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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-02-16

Here is another out of many in
stances which justifies the position
assumed by The INDEPENDENT, that
President Mckinley will attend to
the business and economical needs
Of his country before considering
such side issues as the annexation Of
Hawaii.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-02-16

The old resident, or the compar-
atively new conner, for that matter,
becomes hilarious when he reads
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-02-16

The rain fall for January averaged
as follows in the several districts
referred to: Hilo Stations, 4,32; Ha-
makua Stations, 341; Kohala
Stations, 3.47; Kona Stations, 298;
Kau Stations, 228; Olaa Stations,
660; Puma Stations, 5 81; Hawaii
Stations, 4 20; Maui Statiour, 240;
Oahu, 2.83; Kauai, 13O.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-02-16

that Messrs VIM. Achi, Charles Hop
kins, John Kaulubou and Joseph M.
Poepoe, have set themselves up as
advisers Of their Hawaiian country
men. Mr.. Achi, whatever he may be,
is the creation OF his mentor and
friend Wm r. Castle, and bids fair
toexcsl his teacher in acquiring this
worlds goods; beyond this we do
not recall any other qualification
that Mr.. Achi possesses to set him
up as an adviser OF Hawaians.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-02-16

Looking for Wash Materials? Go
to Sachs, the largest assortment in
town.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-02-16

Ladies Black Cotton Hose Fast
Black 1925 per dozen pairs at
Kerr's.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-02-16

The INDEPENDENT is now pleased
to formally announce the engage
ment OF Miss Helen Bertlemann to
Mr.. Lot Lane, which it has had in
its possession for the past fortnight.
1t now has the pleasure of greeting
the couple with the best and happi-
est wishes There is flavor OF his
torical romance in the Forthcoming
family connection.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-02-16

Stevens might have thought the
pear ripe for plucking, but President
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-02-16

Why then, friends OF Hawaii nei
should these men be believed or
trusted when they clamor against
the Asiatics and call upon the Ha-
waiians to find salvation for their
country in surrendering its indepen-
dence, Charity begins at home,
should be the motto of the "four
Hawaiian Jacks" Four of kind
sometimes beat "Queen high" but
in this instance we think there is
nothing worth having in the slack
pot" for which they play even il
they can open it.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-02-16

AS a rule "closed doors" are only
asked for in certain class of cases
where the publication OF facts or
statements adduced would entitle
the publisher to punishment for
violating the laws in regard to OBJ
scene publications. Even then the
members OF the Lower or Utter Bar
and the student reporters are allow
ed to remain. The principle is that
Justice must no longer have Star
Chamber proceedings, nor must
bullying barristers be permitted to
bluster and browbeat witnesses un-
known to the public.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-02-16
THE PEOPLES RIGHTS.

The Star struck the right chord
in the hearts of the people, yester-
day, in its editorial on the "rights of
reporters" Its enuncation of the
principles Of the freedom OF the
press is unassailable. 1t might have
fortified that position with exam
Piles innumerable, but unnecessary.
The practice in the English courts
in regard to "closed doors" has only
recently had prominent example.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-02-16

Is it not a fact, however, that the
four alleged 'leaders" OF the Ha-
waiians are only too willing to en-
ploy the despised Asiatics who can
live on 10 cents a day2 Mr.. Achi,
has his lands cleared and houses
built by Chinese, Probably this
Hawaiian "patriot" does so out of
reverence 10 the memory OF his
father. Charles Hopkins used to
drive Chinese coolies when working
on plantations and recently when
engaged in fishing sharks he en-
ployed Japanese fishermen. Poe
poe has his carriage driven by Jap
and we feel sure that an Asiatic can
be found in his kitchen. Kaulukou
well, never mind Kaulukou.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-02-16

The Advertisers endorsement Of
the brilliant quartette who do Mr..
Castles bidding only goes to show
how easy an endorsement may be se-
cured or, more likely, it. may be
taken as an evidence OF the straits
our "best government" is in.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-02-16

Will the quartette please explain,
after consulting with Mr., Castle, OF
course, how the annexation OF Ha-
waii to the United States will stay
the influx OF Japanese into Hawaii.
AS Mr.. Castle and his friends in the
sugar industry opened the door to
Japan it would seem "to the man up
in the tree" only fair that full ex-
planatiou should be made. AS Mr..
Kaulukou was a commissioner to
Japan, in the interests of the immi-
grafton he would now prevent, he
should step forward like little man
aud tell his people how annexation
will stop the influx of students"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-18
Enouph Is Quite Enough.

There are some people who do not know
when they have enough, and Prof. j J.
Corbctt seems to be of the number. We
were under the impression that the battle
OF st. Patrick's day was to have been a
fight 10 . finish and still wish To regard the
result as a complete and permanent solution
OF the MISUNDERSTANDING that unhappily
have subsisted between the high coIliding
parties.
IL Prof Corbett had won, it was his eX-
pressed intention to at once retire on his
stakes and laurels and, for the remainder
of his life, to do what he could 10 re-
store the ancient glOries Of the stage. II
WaG not his purpose to give Prof FitISim-
m0Rs any further chance At HIm, ana Wp
trust that the latter Viii pay him in the
like coin. now that he is SO ardently an Xious
20 try it all over again.
The great commandments should
realize that it cannot well afford to devote
itsclfentirel ytothe hippodromeindustry; and
that an enthusiastic country which held its
breath all day yesterday in honor Of tie
first go between Profs Fitzsimmons and
Corbett, would he very apt 20 regard a
renewal OF hostiities with indifference
Nevada and Carson City would do well TO
POCKET their gains and go outof the business
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-18
For Greece and Crete.

Storm and shame and fraud and darkness
fill the nations full with night;
Hope and fear whose eyes yearn eastward
have but fire and sword in sight;
One alone, whose name is one with glory,
sees and seeks the light.
Hellas, mother of the spirit. sole supreme
in war and peace,
Land OF light, whose word remembered
bids all fear and sorrow cease,
Lives again, while freedom lightens east
ward yet for sons of Greece.
Greece, where only men whose manhood
was as godhead ever trod,
Bears the blind world witness yet of light
wherewith her feet are shod;
Freedom, armed of Greece, was always
very man and very God.
Now the winds OF old that filled her sails
with triumph, when the fleet
Bound-for death from Asia fled before them
stricken, wake to greet
Ships full winged again for freedom toward
the sacred shores of Crete.
There was God born man, the song that
spake of old time said; and there
Man, made even as God by trust that shows
him nought too dire to dare,
Now may light again the beacon lit when
those we worship were
-ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-18
For Slim Arms,

In the case of slim arm the circular
trimming S the best, as it tends TO add to
the apparent size, while a too plump arm
may be made to seem more slender by the
upright trimmings. A favOrite sleeve for
the plain cloth gown has the arm fitted
quite snugly almost to the shoulder, mar
rowing down to absolute tightness at the
wrist, where it spreads over the hand in
deep points. The only fullness of the
sleeve puffs out at the shoulder smartly.
not at all in a dropping way, but aggreS-
siyely stiff, as il making up for the lack
of quantity Often this style Of sleeve is
made up in velvet for a cloth gown, and
finished at the wrist by soft frill Of yel-
low lace. A far more dreSsy sleeve is
shown in style suitable for handsome
dinner or reception gown where more or
less elaborateness is employed. Over a
tight lining of silk is puckered thin NOUS
seine -de-soie in black or white from the
puff which tops the shoulder TO the frill
finishing the wrist. The puff is made OF
dress material, and is made to stand out
as stiffly as possible, finished oddly by a
huge loop and long ends of the silk stuff
caught at the shoulder by fancy button
and allowed to f1utter away at the back.
Twists Of velvet, fastened with fancy but
tons, finish the bottom Of the shoulder
puff and the wrist-Harper's Bazaar.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-18
TWO STORIES OF MKINLEY

President Mckinley is sending his friends
home. He is politely requesting them TO
evaeuate Washington as rapidly as posi-
BILE, so as to give him room 10 attend to
his new job A gentleman who has been
devoted To his interest. and of whom he
is very fond, called at the White House
Saturday, as is his custom daily, to in
troduce party of friends and urge the
major to appoint somebody to office, and
was asked; Tom, when are you going
homer"
Tomiooked up in surprise and said: Il do
not know, major. 1 was intending Ia stay
around as long as you need me-"
II don't need you any longer, Tom"
said the President, taking him by the arm
and walking him over to the win.low Il
am not going TO make any appointments
right away, but | am going 10 take care of
you when the time comes. What l need
most is an opportunity TO think / am not
going to do anything as long as ;Iis confu-
sion lasts and this office is crowded with
politicians. When they go awayI will en-
deavor to consider their requests and act
upon them as promptly as possible. i v ish
you would tell your friends as mnch, and
when | want you l will send for you
Tom left for home by the night train,
and advised everybody else he saw ~ do like
wise.
A gentleman who visited the President
today tells this little incident which oc-
Cured while he was in the ex ecutiye
chamber:
"A Zig, bustling man entered in his
turn, and greeted the President effusively
with the words: Il know you'll be glad to
see me, Mr. President, when ] tell you I'm
not an offceseeker.'
4" An officeseeker is none the less wei
come because he is one, and one who is
not is none the more welcome, because lie
is not was the quick and rather stern re-
joinder OF the President.
II thought it was a very apt and very
neatly-eX pressed retOrt, and the visitor
evidently thought 81. too. for he WIS
greatly embarrassed, uttered few hest
tating words. said good-.lay, and de-
parted. r-ChicagO Record.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-18

Mr. f. b. Thurber ass been good enough
20 send us an article from Hardware 9"
II seems TO comprise Mr.. Thurher's testi
mony with reference TO trusts, lately taken
by the Lexow committee in New York The
witness quotes tables of figures TO show
that the operations OF the trunk railroad
lines and the Standard Oil Monopoly, OF
the Sugar Trust, and other combinations
OF capital, have tended TO reduce prices,
and hence these combinations have been
good Mr. Thurber touches lightly upon
some OF the disadvantages OF trusts, like
the crushing out of competitors, and the
doing of much other injustice. he thinks
the advantages, however, far outweigh
the disadvantages.
This is where Mr. Thurber makes his
mistake A trust is formed not TO reduce
prices primarily, but TO make money in
orIliBately for its promoters by sitting COM
petition and regulating prices This can
not be denied. 1t is true, q strong
coherent trust, like the Standard Oil. has
thoughtit wise to permit it's burdens forest
light upon an innocent people, by offering
good service along with fairly low prices;
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-18
The Times Yesterday.

The Times printed and sold yesterday
fifty eight thousand one hundred and two
papers.
It bulletined the result OF the Corbett-
Fitzsimmons prize fight three minutes after
the fatal blow was struck at Carson City,
and ninety seconds before It's esteemed
contemporaries
Two minutes later an illustrated ex ira
edition Of The Times, containing the de
cisive news, was selling on the street
six minutes ahead OF its evening rival.
At 400 O'Clock, or sixteen minutes a fter,
a third edition, giving a complete descrip-
ton Of the fight round by round, was in the
hands of the newsboys and the public.
These various feats taken together con-
stitute the sort OF modern newspaper en-
terprise which the people Of Washington
have been waiting for and have at last
obtained.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-18
Quick Shoemaking.

One of the big Lynn snoe shops made a
pair OF ladies' boots for the Paris exhibit
ton OF 1889 in twenty-four minutes. A no
tary public followed the operation, watch
in hand. For this feat the pair of shoes
went through the usual routine OF the
shop, but at exceptional speed; fifty-seven
different operators and forty-two machines
were concerned in the work, which re
Quired twenty-siX pieces of leather, four
teen pieces of cloth, twenty-four but
tons, twenty-four button-holes, eighty
tacks, twenty nails, two box-toes, two
steel shanks and twenty yards of thread.
Since that time the division of labor upon
a pair of shoes has become still greater,
and there is a larger number of machines
employed, with the result that pair OF
ladies' boots can now be made complete In
this factory inside of twenty minutes -
Scribner's Magazine.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-18
UNCLE JERRY RUSK

The straightforward common sense OF
Secretary Wilson, who is a practical far.
rner, as the Secretary Of Agriculture should
be, recalls to some OF US the big, breezy,
good natured personality of Uncle Jerry
Rusk, who is also practical farmer.
Everybody in Washington knew Uncle
Jerry and liked him. Mr. Wilson is not
like him in any way except in knowing his
business and in being liked, but his APP
pointInent emphasizes the fact that the
Cabinet officer, who represe nts the farmers
ought to know something about the farm
ing business. Uncle Jerry did A story
went around, away back in the early sew
entities, with regard to Judge Price, OF
Black River Falls, and the old general
Both were candidates for the Republican
Congressional nomination. Price made a
great hit one day by going in among the
lumber camps, where he had large inter
ests and that was not Uncle Jcrry's line
But a little La ter the two candidates hap
pened to be near a threshing machine.
Uncle Jerry grew interested, and aske d
TO he allow ed to try his hand at feeding,
saving that he had done those things be-
fore and should enjoy it. IL was not long
before he had that machine going at the
top OF its speed, the foreman racing to
keep up with him, and the bundles flying
into the cylinder so fast they almost made
continuous line. Judge Price watched
this performance for few minutes, and
so did a large crowd, who cheered vocifer-
ous1y, not for Judge Price. When the
Judge could make himself heard he shouted:
derry, | can beat you in clear field,
but | can't beat that - thrashing
machine
The general tipped his hat back on his
head and replied:
Judge, l didn't go near YOU when you
were II the log drive, but If yOuco round
here when l am thrashng you must take
the consequences. I'm going to get that
nomination.
The judge said that he would see about
that, and he did. Uncle Jerry got the
nomination, and his late opponent turned
in nd worked valiantly for his election.
That was the sort OF man Jerry Rusk was;
and that was why he was popular.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-18
Imperial Insanity a New Factor
obtained.

Imperial insanity a New Factor.
Again the news from Greece and Crete.
| although important, is inconclusve. The
blockade OF the island has begun. com
munication between the Greek army OF
occupation and its home government has
been ordered closed by the admirals, and
the foreign fleets viii offer the Creta ms
and civilization an obiect-lcsson in the
bombardment and destruction OF a peace
ful Christian village.
It appears that, under the auspices OF
the British and French foreign offices,
Greece aud Turkey had nearly effected an
arrangement for the autonomy OF Crete,
an annual tribute to the Sultan. This
project was upset by German and Aus
TRAN diplomatic Vaccinations at Constan-
tinople. The situation on the Thessalian
border remains unchanged, but the rising
ofthe Albanianpeasantry and mountaineers
in favor of Greece continues.
After ali, the most important news OF
the day, whether as regards the GTdeCo-
Turkish trouble, or European politics at
large, s the report, couched in carefully
ambiguous language, that Emperor VIII
helm of Germany has gone crazy, nd that
a regency may have to be declared. That
is the literal translation of a statement
in the London Chronicle today, to the ef-
feet that Berlin dispatches announce the
serious illness of his ma jesty, and that Ger
tain constitutional possibilities have been
discussed
The news, If true, will hardly surprise
people who have contemplated the irritable
and Giraffe conduct andcolrse OF the Kaiser
ever since he reached the imperial throne
1t would account for many things in the
past that otherwise seem unacoountable
1t might exert a revolutionary effect upon
the Eastern policy of the empire; throw it
influence to the side OF England, and make
the scales Of the European balanceof power
drop to the West again, instead Of to the
East, as has happened lately
The year Of grace, 1897, is developing
sensational possibilities that are likely to
make t famous in the annals Of time.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-18

The meekest worm will turn il hunted
too zealously, and the literary fellows Of
New York have turned against those W no
are after them with too great a social
importantly. They have formed a society,
which is said to have its headquarters in
the neighbor hood OF Fifth avenue, and to
comprise several very well known authors.
This is natural. The unknown aut hor likes
TO he hunted. 1t is only when requests
for autographs and invitations to dinner
become burdensome that one could desire
TO enter this Society OF the Rampant
Lion" as IL is called. The badge is a
small lion standing on his hind feet and
ready for war. The members OF the So
ciety are pledged to resist their hunters
TO the last gasp and the last uooth and the
last claw. The club is not a very old one,
but il promises to be popular.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-18


and the more wicked it has been in crush
ing individuals, the more careful it is
likely 70 he with reference TO the general
public. Since the first object of trusts,
then, is to make as much money as possible
out of as many people as possible, there is
no limit of avarice and cruelty to which
they may not go, if they are not restrained
10y law. And important as that con sidera-
ton is, IL is really secondary, because
the sitting of individual competition is
not only unjust and rightfulIy punishable
m itself, but it contravenes the first and
dearest principle of a country of freemcn
Nor does it follow, as Mr. Thurber would
seem to argue, that general level of low
prices is altogether desirable. 1t might be
very undesirable. OF course the world is
full OF philanthropic trust magnates who
are always watchful for the interests OF
the plain people, but we have never read
that the plain people themselves have asked
this favor, and we imagine that they would
JUST dS sum, or SoOneTs nave Tile cDaECe,
limited though their capital might be, to
enter all the fields of competition, in
whatever branch of manufactures or trade,
TO which they could possibly gain access
This would make individuals and men OF
them. 1t would make small capitalists,
and whether this kind OF competition make
prices lower in the long run or not, it
would be right because it woald be liberty
IL would not tend 10 reduce our population
to group of rich men, growing always
more inoIdinately rich all the while, and
on the other hand, what in the logic OF
these events, if they were allowed to occur
successfully without hindrance for a gen-
Grafton, would reduce our people TO
peasantry without desires TO crafty and
without any means OF gratifying them
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-18

In the great contest yesterday between
the rival press associations, the United As
sociated Presses knocked out their compel
ftor even more completely than Fitzsim-
mons di1 Corrett. The Geographic serv-
ice performed for The Times by the en-
errctic association mentioned was, in re-
porting the prize fight, little short of mar
pelods. Within three minutes after the
blows were struck in the arena The Tunes
was enabled TO bulletin the facts for the
host OF people in front OF its building. The
finish was telegraphed by the United As
ISOLATED Presses several minutes before
tile competing association coulG do so, and
this contributed largely to the success OF
The Times in informing the public of the
result 10y bulletin and extra edition six
minutes before any other newspaper in
this city.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-03-18
MATCHES, MATCHES, ETC.

Colloquially the title given the column
in the English daily paper in which one
finds the record of births, ma ria ges and
deaths is called ''Hatches, matches and
dispatches Some people are more in
terested in this column than in any other,
and il is in fact an interesting study. All
civilized countries re sister these items
with care. and the statistics complied IT,
veal an interesting array OF facts.
Classifying births, Russia leads in num-
ber-forty- nine births per thousand an
nualIy. Hungary comes next with forty
five; England and Scotland. thirty three,
and Ireland is at the foot of the list with
twenty-four. In every country more males
are born than females-511 boys to 1S9
girls being in England the normal proper
tion to 900 Mortality among male in
fants is higher than among those of the
other sex, so the rate is Kept down.
The average duration OF marriage is
thirty years in Russia and twenty seven
in England and less than this in every other
country where statistics ON the subject
have been collected. The record for long
duration of the marriage tie is held by Ag-
gerhus, in Norway, where 160 couples have
been married for over eighty years.
Some people are 60 fond nf married life
tnat tncy have legally contracted mhrTiiii:,-
several times, Ore man who died at Eor-
deaux aged 81 had married DofeweTthan
sixteen times. while Scotch woman. who
died at the age of loo, had survived thirteen
husbands.
The average age atwhich wOmenmarryiS
90 in England: p in PruSsiaandNOrway,2 S
in Belgium, Holland and Sweden. and 81 in
Russia Out of every thousand who ma rry
for the first time nineteen ale over 80 N
England, while only ninein Scotlandexceel
that age, six in Russia, and in the latter
country 81 8 in a Thousand marry before 20.
There is record OF bridegroom who mar
ried for the tenth time at 80 and lived &c
be ITO.
Only men attain TO the extremes OF Ion
gevity. though some women live To an i'd
yauced ole age No instance is on record Of
an idler reaching an advanced age, and il
really seems that in the case Of man an
active young life. if followed by a peaceful
old age, is most conducive tolGng life The
chances of surviving the age Of l 90 are ex-
ceedingly remote, though three cases are
credited with having passed the 10 years
mark-ChicaCo News.