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THE PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER: .HONOLULU, NOVEMBER 27. 1900. THE PACIFIC Commercial Advertiser O. BHITII EDITOR. TUESDAY i NOVEMBER 27 NEWS OF WORLD CONDENSED SHIELDING CULPRITS. At the meeting of the Board of Health where the latest report of Food Inspector Shorey was filed reporters were notified of a rule that the names of brands of adulterated articles might be published but not the names of the men or firms who work tm?se bogus products off on the home public. The nature of the swindle might be ex posed but the identity of the swindler must be kept secret. Thus we find in Mr. Shorey's published report vague references to watered milk from "Dairy No. 1 or 2" a designation which means nothing to the public and conveys no warning to consumers; or an exposure of imitation Jelly or catsup in which the trade mark or address of some dls V tant and easily-forgotten manufactur er Is revealed but the name of the local dealer is omitted. This rule, while very gratifying 'to people- who sell trash to their custom era under an Implied guarantee of pur ity, will never drive adulterated wares from this market or even help to do so. The only way to stop the Illicit trade is to spoil the business of the Il licit trader. It does little good to de nounce brands, because the purchaser rarely looks at them. He relies upon his dealer for a good article. Destroy his faith In that dealer and he buys nothing more of him and the dealer gets the strongest kind of n incentive to do business thereafter on the square. Experience In all pure food crusades teaches that the only remedy for the evil is a publicity so wide that no party Interested In the marketing of adulterated groceries, tuberculous meats and watered milk can escape. This fubliclty may be had by means of convictions In courts or by official exposure In the press or both. Any thing less than that is mjre by-play. Three or four yearti ago San Fran cisco had a pure food movement which, for the time, carried all before it. Scores of milk dealers were arrested and their names given to the public and 'that ended their connection with the milk business. The largest dealer In bogus groceries, a merchant named Kline, was driven out of the city by the complete loss of his custom. Sev eral manufacturers and dealers In Imi tation catsup, honey, table oil and wine, shut up shop. The law, there as here, was more fruitful in technical ac quittals than convictions, lout that did not matter, for the moment a buyer aw In the papers that his dealer was on the black list he .went elsewhere. The effect was most gratifying in lift ing up the general average of food products on sale. Dealers whose greed or carelessness had led them to violate the law either filled up their shelves with wholesome goods or went out of trade; and all dealers made haste to weed out their stocks, fearing every day an exposure by the press. Hun dreds of carloads of suspicious goods were shipped away; some to Oregon, much to the Interior of California and to Nevada, some to Mexico and not a little to Hawaii. Before the swindlers got control of the Board of Health al most anything edible for Bale In San Francisco might be eaten In safety; and while that condition lasted the death rate of the city visibly declined. The public wants to have the same thoroughness of method here. If a trap Is set for them, people want to know where the thing Is to be looked for and how avoided; they don't care a continental who manufactured the trap In the first place. , PLUMBING INSPECTION. Editor Advertiser: I notice the good work you have done in reference to plumbing matters, but I want to call your attention to a most important mat ter in this respect. You know how im portant it Is to have good plumbing work done In our homes; the health of the city depends upon It. Now from the very best authority I have It that the new plumb ing Inspector, Mr. Moore, is not capable of filling this office, as he never has had one day's experience In this line and does not know anything about it. Some grave error has been committed somewhere; it's not even probable that the Hoard of Health would appoint such a man to such a position If they knew his unfitness for It. Kindly look Into this matter and give an Interested public your Investigations of It; If It's true, he should give place to a man who does know; if It's not true no on i hurt by the Investigation. Yours, W. T. WILSON. The Board of Health acted on the principle laid down by Mr. Wilson in the appointment of Mr. Duffy, whereat the plumbers of the trust laughed a waxed fat at the expense of the pub Aner mis experience tne board con eluded that the wisest plan would be to give the place to an Intelligent citi zen of enough practical experience In engineering to make him a judge of good work in the plumbing line, yet one who had no affiliation with the plumbing trade itself. This was done and a chorus of protests from the members of the trust showed that the board had made no mistake. It does not do to put a member of ny given trade In a place where he is expected to protect the public trSm the tricks of that trade. His esprit du corps leads him to stand by his mates. As for plumbing, its principles ought to be understood by any good engineer and they are by Mr. Duffy's successor. It would not need a carpenter to pass upon me squareness ox a dox or a cooper to determine the value of a bar rel; nor does It require a plumber to ay whether a Job of plumbing answers to the specifications. In very many In stances a householder can tell that for himself. The whalebirds knew what they were about when they came South early. Not only has Hawaii experi enced more rain than it wants but the proverbial dryness of the Southern California coast has been challenged by cloudbursts. . Hawaii, In its population of 154.001. outranks .two Territories and two States. Arizona has 122,212; "Wyoming. 2.631; Alaska. 44.000; Nevada, 42.334. Hawaii ranks next to Idaho and Is No. 43 on the list. James Ott. the comedian, is dead. Prince Tuan is said to have taken flight. ' ' , On November 20, Senator Davis was better. . An earthquake Is reported at Berlin from Florae. ' Commissioner Taft predicts a great future for Manila. Chicago had a severe electrical storm on November 20th. Dr. Ross strongly denies that he ever spoke ill of Senator Stanford. The Jones anti-noise ordinance in Chicago has been defeated. The rebels have won many battles over the government troops in Colom bia. , The poet Bjornsen has recovered from his severe illness and started for Paris. ' The killing of Countess de Cornuller by her husband in Paris, has stirred Paris. Prince George of Prussia has written a drama which will be performed in Berlin. The brother of Lo Feng Luh, Chinese minister to Great Britain, was slain by Boxers. The big Southern Pacific Hotel at Long Beach. Cal., was burned down on November IS. Madame Sembrich, who is to make an American tour, had a parting ova tion in Berlin. The War Department will ask Con gress for a permanent Btandlng army of 100,000 men. The birthday of the Empress 'was quietly commemorated at Cronberg. The Kaiser was present. A severe earthquake shock was felt on the morning of the 16th instant in the Island of Caracas. . . The schools of Greater New York have subscribed about $15,000 for the Galveston public schools. - Francis D. Carley, of Wall street, has filed a petition In voluntary bankruptcy with liabilities over $1,000,000. . . Searls Park, at Menlo Park, was sold to James G. Mason of ; Menlo Park. Mason paid $1,000 an acre for it. " Lieut. F. J. Haesler, U. S. N., is dead. He was in the fight with Cervera's fleet as a gunnery officer of the Texas.. The leading Arizona journal, ' the Phoenix Republican, has passed' into new hands. . The price' paid was $50,000. The Northern Pacific Railroad has begun the development -of the largest coal mine in the State of Washington. The nineteen principal salmon can neries of the Sound produced this sea son 432,031 cases, valued approximately, $2,348,142. Queen Wilhelmina has been stopping in Paris incognito. She is also super vising the preparation of her wedding trousseau. Mme. Bernhardt's famous Newfound land dog Baubourouche, the gift of Sir Henry Irving, died of grief at parting with his mistress. The Chittenden Ranch, Santa Cruz, Cal., where oil has been discovered, was sold on the 16th Instant to Chicago capitalists for $22,000. "The Indian Government," says a Simla dispatch, dated November 17, "is about to spend 2,000,000 on new guns for the Indian army." The great painting of Lincoln hang ing In the east room of the .White House, fell during the night and was considerably damaged. The allies are said to be planning an expedition to the Chinese capital at Sian Fu In view of the probable failure of the peace negotiations. Women lawyers In France are now allowed to practice law by the provis ions of the enabling act recently pass ed by the French senate. The prune growers In Gilroy Valley, California, are revolting against the Cured Fruit Association, claiming the agreement to be one-sided. The snowstorms in the northern and western part of the State of New York on November 16, caused much delay in the arrival of mail trains. The Boers, according to a telegram from Cape Town, have broken the rail way in twenty places between Bloem fonteln and the Orange river. Frank M. Brown, the defaulting as sistant cashier of the German National Bank of Frankfort, Ky., is in Canada with $200,000 of the bank's funds. Secretary Gage announces that his estimate complete would show an ex cess of receipts over expenditures for the present fiscal year of $SO.OOO,000. The members of the American em- bassy'deny the charges made against them in La Presse, regarding the pur chase of the secret of the new French gun. A bold attempt to rob the Bank of British Columbia, November 16, was not successful. Purvis Smith, the clerk, returned the burglar's shot and saved the bank. The city council of Chicago, to sup press outlawry, has added 121 police men to the force. Drag net arrests are being made, and all the crooks are be ing arrested. J. H. Kellogg. M. D., lectured at Stanford University-, November 16, and Introduced statistics showing that the human race is degenerating physically at a rapid rate. Col. Frank O. Lowden, of Chicago, and his wife, have each taken out $2.",0,000 life insurance policies. The an nual premium rate on the two policies is close to $16,000. The Earl of Roseberry was installed as lord rector of Glasgow University. November 16. His rectorial address on the subject of -The British Empire." . jwas most stirring, ii i wln& to the death of a freshman in "C.a cane :ush at the Massachusetts In- -jbmure r.r Technology, the faculty of e the University of Chicago have for- Diaaen tne sport. In the action broueht hv tho nu.mra of the British bark Embleton, sunk by me unaraer campania. the Campania was held guilty of excessive speed and thereby responsible. Henry C. Bunn, professor in Latin and Greek, and English literature in St. John's Military College at Lanlius, N. G., hass-enlisted as a private soldier in the American army. The Puget Sound salmon pack shows a decrease of over 50 per cent from the pack of 1899, due to the absence of the humpback salmon, which only runs every second year. Fifteen Yale men have hired a bal loon for $1.00Q In order to be able to witness the Yale-Harvard football game. They were unable to secure tickets for the grand stand. Addison c. Harris, United States Minister to Austria, does not have enough to do at the capital, so he has made errangemenrs to return to his law practice In Indianapolis. Mme. Bernhardt has arrived in New York. She said she was glad to revisit America, as she expects to write a great deal about it in her memoirs. She denies that Rostand is Insane. The Le Roi copper and gold mine at Rossland. B. C, turned out for the year to date, 137.000 tons of ore. valued at $l.SOO.00O. By the end of the year it will have reached $2,500,000 in value Venezuela has bought George Gould's yacht Atalanta with the war equip ment which was to ha.ve been taken by Colombia. The latter country over stepped the time limit of the contract and forfeited $60,000. Attorney General Griggs at a cabi net meeting in Washington,- November 16, Informed the President and his col leagues that after mature consideration he could not remain a member of the cabinet during the next four years. Carnegie's wealth is next to that of Rockefeller. -. ! More defenses are being prepared for Puget Sound. t - Four men perished in an.iOswayo, Pennsylvania, fire. . ... There has been a heavy snowstorm in British Columbia. - .. Bert Thomas, a Calif ornian, was killed before Peking. ; Two women and a man lost ' their lives in an Alaskan lake. The rainfall approached a cloudburst in the city of Los Angeles. General. Fred Grant repulsed a' force of insurgents north of Manila. rSenator Spooner may become attor ney general, succeeding Griggs. There is grave danger of an epidemic of smallpox breaking out in' Peking. There is grave danger of an epidimic of smallpox breaking out in Peking. Final arrangements have been made for Krueger's reception at Marseilles. Hypnotist Donato, who recently died, .used his power to steal another's bride. .. The Yukon miners are going to pre sent Bry an with a gold nugget, valued at $300. Confirmation of the degradation of the Chinese princes has been received in Paris. An army officer was wounded by a relative of Turfman Lebaudy In a duel in France. The Big Basin of Santa Cruz may be come a federal park. The price asked Is $200,000. The steamer Sonoma is reported to have sailed from Philadelphia for San Francisco. The international note will soon be ready for delivery to the Chinese com missioners. The new placers between Point Hope and Cape Lisborne, Alaska, are said to be very rich. The United States. Supreme Court declared the Tennessee anti-cigarette statute Is valid. Phoenix, A. T., has planned a unique fair. Indians and cowboys will be the chief attractions. . E. V. W. Rossiter, treasurer, has been elected, the New York Central's new vice president. : H. T, Scott, of the Union Iron Works, has gone to Washington after contracts for several warships.- Dr. Kienbock of Vienna says that lost hair can be restored to bajd heads by the use of the X-ray. Captain Yoeman, who aided In the capture of Jefferson Davis, -. died re cently at Fort Dodge, la. The outlook in China is gloomy. The Russians and Germans are not pleased over the Oriental situation. The fifteen-year-old son of Richard Alexander, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., is ac cused of killing his father. British Columbia, on November 19, was in the grip of a severe snowstorm, lasting over forty-eight hours. Count Bonl de Castellane was nearly killed by the accidental discharge of a gun in the hands of a woman. Boers have threatened the Kimberley Railway. Commandant Erasmus is camped on the Ollphant river. There will be no legislature In the Philippines until the constitutionality of the Porto Rico bill is decided. A bill to revise the German tariff law arouses press comment and is called a declaration of war against America. The Chinese forces are said to be on the march and In readiness to oppose any movement of the allies westward. The Count de Cornulier shot and killed his wife in Paris as she was leaving the apartments of a gentleman. The president of a Massachusetts Bryan club urges the organization of a new party called the Reform Forces. A reporter of a San Diego paper was present at an initiation of members of Foresters of America, and caused a sensation. Marion Irons,- once leader of the union labor organizations, and who di rected the Missouri Pacific strike in the 80's, is dead. - - United States and Germatfy 'are en gaged in a race for the trade of the world, and are reaching out for Eng land's business. The Filipinos were defeated with very heavy loss at Bugazen, island of Panay, on October SO. The Americans lost three men. . This season's Klondike output of gold is valued at $20,000,000. Next year's is expected by the gold commissioners to reach $25,000,000. The American admirals are opposed to the frequent shifting of officers and men, claiming it mitigates against a fleet's efficiency. " The president of the Chinese Imperial University is not in favor of : lenient treatment for the officials responsible for the uprising. , - There is desolation in the Transvaal and Orange Free States. It is fourteen months since the normal importation of foodstuffs ceased. November 19 was the coldest Novem ber night ever experienced in Spokane, Washington. The temperature" was five degrees above zero. 'Phenomenal activity in trade all over the land is noticeable since the elec tions. New enterprises are being inau gurated in many of the States. The Paris chamber of deputies, No vember 19, discussed the alleged decor ation scandal. Denials were made by the government and approved. American railroads are making new rates on bicycles, tricycles and baby carriages, regardless of their weight. The charge is a minimum one. Seven hundred tons of ship plates made by the Lukers Iron Company, of Pennsylvania, have been rejected by the Belfast, Ireland, consignees Mrs. Hattie E. Norton, of Detroit who was married to Chas. R. Holmes, of San Francisco, was drugged by him two days after ind robbed of $700. Frank W. Brown, the missing assist ant cashier and bookkeeper, who got away with $191,500, did it by a w6nder ful system of memorizing accounts. Edna May denies that an admirer named Jigging will die for Iovp nf her or that she has pawned diamonds, and says she has no new husband in sight. The transport Indiana, while convey ing a detachment of the Twenty-second iinamry irom Manna to Baler, went aground on rocks at the island of Pa lillo. Jeffries says he will never meet Cor bett in the ring, as he cannot afford to risk his reputation by meeting either of the principals in the recent fake fight. The Methodists made two fierce on slaughts on the Church of Rome, No vember 19th, at the session of the gen eral missionary committee held in New York. At New York the treasury depart ment seized the trunk of Miss Dor rance, a passenger on the S. S. New York, and found $5,000 worth of "unset diamonds. . Little light has been thrown on the Apache Indian raid on the Mormon colony in Mexico. The Indians are said to have come from San Carlos reservation. The . rains in the northern part of Arizona have caused heavy floods and the Arizona canal has broken through its banks in several places. At Pima naif the town is under water. Miss Helena Zimmerman, daughter of millionaire Zimmerman, of Cincin nati, is paid to have been secretly mar ried in London to the young Duke of Manchester The matcn wa, opposed by both of the families concerned Captain McCalla of the cruiser New ark ls undergoing trial by court-martial convened by Admiral Remey He is charged with "irrational , and bad management and lack of discipline" on board the cruiser. The trial is the re sult of a letter written by Lieutenant Commander Colwell to Admiral Remey. "Necessity is the Mother of. Invention. It was the necessity for an honest, reliable blood purifier and tonic that brought into existence Hood's Sarsapa rilla. It is a highly concen trated extract prepared by a combination, proportion and process peculiar to itself and giving to Hood's Sarsaparilla unequalled curative powerf Its wonderful record of cures has tnade it America s Greatest Medicine. Rosy Cheeks " have good health and rosy cheeks, thanks to Hood's SarsaparHla. It builds me up and saves doctor bills' Mary A. Burke, East Clair St., Indianapolis, Ind. Hood'a Hill enf liver llln ; th non-Irritating qng only othartlo to Uke with Hood' 8ar7aj.rlt"U Sponges ! A new lot of the finest ; Bath- Toilet J AND Baby SPONGES! " vm iutcreb vuu ims week win, latest novelties in ' lth 80e of Muslin Underwear Some of the daintiest goods ever sho vn and ai t . line of Tailor Made Cloth and Silk Skirts 1 6e11 SEE WINDOW DISPLAY LVl B PHONE 157. RASOH a. oo, JUST ARRIVED. Carriage AND Harness PQNGES! Specialty. 1 IBM FORT STREET, HONOLULU. n "When purchasing Cigars see that you receive the original HONOLULU BELLE Sold by all retailers for 5c. J. J. PFonsky, SOLE DISTRIBUTOR, . Territory of Hawaii. DV III! I CO QUEEN STREET Stock and Bond Brokers Fire Insurance Agents Commission Merchants Careful attention given to business trusts. GLOBE -WERNICKE BOOKCASES and . OFFICE FURNITURE In stock, or ordered, from Manufac turers. .. Hair Goofls, Hair Novelties Shampooing, Scalp 1 reatment and Manicuring Under the Man agement f MISS AGN ES SMITH, Late of Strozynski, the well-known Ladies Hair Dresser f San France QUE . DRESS-MAKING DEPARTMENT Is under the Management of an Experienced Dressmaker who win always be pleased to show you the very latest Parisian Styles READY MADE "WALKING SKIRTS A SPECIALTY AT Miss M. E. Killean, ARLINGTON BLOCK HOTEL STREET, Bargains FOR THIS WEEK. ALL SILK GRENADINE; fine patterns; $2.50 and up er yard. SILK AND WOOL CREPON, 85c and up per yard. NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS for 50c and up per pair. A full line of LADIES' SHOULDER CAPES, $5.00 and up. THESE GOODS ARE ALL IMPORTED FROM ENGLAND. THE BARGAIN STORE Opposite the Fire Station. Fort and Beretanla Street ALBERT BLOOM, Proprietor ' The Honolulu Tobacco Company, Ltd.- CORNER IIOTKL1!" FORI STREETS- IMPORTING TOBACCONISTS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS When von wnnt anmpth'Tic sruKMnl vrtiir mire to find it here. - agents and distributors for Territory of Hawaii of the celebrated : SEGARET CIGAR Sole we er; snowing mat mis cigar wiDe juagea Dy connoiwruu, VrNS8! nestly commend it to smokers of refined taste as one of the FIVE-CENT CIGARS on the market. Money Back if You Say So! Rnmn man -aroar Inst n-Vi o Vi ov rtloneo nthom weX What 01 , rf affect. There is a certain stvle which most men regard as proper. ' a must be independently rich, or hop iessly pxr to utterly ignore w , of fashion. One great point about our clotUrg which ought to v every man who would be well dressed, is tha: it is so wen entirely in accord with the right fashion without being oatiy. tIlor-iBad; It has all the merchant tailor's distinctiveness; Is, in facl V. but is much less expensive than tne so-cailei coustom-m&ae vv SUSPENDERS fh ton-notch of excellence, the low-water marK " i:v"V ,.-hk way It Is in our splendid furnishing department. As typical i ttcfm we note today a strong line of MEN'S SUSPENDERS, made v lastis weDDing OI new aesigns, wnn ieaiaer-w mn"". nit. plated mountings equal in make-up to the usual 75c " lw Price 50cts Per Pair THE "KASH TWO STORES, TWO STOCKS, T. O. Box K and 11 Hotel Stmt, and C TWO