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The morning call., 1893-12-10
HE SHOT HIMSELF.
Suicide of a New York Merchant.
A Zeta Psi.

5. j. st. Moir. New York merchant
committed suicide at 410 Geary street yes
terday. by shooting himself in the head.
st. Moir was consumptive und came to
California three months ago for the benefi
OF his health. He was a handsome fellow
with full black beard. He was a gradu-
ate OF an Eastern college and a mem ber of
the Zeta Psi Fraternity.
Soon after noon. in the absence of his
vile, st. Moir shot himself. When she
returned she found him bleeding and un-
conscious on the floor. DR.. Sprague was
called and had the man taken to the Re-
celvlng Hospital. where he died. st. Moir
had been sick aud despondent for some
time.
He left the following note TO the Coro-
ner:
Coroner: By my own hand. Pistol bullet
through by head. die a suicide.
S. j. ST. MoIR.
st. Moir also left letter to the Zeta Psi
fraternity Of the University of California
saying that he and his father had been
mem oers of the society and asking the
chapter to bury him because he was in dis
tresS.
The morning call., 1893-12-10
RIVER STATIONS
Gauges to Register the
Rising Streams.
Property-Owners Will Be Warned
of Floods Which Threaten to
Overflow the Leyees.

An additional line of work Is about to
be undertaken by the San Francisco office
If the United States Weather Bureau.
The new department embraces the State
river service, and will be Of considerable
value to numerous owners of arabic land
along the banks of the larger interior
streams of California.
River stations along the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi rivers have been important fea-
lures of the department east of the Rocky
Mountains. About six months ago river
stations on similar lines were established
at ReddiDg. Colusa and Sacramento. on the
Sacramento River; at Oroville ana Marys-
vile. on the Feather River, and at Folson,
on the American River. for the approach
ing wet season. These stations were to
report to the United States Weather OBJ
server at Sacramento, and that official was
to issue State bulletins of the rise and fall
of the streams mentioned. Hereafter
these stations will send their observations
daily TO the local forecast official at San
Francisco. In addition new stations will
be esta blished at Isleton, Stockton, San
Joaquin Bridge and Hills Ferry.
Observers will be selected for each of
these stations, and when floods are immi-
nent data regarding each point will be
published for the information of those in
tereSted.
To serve as warning river gauges will
be established at the points mentioned,
registering the height of the waters. The
gauge consists of plank fourteen in ches
| wide, running from zero to the beight OF
the highest water level known, with sew
erai feet to spare at either end. The plank
is divided into feet and tenths of feet.
Brass-lettered spaces will indicate the
river height, and where practicable the
gauge will be spiked to pile or wharf.
When this Is impossible the gauge will
have the same slope as the river bank.
1t is characteristic Of Uncle Sam TO
spend no money where q private indIvid.
ual is willing 20 bear the expense. These
stations will prove great benefit to large
landowners, and the firm of Ferris 81
Williams, being specially Interested. of
fered To establish the stations, equip them
with gauges AID provide observers IL the
| Weather Bureau would arrange for the
telegraphic service and disseminate the
| information collected. The offer was ac-
cepted, ana Weather Prophet Pague was
placed in charge of the river service. in
addition to his other duties.
The morning call., 1893-12-10

and swim for Shore said he. Not much,
we WON'T l said. and we didn't desert
him."
When the full particulars of the escape
OF tho three men were published in The
CALL together with he details of heir de-
parture on the Walla Walla for Victoria,
the officers of Mare Island were greatly
incensed, not at the exposure of the facts in
the story, but at the slick manner in
which the men got away from this city in
spite OF the efforts made to apprehend
them.
Cliffy. Hall and Daley are now far from
the power of Uncle Sam. and will proba-
Oily never again be seen on United States
SOIL In the garb of American seamen.
The morning call., 1893-12-10

PLACES AT THE MINT.-The following ap-
pointments have been made at The Mint: Miss
Lizzie COonan OF San Francisco. adjuster;
Miss Elizabeth Nathan of San Joaquin, ad-
juster; Joseph McArdle of San Francisco fire.
man; Thomas Huntington of san Francisco,
oiler and cleaner; Jessel Il. Gates Of Alameda,
watchman; p. J. Sullivan Of San Francisco,
Waterman; Owen Clancy OF Redwood City.
Hatchman
The morning call., 1893-12-10

Ah Sam, Chinese living IN Suisun. was be-
fore United States Commissioner Heacock yes
ferday morning for a preliminary hearing on
the charge Of manufacturing crude opium into
the dniv on ,ns samn Az & m,'noas @ pay,ng ng
10 be guilty and was held for trial In the United
States court in the SUM Of $3.50, in default of
which he went 10 Jail
The morning call., 1893-12-10
The Fire Commission.

The Fire Commission met yesterday
afternoon and fined j. M. Ward of engine
fifteen days wages for neglect of duty.
A resolution was introduced by Commits
sioner Bohen providing that hereafter all
promotions shall be made from tha rank Q.
The morning call., 1893-12-10

The Hoosaic tunneI, Massachusetts, is
me longest in the United States; length,
Az miles; cost, $14, 1000.
The morning call., 1893-12-10
DRY GOODS.
HandkerChiefS
and Gloves
-$E1oR&
Holiday Presents!

The public is respectfully invited to inspect our
elegant stock of Handkerchefs and Gloves of every
description especially imported for the Holiday
trade. Our stock in these departments is most
complete embracing every novelty of the season,
and is marked at
The Very Lowest Possible Prices
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-09
MARS HAL'S SALE.

DN VIRTUE or a WRIT OF EN-
- ECUTION. issued out of the District
Court on the eth day of November. a.
ID. 1913, against YOU z Hin, alias Wing
Hing, defendant. in favor of Man Lung.
plaintiff, for the sum of S43.9O. have
levied upon and shall expose for sale at
the Police Station, in the District of
Honolulu. Island of Oahu, at IL o'clock
of SATURDAY, the BOTH day of DECEM-
Der, A. ID. 1893. to the highest bidder.
all the right. title and Interest of the,
said Young Hin alias Wing Hing, de-
PENDANT, in and to the following prop
erty, unless said Judgment, interest.
costs and my expenses be previously
paid.
List of property for sale:
Two Domestic Sewing Machines.
Twenty Pieces Cloth more or less.
Four Wooden Pants.
Nine Grape Shirts.
Twenty Grape Ties.
one Vest.
one Getaway Cont and Iron Stand.
Eight Chinese shirts
Two Cotton Under~hirls
Ten Coats-Rrowu and White.
Two Biuer Jumpers.
Two Chairs.
one Mirror and one Round Table.
one Iron and one Hanging Lamp.
one Standing Showcase.
one Counter and one Shelf. aud
Crockery Ware, etc.
Honolulu, Dec ], 1893.
+. G.. HITCHCOCK.
2l2-4t Marshal
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-09

AN angry chorus OF denials
meets the STARS announcement
that a calabash has been made to
the order Of a native political
society for James H. Blount as a
small return for services rendered.
We were aware that the subscribers
TO the bowl were expected to keep
very still about it, and so was the
maker; but it happened that a
leading Honolulu physician saw
the gift in the latter's shop and
read the inscription on it. Our
readers will recall that when the
calabash wood was taken to a plan
ing mill to be turned on a lathe, the
STAR mentioned the fact and stated
that it was the purpose of the
owners to send the bowl either to
Blount or Nordhoff. AS it turns
out Blount is the chosen man, and
he will receive the polished gift
if Miller gets his pay-in due
course Of time. We cannot but
hold it fortunate that the calabasl
is spacious enough TO contain the
soup into which Blount and his re
port win have been by the time O
its receipt immersed
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-09

NOTHING less than a reckless
and fatal ambition on the ext Queen s
part--a morbid desire for power and
back pay and gcw gaw glitter
could induce her to aspire to the
Hawaiian throne Should she he
again placed there it would bc i'm
possible, without the aid Of foreign
troops, for the woman to keep her
seat two hours. Surely she is not
so blind as to presume that Ameri-
can tars would defend her crown
against the right Of revolution as
conceded by the Declaration Of In
dependence and against all Ameri-
can principles. 1t cannot be that
she imaglnes the British would at
tempt to help her with the Monroe
doctrine standing in their way. In
the words of Secretary Gresham to
Minister Thurston: Putting her
back on the throne is one thing
keeping her there isquite another. ="
And so it is. The moment after
the American troops succeeded, if
they did succeed, in restoring the
rotten monarchy, that moment
would see an overthrow OF the
Queen that would be final and
complete After that, royalty i'll
Hawaii would never again raise its
head for lack OF a head to raise.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-09

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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-09
surnpAY DECEMBER 9. 1893.

Hos II NJ WulrNEy has con
mUuted to his Journal, the .i,las,.
.y a thorough and painstaking
article ON theproposed Pacific cable.
The subject is one in which Mr..
Whitney has long been interested.
and to the discussion of which he
has been able to bring large digest
of facts and arguments. The CON
clusion he has reached appears in
the following paragraphs
THE ocean bed between
Honolulu and Monterey bay pre-
SCENTS mo- obstacles. On the con
rury it offers unsurpassed condi-
tious, such as have never been
found for a cable on any route.
?. The fact that the ocean bed
consists OF ooze and mud through
out this entire stretch of POO miles,
into which the cable will sink and
remain imbedded and protected
from marine parasites, and from
all external influences, gives prom
Use that it may last for many years
without calling for repairs
;. 1t is the shortest, cheapest
and best route from Hawaii to the
American mainland and will cost
half a million dollars less than i
laid to Vancouver.
f. As an investment it gives
promise of a small income Of three
or four per cent from the start, witt
a prospective increase yearly, mad,
more certain whenever the lines tC
Australia and China are com
pleted.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-09

THE impression Of the New York
SIM that Hon. r. w. Irwin is serv-
ing as Minister Resident at Toxic
by appointment of the eX Queen
viii be removed by the statement
that he was commissioned some
time ago by President Dole. We
may add that it is an injustice to
Mr.. Irwin To include him in any
way among the opponents OF the
Provisional cause. The Irwin
issues should be dropped
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-09

The Secretary Of the AnneNa-
ton Club was misled as to {, r..
Bishop and DR. Andrews, The
former is not now connected with
the public service, aud the latter
'Vas a'"ong the first 10 sign the
ION rolls. The loyalty OF
never been open 10 ques-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-09

SALE OF A STRIP OF GOVERNMENT
LAND SOUTH SLOPE PUNCHBOWL
HILL, HONOLULU, OAHU.
On WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER %. 1893,
at ~ o'clock noon. at the front entrance
of the Executive Building will he sold
at public auction Il Strip OF Government
Land ON the muuka side of Prospect
street. South Slope Punchbowl Hill,
honolulu, Oahu, containing an area of
$50 square feet. a little more or less.
Upset price, $40.
Interior Otlice. Nov. %. 1894
}. \. KING.
Minister Of the Interior
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-09
BY AUTHORITY.
Noues ros 80, tAk.s

o.. Payers ut tb. pI-tu. pl. ueiph,
H..Iird thai 100 ruN. tor the current
year 1901" now due mi payable at the
office of the rbN Assessor and COLLECTOR.
900 che. Du,-rumeu Emldu, Honolulu
The ollie, Will he open from va ~.
mtl g. m. iaily ,Suudays excepted
to receive payments Of such Taxes.
An Taxes which shall remain un.
paid after the 10Th day at December.
40 ten per cent shall be- added to the
amount Of such Taxes b, the Assessor,
aud shall be- collected as part at such
Faxes"
WALTER G.. WELDON.
Deputy Assessor and Collector. District
of kona. Island uf oahu
Approved
JONATuNN SuAw.
Assessor and Collector 1T laNrs.
First Division. 2lS-jt
H. T.. AlKUE ESQ. has tins day
been appointed DISTRICT MAGISTRATE
for the district of Koolaupoko. Oahu
vice Frank pahia resigned,
Executive Building. Dec. /, 1898
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-09
SEALED TENDERS.

viii be received at the office of the
Minister of the Interior, until II o'clock
noon, Monday. December !, 1898. for
the construction of jail at North Ko-
hala, Hawaii
Plans and specifications at the office
of the Superintendent Of Public Works,
also at the office of G. II. Pulaa. Deputy
Sheriff North Kohala.
Each tender must be endorsed Tender
for Kohala Jail.
The Minister of the Interior does not
bind himself to accept the lowest or any
bid.
Interior Office. Nov. Is. 1898.
j. A. KING.
Minister of the Interior
2Ol-3t
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-12-09
Great Victory
THE
CALICR APH.
The Associated Press have adopt
ed the CALIGRAPH for receiving
messages direct from the wires.

All dispatches ON the Associated
Press wires are now copied ON writing
machines, and there is II general feel
ing among telegraph managers that
the day is not far distant when every
description of telegram will be
printed ON the machine. The move
ment in this direction is vigorous
and persistent, and il will not be
long before typewritiug machines
will he considered as much part of
the equipment of every commercial
office as the telegraph instruments.
With view of properly qualify
ing cur Geographic students for this
work, we make no extra charge 10
them for instruction in typewritiug
aud the use of the machine. In
fWHw an pupils in oar Teiegrdpir
Department WW be- fdHght Ia receire
az hc Cdiigrdph,
In this, as in every other requisite,
it is our intention tu keep up with
the demands of modern business
methods. HedidS COicge JourHoL
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-20
IT WRITES ON CLOUDS.

chicago Has the Biggest search Light h
tho World.
To America belongs the. honor of
constructing the largest and most
powerful electric search in the world,
now in Chicago Some idea of Its
size may be gained from the compare
son made between 1t and the men of
ordinary height standing by it,
shown in the illustration from pho
tograph. 1t stands about 10 feet g.
inches high to the UPPER side of the
ventilator on the top Of the drum,
and the total weight Is about 5000
pounds. but 50 perfectly is it mount
ed and balanced that q child can
move 1t in any direction. The maxi
mum current at which this lamp op-
crates is 200 amperes, and at this
current the lamp has luminou, in
tensiiy OF about $4,000 to 100, coo
candles, the rcilecte beam total
luminous intensity Of about 375, 0oO,-
900 clndles. an intensity which the
eye cannot appreciate. In looking at
the side of the beam the spectator
only distinguishes Il stream OF light
OF comparatively low intensity, but
in looking ut the beam directly it's
brilliancy is fully seen and tn. effect
is absolutely binding.
Before the protector was sent to
the Worlds Fair Il p .blic test was
made at Middletown, Conn. from
the roof Of the works the great white
beam of light shot forth into the OBJ
scurity of the night, and slowly
swept the countryside for miles
around, bringing every object upon
which it was directed into brilliant
and distinct relief. 1t Illuminated
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-20
THE OUTDOOR MEETING.

appearance of effort at Oratory. The
homely words and evident earnestness
Of the speakers rarely fail to make q
favorable impression on the audience.
Half a dozen songs, two or more pray
ers, three or four short talks by va
rious members of the detachment, :"
form the usual exercises of a street
meeting, which rarely lasts more than
half an hour. In the barracks" the
programme is more elaborate and the
exercises are more varied. The au-
dience is invited to participate not
only by singing, but by "testifying,"
that is, by narrating for the encourage
ment of the soldiers" and the edi-
fication of the hearers what
personal benefit, if any, has been
derived from attendance at the
meetings. These Testimonies" are, to
one unaccustomed to listen to them,
often extremely curious. It is startling
to hear young fellow stand up, and in
the presence Of a big policeman at the
door, confess that he had been an hab-
itual thief; it is still more startling to
see q young woman ascend the plat
form and openly declare that for years
she has been social outcast, but
neither declaration shocks the audi
ence; it is accustomed to call q spade o
spade, to speak with a plainness that
would horrify an assemblage in silks
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-20

Ind broadcloth: Il takes these Amiga
ss matter Of course, I0nd. = not easily
shocked. Its eensfsflities have been
toughened by much barroom expert.
ence: its ears are attuned to the slang
OF the slums, and what might seem to
some persons atrocious license Of
speech, to it appears an easy and
Natural mode of expression.
Speaking of the audience, b .,wever,
Aot the least remarkable thing about
tho Salvationists is the character Of
the audiences attracted by them.
TOughs, loafers, roughs-male and fe-
male-bar-room habitues. frequenters
OF dives, mingle with people Of every
other class of life in the street meet
tngs, while the "barrack' meetings are
made u. OF horest working people.
with u lioera, sprinkling of the other
kind, 1t should be understood, how
ever, that tho character OF the audi
ence depends largely on the locality
In ONE quartz Il rough is tho exc sl,-
tion: in others he is the rale. But no
matter h wv rough the audiences. is
turbanc 8 of the exercises are ,mpar-
a'ively infrequent. This fact is due no
doubt in some degree to the prox m ty
OF the p )liceman on the teat, fer the
guardian of public Ieacc is fully awake
to the p satellites of disorder, and is
gene ally at or near the BARRACKS
lring the time of service But even
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-20
Ventilation,

just as sure as man begins in the
poultry business with number OF
fancy chickens, he wants "a nice hen.
house with a cupOla on it," which he
explains to you, is for fresh air. In
this many make grave mistake,
says r. X. James in the Portland
Transcript, as a top ventilation in a
hen-house is of more injury than no
ventilation at all. Especially is this
so in winter. Hot air is lighter than
cold, and consequently rises to the
ceiling. When there is an opening
in the ceiling this air escapes and the
cold air take; its place. Under these
circumstances it can easily be seen
that a hen-house with a top ventila-
tion is always a cold one in winter.
When ventilators are put in they
should come down to within one foot
OF the floor, and will then take out
foul air without removing the warm
air. Most houses in this country
need no ventilation, as they are open
enough to insure good circulation
of fresh air at all times. II as much
attention was paid to getting warm
houses by the average farmer as there
is no ventilation there would be less
complaints of swelled heads, roup,
and many other diseases too numer-
Gus to mention.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-20

the roofs OF distant villages and
scared the Inhabitants, and lighted
up the sign boards miles away, so
that they could easily be read by
means of glass The protector was
turned upward toward the sky, and
the beam. like supernatural divine
finger, wrote words upon the clouds
messages Of light to the starry
populations. 1t was majestic
manifestation of mans invasion of
the realm of Phoebus
How far the powerful beam of light
Of this instrument can be seen is diff
flcult to state. The search light set
up by the General Electric Company
on Mt. Washington, in the White
Mountains, has diameter of only
thirty inches, and a reflected light
from the mirror of about 100, 900
candle power, yet the newspaper can
be read in its beam ten miles away,
and the light can he seen from points
100 miles away. How much farther
then could this 375, 900, 900 candle
power light be seen In clear atmos-
phere free from moisture, IL the
protector could be mounted upon an
eminence sufficiently high to clear all
surrounding obstacles?
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-20
A Mother Goose Party.


A pair of clever little girls, the
children OF beautiful home, gave a
charming Mother Goose party the
other day. The invitations were
very inspiring and suggestive, and
for the benefit Of youthful readers
who might like to give a similar en-
tertainment an illustration OF this
invitation may be presented. On a
folded sheet of paper (the fold being
indicated on the sketch by the dotted
lines and the letters A A Az, a
spirited little sketch was made, in
outline, of Old Mother Goose her.
self. This was then colored and cut
out with a sharp pair of scissors,
leaving the points, A A A, attached
to the under fold, so that when
opened a blank fac-simile of paper
was ready on which to inscribe the
invitation, the outside address being
written on the goose itself. The
guests, of course, wore costumes ap.
propriate to the occasion, all being
taken from the characters of nursery
rhymes or old fairy tales. 1t was a
motley and delightfully."- picturesque
crew when marshalled into liue for