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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-18
From Manila Bay.

Charles Lind has received from
Dick Leal, the June issue of the
Bounding Billow, published on
board the U. S. F. S. Olympia, al
Manila, in the interest OF American
men, of-wars men.
The little periodical is gotten up
in style which would do credit to
any printing Office. The paper used
belonged at one time to Spaniards,
but has been borrowed" by the
printers for the occasion.
l.. s. Young is the editor, and Il.
B. Glover, the printer Of the Billow,
which contains an interesting sketch
OF the battle of Manila Bay; some
editorial remarks in which the Bal
timore newspaper gets it in the neck
(even in the heat OF battle news
papermen will attack each others);
some translations from the Diario
de Manila, which show that the
Spaniards were Surprised" and
several paragraphs aud items Of
general interest.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-18

are attending to what-with due re-
spect for it's important bearing up
on the issue might be termed
routine work, would we venture to
think be wise economy Of time
and enable the Commissioners to
labor more efficiently and wisely
than by acting upon published in
formation specifically or preiudici-
ally gathered.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-18

The issues to be practically de-
termined by the Commissioners are
fraught with more Importance to
the United States as a whole than
to Hawaii as a part, and their &C.
tions may form presidents for other
countries in the future to fall under
the new American policy of extra
territorial imperialism.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-18
Leilani Boat Club.

At the meeting Of the Leilani
Boat Club held at the Hawaiian Ho-
tel last evening it was unanimously
voted to enter crew in both events
in the championship meet on Sept.
10, 1898.
Chas. Walker is making the neces-
sary repairs and alterations on the
shell, and the crew will at once be-
gin their training.
1t is about decided that the Lei
lani crew will occupy the Colburn
premises at Pearl City.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-18
A TOUCHING TRIBUTE.
The following from the Chicago
Post would make even horse laugh:
ISLANDER ON DOLE.

L OSJ WOulu u6ho oVou d uOIb6 lduBn.
ISLANDER ON DOLE.
1t is hard lines for Dole that he is
about to lose his job as President of
Hawaii just when the populist party
is rapidly proceeding out OF business
for lack OF votes. 1t is pity that
such whiskers as his should be shorn
OF all opportunity to flourish in
congenial political soil at a time
when they have reached the peri
helion OF tropical luxuriance.-St.
Louis Republic.
President Dole gave up lucra-
tive and a distinctly honorable and
congenial Office to become President
of Hawaii. AS Judge of the Supreme
Court he received $500 a year, and
the position was held in the highest
esteem in the islands.
But the position was not the
mans chief distinction. Personally
he enjoyed the respect and affection
which are accorded to those excep-
tional characters in which there is
a commingling of intellectual force
and ability with human kindli-
ness and the highest moral worth.
1t was for this reason, and not be-
cause he wanted a"job," that he was
made president of the young repub-
lie. His lack OF personal ambition
was notorious, and he accepted the
Office in response to popular de-
mand which more ambitious men
waited for in vain.
If now he should retire to private
life he would have much to gain and
nothing to lose. His law practice
would be the largest in the islands
the territorial honors for which he
is supposed 10 long would be dubi-
Gus as honors and very poor pay.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-18
Died..

HooKINe-In this city, August IL,
1898, May M. Hooking, aged 36, the
beloved wife of Senator Alfred
Hooking. The funeral will be held
at $3.50 o'clock p. m. this day from
st. Andrews Cathedral.
NorT-In this city, Aug. 10, 1898,
Mrs. Jas. Mott, aged Sc years. The
funeral will be held at $3.50 o'clock
this afternoon, from her late resi-
dence, Kukui Lane.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-18
THURSDAY, AUG. IS, 1898.
A TOUR OF INSPECTION.

Before the Congressional Commits
sioners get down to the practical
work of framing laws to recommend
to Congress for consideration, it will
be wise and prudent plan for them
to see with their own eyes" as much
of the newly acquired territory as
possible.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-18

The present Commissioners are
men Of intelligence, capacity and
honesty of purpose, and are pre-
sumed to be partisan, or Presi-
dent Mckinley, whose historical
reputation is at stake, would not
have selected them. The position
allotted to them is one calculated to
make or mar international fame and
subsequent immortality in National
muniments.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-18
AMERICAN INCONSISTENCY.

In his message to Congress in
December last, treating the Cuban
question, President Mckinley said:
81 speak not of forcible annexation,
for that cannot be thought Of
That by our code of morality, would
be criminal aggression" The INDE
PENDENT thanks President Mckinley
for a fitting term to apply to his
action, and that of a submissive
Congress, in forcibly annexing Ha.
waii. Under your "code OF moral
ity." Mr.. Mckinley, and that Of con-
scientious self-respecting men, you
and your Congress have been guilty
of an act of criminal aggression"
and may the God OF nations punish
you for the act. So be it.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-18
Born.

HooKINa-In this city, Aug. IL
1893, to the wife of Senator Alfred
Hooking, daughter.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-18

Treating the paragraph in Presi-
dent McKinley's message, which we
have quoted above, the New York
Nation says, in the matter of &C.
curing Porto Rico: "The argu-
ment that we need coaling station
in the West Indies at about the
place where Porto Rico is situated
counts for nothing in the forum Of
morals. That has been the pirates
argument from time immemorial.
Every robber wants something that
his victim owns" "The
rules Of morality are not changed
by a state of war, but our way of
looking at them generally is chang
ed. That which was justly con-
sidered criminal aggression nine
months ago, becomes laudable
proceeding when observed through
the smoke of gunpowder. The i'm
position of hateful government
upon an unoffending people, in
violation Of our own theories OF
government, in the teeth OF our
Declaration of Independence, be-
comes very simple matter when
the roar of cannon deafens our
ears" How truly this last sentence
fits the case of Hawaii. Even Mr..
Dole and his co-conspirators will
admit the parallel.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-18

United States troops are to be
sent up the Yukon as it is feared
that threatened starvation may in
duce bloodshed.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-18

Towels from 35c. per doz to Sc
per doz at Sachs.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-18

A month or six weeks 80 occupied
while the Hawaiian Commissioners
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-18

This is not surprising for un-
doubleday all parties to the conflict
"colorsd" the information" to suit
their arguments and ways of think
ing. AS with the lawyers who can
"drive coach and four through any
Act of Parliament" 80 it was with
those, more particularly, who favor.
ed the annexation cause.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-18

They will discover that Honolulu,
the city, is not Hawaii, the country,
and that the conditions existing here
do c,jt exist there. Legislation
adaptable for Honolulu may not be
adapted for country districts. All
who have read the Congressional
Records reports of the debates on
the Hawaiian question, or even the
press reports, have noticed with
amazement how very much mis-
informed were even the most re-.
nowned, honest, and painstaking
legislators.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-18

To frame method of governing a
new land, accustomed to self-govern-
ment, and to bring it's laws into
sympathy with broader form OF
government based on the same prin-
ciples of liberty and freedom of the
citizen should not, at first glance, be
80 extremely difficult as far as re-
CARDS the white races and the
autochthones. The other races
resident here will require more
mature consideration.
We do not presume, for the pres
emit, at least, to venture to suggest
the lines the Commissioner should
work upon; except to express a
hope that the three purely American
COMMISSIONS Senators Cullom and
Morgan and Representative Hit
will visit each Of the islands, inspect
the plantations and the school
houses and freely mingle with the
native Hawaiians and place them
selves as much en- rapport with our
social, economic, educational and
industrial conditions as are Messrs
Dole and Frear.
A month or six weeks 80 occupied
ILL AZ. Haxuaiin., Ohm, M .. xs
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-08-20
Paid His Creditors in Full.

\ case OF rather remarkable CONNER
clal honesty has just come TO light. In
1878 one of Sprlngfelds well-known
shoe dealers found himself SO embar
rassed by depreciation in value Of
stock and the difficulty In collecting ac-
counts that he failed and made com
promise with his creditors of 30 cents
on the dollar. After twenty-five years
the merchant, now considerably over
20 years old, has settled all these old
claims in full. paying the balance I'M
paid at that time, amounting to several
thousand dollars.
There was no claim on him other
than that of his conscience. All his
creditors had signed paper acknowl-
edging their satisfaction, and, In fact.
large number OF original papers had
been destroyed, so that the merchant
had to settle in accordance with the
figures he had In his possession, pay
Ing over the r-9ney In some cases to
heirs or To surviving, partners, who
knew nothing or had nothing to show
of the original transaction. The con
sclentious old shoe dealer Is very anx-
ious not to have his name appear-his
net would lose Its merit through adver-
Using. he says. 4 good deal of the
money that he has thus paid back has
been pounded out on the shoemakers
bench. Boston Transcript
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-08-20

Every year there is an Emperor
crowned Mt Rome. The coronation,
which of course takes place in n
church, does not stir the world to Its
depths, though there are doubtless
many jewellers In Rome who have an
intense interest in the matter.
The Emperor" is the title given to
the boy who distinguishes himself
above all others in his knowledge of
Christian doctrines, or the catechlsm,
during the year.
1t is almost commonplace to say
that the lad who gains the first place
in such contest as this must acquire
in the process very fair elementary
knowledge of theological lore, and. as
a consequence, he frequently shows a
desire to go further and become Il
priest.
Vlneenzo Postacchini is the lad who
last year was crowned Emperor.
one of his privileges is TO visit the
Pope and the several cardinals, who
give him presents.
This year an impostor got up train
of princes, which are feature of the
new dignity, and went round collect
ing the perqulsites of the position from
the cardinals. The genuine Emperor
has suffered In his budget from this
pretender. The time honored dignity
WILL however suffer no dlmlnution In
the future.-Rome Correspondence
Baltimore Sun.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-08-20
Easily Identified.

There" she said, as she finally got
the check properly Endorsed and handed
1t to the paying teller. I'D like to have
the money please"
The young man scanned 1t carefully
and then looked at her.
rs there anything wrong with itT'
she inquired apprehensively.
NO; am sure It's all right. Only we
have our rules here, and before we can
let you have the money you will have
to be identified"
but the friends | am visiting took a
trip out into the country with my moth
er this morning"
Then you will have to walt until to-
morrow"
"But | need the money TO do some
shopping with this afternoon
I'm very sorry"
rs It absolutely necessary to be iden'
tifledf" she asked plaintlvely.
Absolutely"
well, / suppose l can manage it.
Will the bank be open for an hour?"
Yes"
"Then I'll hurry home and put on my
evening gown. Its great deal of trou-
Bile, but It's the only way, and I'm glad
| thought of It,"
Il don't quite understand
"Why, | have strawberry mark on
my right shoulder, and everybody who
has read anything at all knows that
there isn't any better identification
than a strawberry mark. Anaconda
Standard.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-08-20

The white headed old darby approach
ed ono of the northern congressman al
the foot of the capitol steps, removed
his hat and said: lie cum all de way
fun Nottoway county, eap'n, to see
whut yo' kin do fur me. paid 80, zoe
fur my liberty, en- ain heerd nuthin
FUN de promises O. de gubberment. b"
"You mean to say, uncle, that you
bought your liberty?" the congressman
asked in surprise, thinking to humoI
the old man.
cts a fac. cap'n, en- twenty-seben
hundred wuz de price.
II thought eternal vigilance was the
price of liberty, uncle!"
Scratching his head for an under.
standing, the ex-slave replied doubt
fully, "Waal. cap'n, dat mout be de
case wild de white folks, but de pooh
niger has ter pay cash. Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-08-20
@,Aat"a1ys,..
#;st''y'-

William Tyler, while passing along
the road on the Pennsylvania side of
the Delaware River saw something
fiash across an open space In the woods
Just ahead of him and disappear In the
hollow end OF "A log. He walked TO the
log, and. taking off his coat, tied the
loose end of one sleeve with his sus-
penders. Placing the arm hole of the
sleeve over the hole, he gave two or
three kicks against the side Of the log
The animal that had taken refuge with
IN ran out into the sleeve. Tyler quick
~ closed the other end of the sleeve
and had the animal captive. On reach
Ing home he Investigated TO see what
he had captured. II proved to be n
squirrel about the size OF red squir-
rel, but rs white as snow. with eyes of
deep pink. Some years ago n man
named Rathbone captured a squirrel
exactly like this one In the same local
ity. They are the only two of the kind
ever seen in the valley.
\ number of ruffed grouse spent the
winter i'm an orchard In the rear of the
old Woodruff homestead, in the town of
Monroe. Pa, roosting In the apple trees
and even venturing to the dooryard to
pick up crumbs. The birds fly away
to the mountains during the day, but
return to the orchard toward night. As
IL Is the nature of these shy and wary
birds to make their winter haunts In
~
places, the presence of these particu-
lar grouse within few rods of a
house, where people are almost con
stantly moving about. is unaccounta-
BILE. except on the superstition that the
unusual number of foxes and wildcats
In the mountains this winter led the
birds to feel greater safety In the prox-
unity of man than In their natural
haunts of wood and swamp.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-08-20
DEWEY AT ANNAPOLIS
Naval officer Had Quick Tenn per and
Often Got Into Quarrels.


As Admiral Dewey, Z. S. n. com.
handing the Aslatc squadron, has
came very prominently, and desery-
REILLY So" into the public mind, II may
I've Interesting TO know that he and
Commodore Henry l.. Howison, com
classmates
The academy class to which they be-
longed entered In 1854, and four years
later was graduated with fifteen mem
bers.
Commodore Howlson recently lntl-
mated that Dewey was boy with n
rather quick temper, and he was al
ways clean and well set up. His tenn
per led him frequently into little es-
arrangements, but he had name for be-
Ing ready always 10 take his own part.
lie was plucky.
When the class graduated Howison
and Dewey were on excellent terms,
which, Il seems, cannot be said or
Dewey and others.
There are left of this class in the
navy four ON the active list, and two
on the retired list, in this order Of
rank: Commodore John A. Howell,
commanding the north patrol of the
coast defense fleet; Admiral George
Dewey, commanding the Asiatic squad
ron; Commodore Henry l.. Howlson,
commandment of the Boston naval sta
lion; Commodore Albert kautz, COM
mandant of the Newport station IRE
tired; Capt. Allen V. Reed, now a
member Of the Menocal court-martial,
Brooklyn navy yard (retlred); Capt.
Joshua Bishop, lately assigned TO the
Norfolk navy yard.
Admiral Dewey ranks second on
the list OF officers now in command of
squadrons or divisions, according to
date of retirement, the list being:
Miller. retires Nov %, 1898; Dewey,
Dee. 20. '9s; Sehley, Oct. 8, 1901; Samp-
son. Feb. o, 1902; Howell, March 10,
1902; Remey, Aug. 10, 1903; Watson,
Aug. "a, 1901.
With regard to the report of Dewey's
work at Manila, Commodore Howison
says:
NO man could have done a more
gallant and daring thing than Dewey
Is believed to have done. The perform
anee Is just what | should expect from
him In such an opportunity. Like a
thorough American sailor, he went
right into the harbor, with his bridges
cut behind him, so TO speak, and gave
i ~. A L. ttRf2r nj
cation was cut off; he had absolutely
nothing but the deep blue sea to fall
back on-but everything TO look for
ward to. lie risked. 1t would seem, n
good deal to gain what he was after.
and by superb and exemplary general
ship, hammered the enemy until he
WAS master of the situation. lie did
what Farragut did and would have
done. Dewey served under Farragut."
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-08-20

ANY One wou,d Do.

/ Bishop Lawrence of Massachusetts,
tells "A good story ON himself and Presi
dent Eliot of Harvard When Phillips
Brooks was elected bishop. President
Eliot met DIR. Lawrence. who was then
dean of the Episcopal Theological school
ut Cambridge and said to him: tThe
church has made the greatest mistake Of
q lifetime. Brooks was the pivot around
which we reyolved in Boston. Now you
have spread him all over the state. Any
one would have done for bishop.
Years after, when Phillips Brooks
had gone to his reward and Dean Law.
renee had been chosen in his place, ne
met President Eliot in the street again.
The latter was warm in his congratula-
tions. MY dear bishop" he said, Il
must congratulate you The church
couldn't have made better selection.
thought you should have been the choice
when Brooks was chosen.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-08-20
New Island on Borneo.

a sensation has been created in the
Straits Settlements and the far East
by the sudden appearance of new isl
and off the coast of Borneo between
Nemtakol and Lumbidan. The island
Is As feet high, third of mile long,
and quarter of a mile wide. For the
most part the island is merely an up
heaval of the bottom of the sea, but Mt
its highest point there Is n distinct mud
crater, with the cone-shaped top and
sides fallen In. The sides of the cone
give evidence of having been forced up
through n crevice In solid rock. The
British North Borneo Herald says the
cone, which is thirty yards In diane
ter, Is surrounded by another and
larger cone which shows that with
more pressure from beneath much
larger crater would have been formed
The rising of the island was not ac-
companied by any volcanic disturb
ance. The crater Is scanned with crew
ices and cracks which emit gases. BY
applying torch TO a small crack in the
crater the gas ignites and burns stead
ily.-St. Louis Globe Democrat
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-08-20

these natural difficulties, and some
time ago ice-breaking ships were intro.
duced TO break open the Ice, an opera.
ton. however, which has proved prac-
tically useless. 1t Is now reported that
IA certain engineer" has proposed a
plan for reclaimlng the narrowest part
of the Tartar strait between Saghalien
and the Russian mainland. The theory
of such an undertaking is that. IL this
Is done, the cold current which enters
the Japan Sea from the Arctic, via
Behring Strait will be checked, and
the passage of the warmer tide, coming
from the south through the Tshuma
strait, will make the water on the
coast of Japan as warm as Vladivo-
stok, and the later will be warm all
year round. The expectation is enter
tanned that this remarkable engineer.
ing work will be entered upon after the
completion of the Siberian railroad
Scientific American.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-08-20
HAUNTED BY A NUMBER.
Figures Scrubbed by a schooiboy FINAL.
Brought Fortune.

Figures Scrubbed by a schooIboy Finally
Brought Fortune.
my brother William, who died few
years ago, said Colonel Andrew Free
man the other night, from his boy
hood days had curious habit of scrib
bling on every piece of blank paper he
picked up.
"When he was first able to form fig
ures with pen or pencil, he would
trace the meaningless number 10, I74'
ON everything that had blank space of
sufficient size. On the whitewashed
walls of the little old red schoolhouse
down in my home county in the Penny
rile that boy wrote 10, ia ten thou
sand times or more.
"On the fly leaf of his textbooks, on
the margins of the newspapers my IA
Their was subscriber for, ON the en-
velopes and on the unused bits of papers
in all of the letters that came to our
house he traced those figures in every
idle moment without being able to tell
why he did 80. My father gave the lad
some pretty severe furnishings and count
less reprimands for indulging in the
senseless habit, but Will never stopped
it for a day.
"When l was 81 and Will was %,
told him one day that was going 10
play the numbers he was SO devoted to
in the Louisiana lottery and if drew
anything would divide up with him.
had been throwing away dollar in
the gift enterprise for five or six years
and had never drawn a cent. didn't
get the number l wanted that month,
but the next month l got two tenth
tickets. number 10, TIA. and l struck the
$40, 900 capital prize. Will got one-half
of the cash, and till the day of his
death, eight years ago, never quit talk
ing about the luck his hobby brought
me. 1t was the most remarkable Incl
dent in my life and the most notable
occurrence in the history of our fam
lily. "-Louisyille Post.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-08-20
v,o,e,s Chemically Perrumed.

As violets are much in evidence along
the London thoroughfares, writes a
correspondent, the following incident
may be of interest: | was In chem
lists shop when a coster girl entered
with a large basket of yiolets and set
It on the floor. | bought bunch, and
then noticed the chemists assistant
pass small glass phlal to the girl, the
contents of which she emptied into the
basket. Tricks of the trade" said the
chemist, with a smile, while the mer-
chant gave him a look of sly humor
from under her hat "What was that
she boughtT | asked. "a penn'orth OF
wood violet" he replied. Those Frnch
violets don't smell. They rest on moist
moss In the basket and the moist moss
absorbs the perfume. That penn'orth
will sell the basket" Then he told me
that a "penn'orth" of musk perfume
was used to improve the selling quality
of pots of musk, and that he had had
a hawker similarly ask: "A penn'orth
of white rose, guv'nor." As went
away | figured to my mind an old lady
bending over that basket In response
to the merchants observation: Fresh.
ma'am? Just smell for yourself. Lon
don News.