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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-08-26

There's great shoe saving at our 20
per cent shoe sale. H. A. DiehI Shoe
Co.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-08-26
Fears for the Dam at Assouan.

The announcement, upon apparent
" reliable authority. that the great
dam in the Nile. erected by the Brit
ish government, has shown signs of
structural weakness and is liable TO
''Iet go will arouse interest among
engineers the world over. 1t is of es-
pecial interest In this country, where
vast improvements for like purposes
of irrigation have been undertaken by
the government.
The object of the dam at Assouan
is to form an immense reservoir for
the purpose of impounding the waters
of the Nile in what is known as good
seasons, and conserve the waters for
irrigation purposes during years in
which low water prevails-the years
of the famines of the Pharaohs. 1t is
expected that the present year will be
a bad" Nile and the immense res
ervoir is full In case of the dam Civ
ing way it is realized that all that
part of Lower Egypt subject to irri-
cation from the reservoir under nor
NAL conditions will necessarily be de-
vastated, with great consequent loss
of life and destruction of property.
The danger is more to be apprehend-
ed for the reason that the waters Of
the Nile are saturated with silt. De-
posted normally, this silt forms the
agricultural salvation of the region
bordering the Nile. If precipitated in
mass by the breaking of the Assouan
dam. parts of Lower Egypt would be
buried beyond recognition.
The last word has not been said,
from an engineering standpoint, in
the construction of large dams. The
structure at AssOuan is understood TO
represent the best thought of modern
engineers. although criticism of the
plans finally adopted was not lacking.
Those plans were not finally accepted
and construction work begun without
careful consideration of the history of
similar structures which had sue
cumbed to vertical pressure. The
most distinguished engineers in all
countries were consulted and it was
supposed that the dam would stand
as long as the Pyramids. Yet the
great reservoir has scarcely been filled
TO its normal capacity when the work
is threatened with destruction.
Under the comprehensive system of
irrigation adopted by the United
States government, it viii be necessa-
~ to construct immense reservoirs.
high in the mountain regions. to i'm
pound the desired quantity of water.
While few Of these dams will approx
innate the size of the Assouan dam
although our Tonic Basin dam will
greatly exceed the Egyptian structure
in height-it would seem TO be the
part Of wisdom to observe very closely
the conditions existing on the Nile at
Assouan. In case a sea level canal on
the Isthmus of Panama is not decid-
ed upon. extensive barra &c works will
also be necessary in connection with
the construction OF the waterway
1t will not be forgotten that this
country has suffered on several oc-
casions from the defective construc-
ton of dams for large reservoirs, and
in the case Of the failure of some of
the structures the loss Of life has been
appalling. The anticipated breaking
of the Assouan dam therefore empha-
sizes the necessity for extreme care in
the construction of the large irriga-
tion reservoirs
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-08-26
That Sell Are
Always in Demand
THE WILEY B. ALLEN CO.

WASHINGTON ARE SELLING ONE PIANO DAY.
Our stocko is
a
mnentm make
and
and
to a
the
Dealers 247-
las
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-08-26

he came to Mr.. Mallet for. of me what
can answer of these words is that the
love what I did had for Klaas Cloete
did break of my heart from him that
is the only reason 1 got to say against
Klaas Cloete and to break the love is
God in heaven and what God done [
can't help so l don't wants him for an
man. L am, yours truly (sd) Margar-
eth Ackkers.
When the letter was read to Klaas
he replied, philosophically,
Plenty more nice girls. South
Africa Echange.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-08-26
SHE DlDN' WANT HIM.

A dusky damsel of Namqualand jilt-
ed her swain. a wife out there has a
certain financial value. and in a short
time she received a letter from the
youths lawyer threatening an action
for breach Of promise. She replied in
the following conclusive terms:
Nabapeep Feb. %, 1905.-Mr. G. w.
Mallet-Sir: To answer just in a few
word you on Klaas Cloete words that
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1905-08-26
See McKee's flour price today.

For sale-Three heifers, two and
coming two years old. All will calve
in March. Good stock and in good
condition. SIS for the three or will
sell one or more. See them at corner
Fourteenth street and California ave-
nue. in Brill addition at Lee residence.
Also for sale some pure brown leghorn
chickens at 522 east Monroe street
Through sleepers to Los Angeles
Southern Pacific.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-24
TERRITORY SAID TO BE
LOOKING FOR A LOAN
Wants to Pay All Outstanding Warrants and Put
It's Financial Affairs on
Cash Basis.

the county of Oahu has its affairs cash basis
cash. said that the Territory OF Hawaii will
do likewise.
To Territory negotiating loan OF
100000 with which take outstanding and
cash to its employees either this month O
Treasurer Trent and the County Supervisors, the begin
ming systematic put
county To this the proposed,
receiving territory his
entitled monthly the off along the lines
houses who have of
their labor That proposed
the by each envelope which be
the hands OF the The
that his should be discount
ed which loss OF 5000 but discount
nelird OF
This establishes pretty good county financial credit and it
territory propose outdone By raising
pay off its indebtedness and its
on a
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-24
DIED IN CHAIR
THIS MORNING

Thomas Christley, a native of Wales,
about 6S years of age, an old resident of
Honolulu died in his chair at the Homo
lulu Hotel at 1885 this morning. Mr..
Christley has lived in Honolulu for
thirty years and was carpenter by
trade. Christley Lane, was named for
him. Shortly after II o'clock this morn
ing he got out of bed and went through
the hall. He knocked at Landlord Nc
Dowells door, saying 'Im dying. I
can't get my breath While Nc
Dowell was running for a doctor
Christley expired in his chair on the
lanai
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-24

Memorial services for those who lost
their lives in the terrible disaster to
the gunboat Bennington at San Diego
on Friday, were held aboard the U. S.
S. Iroquois yesterday morning at $50
o'clock. The crew, wearing White uni
forms, was mustered on the after
deck, where Rev. Canon Macintosh, of
st. Andrews Episcopal Cathedral, Off
ciated. Captain H. w. Lyon, COM
mandant of the Naval Station; Captain
A. P. Nib1acS, IN command of the Iro
Quois; Mrs NibIack, Miss Won Holt, Mr..
Bliss, G. w. r, King and representa-
tives of the Seaman's Institute and
Brotherhood of ST. Andrews, were in
attendance.
Near the stern was a flag draped
table and close by melodeon. Canon
Macintosh officiated in his robes of
Office. The utmost solemnity charac-
terized the services, which, although
simple, Were most impressive. Those
present could easily recall the trim gun
boat Bennington, as the Honolulu sta
ton ship, lying in the same slip with
the Iroquois less than two weeks ago.
1t was a picture of a warship with
white sides gliste:.ing in the sun and a
dull yellow painted superstructure,
with officers reclining at ease On the
poop-deck and swarms Of white clad
jackfes at home in the forward parts.
Another picture that arose was of the
time when the transport Sherman left
port little over two weeks since for
Manila. The sailors of the Bennington
swarmed up the ratlines as far as the
trucks, and shouted: Three cheers for
the army"
But when the melodeon pealed forth
the strains of Nearer, My God, to
Thee" the picture changed and in the
minds eye could be seen the twisted
hulk of the gunboat. with heaps. of
dead and mangled forms lying about.
The old hymn was sung with fervor
by the crew, and when the minister,
quoting from the testament, said that
men were brought before their Maker
"in the twinkling of an eye" the words
had more than usual weight. They
aptly descrit ed how the men must have
died at their posts of duty. Prayers
from the burial service were read, and
then the minister made brief address.
He said that it was a service in
memory of the men who were hurled
suddenly into eternity. 1t had been
frightful disaster, but it had it's lessons.
The men who died had been sent into
the "heaven expectant," the place
where God said the souls of all men
stripped of the burden of flesh and the
world sbo5ld rest wti'e waiting to be
brought tefore their Crea tor to be
judged. The lesson was that all men
should prepare for the day when they
should be taken from this life. 1t was
a lesson to the living TO live godlike
life so that when 1t last they were
brought face to face with their Maker.
they would be found to have done the
best that they could in the life on
earth.
He said it was not for him to so into
details or theories of how The disaster
took place 1t was a sad matter and
sorrow had been brought into many
homes. The officers and men had be-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-24
RATHER POOR SHOOTING
\ RECORD COMPETITION
Hawaiian Miltiamen Who Want TO Go to Seasrt
Do Not Keep Up Their Averages at
the Targets.

The first record comp ct ton held for
the purpose of picking a rifle team to
send to Seagirt, New Jersey, was held
yesterday at the Kahuiki range. The
pected, for the men shot under the
most trying conditions, and this, of
course, lowered their averages. Some
Of the men who took part in the shoot
were:
Col. Soper, Major Riley, Major Pratt,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-24

Capt. Coyne, Capt. Johnson, Capt
Thompson, Captain Rose, Lieut.. Wise
Lieut. Cummins, Lieut. Coster, Lieut.
Whitehead, Sergeant Ellis, Private
Gouvea and Private Ferriera.
Speaking of the averages, which were
35.2 points out of a possible so for 20C
yards and 900 yards SOW fire, and 20I
yards and 500 yards rapid fire, Col.
Jones said last night:
Continued on Page -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-24
MEMORIAL SERVICES ARE
HELD ON THE IROQUOIS

come well known during their stay
in Honolulu. Many of the dead had
left friends here.
"The Rock of Ages" was sung, por-
ton of the scripture was read by F.
w. Everton of the Seaman's Institute.
and the service was brought to a close
by prayer offered by Canon Mackin-
toSh.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-24
COL. DANIEL LAMONT
DIES IN new YORK
NEW YORK, July 24.-Daniel S. Lamont is dead

Coiandve New York. February 1851 and the
Elizabeth Lamont
School
NJ He
He railway int in York.
Mr. the
of the Northern Pacific Railway Company
Kinney reside in New YorkCi
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-24
NUMBER
FIFTY-NlNE
The List Of the Bennington Victims
Grows.-.Forty-Seven Buried at
San Diego Yesterday.
ASSOCIATED PRESS cABLEeRAM.)

cAB1EeRAn3
SAN DIEGO July 24The latest figures of the casualties
sultng from the boiler explosion the gnboa Bennington give
the dead wounded So missing
Funeral services held today
impressive although simple Forty-seven
of victims of the rows deep trench
cemetery
Larbor
of
bodies victims
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-24

CHARLES (s'BERT'O u.
N, ATTACHED BENNINGTON
THE TIME DISA STER.
Mr.. Wheeler resident enlisted in
the about %
ship lrOquois
that vessel here year with Glass's
with the gunboat
warhip's last trip here Mr. Wheeler formerly member of
the Francisco
living Vallejo His Hopper employee
Hawaiian Gazette !
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-07-24
CAR LEAVES
HIS. CAPITAL
He Goes to Consult the Kaiser Who
Is Cruising On His Yacht In
Finnish Waters.

ASSOCIATED
81: PETERSBURG July 24-The Emperor has his
yacht for conference with the German Emperor cruising
on the Hohenzolern Finnish waters
he departure of Nicholas from the Capital entirely
expected and has caused the surprise diplomatic circles
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-03-17
A Globe-Trotting Teacher.

Miss Nina Boegli, Swiss girl, has
the distinction Of having taught school
in nearly every civilized country in
the world, although she is barely 81
years Of age. She began teaching
when she was Is, and year later de-
cided to take trip around the world,
making her expenses by teaching in
the lands through which she passed.
With $3.50 and large stock of pluck
and courage as her capital, she
started out, and it has taken her
eight years to accomplish her pur-
pose. During the entire tour of the
world she never met with an accident.
She was treated with courtesy every
where, and had plenty of pupils in
each country where she chose to stop.
She reports that she found Australia
the most liberal in paying teachers for
their services.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-03-17
ENGLISH DOCTORS FEES.
They Are Regulated by the Royal Col
1ege of Physicians.

The specialists must be divided into
er and the pure physician. The former
unquestlonably gets big fees in ratio
to his reputation. The famous sur
geOn has only to name his fee to the
millionaire with appendicitis. With
the fear of death before his eyes he
will write his check gladly. When
he has recovered he will often grum-
BILE if he does not boast. A younger
and less known man will perform the
same operation for tithe of the cost,
but the public, with death staring
them in the face, will have the man
with the big name, regardless of ex-
pense.
But the pure physician is an entirely
different matter. His fees are stand
ardizef not by act Of Parliament, but
by that autocratic body, the Royal Col
lege of Physicians. His fees for con-
sultation at his own house are fixed
at guineas the first visit and a
guinea for each subsequent one. For
consultations away from home he re-
ceives fee at the calculated rate of
two-thirds of a guinea mile. Elstree,
twelve miles out Of town, is ipso facto
s guineas, Liverpool (201 niles is 1874
guineas, and so on pro rata. But it
must be remembered that nowadays
all the big provincial centers have
their own specialists, and the town
man is very seldom sent for unless he
be one Of the very biggest names and
the case desperate and rich.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-03-17
SELLS SACRlLEGIOUS CHAPM.
Claims Talisman Is Safeguard Against
Pestilence and Destruction.

Claims Talisman Is Safeguard Against
Pestilence and Destruction.
A negro has had printed several hun
dred copies of letter purporting to
have been written by Jesus Christ, and
found 45 years after his crucifxion. 1t
is his object to sell the letter to the
ignorant of his race. A good many
copies of this letter have already been
sold among the poorer white people Of
Columbus, many ignorant people not
doubling its genuineness. The letter
has the following heading:
Copy Of a letter written by our Sa-
vior, Jesus Christ.
Found 1S miles from Iconum, 45
years after our blessed Savior's cruel
tiXion, transmitted from the holy city
by a converted Jew, faithfully trans
lated from its original Hebrew copy.
now in possession of the Lady Cuba's
family in Mesopotamia.
This letter was written by Jesus
Christ and found under great stone,
both round and large, at the top of the
cross 1S miles from Iconium, near
village called MesopOtamia."
The following inducement to buy is
published at the close of the letter,
and is justly regarded as a sacrlege
of the worst character:
And whosoever shall have copy Of
this letter, written with my own hand,
and keep it in their house, nothing
shall hurt them, neither pestilence,
lightning, nor thunder shall do them
any harm. You shall have no answer
from me, but by the holy scripture,
until the day of judgment. All good
ness and prosperity shall be in the
house where copy Of this letter shall
be found."-Pittsburg Times.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-03-17

1t is said there Is nothing distinct
i've about the American face as there
is about all the rest of the groups of
Caucasian faces. 1t has no individual
ity. Nevertheless the American phys
iognomy is decidedly marked. 1t is
said that an American is recognized at
a glance in any part of the world. The
thing indelibly written on the Ameri-
can face is hustle" Every Ameri-
can looks as if his eyes were glaring
into the far west and the far future.
He has a serious look that portends
business. French Imagination spar
kles in wit as brilliant as the dia-
mond; the American imagination flash
es its sheet lightning over half a
world. This terrible intensity of pur-
pose and activity is very fine in many
respects, but it is at the bottom of the
ill-health which Is so serious a curse
to the life of this country. The Amer
lean works himself to death. We have
too little recreation, too little regard
for the refreshing and invigorating in
fuences of social intercourse. Our de-
votion to business of every kind is too
long continued and too absorbing. We
rise early and sit up late and eat the
bread of carefulneSs, and eat it hast
lily, that we may lose no time from
work. Constant care and anxious
thought write their deep traces on the
brow and thpir pOrro6ipU inAuopoos
consume not only the elasticity Of
mind and body, but the better feelings
of the heart.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-03-17
WHEN SHE CAN'T TALK.
It's Little Wonder Women Hate to G
to Dentists.

It's Little Wonder Women Hate to Go
to a Dentists.
do you know why it is that a wom-
an breads so to have tooth filledT
asked the dentist Of the young man in
the chair.
The young man was of the opinion
that it was because women are human,
and consequently decidedly opposed to
having their jaws and gums subjected
to a treatment like unto the working
of a compressed air drill in a stone
quarry.
NO" said the man of the drills and
forceps. Women can stand pain much
better than men. 1t is a fact, even in
the extracting Of troublesome teeth, the
| fortitude of the little, slender woman
is remarkable when one comes to con-
sider the hideous groaDs that emanate
from big man undergoing the same
operation. 1t isn't the fear Of pain that
keeps many a woman away from the
chair when she really ought to be hay
ing her teeth attended to.
you see this rubber? Well, that
rubber goes into the mouth of every
person who comes in here to have
filling put in. You can see that 1t
covers the mouth entirely; doesn't
leave the patient half chance to talk.
Well, there you have it; that's the rea.
son women don't like to go to the dent
ist. Yes, sir, it's a fact / have lost
some of my best customers because Of
the necessity of applying that rubber.
"a woman comes in here to get a
tooth filled. If she is inexperienced in
this line she will be surprised when
the rubber is produced. AS soon as it
is placed in her mouth she tries to talk,
and finds that her speech is only an
unintelligible tumble. She begins to
get mad from then on. When | ask
her if / am hurting her she can only
glare Mt me and shake her head. When
pass a remark about the beautiful
weather we have been having she
glares still more, and by the time l am
through with her she is ready to kill
Inc If looks would do the deed. Some
'lilSS, "heh Idhe lnc Snlelu OIL, Tue
pent up speech of the fair ones breaks
forth into an irrepressible food, and
the portent of the remarks is, to say
the least, not complimentary to me.
Some day some genius will invent
an apparatus which will allow teeth to
be filled without depriving the patients
Of their speech for the time being.
Then there will be nothing to this bust
ness but brown stone fronts and auto
mobiles. Chicago Tribune.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-03-17
Pardonable Ignorance.

A young American woman, an au-
thor, while seeing Rome for tle first
time was anxious to include a visit to
the tomb of Caesar. Meeting citizen
on the street she inquired, in her best
Italian, the location of the tomb. The
man looked greatly embarrassed. 81
am desolated, signorina," he apollo
gized, speaking in excellent English.
81 do not know. Caesar has ben dead
so longr'
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-03-17
Conquest d n. Great
American Desert
@>-@S-@Ss@---@
Pat and to the Point.

Mr.. Paul Thieman, whoever he may
be, says something in recent issue of
a Denver paper which is pat and to the
point. We herewith produce the first
few paragraphs of his article:
When one beholds the complacent
failure to comprehend the nature and
condition of Far Western irrigation, it
is maddening. l have seen one man,
who is thoroughly pasted, almost break
into wild tears of rage over the ever
recurring evidences that the people at
large, the people right here, the ma
tional government, the State govern
ments, do not appreciate national irri-
cation, and that the public informa-
ton and the individual knowledge Of
the subject at this time are strangely
with lovely articles about the grand
national irrigation works under way,
while the fact is that all the great
values mentioned concerning reclama-
ton of the arid region are the result of
private initiative and enterprise and
capital.
Few people understand that the ma
tional irrigation fund is nothing but q
bulk of capital which may be advanced
to build reservoirs and bitches, upon a
guarantee that the owners of the lands
tc be irrigated will repay the cost to
the fund. The national fund is not to
be depleted, but must be replenished
by the payment back Of the cost of the
work, as assessed by the government
engineers, and if signatures to such
pledges can't be secured, the works
proposed will not be built.
Knowing that all government work
costs vastly more than If done by pri-
vate capital, and the United States
failing to guarantee the limit of the
cost. lots of landowners won't sign.
and there you are. Meantime the gov
ernment officials knock private enter
prises and warn the people against
them, when, as the situation stands.
it is only private enterprise, in pro-
noting irrigation district bonds, in Col
orado, at least, that is really doing any
thing.