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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-25
NUGGETS or NEWS

At Philadelphia three men were IN
iured and about $50 600 damage done BY
q fire in the five story building Ill 80
North Fourth street.
Hnngarians rescued q fellow prisoner
from Uniontown. Pa, constable and
ten Of the ringleaders were afterward
arrested.
There arrived at the ports Of the United
States during March 20 ,605 immigrants.
Surgeon Gen. Hamilton has gone to
Florida to confer with the health at-
thorities.
The trial Of Capt. Armes closed.
The tonnage Of Silver Brook colliery
has been transferred from the LeIligh
Valley railroad to the Reading.
Increased earnings over the whole sys-
tenn for March arc reported BY the Penn
sylvania railroad.
Governor Beaver and delegation az
the American forestry congress waited
upon the president with view 10 inter-
esting him in that subject.
The largest dry dock in tie United
States was opened at Newport News.
BY 'scloud burst in Atlanta walls
We're thrown down killing two flremen
and injuring Others.
Business in the south is reported &C.
tive.
The Danmark's passengers to the mum.
Der of S15 arrived in Chicago.
IN the Delaware house the Australian
ballot bin was defeated. The senate
passed the house high license bill with
amendments.
The Reading railroad has reduced the
price Of coal and tolls to furnaces.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-25

THERn are lots Of mean people in
this world, and thick sprinkling
OF them reside along the route taken
By Mrs. Elizabeth Smith from
Wheeling. West Virginia, to Bridge
port, Connecticut. Some Of our
exchanges are telling Of the jour-
ney, just completed. The lady,
who il eighty-nine years old, was
threatened with the poorhouse in
Virginia, aud to escape the disgrace
ahe set out for the Connecticut
town, where she has friends. The
report says s'she walked most Of
the way, sleeping at farm-honses
aud police stations" and having
very little money With her she had
to Limit her diet to the pIainest and
cheapest food, and this ia limited
quantity. The truth Of the story
establishes the correctness Of the
assertion that there are many mean
people along her line Of march.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-25
THn EvrLs or OFrron SKnKrSc

THE EvlLs Or OFrrcE SknKINo.
"A Washington letter writer says /:
There is 4 spirit Of desperation IN
the persistency Of the Office seeker
whose staying qualities are 80 dis
couraged BY the presidents deter
mined stand. On or about the 4th
Of March, the countsaanos u the
men who thrOnged the hotel Hobbies
we're brigh with the eifulgencs Of
victory and the glow Of hope; now
the remnant that remains, and
sven those left over from : legion.
present faces wherein are 10 be seen
she lines Of disappointment min
gsea with those Of patience 81 sle-
termination. Such are the men
who are as faithfnl ID their attsn-
dance at the White House and de-
partments as was little Hiss Elite
ii the court Of chaneery. Il was :
pitiinI and painful sight. Four
years ago the same scenes we're
witnessed. Then, IS nov, govern
ment officials were swept back into
The struggling tide Of humanity all
u begin lile over again. al q seek
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-25

WrN 0T0N. Lei. APRIL 2F John
Wntie. AGED 52 his wif6 Matilda. aRed
50. aud James M Isandexman. aad IL.
were cro ing tlie Philadelphia. Whining
ton and baltimore railroad tracks Ill
Newport. hrc miles from here. ia
wagon. when they were struck 81 the
north tound New York and Washington
express. Mr. and Mrs. Wade were thrown
fifty feet and killed instantly. and the
boy died in three minutes. The horse
was carried fiffy feet and killed. and the
WAGON and its contents scattered along
the track for f0) feet As the couple
were aoOut % cross the track they became
bewiIdered BY the shouts Of warning
from bystanders and stopped the team
On the track. At that moment the train
struck them. The bodies have been
brought to this city By the coroner.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-25

THERE is no longer any doubt
Is to the success Of the movement
fer . Confederate home in Georgia.
About $50, 900 have already been
subscribed, and it is thought that
this amount can be raised to $780,
900. The Atlanta Constitution de-
serves to be congratulated upon the
success Of the efforts which it in
angurated ia this behalf. Il shows
what can DO done when the people
once set about it. There's nothing
reliable as sslf-reliance.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-25
4 cas- we'll at Tifin, Ohio, which

A gas we'll at THIN, Ohio, which
has been jogging along steadily
with 500, 900 feet Of bad breath per
diem, burst all its pipes the other
day, blew out 200 feet Of casing,
and is now belching forth 2s,0OO,-
600 feet q day. which encourages
the belief that there Is . biz politi-
cal contest going on down IN
symmes' Hole, and the spellbinders'
association is whooping up the cam
paign.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-25

ELYS

TRY TIED :CURH-
particle Is applied into each nostril aud IL
agreeable. Price 50 cents ct druggists; By NAH.
registered, so cts. ELY BROTHERS. IS War
rem Street, New York. 1-3-ly.
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accorded him and under the law that
verdict must stand.
But he can go and do the same
thing again, and again get OFF,"
Very well, there is no help for it,
SO long as the law remains as it now
is. He may commit treason or MUIR
der dozen times, and dozen times
his countrymen might acquit him.
OF course nothing of the kind would
be tolerated here or elsewhere.
For there is a point beyond which
the law cannot be strained without
rupture.
"But suppose he runs for the legis-
lature and is elected?" He would
then sit as representative, provided
the majority of the assembly per
mitted it, which might or might not
be the case. Most certainly he will
if the legislature is made up of sucf
material as his jury was. We mus
not forget that John Morrisey, the
noted New York pugilist was elected
to Congress, and sat there as silen
member for two years. Or that Johl
L. Sullivan, the pugilist, convicted
before Mississippi Court and sen
fenced to the State prison, may ye
be elected to Congress, from good ole
Boston. It rests with the electors t.
see that good and true men are sen
to the Legislature, and this will b
the first duty of every voter at tn
next election.
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We ARE requested to give an
authoritative contradiction to the
statement made in the "News
Letter." and reproduced in the
ADVERTISERS issue Of Saturday
morning, that in 1874, Major Wode-
house, then, as now, British Minister
at Honolulu, consulted his govern
ment, as to what he ought to do in
view of the proposed Reciprocity
Treaty with the United States, which
seemed to him a step towards annexa.
ton, and that he was told to pro
mote such annexation by every
means in his power.
The extract from the "News Letter
was not, however, inserted without
first endeavoring to ascertain the cor
rectness of its statements, failing in
which, it was published without
comment, and the above will set the
matter right.
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a Genealogical Authority.
Minister of Finance

A lady of our acquaintance who is
OF Plymouth ancestry, and is reason
ably proud of it, attended the recent
dedication of the national Pilgrim
monument In our town. While she
was IN that town, she took 1t into her
head to drive with some friends to the
Cedarville neighborhood, so unwill-
ingly advertised in the misnamed
novel "Cape Cod Folks" The party
travelled in a democratic sort of We
hicle which put them at once into
more or less familiar relations with
their driver, who was a native of
Plymouth, and who gossiped
on iii very cheerful way about
the old inhabitants of the town. He
knew every one on 'em, he said. Tie
lady just spoken of opened her gene
illogical heart to this driver, as it
We're, and alluded to her descent
and her family's connections with
people of this, that and the other
name famous in Plymouth history.
'Oh yes" said the driver, "the
Standishes; l knew them folks very
well. Tnere was old Bradford Stan
dl5h-nice a man as ever you see."
my fathers family were related"
the lady broke in, ''to the Aldens,
too"
ooh yes, [ knew the Aldens WE'LL"
said the driver used to go to
school to old Standish Alden"
"On my mothers side," the lady
pursued, 81 am descended from the
Hugenots."
'Oh, LordT' exclaimed the driver,
Il am well acquainted with the
Hewgenows. Samanthy Hewgenow,
that lived out by the swamp, she
married my grandfather"
the lady suddenly lost her faith
in the driver as a genealogical au-
thority; and the incident helped her
to the conclusion, which she had al
ready partially formed as the result
OF her studies in the town, that Ply
mouth genealogies are sometimes
better known and more highly re-
garded outside the old mother town
than they are in it Boston Tran
script.
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The Chinese Question.

Mr.. EDITOR: While I have no in
tention to enter into a newspaper
controversy on the Chinese question
for [ cannot pretend to know all the
outs and ms of it, having been only
a few months resident on these ISL
ands and never having seen China
man till I came to San Francisco on
my way here; but from what I saw
and learned about them there / do
not wonder at countries like Amer
lea and Australia wishing to check
Chinese immigration. But, as Mr.
Macfe very correctly puts it, there
is no comparison between those
countries and the Hawaiian Islands
so far as Chinese labor is concerned.
They may be smart enough to take
the bite out of a few peoples mouths
in and around Honolulu but surely
the interests of the many and the
main products of the country (which
is developing SO rapidly are not to
be sacrificed to the interests of the
few. Like your correspondent of
the Sth inst. [ have been surprised
at the silence Of those interested in
plantations. Mr.. Kinney says his
letter is not intended as a reply to
Mr.. Macfe's. Anyone can see that
without being told. It reminds me
of what an old lady said to Professor
Lindsay about one of his sermons.
He asked what she thought of it and
her reply was-'If the text had
taken the scarlet fever there would
have been no danger of the sermon
getting affected by it."
He accuses Mr.. Macfe of treading
beaten ground but [ suspect Mr..
Kinney will have to try some other
arguments than newspaper extracts,
interesting though they are, before
he is able to convince the sensible
portion of the community that the
stoppage of Chinese immigration
would be advantageous to the inter
esting little country.
Yours respectfully,
SUGAR CANE.
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A Tu1are Farm.

Samuel Page lives on ranch that has
no superior for alkaIi ~ and salt grass.
Page calls it his alkali ranch, and every
body knows he names it rightly. This
ranch contains 40 acres, and here are
the products of it for 1899: Spring wool
sold, $371; first lot of sheep, $149; second
lot, all lambs, 5000; third lot, sheep and
lambs, 1899; fourth lot, sheep and
lambs, $451: two bucks, So; two tons of
hay, S.; total, 81, $50.
Amount on hand not sold: Nine bales
of fall wool, which will pay all expenses
and the taxes for 1899. The ranch has
hay enough to keep the stock of about
six hundred sheep and nine horses
through the winter. There are six acres
of orchard and an acre of vines; also,
timber enough for wood. Mr. Page, who
is sixty-six years of age, has done all the
work, except help in haying-time, which
is included in his expense account. His
stock of sheep has not been reduced by
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the sales, hut is in shape to do as well
another year. The finger that points
with scorn at Uncle Sammy Pages
alkali ranch must be paralyzed by the
above facts of his handsome profits.
Mr.. EDITOR: I copy the above
from the S. f. Bulletin of October
10Th. Mr.. Page, the owner is fine
illustration of prosperity. Industry,
economy, integrity and sobriety, as
a general rule, will always conquer
success to individuals, or to COM
munities. Every class of every
community needs to be permeated by
these traits, and every person needs
to feel that he is the former of his
own character, and that he is what
he makes himself to be. And person
having proved himself industrious,
economical, upright and sober, has
succeeded in winning the confidence
of his people. I hope to see our
whole people of all classes pervaded
by these principles, and reaping the
benefits they cannot have without
them. >. NJ.
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A Word About the Bolt Die Stock

No turning back over the threads after
it is once cut, is a prominent feature of the
Duplex"
All mechanics agreeing that the turning
back against the cutting edge injuries the
dies much more than the actual cutting.
When the Duplex -" dies become dull
by CUTTING, they can readily be renewed by
sharpening on grindstOne. Thus max
ing the life of these dies longer, at least by
four fold than any other made, and at the
same time avoiding the common occur
renee of stripping or weakening the thread
and rendering the work worthless.
This tool, when set to any desired size,
can instantly be released and lifted off and
reset to same size without trial, thus in
surfing I'll the threads uniformly alike. 1t
adjusts to all the variations in iron-rough,
diversified iron is shaved to standard size
and threaded at the same time. This can
not be accomplished with any other Die
Stock. The Duplex being the only tool
made allowing one set of dies to accurately
cut two distinct sizes-in the adjustment
no wrench screw driver OF any extra tool
being used-and when adjusted is as rigid
as solid die, and will do at least one-third
more work in the same space of time. We
solicit a comparison with other makes,
both as to range of sizes each tool cuts,
and prices, as well as price Of extra dies.
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Be just and fear not:
Let all the ends thou aim st at be
Thy Country's, thy Gods. and Truths.
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A most remarkable engineering
project was suggested at the recent
meeting of the Iron and Steel Insti-
tute IL Paris. This is nothing less
than the erection of great bridge
between France and England from
Cape Grisrez to Folkestone. Emf
rent engineers declare there are no
insurmountable difficulties to over
come. The length OF the bridge
would be thirty-two miles, 100000
tons of steel would be required and
the cost is estimated at SITS, 100000.
Ten years ago there were twenty
two railroads in the United States
which could not inter change cars
owing to the gauge. Now all are
alike, and cars owned in Maine are
seen slipping over the rails in Texas.
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Sealed Tenders

Will be received at the Interior Office until
Wednesday, November 20, 1899, at ~
O'Clock noon, for the construction of a
Road from the landing to the upper Gov
eminent Road at HoluaIoa, North Kona,
Hawaii
Specifications for the work can be seen
at the office of the Superintendent of Pub
lie Works, Honolulu, and also at the store
of j. KaelemakuIe, Kailua, North Kona.
All bids must be endorsed TENDERS for
Road, North Kona, Hawaii
The Minister of the Interior does not
bind himself to accept the lowest or any
Did.
f.. A. URSTON,
Minister of the Interior.
Interior Office, Oct. 81, 1889.
1295-td 104-4t
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The Honokaa Hanging Case.

The HonOkaa Hanging Case.
Mr.. EDITOR: An inquest was held
by coroner Thomas on the 29th and
Both, on the body of the deceased
Japanese found hanging to the tele-
phone post at Honokaa Jail. Some
twenty witnesses were examined, but
the jury did not succeed in eliciting
any evidence of Importance. Ali
ended in about the same thing that
the unfortunate man left his store
about s o'clock p. m. and went down
to Mr.. Overend's camp and stayed
there until little after 10 o'clock,
when he started for home and on his
way met with such a sad fate. There
is a very strong feeling of regret
amongst the foreigners here that
such a cruel and barbarous transac-
ton should have been perpetrated in
this district, and apart from the guilt
and shame of such crime, it was
decidedly bad policy, as retaliation
may fall on some innocent parties.
Should a suspicion of any party or
parties arise in the minds of the
japanese, those parties are liable
to suffer be they innocent or guilty,
and we sincerely hope that the sheriff
may succeed in fixing the crime
where it belongs, and every law abid-
ing citizen should help him, for a
transaction of this kind reflects on
the whole community.
Yours etc,
] Z M
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OUR JURY SYSTEM.

The result of the jury trial in the
Wilcox case has no doubt caused
much irritation among our foreign
population, and many bitter denun-
Citations have been uttered against
the anomalous condition of our judi
ciary system, which allows a man to
escape conviction, who, according to
his own testimony, has violated the
highest criminal law of the land.
Yet the Court and all it's officers
have done their duty in seeking a
conviction, with a frmness and clear
ness that has never been surpassed
in the history of Hawaii. The &C
cused has escaped from the rigor of
the law and the penalty to which he
was amenable, if justice could have
been honestly administered, solely
by the untrustworthiness of the jury.
Though sworn to perform their duty,
according to the law and the evi-
dence, neither the law, nor the evi-
dence, nor their oaths had apparently
any influence on the verdict. These
are the facts, as the records of the
Court show, and there is no disput-
ing them. Where then rests the
blame?
1t is not wholly with the native
jury, which is so strongly denounced,
but the blame lies chiefly with those
who in the early days of Hawaii,
framed the laws. Our jury system
as it stands on our statutes is relic
Of semi civilized states-the consular
court system, under which foreigners
could only be tried by foreign jury,
and, as corollary, natives by ma
tive jury. The same system is still
in use in Japan, China, and other
semi, civilized countries. Here, when
our present Court system was organ
lied, the consular Courts were drop
ped, and foreign juries were called to
try foreign cases, and native juries to
try native cases. It was an unwise
rule, which should have been abol-
lshed at the time that consular
courts were done away with, and
there should have been no race juries
permitted. The system is entirely
wrong, and from this day on, its in
Justice will each year be more po-
tently demonstrated, until abolished, |
as it should be at the earliest mo-
ment practicable. A jury list of 100
names, to include the best Ha-
waiians, Americans, Europeans and |
Portuguese, subjects or citizens of
the country, should be made, and
from this list specified number,
say sixty, be drawn for each term,
all cases to be tried before iuries
drawn for them, except where the
accused elects to be tried by the
judge without jury, with the right
to appeal from his decision to that
of full bench. This radical change
would ensure peace, and place Ha-
wall in the front rank of civilized
nations.
"But what are we going to do
about the Wilcox case?" What can
we do? Virtually nothing, if the law
as it now is. He was tried
as the law provides, by his own
countrymen, he has been acquitted,
not through any ineficiency of the
Judge, or prosecuting attornies or
police, but by a jury such as the law
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Taxes, 1889. Tax Collectors Notice.
District OF Honolulu, Island
of Oahu.
Interior Office, Oct. 81, 1889.
1295-td 104-4t

IaNes, 1883 Tax Collectors Notice.
District OF Honolulu, Island
of Oahu.
Tax payers in this District are
hereby notified that the Taxes for
the current year will be due and payable
at the Office of the Tax Assessor and Col
iector in the Kapuiwa Building, on the LIST
lay OF November, A. ID. 1889.
The office is open from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m.
iaily Sundays excepted), and on Satur-
days office closes at II o'clock noon.
All amounts over $40 must be paid in U.
). Gold Coin or Hawaiian Certificates of
Deposit
Taxes not paid before the 18th day of
December next will be liable to suit with
10 per cent. and costs added
T. A. LLOYD,
Deputy Assessor and Collector of Taxes.
District of Kona
Approved:
$. NJ. DAMON,
Minister of Finance 10l-2w
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advertisement.
MEETING.

THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL
4 Meeting of Excelsior Lodge No. 1, J..
0. 0. F., THIS MONDAY EVENING, at
8 D. IN. Decentralization.
Per Order L.. L.. LAPIERRE,
Secretary.
Honolulu, Nov. 4, 1889. 106-1t
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ART CLASSES.

MIR. BARNFIELD WILL GIVE IN
VI struction in Painting and Drawing at
his Studio, Spreckels Block or Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday afternoons, COM
mencing Oct. Goth, at 80 o'clock.
The Course includes Freehand and Me-
chanical Drawing, Perspective, etc., Draw
ing and Shading from the object, Mono
chrome Painting, and Painting from
Nature, Still Life, ETC. in Oils and Water
cOlOrS.
E~Letters may be addressed to P. o.
Box 456. 99-6t*
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Bn autburitn.


Viii be received by the Kau Road Board
nth MONDAY, November 4th, at II NJ,
or the construction of a wagon road from
Iilea to Pahala, about 81 miles.
Specifications can be seen at the Hutch
inson Plantation Co.'S office, at Naalehu,
Kau, at the office of Sheriff of Hawaii, Hilo,
and at the office of Superintendent of Pub
tic Works, Honolulu.
Tenders to be addressed to Edward
Smith, Chairman Kau Road Board, Waio-
hinu, Kau. The Board does not bind itself
to accept the lowest or any bid. 1925
School House at MiIolii, S. KOna.
Tenders will be received at the office Of
the Board of Education until II O'Clock
noon, on WEDNESDAY,, the 10Th of No
vember next, for the construction and
completion of School House, 2Ox3Ox12
feet with one room. on the Government
school lot at Milolii, South KOna, Hawaii
Plans and specifications can be seen al
the office of the Board of Education, Ho
nolulu, and at Mr.. II. n. GreenwelPs
KOna, Hawaii.
By order OF the Board of Education.
w. JAS SMITH,
Secretary.
Education Office, Oct. 81, 1899.
1C5-3t 1295-1t