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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-07
A SCHEME OF J1NeoEs AND JoBBERs

Let us FIST settle the tariff, the
currency question, the reciprocity
question, the Cuban question, auo
the other matters winch confront
us The ouly trouble in Hawaii is
that the white men who robbed the
natives OF their government ar,
afraid OF being overtaken by retribu
ton. The scheme OF Hawaiian an
nexation ia supported mainly b,
jingoes and jobbers. With Hawai-
as an American territory shlpload i.
Of carpet bsggers would go out IL
hold federal Office and pu-h tn
natives TO the wall eve. more closely
than the original colonists did,
PHILADELPHIA Ledger Qnd Rep
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-07
A NEW RACE PROBLEM.

We have more than enough race
problems in this country now. The
white men OF Hawaii wish to rule
he land. AS an independent gov
ernment they can so frame laws AZ
10 insure their supremacy. But un.
der the broad principle Of manhood
lights that prevails, theoretically, al
asst, in the United States, they
could not. Under our constitutes
he majority would have to rul,
b. it white or black Hawaii woult,
therefore, either become a state il
white supremacy was maintained by
d-fyinR the law, ss is done in mo
OF our Southern states, or would be
turned over to the native populatiuI
which is less advanced III civil zetiou
than our Sout hern Bu6aio
EGpresS Republican,.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-07

A SUGAR PLANTERS SCHEME

AS long as Hawaiian sugar plant.
ers could get their sugar into the
United States free OF charge under
he Reciprocity Treaty, they wer,
sstisfied When there came a pros
ect If the abrogatinn of this one
ided arrangement, they put the
shrewd diplomats at work to secure
annexation. In tweuty.one year,
we have made little coterie OF Tor
aign sugar planters in the Hawaiian
Islands enormously wealthy by
granting them special privileges
When the treaty was FIRST negotiated
10y the late Fernando Wood, who
was the chairman OF the committee
nn foreign relations OF the House of
Representatives, it was generally un
derstood that it was job. At that
time an Englishmau who was inter.
"sted ia Hawaiian plantations re-
markell that it was 'the biggest
title thing in existence" The argu
ment OF political considerations has
been skilfuliy used to Influence
President Mckinley aud some Of our
patriotic Senators aud Represent a
tives in Congress. VI politically it
is regarded against public policy to
acquire Cuoa, which is the key to
Gulf of Mexico aud all the states
lying thereon, how can it he regard
ed necessary to own acoaliDg at alton
on the Pacific Ocean, thousands Of
miles away, with diverse and dis
cordant population possessing no
lies of consanguinity or interest ?
If ever there was case when we
should beware Of foreign entangle
menta, this is one.-Ihe american
@, ocer.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-07

k'ud, aud equally undesirable peo-
pie, by our tide Of immigration, APP
parently without charge beyond the
cost OF keeping them in the aims
houses, aud suppressiug their riot
GUS proceedings in law abiding Am
erican communities. There is a
unique feature of the population of
9Awaii, however, that may add to
is value. 1t embraces almost every
Glass and condition excepting the
classes and conditions which arc
most desired for American citizen
ship.-Phiiadelphia Times Qad. Dem }
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-07-07
TROUBLE ENOUGH NOW.

The people OF the United States
do not need more territory. They
have trouble enough on their hands
now, without buying or annexing
any. = Providence Teieoro&. Cd moor tic)
"THs TAKING IN OF THE UNITED STATES"
In return for taking ,hese islands
into the Union either as a territory
with full territorial rights or as a
county and congressional district Of
California, we ate told that the
United States will gain several thou
sand acres Of land (wre'ted from the
na,ives) which will more than off -et
the public debt to be assumed by
this country. On the other hand,
this country is expected to receive
into full citizenship thousands Of
unassimilated islanders, more I'M
fitted for citizenship, large pro-
portion of them, than the inhabit-
ants Of the rotten borough states of
the West, even. The treaty should
bs entitled "a compact for the TAX
ing in OF the United States by Ha-
VALID, troH Free Press (Ind. Dem }
UNDESIRABLE CITIZENS.
BY the annexation of Hawaii we
shall increase the population of the
Uuited States to the extent OF &c.
800 at cos of only 100000, little
less than $50 ahead. This may be
deemed a high price to pay for in
crease of population, considering
that We get thousands Of the same
The herald., 1897-03-11
DEAF MUTES IN COURT
An Interesting Trial In Progress Before JUST
lea Owens

An interesting case was on trial ne
fore Police Judge owens yesterday
both the complaining witness and de-
fen6ants being deaf mutes. william
Cook, Robert d. Livingston and Sarah
Cook were charged with the embezzle-
ment CT a dozen chickens. one chopping
bowl and knife,a case Of sewing machine
attachments, a pincushion and pair
of scissors. The three defendants wers
once before up charged with petty lar
ceny for the same offense, but were dis.
charged.
Ward claims that he left the aforesaid
property in the care of the defendants,
ard that it was never returned to him
This Is denied in toto, and all day yes
terday the controversy waged, witness
after witness being examined on both
sides. The services % an interpreter
were called into requisitiontoe to enable the
court to understand several of those
who testified, and a large and appar~
emily appreciative crowd CT spectators
closely watched all the proceedings. At
the hour Of adjournment the case haa
not been concluded, and went over until
today.
The herald., 1897-03-11
A Diamond Set In O Shoe Heel

A very interesting experiment in the
fascinating science of telepathy. vouch-
ed for as being sure to come out right"
by such high authority as Hudson, au-
thor of THE Law of Psychic Phenome-
ma" and other works of the some order,
may be tried at any time by our readers.
Let a circle be formed by a few persons
Joining hands, and one member of the
circle being secretly blindfolded, that is.
in such a way that he will enter into
darkness so dense that it may "be felt"
To secure this desired thick darkness,
fold kid glove into several thicknesses,
and place like pad one over each eye,
with an ample handkerchief bound
tightly ever all ard around the head.
Now let a card be selected at random
from a pack, taking great care that no
one sees any other card of the pack,
even for an instant, then place where
all can see II, except, of course, the
blind man. The rest of the circle must
nov fix their minds and gaze upon the
card with every bit of earnestness they
have in their nature. In the meantime
the blind man must put himself into a
quiet. passive, "Barkis is willin' state
of mind. He will soon begin to see
(scientific authority for this, remember),
indistinct objects floating in the dark
ness; soon they will begin to take sad
owy shape. then disappear take more
definite form, and finally the card Sc
lected will appear. Mr.. Hudson declares
that out of the six in the company, when
he witnessed this experiment. each
scored a sufficient number of successes
to remove the result from the domin OF
coincidence. 1t is we'll to bear in mind
that sometimes the information is con-
veyed from one mind to another allegor-
ically. for instance, during the evening
mentioned the ten of diamonds apeared
as ten flashing diamonds. p
The herald., 1897-03-11

act more sensibly in these matters. Cost
Iy experience having taught that the
public is always the loser in the long
run, the authorities prohibit compete
ton in public service supply but safe
guard the interests of the consumer by
making rate reductions compulsory
whenever the dividends exceed stated
sum or percentage. The wisdom of this
excellent policy Is shown in repeated
reductions In rates, In the improved
quality of the service, and in the large
sums constantly expended for improve
ments that tend to lower cost of produc-
tion or to increase the efficiency of the
service.
OF course 1t is an easy matter to con-
ciude that where the rates of the new
company are fixed by the terms of the
franchise and in accordance with the de-
sire of the applicant, that the public
must necessarily be br Gifted by compe-
tition, If as good servi., as is now given
Is supplied at the lower rate. But If the
new company finds that 1t cannot secure
an income from the rates allowed by
the ordinance sufficient to justify the ex-
penditure necessary to operate and
maintain a service that will be salts
factory to the consumer then 1t can in
crease the rates regardless of any pro-
hibitory clause in the ordinance granting
the franchise. For the higher courts
have held that where a city council
passes an ordinance fixing the price for
form of public service at rate that ex-
perience has shown cannot cover the
cost of production and yield a fair re-
turn on the investment. then such an
ordinance is fraudulently passed. and
imposes no obligation upon the company
accepting 1t, though 1t may leave the
company in possession of a valuable
and unconditional franchse.-Fred Da
Land in Electrical Engineering.
The herald., 1897-03-11
A Society Woman Who Studied L,x

An interesting incident of last week
which proves that all society women
are not necessarily idlers or deficient in
brain power was the admittance to the
New York bar as a full fledged lawyer
In good standing of Mrs. RoSart Miles
Gignoux, the charming wife of a man
who is himself we'll known in the legal
profession. Mrs. Gignoux. who is the
daughter of DR.. E. P. Fowler, was mar
ried little more than two years ago
and Is only 23 years old.
Mrs. Gignoux and Miss Pauline Kuhlke
were the only women in a class of eighty
three men, all of whom passed success
fully the February examination-New
York Herald
The herald., 1897-03-11
UNEMPLOYED WOMEN
One Hundred and Ten In 0rievous Need OF
Assistance

ASSsStouCe
AT the free labor bureau for unem-
ployed women there were thirty-five
applications for employment yesterday.
making 40 in ALL Unfortunately, there
are very few orders left for work, and the
large majority must be turned away to
SO hungry until trose who need help
come to their aid.
Seventy-five of the cases applying are
found to be exceptionally worthy. There
is pressing need for plain sewing to be
taken to the homes. Those who have
window cleaning, washing, ironing,
sweeping, housecleaning or any kind of
domestic service to hire will do be-
nevolent and praiseworthy act to leave
their names with the ladies in the south
room on the ground floor of the Muske-
gon block. A woman was hired yester-
day to clean house by family; the
luncheon she sat down to at noon was
the first food she had tasted for day
and half.
1t is suggested by the ladies that per-
sons employing women to worl( should
provide something to eat before the
days labor begins, as many who may
be hungry feel a delicacy in making
their sufferings known.
There is an especially pressing need
for something to do for elderly women.
from whom there are many applicat tions.
People hiring help are apt to consider
elderly people lacking in strength for
ordinary domestic duties, consequently
there is much suffering among this class
of persons.
There is cry of want. hunger and
suffering from those willing and anx-
ious to work "Come and help us" Is,
the appeal from the woman's free labor
bureau.
The herald., 1897-03-11
One Hundred and Seventy Men
Working at the Park
THE REGISTRATION STOPPED
Five Hundred Heads Of Families Want
Work
The Woman's Free Labor Bureau Wants
Work and Sewing for the Destitute
and Deserving

The boulevard at the entrance to Ely
sian park has widened considerably and
begins to show the effect of the work
done this week. 1t requires good deal
of shoveling to dig driveway fifty feet
wide out of the side of hill, and the
ground being damp and heavy 1t VIII be
some time before much of showing can
be made. There were 175 men at work
Yesterday and by Saturday it is intended
to have 300 employed.
Graders are busy between the car
track and the hill, grading and leveling
the ground.
A. THOUSAND NAMES
At the free labor bureau registration
stopped yesterday. There are over looV
names on the books and work cannot be
furnished at present for all who apply
or that number more than 800 names are
on the Great Register and over 800 are
heads of families.
THE RELIEF FUND
The relief fund was enlarged yesterday
with subscription of $50 from President
J. M. Elliott of the First National bank,
and a considerable sum contributed by
the employees. d. - SoihPpN' "
the rooms of the Merchants and Man
ufacturers' association, handed the sec
retary s25 and wanted to know why ne
had not been waited upon. The commit
tee visited the Meek Baking company
and were agreeably surprised to learn
that the employees had, unsolicited
drawn up a petition and circulated IL
among themselves, the returns from
which will be sent in in few days. The
petition reads as follows
LOS ANGELES. Cal, March Q, 1897
Recognizing the fact that there are many
unemployed and worthy people In this city
who are suffering for the necessities Oh lie,
and. further, seing that many persons
have responded to the call for the nran. unem,
have been put to work to beauty our
parks.
Now, therefore, we. the employees of the
Meek Baking Co.. agree to give the pro-
ceeds OF one days work for the benefit OF
those of our brothers more unfortunate
than ourselves. We also request that the
secretary of the Meek Baking Co. pay the
same to the secretary of the Merchants and
Manufacturers association.
The herald., 1897-03-11
MAxEY CASE POSTPONED
Prosecuting Witnesses Come Into Court at
iatc Hour

Prosecuting Witnesses Come Into Court at a
Late Hour
Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock had
been set as the date for the trial Of Wal
lace Maxey, the youth who couple Of
weeks ago brutally beat a young girl
named Lena Miller on Main street For
this Maxey was charged with battery,
the case having once been continues!
When it was called Maxey was in court,
but the principal witnesses fer the prose-
cution was not, although they had been
subpoenaed. Nothing remained to do
but continue the matter again, which
was done. 1t going down for the 18th in
stant at $3.50 a. m.
Late in the forenoon the missing wit
nesses turned up, claiming to have made
a mistake in the hour set for hearing.
They were Informed of the new date set
for trial and charged to be on hand ut
the stated time. From remarks let fail
1t would appear that Miss Miller is now
averse to prosecuting Maxey, and the
burden of pushing the case Will rest oil
the arrestng officer, Long.
The herald., 1897-03-11
BARRON BOUNDED AWAY
Would Not Stay Arrested on an Embex.
zlem:nt Charge
Captured at Fourth and r1aln Streets tie Olives
Policeman the Siip-Sprintinx
Down a Dark Alley

Jacob Barron. for whose arrest war;
rent alleging embezzlement has been in
the hands of the police for several
months, was arrested last night at the
corner of Fourth and Main streets by
Officer Richardson, but unfortunately
would not stay caught, and by reason
of being a better sprinter than the po-
liceman. eventually made his escape.
Barron was formerly employed as So
llcitor for dye house, and is alleged 10
hs.ve collected money for work which he
converted to his own use and failed to
turn over to his employer.
At the time the warrant was issued
Barron left town and could not be To-
Gated His photograph was in the pos
session of the police, however, and about
II o'clock last night Richardson. while
patrolling his beat, ran across Barron
standing at the Van Nuys corner. He
Immediately placed the fellow under al
rest and started across the street to the
Westminster hotel to send telephone
message for the patrol wagon. Both ofh-
Ger and prisoner entered the door OF the
hotel, Barron stopping a couple of feet
inside the portal while Richardson took
a step toward the clerl-c. the desk, ask
ing him to call up Main 80, the ponce
station.
During the brief instant that the off,
GERS back was turned, Barron made
break for liberty, boiling out OF the door
and down Fourth street toward Los
Angeles. Richardson followed, but was
impeded in running by his heavy over
coat Turning down the alley which
runs between Main and Los Angeles
streets Barron ran like deer to Fifth.
thence down to Los Angeles and doubled
back toward Fourth street, finally get
ting clear away in the darkness. The
officer made an unsuccessful hunt Tor
him, going to the place where Barron
formerly resided on Winston street only
to find the premises vacant and "Te
Let" sign near the door.
1t is probable that Barron had but
just returned to the city after an abb
sence of a couple of months, thinking
that probably the recollection OF his mis-
dolngs had blown over. Now that he
has been spotted 1t is not thought he can
long escape arrest even though he has
shown himself slippery ustomer Of
ficer Richardson feels particularly cut
up over the escape, as 1t is the first priso-
ner in his long service on the force who
ever maraged to get away from him.
The herald., 1897-03-11
Street B..tr.xn with f,ss

Although Friday was fish day, patrons
of Butchers Jacob Hessinger and Fred
erick Jeim were obliged to forego fish
dinners. Hessinger and Jeim made their
regular weekly trip Thursday night to
the markets in the lower part of the
city and loaded their wagon with cod
smelts, halibut. bluefish and shad of
choice and other qualities. Neverthe-
less, Messrs. Hessinger and Jeim said
nay to every customer who came to
buy fish of them the next morning.
Contemporaneous with the disappoint-
ment of the people or East Harlem
who did not get any fish was the amaze
ment and horror Of residents of Fifth
avenue, who, upon arising Friday morn
ing. found the thoroughfare in front OF
their dwellings, strewn with fish, some
indistinguishable frcgn the dust with
which they were covered. Many were
the cries of Awful" and How did
those nasty things get there?"
The whole trouble arose from the ex-
hilarGted spirits of the two dealers in
fish. 1t was long, cold ride for them.
and they occasionally called at well
come taverns to warm themselves with
little firewater They stopped too Of.
ten. and when they reached Nineteenth
street they began tossing their wares
into the street and pelting boys, with
the fish which should have been food
for Harlem folk.
Bicycle Policeman Fogarty espied the
men and started in pursuit Hessinger
observed the approach of the police :
man and gave riegn to his horse. Jeim.
too, realized that trouble was in store.
and, jumping from the cart, made his
escape.
Hessinger was finally overtaken and
captured. He was quite sober when ar
raigned in the Harlem police court He
was so penitent that Magistrate Brann
listened to the story of his loss and i'm
posed a fine of only 81. The fish were
gathered up from Fifth avenue and re-
tailed by other vendors in the eastern
district.-New York Times.
The herald., 1897-03-11
MUST CASH UP
Shoemaker Hust Pay for the Trees That Were
Planted

Sss~~sn."~s 'aAse = ~ iv' TIC tTeeS tuat w cFc
Planted
SAN FRANCISCO, March 10.-The su-
preme court, in an opinion handed down
today, holds that damages for breach
of contract may be computed on the line
of future possibility Of the increase in
value of an orchard. r. II. Shoemaker,
jr, entered into an agreement with Da-
vid d. Acker, whereby the latter was to
purchase a quantity of trees and grow
citrus fruits.
1t was further agreed that Shoe
maker would superintend the clearing,
planting and caring for the land, so that
certain divisions of profits from the sale
of land and fruit would be made, and the
contract should continue for five years.
It was shown at the trial that the land
was purchased, a portion planted, and
at the end of two years Acker elected
to annul the contract. Shoemaker left
the premises and brought action for
$4,000 damages. The jury awarded him
$4,000. The defendant contended that
Shoemaker was not entitled to the
amount named in the verdict and
claimed error on the part of the trial
judge in permitting testimony to be Of
fered as to the speculative value of the
land and orchard at the termi-
nation of the contract The su-
preme court holds that there was no evil
dence that the plaintiff had made a
breach of the contract and was placed in
the position where he was obliged to
prove prospective profits and valuation
of the land, and no error was committed.
The judgment was affirmed.
The herald., 1897-03-11
COMPETITION
Its Destructive Tendency In Public Service
Functions

The public rarely appreciate how care
fully their best interests are being guard
ed when the authorities insist on a care
full investigation of the necessity for
establishing competing plant for the
supply of public service in any form. and
are apt to bitterly criticise should 1t be
decided that the field is not of sufficient
size to properly support two or more
companies. And yet such an adverse
decision Is often the soundest of ap-
proved economic policy. For with the
growth in population and the develop
;ment In service, one improvement after
another can be easily added by q cor
poration doing profitable business, as
sured of the safety and permanency of
its investment, and not burdened with
the heavy fixed charges that are ever
the accompaniment Of unnecessarily in
vested capital
But If the authorities thoughtlessly
grant franchise to a second company
that proceeds to spend much money in
establishing competing service to sup
ply a field already we'll covered, then the
pioneer company must necessarily cur
tall it's expenditure and is justified in
keeping its outlay safely within it's as
sured income, more especially If it be-
lieves that ultimately 1t must assume
the burden, Of paying the fixed charges
on this second and needless outlay OF
good money. To be sure, there is lowering
of prlces-a rate war for brief season.
Then the character of the service may
degenerate, and for a period it becomes
a struggle for mere existence without
thought of possible profits. And then
the old story; either one company buys
up the other, or there is a pooling of
rates, or the territory is equitably d.
vided. or there is secret agreement on
rates. or one company is forced to the
wall and its entire investment lost. But
In any event the public are the losers
and must indirectly make good the sums
lost during the rate war, as we'll as the
additional fixed charges on the unwar-
ranted and ill-advised second invest
ment
For persistent and unyielding are the
demands for dividends on invested cap
ital, and dividends ever take prece-
dence over improvements, however
much the public may desire the latter
In other words. competition often re-
tards or prevents the Introduction OF
much-needed improvements in public
service functions. and thus the public
are indirectly defrauded out of their Just
rights by the action of the authorities
In admitting competition on the false
plea that the public will be benefited.
Now in Europe they have decided to
The herald., 1897-03-11
STRIKE NOTES
Chicago Builders Negotiating a Settlement.
New York Troubles

CHICAGO March 10-The Contract
ing plasterers and Hodcarriers' associa-
ton held meeting this afternoon and
declared the strike off, so far as they are
concerned. 1t was agreed that if the
men would return, they would receive
their former wages, but that in the fu-
ture no individual contracts with the
unions would be made. A committee
from the strikers was sent for, and at
the conference the propositions of the
employers were made known.
At meeting of the joint committee
of the striking plasterers and hodcar-
riers tonight it was decided that meet
ings of all the strikers should be held
tomorrow night for the purpose of con-
sidering the propositions made by the
employing associations.
NEW YORK, March 10-There is
practically no change in the shirt
makers strike. Several hundred men
returned to work today. but an equal
number went out. Two hundred laun-
drymen went on strike today.