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THE PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER; HONOLULU, DECEMBER 9, 1S97.
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San Francisco Officials Have An Ex-
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Quarantine Officer Craw of the State
Board of Horticulture was a busy man
yesterday, says the Call of November
3d. He went over 2,230 cases of
oranges on the steamer Gaelic and or
dered all the fruit fumigated, while
three full-grown peach trees consigned
to Alexander Center of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company, instead of being
brought ashore, will be consigned to a
furnace. Both shipments came from
Japan and are bug-infested.
The oranges will be placed in air
tight chambers and fumigated with
hydrocyanic acid gas. This will kill
all the bugs and their egss in from
three to six hours. Mr. Craw will then
examine the fruits again, and if every
thing in the shape of a pest is killed
the fruit be turned ovef to the owners.
The peach trees were over twelve
feet high, and were intended as orna
ments for Mr. Center's garden. They
were not desired so much for the fruit
as for the beautiful double blossom
they bear when in bloom. All of them
were infested with Diaspio amygdali,
a pest unknown in this country. When
this was explained to Mr. Center he at
once ordered the trees burnel. This is
the third attempt that Mr. Center has
made to get Japanese peach trees free
from pests, but each one has failed.
Promises tog Far Exceed Our Most
Sanguine Expectations.
We are introducing Fresh Novelties every day. The People appreciate our efforts
in the most ample manner, buying large parcels of Serviceable Goods.
IF Not Useful. Our stock is the Largest and Most Varied in the country
; Our Prices Defy Competition.
The Millinery
Department
Is under the management of Miss Wilcox, a competent and careful trimmer.
Trimmed Hats a Specialty. We continue to sell
SEWING
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The "Wheeler & Ail
which is a source of pleasure to the user.
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CAPTAIN GENERAL RAMON' BLANCO.
Ramon Blanco y Arenas, who displaces Weyler as gOYernor general of Cuba,
succeeded Despujol as governor general of the Philippines in 1894 and for his services
was made marshal in 1893. lie is known as the "softest-hearted soldier in Spain.'
TO SUCCEED McKENNA.
Portfolio Tendered Assistant Secre
tary Day.
NEW YORK, November 29. A dis
patch to the World from Washington
says: The President has tendered
William R. Day, now First Assistant
Secretary of State, the position of At
torney-General, to succeed Joseph Mc-
Kenna. Judge Day will eventually ac
cept the place, unless Secretary John
Sherman should resign, thereby per
mitting his first assistant to become
the head of the State Department.
The vacancy on the bench of the
United States Supreme Court, which
will occur Thursday, when Judge
Field's resignation takes effect, will re
main open until it has been determined
which of the two Cabinet portfolios
shall be given to Judge Day. Judge
Day prefers to be Secretary of State,
but will not refuse the Attorney-Gen
eralship. He has no intention of going
on the United States Supreme bench.
Up to this time Secretary Sherman
has given no intimation of a purpose
to retire. He is contented with his po
sition and has on all occasions said
that he had no intention of resigning.
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APPEAL. FOR FOOD. .
a dense fog, and our pilot was guiding
us in that crooked channel and among
those treacherous rocks by the echoes
sent back from the mountains which
here and there rise precipitously from
the water's edge. Chicago Times-Her
ald.
NEW IDEA IN CLOCKS.
An Ohio jeweler has invented a clock
which he claims keeps time, though it
has neither pendulum nor escapement
wheel. The mechanism has only four
cog wheels and a main spring, but
the most novel feature of the time
piece is the governor. Extending
through the top of the box is a shaft
from which two arms about six inches
long exstend in opposite directions.
From the end of each of these arms
hangs a thread about two or three
inches long, with a shot grain at the
end. As the arms revolve these, with
the weights at the ends, come in con
tact with upright posts, around which
the thread is wrapped half a dozen
times by the momentum of the shot
Then, by an ingenious device, it un
winds and winds again in the opposite
direction, and continues on to the next
post and repeats the performance. On
the first trial the clock only lost five
minutes in 12 hours.
It 1 The Belief that Yukon Miners
Are Starving.
PORTLAND (Or.), November 29.
The Portland Chamber of Commerce
today telegraphed to President Mc-
Kinley appealing to him to urge upon
Congress the necessity of sending im
mediate relief to the Yukon miners,
many of whom, it is belived, will per
ish from starvation unless supplies are
placed within their reach within the
next three months. The dispatch to the
President says:
Private resouces are wholly inade
quate to the task involved. Out of
our abundant storehouses the people
of the Northwest are capable of fur
nishing food supplies, but lack the
means necessary to transport the same
to the Yukon; and to provide this we
appeal to the Nation, through its Chief
Executive and its representatives in
Congress to the end that an expedition
under the management of officers of
the Army and Navy be provided for
and instructed to make all possible
haste in the accomplishment of the
mission instrusted to them.
Labor Favors Immigration.
ST. LOUIS, November 29. By a vote
of 41 to 5 the delegates to the Central
Trades and Labor Union placed them
selves on record as being opposed to
further restriction of immigration. The
question was discussed for over three
hours Sunday.
HONOLULU
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OP THE
GOLDEN RULE BAZAAR
Will have his holiday opening
ON TUESDAY, NOV. 2jRD,
To which the public is cordially in
vited.
His holiday display will be second
to none. Books, Booklets, Christmas
Cards, Calendars, Solid Silver, Mani
cure and Toilet Articles, Leather Goods,
and for the little folks
THE MOST MAGNIFICENT DIS
PLAY OF DOLLS EVER SEEN
IN THE ISLANDS.
Toys for the children from 6 cents
to $10.
Call Tuesday and' take a look
through.
CHESNEY W. EWING.
W. W. Wright, Proprietor.
Carriage Builder
AND REPAIRER.
All orders from the other Islands in
the Carriage Building, Trimmings, and
Painting Line will meet with prompt
attention. x
P. O. BOX 321.
128 AND 130 FORT ST.
CHONG FAT.
Contractor and Builder,
Carpenter & Cabinet Maker.
Furniture of all kinds onstamtly on
hand and made to okLt.
137 Nuuanu St., cor. Kaktt Lane.
K. MIYAMOTO.
Umbrella Maker.
9 BERETANIA ST.
STEERING BY THE ECHO.
Umbrellas and Parasols of All Descrip
tions Made to Order, Repaired
oi Re-covered.
According to La Verne W. Noyes of
this city, who has just returned from
a mid-summer pleasure trip to Alaska,
navigation in those northern latitudes
possesses some rather remarkable
features.
"I believe the inland steamer route
to Alaska is the finest pleasure trip in
the world," said Mr. Noyes the other
day. "The scenery is indescribably
beautiful and the water, separated
from the Pacific by a chain of islands,
is as calm as any harbor in the world.
But at many points along the route
the channel is quite tortuous and full
of rocks, and whenever a fog is en
countered every movement of the ship
is fraught with danger.
"I was awakened about 3 o'clock one
morning by a long blast of the steam
er's whistle. This struck me as un
usual, for vessels are rarely met on
that trip and there are comparatively
no settlements. A moment later I
heard the captain and the pilot on the
bridge over my stateroom engage in a
very lively colloquy.
44 I tell you it's right there,' said one
of them, excitedly; 'it must be, or we 11
be on the rocks in a minute!'
"That was enough for me. I tum
bled out of my berth and, half-dressed,
rushed out on deck just as the whistle
gave another unearthly screech. It
seemed to be answered immediately by
another whistle near by, and I im
agined we were meeting a steamer.
"'What did I tell you!' cried the
pilot 'There she is all right!
"After waiting 10 minutes or more,
hoping to be able to catch a glimpse
of the strange craft, I accosted the cap
tain and asked him where the other
steamer was. My question nearly gave
him an epileptic fit. We had run into
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
Oil Cake Meal
AND
FEED OF ALL KINDS
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Of San Francisco has a reputation
superior to any competitor on
the Pacific Coast for high class
work In Water Color and Cray
on Portraits.
Mr. Ewlng makes specialties of Free
hand Crayons, Porcelain Coloring, Por
traits on Celluloid in Miniature for
Brooches, Lockets, Etc, and since bit
arrival in Honolulu has produced many
excellent specimens of his Art, which
are now on exhibition at
Williams' Photographic Parlors.
FORT STREET.
WASHINGTON
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COR. FORT & QUEEN STS.
Telephone 422.
Holiday Novelties I
Our show cases are arranged with
our first shipment of Holiday Novelties
in gold and silver jewelry. Early buy
ing insures first choice, at
404 FORT STREET.
LIME.
ALWAYS A STOCK ON HAND.
E. R. ADAMS,
Telephone t84. 407 Fort Street.
fl. R. COUNTER,
Practical Watchmaker, Jeweler
and Optician,
Begs to state to the citizens of Hono
lulu and the Islands that he is prepared
to manufacture any article in the Jew
elry and Medal line, fit Spectacles to all
tights, repair fine and complicated
Watches; also, ordinary Watches,
Clocks and Jewelry.
Prices as low as the lowest consist
ent with good workmanship and qual
ity of material. All work guaranteed
to give satisfaction and done promptly
on tine.
Mall orders solicited. P. O. Box, 287.
807 FORT ST. : HONOLULU, H. I.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS.
GET THEM IN TIME for Christmas!
Do not leave it until the last moment; take
time and have first-class work. See that
your portrait has the modeling and char
acter that shows an intelligent face, and
not retouched out of recognition.
Appointments made by Telephone 492.
Sole proprietors of the Bas-Relief an
Iridium processes. Large collection of: e
cent Island Views.
Specimens can be seen on the ground
floor, Mott-Smith Building,
COR. FORT & HOTEL STS.
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All Descriptions of Repair
Work Executed by a Practi
cal Machinist.
J. T. LUND,
Opp. Club Stables. Fort Street.
Telephone 398.