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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-09-30
SLEEP

A blessed ministrant TO burdencd life,
or sweet relief from toll and care,
From poisoned shafts of greed and strife
From troachcrous minions Of the air,
Which float above, around, within,
Well stored with mingled JOY and grief,
And harbcd arrow points Of sin
From these sleep gives n sweet relief.
And, though the moments quickly fcc,
A wcnricd soul oft lives anew,
To meet and know, to feel ana sec
The false the stronger than the true.
Brief come the moments of sweet peace
At thought Of vigils long and deep
In n sacred promise at release,
1.-THE mystery of folded sleep
C. W. J.. in Good Housekeeping
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-09-30
With
Brains, Sir.

4 man once asked an Artist how
he mixed his paints.
with brains, sir" he said.
Same way with our work. It's
mixed with thought, study and
brains. Mere mechanical quail
~, almost anybody can give;
Art in mechanics but few I'M
derstand,
That's why we excel. We give
our patrons the benefit of our
years of experience and studies,
when buying new decorations
for their homes.
How about your home?
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-09-30
An Odious Comparison.

~ don't think there is any doubt about
the Indians progressing in civilization F"
remarked the professor.
81 haven't had very extensive oppor-
tunities for observation" replied the prim
lady, "but the fact that none of the Indians
ever saw was in the habit of expeotorat
Ing ON the floors of street cars or of using
profanity in public leads me to think that
they have got q very good start. Wash
lngton Star
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-09-30

Be it remembered that the newspa-
pers are the merchants tried and true
mediums for advertising. Use them
largely if not exclusively. Advertise
in The Star.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19

The President Communfcates Some
luforM atfon 70 the senate.

The President Communfcates Some
lnformation TO the Senate.
washington, Feb. 12.-The president
has sent to the senate q report from
Secretary Olney relative to the arrest
of Gaspar Betancourt, an American
citizen, by the Spanish authorities at
Havana, In accordance with q resolu-
ton of inquiry by the senate. a num-
Der of letters and kilograms In the case
are given. They show that on protests
made by Gen. Lee the captain genera!
turned over BetancOurt to the civil
courts. On Jan. Is Assistant Secretary
Rockhill cabled to Gen. Lee to insist
that the charges be Immediately COM
municated or the prisoner released.
Gen. Lee reported that the insistence
had been made to Capt. Gen. Weyler,
but no response could be secured. On
jan. 30 letter from Gen. Lee states
that Betancourt was kept in solitary
confinement for 2SS hours when hrst
Imprisoned, contrary to the treaty be-
tween Spain and the United States,
which prescribes q house as the limit.
II have duly made protests in this
case, as in that of Others" Gen. Lee
writes. 'but no attention has been paid
to such protests by the authorities
here" The consul general then re-
cites the details Of the delay and re-
fusal to answer his requests In this
case. On Feb. 8 Gen. Lee telegraphed
that both Betancourt and Eva Alden
were ut liberty.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19
Fra.. Foreign shores.

The Mark Lane Express says 1T is
surprised at the decline of prices in the
United States and remarks that tie
definite crop returns Of 1896 do mot
warrant any depression.
The Scotland yard police have not
yet received a farthing of the reward
offered by I. Townsend Burden of
New York for the recovery Of ills
stolen jewelry, though they have by no
means abandoned hope.
Canadian cattle dealers believe,
Through the favorable. arrangements
made by the dominion authorities of
the raising Of the forty-days' quaran-
tine on Canadian cattle going into the
United States, they will be able to
build up valuable export trade.
The London emigration office, actiaT
upon information furnished by A. i.
Van Stittart, British consul at Chica.
go, has issued a warntag advising all
Enslishmen against emigrating to
South Dakota under conditions involv-
ing payments to colonizing agents or
companies.
One Of the mast daredevil feats of
the Cuban war IL reported from the
Pinar del Rio section, it being an at.
tempt to abduct Col. San Martin from
his camp, the Texan clone Star com.
many being the hDsn0a. San Martin \
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19

The part played by the Bank Of
6nain in floating the new loan des-
tined to provide resources for the con-
tinuance of the war In Cuba has placed
that institution in a very awkward po-
sition. Fol-, dn addition to the immense
sums which 1t has furnished to the
government itself, it has advanced.
one way and another, nearly 100000
600 to people who subscribed for the
loan. The bank may therefore be said
TO have found the MAJOR portion Of
the money subscribed. Besides this
the bank is creditor to the govern
ment under various heads to the extent
Of more than $250.00o.000. lnasmuch
ias the capital fully paid up Of the bank.
together with its reserve fund. only
amounts to $50, 100000, it will readily
be seen that the strain to which this,
the leading financial institution in
Spain, Is being subjected is trench
dous and cannot be continued much
longer before disaster ensues.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19
vIcTIAIz1NG FARMERS.
sharpers Are Working the Iunocent
Farmer I'm Iowa.

sharpers Are Working the innocent
Farmer I'm lows.
Webster City, Iowa, Feb. 13.-rwo
men claiming to represent the firm OF
Joseph Lewis. Sutton & Co., 314 and
315 Wright block, Minneapolis, Mimi,
have been operating in this section Of
the state, and complaint comes from
Center township, Pocahontas county,
that they are working confidence.
game on farmers. ]. j. Bruce of th at
place holds one of their contracts. The
sharpers solicit man to become agent
of their firm, or one they represent,
allowing him the privilege of purchas.
ing agricultural Implements, ETC.. at
Wholesale prices. A contract to this
effect is drawn up, and three copies
of it are made, all of which the farm
er signs. The first one is kept by him
self, the second by the travelling men.
and the third is ostensibly made to
send in to the house. 1t is the latter
that turns up in the form of a prom
issory note for $50.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19
STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.
Close Call for the Crew of a sunnIx
Boat on ChfcaEO.

Close Cnll for the Crew of a supplx
Boat on Chicago.
Chicago, Feb. 13.-Six men had a..
race with death on the lake, and won
by a hairs breadth. They were the
crew Of the big supply tug, A. G. Van
Kaalte. This tug carries supplies to
the crib off Sixty-eighth street, and
while returning to her dock sprung
aleak while bucking tremendous ice
foe. Then for three hours the six
men battled with the ice and faced
death while trying to keep their boat
afloat long enough to reach her dock.
Inc tug managed to get in the Calu-
met river but her fire was dead and
her gunwales were barely above water
The men We're up to their knees in
water when the boat touched the dock.
In answer to signals of distress the
nfeboat Chicago responded and took
the exhausted crew ashore.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19
'TAKD 1T OUT OF WAGES.

How Steel Men VIII Recompen.e
Their Heavy losses.
Cleveland. Feb. 12-The heavy iron
and steel interests conferred in Eieye-
land were thrown into commotion by
the breaking up of the steel pool. They
generally hold that the recent events
ana the fact that the bottom has
dropped out of the business will make
1t necessary to cut the wages of the
workmen from the miners up. At the
same time there is feeling that bust
ness Will adjust itself on a new basis
and be stimulated by the recent up
heavals.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19
REQUEST DENIED.

Secretary Herbert Cannot Assirn a
War Vessel for Transportation of
Wheat.
Washington, Feb. 12.-secretary Her.
bert has been obliged to refuse the re.
quest of n number of California's lead
ing citizens as set forth by Col. FL.
De Young for the assignment of q ma
val vessel for the transportation of a
cargo of wheat and corn to the panic.
stricken natives of India. The secre-
tary finds that naval vessels of the
modern type are totally unfit for car
rying cargoes, and that in the case of
such a long voyage as that from Cali
fornfa to India, they cannot carry coal
enough to carry them across without
replenfshing at some intermediate port.
much less undertake to carry cargoes.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19
PEOPLE in Print.

W.. p. Mclaughlin, architect, died
suddenly Mt his home in Sioux City,
Iowa, under circumstances which point
strongly toward suicide by poisoning.
The Earl Of Kinnoull is dead. He
was born in 1927, and Is succeeded by
ais eldest son, Lord Hay Of Kinfauns,
Z we'll known Anglo-Egyptian army
officer.
The funeral of the late Gen. A. J..
Smith took place in st. Louis. 1t was
attended by many prominent men. A
battalion from the United States regu-
tar army, of which he was q retired Of
deer, also attended.
Lady Henry Somerset has undergone
IN operation. It was made necessary
BY the recent carriage accident in
which Lady Somerset was injured.
d1er present condition is pronounced
favorable.
Sims Reeves, the famous English
singer who recently married a young
wife and returned to the stage, has
been declared q bankrupt. He was
born in 1922. During his career he
made several fortunes, but has been
unable to keep them.
David d. Phillips, a prominent Re
publican politician, died at Pottsville,
Pa, of cancer Of the stomach, aged SO
years. He was member of the house
of representatives from 1885 to 1888
:and had been delegate from his dis
trict to several Republican national
conventions.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19

New Workers are making an attempt
to secure the passage of law limiting
the.height of buildings. Architects and
health experts have been giving testi-
mony to a committee of the board Of
4rade.with a view to ascertaining where
the limit ought to be put. The chief Of
the fire department said it was impos-
sible to fight fires in buildings more
than .125 feet high. But the newest
and strongest testimony against the
highfbuilding was furnished by Charles
g. Wilson, president of the board of
health. -"I find" said he. that above
q height of seventy; feet the air in big
cities is full of smoke and gas, and
necessarily unhealthy. Then it is diff
Acult tosget good water up to the high
Aoors of the big buildings, to say moth
ing of the dangers by fire and col
Iapse.."
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19
HEIOIC LIFE ENDED
CApT.fHILo N'GIFFIN PUTS AN END
TO HIS LIFE
He WIS = Distinguished Naval Of
hcf and Commanded a Chinese
WIZ Vessel During the China-
JaIanese War Disting1ished
Services In the Battle OF the Yalu
Rlser-Wounlls Made Him Insane.

New York, Feb. 12.-Capt. PhilO Mo
Giffin who commanded the Chinese
ironcod Chen Yuen in the battle Of
Yaluriver In September, 1894. during
the Chino japanese war, committed su-
icidein the Post Graduate hospital, to
which he was recently admitted for
treatment. He shot himself over the
right lear. A nurse, hearing the pistol
shot, entered the captains room and
founi him sitting up in bed With his
backproped up by pillows. Blood was
streaming from an ugly wound in tile
RICH. side of his head. On a little table
directly at the head of the bed was one
revilver, and on the floor near the bed
wat another. One chamber had been
discharged from the pistol on the table.
On the same table with the revolver
wat found asnote written in lead pen
ell. The paper appeared to have been
then0te said that the captain left his
res,ects to the people and to his
friends, and regretted the act which he
wa, about to commit.
AoOut the middle of January the cap
taia became insane and 1t was found
necessary to have him confined in the
hospital. I4r. Hammond attributed his
condition to wounds he received in the
battle Of the Yalu.
He entered the service Of China dur
inE the Franco-Chinese war, and was
distinguished for gallantry, and was
sert to England to superintend the con-
strlction Of ironclads, and at the out
break Of hostilities with Japan, was
'pu. In command of the Chinese squad
ron. His part in the battle of the
Yalu is, well known. and although 1t
WIS defeat for the Chinese fleet, it ac-
conplished its desired end in prevent
ing the landing of a japanese force in
the rear Of the Chinese army.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19
PITH UF THE NEWS
EVENTS 5F TIE PAST WEEK IN A
CONDENSED FORM.
= General Rcsume Of the Mont Inn.
portant News OF tho Week, From
all Parts OF the Globe. Boiled
Down ana Arranged In Con-
venicnt Form for Rapid Per.
usal By Busy People.
Warrington Talk.

Word has reached Secretary Herbest
from Commander Brown, at the Nor
folk navy yard, the the United States
vessel Alliance, used as q school ship
for naval apprentices, which went
ashore at Cape Henry, Va, succeeded
In getting OF and has arrived at New
port News. The commandant says
the Alliance is uninjured. She was
6oated without assistance.
Capt. Zallnski, the famous dynamite
gun inventor, who ts now on the re-
hired list, Is In Washington in pursuit
Of his fad, which h military instruction
In the public schools. He is the orig
'hator of'the law requiring the decora-
lion Of schooIhouses with United
States flags, and he wants to go a lit
tie further in the instruction Of youth
10 include military science anu patri-
Dtssm.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19
crimes and criminals.

Miss Catherine Springer, matron Of
the Berne Qnd.) orphans home, has
been arrested, charged with applying
the faith cure to one of the inmates.
Bradley's bank. at Eldon, Iowa, was
The safe was blown open and
all the funds, from 5000 to $4,000,
taken.
The dead body Of Francis Woln,
who was suspected of the murder Of
his mistress, Mrs. Sprinznik, has been
found in a room on Howard street, San
Francisco.
Louis G. Evans, the Springfield, Ohio,
shows no i'll effects from
his attempt at suicide. His mind is
clear but he Is still confined to the
ihouse.
Miss. Charlotte Brown, a teacher in
"a st. Louis school, was struck in the
face by an unruly pupil and rendered
for forty minutes The
identity of the embryo pugilist could
not be learned, as the victim of the
assault positively refused to give his
name.
Taylor, the noted Missouri outlaw
and murderer, was captured at the
Jacobs ranch near Hanford, Cal. The
sheriff suspected Taylor's identity for
some time and secured employment
for him on the ranch pending investi-
cation. Satisfied as to his identity,
1hessheriff brought him to Jail.
Near bonneville, Ca, woman
named Lizzie Chapman started to
whip one Of her children, when the
youngster ran. The woman ran after
the child and chased it some distance.
Not being able to catch the child she
picked up light wood knot and threw
1t atrthe little one, killing it instantly.
An attempt was made to blow up
the bank building ut Hollidaysburg.
Pa. lately occupied by the firm Of
Gardner, Morrow & Co., private bank
ers. The motive for the crime is as
cribadfto the resentment and hatred Of
some depoeitor. The bank failed last
September.
John r. Breeze, deputy sheriff of
Westminster county, N. Y, has left st.
Louis for home, having in custody Ar
thur Palmer, charged with the murder
Of his mother, brother and sister, near
Larcllmont, n. Y. He had been stop
ping in st. Louis for two weeks under
an alias.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19

Religion becomes ridiculous when q
congregation of only thirteen people,
with only six in condition to pay, takes
upon itself the support Of church and
q minister. The instance in Atchison
has arparallel in almost every town in
the United States. There are too many
churches and too many ministers to
support. Hard times have resulted In
cutting down the number of amuse-
ment halls, the cost of clothes, food,
etc, but have had no effect in cutting
supported. There are a great many
people who imagine that they can't 60
to heaven. unless their path is paved
with debts. incurred. in keeping up q
church.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19
scov1LLE,s CASE.

Ihe War Correspondent to Re Tried
by Civil Law.
washington, Feb. 1.-THE state de-
partment has been notified that the
Spanish authorities will accord Syl-
vester Scoville, the New York World
correspondent arrested in Cuba. a
trial before the civil tribunal. The
trial, however, must take place orig
inally in Santa Spiritus, as the law.
like that of the United States, requires
the proceedings to take place in the
same province where the offense was
committed.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19
COAL 90 PER TON.
"A Department Store Cuts Prices In


"A Department Store Cuts Price. I'm
Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, Feb. 12.-Coal has taken
another drop and is selling for SLIGO
per ton. The department store which
instituted the warfare cut to $1.65, and
some OF the dealers reduced to SLIGO. It
Is said another cut will be made. and
yet fall to $1.25. The department store
has bought $4,000 tons, and the object
Of the coal men in reducing is to com.
pei the sale of that amount mt a great
loss. Coal has not been so cheap i'm
Cincinnati for many years.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19
A SMASH IN GLASS.
Jobbers Finally Bring the Manufac-
tuPerR tn Time.

Jobbers Finally Bring the Manufac-
turers to Time.
Chicago, Feb. 12.-The existence Of
the window glaas trust Is seriously
these companies have been holding
meetings in a vain attempt to come
to an agreement with the jobbers on a
satisfactory basis. At the last regular
monthly meeting a conference was
held with the leading jobbers and re-
bate system arranged, but the jobbers
refused to buy under the system. The
manufacturers went on producing, with
the result that they now have an ac-
emulation of stock which the jobbers
will not touch. while the jobbers them
selves are looking to foreign manufac-
turers for their supplies.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19

A;family living in Susquehanna, Pa,
has a crow that gets drunk on beer.
He steals into the cellar and manages
to break bottle of beer, and drinks
what remains in the bottle. Then he
carries the pieces of the broken bot
tie out Of the window and disposes OF
them so that no trace remains of the
theft. When he presents himself up
stairs ahis gait is unsteady, his voice
Is hoarse, and he looks upon the world
with bloodshot eyes and in an evil
temper.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19

A French specialist in nerve diseases
writing of the number of American
women who are threatened with nerve
prostratfon, and go to Europe as a rest
cure, says: "They breakdown, many
OF them. not from too much BRAIN
work, but brain work in too many di-
sections. The Frenchwoman is salts
lied to be either good mother, a sa-
want, or leader of society. But the
American tries to be all of these At
once"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19

Not a mile of railroad track was laid
last year in Nebraska, South Dakota,
Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona,
New Mexico, Massachusetts,, New
Hsmpsire, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
and only one mile in Kansas.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19
THE "THEATER TRUST,

MT Goodwin and Others start I'm to
Fight 1t.
Kansas City. Feb. 1.-THE Times is
authority for the statement that there
is rebellion in theatrical circles against
the so-called '"Theater Trust or COM
bine, which was organized several
months since. Nat Goodwin, aided by
others equally prominent, has under
taken to organize the profession into n
crusade against the syndicate next
season.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19
HIGH PRICES FOR RARE .oo1Ns.

sale sf the TAArd Part Of the AIonto.
que Enxl4sh Collection.
The third portion Of the collection Of
English coins made by the late MIR.
Hyman Montague has just been sold
in London, the sale taking seven days
and bringing in 1919. The first two
portions of the English collection had
fetched $49,4O8, while the Greek coins
sold for SASS 4,and the Roman gold
coins for $1,000. The gem of this sale
was the JuxOn medal, for which Sd, $50
was obtained. Among the other coins
that brought high prices were a ryal of
Mary l., the queen standing in a ship,
holding sword and seepter, 500; an
angel of Philip and Mary, sos; u
half-crown of the same, $3.50; Eliza
beth. q half-crown. the queen with long
hair. $1S2; a spur ryal $500; a half
crown Of James l., s177.
There were many patter pieces and
unique specimens Of the coinage Of
Charles I. and the Commonwealth.
The Oxford silver pattern crown, with
the king on horseback, brought $64O; q
siege piece. the Portefract gold unity,
5000; another, q Scarborough silver
5-shilling piece, $500; q Bristol gold
unit, $126; an Oxford gold f3 piece,
$3.50; Shrewsbury silver pound, Sly;
q Beeetoh Castle silver 18-pence, $1Gtf;
two pattern breads, $50 each; q silver
half-crown. with the King ON horse
back, $2O5; q pattern penny, $36; q
crown by Briot, $212.
Cromwell's coins were nearly all pat
tern pieces. Cromwell's crown of
1868. with the bust of the Protector
and the inscription, "Has nisi periturus
mihi adimat nemo," brought $76O; q
50-shilling gold piece, 1866, also by 81.
mon, 1867; half-broad, of the same
year. with milled edge, $3.50: silver
2-shilling piece, $50; q 6-pence piece.
1858, 500. The Simon petition crown
of Charles H., 1868, fetched $3.50;
the silver crown with the inscription.
"Deddite Quae Caesars Caesari,"
$780, and the same, in pewter, 1915;
pattern crown, by Roeltier, with the
arms OF England and France quar-.
tered, 1868, $3.50; another, with the
arms on separate shields, $500; q s.
shilling piece by Simon, $172; q 2.
guinea piece of 1876, $222. The highest
price paid for a coin Of James II. was
ES3, for 5-guinea piece of 1886, with
elephant and castle; 1926 was given
for 6-pence and a shilling and half
Of William III; $144 for a 5-guinea
piece of Queen Anne before the union
with Scotland. and STA for guinea of
the same period, while a shilling Of
LOO brought $88.-New York Sun.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19

| Remarkable as 1t may seem. the
heaviest contributor to the expenses
Of the recent presidential campaign
was the United States government.
The amount of eampafyn literature
sent through the mails free on the
franks of the congressman would have
cost $10,000.0 900 in postage stamps I'M
der other circumstances. To- this
must be added $4,000 as the cost
Of sending out information from the
various departments In response to
campaien demands. making total Of
Sl6. 0O0. 900 that Uncle Sam 10 out Of
socket.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19
Reforms for Indiana.

Washington, Feb. ~. = The senate
committee on appropriations has prac-
tically decided to amend the Indian
appropriation bill by adding a provis-
ion prepared by Senator Pettigraw in
lieu of the action of the committee on
Indian affairs some days ago providing
for reforms in Indian Territory.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19
Duestroyv,. Reoue.t Den,.a

Duestrow's Request Denied.
Jefferson City, Mo-, Feb. 1.-THE SUI
preme court has overruled the motion
filed by Duestrow's attorneys for an
order on division No. 2 Of the supreme
court to compel the trans fer of the case
to- court Ell banc.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19

When we are children, we would
rather be whipped than apologize for
anything; after we get older we would
rather apologize for anything than be
whipped.