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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-26

Under the regime of Marshal
Brown criminals are evidently not
prosecuted. Hitchcock was bad
enough but we did hope that Brown
would be a man and do his duty.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-09-26
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS

LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS
Let us have some fish.
Germ-proof Sheetings at L. b
Kerr's \
Yom Kippur tomorrow evening
begins
All public schools will open on
Monday, the Both inst.
Judge Wilcox is still holding forth
in the District Of Court
The Bennington may return to
Honolulu in few days.
The finances OF the government
will have due attention tomorrow.
Acknowledgement w. o. Smith
seems to be tired-or is he afraid of
the Brown combination
Japs now superiutend the lime
kiln. What does the owner of the
stone want? White labor9
The perjury case against Hougb-
failing and Others will be call to-
morrow in the District Court.
Several Of the floral contributions
at the funeral of Mr.. T. SJrenson,
were furnished by Mr.. Seaborn Luce.
Look at the "Monarch" Satur-
day. There is no bicycle here
which can compete with that famous
wheel.
The Mouowai arrived from San
Francisco with dates 10 the 10Th.
She anchored outside, and will leave
this evening for the South.
The Chief Justice is in Honolulu
and is courageous enough TO drive
around and even buy fruits. His
presence has aleviated the general
feeling Of scare.
You will need School Hats, now,
that school opens again, you will
find the best variety, and for the
lowest prices, at n. S, Sachs, $40
Fort street, Honolulu.
DIR Hyde's experiences on Molo-
kai are, interesting. The reverend
gentleman didn't get around until
danger was passed and policy de-
manded his presence.
NJ S. Levy is speaking to the pub
lie in another column. Children
who now have to attend the schools
will read Mr.. Levy's advertisement
with great deal OF interest
Under the regime OF Marshal
Brown criminals are evidently not
prosecuted. Hitchcock was bad
enough but we did hope that Brown
would be man aud do his duty.
The sailing vessel S. G. Allen was
quarantined at San Francisco. The
Australia met no trouble, and was
allowed to be locked. Are the
Spreckels running San Francisco?
Chester A. Doyle states that his
translation of the Board of Health
regulations, is endorsed by tho Japa-
nese Consul and all the leading
Japanese. Who is A. Robaskin any
way?
j. f. Colburn went to Eva this
morning. The gentleman who has
acted as chairman of the Sanitary
Committee has been unceasing in
his efforts to check the cholera
epidemic.
The public is beginning to get
tired of the sanitary inspectors
They will shortly get the cold
shoulder, Notwithstanding the three
medicine men OF the Board OF
Health.
All "bikers" ought to be around
Saturday at p. IN. and join in the
procession. The girls will turn out
in full force, and boomers are the
order of the day. What are you
afraid Of?
In case OF an outbreak of the
cholera, the community will miss
the services of the inspectors Over
-of1iciousness of the "inner circle
has made every man Disguised with
the sacred clique.
The coal thieves have been appre
Frederick citizen., 1895-02-08
Where is the Blame.

THE sinking of the steamer Elbe
was n terrible catastrophe and it will
require much time and inquiring before
the blame can be proper J fixed. The
officers of the Elbe may have done all
in their power to save the passengers,
but it is not creditable to the crew that
ofthe nineteen people saved but three
of them were passengers and only one
OF them was a woman-she was picked
up by the lifeboat after ii had cleared
the vessel. The first boat cut loose
from the Elbe and the only one that
saved any lives carried the third officer,
who was on duty at the time and fif-
teen seamen, tiremen, pursers and stew
ards, but only three passengers. Wom-
en- and children were left on the DOOM
ed ship and one boy was dragged from
the boat 10y a sailor who took his place.
There seems TO have been a fight for
life, those who should have been the
bravest We're the most successful and
the most unmanly. 1t is not a mark
Of heroism for the officer on duty to be
among the first saved from his sinking
ship. Where were the heroes of the
Elbe who stood At their posts, bravely,
nobly going down with their vessel
that those in their charge, for whom
they were responsible, might be saved.
"Self-preservation is the first law of ma
ture, but we would rather not think
that doctrine has large place in the
hearts Of American and English sailors.
There have been many cases of hero
ism in similar scenes, but we fail TO
find them in the record Of the sinking
of the Elbe.
Frederick citizen., 1895-02-08
Need of Charity.

THE thermometer ut zero means aG.
ditional suffering for the already
stricken poor of this city and county.
Noble work is being done in the lire
Of charity by individuals and church
societies, but there are worthy subjects
seldom reached even By them.
Scattered throughout this populous
county are numerous poverty stricken
families, especially in the mountainous
districts, who are in the direst extreme
of wretchedness with no prospects of
help and succor, except from those in
the neighborhood who may know of
their; condition. Farmers should. es-
pecially during this continuous stretch
of severe weather, look around them
for worthy objects of charity and as
sist them as far as lies in their power.
There Is much suffering reported as
existing among the poor in this city,
and those who can, should give gener-
ously for their relief. Far better 1t is
to give with an open hand to all, than,
In discriminating mood, to refuse one
worthy of our offering. This is no
time to search for impostors; give, and
you will have done your duty to God
aud man.
Frederick citizen., 1895-02-08
Not the Tariff.

IT is strange that some Republican
journals continually harp upon the
subject Of the issuing of bonds by the
government as related to the question
OF revenue from foreign countries. Ig-
norauce of the fundamental system of
gold, silver and certificate usefulness
causes more than one mistake in utter
ance both in print and otherwise.
Whilst it may seem strange to those
who take the word Of every editor and
person who has theory, that even
though the receipts of the Treasury
from customs, etc, are ample to ade-
quately run the government, that
there should be a necessity of issuing
bonds to keep the gold reserve up to
the 100000, 900 mark, it must also be
remembered that there are certain pay
ments Uncle Sam has been called
upon to make only in the yellow metal,
about which there is at present SO
much anxiety and consideration (ver-
bally) in Congress. Other nations, at
least many of them, recognize only
gold standard and re fuse to credit any
payments not in accordance Herewith.
Customs, imports, internal revenue du.
ties and hundreds of other obligations
to this government cal be cancelled
by payment in greenbacks or silver
certificates. Every day there are mil
lions of gold coin transported across
the Atlantic or withdrawn, upon pre-
sentatioD of gold certificates at the
various sub-treasuries of the United
States, to be boarded in banks for saw
ing institutions, with a view to using
them advantageously at premium, or
as contemplated in gold bonds, bearing
per cent. interest, issued by the Secre-
tary of the Treasury. Without some
means of direct reimbursement the
present condition will be an inevitable
Why should 1t be required to have o
gold reserve, II certain uses were not !
Frederick citizen., 1895-02-08
Sunday Journalism.

THERE can be no question but that
the Metropolitan Sunday newspaper,
with its half hundred attractively got
ten up pages, filled with every con-
ceivable variety of material, usually
well written and edited, occupies an
entirely separate and distinctive sphere
in modern civilization. 1t is, strange
to say, an institution Of comparatively
recent conception, but so rapid has been
its upward course in public favor and so
marked the increase of its scope and
adaptability to the demands of the read
ing world, that the disparaging efforts
of a few religious and secular bigots,
serve only to extend the circula-
tion they strive so hard to reduce to a
profitless minimum. Sunday newspa-
pers have in reality become the weekly
magazine of the period. Whilst giving
in full the latest news received up to
the hour of going to press (Which 9TH
erwise would be a day old by Monday
morning., special attention is paid to
miscellaneous articles upon interesting
subjects, prepared by prominent and
capable writers, aptly illustrated and
displayed in Il manner at once pleasing,
and peculiar to this class of journalism.
Variety, accuracy, enterprise, progress
iveness, popularity, n conservative SEN
sationalism and popularity of treat
ment are the elements grated into the
make up of a perfect edition of this
character. Attractive headings, artistic
initial letters, special designs for all de-
partments and copiously displayed adj
vertisements form the chief distin-
gushing characteristics, whilst literary
excellence, timeliness of topics and a
never ending source of information
provide educational advantages unsur-
passed by any other means. Some
times fifty pages seem inadequate to
contain the weight of valuable material
so cleverly collected for the benefit of
readers, whilst at others, what is spread
in elaborate fullness overa space, equal
ing the product by multiplication of
the depth and breadth of a large sized
room, could be told and better appre-
ciated in quarter the amount. Makers
of Sunday journals must pander to
thousand different tastes and provide
suitable reading for their delectation,
so it can be easily seen that the work
in this connection is of nature diff
cult and peculiar to itself. Success is
attained only through almost superhu-
man efforts and inherent talent. The
Sunday paper is adapted equally well
TO the entertainment of the farmer, me-
chanic, laborer, merchant, lawyer,
statesman, minister, womankind and
children generally, and in fact to all
persons of every class.
Frederick citizen., 1895-02-08
TAX ON INCOMES.
Some Provisions of the New Reve-
nue. Law Now in Eject.

a short time ago, the CITIZEN pub
llshed III Its entirety, the provisions D t
the Income tax law, an they effect D r.
sons having incomes OF 81 900 or over
We again present "a few paragraphs of
general information ou the subject, as
of furt her interest.
whilst the law only imposes a tax
OF two per cent. on the gains, profits
and incomes on the excess derived over
aud above 1000; yet 1t requires all per
sons of lawful age, having an annual
Income OF $500 or more in this cullec-
ton district, 10 make u return to the
collector OF the Internal revenue.
These returns must also be made by
all guardians, trustees, executors, au-
lnlulstrators, agents, receivers and all
persons or corporations acting III any
hduclsry capacity, who reside or do
business i'll this collection district, of
the amount OF the income of aiy minor
or person for whom they act.
Corporations are required to pay
two per cent. on net profits and special
forms will be furnished them on appli-
cation.
"All the forms must be correctly
filed up and returned to Collector
Nandiver on or before the first Mon
day in March next.
The first taxable year is the year of
1894, and the t4Xes are computed on
the taxable incomes received last wear.
from the first day of January to the
thirty-first day of December, both days
included.
The taxes are due aud payable on
or before the fret day of July, 1895.
Failure of persons or corporations
to receive the proper forms, or the fail
ure to receive any notice that the
proper forms should be filled up and
returned to the collectors office, or
that any act enjoined by law should
be complied with, is not deemed val.
id excuse fol not making such returns.
or not complying with the provisions
of law in the time and manner pre-
scribed and will not prevent or reduce
the penalties imposed by law for such
failure or neglect"
Applications for blanks can he made
to Mr.. Edward Koontz, this city. the
Revenue Collector; or to Collector VAN
diver, in Baltimore, i'll person or by
mail.
Frederick citizen., 1895-02-08
Impossible.

REPRESENTATIVE JONES, of the H.
inois Legislature, i, trying to get bill
passed prohibiting the wearing of big
hats in the theatre. Oh, fie, Mr..
Jones, who would have thought a good
Democrat, as you undoubtedly are,
would be 50 ungallant. We acknowl-
edge that the hat nuisance is of long
standing, but we guess it will have to
stand. What do women care for man
made laws? Both law and custom re-
quire that women, wagons and pedes-
trians on crowded thoroughfares should
turn to the left right, but who ever
saw a woman who did not turn to the
left? Man comes as near divinity as
possible when he sits in theatre and
smiles benignly on the big hat and
back hair of woman in front of him.
although it shuts off all his view of
the stage; he has TO put up with it un-
complainingly for he knows that pro
test is of no avail. Some women re-
move their hats and are blessed by
those back of them, but prohibit the
wearing of hats by law, and every
woman in the land will rise in her
might and place towering head dress
Is upon their "Pyschen knots just to
show that they will not be coerced.
Frederick citizen., 1895-02-08

demanded of it and heavy payments
at times anticipated. Why not a sill
Yer or greenback accumulation for a
rainy day? And, when this sinking
fund IS in danger of depletion, is it rot
the duty of the government to protect
it. It not through the aid of Congress,
al least by the 'wers vested in the
Secretary of the Treasury, by the Con-
stitution, for just such an emergency.
Here is the great defect in the law
requiring amendment. If foreign
countries were required to present
gold in their transactions or would
recognize silver as an equivalent, all
would be well. Secretary Carlisle
estimates from proof on hand that the
e.cceSS Of receipts from imports and
other sources, including the income
tar for the year 1895, t0W reach the
enormous sum Of $4,000, 900; all state
ments to the contrary are wilful pre-
varlcations made for the purpose of
deceiviug the credulous. Proper fl
nancial legislation is the only relief in
sight, and with Congress to pass fl
nancial law, lies the remedy in this re.
gard, and not in change in the pres
| eut tariff law
Frederick citizen., 1895-02-08
A Forlorn Hope.

IN the private graveyard of poor old
John Sherman, rises five marble shafts
that commemorate five late lamented
presidential bOoms sunk never to rise
again. Yet old Mr.. Sherman, rejuve-
mated like Sarah Bernhardt's farewell
tour of the United States, is still pursu-
ing the vain dream that has tantalized
him waking and dreaming for the last
decade We read in a Chicago journal
of his great agility and the freshness
and vigor of his intellect We know
too well what this all means. 1t is
poor old Johns political death rattle
and despite the efforts of the political
boom doctors" Sherman will still re-
main one of the has beens." 1t is
rather pathetic sight TO see this in
fatuated old man bending his aged ear
to listen for the hollow echoes of van
ished hopes and barking in vain to the
lost voice that once spoke to him in
the days of his old time vigor. Yet il
Is true; Sherman rs a presidential pos
sibility is removed even beyond the
most vivid imagination. His day i,
done and it adds no dignity to hi
waning years to seek again unlikely
political honors.
Frederick citizen., 1895-02-08
Personally-Conducted Tours via
Pennsylvania Railroad.

1t is at this season Of the year that
peoples thoughts turn to some method
10y which the rigors of our northern
winter climate may be escaped, and a
trip to the Land of Flowers" if onIy
for short time, offers the easiest solu.
tion of the question.
In order to give the public an opp0r-
tunity to visit Florida at very reason
able cost, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company has arranged for series of
tours 10 Jacksonville; and the we'll
earned reputation acquired by that
company for the superiority of its per-
sonally-conducted tours will be main
tained tor this years series. Since the
system Of personally conducted tours
inaugurated by that company has been
i'll effect, none but words of commen-
dation have been received. Its unex-
celled train secvice, experienced Tour.
list Agents and Chaperons, and above
all, its moderate charges, leave nothing
~ he desired.
The Tours TO Jacksonville, allowing
two weeks stay in Florida, will leave
New York and Philadelphia on Feb
ruary 18th and Goth. and March 18th
10Th, 1898. The rate, including trans
poftation, meals en- route, and Pull
man berth on special train, is $50 90
from New York and S4S 90 from Phil
adelphia;proportionate rates from other
points.
For further information Apply to
Ticket Agents. or address Tourist
Agent, ll96 Broadway, New York, or
Room All, Broad Street Station, Phil
ade phia, to whom application for
space should also be made.
Frederick citizen., 1895-02-08
Kenilworth Dramatic Club.

The kenilworth Dramatic Club. of
Baltimore City, one of the most able
and talented organizations in the
country, under the management of
Mr.. George A. Gardner, favorably
known in this city on former occasions
when he was in charge of our local
histrions in Young Mrs. Winthrop, }
"Enoch Arden" and "Catheriue Ma.
vournsen," will give an excellent rendi-
tion, at the City Opera House, on Tues.
day, February 26th, "Shrove Tuesday,
just preceding Lent, of the strong dra-
matte success "A Comical Tragedyn
under the auspices of the Catholic
Club. The kenilworth has presented
numerous comedies, dramas and
light operas before the people of Balti-
more and on several occasions visited
this city, their repetoire consisting of
the pirates of Penzance,n Esme.
ralda" and "Pinafore," all with credi-
table excellence. The above play is
strongly recommended by the public
and press and should draw large au-
dience. Tickets on sale ,at regular
place and also by members of the club.
Frederick citizen., 1895-02-08
Justly Indignant.

THE appearance in Baltimore and
other cities recently of a man styling
himself "ex-priest Slattery," who uses
the lecture platform to air deep-seat-
ed grudge against the order from which
he was expelled on account of grossly
immoral and hypocritical life, has
aroused deep-seated Indignation among
impartial and high-minded peo-
pie of every denomination, especial
ly those of the Catholic faith, whose
religious institutions he attacks in a
spirit of malicious distortionment and
falsity. His following is composed of
that class of humanity avowedly op-
posed to catholicism, secular or minis
terial and who embrace any and all op-
portunities to declare it to the world.
Catering to the taste of such depravity
1T would be the same in any case) he
launches forth startling denunciations
clothed in language most offensive to
delicate and refined sensibilities; drag
ging the reputation of women in the
filth of salaciousness, and pandering to
Il depraved taste for the sensational and
anything anti-papist, utters the most
violent and unrestricted maledictions
upon Leo XIII and his following in
this and foreign countries. He is as
sisted in his unholy work by his wife,
said to have been at one time a nun.
who dissipates upon the life of re-
cluse and makes, like her husband,
wonderful expositions of "secrets.n
The Mayor of Davenport, Iowa, recent
ly refused to grant this man IL
cense to lecture in that town, and pub
lished card giving most excellent and
sensible reasons. He said the limita-
ton of free speech had been assailed
md ridden over rough shod by this as
'ailant and defamer and that upon
hese grounds, if for no other, he refus-
d to allow him the privilege.
Frederick citizen., 1895-02-08
This is An Old Time Winter.

Both the Baltimore and Washington
trains, due here shortly before seven
O'Clock last night, were much delayed
on account of the heavy snow fall,
which in some places along the road
had been piled in huge drifts. The
thermometer reached zero several times.
especially on Saturday, Sunday, Mon
day aud Tuesday. Reports from every
section of the country only serve to
show the severity of this winter spell.
Old residents say it equals any in their
experience, and to others it is some
thing entirely new. Ice abounds every
where; i'll some places it reaches over a
foot i'll thickness. The sleighing is ex-
cellent
Frederick citizen., 1895-02-08
Wells, Captured In Harrisburg,
Pa, Confesses His Crimes.

Wells, the noted desperado, who was
supposed to have been incarcerated in
our Jail short time ago, has been cap
tured in Harrisburg, Pa, by the police
Of that city, after stubborn resistance.
In company with comfade in crime,
Wells was brought to Baltimore, and
securely locked up to await trial. They
have confessed their guilt in holding
up Mr.. Asbury Watts aud family, at
Plkesville,, on January Goth; rob6ing
the store OF Mr.. James +. Evans, at
Carrollton, shortly after, and of shoot
ing patrolman Terrence Doyle, near
Catonsville, on December 2lst, 1894,
after being arrested by him as suspi-
cious characters. He also told of his
escape from the Westminster Jail on
the night Of December 18th, 1894, with
another prisoner, named Joseph Cost.
1t is more than probable that these
men will get long terms in the peniten-
tiary. He is five feet ten inches tall,
weighs $50 pounds and looks like q
man possessed Of great daring and cum
ming. He was carpenter by trade.
Frederick citizen., 1895-02-08
In Deep Mourning.

THE New York World goes to ex-
treme measures to bewail the death of
Ward McAllister, the leader of society
in that city, about whom so much has
appeared in print. Society's corner in
that paper last Saturday, where the
notable events are chronicled and dilat-
ed upon, was headed with an excel
lent likeness of the dead man, draped
in sombre blackness, whilst the col
umns of type were separated by heavy
black rules; the whole effect being one
of deep mourning. There is some rea-
son to question the sincerity which
prompted these lavish funereal manifes-
tations; notably lacking in obituary no.
tices of departed men and women, of
far greater reputation and actual worth.
\ journal of such notoriety, indepen-
dence and alleged equity in treatment
OF all subjects a. the World, would
hardly 90 to the evident trouble and
expense Of garbing their social col
umns in deep mourning, when his own
I friends and acquaintance among the
400, which restricted circle ne crea-
ted and in which he was monarch OF
all he surveyed, wipe out of hypocriti.
cal eyes an imaginary tear, and seel,
consolation for a general bereavement
in the gay and gaudy pleasures of the
ball room. \ little less ostentation and
more charity would be more in keep.
ing.