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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-29

have been asked: Are there any
schools in Hawaii?'' ''Have YOU rail
roads?' . Have you learned to speak
SPANISH? Are there any good
hotels!' ''Is there any government
landss' And others equally absurd
from our point of view, but propound-
ed by the inquirer in good faith and
because they do not know. The rail-
road offices here have no very exact
information, other than that contained
in the Railway Guide as to how to
get to Hawaii or how much it costs.
The current member of the ''Railway
Guide lacks data relative to April
sailings from San Francisco. | have
been trying to find out from the local
ticket agents of the B. & o. and Penn.
R. r. Co. and they cannot tell me any
thing.
Members of Congress know some
thing about Hawaii from a political
standpoint or as viewed by the advo-
Gates of special interests, but there are
about seventy-nine million Americans
who have very hazv notions in regard
to us or who never think of US at all.
| believe that a wide-awake Hawai-
ian bureau in Washington would be a
good investment and is really a neces-
sity. Yours truly,
JARED G. SMITH.
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THE NEED OF A HAWAIIAN
BUREAU AT WASHINGTON
Washington,D c.. Mar. IS. 19C

Washington,D c.. Mar. Is, 1906.
Editor Advertiser: Your editorial OF
March ,, relative to bureau in Wash
ington, is good, and | believe the Ha-
waii Promotion Committee would dc
well to take this matter under eonsid-
Grafton.
Hawaii would gain much by having
non-partisan representative in Wash
ington, not so much on behalf of our
political interests but man willing to
talk Hawaiian climate as well as Ha-
waiian sugar, coffee, fruit or other spe-
ciai interests Thousands of our main
land people visit the West Indies every
winter and I believe that investments
of American capital invariably follow
the tourist trade.
find a great manv people interest
ed in Hawaii and anxious to learn more.
There is no Hawaiian headquarters IN
Washington and people do not know
how to get information in regard to
our islands, or how TO get there, or
whether our language is English or
Spanish, or whether we really wear
clothes at home and are civilized.
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tilted before the Senate committee con-
cerning the type of canal to be con-
structed across the isthmus of Panama.
He was asked 10 state his views and
prefaced his examination with a gener-
al statement, which, in part, follows.
Wallace, in advocating an approx
mate straight sea level canal, of aEl-
pie width and depth, as the best type,
urged that any other plan which places
restrictions upon the probable perma-
nency of the canal itself, as well as
upon the speed and the size and mum
Der of vessels passing through it, must
render the canal far less valuable; that
the deterrent factors in this connection
are relative time and cost, and that in
the discussion the question
of how much money the American peO-
pie supposedly are willing to invest in
the canal, and how much time they arc
willing to wait for its proper accom-
plishment should be considered.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-29

There can be little doubt that the
reaetionaries of Russia would kill de
Witte if they could, as the man who
has prompted the Car to concessions
to the revolutionary party, and it is
probable that the extreme revolution
lists would kill him as readily.
The mainland papers of the Goth inst.
printed the following cablegram with
st. Petersburg date line: "In high
circles tonight the rumor was current
that Count Witte had definitely decided
to retire from the premiership. 1t is
impossible to confirm the rumor tonight,
as Count Witte has retired and the
Chancellery is closed. From an abso-
lutely authoritative source, however, it
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-29

can be stated that Count Witte, at
session of the Council of the Empire
this afternoon made an enigmaticaI
statement which is interpreted by many
members of the council as virtual
declaration that his career as Premier
is ended and that he will be succeeded
by Privy Councillor Kokovsoff, former
Minister of Finance
The Pincess Cantecuzene, upon whose
estate near Poltava the peasants are
in a state of discomfort, was Julia Dent
Grant, the daughter of General Fred
Grant and the granddaughter of Gen
eral u. s. Grant. She was married to
the Russian Prince Canteeuzene in
September 1889
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-29
JACOB SCHIFF IS GIVEN
ORDER OF RISING SUN
TOXIC, March 2o.-The Mi
kado has decorated Schiff with
the order of the Rising Sun.

Jacob Schiff, the New York banker
who lately nassed through Honolulu on
his way to Japan at the invitation of
the Mikado, was the man who was
largely instrumental in floating the
Japanese loans during the late war
with Russia, and who may therefore
be said to have made the Japanese vic.
tories possible-in the sense that money
must be Forthcoming to make war. 1t
was to have been expected that Schiff s
services would receive some acknowl-
edgment of this character.
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Total S 45,566.7S $13,521.26
Total, both sessions, $50, ,0S7 60


Total, both sessions. $50, ,0S7. 90.
''I note that Congress allowed Ari-
zona, Oklahoma and New Mexico but
$24, ,250 each for their legislative ex-
penses in 1905. However, | learn that
this was supplemented by expenditures
of local funds.
s. AS you are aware, the experience in
Hawaii shows that with the induce
ment of additional pay in the Organic
Act for a special session, there has
been no exception to the rule that the
Legislators find it necessary to have an
extra session. | am under the impress
sion that the legislative assemblies in
the other territories are restricted to
the sixty days only.
$50, taking the regular session ex-
penses of So, ,566.7S and deducting the
pay of members which amounts to $1S,-
600, would leave $27 ,566.7S.
SIT is clear, therefore, that we can
not include the pay of legislators IN
the appropriation made by the FEEDER
al government. Now, if Congress will
allow US thirty thousand dollars for ex-
penses, exclusive of payment of mem
bers, it seems. to me this ought to be
done, with a proviso that the Legisla-
ture should complete its work in sixty
days and hold no extra session-at
least, with pay.
81 have. therefore, made this the
basis of supplemental estimate, sent
to the Treasury Department.
81 want to congratulate you on the
taking up of this matter. If there is
anything [ can do to assist you in put
ting it through, do not hesitate to call
on me.
Very sincerely yours,
(Signed) GEORGE R. CARTER,
Governor.
Continued on Page p
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OFFICIAL BOAT FOR SAMOA.

Edwin w. Gurr. Secretary of Native
Affairs at Pago Pago, has requested
ceive John H. Rosenquest and to rem
der him whatever assistance he may
in purchasing boat for the natives
at Manua. Just what kind of a boat
is desired is not stated in the COM
munication, but it will be used by
Vaega, a native chief. and his people.
Call.
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meantime writing as follows to the
Delegate himself:
Honolulu, December Is, 1905.
Honorable J. K Kalanianaole, Dele
gate. to Congress, Washington, D. c.
Dear Sir: In response to your Sec
retary's letter of November 27, / beg
to state that the expenses of the last
regular and special sessions of the Leg
islature amounted to $59,0s7.96 (and I
understand there are some bills still
unpaid) of which the following is a
statement:
Expenses legislative assembly, Ter
ritory of Hawaii, 1905.
Regular Session Extra Session.
go days. (25 days..
Senate IS 15,968.50 s 6013.1S
House. :. 29,598.2S S50S. .0S
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1t was at Trafalgar, as all students of
history know. that Nelson humbled the
pride of the navies of France and
Spain, and confirmed the supremacy of
the sea to the English. His victory is
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one of the most glorious, if not the most
glorious. in that long series that make
up English Naval history. But-thero
are some prices that are evidently
deemed too high to pay for even Il
memento of such battle as Trafalgar.
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) 80 o 5000 O ooooooeo .

That cablegram received by Govern
or Atkinson yesterday marks the sue
cess of the effort made by Delegate
Kuhio and Governor Carter, beginning
after the close of the last session of the
Territorial Legislature, TO have Hawaii
put on a parity with the other Terri
tories in the matter of the payment of
the expenses of the Legislative sessions
by the Federal government.
There is provision in the bill that
this appropriation of thirty thousand
dollars for the legislature shall be
members of the legislative body shall
forego their two hundred dollars
apiece for the extra session. Besides
saving the thirty thousand to the Ter
ritory, therefore, there will be this ad-
q1itional saving of two hundred dollars
for each of the forty-fve members of
the Senate and House, making nine
thousand dollars more for each bien-
NAL period And there will be the in
ducement to the members to expedite
business, finishing it all up at one ses-
sion and getting back to their regular
employmenls. 30 the passage of this
bill by Congress will work for good all
around And of course it will receive
the signature of the President. Gov
ernor Carter probably saw to that be-
fore he began urging the measure.
BEGUN BY KUHIo.
This measure was initiated by Dele
gate kuhio, as a matter of fact, as the
correspondence upon it shows. This
correspondence, which is most inter
esting, begins. with the following letter
to the Governor from the Secretary of
the Delegate:
Hon. George R. Garter, Governor or
Hawaii.
Dear Sir: On behalf of the Dele
gate to Congress | have taken up with
the Treasury Department the question
of having an appropriation for the leg
islative expenses of Hawaii included
III the annual estimates made by that
department to the Congress, the same
as they already include such estimates |
for the other territories.
. / am advised by the Treasury Off |
ciais that if YOU Will make special es- !
innate Tor Such expense, supplemental
to your estimates already made, and |
not necessarily to be included in your |
annual report, it win be forwarded to
Congress through the Treasury Depart
nent, and we shall then have a good
working possibility of getting it into
the annual appropriation bill.
Very truly yours,
(Sig.) "GEORGE B. N 'CLELLAN,
8 Secretary to the Territorial Dele
gate.''
a.pnrD naa DrYryr0
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The Russian Premier Is in Constant
Receipt of Letters From People
Who Want to Kill Him-.An Amer
ican Princess in Trouble i'm Russia.
ASSOCIATED Press Cablegrams.)

ST PETERSBURG, 2o-Premier De Witte is in con-
slant receipt of letters threatening his life
AMERICAN PRINCESS IN TROUBLE
POLTAVA Russia, March 2o-The
The Princess Cantecuzene pov
dsordey Troops have been
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LEGISLATION ON CANAL
NOT CONSIDERED PROBABLE

WASHINGTON, March 2o.-It is regarded probable
that there will be canal legislation this session of Congress
divided the type of canal that
be o build
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THIRTY THOUSAND
GIVEN TO HAWAII
FOR LEGISLATURE
Congress Completes Delegate Kuhio's Work
by Passage Of Bill Providing for
Session Expenses.
oooooooooooooes o o . q

Washington. D. c., Mar. 20, 1906. {
D Governor Atkinson, Honolulu. {
D Thirty thousand legislative ex- {
D penbes passed. kUHfO. {
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CARTER TO KUHIo.

Governor Carter did as he was asked,
of course, as will appear a little further
along ia the correspondence, in the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-29
EXPLOSION IN JAPANESE MINE.

NAGASAKI, Japan March 2oBy explosion in the Taxa
shima NINE hundred and fifty persons were killed
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LONDON March 2e.-The British Museum has declined
sterling for the original of Nelson's
outlining the plan of the battle of Trafalgar
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-11-15
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Mothers Meeting.

The Woman's tristan Temperance
Union met at the 3. A. r. ball Tues
day afternoon for Mothers meeting
this being the first Of a series Of three;
there was large attendance notwith-
standing the tad travelling.
The follOwing program was CARR
ed out: president Mrs Y eston gave tho
guests hearty welcome in few we'll
chosen words; devotional exercises con-
Quoted by Rev. George Merriam; solo,
Misc Florence Wyman, accompanied by
hrs Philo Steward; report Of The
Worlds Convention Of the W T. c. U.
by Mrs. Grace Coburn smith With
close attention and keen interest the
audience listened to Mrs Smith while
she described in her pleasing maner
the workings and Inspiration gained at
that greatest Worlds onvention ever
beld' 10 which delegates from thirty
one different nations were present
Mrs. NTH ably described many Of these
foreign sisters who wear the white rib
bon and quoted many Of their sayjpgs
and telling of The mutual benefit and in
SEPARATION gained, also her Impressions Of
the Convention. Song By two children;
Mrs. Philo steward sang 1.-THE Badge of
the Ribbon y bite" composed by Mrs.
Grace Coburn smith, after which Mrs.
smith arose, asking question OF priyi-
iege, which was granted, and she pre-
sented TO the president Of the local w.
{. I. T., Mrs Weston, little pin, with
a knot of white ribbon in gold and white
enamel which she purchased in Mexico
City during her recent visit. Mrs Yves.
ton feelingly expressed her thanks
The ladies were invited TO remain for
social hour when Refreshments were
served by committee consisting ofMrs.
Paine. Mfs. LaCasce and MIS- French
Eighteen little folks were entertained
In the adjoining room with toys and
games while their mothers listened to
the address.
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Meeting of Woman,s Club

Wednesday, Oct 14th, at 2.30 p. IT.,
the Skowhegan Womah's Club met At
the Library Parlors, with Mrs. Gertrude
r. Bueknam and Miss Sarah J. Anderson
as hostesses.
Mrs. Lena Z. Wentworth read a paper
on the life of Froebel, and incidentally
gave her own ideas OF what teacher Of
children should be.
Miss Boswell read paper on Manual
Training, interspersed with remarks in
connection with her own teaching In
Skowhegar. She emphasized the moral
side of manual training, and showed
how child Is taught self reliance 10
working out In wood, or any other
material, measurements given in figures.
Mrs. Georgia Simpson sang a solo 10
her always pleasing manner; she was
accompanied by Mrs. Robert Lord.
Mrs. Edith s. Shepherd gave short
sketch Of the life OF Christina Rossetti
and read the poem, "a Royal Princess"
The subject for conversation, "Shoud
not tue Cluo calendar Tor next year be
arranged before the closing Of the Club
Year." was opened by Mr.. Alice w.
Steward, followed by Mre. Kathleen E.
Oak, Mrs. Gertrude F. Bucknsm, Mira.
Clementine A. Weston, Mrs. Anna Mer-
rill, Mrs. Lizzie A. Marble, Mrs. Ala r.
Daecombe and Mrs. Sarah L. Eaton.
A vote was taken in favor of the early
preparation of the Calendar, also a vote
in favor of a committee of three being
appointed by the president to prepare
the calendar.
The meeting closed with piano solo
by Miss Sadie Pencil.
1t was announced that the program as
printed In the Calendar for Nov. % b
would be changed; Mrs. Arizius Miller
to give paper on California and Miss
Louise II. Coburn talk on People and
the Library.
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Death of Mrs. Estabrooke.

The many friends of Mrs. Josephine
Estabrooke were greatly shocked to learn
of her death on Friday morning, Nov
oh, at her home on Pleasant street.
For several years Mrs. Estabrooke has
been in very poor health, being at times
great sufferer from asthmatic troubles
After long struggle Mrs Estabrooke
seemed in the way of reganing her ac-
customed health 80 much 30 that she
felt able to accept a position in the
Dyer dry goods store. A week ago Fri
day she WAS at the store and two weeks
ago she WAS present at the roll call of
the First Baptist Church, singing for the
first time in several years in the ladies'
quartette of the church. Contracting
cold one week ago, erysipelas followed,
which resulted in her death at | o'clock,
Friday morning.
The deceased was we'll known in
Skowhegan being for a long time pop
ular clerk in the store of Mr.. W. r.
Wildes. She was a member of the First
Baptist Church, Skowhegan Grange and
also of the Rebekahs Her cheerful
disposition and willingness to help in
every good work made her greatly be.
loved by all who knew her. Brief ser
vices OF prayer conducted by Rev. II. F.
II use were held at the home, Sunday at
l o'clock. AT the First Baptist church
at o'clock public services were held in
which the pastor was assisted by Rev
f. A. Leitch of the Methodist church
There were great many present.
Touching and worthy tributes were paid
to the departed one and tender words of
comfort were spoken to the bereaved
family and friends.
Mrs. Estabrooke was born in Houlton
Me-, and she was in her 43rd year.
Mrs. Estabrooke is survived by her
husband, Mr.. VIM. j. Ests brooke, and
one daughter, Miss Pearl
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Even Daniel Webster failed to grasp
the future greatness of the West. 10 a
speech in the Senate Ia 1888, on the
question OF building post road between
st. Louis and Washington Territory.
Mr.. Webster said:
"Fellow Senators, neither my voice
nor vote will be given in favor of the re-
solve before this body.
What do we want OF that enorm Gus
tract of barren land stretching to the
westward for hundrC DIS OF miles; Of those
gray clad mountains, capped with eter-
nal SHOWS? What do we want OF that
seacoast of | 800 miles 10 extent, with
scarcely harbor on IL? No, gentlemen
OF the Senate, my voice and vote are
opposed to this resolve; and, more, I
will not vote TO bring San Francisco one
inch nearer Boston than 1t Is at present"
And q man with bis vision, too. He
however lived to see his mistake. In
1849 gold was discovered in California.
Those "gray clad" hills opened their
storehouses. That tract OF barren land
was made to "blossom as the rose" un-
der the thrift Of New England pioneers,
and produced millions Of bushels of
wheat, corn and barley. The extended
.sescoast was thronged with millions of
tons of shipping, and to-day that coast
furnishes the entire country with the
choicest fruits OF G DDS bounty.
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1t is conjectured that If the United
States were wiped off the face of the
globe, the civilized world would starve
to death. The Bureau OF Statistics OF
the Department of Commerce and Labor
lately issued statement showing that
this country in the nine months ending
with September 30 exported just $43,-
607 654 mere breadstuffs this year than
In the same time last year. The total
amount of breadstuffs sent to feed the
hungry in other lands during those pine
months was just $130,607,7 19. What
a wonderful showing.
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Sex and Rebirth.

The theories concerning the posi-
bility of our having previously existed
seem to be endless. OF them all | think
the one best which suggests that sex IS
reversed at rebirth and that when we
turn up cons after we previously ex-
listed we do so either ms men or women
according to whether we were women
or men aforetime. This largely ac-
counts for the suffragette and for the
long haired thin voiced creatures who
potter around boudoirs. play the piano
like "sweetly pretty" things and call
themselves men. Presumably the best
material of which we were fashioned
then Is now used In our composition.
for the most manly women and efemi-
nste men generally have some good
points about them. But II one is to
keep on performing these Protean feats
through all ages it hardly seems worth
while worrying over sex problems. 1t
seems to me, In the long run, that we
shall each get about equal, according
to this arrangement World.
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The fficial returns Of the recent cleo
ton 10 New York State are now COM
plete, and show that the Democratic
candidates for all offices except Gov
ernor have small pluralities on the face
of the returns. The highest plurality is
that of Skene, candidate for Engineer
and Surveyor, who seems to have nearly
10000. Lieut.. Gov. Bruce appears to be
beaten by from $500 to 5000 votes, the
available figures showing him 3l6 be
hind Lewis s. Chanler, the Democratic
nominee. Mr.. Hughes is elected Gov
ernor by plurality Of about 10000
Mr.. Hughes receives his triumph with
characteristic modesty. The feeling in
spred by his election as Governor of
New York, he says, is mot one of Ella
ton, but of deep res possibility"
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The Remarkable Rhea.

Tho rhea of South America is a re-
markable bird" said an ornithoIogist.
The male rhea matches out the eggs.
He and not the female Is the setter.
He sets always In a quiet and desolate
place where there is no food, nothing
to attract enemies, and as soon as the
young are born the question is how TO
feed them. The rhea answers that
question in advance. Three or four
days before the eggs are TO open he
shoves couple Of them out of the nest
with his bill and lays them In the sun.
What is the result? The result is that
the hot South African sun decomposes
the eggs, and the father breaks them
as the young birds begin 10 appear In
the nest, and the flies settle on them
and In twenty-four hours they are alive
with tender, juicy. delicious
worms the best food in the world for
the nest of new born birdiings.
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Death of Mrs. GRAY.

Mrs. Isabella (True) Gray died, Sum-
day evening, at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Fannie G. Wildes on Madison
avenue, aged 70 years She was the
widow of the late Geo. w. Gray, who
was In the stove business in this place
for nearly 20 years. Mrs. Gray had
been in falling health for some time, the
final cause of her death being disease Of
the heart. Her daughter, Mrs. Fannie
Wildes, above mentioned, and her grand.
daughter, Mrs. Alice Gledhil, are the
only surviving near relativee.
Mrs. Gray was an esteemed member of
the Island Avenue Congregational
Church and in former years when her
health permitted took great interest 10
all its affairs.
Funeral ceremonies were conducted
from the home, yesterday afternoon,
Rev. B. B. Merrill cfiiciatng, the family
lot in the North cemetery being the
place of burial.