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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-26
Massachusetts, in Line.

Ensign Jacobs passed through this
city on the Sheridan a few weeks ago
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-26
Pay Tag Across Ocean.

April, 1907-Ensign Walter Jacobs, at
tached to the q. S. S. Chattanooga,
while in Manila forms the acquaint-
ance of Miss Winnie Dunlap, sister
irl-law of the prosecuting attorney of
Manila. They become engaged TO be
married.
May, 1907-Uncle Sam detaches Jacobs
from the Chattanooga and sends him
on trip around the world Miss
Dunlap laments her betrothed's de-
parture and decides to follow him.
June, 1907-Miss Dunlap sails for New
York, hoping to greet Jacobs there,
but Uncle Sans fine hand is in evi-
dence again and Jacobs is sent on
another chase back to Manila. Miss
Dunlap follows.
June, 1907, to April. 1909-The merry
game of tag between the two lovers
continues. Neither catches a glimpse
of the other and both travel around
the world, Jacobs on the battleship
Illinois on the famous round the
world cruise and Miss Dunlap on the
first steamers following the fleet.
April, 1909-Ensign Jacobs secures a
furlough, and while Uncle Sam is
unable to intervene the young couple |
arrange to be married in this city |
Jacobs arrived from the East yester-
day and is at the Fairmont Miss
Dunlap will arrive here on the trans
port Sheridan, accompanied by her
matron of honor, Mrs. Joseph E. |
Evans, wife of Ensign Evans. The
wedding will he SoIompi1ad in - fauY
days-perhaps.-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-26
Vicksburg for Navy.

WASHINGTON, April II. = The
Navy Department has refused to
transfer the steamship vicksburg to
the Revenue Cutter Service Sena-
tor Perkins received word today from
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Beekman Winthrop that the vicks-
burg is urgently needed for service
in Central American waters, and that
orders had been issued to put her in
commission and equip her for that
service at an early date.
The vessel is of light draft and she
was considered especially useful for
the Revenue Cutter Service on that
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-26
Millions for Army buds.

WASHINGTON. April 12.--Bids will
be opened in the office of the Quar-
termaster General within the next
week for the largest consignment of
Army clothing ever purchased in time
or peace The contract will aggregate
about s4,O00,000, representing a years
supply. The largest single item is for
S2o,0O0 yards of olive drab cotton
cloth of the new grade of khaki, which
mas been adopted for summer military
wear
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-26

Massachusetts in Line.
NEW YORK, April 12-ThoroughIy
overhauled, SO that she appears like
a new vessel, the old battleship Mas
sachusetts will steam from the Brook
lyn Navy Yard on Thursday, after
being out of commission for more than
two years. While no officers have
been assigned to the Massachusetts, it
is announced that the crew of the bait
tleship Alabama will man her, and
that the Alabama, which has been in
reserve, will be placed out of commits
sion.
The Massachusetts, is a sister ship
to the Indiana and the Oregon, and
was built at Philadelphia by the
Cramps in 1893. She will have COM
plement of about 500 men and officers
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-26

Rare old Hawaiian books at Brown
d Lyon Coz bookstore, Alakea and
Merchant streets. Some of the latest
fiction just received.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-26
Army Promotions.

! Army Promotions.
/ SAN FRANCISCO, April s.-The
possibility surrounding the names of
four prominent Army men for promo
ton is being watched with much in
terest. A recent telegram from Wash
ington has stated that Colonel J. A.
Augur is in line fer the grade of brig
adler general. He is the senior Off
Ger of the line of the Army. there be-
ing but two above him, Colonel S. E.
Tillmen and Colonel C. W. Larned,
who are both engaged as professors
at West Point. Colonel Augur died
this week.
Colonel j. A. Dorst, 3rd Cavalry,
Fort Clark, Tex, the second nominee,
is classmate of Brigadier General
Frederick Smith
Colonel F. K. Ward, 7th Cavalry
Fort Riley, is of the class of 1871 and
bears a good record. Colonel Alexan-
der Rogers. 9Th Cavalry. stationed at
Manila, is a classmate of Colonel w
A. Simpson, adjutant general of this
department.
The officers are all cavalrymen.
There is no time stated for these APP
pointments, although there is a posi-
bility that a vacancy may occur soon.
This is said to be the contemplated
retirement of Brigadier General John
B. Kerr. commanding Fort Riley
Kas., upon his own request.
There will be no regular line of va
cancies until the retirement of Gen
eral Weston next November except
that of Lieutenant General Arthur
Macarthur in June. and that benefits
no one. as the grade he carries sdies
with his retirement
Much interest is evinced as to the
coming appointee
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-26
Lieutenant s Fate in Balance.

WASHINGTON, April 9.-The find
ings of the court-martial in the case
of Lieutenant Jones have reached the
office of the Judge Advocate General
and will be examined before being
sent to the Secretary of War, who
will submit them with his recommen-
dation to the President. Jones has
powerful political friends working to
save him from the ignominy of dis
DiSSal
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-26
Athletics for Soldiers.

WASHINGTON, April 9.--According
to orders issued today by General
Bell, chief of staff, athletics and calls
thenic exercises in the Army will be
limited to fifteen minutes a day, Sat
urdays. Sundays and holidays except
ed, and to sucn athletic competitions
as may be prescribed by department
commanders. Instructions in first aid
will be given once a month.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-26
VIII Loop the Loop.

The dashing young lieutenant Ches-
ter A. Loop, of the 25th Company
Coast Artillery, L. S. As, has been or
dered to Fort Worden, Wash. This
will in a measure. relieve the imme-
date vicinity from any close connee-
ton with this young officers further
escapades.
Loop has a habit of forgetting that
he has any obligations in Army life
and has given his commanding officers
no end of trouble His affairs have
been "whitewashed" several times.
Hrs last offense. abseneing himself
from Fort Miley without leave, was
SO openly fragrant that he was called
before a court-martial at the Preside
and sentenced to three months con-
finement within the precincts of that
post.
This sentence went into effect March
II. That he was not dismissed from
the Army entirely is reported to be
due to the fact that his father has a
big pull" in Washington, D. c. Fort
Worden. Wash, is considered one of
the most undesirable posts in the
country.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-28

put our heads together and settle on
drama by home talent or a hop where
the elite and the plebeian revel freely
with no thought of caste or society re.
striction.
When It comes to fighting the
demon FIRE we are there with our
sprinkl,ug cans on common groundl
We pride ourselves on our lightness
of sleep and our yigilsuce Dt ear The
post Office may be robbed and our
daughters elope In The stiffness of plu.
tonian night. Unmindful wa slumber
on but at the first sibilanL clang Of
the hrebell or the primal discordant
note Of the calliope whistle, Morpheus
is shaken off as chan before the wind
for the first man in The traces OF
the hose cart is a hero and he who
sleeDs IN unmindful Of the raging
demon Of confagratiou is the laugh
ing stock Of the town!
And We rally as quickly and as
bravely to cNtinguish hay stack as
we do 70 fight doggedly on against
billows al flame I'm our town hall or
hydra-heuded element of fire dares to
show its forked head we are there
with the swiftness of lhe wind and
the sureness Of the Iisils sun! We
look up to the fire chief of ne yillagel
We call him uy his FIRST name when
we buy our groceries and our meat
at his Main street emporium. We
hatter him and Compare him to Ma.
puIg01 aai AleNoudnr and Hannibal
,or il may he uur glicEeuhouse nextl
And our girls Why they can no
more resist our bachelors when garbed
in the regalia of the Greman's glad
rags than can the water resist run.
ming down hill after q spring freshetl
VIC may have our nifty misses with
heir ideas of dukes ana titles and
castles in Spain-but nature and love
re.assert themselves when the local
Beau Brummel dashes boldly forth in
his fre.fighting clothes. Love laughs
at peerage when Cupid wears the fire.
mans cap, and lordly mansions pale
into the dim mirage Of fading dreams
when Dan is holding the snorting
hose.
Thus It is with us aud our fire com.
pany. We may be select and stuck
uD at receptions and balls and coun.
try clubs, but beside the burning build
ing IN the fickerlng light of the dart
ing flames, we are as alike as peas In
a POD, birds of n feather that flock in
our urdershirts and our wrappers, one
shoe on and tho other shoe cn--broth.
er8 aud sisters in a common cause
again Il a CoAmOa enemy.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-28
Locomotives Replace cameIs.

Apropos of the abrupt demolition OF
Yuan Shi Kai, China's progressive
grand councillor, by the reactionary
prince regent, the following graphic
pen picture from a foreign resident
of Peking Is of general interest, mas
much as it tells in a brief way the
true story of the remarkable awaken
ing" experienced at the capital of the
Celestial empire, largely through the
efforts of the deposed high mandarin:
80 1t has come TO pass" he says,
that today three railways bring their
traffic and broadening influences TO
the very gates of the city
The linking camel bells are gone,
the Old-world music replaced by the
indefatigable bugling from school pa
rade grounds and camps. No longer
does the medieval watch patrol the
midnight streets with noise of rattle
and drum; the new police. with their
foreign uniforms, rifles and sentry
boxes in every quarter, have consigned
it TO oblivion.
'Well-paVed streets, flanked by
bricked drains. now connect all of the
principal gates; the paper lanterns
that accentuated the darkness of for
mer days have been replaced by cleo
trio light; scayenging is no longer left
to the unaided efforts Of pariah dogs
and pigs; broughams and jinrikshas
ply in the place of sedan chairs and
springless carts, and public buildings
Of suitable size and design are being
provided for the various government
Offices.
Most remarkable of alias indlcat-
ing the change in social and educa-
tioRal standards-is the new geological
and botanical garden whittier large
crowds of both sexes resort daily; a
purely Chinese enterprise. OF which
the citizens are e'justly proud
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-28
The Kinn and The Boy.

An amusing anecdote touching the
kings recent stay at Brighton was re-
lated by the Rev. Cecil Maunsell,
vicar of Thorpe Malsor, to gath
erlng of his parishioncrs, who made n
presentation to him in celebration Of
his return from Brighton, where he
had been staying for the benefit Of his
health.
The reverend gentleman, who vouch-
ed for the authenticity of the story,
said that a few days ago n boy walked
up TO his majesty as he was strolllng
along the esplanade at Hove and sail
TO him:
"NIisler, can you tell me the timer
yes" replied the king, taking out
his watch. at Is n quarter TO L."
The boy then informed his majesty
that he had "bcen waiting two hours
TO see the blooming king" adding, II
am not going TO wait any longer"
Neither shall l." replied the king as
he resumed his walk His majesty
himself said Mr.. Maunsell, afterward
related the incident with much gusto.
London Globe.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-28

Petersburg and was charge d'affaires
there i'm the absence Of Ambassador
Meyer during critical iuncture Of the
war between Russia aud Japan.
An episode In Mr.. Eddy's career at
the time of the Victorian jubilee Of
1897 was an adventure he had during a
London fog with fair Russian prin.
cess I'm which he saved her from being
trodden ON by horses In the streets Of
the English metropolis when the mist
was so thick it was impossible to fud
ones way. The incident was made
the foundation for a romance entitled
Love In a Fog" which attracted at
tention at the time, 1t was rumored
that Mr.. Eddy was much smltten with
the beautiful Russian of his adventure,
but however that may be, no nuptlal
ceremony resulted, and instead, about
three years ago, he married into the
wealthy Spreckels family of San Fran
cisco. Mr. Eddy was charge daffaires
at Berlin for a year following his serv-
Ice at st. Petersburg and in 1907 was
appointed minister to Argentina, from
which post he has now been trans
ferred TO Roumania and Servia. 1t
used to be said of Mr.. Eddy that he
was equally at home leading a cotillOn
OF as tackle on football team.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-28
The Press Agent Says

The firm favor held throughout
the entire country by Charles Kleins
greatest American drama, The Lion
and the Mouse has placed it upon
an equal plain of popularity with
"Uncle Toms Cabin, and g The Old
Homestead" for the good principles
made bare in the true-to-life teach
ings. 'EThe Lon and the Mouse
deals with topic that has the SER
ious consideration of men in the
business world of the present and
appeals to every noble minded wom-
an through the constancy Of Mrs
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-28
SPENCER F. EDDY.
New Minister TO servis and His Un.
usual Romance.

usual ROMANCE
Spencer +. Eddy, who was recently
appointed by President Roosevelt as
envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary to Roumnia and Ser
via, will cornbine with his duties in
that capacity the work Of American
diplomatic agent in Bulgaria. Mr.
Eddy has been called the best dressed
American in Europe and Is one of the
handsomest. He was born in Chicago
thlrty-four years ago and educated at
Harvard and in Germany. lie speaks
several foreign languages huently and
is born diplomat. lie was private
secretary to the late John Hay when
the latter was ambassador at the
court Of st. James and later was made
third secretary Of legation. Subse-
quently he became second secretary
of legation at Paris and from there
was promoted TO be first secretary at
Constantinople, serving as charge daft
faires during periods when important
matters were under consideration and
distinguishing himself by his able
conduct in his post. He gained a rep
|, ,utatiOn for ability to deal with diff
| cult questions through his connection
with the negotiations regarding the
rescue and ransom Of the captured
missionary, Miss Ellen stone. From
the Turkish capital lac was sent to st.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-28
nd Aaopt ReauIatlons for Ealrs.

Columbus, o., Jan. 2S. State fair
officials will meet in Columbus on
February and to adopt uniform
regulations for all state fairs 1t is
proposed to evolve a system by which
all fairs will have the same kind Of
tickets, premiums, classihcations for
exhibits, awards and entries. An eff
fort will also be made to form some
kind of a protective fair association,
so that the fairs may be safeguarded
from INSCRIPTIONS exhibitors.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-28

Paris, Jan. Benoit Constant
CoQuelin, the great French actor
whose eliminating triumph had been
awaited in Edmond Rostand's "The
Chanticleer," which is now being re
hearsed, died Tuesday night at Pont
AuX-Dames.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-28
What Is Billed For Early
Dates On Local Stage.

the many brain storms Of her spouse.
Her reward was well worth the few
reproaches OF the man who had
Thought of nothing but money and
it's getting. In considering com
parison It is but fair compliment
TO the public TO assume that this
great drama will outlive the profit
able existence of the two mentioned
older works.
Henry b. Harris sends what is said
to be the best company yet seen In
"The Lion and the Mouse" 20 the
Grand. Friday, February 5.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-28

1t is hoped that a conference Of
the Postmasters General of Europe
will be held this year in London
with a view to the introduction of
penny-a-word telegrams throughout
Europe.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-28

The recent disastrous accidents
in the British navy have given rise
to an agitation against the practice
Of conducting maneuyers and sham
attaIaks at might without Lights.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-28

The successful entrance of classical
efforts into vaudeville proves one
thing beyond the shadow Of a doubt,
that the public IS hungry for high
class entertainment. In Charles
Stow, impersonator Of Shakespearean
roles headlining the bill for the
latter half of the week, patrons will
find d read treat, an actor whose
strength of portrayal would grace
any Mantel revival Mr.. Stow viii
vary his portraits at every perform
ance.
Harry Moore and Miss Eva Rock
wood are the sure enough singers OF
quality, with a new line never hand
ed out hereabouts.
Louise Gattl, clever little Spanish
dancer, is the personi6cation of
grace with perfect command over the
more difficult demands on those who
trip the light fantastic in foreign
climes.
The Beatties do acrobatic work just
a little better than any others in
their line and are due for q big hand
Motion pictures and the illustrated
song give the correct balance to q
program well calculated to give one
value received.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-28
A $4,000 FELLOW.

Little Miss Burbridse and Her Gift
From J. P. Morgan.
Little Miss Virginia Burbrldge Of
New York has the distinction of being
the youngest fellow Of the Metropol-
ltan Museum Of Art. And she has the
further distinction Of being made such
by the famous linarcier and art patron,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-28

time he hot-foots to a fire and gets
soppiug wet is our pride and our
boast When the fire department
wants money with which to purchase
more hose or newer hose cart. we
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-28

where l live, We
are neither as
blase nor as mus
ical as n ero
When the fire bel
rings, we instant
ly stop our whis.
games, forget the
error Of our part
ner at not leading
trumps when VIZ
have been signal
ing with all The
ten spots in oul
hand, pitch the
cards into the
middle Of the table
with one fel
swoop, and star.
for the fire on {
lope!
Even though W,
have no monu
ments of GreciaI
art or Roman vir
tue, no trophies o
the Punic anC
Gallo wars an,
no holy temples
as had Rome, W,
think a heap o
our C h / C k e
houses, our hay
stacks and ou
chimneys!
And the homI
fire department
every member o
W h &c h receive
fifty cents eacI
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-28

A Real Hamlet on the Vaudeville
Stage, That's Charles Stowe
at Family Theatre This week
Ryder toward her stormy money
mad husband, who is shown the er-
ror of his ways by sincere young
authoress. The effect of his soften
ing is obvious as It illustrates to
Ryder the joys OF love from home,
rothcr than money and power, and
shows the public how much suffer-
ing could have heaped upon the Ryd-
er household. had not Mrs. Ryder
been the good sort she was in re-
naming true to her VOWS through
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-28
VISITS WITH
- UYGBEEY

Our Fire Company
It is written %. Moro tina, he GddIed
while Rome burned. In Glen Eliyn
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-28

LITTLE MISS VIRGINIA BURBRIDGE.
]. Pierpont Morgan. Mr.. Morgan paid
$4,000 to make her a member, And
she Is only the daughter Of an east
side janitor. But her mother has Il
taste for art and with her baby daugh-
ter went to see an exhibition at the
Metropolitan museum In which Mr..
Morgan was much interested. They
happened to be the first ones on hand,
and the great fnancier, noting the In
terest in art displayed by the mother,
took fancy to reward her by making
her daughter fellow Of the famous
art institution which he has done so
much TO make what it Is Little Miss
Burbrldge does not quite realize yet
what Il distinction she enjoys.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-28
@ . G
Smiles.

Rec tlngs are sure cure for rheu.
matism. II you have no bees take a
roll Of barOed.wire TO bed with you!
H 4 =
A Kansas City young man was left
S1OO.OOOOOO a year ago and he de-
clares he hasn't spent cent fool.
ishly since he got The money Aw.
there's something wrong with that
fellow!
90 @
Wanted His Money First.
During a revival meeting q man who
was importuned by the evangelist to
come forward 10 tho altar, said There
Is a woman in your choir who Is singing
Come to Jesus, through a double set OF
false teeth that I made her yeral years
ago, md she has never paid me cent
for them When she pays that bill then
III talk to YOU about religion. Hincklsy
(Mich) Gazette
Ss.>1M,a4eA.=s
The daily tribune., 1909-04-24
South Bend, Ind. U. S. a
Oefying Old Age.

A vista of conjecture is opened by
the announcement from Paris that an
experimentallst has been able to pro
duce artificially in apes all the char.
acteristics OF old age. BY Injecting
principle taken from a capsule which
rests above the kidneys II was dlscoy-
cred that nerves grew feeble in sensi.
t.veness, bones hardened and became
brittle and the walls of the arteries
thickened exactly as old age Affects
the human body. II old age Is no
more than certain alterations in cell
growth, sapping of muscles and dead
ening of nerves. caused, as the cx-
pertinent upon the apes suggests. by
the slow distribution of a chemical
constituent of the body, then Il may
be that man might be retained in the
state of eternal youth by he finding
of an antidote to this creeping poison
Death would be pushed into he H.
definite background n process Of ma.
ture left for the trolley cars, the auto.
mobiles and the fool killers TO carry
out We may yet live to hear of race
suicide set forth as ccmmcnduble
doctrine as tending TO prevert the
overcrowding of the earth. There IS
no guessing where these scientific peo-
pie will stop.
The daily tribune., 1909-04-24
COMPENSATION FOUND IN COLD.
Has Stimulating Effect on the Brain,
According to Writer.

i have often asked to be told why
1t Is that man with a cold In the
head feels himself to be a superior
sort OF being to the man with no cold.
You must have observed for yourself
that this is the case. Take indeed,
your own cold. You refer to 1t, thirty
or forty times day. as my cold"
You feel quite sure that everybody
you meet will know that you have a
cold. and that everybody will be in.
terested in Its progress. You will find
yourself, when in the full enjoyment
of cold, airing opinions thst you
would certainly keep to yourself un.
der normal conditions, and casually
contradicting the statements Of those
for whom, as a matter of fact, you
cherish very sincere respect There
must be some simple physiological eI-
planatton for this, and | should be
greatly obliged II some medical reader
would put me in the way OF under
standing 1t. Is 1t that the cold acts
In some soothing way upon the nerves,
thus freeing the self-conscious man.
temporarily, from his timidity? Or Is
1t that the fever accompanying a cold
has stimulating effect upon an other
wise slightly torpid brain?