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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06
FOR THE PROTECTION OF MINERS
isndical Mensure Introduced in the
Victoria Legislature.

victoria, B. c., April 2S-Some more i'm
portant mining legislation was before the
legislature when in committee of the
whole on the new metalllrerous mines
inspector act. This is a new departure
mere, ana TO meet the Views or the house
MI Baker. minister of mines, introduced
as amendments provisions under which
.ne inspector should work These regu
iaIons are in part framed on Cornish
rules but go farther. Women and child
rem are prohibited from working under
ground, and in this connection Walken,
Vi Nanaimo had an amendment inserted
preventing the employment of Chinese or
Japanese under ground or from being
~ charse OF any machinery for hosting
~ ioWerlhS persons in mine. 1t is pro-
nioiteu 10 pay miners wages in a place
"here whisky is sold, and mine owners
must Tor statistical purposes send in re-
Turns TO the bureau of mines each wear
stringent regulations are made to nre-
vent accidents and to inquire into anv
that do happen. Provisions. foo arc
Haue Tor proper ventilation and 70 nra-
Sent explosives being kept at the mine
anu anu TO prohibit using iron tamping rods
w mere mines have a shaft 800 feet ana
miners are lowered and hoisted there
must be a proper cage and guides If n
nlihe owner allows his men to be hoisted
or lowered he must bear all the resnonsi-
oiity OF accidents in connection there
with: There must be proper timherino |
anu ladders, and penal clauses ara insart |
Gu LOT lntraction of regulations. The nm |
went through the committee ''''
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

A movement has been started by
CLUB In London to furnish nurses with
healthful exercise by supplying them
with bicycles. They are supplied with
neat uniforms and have to report for
an outing once week. Many of them
are engaged In wheeling most of the
time, but they enjoy the change from
trundling baby Derambulator to Gid
Ing swiftly along on the silent steed,
and the new movement Is having
great run.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

resemble cabbage head stuck on the
top of pole. The pruning habit is ut
terly vicious. 1t is very seldom that
tree needs it. They should be left to
grow as nature intended them to grow.
Let their limbs run riot in the summer
air, and their plant branches, I'M
touched by knife or saw, wave their
verdant banners In the bright sunshine.
Trees, in their natural, unrestricted
growth, with their Infinite variety in
form, leaf, and blossom, are a delight
to the eye, and they give peace and sat
isfaction to the mind. But tree
pruned out of its natural shape is an
abomination.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06
DENOUNCED WOMEN OF THE WEST.
Hindoo Nearly Mobbed In San Fran
cisco because of His Language.

San Francisco. May IA Hindoo Call
ing himself Brahmacharin Bobhabhisk-
shu nearly created a riot at the meeting
OF the Womens Congress by denouncing
the women of the west as savages and
declaring that he had been insulted. His
flowing silken robes had been pulled by
one of the ladies while he was talking
pulled. he said, 10 insult him because he
was telling the truth in opposition to the
horrible and foolish doctrine of heredity."
The Women's Congress. a gathering of
bright women from all over the state,
has been in session here all the week.
The Brahmacharin. who claims to be a
Brahmin of the highest caste. has been
picturesque figure at all of the meet
lngs. Attired in a flowing gown OF yell
low SILK and wearing a huge turban his
appearance was very striking. The ladies'
nave made much of the man from India
Continuing. he said when | was
called upon on last Thursday evening to
reply to Mrs. Gardeners paper on 'Hered-
ity.' / was doing what little l could to set
aside the horrible, unscientific truth of
heredity. / did not notice an uneasiness
IN the audience; | knew most of them
were with me; but | did notice the rude
moving about on the stage. and finally a
iady came and pulled me from behind"
The Bramacharln had caused SEN
satlon. The Brahmacharn touched only
vi concentration TO attack Mrs. Gardner's
motives and what he called the falsity of
her paper. He said he raised his voice
against the horrible system" and
charged that her advice was that women
De not mothers and men be not fathers.
lie eXpounded on this in language that
would not, even from a medical stand
point nave been fit for technical publica-
tlon. be then launched out into an at
tack upon women in general. He called
them dishonest, and said: 1.-THE women
OF the west as savages. WIN you tell me
what is the difference between the In
ulan VINO puts war feathers in his hair
and the woman who puts feathers and
flowers in her hat?"
lie then commenced a personal attack
on Mrs Gardner. but his voice was
drowned by the storm of shouts and
misses from the audience. When finally /
quiet was restored, the Hindoo exclaim- |
brave" wa NC
ne gathered his silken robes about him
ana strobe from the stage. Surrounded
ny friends he was escorted to the furnace
room and let out into the street through
The coal hole
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

Barrie, the novelist, took a dislike to
the American parlor, and in the course
OF some remarks in Washington about
II he said; THE idea of having the
largest and best furnished room in the
mouse reserved for infrequent callers
INSTEAD or allowing the children of fine
household to enjoy 1t, was never n
pieasant one to me. 1t was once told
ny bright boy that he seldom was al
iowed to enter the parlor of his home
uniess II was during funeral cere-
nohy or something like that This
may nave described the situation too
strongly, but 1t was much nearer to the
truth than otherwise"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

Ihe young men who will not sue
ceed,' said Russell Sage recently, Civ
Ing negative answer to a young in
quirer, ARE those who night after night
may be found at the city club-houses,
dressed in swallow-tailed coats. drink.
Ing little, playing cards little, ana
eating expensive dinners" They are
sometimes called the drones of socie-
ty This Is mlsnomer. Like some
small insects that sport for a day IN
the summer sunshine, they are minnie
destructlves. Their lives In the econ.
omy of social life make one of the
petty agencies of degeneration.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY GIVEN THEM.
Governor of Alabama VIII Protect
Mormon Missionnries.

Montgomery Ala. May 3.-One night
last week some religious partisans in
Jackson county carried into the woods.
stripped and severely whipped two Nor
mon elders. The elders subsequently ap-
pealed to Governor Johnson for protec-
tioh' representing that they had been
threatened with death If they remained
in the state The governor has promised
TO protect them and has notified the sher-
III of the county to make them his special
cnarge. The governor says the constitu-
tion of the state guarantees religious lib
erty and that the Mormons are entitled
TO 1t; moreover, that the elders in this
state teach the Bible and refrain from
preaching polygamy and the fact that
they believe the Mormon prophet 10 have
been an inspired writer should NOT Law
them liable to persecution.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

Mexico City. May "A company has
been incorporated here. with ST OOo COO
capital, the largest part of the shares be-
ing taken by the English contractors hav-
ing IN hand the drainage of the valley of
Mexico and the port works at Vera Cruz.
win rev Mexican shareholders. The
new company will build a railway from
some suitable point on the National Te-
heuantepsc road to desired point in the
state of Vera Cruz. The government
gives subsidy of over 5000 acres of rub
lie land per kilometer of railway.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

IIIVIT.5I 0Il' Ind. May 3-The alleved
deialeations of Thomas l.. Lucas and hil
son son, Fred L. Lucas. have grown untii
, Wy nave already reached $50 900. and new
Inns pNI are being heard of every honr
both We're members of the real eetota
sostraet and loan firm of r. l.. Lucas &.
son. Both have left the city. The firm
~ Is alleged. secured loans ageresa in !,
syaoo on property worth 5000; 5000 more
MAS, Was secured on lots in fictitious additions
an 5000 uI Se II Is further alleged, secured
bash county 'Ai III wa
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

Kansas city. May S.-Bil Adler. one of
the most notorious characters of .he CITY
last night committed his second murder
wlthn Two years, and was himself shot
and perhaps fatally wounded Adler
mixed with the negro keepers of n
crap game and when the smoke cleared
away II was found that Adler had shot
and killed William Johnson a negro. ana
that Adler had been shot in the side by
james Gordon, colored. In 1884. during
the street masquerade which concluded
the fall carnival. Adler killed Postofice
Inspector Jesse Mcclure.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

independence. Kan. May s.-The muir.
der of an old man by one az his sons Is
reported from Nowate. |. T. the victim
pSlns John kiley, GO years o. age. whose
place, two miles east of Nowate Is vide
ly known as The Old Riley Farm" Jim
and Lewis Riley. his sons. aged % and
rs came home drunk and were soon en-
gagged In desperate fight. When the
rather attempted to separate them. Lewis
drew gun and fired two bullets into the
ola mans body. killing him instantly.
by posse of citizens.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06
OFFICIAL CORRUPTION IN PORTLAND
Grand Jury Accuses Police Commits
sioncr and Prosecuting Attorney.

Portland, Or, May 3.-The grand Jury
mas made sensational report accusing
Prosecuting Attorney Lord and Chairman
OF Police Commissioners Davis of being
privy to gambling and prostitution
trust, which 1t says exists in this city;
so conducted that all persons who are In
the trust are protected by officers Of the
law and all who are without are pun
ished. At the head of this trust IS Rob
ert c. Smith, who collects from each
gambling house % per cent of earnings
without any money being invested by him
whatever. Chinese lottery games are
forced to contribute 81 for each drawing
The money is collected by a Chinaman
and by him paid to Special officer Charles
iloxie. Constable w. II. Conner Is also
said to be half owner in gambling
mouse. The report concludes as follows:
we cheerfully acquit John Myers the
chief of police, of any completely In this
affair He has at no time been a party
TO 1t, nor has he countenanced it, The
officers who did the soliciting for the
trust were not doing it by his orders
they were acting upon instruction from
Napoleon Davis, chairman of the board
or police commissioners, and Charles
Lord, the district attorney, is responsible
for all the official corruption which ex-
lists in this city today"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

The Philadelphia Public Ledger
raises timely protest against the ne
farious operations of the tree primer.
whose annual arboreal butchery is now
In full Roadway all over the country
Armed with chisel and saw, 1t is his
delight to mutilate the trees. The
graceful elm, the tender maple, and
other shade trees are chopped and
Topped without mercy until the natural
habit of the tree is utterly changed. and
Its waving crown of vendure made TO
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06
Emperor Williams Thr.o,s

Dc, nerlin, May IA great sensation has
peeh caused by circular issued M t,ms
peror williams instigation. to the map-
is.raies OF the principal towns. comnaT-
ins the state of the German fleet in 1859
with its condition now. and declaring the V
~, u,'i 'a new ships are put on the stocks
PEELED and perhaps suddenly r. reonr-
struct her hotilla and to devote ver,,
large amounts for that purpose. The on,
Verely N"i'r Sc
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

~ chicago May Brew. DR.. r. Dewitt
laimage was the principal speaker at the
mass meeting In the Auditorium tonight
TO consider the famine situation In LII
Local effort is being directed toward &C.
curing as Chicagos contribution ian ooo
bushels of grain, which amount. i'm the
opinion of those who know sometime Of
t,' In India, would save 1900
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

King Khama's visit to England last
summer, when he obtained promises
TINT his subjects would be fairly treat
cd and not piled with liquor by The
British traders, has probably been rem.
dered useless by the discovery Of rich
beds OF coal In his country. The coal
lies only seventy feet below the surface
and is close to the line Of the railroad
to Buluwn'yo.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

Our new neighbors are very polite /,
said Mrs. Perkasie to her husband when
he came home at night.
"Are they?"
Yes; | sent to borrow their steplad-
der and they told me they hadn't one
but II I'd wait while they'd send and
buy me one. "-Harper's Bazaar.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

A New York woman Is advocating
the establishment In that city of a
genteel matrimonial bureau. The in
terence Is, we suppose, that the per
sonar columns of the New York news
papers are no longer strictly au falt.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

1t appears that an American girl has
captured the son OF Lord Tweedmouth.
Archibald John MarjoribanlSs. 1t is to
be hoped that If the young woman OK
poets to be called Mrs. Marshbanks"
after marriage she will teach her hus.
band how to spell his name.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

1t Is announced that the Grown
Prince of Corea has been kidnapped.
This Is the first lntimation we have
had that the young man has had any
designs on comic opera.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

Washington May s.-The first regular
mail service authorized for an entire year
IN Alaska has been contracted for by the
postoiilce department. the service being
each way. The contract calls for one
round trip month. beginning July /.
1888. William +. Saller of This city is the
contractor, the contract price being Se99s.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

washington, May S.-The report of the
~. n,e.sor OF the mint shows that during
,he month of April the total coinage af
me United States mint was $40 4lO.5S0 or
TINS amount $S.sO0,o0O was In gold 81 52S
900 IN silver and s74.6sO in minor coins or
the silver coinage, s., 100000 was In stand
ard dollars 9 IA Stahu-
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

The Baltimore American calls atten-
ton TO the peculiar fact that Indians
never are bald. 1t is also peculiar
fact that they sometimes eylnce n de-
sire 10 raise the hair of white men.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

The Washington Times says: 1--WE
snail know all about everything In a
day or two" There's an editor who
evidently has received an invitation to
attend an afternoon session of sew
ing circle.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

The Massachusetts Cremation Socie-
ty has decided to advertise in all the
daily papers of the New England sec
ton. Hard times seem to have affect
ed the urning capacity of that concern
like all others.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

= Milwaukee, May S.-The Wisconsin, Rect
sugar Company, which has Just comnIat.
ca plant at Menominee Falls. has as
S saSn l me assets are estimated at s2i5.-
thought probable that the bondholdsrs
VIII get the plant and continue businoss
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

We see nothing whatsoever to hinder
the New York paper which shelled IIa-
yana with American gunboats from
sinking the whole island of Cuba now
whenever 1t chooses to do so.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

Washington. May 3.-The monthly state
ment of the comptroller of the currency
shows that on April 80 the total circula,
ton of national bank notes was S2,9 500 :
ga a gain for the year of s.. 700. 500. ana n
loss for the month of ssO6 $50.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06
ENasp 7rntiugiy Indefinite

, III that Isn't aggravatingp
What's the matter?o
i just got letter from NV hro.,
IN which he says he is going 70 rU o,i's
piue grass widow. | DOM 10y
whether he is engaged to a Renew NOV
quirer. iiinatl En-
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

A St Louis paper jubilantly ex-
claims: Three dozen fresh eggs for 20
cents In open market nowadays; what
more do you wantT" The 20 cents.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

Some very harsh things have been
said OF the sin of loafing, but no one
can successfully dispute that loaflng is
very pleasant.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

A Chicago preacher has just deliver
ed sermon on coal This is as near
to heat as many of the clergy Of our
day allow themselves to approach.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

,,., very one needs to be told the n,.,n
truth occasionally, regardless % pam an
lous. Deihs ridicu-
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

Isn't 1t queer that brutal prize fight
In Nevada becomes q scientific athletic
exhibition just as soon as it reaches
New York?
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06

nresSad are 1,i' rev men who can look i'm.
t p,essea When their wives talk ahon,
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-05-06
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER-
ESTING ITEMS.
commenfs and Criticisms Based Upon
the Hanpsninxs of the Day-His-
9oEical and News Notea.

Among the mistakes of this world are
dudes.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-29
NOTICE!

SUBSCRIBERS ARE NOTIFIED
~ that Subscriptions to The INDE-
PENDENT are payable in advance at
the rate OF so cents a month or Sc a
year.
The papers OF those ia arrear will
be stopped unless payment is
promptly made.
No former subscriber desirous Of
renewing will be served unless ar
r-arages are paid.
The INDEPENDENT il conducted on
the cash and contract priciple in
payments and receipts, and is now
80 firmly established on paying
basis that it declines absolutely to
serve subscribers who do not pay.
Ii you want The INDEPENDENT you
must buy it.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-29

The Kauai correspondent OF our
paper has shown that the Chinese
on the Lihue plantation had been
nagged and goaded beyond (endur
ance; that finally the Chinese turn
ed, as even worm would; that the
managers brother seized his gun
and fred into the mob, hitting one
of the Chinese; that the police came
in and arrested sixteen Of the most
active participants among the Chi
nese; that after the sixteen most
competent witnesses had been sent
to this city Coroner's inquest was
held and the gun carrier was ac-
quilted.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-29

1t is true, Mr. Fitzgerald, that
there are great capitalists here who
mean to stay here, and for ever
aud who spend their money earned
here for the benefit of the country.
Such men as Irwin, Campbell, Allen,
the Carriers, and many others will
not desert this, their adopted coun-
try. Not at least until the moment
comes when Mr.. Fltzgerald's Cali
fornian tramps arrive and make it
necessary and safe even for the sup,
porters OF Mr. Dole and Mr. Damon
to get up and "git."
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-29

What do the stockholders abroad
care for Hawaii or for the Hawai-
iaus2 Let Mr. Fitzgerald, Leaving
alone his fee, ask the following men
who made their fortunes and yet
exist on dividends drawn from Ha
wall what they think of the
scheme which will ruin us politically
aud financially, and now advocated
by Mr.. Fitzgerald. for a consider
alton.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-29

After this travesty on justice, i'm
agine if you can, Mr.. Dole, what our
Chinese fellow citizens are thinking
You have an accounting to make
with Japan for unjust discrimina-
tion against Japanese immi grants,
the result of which may embarrass
every industry in these islands. You
are hugging the fattering delusion
to your soul that if Japan closes her
doors against our labor demands
that we may look to China for a
supply, and then you shrink from
plain duty to our Chinese fellow
citizens. You are taking advantage
of the fact that no treaty between
Hawaii and China exists. In fact
you are playing with FIRE, Mr.. Dole.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-29
ADJUSTMENTS.

The GoddNrd Lectures.-The second
of the Goddard lectures was given last
night before an audience which was
thoroughly in accord with the lectur-
er and listened to his splendid descrip-
tions of the art of brewing Rainier"
beer, He remarked that only the best
of hops and malt were used thus in
suring healthful beverage. On tap
or in bottles at the Criterion saloon.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-29
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1897
PLAYING WITH FIRE.

In the interests OF civilized Gov
ernment TIE INDEPENDENT has to ask
"the best government these islands
ever had" il in their opinion they
can afford to let the slayer Of the
Chinese at Lihue to go about our
streets as au object lesson to our
Chinese follow citizens that there is
one law for white men and another
for the yellow man2
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-29

The INDEPENDENT does not talk
through its headgear, Mr.. Fitzgerald
Of California. If you had possessed
q sufficient power of honesty and
truth you would have listened to
both sides and not taken your cue
altogether from the small minority
which hired you To come here.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-29

And how about Paul Isenberg?
The principal stockholder of Lihue
plantation; the man on whose land
Chinaman was killed few days
ago, probably to the extreme salts
faction of the absentee landlord.
He, who came here as boy -eeki g
his fortune, without education or any
points in his favor, and is now roll
ing his fat belly in carriages drawn
by four horses through the streets
OF Bremen, at the expense OF the
Haw aiians, and the whole outfit are
now trying to make these islands a
white" mans country.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-29
BY AUTHORITY.
IRRIGATION NOTICE.

Holders of Water Privileges. or those
paying water rates, are hereby notified that
the hours for irrigation purposes are from
to s o'clock A. NJ. ard from 10 8 o'clock
I'm. ANDREW BROWN,
Supt. Honolulu Water Works.
Approved:
]. A. KING,
Minister Of Interior.
Honolulu II. l., April 6, 1897. 55l-t
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-04-29

Charles M. Cooke has recently
built a house in Oakland Sam
Alexander is a kamaaiua in Caliior-
mia. Charles Bishop, who got every
bean owned by him, through his
kanaka wife, is now a Californian
millionaire. The PAugers, Glades,
Baileys, aud many others are among
the absentee landlords, who have
filed their own pockets and ruined
the Hawaiians.