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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-26

style, it is always, not only we'll worth
while, but decidedly entertaining to
read what he writes, and editors are
always eager for his contributions. He
is especially interesting now, at least
to Americans, because the subject that
particularly engages him is the effect
our foreign war is having upon us and
the likelihood of its resulting in an al
lance with England, as he himself
thinks it will He has just completed
an article on this subject for the July
number of McClure's Magazine. He is
now about 40 years of age, and, with
his native alertness and intelli-
sence, his careful education, his large
acquaintance and bis wide observation,
he is about the ablest man for his work
whom l know of anywhere.
l made mention some weeks ago, in
this correspondence, of Lieutenant
Jasper Brady, whose forthcoming
stories of the life of a telegraph opera
tor 1 forecast would prove good read
ing. This is the same man of whom
you have been reading lately, under
the designation of Captain" Brady, as
plying the government censor's blue
pencil vigorously on the press dis
patches down at Key West. When he
got to the front his long experience as
a telegraph operator, before he entered
the army, and his literary tendencies
indicated him as the proper man to
supervise the press dispatches, and
see that no important war secrets were
given to the public. Therefore, he be-
gan to exercise the editorial function
on a larger scale than, perhaps, any
other man in the country, and, in
order that his rank might comport
with the deadliness of his Office, he
was made a captain. The step from
authorship to editorship has always
been short one, and it is no surprise
that Captain Brady should have taken
it; but ! hone he'll retrieve it, sooner
or later, for he must be all the time
now laying in a rare stock of material
for stories.
Literary centers and gathering points
are of a remarkably transitory char
acter in this country. They may be
so in all countries for aught l know;
but here, certainly, you scarcely learn
that they are before you become we'll
aware that they are not Here in New
York there is always a new hotel or
restaurant coming forward under the
legend that it is the place most re-
sorted to by men and women who
write, and then, just when the hero |
worshipping outsider begins to haunt !
its office and doorway in the hope of
getting a sight of some of the people |
upon whom the literary inspiration has !
descended, he comes into the chilling !
knowledge that, while this used to be |
the place where the authors came, it is |
the place no longer. Thus a little |
French hotel in Ninth street has at
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-26

/ freebooters fled like chaff before the
wind when they met the welI-dis-
ciplined legions of Rome. but the cost
of victory was great, and its immedi-
ate value but little appreciated at
the time. 1t is worthy of notice that
the number of the slain in this single
conflict was far in excess of the total
of those killed in battle during the en-
tire civil war of 1876, though it has
been computed that at least 5000. 900
men carried arms in the course of the
struggle between the north and south.
The third of the epoch making con-
tests was fought at Tours, in the year
1872, and resulted in the driving back of
the Moors across the Pyrenees, which
they had crossed, under the leadership
of Abderrahman, with the intention,
by one bold stroke, of conquering
FARMLAND and crushing the rising
faith of Christianity that was striding
rapidly through western Europe. At
the head of 10000 Arab troops Alb
derrahman arrived at Tours without
encountering the slightest opposition,
and proceeded to encamp at a little
distance from the ancient Roman city.
The thoroughly alarmed Christians had
meanwhile assembled under the ban
ner of Charles, afterwards Martel,
and, with only 10000 followers, the
Champion of Christendom determined
to give battle to the Saracen. The
cause of the Cross prevailed against
the almost overwhelming numbers of
the heather, and the victory was ac-
complished by the inevitable whole
sale destruction of the vanquished If
we can believe the accounts of the
monks, the only historians of the
period, Abderrahman and 375, 900 of his
followers were ruthlessly butchered,
while the Christian loss was only 1000
men. 1t is certain. at least, that very
few of the invaders ever returned to
Spain, whence they had started on
their ill-starred expedition.
Instances of the enormous lists of
casualties in the battles of the early
centuries could be multiplied without
difficulty, but sufficient has been said
to show that for every man killed in
modern fight, hundreds and even
thousands paid the penalty in the
mighty hand-to-hand struggles of an
cient days. when primitive spears and
arrows took the place of the mathe-
matically precise weapons of today.
An interesting table can be made
showing the percentages. of slain in a
number of the most important battles
of history:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-26

Information doubtful.
1887. In the recent Graeco-Turkish war
there were only 694 Greek officers and men
killed altogether.
The last name on the list brings up
thoughts Of the great victory in which
the illustrious Nelson played such a
memorable part. At Trafalgar, in 1905,
a British fleet of 80 ships of the line
and four frigateS (the armored cruisers
of modern f1eets), engaged combined
French and Spanish battle array of 40
ships and five frigates, and of the con-
f1ict which ensued NJ. Theirs has said
that "such scene of horror at sea. had
never been witnessed in the memory of
man." A single brOadSide from the
Temeraire, British ship, swept 200
men from the decks of the Redoubt-
able and hurled them into eternity.
This particular French ship numbered
572 dead in a crew of $50 officers and
men, only eight officers escaping of the
40 on board. At the close of the ter
rible struggle, IL French and Spanish
ships had been captured and one blown
up, and between killed, wounded,
drowned and prisoners the losses of the
allies amounted to nearly 1000 men; on
the English ships 1857 Jack Tars had
surrendered their lives. How ludicrous
seems the vaunted destructiveness of
the modern engines of war, when IA
Spanish ships, in their own harbor and
backed up by strong shore batteries,
could not make the slightest impress
sion on the gallant Dewey's six large
vessels nor even kill a single mani
And the recently published results
show that the awful destruction that
was done among the boats of the Dons
was accompanied by the death of but
IS of the sailors and marines that
manned them. Similarly, at Atbara,
Sir Herbert Kitchener, the Sirdar, re-
pulsed a force of over 40, 900 Dervishes.
but the Maxims, field guns and repeat
ing rifles were responsible for but a
few hundred of the 5000 Arabs who
were slain; the greater part of them
fell in the hand-to-hand fighting that
took place when the British troops
stormed the Arab "zereba" at the point
of the bayonet.
There is but one conclusion to be
drawn from these figures, and that is,
that instead of becoming more inhu-
man and destructive as the centuries
roll by, war is today a far more mer-
ciful game and infinitely less bloody
than in the days of f1int-lock, crossbow
or javelin. Whatever advances have
been made in the art of producing huge
guns of immense range and power, and
of perfecting appliances for rapid and
continuous firing, equal, if not greater, !
strides have been made in the science
of affording adequate protection to both
garriSonS and crews. And moreover, it !
is ridiculous and impossible to expect !
that in the heat and excitement of
battle the same accurate results can
be obtained which are found in the |
peace and quiet of target practice. |
Even the coolest brain cannot be relied |
on to faithfully compute logarithms
amid the screeching of shell and the |
dull, ear-renGing roar of big guns fired |
in anger. The moral effect of a burst |
ing shell is far in excess of the fear |
inspired by a whole regiment advanc-
ing at the charge.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-26

sInformation doubtful.
**1S97. In the recent Graeco-Turkish war
there were only 694 Greek officers and men
killed altogether.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-07-27
DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS NOW
WANT A LOCAL LINE.
Principal Features of an Enterprise
Planned by a Queen Street Man for
Local Capitalists.

The impossibility of securing at
present steamer to take the place
of the Australia and the Zealandia,
has set some of the merchants down
town to thinking, and one of them
has evolved a plan which he has no
doubt would prove successful tinanci-
ally. and result in keeping surplus
capital at home.
Briefly stated this gentleman's
plan consists in organizing local
company having a capital of S500,O00.
or more if required. With this a fast
steamer and eight or ten sailing YES
sells are to be bought, to run in To-
cal line between this port and San
Francisco.
One of the merchants interested in
organizing this new concern said this
morning; "Nery little real capital
would be needed. There are four or
five firms here now owning sailing
vessels in the same trade, who might
put their vessels into the company,
taking stock therefor l know of one
big firm that is willing to do so at
any time.
With this as starter enough local
CdDllul COulu Dt ODlulllCh w IJuiNhoSC
large and fast steamer, capable of
making the trip to the Coast in five
days and carrying all the local per-
ishable freight and ice house goods.
We should want a steamer at least
equal to the China in speed and car
rying capacity. Such a vessel ought
to be obtained for 100000, and the
ten sailing vessels at an average of
$4,000 each, making 100000, and
leaving surplus of 100000 for a
working capital. 1t is necessary to
run sailing vessels in connection with
the steamer and all under the same
agency in order that full cargo for
the steamer can always be insured,
in other words that the agents can
pile in sugar when nothing else Of
fers."
Would such line pay?" was
asked.
Undoubtedly it would. | am In a
position to know that the average pro-
fits of the sailing vessels owned by
one firm here are Is per cent and of
those owned by another II per cent.
| With regard to the steamer no one
would object to paying 500 for a trip
to the Coast with a guarantee of not
more than five days at sea, while an
intermediate class between the first
and steerage would pay well. AS TO
| freight, all the local merchants ought
to support a local line. Our business
is not so extensive as some that we
could mention, but we can throw
$4,000 or 5000 in freight money per
month to such a line. and would be
willing to take a good slice of stock.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-07-27
THE JAPANESE CLAIMS

At the meeting of the Council of
State this afternoon President Dole
stated the object of the meeting TO
be to consider the settlement of the
japanese controversy. Minister Hatch
detailed a conversation he had with
Secretary of State Day the morning
after the annexation resolution pass
ed the Senate, in which Secretary Day
said that President Mckinley urged
for urgent reasons of state, that all
controversies in which the Hawaiian
government was engaged should be
settled before annexation was con-
summated. Another conference was
held the same day at which the Japu-
nese Minister was present, at which
the latter agreed to compromise ia
pans claims.
Minister Hatch reported this mat
ter to his government Immediately on
his arrival here.
Day before yesterday the japanese
representative in Honolulu sent let
ter to the government offering to set
tie the claim for $4,000.
In view of these representations, p.
C. Jones moved that $4,000 be appro-
priated to settle the claim. This mo-
ton was seconded by J. L. Kaulukou
The resolution passed by a unani-
nous vote.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-07-27
HOW KAU CELEBRATED.
Waiohinu Exploded Giant Powder
and Held a Luau.

The people of Waiohinu, Kau, cele-
brated annexation with enthusiasm.
The news was received by telephone,
Saturday afternoon, July 10th. I'm
mediately business and labor ceased,
and everybody began to celebrate.
Waiohinu has had an American flag
flying every Sunday since 1893. c.
Meinecke Immediately hoisted anoth-
er. The community had exploded all
its fireworks celebrating the 4th of
July. But they were bound to have
fireworks for this occasion. Quanti-
ties of giant powder were secured,
and in the evening was made 10 do
duty for the more aereal sky rocket
and Roman candle. Enough was used
to make plenty of noise and light up
the darkness as it has not been light
ed up in that region since the last
lava flow.
The next Saturday a more formal
celebration was given. A luau was
served and the whole country side
native and foreign, was there. There
was plenty to eat and plenty to drink
and patriotic and congratulatory ad
dresses were made by C. Meinecke
Joe Pritchard, NJ. Foley and others.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-07-27
THE FORTY CLUBS PLAN.HAVE PARTY GOVERNMENT
HOW 1T PROPOSES TO CONTROL
FUTURE ELECTIONS.
Nominees of the Club are to be Elect
ed Even if Money has to be Used
to Do 1t.

Owing to many of the members Of
the Forty Club being engaged in on
tertaining visiting United States Off
GERS last evening the meeting set for
last night was postponed till this e~-
ening, when it is likely the officers
will be elected, and the club will be-
gin to make itself felt in local poll
tics.
A partial outline of the clubs plans
was given yesterday. The STAR In
formant, in response to a question as
to the means to be adopted to accom-
plish the desired ends, said this
morning:
we propose to work on the same
lines as the San Francisco organind-
tion. The first thing to do of course
is to get a good balance in our treas
ury. This will be accomplished by
dues from members and occasional
assessments, as l told you yesterday.
When any Office is to be filled ne
club will look over the claims of ihe
candidates and decide on the man
whom it wishes to support. In each
district we shall have members whom
we can rely on, men whose business 1t
is to find out how the voters OF their
district stand on the candidates for
that particular office. When we have
decided on the man we want, the mat
ter will be referred to the members
of the four districts, who will report
to the club our candidates chances
in each district and the probable
amount of money required to Gle It
him in case the feeling is adverse.
When these reports come in we
shall know how our man stands and
exactly how much money will be re-
quired to insure his election. If the
candidate can stand it he will have to
pay the bulk of this assessment; if
not, the club will find it. The latter
would be an instance in which the
occasional $40 or $40 assessments
would come in, which l told you OF
yesterday.
On election day our club will be di.
vided so that we have ten men in each
district, with instructions to elect
our men at whatever cost, and I teiI
you that ten good men who under
stand their business can accomplish
good deal, particularly when they
have a sack to draw on"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-07-27
NOT TRIBUTE BUT FAVOR
GOVERNMENT WILL PAY JAPAN
AN INDEMNITY.
Will be Done Solely at the Request
of President McKinley-Justice of
the Claim Not Admitted

The Japanese imbroglio of 1897 is
to be settled by the payment of $4,000
to Japan. In making this payment
the government does not admit the
justice of the claim nor the right of
Japan to the indemnity. 1t holds to
the views presented by Minister Coop
er in his correspondence with Minis
ter Shimamura: views which have
been fully and formally sustained by
the administration at Washington.
The payment is made solely at the
request of President Mckinley.
BY the transports last Saturday
Minister Sewall received a letter from
the State Department requesting that
the compromise claims of Japan,
amounting to $4,000, be paid at once
by Hawaii This request Minister
Sewall transmitted to the Cabinet
yesterday, and a reply was drafted,
in which it was stated that the Coun-
ell of State would be called together,
and that the payment would be made
solely on this request.
Minister Cooper thus very clearly
puts the whole situations:
"It is true the Executive Council
will request the Council of State TO
appropriate the sum of $4,000 for
the purpose of settling the pending
controversy with the Empire of ia
pan.
The representative of Japan now in
"The representative of Japan now in
flee last week and said that his gov
ernment was very desirous of having
the incident closed before annexation
should be consummated, and offered
on behalf of his government to accept
the sum of $4,000 in full settlement
and without prejudice as to the prin-
ciples involved and without further
discussion of the merits of the ques-
ton.
I'VE have also received a commune
cation from Minister Sewall stating
that his government desired to have
the matter settled as it was consider
ed an obstacle to the consummation of
annexation.
ut was only after the most serious
consideration of the question that the
! Executive Council reached its con
clusion, and that simply out of sin
cere desire to comply with the wishes
of the government of the United
| States.
"This is peculiarly hard position tc
be placed in as former assurances
from the State Department at Wash
ington were to the effect that after !
review of all the correspondence in
the matter the position taken by this
government was found correct. AnC
the present request is not based upor
a finding that this government has
been wrong in the controversy; bu
that the dispute should be settled be
fore the territory is finally incorpora
ted into the United States. No rea
sons are given for this action; but tn,
request is made in such an urgen
manner that there appears to be II,
other way than to comply, notwith
standing our belief in the integrit!
of our position"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-07-27

\ former Kentucky colonel, but
now private in the regulars, stood
with companion on Nuuanu street,
admiring the tropical growth in Gu
pacious yard.
This beats Kentucky. It's the
grandest country that | ever was in"
"On account of its climate?'
NO, but it is charming"
Its luxurious yegetatiOn?'
mo, but it is wonderful"
Its cerulean skies?'
mo, but they are lovely"
"The Kaleidoscope colorS of the
lashing surf?"
NO, but they are beautiful"
"The grace and beauty of ITS wom-
en?"
"No, not exactly, but they-they are
angelic"
"Why then is this the grandest
country that you ever were in?'
The erstwhile Kentucky colonel
looked confused; he hesitated. Be,
because t-h-i-s, this is the only coun-
try that | ever saw where ! could
drink water and enjoy it,"
Among the troops in Honolulu,
is a grizzled veteran. l will call
him Tom Osborne, but that isn't his
name. Tom has served number of
enlistments in the regular army, one
of which was in the Fourth United
States infantry. He saw service on
the frontier, and participated in the
campaign against Sitting Bull under
General Crook.
Shortly after his enlistment Tom
gained from his companions, on ac-
.f l., &. ha nlNrsi-
quet of "Windy" Osborne. Prior TO
entering the country of the hostiles,
Osborne frequently announced that
he could lick single-handed the whole
Sioux nation. Let me at EN-" he de-
clared, land | will wipe the earth
with 'em."
When Toms company, on the march
from Camp Brown, now Fort Washa-
kie, Wyoming, to Cantonment Reno,
on the Powder river, had its first
brush with Indians, Osborne was seiz-
ed with fear. During the desultory fir
ing "Windy" received a slight wound
on the arm.
II am killed! ] am killed." he
shouted. as he dropped his gun and
settled down in the sagebrusn.
Are you prepared to die?' asked
comrade bending over him.
Prepared to die? H, yes; I'm
prepared to do anything to get out
of here"
Subsequently Osborne became one
of the most intrepid men in the regi-
ment and his bravery in the battle
with Crazy Horse. in which that war
rior was defeated, was commended in
general orders.
WILLIAM II. MARSHALL.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-07-27
WHY NOT BUY A sINGERP

You want sewing machineP Then
why not buy a singer; there has been
more of them sold than any other
make. They wear longer, run light
er and do better work than any other
make. They have never been a cut
price machine, the workmanship on
the Singer will not admit of cut pri-
ces. A few dollars in the original
cost between a good machine and a
poor one counts for nothing. b. Ber-
gerson, agent, Bethel street.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-07-27
THE PLANTERS MONTHLY.

The Planters Monthly is to hand,
and the veteran editor keeps up his
well earned reputation. The present
number is bright and contains much
information for sugar growers. But
beyond that the Planters Monthly
supplies information for those en-
gagged in the minor industries.
Through its columns people who have
the smaller enterprises under way
communicate ideas to one another.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-07-27
TREES BEING KILLED.

The Commissioner of Agriculture
has called the attention of the electric
light and telephone companies to the
large number of trees that are being
killed by the wires connecting them
with the poles. 1t has been the prac-
tice of employees of the companies to
brace their poles with wires attached
to trees in private grounds, a prac-
tice which Mr.. Clarke says would not
be countenanced anywhere else.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-07-27
FRESH IMPORTS.

BY the Bark Dimond, Camarinos
will receive cherries, rubarb, aspara-
gus, celery, caulifower, fresh salmon,
crabs, founders, oysters lin tins and
shelD, apples, grapes, figs, lemons,
Burbank potatoes, pure olive oil, dri-
ed fruit, new crop of nuts, raisins,
etc. California Fruit Market, King
street.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-07-27
CIRCUIT COURT.

Deputy Marshal Chllingworth has
made return of service of summons
in the case of Alfred Roche VS.. c. W.
Dickey, an action to recover $4,000
damages for alleged injury to plain
tiff's character and feelings by reason
of his arrest as a common nuisance,
on complaint of defendant, for allow
ing a couple of dogs to run at large.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-07-27
COMPANY b FESTIVITIES.

Forty-three men turned out at the
drill of Company b last night, Cap
tain Kenake commanding. After the
drill the usual good time was had,
with light refreshments. A number
of the visiting troops were invited in
and one of them, Corporal j. l..
O'Donnell, entertained the company
with one of the very best slight of
hand performances ever seen here.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-07-27
EXCEPTIONAL VALUES.

We have been giving the ladies bar
gains for some time; now it is the
mems turn. At our midsummer clear
ing sale will be found exceptional
values in ready made clothing and
gents furnishing goods. We have de-
cided to close out this line entirely,
and the goods will be sacrificed. L. j.
Kerr, Queen street.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-07-27
The store that
never disappoints.
McInerny Shoe Store.
Fine Repair Work.

When your Bicycle, Gun, Type
writer or any article of fine me-
chanism needs repairing and you
wish a job which is certain to
prove satisfactory, bring it to us
and we will fix it for you and
guarantee it fully.
We take pride in turning out
only the very best of work and
will call for and deliver it to any
part of the city.
Pearson & Hebron
3l2 Fort street. Telephone No. 500.
Opposite LEVERS & Cookies.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-07-27
WHEELS.

That wheel easily, safely-strong to
endure, lasting and sure-are Sterling
Bicycles. They are made to be right
in every part and respect. Nothing
shirked, nothing neglected. Mechan-
ical perfection. The kind you want.
Tried once, never abandoned. Pacific
Cycle and Manufacturing Company,
Agents.