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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-05
Oriental Bazaar

Of cleansing waters. The rattle and
roar of busy Paris sits in at intervals
in company with the splinters of day
light, which tumble down through the
air shafts; but otherwise you might
imagine yourself in deserted mine, or
In the heart of Bulwer's city of the
Vryilya.
We spent couple of hours in prom
enading the sewers, and emerged
with better opinion Of the dark ways
of the last Napoleon, for though the
origin of the Paris sewer system runs
back more than eight hundred years
into the twilight of fable and though
the Grand monarch-Louis XIV-extend-
ed it, and the first Napoleon improved
it, yet its most beneficial developments
are due to the dead, exiled Emperor,
whose remains, unsepultured of France.
rest in alien earth at Chiselhurst.
The sewers, 1t need not be said, are
government institution as is indeed
everything Of approved merit or assur-
ed profit in France. The abattoirs, or
government slaughter houses at La Viii
lette, are so plentifully supplied with
water and 80 provided with ingenious
machinery, that the neighborhood is
neither unhealthy nor uncomfortable.
and the dream of the Chicago hog of
walking into hopper at one end, and
emerging in ten minutes at the other
as sugar-cured hams, picked pork,
sausages, glue and hair brushes is al
most realized.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-05

| ranean arteries, from the Luxembourg
| to the sewers we went that morning
! without change of raiment or fear of
| smell or stain. The Project of Police
granted the order, and deputed an Of
| ficer to accompany US, and We marched
down the hundred stone steps which
descend from the quay to the RANK OF
the Seine, and up the stone platform
| which slopes from the river to the arch
ed entrance to the great sewer, and be-
hold! we were in underground Paris.
It is not too much to say that lady
can walk through the sewers OF Paris,
| with less danger of soiling her skirts
| than she would encounter during prom
enade through the streets We enter
| ed an oval-shaped chamber, perhaps
| forty feet in circumference and fifteen
feet high into which half a dozen sewers
| discharged their contents. There was
but little offensive smell, for the house
| sewerage, which in other cities is per-
| mitted to flow into the street sewers,
| is carefully collected in Paris and
manufactured into fertilizers. The main
sewer, or underground canal, has eIe-
waited paved sidewalks on each side
about three feet in width, which are
kept scrupulously clean, and are guard
|
| tastefully festooned with chains
Every fifty feet there is a gas lamp
and an airshaft or "penetrator'' to the
surface of the street. The canal be-
| tween the sidewalks is about ten feet
deep and has in it about six feet of
swift running water. On either side,
close to the brink, is small iron rail,
and comfortable car-for visitors and
inspecting officials, with seats for six
persons-spans the orifice and is push
ed up and down by four men wno walk
upon the pavement alongside. From
the main sewers the smaller sewers
branch off; Or rather, these latter have
narrower sidewalks, no railways, and
less lofty roofs; but there is not a sew
er in Paris up which a fuil-grown man
may not walk dry-shod, without stoop-
ing, and with an abundance of light and
air. Nor is there any danger of losing
your way, for each sewer is named
after the street, boulevard, avenue or
alley under which it runs and even
the numbers of the houses are marked
upon the corresponding space beneath. |
There are over three hundred miles of /
these silent streets, which echo only to ,
the football of inspectors and is.borers, :
the battle-cry of rodent, and the gurgle
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-05
Extra Dinner Today.

The following Csc. dinner will be serv-
ed today at the Palace Grill. on Bethel
street. from 5 to s p. m: Green turtle
soup, boiled sea bass, egg sauce; baked
ham, champagne sauce; turtle steak
and jelly sauce, pineapple frftters, ribs
of beef, stuffed turkey and cranberry
sauce. green corn and potatoes, lettuce
and sliced tomato salad, mayonnaise
dressing; ice cream and cake, cranberry
pie.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-05
4 CALIFORNIAN
ABROAD.
By Thomas Fitch
CIRCUSES AND SEWERS
ClRCUsES AND SEWERS
ooh. Paris" said she.

ooh. Paris said she.
"And what of PARISH asked I
"Ah. where else do they garnish a
snutton chop with moss rose buds and
embroidered paper?" said she.
cor stack their bread inside the fire
fender regardless Of the anti-spfttoon
system which prevails all over Eu-
rope" said I.
"Or swear by the charms of wom-
an until she is seventy" remarked
she.
1t all arises you see out of the love
mandment, which is inherent in the
breast of every Frenchman. Thou
shalt mind thine own business is
craven upon the social crest of every
aGau1 Paris has neither prejudices nor
principles, and is destitute of precon-
scefved notions further than concerns
80 general good. Such words as sec
Il Wty, or formality, or restraint, are
unknown. Scarcely two persons can
be found of corresponding views, yet,
without manifestly concealing thcm,
the last thing for which good taste
selects prominent place are differences
of opinion. A significant shrug ex-
presses all there is in the vocabulary
of true Frenchman of disputation or
doubt on any subject not involving his
own rights or interests. OF course,
strangers are gratified and fattered by
this natural and gracious Difference,
and name it politeness. It is indeed a
quality OF consideration for the priv.
ileges OF others nowhere else to be
found. The arts, the amusements, the
unsystematized condition of social life,
the tone of the literature-even to the
defective movement of the political
compass-each attests the eccentric and
independent character of the nation. If
a woman elects to look pretty, she
takes into confidence no counselor but
her mirror, and because a man chooses
to extend his observations abroad to
places where ladies may not go, he is
not necessarily an object of suspicion.
In Paris a circus is as respectable as
a meeting house, and vastly more pop
Ular.
We Stunned the opera at fifteen
francs admission and haunted the cir
Gus at two francs. Tt needs no or
thoepic gift to understand a sorner-
sault or interpret daring swing on
the trapeze. Besides, the horse-opera
is the only place of amusement in Paris
that admits a possibility of fresh air.
Usually the theaters treat oxygen as
deadhead whose visits should be dis
couraged. Even the doors of the va
rious auditoriums from first to last are
hung with a view to the vicious suicidal
tendency of dosing instantly upon be-
ing releasedf There are no windows,
or hatchways, or skyIights, or other
device by which men and women may
be saved from the fatefu1 effects of an
atmosphere exhausted of oxygen, and
the consequence is that with one or
two exceptions we have seen no plays
or operas to the end, more often leav-
ing the house ten minutes after enter
ing And so the circus building in
Paris proved a delight. The seats, not
The leader., 1904-08-06

The Popuarville Free Press an
nounces that $50 bales of cotton will
be raised inside the incorporation OF
Poplarville this year, which is more
than was marketed in the town last
year. 1t seems that the piney woods
country is taking to cotton right we'll.
Besides the excellent record being
made in trucking, cotton Is becoming
an important crop.
The leader., 1904-08-06
RESPONSIBLE CABINET
An Innovation ii Russian Govern.
ment Being Freely Discussed.
the Editor OF Novce vremya 10
Leading the Movement Appar-
emily with Permission.

st. Petersburg, Aug, 1.-THE action
Of M. Souvenir, editor of Novoe Vrem-
va, regarding the establishment of a
responsible cabinet, is creating much
popular comment. Great significance
attaches to the freedom with which the
newspapers are discussing the matter.
The cry has been taken up by the re-
dictionary Prince Mestchersky, editor
OF the Grazhdanin, who argues that a
cabinet has become necessary.
M. Souvenir returns to the charge in
signed article pointing out the evils
of the present system and saying that
the rivalry between the ministries is
causing chaos in the public service,
each pulling its own way, secure from
criticism under the cloak of personal
responsibility.
Continuing, M. Souvenir says: Peter
the Great opened the window toward
Europe, now we need to open the door
and let what is best of western prog
ress enter"
M. Souvenir also recalls the words
of Alexander IL:
Reforms must come from above"
The introduction of ministerial re-
sponsibility necessarily will involve
the greatest Importance being invested
in the office of president Of the minis
teEial council, now an empty honor,
to which M. Witte was relegated. He
would then become the most influential
lnv kIo hO
of responsible ministry would also
necessarily involve freedom of the
press and more criticism.
The leader., 1904-08-06

southeast OF Hal Chcng, successfully
withstood the enemy until in the
afternoon.
"The attack was directed against
our right flank, which from its position
at Kan-IIua pass inflicted great losses
on the Japanese.
1.-THE efforts OF the Taku Shan army
and Gen. Oku's army are being mainly
directed to cutting our communications
between Simou Cheng and Hal Cheng,
their operations starting from a line
trayersing Yam Shu Kan, Ia Puntse
and Lao Hantse. On our eastern front
the Japanese began the offensive this
morning against our Ikhavuen position,
the enemy's main concentration being
against its right flank, which was
turned.
1.-THE enemy is also acting on the
offensive between Liao-Yang and Sa-
maitsza, almost due north OF Fen
Wang-Che Yesterday our troops
were posted at Hout Siatse, rs miles
from Lao Yang.
Intelligence has been received OF
considerable number of Japanese
landing off Yinkow under cover Of sew.
eral warships."
The leader., 1904-08-06
SAYS QUALITY OF
WATERIS IMPROVED
Final Report ON Drainage Canal By
Illinois Board Of Health.
WATERLOO ILLINOIS RIVER PURE
Report Says Increased Flow OF Lake
Michigan y-rter Through the Ca
nal Has Improved Quality
of Illinois River water.

Springfield, ILL.,, Aug. 2.-The stats
board of health has made public the
third and final report of its investiga-
ton of the watero of the Illinois, the
Mississippi and the Illinois rivers re-
garding their condition before and af-
ter the Chicago drainage canal was
opened.
Owing to great opposition to that
canal which existed among people
along the drainage basin of the Illinois
river, and especially among the people
Of st. Louis, DIR. Egan, secretary of the
state board of health, decided to con-
duct a thorough investigation of the
sanitary conditions along the Illinois
river. Results of these Investigations
were set forth in a report publiahed in
1899. Shortly after the drainage canal
was opened, another investigation was
made of not only the Illinois river and
it's tributaries, but also Of the Missis-
sippi river above and below the outlet
Of the Illinois river. This report was
issued by the board in 1901. Further
investigations were made in 1901 and
1902 after the drainage canal had been
opened for some time, and these inves-
legations are reported on now, the re-
port having been delayed until after
all testimony had been taken in the
Missouri and Illinois controversy in
courts regarding the alleged contain
ination of waters by the drainage ca
nal.
This last report shows that the wa
ter supply of st. Louis IS taken almost
altogether from the Missouri river, in
stead of the Mississippi; that the ILL
nois river is much purer than the Mis-
souri, river; that the increased Eow OF
Lake Michigan water, in addition to
sewage coming through the drainage
canal, has improved the quality Of the
water of the Desplaines and the Illi-
nois river through farm. village and
city drainage, and sewage from COM
mercial enterprises is probably greater
than from the drainage canal under
present conditions.
The leader., 1904-08-06
A BIG BATTLE
IN PROGRESS
japanese Attacking the Russians
Under Gen. Kuropatkin.
SOME DESPERATE FIGHTING
Gen. Count Keller Killed BY Jnp-
anese shell while Observing
she Progress Of the
Battle.

st. Petersburg, Aug. $50 p. NJ
At last the decisive battle Of the cam
paign seems to be in progress. Having
completed his enveloping movement Of
the Russian position, Gen. KuroN has
ordered simultaneously an advance
from all points against Hal Cheng and
Lao Yang. Fighting is raging on both
fronts and still continues. The latest
reports contain nothing yet contirma-
tory of the rumors that Gen. Kuropat-
kin has been defeated.
How the Hattie Began.
According to Kuropatkin's official
dispatch to the emperor. the battle De-
gan for the possession of the important
position at Simou Cheng, which is To-
Gated at the juncture of the Feng
Wang Cheng and Stu Yen roads.
Two separate armies were launched
from the east above the two reads,
while third, under Gen. Oku, moved
up east of the railroad from Ia Tche
Kiao, to try to cut off the Russian
force there from Hal Cheng. If the
latter move is successful, this force will
be crushed. A portion of Cen. kuro-
ki's army at the same time advanced
against Gen. Count Keller's position at
Dkhavuen, east of Lao Yang. trying
the favorite Japanese plan of outtlank-
ing him on the right. Still further
north, on the Saimatsza-Liao-Y Yang
road, the Japanese moved against
Hout Static, 25 miles from Lao Yang.
At all points the Japanese employed
artillery to the best advantage.
Desperate Situation if Defeated.
Gen. Kuropatkin's situl:i,sl will he
desperate. in the event of his defeat
The keenest anxiety is fel. ut the war
Office for news of the progress of the
battle.
The general staff seems utterly
duInfounded at the numbe'' CT men the
Japanese possess, and consequently
EvIopatkin's statement that they are
landing another heavy force at the
rort of New Chwang adds 70 the solici-
tEtfa
The leader., 1904-08-06
RUSSIANS RETAINED POSITIONS.

second Dispatch From Gen. KurO-
pntIxIn Received BY the Car.
Sc. Fees burg, Aug PA further
dispatch from Gen. Kuropatkin TO the
emperor dated to-day, says: "All our
positions were retained al Simou
ChcnS when the fighting ceased at { IS
u M, July 81, but have not yet re-
IccivGd reports of the operation on our
extreme right flank.
eve retained all our positions he'd
by our eastern force at Tan-ze pass.
Gen. Keller, commanding, had chosen
these as the point from which to watcn
the fight A battery near him was ex-
posed to heavier fire than any ether
and he was MORALLY wounded. He died
20 minutes later"
Gen. Kuropatkin also reported the
retirement of the Russian vanguard
en- the south front a sn0.: distance in
the erection of Hal Cheng
After determined fig'lnn.3 near the
-fiiIage Of San Cheng Use, the Japan
csc apparently concent aztec conSidera-
bic fCrce on the SamaitsAa Side of Lao
SaEc.
The Rpssian losses in the fighting On
July 81, have not yet hesn reported,
Lui the Russians hold theii' positions
The leader., 1904-08-06

E..-GOv. ROBERT e. PATTISoN.
borious campaign in that year, when
his tour of seven weeks covered nearly
every county in the state. He was
member of the committee on resolu-
tions of the recent democratic con-
vention at st. Louis, and his health
failed under the strain. He remained.
In st. Louis few days after the con-
vention to rest and, returning home,
resumed his business, dividing his
time between this city and New York.
Last Friday pneumonia developed
and heart complications aggravated
Mr.. Pattison's illness. Sunday his con-
dition was encouraging, but late. Sun
day night he collapsed. Saline injec-
lions were resorted to, but the patient
sank rapidly and died shortly after 6
o'clock,
The leader., 1904-08-06
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.
PERsoNAL AND PoLITIoAL.

Personal AND POLITICAL.
Byron P. Humphrey. travelling pas
senger agent of the Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern railroad, with heal
quarters at Kansas City, Mo-, was
found dead in his room, on the 2Sth,
at the Hotel Lincoln, in Lincoln, Neb.
Frank Benedetoo. Of Chicago, who
murdered his wife during fit of jeal-
ousy after a week of mental anguish,
during which he continually Wept and
prayed, committed suicide in his cell
in the Cook county Jail. on the 31st,
by hanging himself.
The remains Of NJ Won PlehYe, the
Russian minister of the interior, who
was assassinated, were buried, on the
31st, and in every city and hamlet OF
that vast empire, church bells were
tolled and masses and prayers said for
the repose of the soul of the murdered
minister.
Ex-Gov. Robert E. Pattison was
reported lying at the point of death at
his home in Overlook, suburb OF
Philadelphia, on the LIST. He was being
kept alive by the use of oxygen.
Probably the Oldest person in the
world to kill himself was Isaac Webb,
aged 81, of Kokomo, Ind, who died, on
the Both, from swallowing carboiic
acid. The family believes he took the
poison by mistake for medicine.
The trial of Charles Kratz, of st.
Louis, indicted for boodling, to have
begun at Butler, Mo-, on the list, has
been postponed until September 26, on
account of Kratz' illness.
A London Central News dispatch
from st. Petersburg says the assassin
of Won Plehve is dead, and adds that
he made no disclosures before dying.
The Joseph Letter Coal Co. has OBJ
tanned a temporary injunction prohib-
iting union miners from entering upon
the property at Zeigler, Ill, or inter
ferfng in any way with the employees.
Hon. Robert E. Pattison, twice elect
ed governor of Pennsylvania on the
democratic ticket and twice controller
of Philadelphia, died, on the list, at his
home in Overlook, suburb of Phil
adelphia. Pneumonia, complicated with
weakness of the heart, was the cause
Of death.
Lieut.-Gen. Count Keller, in COM
mand Of the right of the Russian line,
was killed by a Japanese shell which
burst close to him July 20, while re-
sisting the preliminary attack of Gen.
Kuroki's army on the Yanze pass, thir-
ty miles east Of Lao Yang.
A st. Petersburg dispatch of the LIST
says that the death of Pozoroff, the as
sassin of NJ Won Plehve, was brought
about by torture. He is said to have
been subjected to the most fiendish
cruelties to induce him to reveal the
names. of his accomplices, but ne died
with his lips sealed.
The leader., 1904-08-06
MANY ARE NOW IDLE
between Fifteen and Twenty Thou
sand Miners are Now Out
of Work.

Wilkesbarre, Aug. 2.-Between $4,000
and 10000 miners af the Wyoming re-
gion from Pittston to Nanticoke, be-
gan their spell of idleness Monday, ow-
ing to the suspension on account of a
curtailment in the production. The
Susquehanna Coal Co. mines in the
Nanticoke region are idle, as are all
of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre collier
les. Numbers two, three and five OF
the Delaware and Hudson are idle for
ten days, and other collieries of this
Company are on half time, working
half of each day. The Clear Spring
and Heidelburg mines of the Lehigh
Valley are idle, and the other collier
les of this company will be idle next
week, it is said.
The leader., 1904-08-06
KRATz CASE POSTPONED.
1t Has Been Continued Until Sep
TENDER 20, ON Account of the
Defendants Illness.

Butler, Mo-, Aug. 2.-The trial Of
Charles Kratz, of ST. Louis, has been
postponed until September &C.
The continuance was granted Mon
day morning by Judge w. w. Graves,
of the circuit court, before whom
Kratz was to have been tried on a
charge of bribery in connection with
the Suburban deal.
The continuance was granted solely
on the testimony of Dr. G. Wiley
Broome, Of st. Louis, who asserted
that Kratz, who remained in st. Louis,
is suffering from acute appendicitis
and other diseases"
The leader., 1904-08-06
THE DEATH OF COUNT KELLER.
Was Killed While Watching the
Progress of the Battle.

Was Killed While Watching the
Progress of the Battle.
st. Petersburg, Aug. 2.-The report
of Lieut.-Gen. Count Keller's death is
confirmed. He was killed, July 20,
while resisting the preliminary attack
Of Gen. Kuroh's army on the Yanze
pass, 30 miles east of Lao Yang. The
general was standing near battery
which was subjected to a terrific ire
when shell burst close TO him and he
fell, motally wounded, dying 20 min
utes later. Before he expired Gen.
Keller had the satisfaction of knowing
the japanese attack had been repealed
Gen. Keller was the iirst high Rus
sian military commando To 'nse his
life in this war. He resitnc the high
and lucrative post OF governor 1T
EAaterinoslaff to go 20 the FROM AMI
exchanged with Gen. zassalltch, who
may row resume the command Of the
First Siberian army corps.
The loss of Gen. Keller is deeply felt
in court circles. He was personal
favorite of the emperor. His sister,
Countess Kleimmicha, is one of the
leaders of st. Petersburg society.
The leader., 1904-08-06
NIIsCELLANEOUs.

Promise has been given by the
American Federation of Labor to sup
port the Fall River (Mass.) strikers.
On the LIST the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Co. notified shippers that the
company will not receive freight for
Yokohama, Japan. at present.
The doors of the State bank at
White Pigeon, Mich, capitalized at
1921, 900, and one OF the oldest financial
institutions in the southern part of the
state, have been closed.
On the LIST the three plants of the
international Harvester Co. at Chi
cago, closed down, for an indefinite
period, and $4,000 workmen are
thrown out of employment.
Counsel for the Western Federation
of Miners, are devising ways and
means to enable the deported Cripple
Creek (Col) miners to return to their
homes.
On the 31st % persons were hurt as
the result Of rear-end collision be-
tween two large trolley cars on the
shore line of the Cleveland, Eastern &
gainesville railroad near Nottingham,
o.
The report of the United States
geological survey will show that the
United States, in 1903, exceeded all
previous records in the production of
coal. The total amount of the output
Of the coal mines of the country dur
ing that year was 359, 421,311 tons, an
increase of nearly $1,000, 900 tons, or 10
per cent. over the preceding year.
AS the result of q cloudburst the
towns of Douglass and Silver Star,
near Sodaville, New, &re reported to
have been swept away. A flood in
waves four or five feet deep swept
away houses and great property dam
age was wrought.
The packing house strikers, at Chi
cago, have issued statement in which
they give the cost Of killing stock at
the yards and many details of the
work there, showing by their figures
that the packers are able to pay much
higher wages than demanded.
Dispatches from Mukden, of the list,
report that Gen. Kuropatkin's army is
hemmed ir by the, Japanese armies Of
Generals Kuroki, Nodzu and Oku, who
are pressing him so closely that his
capture is imminent. His position near
Hal Cheng is no longer tenable.
Twelve hundred workmen at the
Pullman car works have been laid of
since June 1, because Of lack of bust
ness.
On the list Edgar G. Bailey, the
union hack driver Of Kansas City, Mo-,
convicted OF the murder Of Albert Fer.
guson, strike breaker, was sentenced
to be hanged September II.
A dispatch to the Morning Post from
Shanghai, on the LIST, said it is~re-
ported that eight rtussian torpedo
boat destroyers had escaped from Port
Arthur, and 1t was feared that they
would prey on shipping
The Japanese are reported to have
occupied every position surrounding
the besisged fortress Of Port Arthur
with the exception Of Golden hill Both
sides are said to have suffered tre-
mendous Losses in the operation neces-
sary to bring about this state OF az
fairs.
On the list the cotton mills Of the
Scott Manufacturing Co at Lowell.
Mass, we're shut down for one month,
throwing out 1910 operatives The
suspension Of work Is due to the dull
goods market.
Fully q score Of persons were in
jured, two Of them fatally IN 5 head
on collision, on the lit. between IVA
trolley cars on the Boston & Worces-
Ter street railway. three niles fror
Westboro, Mass.