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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-08-01

An editorial from the San Fran
cisco Chronicle published in an
other column, will be Of interest to
our readers. 1t deals cautiously and
impartially with the questions of
annexation and protsctorate of the
Hawaiian Islands. 1t is doubtful
whether Mr.. De Young's influence in
American politics will be especially
acceptable to Mr.. Dole and his asso.
ciates. Between tho influences OF
the De Young and the Spreckels
political controllers there may be
the choice between the Devil and
the Deep sea for Hawaiian political
manipulators.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-08-01

We take special pleasure in re-
printing the above remarks from our
esteemed contemporary of Hilo, as
we understand that there is move
on foot to close the Honolulu sa-
looms at 8 p. m.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-08-01

He will tell the men who can
negotiate loan that Dole's Repub-
lie is the finest" in the world. He
will show that we have always here
tofore paid the interest on our
national loans, although unable to
pay the principal. He will say that
the Government represented by him
is rich, solid, stable, beloved, po-
pular and "the best" on earth. Oh,
yes, Mr.. Jones will say a lot OF
things and he will astonish his
friends in London by news from
Hawaii never heard or published
before.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-08-01

But as we have said, the eonver-
sion OF our national debt is a wise
move. II Mr.. Damon's original bill,
SO strongly opposed by Mr.. Jones,
had passed, the change perhaps
would have been accomplished
Minister Damon would have gone to-
England himself or selected the
proper man and the country would
have saved many dollars. Fate and
a certain clique wanted it otherwise
and Mr.. Jones to borrow money and
to explain Hawaii's situation.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-08-01
ARBITRARY MEASURES.

We quote tho following extracts
from an editorial which appeared in
the last issue Of the Hilo Tribune.
The organ OF Greater Hilo writes:
Without expressing any opinion
on the merits or demerits Of the
licensing system, very great injus-
tice has, in our opinion, been work
ed in the decision Of the Minister of
the Interior to close the Hilo saloon
at 8 p. m. Il 1t would have
been thought that before taking
such drastic step as to curtail by
two or more hours each day the time
during which an establishment
could be kept open Minister would
have taken the trouble to find out If
there was any good and sufficient
reasons why the terms Of license
Of such long standing should be
altered in so radical way. Il
Why should this distinction be
drawn between the saloons Of Homo
lulu and Hilo2 No minis
ter, however great the power en-
trusted to him, should take SO i'm
portant step without knowing that
public opinion is back OF him, and
in this particular case it is quite cer-
tain that the contrary is the fact"
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-08-01

The Russians invented wood-pav
ing for streets.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-19
soLILoouY 81 THE pRAY lois


What was made for7" the old horse
Munching cut straw IN wind-rifrcd
shed
''My life is a curse from beginning TO end,
In all the wide world haven't friend.
It's nothing but drudgery every day,
Toll without payment, work and no play;
And If ! sink under wearisome load,
I'm made to get up with mcrciless goad,
Courses, cold quarters, hard usage. poor
feed,
Too little at that for work horses need
And seldom a good bite Of oats or fresh
grass,
Hard lines for poor horses when slaves
to an ass!
oh. If we poor creatures were gifted with
speech,
What eloquent sermons to men would We
preach!
Our merits and suffeFings even now move
The hearts of the kindly TO pity and love.
'"The beast has his feelings, his needs.
his desires,
Though few are the favors the poor horse
requires.
Our aim is to serve men, to love and obey,
If Justice and mercy in turn would repay.
A word gently spoken, pat on the neck,
But makes Us delighted to follow your
beck;
Then why, since the boon is so small that
we crave,
Should it not always brighten the life of
the slave?
''Too soon did the angels our champion
claim.
Gotham, where is the monument due to
his fame?
Might we horses build it, how soon
'twould arise
A cynosure grand for American eyes.
While browning earth's heroes, neglect
not to bring
An amaranth wreath for humanity's
king.
He spake for the speechless, a cham
pion brave,
No shaft is too grand to distinguish his
grave.
Who says that cur sufterings here are in
vain.
No hope in the future to tighten our pain2
Who knows what our maker may hold in
his plan?
I'd hate to swap chances with many a
man"
New York Sun
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-19


One Of Washington's lawyers used Ia
practice in Kentucky, and tells good
stories Of his experiences in the noun.
tadns of that State.
Il went to recover a tract Of land in
Bull County" he said, land was met at
the door Of the cabin on the place by
the man against whom was instruct
ed by my client. a widow. who held the
claim through her deceased husband,
TO proceed. accosted him, and ex.
planned the nature Of my visit. being
anxious to settle the matter peaceably
If possible.
Stranger he said slowly, us he
looked into the open fireplace medita-
lively; this hyar pears to be kin O.
bad business. I'm a peaceable man an
don't want no trouble with nobody.
Dad fust cum hyar when l war boy.
an thar seemed to be heap Of trouble
bout the title. Fust an last, reckon
thar war ten killed. Then we didn'
hyar no more bout the title till dad war
dead, when a fellar cum long an thar
war mo- trouble. He's buried Jess be.
yant that thar poplar.
Then two var ago another cum at
me, an his wilder, it seems, don't want
ter drap it, an hired yo' as a lawyer.
I'm peaceable man, stranger, an dom
want no trouble, but 1t seems to me this
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-19

made by the executloner in the feshy
part Of his body, and he is ultimately
decapitated. Offenders of high rank
are strangled. The victim is sent to
prison with a silken cord, and is left to
execute himself. Decapitation has be-
come quite fine art. The big block ls
not used. The neck of the victim Is
simply stretched to its full length, and
by one blow, literally a short, sharp
shock, the head is soon rolling on the
ground. For minor offenses all sorts of
punishments are used, and the stocks,
as shown in the accompanying illustra-
ton. from sketch, long since abolish
ed in this country, are in constant use.
The Chinese stocks are peculiarly dis,
agreeable.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-19

A F&AI
A, N. /
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sttend
BNITI
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-19
Mourning for a Chinese Ruler.

When a Chinese Emperor dies the
Intelligence is announced by dispatch
es to the several provinces, written
with purple ink, the mourning color
All persons Of rank are required to
take red silk ornaments from their
caps, with the bali or button of rank;
all subjects Of China, without excep-
ton, are called upon to forbear shaw
ing their heads for 400 days. within
which period none may marry, play
upon musical instruments or perform
any sacrifice.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-19

hyar title orter be settled by this time.
cause hain't got no time goin' ter
eou't bout it. Thar amt but one way
ter settle it, don like ter hev no fout
with a woman, but reckon I'll hev to.
lessen yo' air willin' ter settle it with
me right hyar.'
i excused myself from that mode Of
settling 1t, and upon reporting to my
client, she refused to allow a suit to be
brought. so the mans title can be re,
garded as settled. Washington Star,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-19
Vices and Virtues of Chinato1vn,

If you made with me a complete
tour of Chinatown, visiting every
place where a Chinaman dwells, when
you had returned you would sum up
what you had seen about as follows:
Places where opium was smoked by
Chinese in their own private apart
ments: about one-fourth of the whole.
Places where opium was sold to white
visitors who smoked and slept on the
premises, and which is commonly call
ed an "opium joint: possibly three
in your whole tour.
Places were gambling was in prog
ress: about one-twentieth of the whole
Places where men were pursuing the
ordinary VOcations Of life: nearly
three-fourths.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-19
THE STOCKS IN VOGUE.

CrHel and BarbarOus Methods of
Punishment in China.
In China, parracides are cut to pieces
the murderer being fastened to a cross
and while thus suspended, cuts are
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-19

Dablin-The members tell me that
Fadway is one Of the best members of
the Rockrib Athletic Association. Wab-
lin-Why, he's no athlete! Dablin-
That's true; but then he pays his dues
MISUNDERSTANDING Gazette,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-19
NIetrnpolitan Frnit cnltnre

Hewson-Say, what do they raise In
these New York roof gardens?
Newson-Peaches. my dear boy: some
Of the loveliest peaches In the vaude-
vile Observation-Disclosures North
American.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-19

. Nearly every hard working man sup
ports at least one schemer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
DOING GUARD DUTY.
Over . Thousand Of the Colorado Militii
In Camp at LeadYilla.

Over Thousand Of the Colorado Militia
in Camp at Leadville.
LEADvILLE. Colo. Sept. 24.-Over
1000 members of the national guard of
the State of Colorado. under command
of General Edgar Brooks are now on
duty in this city Some of them are
doing guard duty at the Maid of Erin
and other mines where attempted de-
struction Of property is apprehended.
but the main body is encamped near
the Denver and Rio grande Railroad
depot. The streets are filed with
idle men. who are excitedly dis.
cussing the situation. but no vic.
lence has been done since the
attacks upon the Coronado and the EN-.
NETT mines, in which 1t is now known
that at least six men were killed. No
attempt has been made to resume oper.
atoms at any of the mines. which are
closed in consequence of the strike. but
it is believed that, as many of the
miners are DESTROYS of returning to
work. some OF the mines will soon be
reopened under the protection afforded
by the presence of the troops
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
roi1t1cs ana Business.

We are growing more and more to
recognize the great necessity of every
citizen giving personal and serious
thought to his political duties. Bust
ness men, workingmen and the people
generally are coming to realize that
business and politics are closely re-
lated, and that bad politics means bad
business. and that politics cannot be
neglected without endangering our oc
raiions. our earnings and our labor.
We have had some distressing expert
ence in this direction which has taught
us that if we do not keep our business,
our business will not keep us. And iS
somebody else does not work we will
have no work to- do at home. The
people are settled in one purpose this
year-they will not tolerate the sur
rnrder OF any more of their business,
and will as quickly as possible recover
N ,hey nave already lost. They
know how they lost it. and they know
how to get it back. They mean to do
II M Mckinley.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
Effort tc Dust Hin From the
New York Democratic
Ticket Falls.
Senator Hin Creates a Sensa-
satlon by Attending the
Meeting.
Takes Advantage Of the Occa
sion to Denounce the
4 Platform.

New York, Sept 24.-The Demo.
cratic state central committee held a
long session at the Hoffman House 4
sensation was created by the appear.
ance Of Senator Hill. who arrived from
Albany late. bearing proxy. In the
preliminary work contested cases were
heard and the Hill men were seated on
o vote Of 26 to 49,. It was very nearly
II O'Clock when the fight over Mr..
John Boyd Thatcher. the nominee for
governor. was precipitated by the read.
jng of his letter addressed to Chairman
Danforth and defining his position.
The reading Of the document was
listened to very attentively and then
John B. Shea Of Tammany introduced
o resolution calling upon Mr.. Thacher
TO resign his nomination. Mr.. Shea
declared that Mr.. Thacher could have
given his views upon the financia.
question before the convention had he
Intended to Be Honest.
Senator Hill then took the floor. For
SO minutes he held the attention of his
auditors, skilfully avoiding any refer.
ence to his own views upon endorse.
ment of the ticket or platform Of the
Chicago convention, but basing his
whole argument upon the ground that
the candidate for governor in the state
this fall should be a strong man upon
state issues and that there was no need
Of forcing national issues in the cam.
paign.
State Senator Grady replied, bitterly
excoriating Mr.. Thacher. The resolu.
ton was read again and Senator Hill
again spoke at length attacking the
Chicago platform.
"No man must be condemned for dis.
agreeing with the national platform, .
he said, ''it has things in it that are in
direct opposition to all the
Democratic Tenets and Beliefs.
I have no objection to saying that there
are things in the platform nat no Dem.
ocrat can support. To say that You
support the ticket is enough"
Senator Hill in all made six speeches.
There were a number of amendments
proposed They were all withdrawn
and substitute adopted by vote OF
As to D. 1t was as follows:
Resolved, That committee of five
be appointed by the chair to notify the
candidates upon the state ticket of their
nomination and that such committee
report back to this committee at meet.
ing to be held on Monday evening.
Sept. %, the result of it's action
This is construed as move to tide
ever matters until after the Brooklyn
convention of the gold standard Demo.
Gratis on Thursday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
A FbIe In Finnnce.

A certain man, riding one day in
great haste to Jericho, belabored his
ass numerically. ALAS" walled the
beast of burden, "why do you thus
ask all my strength and then abuse
me?' "Fool," responded the man, do
you not know that you are carrying
me to great honors and riches and
gorgeous raiment in the city,? 1T is
even so,' responded the patient ami
NAL, "but 1 cannot see that that will
change me from an ass into Bird Of
Paradise"
Moral-The first man to receive 100
cents for .,3 Goats worth Of silver Will
be the silver mine owner, and the last
the workingman and the man on sal
ary.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
The Value Of the Dollar.

-
The Mexican dollar contains about
six grains more silver than the Ameri-
can dollar, and yet is only worth Chat
Is it will only buy about half as much
as the American dollar, even in Mex
leo. The reason for this must be i'm
mediately apparent to any reaaoning
man. Mexico IS on The silver stand
ard, the silver dollars are measured
by themselves. Every fluctuation in
the market price of bullion affects the
purchasing power of the dollar, for,
there being nothing except the silver
dollar by which " measure the
value of that dolla. it is as much
commodity as the bullion itself. The
American dollar Is made exchangeable
for gold, SO that If a man owes debt
payable in gold he can exchange sill
yer, IL he happens to have II, for the
gold with which to pay his debt, and
Is put to no Inconvenience. 1t Is the
object Of the Republican party to pre-
serve this condition, and 1t can only
do so by limiting the amount of silver
coin SO that it may be exchanged for
gold at the option of the holder of sill
yer, just as the individual must have
money in the bank to redeem his
check.
The proposition Of the silver men is
that all debts shall be paid in silver,
even II they have been contracted In
gold. In order to accomplish this they
would have to coin enough silver to
balance the account of the $500, OOO,-
600 of gold that would be Immediately
withdrawn from circulation. and as
the silver is only worth about so cents
on the dollar they would have TO coin
something like $1,2O0,OO0 of silver be-
fore the amount of mOney-actual
value money-would be in circulation.
The director of the mint says this
could not be done inside Of ten years,
and instead of having more money we
would actually have less money, and
that which we would have would be
Only worth 20 cents on the dollar IN
the interim
Dollars of Equal Value.
Silver, being a less valuable metal
than gold, can be kept on par with
gold by only one means, and that is by
so limiting the amount of it that there
shall always be as much gold in the
country as there is silver. A silver
dollar is not as good as gold dollar,
unless you can exchange it for gold
dollar. and whenever the number Of
silver dollars greatly exceeds the num-
Der of gold dollars the possibility or
such an exchange ceases. The value
of a commodity is always deprecated
by ov,.ipr, .t!uction. The amount Of
gold in circulation in this country is
now practically the same as the
amount of silver. and therefore they
are interchangeable one for the other.
but If the government should double
the number of it's silver dollars it
would no longer be able to maintain
the two at par. Having dollars OF diff
terent value every tradesman would
have to stop between purchase and
sale to inquire whether the purchaser
wanted to pay in the one metal or the
other. and na wou.a have to keep Il
"ticker" in his store in order that he
might calculate from the market re-
ports the value of each dollar that was
presented to him.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
Want MARTIAL LAW,
Leadville City Council Asks the
ii Governor to Make Proc
lamation at Once.
Over a Thousand Militiamen
on Duty at the Mines and
In the City.
No Attempt Has Yet Been Made
to Resume Work In the
Closed Mines.


LEApv,LLE. Colo. Sept. 24.-The
city council held special session a,
which committee OF citizens appeared
and asked that all vagrants and sus'
piciouss characters be driven from the
city The council! postponed action nm.
Gil the regular evening session when II
was decided not &c take such action
but instead. TO ask the governor to de-
clare ,martialslaw at once and the re-
quest was officially made during the
night
President Amburn of the miners
union has disappeared.
Three Of the men killed In Monday
mornings riot. Meir. Benson and Ma
honey are said to have been identified
as Cripple Greek men and it is believed
by many that most of the lawlessnesi
was committed by outsiders.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
The Fire Spreading.

WEST SUPERIOR. Wis, Sept. a.
The fires have broken out anew in sew.
eral places frcm three tc fifteen miles
out of town and are reported tc be
spreading rapidly toward the thickly
timbered sections. The owners of
standing pine, which is in danger OF
destruction. have sent out men to burn
over the dry limbs and underbrush in
order tc prevent the spreading of fires,
and section men along the various lines
of railroads have been ordered tc patrol
their districts carefully and report signs
of danger
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
An Odd Fellow Parade.

DALLAS. Tex. Sept. 24.-The second
days session of the sovereign grand
lodge Of Odd Fellows was opened with
the biggest parade ever seen in Texas
It was over two miles long. The 5000
Odd Fellows and daughters of Rebekah
who were in line. in carriages, on floats
or afoot. were viewed by nearly $4,000
people along the line CT march Every
available vehicle in the city was In use
and private carriages had to be used tc
convey the grand representatives and
officers The parade started at lC
O'Clock
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
Information
that Informs.

II you are going Castor South
and want to know what the trip will
cost, when you will reach your desti-
nation, and why you should take "Tbe
BURLINGTON" to Chicago, Peoria, ST.
Louis and Kansas City, write to w. !,
c. Kenyon, 6. F. & P. A., St. Paul,
MINI, and you will receive bv return
mail letter telling JUST EXACTLY
what you want to know. Reclining
Chair Cars seats free: Pullman Com
partment and Standard Sleepers; Dim
ing Cars, serving meals from IS cents
up-the combination makes. comfort
sure. and it will SUIT YOU.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
Fell Into q Mine.

LEAD, S. D., Sept. 24-The body of
James w. Tullock was found in an ole
shaft between this place and Terra
vile. He was candidate for assessor
on the Republican ticket. and was in
the city two days ago canvassing. and
started to Terraville after dark He is
supposed to have fallen into the shaft
and struck the back of his head against
a rock, killing him. He was an old.
timer in the Hills. and leaves family
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
Two Free with Guns.

CAKES, n. D., Sept 24.--Two stran-
gers. apparently under the influence Of
liquor. walked into the blacksmith shop
CT Jack Sullivan at this place. and were
asked by Mr.. Sullivan to leave. One
man, Thomas Kearns. drew revolver
and shot Sullivan ir the thigh Both
are In custody Mr. Sullivan is proba.
bly, not seriously injured
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
WIN Stop Street commissions.

CHICAGO. Sept. 24.-The transconti-
mental roads have reached an agreement
effective Oct 81 that the payment OF
all street commissions to brokers and
others originating business outside as.
ISOLATION territory shall be absolutely
discontinued. After. that date commits.
sions will be paid only to duly author
lied ticket agents and then the com
missions shall be only of the amount
authorized in the association agreemen!
and specified in the recognized rate
schedules
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
More Armenian Disturbances.

CoNsTANT1NoPLE, Sept. 24.-Disturb-
ances occurred Sept. IL at Cumusma-
den, villayet of Kharput, owing to an
incursion of the Kurds. No details
have been received. Troops have been
dispatched to the scene. Ten Arme-
mans were murdered at Angora Sept.
70 on account of the outbreak Of fire at
that place
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
Wanted to Expel Missionaries.

LIMA. Peru, Sept. 24.-News has been
received here from Cuzco that an ex-
cited mob Of fanatics 10 days ago
threatened to expel the American mis-.
eionaries from Cuzco. but the. subpre.
feet of the place called ont battalion.
which was formed in line and pre-.
vented the purpose Of the mob
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
Bids for County Roads.

DULUTH, Sept. 24.-Nearly 100 bids
have been received for the construction
of SO miles Of county road, Duluth to
Eveleth Bids were received on both
cash and boEd basis The cash basis
bids were about $4,000 less than the
bond bids.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-09-24
Gladstone Appeals to the Powers.

LONDON, Sept. 24.-The Chronicle
prints long letter from Mr.. Gladstone
in which he eloquently appeals to the
European powers in behalf of the Ar
menians, expressing conviction that
neither France nor Russia will hinder
the cause of Armenia against the
great assassin who for more than year
has triumphed over the diplomacy Of
the six powers"