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Evening journal., 1897-11-22
TRACING THE FAKE
BOSTON MEN ANGRY OVER TIE
STORY OF THE GAS DEAL.

lIl4 OA4rAiNl TIA II Il4Ao OOn
PROMISED THEM, AND THEY
ARE DETERMINED TO HAVE AN
EXPLANATION-SUSPECT AN OF
FICER OF THE COMPANY AND
HIS SUPPOSED AGENT.
Boston, Mass, Nov. 2O.-A quiet in
vestigation is in progress here, the OBJ
ject of which is to ferret out the per-
sons responible for the origination and
dissemination Of the story sent out from
Wilmington, Del, on Tuesday night
last, purporting to give an account OF
an important deal in the equities of the
Bay State Gas Company. The parties
conducting the investigation are men
directly interested in the Bay State Gas
Company. They are making the inves-
tition on personal grounds, and a report
current in financial circles gives warn
ing of a sensation at some end of the
company if the result of their investi
cation confirms their suspicion.
The story current here lays the blame
FOR the circulation of Tuesday nights
story at the feet of an officer of the Bay
State Gas Company and a man sup
posed to be his agent One of the mer
concerned in the investigation claim:
the story has seriously compromised
him in his business affairs, and he has
resolved to sift it to the bottom. Other
perons, affected by the story, hav,
taken individual steps TO get a full ant
satisfactory explanation of the circula
tion Of the story of the fictitious deal
The concensus of opinion among thos,
who were affected by the report of tn,
fictitious deal is that it has impaired
their interests in the Bay State Com
pany and seriously injured the prospect.
of a future consolidation. The report /,
regarded in financial circles as either al
attempt to put up another job on tn,
stock market, or bluff" string to sew
eral persons in this city holding tn,
companys securities.
The outcome of the investigation Il
eagerly awaited here. as It is expected
someone win be made to go through +,
sweat"
The report referred to in the abov
Is that sent out from this city las
Tuesday night, saying that ait q meet
ing OF the directors Of the pay Stat
Gas Company, Of Delaware, in this city
that morning. the equities were sold L
The rich Emmett Mcmillan synd cate, q
New York. fer S5 600 000
Evening journal., 1897-11-22
|INHOSPITABLE TREATMENT.

|INHOSPITABLE TREATMENT.
|he Bear football team came here on
|urday and played a good game
Inst the c. A. c. team, but was de
ed by a score of 20 to 0. While the
be was being played, some practiea
ar entered the armory of Company
where the visitors had left their
hes, and tied up their trousers and
|ls. The pockets of Frank Tunis
Of the Bear men, were rified.
Evening journal., 1897-11-22
THE RECEPTION ABANDONED

SPARE ENOUGH TIME FROM
THEIR EAGER PUPILS.
1t is probable that the New Castle
County Teachers Institute, to be held
in the Opera House here, beginning
December Z, will not open with for
NAL reception TO the visiting teachers
by the entire faculty OF the New Castle
schools.
This social function connected with
the institute will, therefore, be left cut.
The fact is, the visiting teachers find
that December is such a short month
that They cannot spare the time to get
here fer amy more than the two days
demanded by law.
Evening journal., 1897-11-22

1t may save trouble to examine your
purchase before it is wrapped. Then
you can be certain that you get what
you ask fer. and not a substitute.
Evening journal., 1897-11-22

Weather Probabilities.
Fair and colder; northwesterly winds.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-09-14
PROFESSOR PRICE.
The Circus Camp Follower Runs
Against Dom PauIs Police.

The Circus Camp Follower Runs
Against Dom Paurs Police.
Price, the balloon man, who
struck Honolulu along with
Wirth's circus, and after that con.
Germ got away started the "Hswai-
ian" circus-which ended in
cloud of dust and a shower of ex-
ecutions-has turned up, and been
turned down, at Johannesburg in
the Transvaal. 1t would appear
that Price had tried to run some
bunko scheme and been shown up
by the Transvaal Critic, journal
got up in the style of London
Truth. Theu our fresh Uitlander
undertook to intimidate the edi.
tor, who tells the sequel in his
leading article thus:
upon Wednesday morning the
Second Criminal Landdrost, Mr..
ID. j. Schuurman, passed sentence
upon Professor (O William James
Price, a balloonist, who was upon
the previous Monday charged be
fore him with the use of abusive
language towards myself and with
assault. Mr.. Schuurman, after
pointing out that the accused was
guilty upon his own confession
and that, if he had been libelled,
he had his remedy at law, either
by way of criminal information or
a civil action, mulcted Price in
fine of 81 los, with the alterna-
tive of a fortnight's Imprisonment.
He further ordered Price TO sign
a bail bond before the Public Pro.
secutor, together with two sure
ties of eos each, to keep the peace
for six months, or, in default,
undergo further fortnight's i'm
prisonment."
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-09-14

The immigrants, mostly Chi
nese, who arrived in the Gaelic
on September 3 have been oppor-
toned to the plantations as fol-
lows: Kolos Sugar Company,
50 men and % women; Pioneer
Mill Company, rs men, 8 women
and 3 children; Olowalu Sugar
Company, Z men and l woman;
Meier & Kruse, IL men, 3 women
and l child; Oahu Sugar Com.
psny, Il men and 6 women; Eva
Plantation Company, 2 men; Ho-
nokaa Sugar Company, II men
and 4 women; Pacific Sugar Mill,
II men and 4 women; Kahuku,
rs men and 5 women; Mskee
Sugar Company, q men and 6
women.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-09-14
CRITICS HERE AND THERE.

Little wonder that a declared
enemy OF republicanism in Ha-
waii, like Harper's Weekly, should
be grossly unfair to the Hawaiian
Governmental discussing the dis
pute with Japan, when there are
prominent citizens Of Honolulu
who stubborDly refuse to look at
the facts of the same matter, while
spitefully proclaiming to their
naigbbors that this Cove, nment
j. in the wrong and will be made
to suffer. When even some who
profess to be friendly to the Gov
eminent damn Its case by sneak
ing expressions of hope that it
may make good its position, and
do all they can to discredit its de.
Tenders by cbaracterizing their
statements of plain facts as pre-.
sUmptUous attempts to settle intri.
cate questions of international
law. lie ever there was pre-.
judging of case it is glar-
ingly shown in the attitude of
our own malcoutent5 regarding
this matter. Ii ever there was an
instance of being wounded in the
house of ones friends, it is found
in the treatment this Government
is receiving, with regard to the
same matter, from reputed sup
pJrters who affect wisdom
superior to the consideration of
any facts presented for giving a
clear conception of the questions
Involved in that matter. The
latest freak in this line is to ad.
vocete the publishing of "a full
and concise statement of the points
involved" and to state that "no
one clearly understands" the case,it
being IAN intricate atfair"-both
these ideas being uttered within
the space of nine lines. Who,
indeed, is to perform the task of
preparing "a full and concise
statement" of IAN intricate affair,
which no one clearly under
stands?"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-09-14
HONOLULU EAR1oR

l. Flrst-class Yacht Race. First
prize, $50; second, S25.
2. Six oareo Sliding-seat BARGE,
Prize, $40
3. Tub Race. Prize, So.
4. Steamer Boat Race, First
prize, S25; second, SIS; third, $40
8. Swimming Race GOO yardsJ J.
Trophy,
6. Six-Paddle Canoe Race.
First prize, SIS; second, So.
Z. Japanese Fishing Boat Race.
Prize, $25.
INTERMIssIoN FOR LUNCH.
8. Second-class Yacht Race.
First prize, $40; second, $50.
9. Four = cared Sliding seat
Barge Race. First prize, $50;
second, SIS.
10. Diving Contest, For Dis.
lance. Prize, IS.
IL. Five-oared Whaleboat Race.
First prize, $50; second, SO.
IL. Two-oared Shore Boat Race.
Prize, $40.
Ii. Chinese Fishing Boats.
Prize, S25.
IA. Half-mile Swimming Con-
test. Trophy.
10. Twelve cared Barge Race
for men = of = war boats onlyl.
Prize, $50.
16. Six-oared Gig Race station
airy seats]. First prize, $50; sec
ond, $40.
II. Six cared Barge Race.
Prize, S25.
Is. Sailing Canoe Race. First
prize, SIS; second, IS.
Races open to all; no entry fee.
Swimming, diving and tub races
entries open till the start of the
races.
All rowing races are to be gov.
erned by the Racing Rules of the
Hawaiian Rowing Association.
For the other races entries
must be made to the Secretary of
the Regatta Committee, Mr..
Charles s. Crane, at Pacific Hard
ware Company. Entries close
Thursday, September l6, at l pm.
Each entry shall include the
name of the boat, or if it have
none, the name of the person who
enters it in the race.
For further information, apply
to the Chairman, Mr.. G. b. Gray,
or the Secretary. 7ll-4t
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-09-14
timely Topics
Sept. 6, 1897.

The Russell Staple Fuller
and Wire SpIicer is a drop
forged tool, made of Black
Diamond tool steel; and is six
useful tools in one, weighs
about one pound and can be
carried in the hip pocket with
ease.
Besides the six tools it can
be used for various other pur-
poses, which suggest them
selves as necessity demands.
The six tools are as follows:
I. A double staple puller,
rails, etc.
2. A double wire cutter,
and the best made.
3. A double hammer, and
no danger of its breaking.
4. A good wire splicer for
any kind of wire, barbed wire
included.
5. A good pair of pinchers
with long leverage.
6. A good monkeywrenCh
for ploWS, machines, etc.
1t is good for tightening
slack wire, by grasping the
wire in the jaws Of splicer and
pressing handle to right or left
until it bends the wire, mov-
ing on from place to place,
until you have it tight enough.
The Russell Staple Fuller
and wire Splicer is admitted to
be the handiest tool made for
rancherS, farmers, etc, and has
an immense sale in the States
and wherever it is introduced.
Call and see it at
THE
Hawaiian Hardware Co,
LIMITED,
NO. 307 FORT STREET,
Opposite .Spreckels' Bank.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-09-14

Perhaps japan will try to justi-
fly her treatment of Chinese immi-
grants in Formosa, elsewhere re-
ported, by what she deems the
bad example of Hawaii with her
own folk.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-09-14
Per Australia ON lee.

Peaches, Pears, Grapes, Plums,
Apples, Ounces, Celery, Cauli-
flower, Cabbages and Horseradish.
III. Il. MCINTYRE q BRo.
Telephone 81.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-09-14

OF course there are difficulties
in the case. Scarcely anything
else could be expected where there
Is involved the Interpretation of a
treaty twenty-six years old this
very month, made between two
countries whose domestic politics
have both been revolutionized in
that period, and between whom,
moreover, supplementary COM
pact was made eleven years ago
bearing upon the very subject that
is the ground of the presen! dis
pute. But the position of this
Government has been clearly
stated, both in detail as it devel-
oped and in mass when it culmin-
ated in the offer of arbitration.
Hawaii submits that the treaty of
1871 does not authorize unlimited,
promiscuous immigration of Japa.
nese into this country. Also, that
the immigration of japanese
invited by Hawaii in the COM
pact OF 1886 must be by con-
tract as the instrument detin-
itely and positively provides.
Also, that the "most favored ma
ton clause" in the treaty of 1871
should not operate to prevent Ha-
wall from regulating the immi-
grafton of Japanese by domestic
laws that apply equally to the i'm.
migration of all nationalities.
That is the whole matter in that
regard, and volume could not
make it any clearer. Perhaps this
Government is wrong in each and
all OF these positions assumed. At
all events its motive is right, be-
ing simply TO prevent ga peaceful
conquest" of Hawaii by the sub
jects of Japan. And if its case be
adjudged bad by the arbitrator, it
will not be the first time that
nation has been placed in Difficult
ty by treaty entered into for its
supposed benefit, and being such
until time has brought about cir
cumstances that render it other
wise. Only the other day Great
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-09-14


friendly commercial overtures,
denounced her com mercial treaties
with Germany and Belgium. So
much for the legal aspects of the
question.
There are questions of fact as
well as of law involved. Here,
too, the Government cannot be
accused of generating any cloud
OF mystery to obscure the issues.
Although the public has not all
the facts in its possession, it is
because they are too voluminous.
They exist in memorandum books
and many quires OF legal
cap in the Foreign Office,
which contain the record
of the Governments specific treat
ment OF japanese subjects seeking
admission to this country. Such
facts are only important in the
event of decision that the treaties
with Japan do not authorize the
unconditional admission of as
many japanese subjects as choose
to come, or that it may suit the In.
terests of emigration companies in
Japan to send to this country. In
case of such a decision the facts
referred to will become of the first
importance. They will constitute
the evidence as to whether or not
this Government, i'll passing upon
the qualifications of japanese to
land, went beyond the powers that
it may be acknowledged to possess
in dealing with intending immi-
grants of all other nationalities.
With reference to the specific ques-
ton of damages for aggrieved sub
jects of Japan, this evidence will
;have'a-bearing in showing whether
any who really had a right to land
-uRder the general immigration
laws-were prevented from land
ing. This Government has dis
played its good faith in
these matters by offering to
submit the facts as we'll as the
law of the whole question to arbi-
tration. The latest phase of the
difficulty is the apparent disincli-
nation of the Japanese Govern
ment to have all of the Hawaiian
case submitted to arbitration, it
presuming on the contrary to give
the dictum that any the slightest
control Hawaii may assume over
immigration is a viola
ton of treaty stipulations.
With regard to the enmity of |
Harper's Weekly, there is no oc-
casion for sackcloth and ashes.
That journal of civilization"-as
it calls itself-has been like Sam
son shorn of his locks of strength |
ever since it betrayed the cupidity
of it's owners, thereby also its own
mercenary character, by its i'm.
placable opposition to James G.
Blaine after that statesman had |
secured other publishers than
Harper & Brothers for his famous
book. 1t comes from near home |
also, at this time, that Harper's
Weekly is not pecuniarily disin-
terested in its inimical attitude to-
ward the Republic of Hawaii and
the cause of annexation. That its
influence is not really great, as it
was when it did good service in
the Tammany tiger quar-
ter of a century ago,is evident from
the fact that its prevailing tone is
one of bitter disappointment over |
its counsels disregarded in affairs.
''We have piped unto you, and ye
have not danced; we have mourn
ed, and we have not lamentedw is
the burden of Harper's cry today.
And it is pity, for in some
as civil service re-
form-it has apparently not vet
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-09-14

Britain, for the sake of meeting
her chief dependency hallway in
friendly commercial overtures,
denounced her commercial treaties
with Germany and Belgium. So
much for the legal aspects of the
question.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-19
Chicago,

row board laid lengthwise in the CEN
ter of freight cars and used for the
purpose it's name signifies, to run, to
walk upon-and caught it, losing his
lantern as he did SO.
Mon Dieu, [ shall be keeled!" eX-
claimed the poor fellow.
''Reckless JIM and his fireman
noticed that Henri's lantern had dis
appeared; but this was such a COM
mon happening to brakemen that it
did not cause them a second thought.
An experienced brakeman could get
along without a lantern, and they
thought any one could.
Henri's fall injured him quite Sc
verely. His nerve and presence of
mind were deserving him; he was los
ing his grip on the running-board.
His hands felt benumbed, the injured
one being the first to become useless.
The train was rushing down the in
cline at terrific speed. The rear
brakemen and conductor could do
but little to avoid the catastrophe
that they were sure awaited them.
Henri vaguely heard the engineers
frantic whistle signals, then he com
menced to slide from the roof of the
car. He was too much exhausted to
was surprised when he came to sud
den stop on the very edge of the roof.
A stout nail, started by the frost, pro-
truded an inch or SO, and had caught
in his coat, holding him suspended III
the air. He hung at just about the
height from the ground at which the
steel mailbag arm is placed on a gov
eminent railroad postal car.
This new development restored his
faculties, and rapid indeed was the
thinking done by the unfortunate
french man. To the best of his rec
O1lCCCIOlI IlC 1IOII CIC 1lolII IOI
about ten minutes, expecting at
every moment to be thrown into space
and meet with sure death. At the eX-
piration of this time things took an
other unexpected turn.
Some mischievous boy had dropped
the mail catcher at small station
where mail trains did not stop unless
signalled, placing it in the proper
position to catch a mail bag from a
passing train. 1t caught Henri Bap-
tiste ST. Jacques instead.
The sudden stop gave him a ire
mendous shock, and it would no
doubt have meant instant death to
him had he not been protected by his
clothing, which had been made as stiff
as an armor of steel by the coating of
ice that had formed on it. AS soon as
he could gather his much scattered
wits, he realized that his life had been
saved in a most miraculous manner.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-19

The long train went rushing, roaring,
past him, and several times did his
heels rattle against the side of some
car little wider than the ordinary
one. Once he received such a blow on
the right foot that his whole body
was Jared. When the rear portion
of the train whizzed by him he
thought he heard his two companions
wildly yelling to each other,-
"Jump!'
1t was the work of only a moment
for Henri to disentangle himself from
the catcher" and drop to the ground,
very much surprised, Inundated,
confused and thankful young man.
He ruefully surveyed his much torn,
rough suit of clothing, his lacerated
hands, by the light Oh a match, and
then, always considerate of others, he
looked in the direction of the train.
What was that he saw-and heard?
On the rear end of the ''caboose"
were displayed the usual signals, two
green, two red and two white lights.
They trembled as though violently
shaken, and climbed up, up, till
they seemed to his excited magma
ton to be twenty feet above the track.
Then there was borne to his ears first
a dull roar, afterward crashing as
Of innumerable timbers being crushed
in the jaws of some huge monster.
Henri rushed toward the scene of
disaster. The train had been wrecked.
Twenty cars had been literally torn to
atoms. A draw-bar had been pulled
out at the forward end of the tenth
car from the engine, and acting as a
pry had dumped that car, nineteen
more following it.
careful search revealed the sense
less forms of his two companions ly-
ing beside the track They had jump
ed before the accident occurred. They
were unhurt, and soon recovered con-
seriousness. BY that time fire had
broken out in the mass of wreckage.
The caboose stove and lamps had been
overturned. The three unfortunates
could do nothing to save property
They sat on a fence near by, very
discOnsOlate trio indeed.
"Monsieur Zhones, | am of zee
opinion Eat [ hav better stop, geef up,
quit, you call it," said Henri, in my
office the next day, where an investi.
cation into the accident was being
held by the Casualty Board. And he
dido. Henry Santamoure in Wa
verley Magazine.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-19

Last week the county commission
ers of Alachua county paid to forty
one paupers So each, two, S. each,
three, "a each and eleven, So each
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-05-19

NOW let NE give you SOLlc lNcd Ol
the nature of trip to s.. The
road for the first eighteen miles was
up steep grade, for the next thir-
ty-siX down a more precipitous one.
You know what that means? A lot of
work putting on and letting off
brakes, especially while going down
the hill, and there are level places,
sharp curves and even little rises. 1t
is easy to understand that were not
good Judgment used in the gauging
of the speed of the train under such
circumstances, the couplings between
cars would surely be snapped when
the front portion of the train dropped
down the further side ia little rise
in the track while the other portion
was still toiling upward To "break
in two" is serious affair. For unless
great caution is observed, after it has
occurred, the two different sections
are likely to come together and smash
things generally.
Henri was put on duty on the for
ward end of the long train, thar being
the least important position. At
B, ten miles east from the start
ing point, the engineer gave the sig
nal that they would take water. Hen
ri had been instructed as to how this
was done, but he became confused,
and pulled the rope that opened the
valve before letting down the spout,
with the result that he was nearly
drowned. The fact that his clothing
had become thoroughly soaked did
not by any means tend to add to his
equanimity or physical comfort; for
now he would have to finish the trip
encased in suit of ice armor. His
After he had received considerabl"
good-natured chaff the train started,
with Henri standing on the front car
as erect as statue. Only eight miles
further up was c., the top of the
grade, called 1.-The summit by the
train men, owing to it's being the
highest point on the road. Here the
train received orders. Clear track to
A. The men were also told to
hurry, as a special passenger train
was on the way westward, and the
train dispatcher wished them to reach
A before the special did, in order
not to delay the latter.
Down the hill they started. 1t was
a cloudy night, dark as ink. The en-
gineer told Henri that he would give
him whistle signals when to put on
or let off brakes, how many he should
put on at one time, and so forth.
They had not proceeded more than
four or five miles before the train had
gained a momentum of probably
twenty-five miles an hour. This was
only ordinary speed, but to Henri, do
ing his best to prevent the wind gen
Grated by the speed of the train from
sweeping him off his feet, it seemed
terrific.
The speed increased; the cars COM
menced to rock perceptibly and gave
sudden mrches forward; there were
equally sudden checks when level
spots in the tracks were reached. Hen
ri was hanging on to a brake wheel