advance over present methods. Without con- demning or criticising the books in general use in our schools, 1t is mo- torious fact that graduates of the mod ern schools are deficient in spelling. Business and professional men are con- tinually complaining that their clerks, stenographers and type-writers are not able to spell correctly. and the fault begins with the schools.
 It Is not prejudice or old-fogyism that makes us say that in at least the one branch of orthography the chill dren were better taught fifty years ago than they are now. There has never been any better method of teach ing spelling to the children than that in use when the old-style spelling book was the foundation upon which the educational fabric was built. The children had to begin with that book and unless they were hopelessly stupid they had to master it. There was no escape from this rule, and rich and poor alike had to go through the same course. Speaking of the Chicora Col lege, it is stated that every pupil of the institution, from the lowest to the highest, must spell and read in the old blue-b back, and We have no doubt that the result will be graduates who can spell.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-06
RErORMTyG THU-sAyACrs.

The poor Igorrotes at St. Louis are having troubles of their own, and ali because of our advanced civilization, with which they are unable to keep in touch. There are several reasons
 why their inclinations and habits are not in harmony with ours. For one thing they stick to the Edenic fashion about clothing. In country where Q string of beads is full dress. and an added pair of earrings makes a sensss :
 ton, the people are not accustomed
 to wearing burdensome and .compli- cated clothes. Neither climate nor cus-
 tom requires 1t. It Is the same way about their eating. They are not as
 particular as we are,> and whether their bill of fare consists of roast dog or
 grubworms. it is all the same to them. for they eat anything. animal or veg etable. that comes their way and are
 satisfied with 1t.
 But their manners and customs have
 proven displeasing, not to say shock
 ing. to the moro advanced men and wo- men of this Western land, and attemp,s
 are being made to reform them. First.
 the fastidious humanitarians wanted to put stop to dog eating on the
 ground that 1t was cruelty to the ca
 hines. We suppose those who voiced
 this objection do not hesitate to eat the flesh of animals and fowls which
 must be killed before eating. How ever that may be, an effort was made to stop eating dogs but the authorities could see no reason or right to inter-
 fere. They doubtless reasoned that an Igorrote has as much right to kill and
 eat dog as white people have to kill
 and eat pigs. and so they declined to
 prohibit 1t. If the savage taste runs
 to dogmeat let it run. is the sensible way they decided.
 Failing in this innovation, an at- tempt was made to work a reformation | in the matter of clothing. and here they I met with more success, for the author | ities have ordered the poor children of nature to wear trousers. Next we | suppose shoes and stockings, shirts and | collars and coats and hats. Fancy a poor savage. reared in the heat and | freedom of tropical country, forced | to don the clothing of full-dressed | American. That is infinitely more We may admit that a troop of men and women marching along the Pike
 or lolling about their village, dressed
 as Adam. and Eve were before fig ! leaves became thp fashion. is a sight calculated to jar our ideas of propri- ety. but isn't this free country, and they please7 If the Igorrotes don't
 bundle up their playthings and leave
 in disgust, we don't know why. There
 too much style in St. Louis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-06
cEarAIN sECRErARIEs.

At this distance from headquarters.
 1t may seem somewhat out of place to
 inquire about the Secretaries of the
 National Democratic Executive Com
 mittee and the National Democratic Congressional Executive Committee. Nevertheless. wo feel bound to inquire about those officers. They are worth inquiring about The first Is stout HsaPst man and 70 Is the second. For two years at least these two gentlemen have been actively at work to bring about the nomination of Wm. R. Hearst as the candidate of the Democratic Par ty in slso4. was ithis . proper busi- ness to be engaged in? We think not. There are certain decencies that ought to be observed, even in politics. and this is one of them. MT. Walsh and Mr. Edwards had no right to use the offices with which they bad been hon. ored to advance the interests of par ticular candidate for the Presidency. This opinion does not grow out of any prejudice against Hearst. It grows out of a simple regard for propriety and
 decency If there is a hasty conclu-
 sion, that we mean these gentlemen
 were purchased by Hearst and have
 been using their offices to help him Tn
 consideration for money. we repudiate
 the idea. They have been working Tor Hearst out of pure love, but they can
 not expect tho average Democrat,
 whether for Hearst or not. to relish
 their multifarious activity in his be-
 half while they draw pay from the
 party to care for the party's interests
 as whole.
 It will be worth the while of the Convention at St. Louis to look into this matter. Not formally, of course, but
 through the ordinary agency of mem- bera who are honestly desirous that the ticket shall be successful even if MT Hearst is not nominated. It is not at all improbable that the two secreta- res will say that rather than be con- cerned in a contest where deeply beloved man has been turned down by the National Convention, they will
 resign. Might not the party get along without them? It certainly can. Even | if Hearst should be nominated those nen should be turned out. They have demonstrated their unftness to aid In
 the conduct of campaign. They are so devoted to one man that they should be turned loose on some big lawn or in | some wood to hurrah for their candi-
 date, without entrusting them with the conduct in the smallest measure, of the campaign itself.
 We are speaking at a great distance from headquarters. but we venture to commend our notions to the. party lead CTS at St. Louis. secretary will have his influence in the conduct of the campaign. His heart should be devot- ed eto the cause and not to a man.
 Hearst secretaries procured through af- lection for Hearst ought to step aside irrespective of the nominees at St.
 Louis. Party secretaries ought to be
 engaged.
 This question, not as petty as 1t
 looks, Is one that can be much better
 thrashed out while the Convention is | in session at St. Louis, than 1t can be after the November election.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-06
A JAuNTY OPINION.

Congressman Clayton in an interview given out in St. Louis. shows much jauntiness in dealing with the platform
 to be adopted. The Congressman says there will be no trouble at all in form ing a platform upon which all Dem ocrats can stand. Will 1t be so easy? The task must be undertaken. but we have heard of but one man who seemed to be anxious to try his hand. He Is Congressman Williams of Mississippi. MT. Williams can write, he has ideas and has courage and the Convention could hardly do better than put him at the head of the Committee on Res olutions. He is slated, however, for the temporary craftsmanship and he will hardly hold the two places. His as- sistance must be rendered privately and so less effectively. If the Missis- sippi man can get his way there will
 be a manly deiiverance on the tariff. But neither German nor Hill ever en- tertained manly views about this ques tion and each of them have in St. Louis platform already prepared. Of course
 
 want to temporize and shift about from one foot to another. Would Congress- man Clayton draw a tariff resolution that would please both German and Williams?
 Then again the money question will require most careful, not to say adroit, treatment Could MT. Clayton draw
 resolution on this issue satisfactory alike to himself and to. say, James II. Eckles of Illinois, or Patrick Collins of Massachusetts We note disposi- ton in some quarters to insist the Con- yention ought to eat its crow and have done with it, in the matter of free sil- yer. There is no occasion to consume
 crow, but there is for a fiat-footed as-
 surance that the standard of value will
 not again be meddled with. Could MT. Clayton handily draft such a state
 ment |?
 | The trusts, too. furnish well nigh in
 separable difficulties, They will cause
 more anxiety and sweating than all the
 other questions put together. No liv- | ing man outside Of a ,lunatic asylum,
 cau say precisely what the Government
 ought to do by way of regulating com
 binations of capital. The students and
 theorizers have plans, but they are
 woefully vague.
 | The one certain thing about the sit
 uation at St. Louis is that 1t Is not a
 time for straddling on any proposition.
 An intelligent and fearless declaration l Eo
 candidate. The platform will this
 year, 1t seems probable. have to take
 care of the candidate. Bravely spoken
 words would do this, timid words
 would spell defeat from the outset.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-06
OUR GOLDEN CALF.

Trouble Caused by Abuses of Wealth
 Rather Than Possessions of It. Los Angels Herald.
 The Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis says yugar to be en suxxssson xsfsa S DsRS sSs worship of the golden calf may be- come less hroadsRreaS IS ene,sr,nns ,nan 70 ward to the future with the eye of hope but when the famous preachers remark Is pondered over oy the per son who has bent for logic It IS seen prophetic value.
 Wealth stands for all that is refined It buys the highest achievements ot the artist in every me ,da or Snoeh Sihveries: 1t expands commerce and 1t fights the nations wars. The spending Of money furnishes the test of mans wisdom, and although the growth of immense families the opportunity to make them- selves absurd by lavish expenditures. the majority of millionaires have used good taste. As a rule, the American business man Is distinguished by his sound common sense and the person who has the ability to make a fortune is too busy and too tired to enjoy the ostentatious display of his accumula- ted gold.
 The next generation will not covet riches less than thlS one, put tt VIII perhaps take a step forward in the direction of a simpler life. The last two decades in America have been marked by a steady. increase in the general demand for luxuries. Kings and queens live in less state than some of the New York millionaires, and many of the large classes of well-to-do pro- fessional and business men are more extravagant than princes of reignfng houses in Europe.
 There must be a certain reaction, for the next generation, of which Dr. Hillis speaks SO hopefully. may not desire to bear unnecessary burdens or to assume tiresome responsibilities The immense gifts to public enterprises, the enorm- ous benefactiops that have engaged the interest of many of the wealthiest men of the pation lead to the belief that the children of these men are beipg taught that the responsibilities of wealth are too great to be accepted if they can be avoided.
 If the millionaries of today teach the members of their families that neither poverty or riches is to be desired. there may come time when the selfish ex- penditure of money will be considered vulgar. but when that day comes the world will be so near the millennium that all the problems connected with labor and capital will be about settled.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-06
WEDNESDAY, JULY 6. 1904.
CROwDING OUT THE CONFEDER-
 ATEs

In A recent issue of The Charlotte, (N. C.), Observer, the statement is made that In neither North nor South Carolina will there be a single Con- federate in either House of the next Congress. It is so in other portions of the South. Alabama now has five old Confederates in the Senate and House, and when they die or pass out. 1t is al- together probable that their places will be taken by younger men who were not wearers of the gray. The Richmond News-Leader says of 1t:
 Those of us who can remember few years back recall the time when all the Representatives in Congress from the were ex-soldiers. In fact 1t had to be so, because practically all the able bodied men in the South had been in the army and the man who did not serve was under political ban. Now it is the other way. The younger men have pushed to the front and the vet erans have been dying off faster and faster each year. The feeling of com radeship which made the ex-Confed crate inyincible, because those who served in the ranks with him or under him rallied to him, disregarding all other considerations, has vanished. be-
  Into small minorities. Other causes have operated also. The instinct of comradeship has yielded to selfish in- terests, in some cases to new preju- dices and passions of the moment. In South Carolina men who followed Wade Hampton in war voted against him and for Ben Tillman, We suppose sim liar instances have occurred elsewhere in the South.
 While 1t Is sad to contemplate the passing of the old Confederates. there is nothing in 1t to be surprised at. Few of the old soldiers are now less than 60 years of age, while a majority of them have passed three-score and ten While it is true that a man is not decrepit att 60, and many of them are at their best at TO. it is equally true that there is a continual and growing disposition to push the older men aside and fill their places with younger men Not only in politics. but in professional and business life the younger blood is pushing aside the older. It may be re- gretted, but cannot be helped, and tho wearers of the gray may make up their minds to submit to the inevitable
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-06
Gossip of men
 and mdtter$
Colo~eI Wiley at Floraln.

The Florala News, in its last lssue'
 has the following complimentary no. N', tico of a Masonic address denVsren Sy og Congressman A, A. Wiley on Jung the Anniversary of John the Dap tist: "As soon as Mir. Ford could be hedro again, he introduced Congressman WI ley of Montgomery, who responoeo !" ', tho address of welcome. lie pesah, ,ia.s n,' remarks with a tribute to the hi; tdaei;; and. an expression of thanks. on pehaIi of The visitors. for the welcome yuS extended them. And then in that DOT ished and eloquent manner TOT whlcI, hc is famed he drew a beautiful WoIo
 DIG ture of the history of the Masonic fraternity. He began with the tradI- tional foundation of the order ana DOT
 trsyed it's advancement step by step
 to the present day. The beautiful le5-
 sons of Masonry and the many pehe-
 fits that the world at large, as well as
 the members, derive from its existence,
 were told in language that souhoeo
 like a prose poem. He compared the
 stability and benevolence of Masonry,
 with the Christian religion, and de-
 monstrated how the order and the
 church had harmoniously. been work
 ing for the good of man for centuries.
 He alluded to the protection that the
 order affords the gentle sex, ana the
 light of purity and happiness that sur ,
 rounds the home of a Mason. Colonel
 Wiley concluded with beautiful pe-
 roratio nthat brought forth hearty ap-
 plause from those who heard him.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-06

A somewhat involved and compli- cated germ theory is advanced by late scientist. Stable manure containing living germs is put into the ground. The ground is planted with lettuce we will say, and the germs go into the lettuce. A chicken eats the lettuce and tho germs go into the chicken. A man eats the chicken and the germs go into him-and that's as far as we have got. unless a lion or a tiger comes along and eats the man, and we don't know that the progression would end there.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-06
A Booklet on Alabama.

Capt Robert R. Poole, State Con- missioner of Agriculture and Indus tries. has just received from the press folder setting forth the advantages and promises of Alabama to capitalists and home seekers. which is styled, The Homc Seekers and Capitalists Guide to Alabama" On the back Is pic ture of typical Alabama home. with the injunction. Get you Home In Ala bema.' A picture of the State Capi- tol is the front page and on each page are facts and figures showing what Ala bama possesses and what is offered these who will come and settle in the State.
 There are pictures of Governor Jelks. Lieutenant Governor Cunningham and Commissioner Poole, with a scene on the Alabama River, sheep raising, a modern road, a cattle pasture and an Alabama cotton field.
 In its pages the public Is told of Ala bamas growth and progress. statistics about cotton. fruits and other crops minerals. and all resources, with data about the schools and reliable infor- nation about cost of lands and con- struction of homes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-06
Ruilt Island on g shaaI.

Dr. Justus Ohage became a few years ago health officer of St. Paul. He no- ticed a bit of shoal in the Mississippi visible only when the river was low, from the city hall. Securing pos- session. by gift, of as much as he could anc by purchase of what he could not beg he had the citys clean waste rapidly bringing 1t above high water mark. On the four and one-half acres thus ingeniously wrested from the father of waters'' the city of St. Paul now maintains within easy reach of a majority of It's population a children's plaJ ground. a small ZOO a vegetable garden (to support the forty unifornn- ed attendantsl. public baths. with mod ern sterilizing plants for the bathing suits, a day nursery, a boys gymnasi- um and a girls gymnasium-and all united by a small but satisfactory park
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-06

refusal to any longer look with admir- atiop or even patience at sBryan's ex- hibitions of spite and malice. for in that 1t is only keeping company with most of the men in the South who once looked on the Nebraskan as the Moses and Joshua who was to lead the Dem. ocrats out of the land of Egypt and plump them down in the much desired land of Canaan. The South, at least. is no longer bound to him. and in vir- ginia, as we'll as Alabama. those who were his warmest supporters are now done with his theories. It is well.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-06
Judge Jones Takes Vacation.

Judge Thomas c. Jones, of the United States Court, accompanied by his daughter, Miss Netta Jones. left yester- day for Flaw River N. C., where he will spend a week with his daughter Mrs. Owen.
 cry has passed" said Judge Jones and owing to the Improvements on the Federal Building, I cannot say when we will begin holding the court. have repeatedly said that lawyers will be given thirty days notice before the court convenes.'
 Judge Jones will spend a week rest ing in North Carolina, and will prob ably come directly to Montgomery from flaw River.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-06
No Divorce in Mexico.

Kansas City Journal.
 Roger Hildebrandt, who ran away from his wife and children, is said to pc in Old Mexico. where 1t Is presumed ne will get divorce on some trumped up charge" says Western Kansas paper.
 Scarcely. Mexico Is the one Ameri- can country where divorce Is not al- lowed. Under the Mexican law mar riage is indissoluble by any other power save death. The best that can be ac- complished in this direction Is separa- ton which does not allow either or the parties to remarry.. And even tnls separation is hedged about with many dificuities It cannot be applied for until two years after marriage. When the application has been made In court, the judge summons the parties, parties before him and urges them to reconcile their differences, After a month has elapsed without a reconciliation he brings the parties face to face in his court for a second time and exhorts them to set tie their troubles. If they cannot come to an agreement he has the right to make an order separating the couple so far as living together Is concerned but not divorcing them. And so far as a foreigner Is concerned he cannot get into court for even this partial divorce from an absent wife
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-06

For the next few days we will get accounts of accidents and casualties connected with Mondays celebrations There will be wounds and fires, lock- jaw and deaths. and all the many and various happenings that usually at tend the celebration of the day. We suppose there Is no help for it, but il is pity that the day so dear to Amer, leans cannot pass without so much tc cause sorrow and regret. It is one oi the penalties we pay for being a fret and patriotic people.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-06
To Entertain Gridiron Club.

Mr. S. H. Hardwick, Passenger Trafhc Manager of the Southern Railway who was in Montgomery yesterday Will leave tonight with his daughter, Miss Algie Hardwick and her friend Miss Lally Moore for Lake Toxaway In the beautiful Sapphire region of North Carolina.
 After leaving the ladies at Lake Toxaway MT. Hardwick will go to St. Louis where he will meet the members of the famous Gridiron Club of Wash ington who are doing" the Demo- cratic convention for their papers. Saturday night MT. Hardwick. with the newspaper men as his guests, will leave St. Louis for Lake Toxaway where on Monday evening MT. Hardwick will compliment the Gridiron Club with a dinner given by himself. the Southern Hallway and the management of the Toxaway Inn.
 Several times in the past MT. Hard wick and the lamented MT. Turk former Passenger Traffic Manager have entertained the Gridiron Club at Asheville, N. C., and other points on the line of the Southern. The news paper men speak of these outings in North Carolina as among the most de- 1'ghtfuf experiences in the career of the Gridiron Club. and the one at Lake Toxaway bids fair to be one of the most pleasant of them all.