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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-19

we jog along on an accommodation
train which averages fourteen miles an
hour, and affords excellent oppOrtuni-
ty to behold the country. The brown
pIowed patches have disappeared. We
are farther south than yesterday. and
| every field is 'arrayed in living
green and every station is lined and
luscious with roses of vivid color and
penetrating perfume. We leave the
cars at Aries station, enter an omni-
bus. and in five minutes the present
century and its belongings are as eff
fectually shut out as if we were our
| own ancestors instead of being those
of our great-great-grand children.
Down narrow crooked streets we
lplunged-streets without sidewalks,
and never designed for the use of
wheeled vehicles; streets lined with
quaint, overhanging, dilapidated
houses, so constructed that the Occu-
pants of the third story may shake
hands across the crevice; streets into
which the hot sun would have some
trouble to worm Itself; street which Of
old echoed to the mailed tramp of the
legions of Tiberius; stress along which
the clatter of the horsemen of Charles
, the Bold was heard; streets of sharp
pointed pavements. which feel, and
look,-and smen,-as if they had been
tabooed by the Street Commissioner
and left untouched by man since the
reign of Louis the Fourteenth.
AAA
Our winding street soon debauched
into a plaza (of course debouched is
the proper word, I know that, wrote it
debauched on purpose; it was my in
tention to perpetrate a joke, around
which the hotels or inns are stationed.
We stopped at the Hotel du Forum.
Louis Bertholas is the proprietor there
of. His card reads: Eek Voyageur de
Commerce. and as commercial voyager
he is the Lord High Admiral of all who
ever sailed under the skull and cross
bones. I will back him in the mathe-
NAUTICAL line against Warren Leland or
his head bookkeeper. and I can give
him no greater praise. Unlike Leland,
however, Bertholas can keep books bet
ter than he can keep a hotel Leland
reached the summit of achievement. in
both branches of the profession Lee
land was never conquered but once
John Cashwiler of California did it
that was many years ago. John called
for his bin after a months stay at Lee
lands hotel. 1t was rendered, and IN
il was the following item:
Thirty fires, at S1.50-...-..----s $500
Are you sure that this is right"
said ]. c. Il don't think I have had
as many fires as this. I could not have
had a fire every day"
Perfectly correct, Mr.. c. said the
urbane clerk. You ordered fire built
every day during the cold weather. and
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-19

ter and Venus and Mercury and all the
rest Of the mythology. In fact l am a
disciple of the Rev. Robert IngersolI, at
present, and I never was much of q
Christian anyhow" and 1 started for
the outgo amid the angry bowls of the
breakfastless tigers, and the disap-
pointed audience, who had come there
to see me dessIcated, and did not re-
fish being thus defrauded of the show.
l stood in front of the marble facings
and pretended to decipher and trans
late the Latin inscriptions. My COM
panion seated herself on the bench oc-
cupied Of old by the vestals, and press
ed in her notebook some wild GRIM
son peoples gathered from the place
reserved for the accommodation Of the
Emperor. and then I climbed some old
worn spiral sairs UP to one of the
three Saracenic towers which were
added to the original edifice-as is sup
posed by Charles Martel-and Won
dered if in our new world there was
one of all our costly public edifices
that after twenty centuries would pre-
serve its proportions like this.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-19

In fact French musicians generally are
We have heard less music in France
during three weeks sojourn than the
streets of London furnish every even
ing. Why the government subsidies
the ma agement cannot comprehend,
for every theatre I have visited has
been crowded, and the prices of ad-
mission are higher than in New York
The play on this occasion was Mac
beth, with a celebrated actor in the
character of the Thane Of Cawtfor,
and an ancient favorite as Mrs. Mac
beth. The audience seemed delighted,
and [ suppose it was a grand success,
but there was an unfamiliar and
therefore unpleasant information in the
tones of the actors, a nasal whine in
the pathetic passages, and a snorting
roar in the passionate ones, which
sounded most disagreeabIy to my
Saxon ears. The supernumeraries
were more numerous than with us and
Macbeth's army really looked like an
army, but the scenery dresses, and
stage appointments were not equal to
the poorest of our American metro
politan theaters.
1 was greatly impressed with the ap-
pearance of thrift, industry and bust
ness life and growth in Lyons. Her
fifty thousand silk looms are almost
ceaseless in their toll, and the sheen
of their products deck the daughters
OF every land. But every picture has
its background, and the disa greea bic
feature OF Lyons is the factories where
are compounded the chemicals and
dye-stuffs used in the manufacture of
colored silks. These are in the out
skirts of the city and their offence
is rank, it smells to heaven" it dis
gusts the traveller and covers with
poisonous bleach the faces of the resi-
dent population
Leaving Lyons, We cross and descend
the Rhone. We pass through a coun-
try not merely of great fertility and
beauty but of the most interesting
historical associations. There are
relics at every station. and ruins upon
every rock. Ruined bridges and a
queducts, and temples of the period
Of classical antiquity; ruined castles
and fortresses once inhabited by the
warlike and predatory barons of the
feudal ages. And in the fields which
lie between and I'D to the very sum-
mits of hills crowned with crumbling
castles, and covering with their green
wells and purple fruitage the boar OF
the weary old rocks, the vineyards OF
Cote. and Roti and Hermitage, and
st. Peray perfume the morning. and
send forth their notes Of gleeful de-
fiance to the Good Temolars.
Amid this mixture of modern and
medieval France with classic Gallia.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-22
RUsSo-JAPANEsE WAR.

ST. PETERSBURG. Aug. 18.-An Of
that every officer on the Rossia and
Gromobi was either killed or wounded.
Rear Admiral Jessen narrowly escap
ed the fate of Admiral Without Je8-
sen was standing on the bridge of the
Rossia when 1t was wrecked by n
shell. The Russian cruisers were lit
orally wrecked their guns and en-
gines being dismantled. Their escape
from Kamimura's four cruisers is con.
sidered nothing but luck.
LONDON, Aug. 1S.-England and
France and minor powers are fearful
today that China will become involv-
ed in the war, allying herself with
Japan. thus destroying the neutrality
which 1t has been the endeayor to pre-
serve.
II is thought that the ultimatum
sent by the Japanese to China regard
ing the enforcement OF her neutrality
in the case of the protected cruiser
Askold will find China willing to ac-
cede to the demand. It Is thought that
tulHh Ttluhhi " tbIiDlN WIN lH'
Japanese demands is improbable un-
less other pressure is brought to bear
by the powers.
PARIS, Aug. 18.-News from the far
East today suggests serious compl'
cations. It would appear from mfor.
nation received by the government
that China Is disposed to become an
ally Of Japan against Russia. In this
event alarming trouble is likely to fol
low, and the area Of the war will! not
be limited The neutrality Of China
will be maintained at all hazards even
If France and Germany have to com
blne to secure it.
BERLIN. Aug. ia dispatch in
Die Post reports that the Japanese
lost FIVE thousand In Wednesdays at
| tack on Port Arthur.
] CHEEFOO. Aug.19.-The battle be
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-22

at $50 this morning and stopped sew
eral times between there and here
on account of mud and rocks being on
the track. A train bearing a gang of
workmen was sent out last night to
help the train along. There was no
train TO 'Silverton last night and no
train from there this morning. Fif-
teen or twenty minutes after the east
ern arrived today a freight train with
a passenger coach attached pulled out
for Si,yerton. Every seat and even tne
standing room on the platforms was
occupied. The eastern train pulled
out on the return trip soon after.
The man who made the linotype ma
chine didn't make it perfect. He made
II so that every time the operator sets
line he has to take hold of a lever
and raise the line to make 1t go to
the place where the line is cast. This
will do all right for almost any op-
orator. but not for Mr.. Hoffman the
linotype artist on the Herald Mr.
HOFFMAN has invented and attached
an appliance which raises the lever
automatically, so all he has TO do is TO
work the keyboard, never having TO
touch the lever. This necessitates
very rapid setting as the line must al
ways be full when the elevator is to
go up. Mr.. Hoffman can keep the line
full and then have time to spare. He
Is the only operator who has ever
been In this section that could work
the machine to its full capacity. Be
fore coming TO Durango Mr.. Hoffman
worked on the st. Louis Post-Dispatch,
and when he gets tired of one place
there is always another open for him.
FIRE was discovered In Amsden's
shoe store at 1870 last night. The
alarm was turned in and the fire de.
partment responded promptly and
soon had the blaze extinguished The
fire was confined to the rear part of
the store. occupied by the tailoring
department The fire is supposed to
have caught from the stove the tailor
uses for heating irons,
The tailoring department is parti-
toned off from the rest of the store
and in this room were some clothes. a
lot of boots and shoes, rubber goods.
etc, some of which were entirely de
stroyed, and all of which were dam
aged. The flames apparently did not
extend beyond the partition, but the
heat damaged the back half of the
ceiling and the paper on the walls and
scorched the most of the stock in the
back part of the room. consisting of
shoes and hats. Considerable window
glass was broken and some OF the
show cases were cracked. Mr.. Amsden
believed the damage on the stock
would amount to 81 800. 1t is believed
the damage to the building will not
exceed 5000. The stock is insured
for $4,000. $4,000 being with Pickerill
e. Herr and $1,000 with Cal Copeland.
The club rooms above and the post
office were filed with smoke from the
fire,
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-22
PRESERVE ANCIENT DWELLINGS

Senator T. NJ. Patterson and Mrs.
Gilbert McClurg returned last night
from their visit to Navajo Springs
In conversation with a reporter
Senator Patterson said that while the
desired object of the trip had not been
accomplished, a knowledge of condi-
tions of which he was unaware had
been gained, and he knew now better
how to proceed than before making
the trip.
The object of this trip, as stated a
few days ago in these columns, was
to hold conference with the Indians
with view to getting them to cede
Mesa Verde to the United States gov
ernment, in order that the land may
be converted into national park for
the preservation of the ruins The
party went from Durango last Sunday
to Mancos, and from there they were
driven to the agency at Navajo
Springs, where a pow-wow with lead
ing men of the Ute tribe was held next
day.
Senator Patterson said the Indians
were asked to make a proposition TO
| the government for the ceding of the
land, and in the event of getting such
| proposition it was his intention to
| present the matter to congress for
| action. The Indians refused to enter
| upon any negotiations whatever, and
| claimed that the government had not
kept faith with them as to previous
| treaties.
In answer to the question as to what
their special grievance was, the SEN
ator said they had no water. for one
thing, and the rations given them
were inadequate for another. By the
terms of the last treaty made with
the Indians, which was in '96 or '97,
they were promised irrigation bitches.
and they haven't any water for irri
| CATION. Water has to be hauled a
distance of six or seven miles even
for domestic purposes to the agency.
The rations are insufficient. The
small amount given them is astonish-
ing. 1t is a mystery how they can
subsist on the quantity they get. The
Utes justly have grievance, and II
is 10 wonder they refuse to have any
new dealings with the government un-
til the provisions OF the old agree
ments are fulfilled Mr.. Patterson
now knows where the trouble lies, and
will set to work at once and try to
have the authorities at Washington
remedy matters, after which he hopes
terms can be arranged with the In
dians.
After the conference the senator
went with a small party of friends to
see the principal ruins. this being his
first trip to the prehistoric dwellings
He visited the Cliff Palace. Spruce
Tree House and number OF the
other more important ruins, thus
spending two days.
Mrs. Gilbert McClurg Is a most en-
tertaing talker on the subject in which
she is so deeply interested. For
several years she has made a special
study OF archaeological matters and
her work along these lines has made
a name for herself known in Europe
as well as America.
} It was due to the efforts OF Mrs
Mclurg that Senator Patterson came
to look over the situation personally
He is the first high government of
| fetal to visit the ruins and acauaInt
| himself personally with conditions
: Mrs. McClurg mentioned the fact tha
no government official had
I chance to see before what the Colo
/ RADIO Society for the Preservation O
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-22
POTATO CULTURE IN ENGLAND.

Writers on agricultural topics for
the British newspapers continue to
devote a good deal of attention to po-
tato culture and to the prominence It
has attained. owing to the high prices
paid for certain new varieties. A
Dumfricshire farmer tried the expert
ment of using the boxing system for
preparing potato seed. He claims that
the yield per acre has been increased
two or three tons owing to the accel-
GRAFTON in maturity Of early potatoes
by sprouting them in boxes In the win
ter or early spring. He recommends
the change from n high altitude or .
cold or wet climate to a warmer To-
cality The most robust crops are OBJ
tanned from miniature tubers for sced.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-22

The campaign was opened in
Pueblo Tuesday night with Hon. H..
NJ. Hogg as the orator of the even
ing. And the Herald will wager that
the audience was nightly entertained.
No more forcible and logical speaker
will stump Colorado this year than
our congressman.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-22

It is little strnge that Mr.. Little
ton, who placed Judge Parker In nomi-
nation at st. Louis, in speech which
was submitted in advance to Judge
Parker, had nothing to say about his
candidates financial views. II wouli
have been a courageous thing TO have
announced them at that time, but II
would have undoubtedly resulted In
the nomination of another candidate.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-22

La Plata county will land in the
Republican column this fall. With
voters thoroughly posted in regard
to the Cripple Creek and Telluride
manipulation by Meyer. ct al, there
will be no shadow of hope for the
men espoused by the agitators.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-22

Chairman raggart - filling places
on his executive comralt:1e with the
old line Democrats. He is apparently
guild 81 more by Judg1 Parker's tele
gram than by the declarations OF his
part g platform
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-22

1t looks as II the New York authori-
ties were seriously inclined to have
some of the more important laws gov
erning the operation of steamships at
last obeyed. The offending steamship
companies naturally regard this as an
outrage.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-22

| fore Port Arthur RACES today more
fiercely than ever, and while the Jap
anese are gaining foot by foot, 1t is
at the expense of great human slaugh.
ter. The real battle began August IA
| and continued on the 18th. On the
10th an effort was made to secure
| surrender. hut that failing the battle
resumed, and ragged all of yesterday
and continues today. The Japanese
are determined to end the siege at
whatever cost. 1t Is stated by refu,
gees that arrived here last night that
the Japanese have lost %. 900 men In
the last four days but have gained
important advantages In the matter
of position, and are now able to throw
shells into all parts of the town
Land mines have ben frequently ex.
ploded and many lives have been lost
but this disaster has not been any
thing Ike as great as the regular
assaults. General Stoesel is directing
the defense in person. He has been
in towering rage ever since the de
mand efor surrender was made upon
him. The main force of the attacks
up to yesterday was directed against
the left wing and resulted in the cap
turc of the Pigeon Bay positions and
three forts at Lao Tieshan. The
Japanese hastily mounted guns which
did excellent service in the storming
of the right wing
LONDON, Aug. ia Chefoo dis
patch today reports that the Japanese
hsa.s
of the inner defenses OF Port Arthur.
the attackers suffering heavy losses
by the explosion of ground mines. In
order to discover these mines the
laps hit upon the expedient OF driv-
ing live cattle over the suspected
ground but the scheme failed and only
furnished the besieged with fresh
meat A Russian gunboat of the OF
vazeny type struck mine on the
harbor entrance last night and sank
ST, PETERSBURG, Aug. 19.-Om.
cial reports have been received of ma
val battles of August 10 and IA. They
show that the Russians have been
badly beaten and have had several
narrow escapes.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 19.-Consul
Fowler. Chefoo. cables that the Jap
anese torpedo boats which had en-
tered the harbor on taking their de-
parture seized n vessel of some ma
lionality unknown to him,
LONDON, Aug. 1g.-Reuter has
report that eleven ships of the Baltic
fleet left Libau Monday for the Far
East
MUKDEN. Aug. 9-Skirmlshes be-
tween opposing forces in the Lao
Yang neighhorhood are growing more
frequent and more important each
day. The Japanese have heavy
force within twenty miles of the Rus
sian main position and a big battle
is considered imminent.
PARIS, Aug. 19.-News reaches
here today of land operations in Man
churla recently which have been ham.
pered greatly by heavy rains. The
Russians have slowly retreated, but
are In better position now than for
some time.
TOXIC. Aug. l9.-One hundred and
fifty men were lost on the Russian
gunbboat Otvazoby. sunk last night
by n Japanese mine The Russian
commander went down with his boat,
but two OF his lieutenants escaping
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-22

A man who is not well known him
self must be judged by his advisers
If Judge Parker is elected President,
we must infer that his associates and
advisers will be David b. Hill and
August Belmont.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-22

The Democrats are clamoring for "a
change" They ask the voters to
change from a certainty to an uncer-
tatuty.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-22


DENVER. Aug 1S.-In general, the
neon temperatures have been near
the seasonal average. Light showers
have occurred In all districts, and
while rain Is not badly needed, gem
eral rain would be beneficial. The
thrashing Of winter wheat is under
way. with generally good yields. the
harvesting OF spring wheat. oats. rye
and barley Is stili IN progress; ali
spring grains are good crops, except
wheat. which has been considerably
damaged by rust. Corn is generally
making good growth and promises a
fair crop, but needs rain in the east
ern counties. Potatoes, beets and gar
den truck are excellent; tomatoes are
ripcning. and cantaloups are coming
to market The second crop of al
falfa is being cut. and is a heavy crop;
range is improving in the southern
counties, elsewhere grazing continues
good Prospects for fruit are excel
lent.
BOSTON, Aug. 18-Col. Witmont
w. Blackmar of Massachusetts was
elected commander in chief Of the
Grand Army today.
General Blackmar. the new com
mander in chief, was born in Penn
sylyania in 1S41, enlisted in the 18th
Pennsylvania when the war broke out
and fought at Antietem, Stone River,
Chattanooga, Chickamaugua, Lookout
Mountain and Missionary Ridge. Mr..
Blackmar was elected by acclamation.
Denver was selected as the site for
the next meeting and grand encamp-
ment OF the Grand Army veterans by
an overwhelming majority on the Arst
ballot The triumph for Denver was
the result of hard work by delegates
from Colorado, Wyoming. Utah and
New Mexico assisted by a score OF
other Western delegates. Railroads
have agreed to give one fare for the
round trip
KANSAS CITY. Mo, Aug. 18.-Pas-
senger train No. 12 on the Rock Island
out of Kansas City last night for Chi
| cago at $3.50 was wrecked at Alta.
mont. Mo. last nigh,. Two day
coaches jumped the track and were
| thrown DOWN an ttHDankHenl. NONE
| OF the passengers were killed outright
| although two were seriously injured
and may die. Twelve others were
injured slightly
MOBILE, Ala. Aug. 1s.--It is feared
a race war will follow the lynching OF
Rufus Leseur Unverifed reports OF
the killing came today. One story
said John Hollis. a son Of the woman
whose chamber Leseur entered. ant
other whites had been murdered. An
other story said that the whites ant
negroes fought a pitched battle neal
| Selma.
| SAVANNAH, Ga, Aug. 18.-Tht
conditions at Statesboro are still seri
ous. Reports continue to come from
all parts OF the country adjacent there
to OF wbippings and shootings. Th'
blacks are thoroughly terrorized an,
| Handy Bell and Preacher Gaines hav,
disappeared. The bones OF Cato an,
Reed, who were burned at the stake
were collected and taken to the ex
press agent to send to Roosevelt witt
note saying:
you will never get the chance t,
eat with these niggers."
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-22

The eastern train which was due at
4:40 last evening did not get here till
1:45 this afternoon. The train ar
rived at Chama last night at $3.50 and
was held there all night on account of
foods and washouts. They left Chama
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-22

The many friends Of John Corl gave
him a very pleasant surprise party
last evening, the occasion being his
SD birthday. Although the rain con
tinued to pour down. there were old
friends who would not stay away, and
in spite OF the dsagreeable night a
merry party assembled and spent a
very pleasant evening.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-22

o, s. Galbreath returned today from
Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo and
Florence. He left Denver at 3:45 day
before yesterday and has been on the
road ever since. After all his expert
ence he did not so much as say Con
sarn it," But that Is the way with a
newspaper man.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-22

Lee Bellinger and wife intended 60
ing out on the eastern. but the train
was so late they changed their minds
From the plotting a gang of the rail-
road boys were doing they will prob
ably wish that they had gone.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-22

c. w. Bloodgood. manager of the
Big Colorado Mining & Milling Co. OF
Gladstone, returned on the Silverton
train today, taking four fine draft
horses with him which he purchased
for use at the mine.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-22

Frank Richards, a colored gentle
man was delegated to col
lect contributions for the African NJ.
f. church. He collected all he could
and blew in" all he got Went to
jail last night. Dunno wha' he
'spects to go In de heahaftah."
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-22

Second time the postoftice has en-
joyed a genuine Smoke" Third time
and out is the old saying. And we
know of no institution burning that
would AFFECT as many people. as sew
eral thousand letters. with possibly
, thousand writer's, would go up. and
1t would take months to straighten
, matters out. So far as the govern
ment is concerned, however, the loss
would be small-simply on few mai
sacks. the fixtures belonging to the
, person leasing the building, while the
postmaster's supplies are kept In 6
fire and burglarproof safe and vault