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the result has served to make him
better. known than he was before.
Mr.. Ankeny is member of the SEN
ate committee on interoceanic canals,
which has been conducting an extern
sive Investigation into the whole ca
nal question and which has developed
some very shrewd inquiries from
members of the committee.
The Washington senator was dis
cussing with Senator Flint, of Cali
fornia, the other day the progress of
the Investigation and the character of
it. do you know, Flint, there is a
smooth faced young-looking man who
attends our meetings every day and
who seems to be doing some work
for the committee who is bound to
make his mark?' said Mr.. Ankeny.
Il have listened to him asking ques-
tions an! he is as smart as a whip.
He is bound to be heard from. In my
opinion he is coming man."
"Why, who is he?"< inquired Mr..
Flint.
II do not know" was the answer.
II have seen him around here quite
a good deal. Oh, there he comes
now,'' pointing to we'll dressed dap
per gentleman who entered the SEN
ate cafe where the two were dining.
Senator Flint nearly collapsed when
he recognized former attorney gen.
era1, and now senator, Philander c.
Knox. "Well," he said, you may we'll
say that he is bright man. That is
Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, for
merly attorney general of the United
States and, in the opinion of many,
one Of the biggest lawyers in this
country"
Mr.. Ankeny is still being chaffed by
his friend for not knowing Senator
Knox and predicting for the latter
brilliant future. -
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Quail Distributed.

st. PAULA second lot of quail was
received by Sam fullerton, agent OF the
state game and fish commission.
Forty-eight birds were received last
week and divided between st. Peter
and Norwood. Fifty-two were received
in the last lot.
Some of them will be sent to Man.
katO, and the rest to points north
along the 500 line. The board ordered
twelve dozen of the birds from Ala
bama and there are about four dozen
more coming. ;f
Since the first consignment of birds
was received week ago, Mr.. Fuller
ton has been receiving dozens of letters
asking for birds for distribution.
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road man, never even a practical busi-
ness man or great capitalist; he was
merely vel: advertised. How wretch
edly he managed some of these mat
ters is shown in his Equitable fiasco
and in the affairs of the busted boom
town of Depew. ,-t''1
= Now John D. Rockefeller is d.
rector III exactly one company, and
none Of his competitors at least has
ever accused him of neglecting it. In
England Charles Rube, of the firm Of
Weinherr, Belt & Co., is the champion
director, though he is in but AZ COM
panies. But he is business man, has
no senate duties to perform and no
after dinner speeches to make. Belt
IS perhaps next. 70 Rockefeller the
richest man in the world. The names
of the other Englishmen most often
chosen as directors do not suggest an
effort to advertise. Not until we get
to the twelfth name, that =of the Earl
Of Chesterfield, do. we reach one that
sounds like advertising. s.5 .s 3: : .:::z5 szz5
The truth is that foreign investors
have learned, and we may as well
learn;, that It isS better to have little
known men to manage things they
know about than to put men famed as
bankers or senator's to manage. ia
greater number than they could pos-
sihly attend. to, affairs which they do
not know enough about to manage
Z.
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The Indian is coming to the front
IN these days. The tribal organiza.
tion Of the Cherokees. Chickasaws.
Choctaws, Creeks and Seminoles was
dissolved d few days ago; and those
Indians. numbering about ninety
thousand, will diffuse themselves
among the mass Of the citizenship OF
the country. Their community, the
indian Territory. will form part Of
The coming state Of Oklahoma, ana
the red man viii take up = little Of
the white man's burden, and assist In
making aud obeying the laws Of his
Stats and country
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-25

One Of the most prominent figures
IN the sporting. world is Willie Hoppe,
the American boy, who won the cham.
pionship Of the world at 18-inch balk.
line billiards from Maurice Vignaux.
1t Is great feat of science tor any
one to win the billiard championship,
but for 4 boy 10 years old It is won:
derful. Hoppe is even more sensa,
tional than was Frank Ives, in his
time the most picturesque billiardist
the world had ever seen. The boy
was born a bilhardist. for he had "the
stroke" the flrst time he handled q
cue. when six years old: - ,~,''
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-25

The most recent marriage and di.
vorce statistics Of Indiana show a
new and interesting condition. The
Information Is derived from a com.
pilation Of the county clerks records
by the chief of the state bureau OF
statistics. The number OF marriages
decreased from 28,301 in 1904 to &C..
767 in 1905. The number Of divorces
increased from S,449 in 1904 to 3,s4o
In 1905. In 1904 there was one di.
vorce for every eight marriages. For
the year 1905 there was one divorce
for every seven marriages.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-25

The most wonderful forest in the
world Is being washed out Of the
fableland OF northern Arizona, but It
bears little resemblance to a forest
save In tho form Of the logs in which
the tree trunks are broken. The
trees are undoubtedly the Oldest in
existence. for the woodland which
they composed existed millions of
years ago. Finally tho forest. was
overwhelmed by the sea and later by
an earthquake, so that the trees were
Embedded in such q manner that
most Of them have literally turned to
stone.
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(Which is hep I asked; :'the slen-
der man standing on the lower step?'
''That's the man, l was informed,
''only he is standing on the floor like
the rest of u.s.
Which was the case. Mr.. Stokes is
just the height of Abraham Lincoln,
six feet four inches. He is far slen-
derer than Lincoln and without his
giant physical strength. His~is the
gentle face of an enthusiast and ascot
ic. If resolute disregard Of the feelings
of others is necessary to leadership he
will be leader of nothing No man is
more beloved by those who know him,
yet he has more of the magnetism
that sWays men in the mass. He is
rather saint than soldier of So
cialism.
The group who took part with Mr.
Stokes in his country home in Noro-
ten, Conn. ;, in the famous socialistic
conclave contained several men in
their way as remarkable. Robert
Hunter is Mr.. Stokes brother-in-law.
He was born in Indiana, worked his
way to an education, did settlement
work in his college town and in Chi
cago, came to New York as head
worker of the university settlement.
married the sister of Mr.. Stokes, who
was engaged in the same work and
now lives in a model tenement. Hunt
er's book on poverty is a high author
fty in this and other countries. He is
scarcely past 80, has bulging brow
and tackles municipal affairs rather
as all intellectual problem than as a
call upon sympathy. He was not as
successful in the conduct of the settle
ment as either Jimmy Reynolds, his
predecessor, or Prof. Hamilton, his
successor, but he was prominent and
useful In city affairs, in the child la
Dor committee and the like.
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Unusual Compliment.

Minnesota I.ake.-The village Of
Minnesota Lake, Mimi. elected Peter
the twenty third consecutive term by
majority SO large as to be almost
unanimous. There are perhaps few
parallel cases in the United States.
Minnesota Lake is fourishing little
village, and under Mr.. Kremer's. regime
it has grown from a few tumble down
shacks to substantial brick blocks, with
stocks Of merchandise of every kind
rivaling towns many times its size.
It has nicely graveled and graded
streets, cement cutters, miles of ce-
ment walks, a fine system of water
works, excellent sewage system and
not cent of Indebtedness, bonded or
otherwise
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made accurate shooting a national
trait of the American soldier is not in
evidence as he was. Chairman Hull,
of the committee on military affairs
of the house, has urged increased pay
for expert riflemen in the army in Or
der to encourage sharpshooting. In
discussing this subject the other day,
Mr.. Hull, who is very much in earn
est, declared:
with the passing of the frontiers
men, the trapper and the Indian fight
er, there has undoubtedly been: a
change in the character of the .Ameri-
can people. A few generations ago
hunting game was necessity for the
existence of many men and for a man
to be handy with gun was the rule
and not the exception. The pictur-
esque woodmen have long ago disap-
peared from the east and in the west
the conditions are now so changed
that only on the plains and In the
most remote or lawless places does a
man find it indispensable to be arm
ed always.
The departure from the old habit
grows wider every day. 1t was COM
men thing for men who lived In my
fathers time. for instance, to be good
shots end to take pride in their ex-
ploits with the weapons used at that
time. How many young men now go
into that sort Of thing as a regular
part of their education? I venture to
say there is not one man in a hundred
who knows how to; handle rifle or
PISTOL The effect has been plainly
apparent in the kind Of men who
come up for enlistment in the army
low. Few of them know anything
about handling gun. The reason in.
creased pay was asked for expert
liflemen and sharpshooters was to en-
courage our soldiers to be crack
Shots"
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From Missouri.

He modest citi-
zens of the town
of Aurora, situ-
ated in the Ozark
mountains of Mis-
s ouri; demand
that the capital
of the nation be
moved from the
banks of the. Po-
tomac to the
health giving at
mosphere of the
Missouri. A petit
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-25

The Battenberg family has come
prominently to the front Of late ow.
ing to the prospective marriage OF
the young Princess Ena Victoria to
King Alfonso of Spain. Though
among her intimates che is known as
Princess Ena, it is announced that
she will in the future be known an
Queen Victoria Of Spain, in remem.
brance of her illustrious grand.
mother, Queen Victoria Of Britain.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-25

There are in the United States
1929 plants devoted to silk manufac
ture, employing 10000 skilled oper.
atives. These plants are distributed
all over the country, and in 1905 pro
duced $1O5,000,000 worth Of silk tex.
tiles. 1t is estimated that the pro
duction for 1906 will reach the
amount Of $116,000,000. and that the
grand total of consumption OF silk
price goods for the present year will
amount to $3.50. 900. 900.
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lect TO- arm themselves with passports
setting forth distinctly who and what
they arc in order to save themselves
embarrassment, anxiety ana annoy
ance. a caution to this effect has been
sent out and It was inspired 81 the
present somewhat strained relations
between France and Germany.
The department Of state has re-
cetFed from the CONSUL general at Par
- Z enmmunic ication stating that the
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-25

Tobacco, which used to the me.
dium of exchange in the early colo
nial days, is to-day the currency OF
British New Guinea. The British
administration there reports that the
medium Is not the means of a lively
trade. OF the native he says: "He
will go to work for a few weeks or
months and earn few pounds; then
return to his home and lead the life
of a gentleman"
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and they be ordered to the front.
This is all due to an order that was
sent from the war department. several
weeks ago, to ascertain conditions in
every post and to have all the troops
in readiness to be moved on short
notice if anything like an emergency
occurs. There was no authoritative
declaration that war was expected, but
this order taken in connection with
undoubted anxiety on the part of gov
ernment officials about conditions in
China led to the popular belief that
an American army might be ordered
to invade the Flowery kingdom at any
moment. =
Reports that have come from China
recently are: very pacific in tone, but
at the same time President Roosevelt
has determined that the United States
will not. be caught mapping in case
there is an santi-foreign outbreak in
China that will imperil American
lives and property. He has had the
general sta1f Of the army engaged for
some months on working out a plan
OF invasion OF China and operations
there. "A tentative plan has been SUBJ
mitted to him. but. its provisions are
all 9 profound secret. It is known III
9 general way that the chief Of stan
and his assistants believe that an
army Of not less than 20, 900 should ba
sent to China in case Of trouble. This
is more than all the allied t,.,3,sr,,,., ~.
co combined that marched to the rescue
5of Peking II the Boxer troubles. -. -.
The general staf has taken Into CO con :
sIderation the advance made by the
Chinese army during the past liye 81
six years and should tt be used
AGAINST foreigners there would be no
contest with 9 mob as there was six.
Years ago. The regular Chineas army.
at''dl to-day Is we'll disciplined body s.
troops Of 80. 200.
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The Banker Directors.

HE retirement of
the members of
the great bond
house Of Kuhn,
Loeb & Co. from
all their railroad
directorates con-
tinues to make
comment in fnan-
cial circles. The
question is wheth-
er other bond
houses will be
forced by public
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-25
Carnegi.s's Gift.

i e.Hamline.-The announcement that
Andrew Carnegie has selected Hamline
university as the object of, one of his
library donations will cause general
qualification, in. spite of the fact that
his offer Of 100000 is, as is usual with
his gifts, conditioned on the raising
Of an equal amount. In this case the
100000 to be raised is to form an en-
dowmept fund to insure the proper
maintenance of the building. This
gift and the condition attached to it
have both q local and a general bear
ing: It should appeal to the people
of st. Paul ard of the whole North
west
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-25

There are in America to-day more
than two hundred fraternal beneficial
orders. with a combined membership
of over five million. who are pro
tected to the extent of about seven
billion. FIVE hundred million. dollars,
and have distributed benefits to dis.
abled members amounting to more
than eight hundred and twenty-five
million dollars.
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A Strong Group Of Men.

LARENCE OAR
ROW, who at
tended the coun-
Gil, is a lean
faced C h icag O
lawyer who rep
resented the coal
miners in their
strike and who
has written an
autobiography of
q murderer that
is one of the most
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-25

There will be $4,000 John Smiths in
the next Chicago city directory. The
striking printers voted the other day
to compel every labor union man in
the city to give his name as John
Smith. The women in their families
must also observe the order. This
action was taken to make the direc
tory, which is gotten out by a non
union firm, valueless.
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Guinea-Pigs of Two Lands.

means
in England a man
who joins many
dir'e.c:ttolrates to get
! the b guinea fee
paid for attend
ance e; at boar
meetings, But the
pluralism is worse
here. Depew was
: until i'm, recently q
member: of 67 di-
r e c t o rates. s. He
wos noxyar q roi1.
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Growth Of Socialism


t h e
new socialists will.
strive first to heal
the fierce warfare
between the two
wings of the par
ty which has made
their little force
almost ridiculous
in New York.
That I; done, the
com bi ma tion
might ;llll! hold the
ha1ance If nOwor "a ;,
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Get Your PASSPORTS.

MERICANS j, who.
who are contem-
.pl lating tours
abroad that will
include FIR a 4 n G e ,
and Germany this
year will be wise
to provide them
selves with means
Of readily prov.
Ing their: identity,
':'' 9 ec:ia,ll ii;
F ce. They: !:
Shn,,16 not - 9
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Not Be Caught Nappihr

" l. II IL LuI41l Ol
expectation b a s
b e e n s e n t
throughout t h e
army posts in the
U n i t e d States.
Enlisted men and
officers are on the
qui-~ vive and thou
sands of letters
are being written
home declaring
that war may be
on at anv time
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-25

Ninety per cent of the women who
1nhabit the capital Of Morocco are
divorces. A recent census shows that
OF the $4,000 women in Fee there are
only $500 who are not divorced.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-25
Passing Of the Sharpshooter.

HERE is much re-
gret -. among Off
GERS of the army
and among con-
gressmen who are
interested in the
efficiency of the
army that ex-
perts skilled in
the use of. the
arms are disap-
pearing. The ole
sharpshooter who
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-25
The total length of railways in Ja
pan is now over $500 miles. The
gauge is three feet six inches.

Such . variety Of races is repre-.
sented BY the Inhabitants Of the Phil.
ippines that 81 languages are spoken
there.
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LOOK UNLIKE OLD TYPE:
But Quite <as Much in Earnest Are
!: These Well set-Up, Well Dressed
Observation-Disclosures Sec
= nnd Parind
ond Period.

EW YORK.-The
first =. time l saw
J. G. Phelps
Stokes, who = has
been hailed with
in the fortnight
as : a national
leader of s6cialis-'.
tic thought, he.
was standing in
a dense group Of
people in a hall
way.
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Washington ] ! { !. | | GOSSIP
PREDICTING "a BRILLIANT FU-
- TURE FOR SENATOR KNOX. q
At THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
French Law Requires Registration Of
Foreigners - Expert Ridemen
Needed in Our Army-Pres- X
ent Chinese Army. 49, :, -
ASHINGT ON.

ASHINGT o N :.
There is still
evidence that not
to know. certain
men is to argue
ones self un-
known. I Senator
Ankeny, Of Wash
ington, has: just
had an expert
ence that illus
trates- the =. old
DrOverb. although
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-05-25
Loans by State.

Loans sggregating $34. $50: were made
by the state investment board out Of
the state school and university funds.
The city of Warren gets $4,000 for use
in municipal buildings. Independent
School District No. 1 Of Fairmont,
Martin county, gets $4,000 for a new
school building, and District No. 20 OF
Walnut Grove, Redwood county, gets
$4,000. District 80 of Swift county
gets $3.50, District 228 Of Otter Tail
gets $500, and District 269 of Otter Tail
gets 5000. ~.
;.e ;ss.s News in Brief. a-,~ -:
White Bear.-The ticket nominated
by the caucus will have opposition.
Another. ticket has been put into the
field, called the peoples ticket.
Rfchland.-The contract for: build
ing the new creamery to take the place
of the one burned a few: weeks; ago,
has been awarded to T. p. Thompson
and &c. Nelson Of this city. The new
building will cost $1,000. -
IL Minneapol SRA RiddlA an agei
sailor well known to the !labitues Of
Bridge Square lodging house. Is Gead,
and although he left $3.50 IN his name
at the Security bank. the city will have
to iury lin. .$sS S.#s 35*:5 ..:=
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-20
THE YOUNG Cafe
OPENS THIS 4, M,

This is the opening day for the Alex
nolulu has been waiting for expectant-
ly as the new cafe and ice cream
parlors are certain to fill a long felt
want in this city. The doors open to
the public for the first time at seven
o'clock this morning and the cafe will
remain open all day and until eleven
tonight At 6:20 this evening Ernest
Kaai will assemble ten of his best
stringed instrument performers in the
spacious apartment and dispense
sweetest Hawaiian melodies and pop
ular mainland music as long as he has
an audience to listen.
The Alexander Young cafe will be
under the personal management of j.
H. Hertsche, manager of the Young
and Moana hotels, and this assures a
high regard for efficient service. excel
lent menus and spotless cleanliness
throughout the establishment.
While the cafe will be a popular
lunching rendezvous for business men
and ladies, it will also be greatly in
parlor and confectionery, where the
highest grade products can always be
found. Ladies will find it delightful
tarrying place after an hour or so of
shopping.
The breakfast, lunch and dinner
menu will be varied and of a high
class and one will find there. dainty
and tempting viands at all hours.
The candy department will be in
charge OF an expert candy maker from
the Coast who will have an efficient
corps of assistants Fresh supplies of
the home product will be made daily
and an unusually high degree of quail
ity will be maintained always.
Those desiring imported candies will
be given the best, i. e., Huyler's. For
the Christmas trade, HuyIer's can be
procured in fancy packages.
The cafe will make a speciality of
pies. tarts, plain and fancy bread and
all the other tOothsome dainties that
are in public favor Catering for fam
lily trade and society functions will be
Il special feature.
The public generally is invited to
visit the cafe and a great crowd is ex-
pected this evening.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-20
DISCREPANCY
IN GRADES
Street and Curb Levels
Are at Logger
heads.

There is some remark over the posi-,
the front of the new corner park al
| the junction of Wilder Avenue anG
| Punahou streets. This particular sec
! ton of curbing fronts on Wilder Ave
nue. from the Punahou corner to the
curbing in front of Mr.. Smiths prem
ises. The new curbing is about eight
| inches lower than the adjacent curbins
| and at present is buried under the soil
| washed upon it by the recent rains.
The curbing is even below the pres
ent gutter line. and yet it was agreed
by Territorial Surveyor Wall and
County Engineer Gere that it should
be placed at that level.
Wilder Avenue was torn up several
, years ago to permit the Rapid Transit
Company to lay its tracks.
The track was laid according to a
grade furnished by the government,
which was the Territorial government,
the county of Oahu not then being in
existence. That was supposed to be
the. official grade, and is yet, so far as
the track is concerned. Then the road
department of the Territory macada-
mixed the street and made a good job
of it. CURLING was laid on both sides
of the avenue, all in conformity with
the grade established
Up to a few weeks ago the corner
lot in question was unused and over
grown with rubbish. 1t belongs to the
government and is now being converted
into park, through the efforts of the
Punahou and other Improvement clubs.
The ground ha been leveled prepara-
tory to grass planting, trees removed,
etc. PunahOu street was recently re-
macadamized and oiled and meets the
Wilder avenue street on the grade es
tabliShed when the Rapid Transit track
was laid. But when the curb layers
passed around the corner from Puma
hou street they laid the curb far below
the surface line of the curbing just
Ewaward.
The matter was brought to Secre-
tary Atkinson's attention the other
day. He called up several government
officials to ascertain why the discrep-
ancy had occurred. He was referred
from official to official, but he failed
to obtain the information desired be-
cause certain officials were out.
Yesterday E. [. Spalding, one of the
committee who is looking after the
development of the park, said that the
curbing was laid that way according
to agreement between the territorial
and county engineers. It would re-
main there until the present grade of
the street was lowered, then the curb
fronting the park would be found at
the right grade. After that the curb
ing along the remainder of the street
would have to be lowered.
1t is understood, however, that the
curbing fronting the park will be rails
ed as people are of the opinion that
if the grade is to be changed it should
be done when the streets are in bad
condition and not now when they are
in good condition, and to make changes
would entail excessive cost.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-12-20

Principal l.. X. Kauwe of Honaunau
school. South kona. has organized a
prass band, which will give a concert
at the residence of William Yates,
heaIakekua, on Christmas eve.