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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-31
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS

On Thursday the transport Thomas
may arrive from Manila, and there is
a question whether many of those who
have applied for passage from Homo
lulu to San Francisco can be accommo-
dated. Among those who want to leave
are Lieut.. Quekemeyer, Lieut.. Hansen,
and Lieut.. Hoyt of the Fifth Cavalry.
Mrs. Dunning, Mrs. Cashier, and Mrs.
Falls are also on the list. The Thomas
may take the mail instead of the Lur-
line, although the troopship is seven
day boat If the vessel arrives about
the middle of The day, she will not sail
until Friday forenoon.
Company G. Men.
A special order of the War Depart
ment, dated August Is, gives notice of
the fact of the qualification of the
following named enlisted men of Com
pany G, Twentieth Infantry, at Fort
Shafter, for the season of 1909: Expert
rifiemen-Corporal James H. Miles, Ser
geant L. Santen. Sharpshooters-Cor-
poral Luke Nichols, Musician Thurman
Oakley, Private Ariel II. Mccarthy,
Artifcer Ernest r. Booth, Private Jesse
E. Richardson, Private Curtis w. Hud-
son, Corporal Shannon Mcdonald.
Marksmen-Corporal Roland Kistler,
Private Leopold Ralinovski, @. M. Ser
geant VIM. Marsh, Privates John D..
Forbes, Frank H Smith, Harry L. Froe-
Itch, John Fl. White.
The following enlisted men of Com
pany F are also qualified: Expert rife
men-Corporal Harry Spicer, Q. M. Ser
geant Bruno Drews, Sergeant VIM.
Forbes, Corporal David B. Strauss.
Sharpshooters-Co Corporal F. w Rains,
First Sergeant Samuel G. Webster, Pri-
Yates Thomas Tarter, Dwiggans, John
Tartar, Cook, Maxwell, O'Steen, Dean,
Bernard, James Tartar. Marksmen-
Cook Frank Platt, Private John Full
ton, Private Hackett, Cook Chas. Lar
sen, Private Sorenson, Private Corn
Ira1l
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-31
SOLD THE WORLD OVER.

I'VE have ip stock many collie and
diarrhoea medicines, says R. NJ.
White, prominent merchant of Turtle
Bayou, Tex, [. s. A., "but sell more of
Chamberlain S Collie, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy than of all others put
together. For sale by all dealers, Ben
son. Smith & Co, Ltd, agents for Ha-
wall.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-31
Need Electric Light.

The need of an electric light system
at Fort Shafter, which the visiting
Congressman will find to be an up-to-
date army post, still has to depend upon
the oldfashioned oil lamps for its illum-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-31
The PLEASANTON
HOTEL
DININGROOAf. CUISINE AND
SERVICE UNEXCELLED

Bedrooms have the particular
features of spaciousness. They
all open on wide, sun-protected
verandas.
A private diningroom for the
accommodation of persons desir-
ing private luncheons or dinners.
LIVINGRoOM presents atttras-
tons not found in other hotels in
Hawaii. THE HOTEL is ON
THE CAR LINE. 10 MINUTES
FROM BUSINESS CENTER.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-31
Pearl Harhor Station.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-Arrange-
ments have been made to send from
the navy yards at Norfolk this week
about 600 enlisted men of the navy
for service on board vessels of the
Pacific fleet. They will be sent to San
Francisco in two trains, one leaving
Monday and the other Friday.
With the exception of barracks and
officers quarters for marines it is not
likely that any work will be done in
the way of building construction at the
new naval station at Pearl Harbor. Ha-
waiian Islands, for at least a year.
The contractors for dredging the en-
trance channel and constructing the
drydoek have about three years in
which to complete their work and it
would be useless to complete the build
ings such as repair shops, store houses,
etc., until vessels can be foated into
the drydock.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-31

nation. The greatest need for electric
power, however, is in the Fort Shafter
hospital. This was originally intended
only as a battalion hospital, but is used
for patients from SchofeId Barracks
as well, and just now has nearly fifty
men on the sick list. There are oper-
ations which require electric power,
and none is at hand. Fort Ruger has
made requisition for an electric light
system.
st. Louis Record Run.
Call, Aug. 13-The United States
cruiser st. Louis, which arrived yes
terday scored the star record of war
ships in making the run from the Ha-
waiian Islands to this port Tt made
the voyage in the remarkable time of
4 days and % hours and this time has
only been beaten by the Japanese
steamship Tenyo Maru, which made
the run on its first voyage in 4 days,
is hours and 40 minutes, reaching here
June 80, 1908. Captain Gleaves says
the vessel was not forced at any time
The st. Louis has 16 boilers, but only
Is of these were used and these under
natural draft. 1t steamed up at the
rate of II knots an hour.
/ From Honolulu the cruiser went to
Hilo. At that place the officers and
crew went ashore, and from there went
to see the wonderful volcano of Kilau-
ca. The mountain was in a state of
unusual eruption and officers and crew
were amazed at the grandeur of the
scene and the magnitude and volume
of the flames, burning lava and smoke
being thrown into the heavens After
few days at Hilo the St. Louis start
ed for this port.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-31
Reduce Size of Army.

WASHINGTON, August 23,-Return-
ing prosperity is having its effect on
recruiting men for the United States
Army, making it more difficult to keep
up the standard established during the
time following the panic of 1907, when
splendid material was available from
the ranks of the unemployed. The
authorized strength Of the Army is
1890 men, exclusive of the hospital
corps, which numbers $500 men.
It will not be hard matter, there
fore, to reduce the size of the standing
Army, in accordance with President
Taft IS wishes. Possibly the cause for
this reduction is the difficulty of OBJ
tanning men, but the real reason is one
of economy. Every man reduced means
saving of $1,000 a year and if the
reduction proposed reaches 5000 men by
July LIST next, the total annual saving
will amount to $S,000,000 a year.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16
HOOKING ALLIGATORS.
A Florida Sport with an Element of In.
certainty in 1t.

Hunting alligators at night with a
bullSeye lantern and shotgun is tame
sport compared with what is called
gator hunt down in Florida" said an
old FlOridian who is visiting New York
Il mean the feat of capturing an al
ligator alive and then towing the fellow
to high ground through mud and water
from what is called in Florida a gator
hole
THE gator fishermen first find the
hole which is indicated by an opening in
the surrounding grass in the midst Of
dense growth of vegetation, where the
ground is worn smooth by the alligator
IN his pulls in and out. Sometimes these
gator holes are in the nature of Il cave
in the bank of a stream and may be
fifteen or twenty feet deep, and if 50 it
is not an easy matter to get the animal
out.
THE fisher is supplied with a long
pole with a metal hook on the end He
takes strong rope and throws it about
the entrance of the hole Then tho
fisher rams with the hooked pole down
the den and waits and listens. 1t he
finds gator in the hole he leases the
beast by poking him until the gator
in a rage finally grabs the booked pole
and is pulled from the den 1t is with
uncertainty that he is dragged forth,
for it is not known whether the catch is
large or small; the fisher does not know
whether to get into shape to run or to
fight Out the gator comes, believing
and roaring mad
After the gator is dragged to the
surface he in his rage turns and rolls
and finally twists himself up in the rope
or moose that has been previously pre-
pared. With the assistance of the 9th
erS in the party the 'bator'S legs and
mouth are tied and the gator is pris-
oner.
THE gator is for the most part
caught in marshes where the ground is
soft and siushy and too wet for either
horse or wagon to enter. The fishers
are compelled to carry their catch TO
higher ground, there to be loaded into
the waiting wagon and the hunt ls
ended New York Sun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16
MOUNTAIN OF BORAX.
A Deposit of Great Value in Heart of
Death Valley.

With the exception of the Grand Can
on there is probably 40 more famous To-
cality in the west than Death valley,
known as the vale below the sea-" and
although there are a number of Mount
Blaneos in the Great American desert,
the Mount Blanco of Death valley is the
greatest of its name.
1t rises like an enormous white breast
against the terra Gotta ride of Funeral
range, close to Furnace Greek canon, a
great rent that cleaves the east rampant
of Death valley. Around it is a rolling
waste of bald yellow hills, none of which
is a mere knoll, and it towers a good
1000 feet above them. The lowland of
Death valley, sinking for several miles
westward, is probably $500 feet lower.
No one ledge or series of lodges any
where in the world contains the inn
mense amount of borate quartz shown in
the surface of this mountain of Cole
mantle. 1t is a body of ore measuring
1000 feet in width and 5000 feet in
length, pitching into the mountain range
at thirty three degree angle. 1t is a
borax quarry whose limitations cannot
be even roughly conjectured, but it must
exceed by thousands of tons any known
borate deposit.-Detroit News.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16
THE To0rHSoME MUsKRAT
Considered a Great Delicacy Dow, .
the Eastern Shore

According to Fur News the rr,...
of the eastern shore of MarvIaI,5r rs:S s
receive nearly 100000 this Sc 60 VII
muskrat skins. I'm DorcbesTar .. ioe
alone" it says, "trappers have h.. '"-
SlOO,OOO for this seasons pelts - aI
nothing of what they received fr..,' s3y
sale OF the meat. this alone mora ~ 'l'5
paying the rental of the marshes ' ,al
cost of the traps and the eyfa,., '45
looking after them. i-"se Of
One fur buyer of Hooper's Tsl.-,
in lower Dorchester, has paid ,n- WI
900 for muskrat hides this spasor ~ ~
others have bought almost rs Iea ne
The prices offered by buyers III. wy.
son ranged from so to 75 cept. '' o. : Syl-
the hide from the kitten or yo1n.. ' mug
which had heretofore been cons;l. ,aI,
almost worthless, bringing the f1 I,Isa
price. '''lAef
THE big black rat common1.5 ,,
top of the market always, the hia.5- s4e
being considered the finest as van ils
the most durable. The fur of rho h.. AS az
rat is less valuable because of The ', l1y
and cOarseness of the hair. II oa,,, 5''s
iy brings from 10 cents to % cont t .''-
than the fur of the black rat. 'sSS
There are few sections of rho ~.
ed States where the meat of tha MI -i.'
rat is used as a food as it is Ie l.lO> III
the eastern shore of Maryland In MI, VI
sections of the country the little r" ,'5tII!
is licked upon with disdaln by those MT
claim to know good thing when tta,,
see it, but when they talk of it as bais:.
an unclean animal and unfit far +ss
stomach of man, it only goes IA che ,rs
how little they know of this, the nraor91",
of all animals that like.
THE great majority of peon1a ,.-.
prejudiced against the muskrat hqrar.s
it bears the name of rat. BY any otIs.
name it would eagerly be sought ofts.
by epicuFes. The roots and berb, -
the marshes, on which alone il sULsistr
are thoroughly scrubbed by the frto
animal before it will allow them to c ,,yrs
on it's table, '''i9
''The house in which it lives. mada %
the marsh grasses and towering above
the high water mark, is always as drr
as a powder magazine and spotlps~iy
clean, so there is nothing about tbo
much despised rat of the great marshes
to make it other than what It really Is
the cleanest and most toothsome iirrla
animal that can be cooked up ana
served.
SAT all the leading restaurants on the
eastern shore the muskrat in season
takes the leading role at midnight SIM.
pers. The muskrat industry of the
Maryland peninsula bids fair to overstpn
the oyster industry, and it is certain
that there was more clear money made
by the trappers in lower Dorchester this
season than by the oystermen"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16
DIAMONDS ON DUST HEAP.
Strange Recovery of an Heirloom Lost
at Wedding.

The Hon. Mrs. Harley of Oxford
square, only daughter of the sixth Baron
Rodney, has had a pleasant surprise in
the unexpected return of an herloom-a
valuable diamond pendant-which was
lost under peculiar circumstances.
On April %, Mrs. Harley attended the
wedding of her elder son, Robert G.. G..
Harley, with the daughter of the late
Sir Edward Ripley, at Holy Trinity,
Sloane street, and afterward received the
guests at the Hans Crescent hotel. Dur.
ing the reception the hostess discovered
that she had lost her diamond pendant.
The police were notified, but nothing was
heard of it until a couple of days ago,
when a man named Rex, working on a
dust shoot between Barking and Rayn-
ham, found what he thought to be a
brooch. but what was really Mrs. Har-
ley's diamond pendant On his way
home Rex showed it to a jeweler, who
realizing its value informed the police,
the sequel being its immediate restora-
ton to its owner, who has handsomely
rewarded the finder.
The mystery as to it's journey is ex-
plainable by the fact that contractors of
the Westminster city council have a
chute for road refuse near Barking
London Chronicle.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16
Captured Guns at Annapolis.

There are large number of captured
guns at Annapolis, but very little is
known about some of them. Several date
back to the Revolutionary war; others
are believed to have been brought over
by Lafayette from France; some were
captured from Mexico and sent home
by Gen. Scott; several were taken from
The MeXicans in California, and the lat
ter are extremely interesting, as most of
them bear inscriptions. Several were
taken from the ships of Admiral Ger
vera'S feet and others from the Spanish
fleet in Manila. There are Chinese and
Korean guns and four small makeshift
cannon captured from the Filipino in
surgents. One of them is of wood, COW
cred by u caribou hide, and others are
of iron covered with wood. They were
presented to Admiral Dewey by the
archbishop of Manila. Among the Mex
lean guns is bronze cannon. east in
Spain in 1474, carried across the Allan
tic by Cortez and used by him In the con-
quest of Mexico.-Chicago Record Her
aid
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16
Decisions of Wide Significance.

There has been q "shake-up" in the
Police Department of New York city
which involved Commissioner Bingham,
its head, Deputy Commissioner Hanson.
and Secretary SlatteTy, of the chief COM
misioner's office. The reorganization
which is to follow was forced by Mayor
Mcclellan. who was ineensed by the re-
fusal of Chief Bingb lA to remove from
the Rogues' Gallery, at the request of
Justice Gaynor the photograph of boy
who il was judieially ascertained had
been bounded by the police.
The case of the boy was thoroughly
threshed out in court, where it was
shown that h was nagged and pestered
by prejudiceo policemen, and arrested
repeatedly ON false charges. Certain
policemen had t in for him." and they
succeeded in getting him photographed
and Bertillioned. When the case was
decided in the boys favor there was
popular enthusiasm. and Justice GaynOr,
before whom the trial was held, was
commended for the method by which he
promoted the ends of justice. But the
Police Department received the verdict
i'm q resentful spirit. and Commissioner
Bingham refused to honor Justice Gay
nor's order that the boys picture be re-
moved from the Rogues' Gallery, and
that his measurement 5 be expunged from
the records.
This eruption in New York is Curl
ously enough paralleied by a decision of
the Maryland Court of Appeals, handed
down on Wednesday. at Annapolis. The
case before the court was that of an
emhezzling city official who had been
and Bertilioned- 1t was
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16

held by the court that the Police De
partment Of Baltimore had legal right
TO photograph the alleged embezzler, but
the decision was coupled with the fol-
lowing:
We must not be understood by so ruin :
to countenance the placing in the Rogues'
Gallery of the photograph of any person not
an habitual criminal who had been arrested
but not convicted, ON a criminal charge, or
the publication under such circumstances OF
the Bertillion record
This decision in another state prac-
tically justifies the action of the New
York justice who demanded the removal
Of the boys photograph from the Police
Department. exhibit of rogues. and who
also demanded the expunging of the
measurements which were taken when
the boy was photographed. 1t admon-
ishes immediate compliance by the po-
lice in such instances, as officers of the
law are not commissioned to visit dis
grace upon the innocent.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16

The Dominion of Canada has decided
to discontinue its subsidy to the Allan
Steamship Company, which has been
receiving government compensation for
two years past, for service from the
Pacific coast to New Zealand. The sub
sidy was 100000 annually, each couu-
try contributing half of the amount. 1t
was discovered that despite this encour-
agement of direct line between the col
onies 80 per cent of Canada's trade
with New Zealand goes by way of New
York, and it is now believed that the
remaining 10 per cent. can be satisfac-
torily handled via San Francisco. The
two years experience has shown that
it has cost Canada one dollar for every
seven dollars in New Zealand trade
This is an instance that should encour-
age rather than deter effort to stimulate
shipping with government aid. 1t shows
that governments can let go when re-
suits are not achieved, and is proof that
subsidies need not be prolonged when
they are in the nature of pure gratuities.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16
BEARS GENERALLY JOLLY,
But Sometimes One Comes Along witt
a Settled Crouch.

Rarely are bears born i'll tempered
They may show some resentment at tue
time of their capture when but two
months old, but this feeling soon dlSap-
pears, leaving jolly rogue ever wlIilEE
to box and wrestle. l once knew q cup
that was a regular terror" says writer
in Golfers, land he never reformed. ne
would attack anything regardless Of is
size or strength. ,
AT the age of three months he woui4i
charge at me, snorting, shifting anit
striking with his tiny paws, and when !
did not protect myself he seized m2
trousers leg between his teeth aud Sh''A
it violently.
AT first l thought that he ha4 uegn
abused by his former owner and Una. =!
kind treatment he would soon ouJ~io. ~,
his temper, but no, he just had II III uI ,-,
and he became more and more danger JUS
as time sped by. 10
FINALLY he grew large enough 10 w u.
put in with the mature bears W''4,y,~-s,
danger of his squeezing between The o@ d..
and escaping, and to the surprise VI #
cry one he Immediately took charge
the den. Old bears twenty uugs .
size, possibly from some sense OF ". ,,T<
if animals have honor, submitteI o. 20, ,' a..
and slaps in the face and acjaa'-! dr.
lowed him TO snatch food ". q. .''
mouths without resenting the tu>A.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16
The Messina Relief Fund.

Why is not Messina in proc,
reconstruction? Money for the pun -.
was contributed by generous suns have
throughout the world. and months, .. 10 Is
elapsed since the earthquake, "t -a.
the Italian government doing '' -'
the work? .... a
A recent report notes that a..s-j
brick has yet been put in pia'r Kat
the restoration of the town, a"- MI
while the government is thus l4s'' ,ttsi-
vate landlords cannot rehIHt -. e
houses because the reguiaunl l.A~-..ad
the new towns, which were .snt
two months ago. have not ". .e.- -r5r
TO the committee appointed s-a
them. Meanwhile the iuhaW''.
clamoring for shelter. .r--l-
1t seems as though the fun'- have
uted for the rebuilding Of N.>--.... '-,s-
been swallowed up by one "i .. 4
quakeS subsequent to the de'>H. ..a,sr.
the city. or else they have u,.a s1.v
There is grating in Italy. ,>,rr..sd
scandal exceeding that wh'.A rsfrTe
San Francisco may be uncover
long.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16
The Troubles of the Sugar Trust.

1t isn't because the American Sugar
Refining Company is a trust" that il
is suffering prosecution at the hands
of the federal Department of Justice
The charge against the Sugar Refining
Company is that the course which il
followed in securing control of the Penn
sylvania Sugar Refining Company, a
possible competitor, and preventing its
operation, constituted a conspiracy. The
sugar trust" officials and attaches who
are under Indictment are held to have
been parties to the alleged conspiracy,
and are likely to find themselves in an
exceedingly tight pinch.
The sugar trust" so-called was pecu-
liarly reckless in it's methods. The fla
grant and vulgar device by which it de-
frauded the custom house in New York
city during q period covering several
years astonished the country when it was
exposed. The alleged conspiracy by
which the Pennsylvania competitor was
suppressed should not be prejudged in
the newspapers while on trial in the
courts. Suffice it to say that its prima
facie appearance was worthy of the per-
petrators of the scale-tampering swindle.
The trial will be watched with inter-
est. because everybody consumes sugar,
and when the price of sugar is artificial
ly enhanced by illegal means everybody
is concerned. The corporation enjoyed
the protection of a tariff which it had
practically arranged to suit itself But
this did not satisfy its greed. BY cheat
ing the custom house in weighing the
sugar as it came from the docks, the
company could procure cheaper raw ma
terial than any other refinery in Ameri-
ca.
The Philadelphia incident, if correctly
reported, would seem to show that il
was not satisfied with this, but was de-
termined upon the maintenance of mo-
nopoly by fair means or foul. No won
der that the people all over the country
are interested in the case. The trou-
bles of the Sugar Trust seem to be of its
own making.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16

service will be eliminated from depart
ment activities. This is in accordance
with a policy of the Taft administration
TO make retirements matters of fact in
stead of utilizing superannuated officers
in department positions and thus block
ing the way to promotion for the young
er men who are striving to reach the
quarter deck" The procession through
the grades moves slowly in times of
peace, and officers are in danger of vege-
tating instead of taking on experience
that comes with service in advanced posi-
tions. There will be no young ''blood"
in places of high command when young
and active men are needed unless the
lines of promotion are kept unclogged.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-07-16
Funeral Rites of Nine. Modjeska.

Funeral rites over the body of Nine.
Modjeska, the Polish-American actress,
We're held Friday in the Church of St.
Stanislaus, 107 Seventh street, New
York. a solemn requiem mass being cele-
brated by the pastor, Rev. s. T. RE
lecki. The little rectory was filled with
floral tributes. These included wreaths
from the Lambs and Players club. from
many prominent individual members of
the profession and host of Polish So
cieties. Nine. Nazimova and other the
atrical folk We're at the funeral. The
sermon in English was preached by Mgr
Lavelle of st. Patrick,.s cathedral. and
in Polish by Father Ohiewski. After the
services the body was taken aboard the
Kaiserin AuguSte Victoria, which sails
TOMORROW