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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-08-28

The business transacted at the
present session Of the Circuit Court
proves, that some reforms are need
ed in the present judiciary system.
Two Circuit judges have held court
daily, and many night sessions have
been held, and still there are nu-
merous cases on the calendar, which
have to go over till next session.
We either need more Circuit judges
or our laws Of appeal should be re-
vised. The sessions Of the Circuit
Courts last one month only. At
this term six days were used in the
Molokai murder case, four in the
Hakalau manslaughter case, four in
the Kealia damage suit, five in the
Boyd -Gandall case and so on. 1t is
easy to see that, at that rate, the
majority Of the 100 cases on the
calendar cannot be called, and that
offenders and litigants are wasting
their time and money in waiting for
hearing. What seems to us a
particular hardship is in regard to
the men charged with the killing of
Milton. Six of them have not
secured bail, and will have to linger
in jail during the next three months,
while their families and those de-
pendent upon their support will be
left to starvation aud hardship.
And when these men were commit
ted for trial in the District Court,
the Judge said, that he did not be-
lieve that all OF them would be
found guilty, but he thought it was
a matter for the consideration OF a
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-08-28

Would it not, however, be proper
for the Hawaiians, just now, to do
little thinking for themselves and
not altogether depend upon the
friendly offices of the Star clique?
The INDEPENDENT has no advice to
give, but we ask Hawaiians to
carefully consider, whether the
moment has not arrived when they
should be heard from, and prove
to the world, that they as
q nation are opposed to any
step, which may lead to the elimi-
nation of their country from the
ranks of the nations OF the world.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-08-28

In a few days fifteen men will
meet in the place, until recently, oc
cupied by the aliis of Hawaii. These
fifteen men will tell the world, that
they are the representatives of the
Hawaiian people, and that as such
they unanimously ratify their own
treaty of annexation, and, voiclug
the people, surrender to the United
States the independence Of the Ha-
waiian Islands. Would it not be
wise for the Hawaiians to demon
strate in body, that they at least
are not represented by those fifteen
men, and that they, true patriotic
sons of the soil, protest against the
hauling down of their national flag
aud the destruction Of their native
hearth and nationality.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18
"HUMAN OSTRICH" DEAD.
Harry Whalien, Who Swallowed Knives
and Nails, Succumbs.

Harry Whalien, Who Swallowed Knives
and Nails, succumbs.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June l5.-Harry
Whallen, whose remarkable gastrono-
mic feats had gained for him the
name of the Human Ostrich" died
at shortly after midnight this morn
ing at the German hospital. On Sat-
urday morning several surgeons
opened his stomach and took out 100
pieces of hardware, several ounces of
broken glass, etc. which he had swal-
lowed while giving exhibitions
through the state. Whallen seemed
for time to be on the mend, but the
shock following the operation proved
beyond his strength.
This is an actual inventory of the
articles taken from Whallen's stomach:
One four bladed knife, 80 inches long;
one two-bladed Barlow knife, inches
long; one knife blade, IA inches long;
one knife blade, inches long; two
knife blades, 2 inches long; one knife
blade, 1 inch long; thirty-two large
eight and ten-penny fence nails and
spikes; thirty-four six-penny wire
nails, sharp pointed; twenty-six
single nails, inch long; sixteen car
pet tacks and small wire nails; one
horseshoe nail; three large screws; one
barbed-wire staple; three ounces of
fine glass.
Whallen was professional show
man. He began swallowing nails and
glass when he was 10 years old. He
soon found his way into a dime mu-
scum and then into side show. He
travelled all over the United States
with Barnum and other big circuses as
a "human ostrich" and contortionist.
He became stranded in ST. Louis re-
Gently and went on the road, giving
street performances at small towns
through Missouri. He swallowed the
pocket-knife belonging to the city
marshal of Pilot Grove, Mo-, and then
his troubles began.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18
BARNATO A SUICIDE.
AFRICAN "DIAMOND KING"
JUMPS OVERHEARD.
Remarkable Spectator Was Tor
Time King of the London Money Mar
ket-Bcgau Life as a Trick Donkey
Trainer-Prominent in the Transvaal.

LONDON, June ia special dis
patch from Bunchal, Island OF Ma
deira, off the west coast of Morocco,
says that on the arrival there to-day
of the British steamship Scot, which
left Table Bay (Capetown) on June z,
for Southampton, it was announced
that Barney Barnato, the South Afrl-
can diamond king" who was among
the passengers, had committed suicide
by leaping overheard. His body was
recovered. The late Barney Barnato
was in many respects the most re-
markable Spectator of the country.
Of all the Englishmen who have taken
part in the development OF South
Africa two only have secured world
wide reputation. These have been
Cecil Rhodes and Barnett Isaacs more
often and less respectfully styled Bar
new. Barnato was an assumed name,
sort of stage name, for he began his
life in South Africa by exhibiting
trick donkey some twenty-five years
ago. He was then about 20 years OF
age.
Barnato was an English jew and
illustrated in an extraordinary way
the financial genius of his race. Up
to the point where his fortunes began
to decline he made money by leaps
and bounds, and in 1895, when his
good fortune was at it's zenith, 1T was
estimated that he controlled interests
worth in the neighborhood of 91O0,-
900, OOO 1t was the fashion to call
him the richest man in the world. At
that time he was virtually the king of
the London money market. In the
autumn of 1895, when the boom
in Kaffirs, the shares of the
comparatively new gold mines OF
the Transvaal, South Africa, was at
it's height, every man, woman and
child in London with money to invest,
invested it IN "Kailirs." The craze
was the last of those financial fevers
which periodically attack conservative
England, the "South Sea bubble"
being the first. For months it was
the controlling passion in London and
it was most rampant in Paris and
Berlin. The shares went to unheard
of figures, and fortunes were made in
day. The center of this tremendous
financial outburst was Barney Bernato,
and he was conservatively estimated
at that time as worth between $780,
900, O1O and Sl5O,OOO,OO0 Among his
assets was bank originally capital
lied at $12.5OO,OO0 In very few
months it's capital stock rose in value
to $45, 100000.
Barnato took a prominent part in
the complications immediately follow
ing the Jameson raid. and at the very
height of the crisis had an important
interview with President Kruger in
regard to the grievances of Uitlanders.
which was believed at the time to have
modified the harsh feeling of the
Transvaal executive toward the raid
ers. He subsequently subscribed $780,
600 to the fund which paid off the
fines
About month ago it was rumored
that his health was suffering from the
severe tension of speculation and in
the latter part of May it was reported
from Capetown that he was suffering
from nervous prostration, and had
been placed by his friends under re-
straint
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18
BOMB FOR FAURE.
to Assassinate tho President
of the French Republic.

attempt TO AbBassinate inc fresluenU
of the French Republic.
PARIS, June 15.-An attempt was
made yesterday to assassinate M.
Felix Faure, president of the French
republic, while he was en- route to
Long Champs to witness the Grand
Prix While M. Faure's carriage was
passing a thicket near La Cascade res
taurant, in the Bots De Boulogne, q
bomb, which subsequently proved to
be piece of tubing about six inches
long and two inches in diameter, with
a thickness of half an inch, charged
with powder and shot, exploded.
No one was injured by the explo-
sion. A man in the crowd, suspected
as the prime mover was arrested. He
gave his name as Gallet, and made
only the briefest replies to questions
put to him by the police. Gallet said
that he had no occupation, but resided
at Levallers-Perret The police are
making a thorough search of his lodg-
ings. He is believed TO be insane, for
he shouted as the carriage passed
along so loudly as to attract general
attention in the crowd. The police
have also made another arrest, in this
case youth, but it is thought prob
able that the actual culprit escaped.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18
FIRE ON ELLIS ISLAND.
Great Government immigration Station
Destroyed.

Great Government Immigration Station
Destroyed.
NEW YORK, June 1.-THE United
States government immigrants station
on Ellis island, in New York harbor,
was destroyed by fire this morning,
but with probably no loss of life.
The 200 immigrants were safely
transferred from the island to the
barge office at the Battery, leaving no
one on the island except the firemen
and few attendants.
The ferryboat John G. Carlisle,
which plies between the Battery and
Ellis Island, arrived at 1870 o'clock
this morning from the island with the
sick from the hospital. There were
seventy-five men and forty-six women
and children on the boat.
The buildings on Ellis island were
simply vast wooden sheds, made of
the most infammable material. The
main building was 4oxl54 feet and
three stories high, The first floor was
devoted to the baggage room, the Gus
tom house officers, the pens of the i'm
migrants and the offices of the express
men. The second floor was occupied
by immigrants. 1t was vast open
space, divided into pens by picket
fences. The third floor was a gallery
from which the crowds below could be
inspected without coming into contact
with the inspectors.
The cost of the plant is said to have
been $4,000. All the records were
lost
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18

The power which public opinion
now exerts occupied an incidental par
egraph in a recent speech by Lord
Salisbury. Certainly two classes OF
deluded persons are those who care
nothing for what people think and
those who are entirely swayed by what
people think. A man who refuses to
wear a dress coat on occasions where
uress coats are in order provokes need
less criticism and wastes in a puny
war energy that might be better en-
ployed; whereas man who, unable
to procure conventional evening attire,
should absent himself on that account
from a gathering where he would be
welcome in afternoon dress. errs in
the opposite direction. Public opinion
Is so powerful an element In life that
It behooves the individuals Of society
to see to 1t that they contribute only
sane and sound conclusions to the gen.
eral resultant.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18
WRECK ON THE FRISCO.
Four People Hurt by an Accident to an
Accomm odation Train.

Four People Hurt by an Accident to an
Accomm odation Train.
JOPLIN, Mo-, June 15.-An accommo-
dation train on the Galena branch of
the Frisco railroad was wrecked four
miles east of Joplin at II o'clock yes
terday and three passengers and
brakeman were injured. The rear
trucks of a box car loaded with lum-
Der broke, causing that car and the
passenger coach to leave the track,
and both rolled down a six-foot en-
bankment
E D. Sharpnack of this place re-
ceived an ugly cash in top of head and
his left shoulder was badly bruised;
j. L. Coleman of Aurora, NO., sus-
tanned fractured rib and wound in
forehead; o. L. Ingledue Of MARSHALL
town, Iowa, travelling for R. P. Smith
& Son, Chicago, was thrown across
the car as it toppled over, receiving
several broken ribs, hurt across
shoulders and sustained internal in
juries from which he may not recover.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18

The newspaper that hesitates to pub
lish an account Of the occurrence or
discovery Of a secret marriage Is a
rarity, yet aside from actual crime few
events are the cause of so much re-
gret and misery. The young man who
moved by romantic Ideas or by any
other motive, urges young woman to
agree to clandestine marriage usually
proves by that very act weakness and
rashness of character; while statistics
assert that the majority Of such mar
riages result in divorce. The papers
have recently given with a fullness Of
detail which has brought shame to q
large circle Of innocent relatives, the
revelation of secret marriage, six
months before, Of two college students,
the subsequent discovery Of which,
with Its attendant shock, notoriety
and wounded pride, was the direct
cause Of death to a devoted parent.
How impossible, on such foundation
of memory, to build any happy, sacred
fnmily life.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18

Senator Penrose Of Pennsylvania has
raised new issue at Washington. He
has refused to tip the walters employed
in the hotel where he boards, and ev-
erybody at the national capital is
aghast at this new declaration Of indie
pendence. The walters were not
quick to draw the lines. They
waited weeks after the senator's
appearance before they adopted
extreme measures. Then, after there
was no longer room to doubt
that the Pennsylvania would not
Tip" they resolved to punish him. Ac-
cordingly at dinner one day last week
four walters in succession refused to
serve the senator. A fifth was finally
ordered to serve him, and obeyed, but
resigned Immediately afterward, and
the white aproned brotherhood, max
ing common cause with him, resigned
that night.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18

Much has been said in the papers
the past few years concerning the
preservation Of old letters. The in
discretion of editors in laying bare
private matters has instigated many a
man and woman to burn manuscript
accumulations of untold value. 1t Is
wise to destroy Immediately letters
which contain unpleasant personali-
ties, and not to save beyond the time
of answering those void Of especial in
terest or Importance. 1t is also dis
Greet to consider what literature, his
tory and biography would have lost
II the friends Of Charles Lamb, Oil
yer Cromwell, Madame De Sevigne and
a host of other men and women had
INDUCED in the present crusade against
the preservation of certain letters.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18
All the Way.
From the Missouri River
10 Buffalo, the Wabash
Railroad Operates Trains
Over Its Own Tracks.

Having leased the tracks of the Grand
Trunk Railway between Detroit and
Suspension Bridge, and those of the
Erie r. R. from Suspen sion Erid e to
Buffalo, the Wabash r. r. will run its
own trains from Kansas City, Omaha,
Des Moines, st. Louis, Quincy, Hannibal,
Keokuk and Chicago to Buffalo, being
the only road from Missouri and Missis-
sippi River points having its own line and
trains running into Buffalo. Through
cars from Kansas City, st. Louis and
Chicago to Buffalo without change.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18
BATES SOPER IN JAIL.
Archie, Mo-, Murderer Arrested at Ash
land. Ora Full Confession.

Archie. Mo-, Murderer Arrested at Ash
land, Ore "A Full Confession.
ASHLAND, Ore, June 11.-Bates
Soper, of Ashland, who murdered
his wife and two children at
Archie, Cass county, Mo-, six years
ago and escaped, has been arrest
ed here and is in Jail. He has
made full confession of the crime.
Soper was butcher, of quarrelsome
disposition, and somewhat eccentric.
He slew his family with a butcher
knife, and, although closely pursued,
got away. Various reports as to his
whereabouts were circulated at differ
ent times, but he was never definitely
located until he was arrested here to-
day.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18
Eccentric millionaire Dead.

LA PORTE, Ind, June 15.-Patrick
luncheon, the wealthiest land owner
in Northern Indiana, is dead, aged TO-
He was widely known for his eccen-
tricities, and lived with his brother,
both being bachelors, under the same
roof thirty years without speaking,
dying with the silence unbrolSen. He
was one of the founders of the town
of La Crosse, in this county. His for.
tune is estimated at about ST., 900, 900.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18

WASHINGTON, June .5.-The United
States court of claims has awarded to
the Overton Hotel company of Men,
phis, Tenn, S53,3 in satisfaction of
their claim against the government
for occupation of their building for
hospital purposes from January /,
1868, to September 1, 1865.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18

It will be sad for some Of our am
bilious heiresses II Labouohere's mis-
chievous scheme to do away with titles
should be adopted. He proposes that
every child that is baptized be en-
dowed by its parents and sponsors
with the name of duke" marquis"
"earl," "viscount," lord" or even
"sir," preceding the other Christian
name. With titles in every family,
they should become too common even
for foolish Americans to buy.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18
Territory Lumber Plant Burns.

SOUTH McALEsTER, I, T., June Is
The plant of the Richardson Lumber
company at Red Oak was destroyed by
fire yesterday. The cause of the fire
was spark from the saw mill engine.
The loss to the lumber company will
amount at the lowest estimate to Sl5,-
900: insurance, $4,000
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18

peace hath her victories" A spe-
cial agent of the Department Of Agri-
culture has left Washington for the
Argentine Republic, where he is to
plan a campaign against the locusts.
No doubt this war seems to the agri-
culturists of our sister republic far
more vital matter than the struggle
In Greece. A grasshopper in hand
may appear moro formidable than two
Turks in the bush.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18

WARRENsBURe, Mo-, June 1.-two
masked burglars entered the house Of
Mrs. w. d. Thurber early this morn
ing and after binding her to the bed
and gagging her, threatened her life
If she did not tell them where her
money was. They ransacked the
house, securing S12o and a small
amount of jewelry.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18

BERLIN, June 14.-Herr Woelfert, an
acronaut, accompanied by machinist
named Knabe, made an experimental
ascent in so-called steering machine
from the Templehoff CONNER last
evening. When at a height of 5000
feet loud explosion was heard and
the next moment the balloon was seen
to be ablaze. The car fell and both
occupants were found to be dead.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18
OLIVER is THE MAN.
Leavenworth Anarchist Bought Dyna-
mite of an Atchison Dealer.

LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, June l5.-
Joseph w. Oliver the man arrested
and in the custody of the United
States marshal, charged with an at
tempt to kill Governor Andrew ].
Smith and his family, has been identi-
fed by James Hellener of Atchison as
the man to whom he sold the dyna-
mite, fuse and caps on last Wednes-
day. Hellener came to the city yester-
day morning at the request of the
police authorities. At the Union depot
he was met by Chief Cranston and
driven directly to the county Jail.
Hellener approached the great iron
door of the prisoners corridor and
Immediately pointed out Oliver from
the half hundred prisoners confine
there.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18

WICHITA, Kan, June ia party of
prospectors, headed by William Cooley,
an old Montana miner, ventured into
the Wichita mountains last week and
began to prospect for gold, which is
reputed to be there in abundance.
They were discovered by band of
Indians and forced to flee for their
lives, leaving all of their tools and
camp equipments.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18
Bicycle Makers on b Strike.

New HAVEN, Conn, June I5.-On
the announcement this morning Of q
ten per cent general reduction Of
wages at the Worcester cycle shops.
in Middletown, Conn, 100 men went
on strike. There was reduction Of
wages some time ago at the shops,
which give employment now to about
400 hands, and to about 700 when run
ming on full time.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18
Racing Stables Burned.

MIssoULA, Mont, June IS. - Fire
destroyed the breeding stables Of
Higgins Bros, the we'll known horse
men of this city. With the stables
Ave horses were burned, including
Brine Tricks, 2:13A, one of the best
known pacing horses Of the West
Fred Strouser, jockey, was burned
to death in attempting to save the
stock. The fire was inoendiary.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18
THE BIG KANSAS JOBS.
Leland, Lambert, Sterne and Sutton to
Get Them.

Get Them.
WASHINGTON, June Is. = Senator
Baker yesterday made up his slate of
appointments for the leading federal
offices in the state Of Kansas. The list
is as follows:
Pension agent at Topeka-Cyrus Le-
land of Troy.
United States district attorney-L
E. Lambert of Emporia.
United States marshal-W. E. Sterne
of Topeka.
Collector of internal revenue-M. W.
Sutton of Dodge City.
Aside from these the Senator has
fled his Endorsement of number of
receivers and registers of the various
Kansas land offices, whose identity so
far he refuses to disclose.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18
FOUR DEATHS IN A WRECK.
Three Tramps aud q Brakeman Killet

Three Tramps and Brakeman Killed
Near Elmer, Mo Cars Destroyed.
MACON, Mo-, June ia westbound
fast freight Santa Fe train was ditched
one and one-half miles east of Elmer
at 9:4O o'clock last night Nine cars,
four refrigerator and five stock, loaded
with through freight, were wrecked
and three tramps and one brakeman
killed
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18

New YORK, June ia dispatch
from Nashville says that ex-Commis-
sioner Calhoun, who went to investi-
gate the Ruiz case and the general
condition Of things in the island of
Cuba, for President Mckinley, is the
man who he is most likely to name for
minister to Madrid.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18

The director of physical culture in
Missouri university has found that the
gymnasium students rank . per cent
higher than those who do not take to
physical culture A strong, healthy
body ought certainly to strengthen the
mil
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18
Mayor Killed by an Editor.

BUNKER HILL, ILL.,, June l4.-The
long-continued antagonism between
Editor Hedley of the Gazette. and
Mayor John L. Richards eliminated
in the former shooting the latter, re-
sulting in his death. The immediate
cause of the tragedy was an assault
made upon Hedley by the mayor, this
being the third time that Richards had
attack ed the editor
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18

The Baltimore man and wife who
lived together twenty years and be-
longed to the same church, yet never
spoke to each other in all that time,
read their Bible and listened to SER
mons in vain. A little practical reli-
gion was sadly needed in that family.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18

Scientists who do not want to go aft
er the Pole can try to get to the sum-
NIT of Mt st. Elias, Alaska, nobody
having yet been able to get up there.
There is always chance for the earn
est man of science.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18
New York Piasterers strike.

New YORK, June 15.-The union
plasterers employed on all buildings
where the contractors refused to nom-
mate foremen to be elected by the
union struck to-day.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-06-18

The editor of this paper advises his
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