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The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
STORY OF THE PLANS
WHICH IT'ISCLAIMED THE
GREAT POWERS ARE
CARRYING OUT.
/ 1t the Great Powers Insist We Must Humb1y Bow
to the Inevitable"

BY THE CHINESE CONSUL.

German nation always
6en say u.s. nao 3 esh @ & possession session of one of our important harbos
to me that this S15 % @ 70 m oa[eTs @ RS and and 1t seems almost Incredible
orabe nation wo hVe gnea ne % h [g by tine ref @ of an hon
through positions as officers in t py % % of 1 h 6 aaTs OF
Port Arthur occupied by the Chinese
u % Although Russia our ancient probably
looked ed upon as our only true friend and protector
unpepd for war; which con 5 ] SIMPLY Mlh to tell you that China
m recent Wa" with pan China learned that she
w0a % IL lhs cannot be accomplished endavor
are too late W " may iePei INC iorelsh IN
Ha 5 Hsaa en- nnsssas3 ee49 hand 58as .5e this sa Sc
government 9 has @ fh entered into between China and
she Would favor pea as interests @ @ in China would incline
her naval ae m chn ugh she daily WIRES P that hat she is rapidly
powers question % to be be d9 @ e605 @
Of the of oai seae we oGn ranR h l
eduon ay conheng ~ % peasant % % Of
cn heard it asserted by lecturer examination
ploa presented to the highest
eeoz ] and no doubt there have
government @ however marks the man. and
The English Government gasping been asserted by
the OF the world that she intends Orient
on TINS subject have no personal opinion and it
catches are sent directly from Picking
5fn gper he Co late an m Fn @ I wofdS such Ven information as he
San Francisco is the most important
enn The French have always been deson OF gre ag o % in but but
The Russian half Oriental In fact the Russian f OF the @ s eT the
thorough
Oriental
most difficult for them the denlarcaon
Between Russia
OF course if the Of humb bow to the
reached between powers partition of China ~ possibly "
As
and
he
preach
wrong, woud you right --e0 'H'
thousands 1o4 4 % @ 4 before that % China 6st the @ cradle & @
the
OF he b lone by
up his doctrne
a
fusue.' Is
believe and Confucus
the
they administration int her hands W
consequence NAV God helm h
THE CONSULATE
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26

II TFORE 1912 China was a sealed
book to the outside world, so
were Korea and Japan. She was
Ihedged in as though a giant wall
girded her territory. The Jesuits
were the first to enter China and
they only dared do it by shaving their
heads, donning a Chinese costume and
speaking the language like the natives.
Every traveller who dared to penetrate
into the interior took his life in his
hands
Before England obtained Hongkong
in 1912, Portugal had possession Of the
province of Macao to the south of
Canton. Later, by treaty, England OBJ
tanned important concessions in sew
eral minor treaty ports The Ameri-
can and French also obtained conces-
sions at the same time. In 1873 there
was another war and the Chinese were
charged with violating the treaty.
They were soundly whipped at Canton
b.. the British and the entrance to the
Poi Ho River was occupied. The Chi
nese gave up possession of the river
defenses when the treaty Of 1858 was
made.
When the treaty was about to be rat
flied in 1859 the English flotilla was at
tackled at the entrance Of the Pei Ho
River and three gunboats were sunk.
1t was late in the season to begin hos
tllities. The following spring the cam
p2lgn opened briskly with a combined
attack by the British and French ma
FaI and military forces in the Gulf Of
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
" CHINA UNDER THE GUNS OF EUROPE. -
CHINESE GORDON'S SAYING.

In the near future ChiDu Is sure
to become prey to the powers OF
Europe, for tbe reason that they
are poor soldiers uDd Wretcbed
dlscipllnorlons when left to them
selves, utterly corrupt in their
GoVernmeDt and military affairs.
WheD properly differed and dis
clpliDed there are DO better SOL
diers IN the world thoD the Chi
nese. but their ninds must first be
dlsobused of oil superstitious
nonseDse, such as drinking tigers
blood to make them fierce. inocu-
loting tbeDselVes with snakes
blood to Doke them cunning and
crafty, and the like.
The great weakness of the Chi
nese nation is corruption in every
shape and form of every grade in
the GoVernmeDt. In business It is
Otherwise; they are sharp traders,
but honest to q degree.-From the
Sayings of "ChiDese" Gordon.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
ONLY ONE THING
CAN SAVE CHINA,

The great European powers Eng
lond, FroDce, Germany and ItoIy-bove
cut the contlDeDt Of Afrlco up into
pieces cpd each taken share. hothiDq
like tbls wos ever accomplished With so
little DoIse In the historyof the world
ChiDd is now the victlD they are oil
looking toword With covetous eyes. The
scramble is just beeIpnipe and it looks
to-day as though before one year goes
by every greet European power Will de-
moDd slice off from the Celestial En-
pire. UDless the thieves foLout there
Is no power that con save tbe dlsmem-
bermeDt OF CbiDo.
Cleveland PIoiDdeoIer.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-26
THE VITAL WEAKNESS
OF THE EMPIRE

The great weokpess OF tbe Chinese
NotloD is corruptlop in every shape and
form Of every grade in the GoVernment.
From Sayings of "ChInese" Gordon.
We are endeovorIpg With oli our might
to modernize ourselves so that we nay
rePel the foreigD invaders. fear we are
too late. If the great powers Insist we
must bow to tbe iDevtoble.
-ChlDese Copsulote.
| copsider the situation doDeerous.
Hll the great powers Dust certainly be
Interested in the partition Of China.
The Chino-JopoDese Wor Wos simply
fight for civilization. We bunbly await
the result. japanese Consul.
The Washington bee., 1897-12-25
EDITORIAL SYNOPSIS.
SECRET ORDERS.

EDl1ORlAL SYNOPSIS.
On June 24th there will be a general
gathering of Shriners and Scottish
Rites in Alexandra There will be a
grand street parade and banquet.
Boys in Washington and Philadelphia
take notice.
On Tuesday, December 2Ist, Brother
Madison Neile, of Fl. Harrison, Mont,
member of Military Lodge No. I53,
Missouri Jurisdiction, died. The de-
ceased was buried by Hiram Abiff
Lodge No. 3, of Washington. d. {.
Jeruselum Lodge No. 2, F. A A. A:
Y. Rite, of Washington. ID c., elected
the following officers for 1898: b. H
Harris, w. NJ; E. Crusinberry, S. W.;
A. Johnson, W.; Rev. Peter Lucas,
Treasury; John H. Minor, Secretary.
Harmony Lodge No. 2, F. and A A.
Y. M, of Michigan, dedicated its ele-
giant new lodge rooms at 81 Canal
Street last week. There were one
hundred and fifty MasonS and their
families present Brother George
Jacobs presented the lodge room to
the order and Worshipful Master John
A Bell accepted IN the name of The
lodge. Brother Joseph n nkins
surrendered the work. Harmony
lodge rooms are the most handsomely
fitted up of any colored Masonic
lodge in the country. The rooms
have been renovated at the cost of
$500. Fine carpets covers the floor
and elegant paper, decorated with the
emblemS of the order, embellisheS the
walls. The following are, the officers:
w. NJ, John A. Bell; S. w Joseph N.
Jenkins; ]. w, Harry Brown; Treas
urer, James Nc onnell; Secretary,
George Alexande-, Chaplain, Thomas
Forbs; S. D., John Moore; J. D.. Hen
derson Nelson; Stewards, William
Ramsy, Robert Bowman; Tyler, Geo.
Davis.
On Sunday, December 10Th, Inspec
tor Generals, Ike Holland and John
T. Bird and other Mobiles Of the
Quaker City paid fraternaI visit to
the ShrinerS at their Mosque. The
delegation were Entertained at the resi-
denCe of Grand Inspector General (.
w. Shields where Zem-Zem had
been prepared for the occasion. After
the goat skins had been emptied the
Mobiles and Princes entered the Mos
que where a reception was held.
We have to laugh when we hear
some of our distinguished brethren
talk about bogus and clandeStine Mas
ons. The word bogus means swind-
lers. The word clandeStine means
fraudulent and deception. Now every
one knows that incorporative bodies,
working under the law, are not spuri-
Gus, especially when such bodies
bolt from the so-called legitimate Ito
hear them tell it) who bolted on the
Jump from the mother grand lodge in
1871. Do not start US please; we are
busy filling out our ranks. Our ad-
vice TO the craftsmen is to go slow on
the word bogus, because some one
may have trouble. We could tell lots
if we were writing book.
The Washington bee., 1897-12-25
NOT A LEGAL MARRIAGE.

CEREMONY PERFORMED BY ARMY
CHAPLIN DECIDED TO BE INVALID.
Chief Justice Bingham, in Criminal
Court, No /, few days ago made
ruling of more than passing interest,
when he directed the jury, in the case
of Edmund Splver, colored, charged
with bigamy, to return verdict OF not
guilty, and discharged the defendant
from custody
The prosecuting witness was Anna
Spiver, an old colored woman. 1t
seems that long before the war, Anna,
when slave, was married to a slave
named Mitchell The latter was sent
away with chain gang, and three
weeks later Anna was informed that
he had jumped into and was drowned.
She was sent to New Orleans, and
lived there twelve wears. December
IS, 1864, she was married by an Army
Chaplain TO Splver. hey came TO
Washington prior to the close OF the
war and lived together until last Feb
ruary, accumulating some property.
Spiyer announced in February that he
was not legally married to Anna, nd
thereupon married young girl named
Ella Davis Anna caused his arrest
on warrant for bigamy, and after a
hearing in the Police Court, Judge
KimbaIl certified the case to the Grand
jury
The attorneys for the defense.
Messrs. Campbell arlington, Fountain
Pavton and Peril w. FriSby, claimed
that the ceremony performed by the
army chaplain did not constitutes
legal marriage under the laws OF Lou
iSiana
The District attorney held that,
under the at of 1866. colored people
in the District of Columbia, who at
the time of their actual emancipation
were living together as husband and
wife, were consldeded married. The
reply to this proposition by the de-
tense was the contention that the pro-
clamation of President Lincoln in 1865
freed Spiver and Anna at that time,
and therefore, the act of 1866 did not
apply te them. Chief Justice Bingham
disposed of the matter on the ques-
ton Of the alleged married OF the
parties in Louisiana by chaplain
connected with the Union Army.
All the testimony presented on that
point was an alleged marriage cer-
tihcate, bearing the alleged signature
of the chaplain, but showing no sig
nature of the witnesses. Whatever
the moral obligations of this defend
ant may be, the court said, eve cam
not hold HIM on criminal charge,
unless the proof meets the legal re-
quirements of the law. The court
holds that there is a lack of proof OF
a, legal marriage in Louisiana and
under the laws of Louisiana.
The Washington bee., 1897-12-25
COURT NEWS.

Cordelia Leftwich, through her at
torney, PERI w Frisby, today filed a
suit for divorce from Sidney Leftwich
on the grounds of cruelty and hahitual
drunkedness. The parties were mar
ried in Greensboro, n. C., August %,
1882 and had issue, to wit: Lillian
Lettwich, Willie Leftwich and Bette
LeftWich.
The Washington bee., 1897-12-25
A Smile

Will creep over your Inns
when you learn that yopr
Constitutions, bylaws. Fv.
curs1on programs, &C. will
be printed when promised
in frst-class style.
The Washington bee., 1897-12-25
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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-10-08
mo- AID WANDERING woRKMEN.

At regular intervals on the leading
Swiss thoroughfares refugees are pro-
vided where bona-fide workingmen
who are in search of employment can
obtain a nights lodging, refreshments
and whatever care they stand in need
of, but beggars need not apply. Dur
ing the first year of these refugees aid
was extended to 1868 travellers and
refused to 1882 unworthy applicants.
The total expense of the society for
IL months was $500, of which the
State contributed 80 per cent, and the
diminution in the number Of vaga-
bonds shows that the movement has
prevented many INDECENT workers from
drifting into the ranks of professional
tramps. 1t is needless to contrast the
advantages of such system with that
which takes it for granted that a man
without work or money is necessarily
a vagabond, and confines him among
tramps and criminals until he loses his
self-respect, and is ready when freed
to become either thief or beggar as oc-
casion serves.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-10-08

Those who believe chronic diarrhoea
to be incurable should read what Mr..
P. E. Grisham of Gaars Mills, La, has
to say on the subject, viz: 'T have
been sufferer from chronic diarrhoea
ever since the war and have tried all
kinds of medicines for it. At last 1
found a remedy that effected a cure
and that was Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy" This
medicine can always be depended upon
for collie, cholera morbus, dysentery
and diarrhoea. 1t is pleasant to take
and never fails to effect a cure. For
sale by all druggists and dealers, Ben
son, Smith & Co., agents for Hawaiian
Islands.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-10-08

in years. in per cent, is an unanswer-
able question. We can never have the
data in figures Even if we had our
vital statistics completed for that pc
Rod men would differ as to the rela-
tive value of the several factors in this
problem. Our great cities would not
exist-they could not exist-without
the aids of science. We have had the
ancient Egyptians and Greek and Ro-
man civilizations, which were pagan,
and later Christian civilization, and
all were powerless to convert prac-
tees. Between the epidemics that rag
ed from time to time and the high
death rate in the best years, the popu-
lation of Europe as whole probably
scarcely increased at all for 1000 or
1,200 years. This century came in with
out single city in Christendom with
1 ,000,0 900 inhabitants. Paris in 1900 had
but $4,000; London and the suburbs,
in 1901, S64,S45. The other great Eng
fish cities had less than 100000. Great
cities could not endure then. First,
the people could not be fed. Then,
most of the population had to be fed
and food produced within 20 miles of
the place of consumption Science has
now made it possible to transport food
half way round the globe and has dis
covered new methods of preservation
as well. City population was not self
perpetuating. Man died off; the death
rate was continually high and from
time to time there was death by pesti-
lence Even where there were sewers
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-10-08
THOUSANDS OF TESTIMONIALS
From All Parts of the World.

Sold in Bottles ss. Cd, and in cases containins
six times the quantity, lis. each-suficient to
effect permanent cure in the great majority
of long-standing cases, BY ALL CHEMISTS
and PATENT MEDICINE VENDORS
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, Proprietors.
TIE LINCOLN AND MIDLAND COUNTIES DRUG
COMPANY Lincoln, England.
Caution.-Ask for Clarke's Blood Mixture.
and beware Of worthless limitations or substi.
tutes. 1909
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-10-08

machine was first placed in the hos
pital the power was taken direct from
the works to the machine, but this was
found unsatisfactory, owing to fluctu-
ations. Storage batteries were then
put in and the result has been entirely
satisfactory.
Mr.. Eckardt has two lamps nearly
the same diameter, but one is more
powerful than the other, and is used
more particularly in complicated cases.
1t was this strong one that was used
when the visitors looked through the
black box and examined the vertibrae
in Mr.. Eckardt's spinal column With
the glass of less strength the bones in
the hand and arms were plainly WISH
BILE, and as he moved his fingers the &C
ton of the joints could be clearly no
ticed
Mr.. Eekardt showed the newspaper
men how photographs were taken with
the X-ray, and the method was in the
nature of a revelation. So far he has
used only an ordinary Sx10 Seed plate
in a common holder, and the expert
ments have been highly satisfactory.
In order that he may know whether
the negative is a success and before
going to the expense of having it de-
veloped he takes sheet of black car
bon paper and a piece of Photographic
bromide paper and places them in a
thick envelope, so as to protect them
from any ray of light which might
come in through the windows. The
cathode lamp is then adjusted so as to
be in horizontal position; the plate
in the holder is placed directly under
and about y inches from the lamp.
On top of the holder he places the en-
velope containing the paper and the
object to be photographed is placed on
top. If the negative is a success the
development of the bromide will show
it.
There are number of finished pho
tographs in the hospital made by Mr..
Eckardt by means of the rays. They
are remarkably clear and distinct,
showing dislocations, fractures or NAL
formations of the bones.
The machine was bought by the
trustees of the hospital at an expense
of $40, and is used in the examina-
ton Of fractures and dislocations.
Outside physicians are permitted the
use of the instrument at nominal fee.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-10-08
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Reorganization a Strong Pc
litical Body.

Reorganization - a Strong Pc
litical Body.
The American League has been re-
organized, and stands today in rather
better odor than in the early period of
its history, when anybody with white
skin and certificate of American
naturalization could become member.
In those days the meetings were only
semi-private and the public was occa-
sionally enlightened of the doings of
the body through the columns of the
press.
But all this is changed now, and it
is difficult for a reporter to get the
particulars as it would be for a ten
derfoot to find water in Death Valley.
The aims of the League are the same
today as when it was started, but more
representative and fewer worthless
men are taken in. This change was
found necessary in 1895. Some of the
members were found lacking in patri-
otism and stamina At present there
are about 300 good men and true in
the League, all willing to talk or fight
for annexation, and their enthusiasm
in the cause is as strong as ever. Since
the reorganization many of the ex-
PEELED members have made application
for reinstatement, but in nearly every
instance they have been refused.
Just now the members meet in dis
tricts; not in general session, as for
merly, and these district meetings are
called by the order of the Central Com
mittee. No one outside the committee
and the members of the district organi-
cation are supposed to know when or
where these meetings are held. What
ever action is taken in the district
meeting is reported to the Central
Committee for ratification In this way
the work is done quietly and effec-
lively.
The League, in the event of annex
alton, hopes to be the strongest party
in the political field, and will be Re
publican. Should annexation fail. it
will be the strongest party anyhow, and
still Republican.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-10-08
JAPANESE LABOR.
Attempt to Contract for 1,5OO
Fails-Large Number to Arrive.

Attempt to Contract for 1,5OO
Fails-Large Number to Arrive.
Only three japanese immigration
companies are at present in the field
to supply labor to the Hawaiian plan
tiers; that is, but three of them are
getting orders. By a recent steamer
from Japan Mr. Nakayama, at one
time japanese Inspector here, came
over for the purpose of placing 1900
laborers, but failed to succeed.
1t seems that Nakayama represented
a company that had received orders
from parties in Brazil for that num-
Der of japanese, and the men were re-
cruited. About the time the men were
ready to be shipped a cable was re-
ceived by the company, announcing the
failure of the parties ordering them.
As the recruiting involved considera-
Bile expense, it was thought best to
dispach Mr.. Nakiyama to Honolulu to
dispose of the men. But the scheme
failed, owing, perhaps, to the fact that
the company represented by him is not
well known here.
Just now the Morioka and Hiroshi-
ma companies are recruiting most of
the labor in Japan for shipment to Ha-
waii. 1t is said that one of these will
send about 1000 laborers here within
the next four months Their contracts
will all be approved by the Govern
ment.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-10-08
CATHODE RAYS.
First Glass Instrument in Use at
Queens Hospital.

Su~@h > A1OSpitdI.
Purveyor Eckhardt of the Queens
Hospital gave an exhibition of the
X-ray yesterday to ]. NJ. Vivas of the
o Luso, Ed Norrie of the Independent
and reporter for the Advertiser, late
yesterday afternoon.
Bones of the hand and arm and con-
tents of wooden box were plainly
visible by means of the cathode ray.
As a final test the press men were per-
mitted to look at the purveyor's ribs
and spinal column. They were found
intact and normal.
The machine in size is known as
"six-inch spark" the electricity being
furnished TO several storage batteries
by the Hawaiian Electric Company.
During the test yesterday the current
indicated $50 candle-power. When the
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-10-08
A CoCoANUT PRAYER.

Here is a coconut for you, oh 4kuGi
A dark coconut, yellow coconut,
A milk-coconut, Waikiki coconut.
Whence came the coconut?
The coconut came from Wawau,
The coconut came from Upolu,
The coconut came from the pillars of
Tahiti.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-10-08

they were to drain the ground of wa
ter rather than TO carry sewage. Now
cities are made nearly as healthy as
the country-Mining and Scientific
Press.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-10-08
AND HUMAN LIFE

In a recent lecture on what SANTA
ton has done for human life, Profess
sor Brewer of Yale University said
that no one doubts that human life has
been prolonged by the application of
science in the last 80 years. How
much mathematically this amounts to