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fHB FAOIFiO COMMERCIAL ADVBBWBER: HONOLULU, JUNE 4, 1901. SECTIONAL BbOKOASES, OFFICE DESKS, LETTER FILES, CARD INDEXES AND SAFES Of ghipmenta recently arrived and jut unpacked. FOR SALE BY H. Hackfeld & Co. LIMITED. The Kash Co., Ltd Are You in the Swim? Do you Feel Cool? Are You Comfortable? much talked about SHIRTWAISTS, made from the latest striped wwi arHvwi. Olve a look at them, or try one, and toe oon- tbt thov at the very thin 'or this climate. Price $1.75 and $6.00 each. W hay also received a large stock of Monarch Golf Shirts, made of l4 Preach Madras, which we offer at the astounding low pries of $1.25 each. U f contemplate baying Shirts, look at them, for you vet mors than the as of your money. We solicit your trade; it's money in your pocket. The Kash Co., Ltd Waverley Block, 23-27 Hotel Street, and corner Hotel and Fort Streets. Sofa Cushion Covers ... Siae, 24 x 24 Inches. These Covers sell for 75 cents each. We make this offer for this month only, and will send to any address in the Islands, postage paid, on receipt of 25 cents. They come in twelve patterns and col ors. WIFE OF MINISTER TO PERSIA ASKS FOR DIVORCE Mrs. Herbert W. Bowen, a beautiful mined and accomplished woman, wants a di vorce from her husband, who is the United States Minister to Persia. It Is said she alleges desertion. She has lived at Newport for more than a year, and Mr. Bowen is the son of the late Henry C. Bowen, who was proprietor of the In dependent. He was Consul General at Barcelona when the war with Spain was imminent, and showed great courage, in facing a rabble that gathered to attack the Consulate. Discussing this event Mr. Bowen said: 'On the morning of April 20 a mob ot about 4,000 persons suddenly tilled the, replied: square in front of the Consulate, cheer- i Chicago. The Bqyne Furniture Company, Ltd, Progress Block. Honolulu, H. T. T The highest type of American whiskey. Distilled in the old-fashioned way from selected grain. Aged in wood. An aid to digestion and tonic stimulant combined. Absolutely pure and of delicate flavor. Sold throughout the entire world. One and three crown. MRS. HERBERT BOWEN. Sale of Ski i Have you urg Aw. a all! I l Stylish, Chic, Exception Made one? Would you T.iV . such a Skirt at Exant.iw n J Yes? Then you will bu minute you sae it don't stop at one if youjj. 1UU as many as d iiey are JuarKea m Plain n the Regular Price. You acny nan. in ever Mind Most of them will fit without alteram uci,co.'oij, no uavo uidiueu uressin&kers to L'ENVOI. Hnwn in miv Kiieamnni -. . New York. These don't need to get their to get the Consulate eagle and shield. I managed to push my way through the crowd until I got my back to the door and faced the mob. There I awaited the result. "I hardly had taken my position when a man as big as myself (Mr. Bowen is six feet high) pushed his way through the mob to my side. We did not speak, but faced the mob, which continued to threaten us. Fortunately the enraged Spaniards had no leader, so wc two faced them for fifteen minutes, until the police arrived and dispersed the Spaniards. I asked the stranger who he was and he I am Norman Harrington, of it seemed to me there would WHITNEY & MARSH, ing for Spain and hissing America. I : be some trouble for the eagle up there, was in a hotel on the opposite side of : and I thought I would like a hand in the square. The mob had come deter- . it.' "New York Journal. HOW "SIR JAMES ROSS" TOOK IN HONOLULU'S RICH MEN "There may be one or two slicker con fidence men than the internationally fa mous grafter who is now doing time In Sing Sing for his recent successful at tempt to bunco the presidents of Colum bia and Yale Colleges, but if there are I would make a detour of many geograph ical leagues to avo.'.d meeting them," said a Washington man who spent a number of years on the Hawaiian Islands. "He put it on the residents of Honolulu in much the same fashion that he got mtoi the swell population of Calcutta id In dia, only on a scale a trifle smaller. He hit Calcutta from Paris. In Paris he had poeed as the courier-in-chief of the Khedive of Egypt, and he pretended to be arranging for a ceremonial visit of the Khedive to Paris. He rented a mag nificent establishment and scores of ser vants, and fitted the place up oriedtaily without paying a sou down, and of four months he had chiseled thing like 800,000 francs out of the Paris ians. He effected his departure ust about the time his victims were 'becom ing wise,' and hiked for Calcutta, where he didn't do a thing but rent a vacant maharajah's palace, hire literally hun dreds of servants, and live like a grand mogul without actually laying out a pen ny. He lasted much longer in Calcutta than one could possibly believe were he not closely acquainted with the facts, and then, with only a few rupees in his clothing, he took ship for any old place, and landed next in Honolulu. "I was in Honolulu when he got there. He arrived on an English bark that had sailed from Bombay just at the time the game began to get a bit warm for him in Calcutta. The Honolulu folks never looked for distinguished folks to arrive on sailing vessels. Therefore, W eSetWng terrific iv..... I ...... 1 1 . - ....... I .1 i . . . : 1 ncio tuiiomcittuij aurjjrisea wnen on James Ross' debarked from the English bark one fine summer's day, clad in a spotless linen suit with a pith helmet to crown its whiteness, and swaggered, a pretty fine figure of a man, through the W. C. PEACOCK & CO., Ltd SOLE AGENTS FOR HAWAII TERRITORY. streets. His baggage, consisting of many trunks, was removed from the ship to the best hotel in Honolulu, and 'Sir James' dropped around at the newspaper offices on the evening of the day of his arrival in port and vastly impressed the proprietors of the sheets with his affa bility of manner and his conversation anent sundry investments on a large scale which a syndicate he had formed meditated making in the coffee-planting line all over the Hawaiian Islands. On the following morning the papers con tained announcements of the arrival of 'Sir James,' and interviews embodying his views as to the possibilities of the South Seas In general for English In vestors. "He immediately took a very beautiful house out on the Waiklki road, a few miles from Honolulu; engaged some sev eral scores of Kanaka servants; stacked the plant with thousands of dollars' worth of viands and wines, which the tradesmen of Honolulu were only too eager to furnish without any immediate compensation, and got things to hum ming generally. He quickly proved him self a Bociety man from away back. He, of course, posed as a bachelor although he had wives scattered in many parts of tne world, and a few of them in the United States. He began to give solen diferous receptions at his superb house on the Waiklki road, which all of the dignitaries In every walk attended, and his manner as host was simply unim peachable. He sure did get the Hono lulu folks a-golng. Needless to say his touches for money, and for big sums at that, went through with a rush. There were wealthy men down there who ac tually hunted him up for the purpose of lending him money, so finished a chap was he in his business, and so glibly did he talk of the coffee business of which he appeared to know every detail and the wonderful transformation that was going to take place all over the islands when his syndicate got into operating shape. '"About two months before the finish- that is to say, about four months after hts arrival In Honolulu "Sir James' be gan giving big drafts on 'his London bankers.' all of which were instantly jint'l by Honolulu banking institu- Udns. It took, then, about two months for a draft to work its way to London and back, and Honolulu has no cable. you understand. 'Sir James' never paid a penny to the tradesmen with whom he dealt on so big a scale, and a few of them began to get a htt nervous when he had been in Ho rtotalu for nearly six months and had given no evidences that he was a pro iuoer of real coin. Hla debts, including those for the furnishing of the house he had taken, and for servant hire, choice foods, wines, cigars and so on, were said to bo easily $30,000 at the wind-up. As I pay. some of the tradesmen began to ret a trifle nervous, although these few were ashamed to express their feeling, so great was 'Sir James' prestige, but all the same these few got into the habit of keeping an eye on the outgoing steam era, to see that 'Sir James' was not among th. departing passengers 'there was and still Is In Honolulu, you know. a law prohibiting any man, native or visitor, from leaving the Islands so long as he is In 'debt a single farthing, and the little bunch of unpaid tradesmen who keot their eyes on the steamers on sailing days had this law in mind. "Well, at the close of a residence of about six months, and just about the time that some of those big drafts on j Hte London bankers' were due back on i the steamers, 'Sir James' disappeared. and the bubble oroKe. Tne sensation was It was certain that he hadn't got away on any of the steam ers, for, as I said, a few of the trades men had carefully watched the outgoing steamers. At any rate, he was gone. and he had in his clothing something like $30,000 in cash that he had got on those London drafts from Honolulu bankers and business men. It was fig ured that he must have departed on an outgoing sailing vessel, and after many months this fact was determined. A brig that had sailed for Australia from Ho nolulu on the day of 'Sir James' ' dis appearance returned to Honolulu about six months later, and the captain un hesitatingly admitted that he had car rled a distinguished-looking man away with him on his last departure from the port. He said that the distinguished looking man had informed him that he was in danger of arrest as a revolution 1st, and had inspired him with sympa thy. The captain of the brig went on to say that the fine-looking man had got his numerous trunks aboard under cover of night, and had paid a rattling good sum for his transportation to Australia The captain's part in the performance was only natural, and he didn't come in for any condemnation. But I can tell von that for a good many years after there was a flne-tooth-comb going-over of strangers' credentials that made ira position virtually impossible, and right down to the present day a stranger drop ping off at Honolulu with letters of in troduction is studied pretty carefully be fore he can get a check cashed." Wash lngton Star. RAID ON THE gambling, 5 and ck eiiness, k and cos nunnr . r . - ' Tn arrests for . vii i i wiior March, ISO for January. COStl Nine Brewers of the Dreamy! T 171 t 1 Liquor race juue Wilcox. A calendar of eighty-one cases faced Judge Wilcox yesterday morning. Thirty- one defendants were arraigned for gam bling, seventeen for drunkenness and eleven for illegal selling of liquor. As sault and battery cases totalled eight. Nine of the liquor law offenders were Kakaako swipe-sellers; of this number five were women. Most of the arrests were made in the buildings between Punchbowl and South streets makni of Queen street. The po lice "spotted" over 300 gallons of the de lectable beverage. In one house alone no less than eight barrels were located. The defendants pleaded guilty with such charming unanimity that tht. Judge smelt a rat and asked from whence they got their virtuous explanation. The spokeslady for the crowd said they plead ed guilty because they knew they were guilty. Judge Wilcox will end their sus pense this morning. Frank Lops was fined $25 and costs for assault and battery on Ben Haaheo. The evidence went to show that com plainant's sister, Mrs. Lops, was giving a luau at her house at Kalihi, to which Ben Haaheo came and insisted on di verting the ladies present with a choice figure of the hula kui. Mrs. Lops remon strated and terpsichorean Ben retired. Later on in the evening Mrs. Lops re lated the incident to Mr. Lops, who sought out Haaheo and beat him sound ly. Judge Wilcox did not approve of the summary chastisement inflicted ana ex pressed his views in the matter by lm posing a heavy fine. He told Lops that had he been present durlne Haaheo's contortions and then whipped him. all might have been well. As it was, said His Honor, he delayed his physical exercise altogether too long and should have Indulged In a warrant. Other cases disposed of were: Nautlio, selling liquor, $100 and costs; McAllister, profanity, $2 and costs; twenty-rour, H WOMEN 0F1 They Do Not Take I Life of Wh The ladies of the TdtJ not, heretofore, takes! social life of the Capita ia .. a nueui ine recently nags ister.was an orthodox 1 and received only a 'mi of diplomats, and no i drove out once in avail eyes, and shrouded in i i Her only companion sister, who, by special Sultan, accompanied her I try. Neither lady woU I lowed to leave Turkey if ( any idea of adopting ana Ferrouh Bey's successor, is reputed to be a wMower. he is unencumbered with The secretary, Sldkn wile, however, and a very cl who promises to wcome ctti lar In the diplomatic set. menian, and, cowsqufiitJr. Bhe is tall, r.nd finely M mass of jet black hair dark eyes. MnfetftJ, was educated in On 8cau Constantinople, ani i i ' dished woman, spetiai I and conversing eiinnri! ' them. Her Englu'h a Mme. Sidky is also a 5m voice havisj been canmar t Italy, where she live tor '. Mme. Sidky is aeiifMM i dom of American society. delurht in each Which she I tamj fad is the bicycle, am at J ih first woman oi ner i has ever mounted i 1 two mure In the para ' idfrablo WW rider and wears nwrt 41 gowns. GOOD SUpOEEC Can you W Be jj lars you owe Perkasie. Perkasie shook Wi ..-r... i iiv need u 00 as I dld-tof Me: n . ' RiH i i . r mmjm rinfrniin x r ri : v I I r 1 II V III. II LUUt, IIU " i .m TO TUB won m Alls 2 . cverr i . In,. eircuii"- - j .v. .tnmaci w: Liir, aw . an mt ill m rremrUi 1 ... - in ice hodv belt it touch' netum, ens u" -.... .h Kit Mood. . -nit J yUi IMP" i it Mm qo m-fc or.t in r.eet It makes move tb -II thVJSt 6 ture. make it M Have Cmj t. 10,000 cur', lira v. -.in - kindred w3e-, friend "Iun ..n HO. i ta-.i me after The Social Science Club met last night and heard an interesting address on "Hawaiian Land," by Curtis J. Ly ons, Territorial meteorologist. Samuel Hookano has been commis sioned acting district magistrate at Waianae. the liu v- are you weak? act today! se J . t a TFt a Back. M .i have L-ame -"jWWj it vnii lire v f ai. u. j - i jihd ri: - . - , - tt,vlcal uecuoB, pen-, i itnrnroio I on n I Mv-i tii-.-rn. x. i j - lp rut - . tj f. ( UK ol X FREE. DR. M.G. Mc LAUGHUN.