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u, its people, in certain limits, and the hap
/ penings there.
! "A young fellow named Rutherford had
killed noiehbor, Captain Morrow and was
| in Jail at Bussellvlle, the county seat. The
sheriff got wind OF plan OF Rutherford
! friends to liberate him. Jesse James, who
was known to be in the county, was re-
orted to be at the head of the movement.
| The delivery was to be effected Sunday
night. that being a quiet time in the little
town. when all business, including the sa-
looms. shut up shop, while the proprietors
went to church or played poker severally,
as the spirit moved them. The sheriff sum
moned posse of the loys, placed a strong.
well-armed guard at the Jail and pcketed
| the main streets leading into town.
''As the night wore on and nothing hap
pened some OF the outside guards got dry,
and knowing where there was a back door
| left conveniently open concluded to lubri-
cate We went in pairs. My partner and |
took the initiative We passed through a
rear room into the bar. AS we came round
| the partition a well-bult man, with full
black beard, dressed in riding boots, neat,
| Well-titting suit, a cape overcoat and black
slouched hat, was in the act OF returning to
the bar a bottle from which he had Just
poured a stiff drink OF whisky. lie stood at
the far end OF the counter, having good, and
| il soon became evident, intentional com
mand of the only available entrance. He
! TUNED, facing us with movement that was
quick, without indicating undue haste. As
he did so his hands, as though controlled by
| some wel-regulated mechanism, dropped
calmly, cooliy, almost caressingly, upon the
butts of a pair of Colts in his belt. This
group stood for a full second trio in statu-
AIRY; we two, with our double -barreled shot
guns, heavily charged with blckshot, sus
pended helpless in our hands and our revol-
vers useless in our belts, hypnotized by the
rteady, transtixing, fearless challenger of
a pair of eyes whose very glance looked
death. Then, recovering our senses, we
turned to the bar ard gave our orders. As
we helped ourselves the gentleman at the
other end, keeping his right hand where il
was calculated to be of prompt service
drank his liquor leisurely, then dropping the
hand back to its place, with the same ca
ressing motion, walked out, with a cool
good night, gentlemen
"'Kuow the gentleman" asked the bar
keeper.
Jesse James, by gunl,' we both ex
claimed in breath
"And it was. We had been out looking
for him and had found him.
"And you didn't arrest him."
ARREST HIP exclaimed the Kentuckian
sententously, as he sat the empticd glass
down. "Why, man. he'd have made sieves
of lis if we'd made a suspicious move.
"No, the jail was not raided by Jesse
James that night nor any other night. He
| had evidently reconnoitered in spite of our
vigilant pckets, and had concluded that the
time was not propitious.
'Rutherford Oh, he was acquitted on
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Is the Nose a Soul Organf

Here comes a Cornell coed, Miss E. A.
Gamble, Phi. D., now an Instructor az
Wellesley, with little apparatus she calls
an 'olfactorometer," with which she pur-
poses measuring the strength of our sense
of smell.
So far this may be all very well. Sci
entitic young women may be prepared with
convincing arguments to show why in this
highly complicated and even bewilderng
state of our development it is the duty Of
every good citizen to know exactly how
acute is his sense of smell. But there is =
phase to DR.. CANDLES discovery upon whish
she should shed greater measure of light
She puts forth her invention as discv-
ery in psychology. Now, what in the name
of De Bergerac has the nose to do with tis
soul? Eyes have been described as WIN.
dows of the soul; admirers of long-haird
pianists have declared that ears are ta
souls 'phone-but the nose!
DR.. Gamble may weigh the odors irons
Broadway trench, the perfume from Barrn
island, and call them anything she pleaset-
hut soulfull
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board. Many i the time | wished | was
safe ashore before | got there.
The Aquidaban, a battleship belonging
to the rebels. was said TO be looking for H.
and our crew va, much disposed to mutiny.
We did not know whether we were Ameri-
cans, Dagoe- or pirates. but rather thought
that We were legally the latter. ! and an
other reporter We're put in charge OF the
range finders only to learn that they were
ont OF order aud wouldn work
Further the -hip~ We're manned by Bra
zilian- who really favored the rebei, and
were only watching for chance to run IL
down in the night or to get Themselves
wrecked, 30 as to avoid The fight which we
all knew was coming. Seven out Of the iii
! teen with which we finally started to 20
400 miles over a smooth sea. managed t.
wreck themselves before we arrived at Rio.
Then we found that the rebels had sur
rendered or fed and that the war was over.
"On my return to the United States |
worked for awhile in New York. then in
Chicago, finally coming to Washington and
| Joining the Associated Press there \ wear
later | accepted the correspondence for a
| New York paper and six months later broke
down with overwork For eight month, |
Wa III dii'l Nbul'l nave ilGI Il IldIG time O1 IL
bad ii not been for lucky incident. Some
time before had written a novel in a com
| petition offered by the Chicago Record for
,torie, OF mystery. The time had almost
| expired when | learned Of the offer. but !
wrote $500 word, day and sent il in al
most without revision. Now | learned un.
| eXpectedly that | had been awarded 500
prize. Thi, novel was called The More
| Mystery, a very poor name.
"On my recovery the Record chose me to
go to Cuba d. it> CORE, ,pondent | went 10
Placetas, in the center Of the island. look
ing for some opening and speedily found one.
\ rebel mail carrier had lust been captured
and shot, but his friends had saved his mail.
| learned of this and offered to carry it on
If ! were permitted to read all the official
documents. This permission was granted
and through this lucky incident there grew
up a regular system of transmission. Twice
each month | would go down to Remedies
and get a wad of letters, which carried to
Havana and sent to Key West BY this
means | got many scoops
"My first attempt came near proving fatal
to me. | had the letters concealed in a
camera that ] carried and was getting along
nicely when | was arrested for taking pic
lures without permission. / had to take nv
finn out and surrender it to the iefe without
letting him see the letters lying under it.
] managed to do it, but / had cold chills for
a month afterward whenever thought of it.
"After time | came back to Washington
and settled down as regular correspondent
and so remained until our war with Spain
began. 1t was hard for me to remain quiet
at such time, but | managed to do so for
my wfe's sake until Cervera was DESTROYED
and Watson's squadron was formed. Then
simply couldn't stand it any longer and
started off again. At Guantanamo ] com
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muncated with the Associated Press and
was assigned to Watson Tor the eastern
"Trip. He put me on board the Ma,.achu
,eits, which. luckily as it turned out. wa
later selected by General Miles 20 lead hi-
convoy to Porto Rico. Hence got to see
something OF the war after all landed
with General Miles at Guanca and was one
Of the only two correspondents on shore
there. and the only one TO make the first
overland march with our troops
"Now am back in Washington again
taking up my old work. have promised
my wife that | will never 90 OFF travelling
again and ! Eean TO keep my word Here.
atter ! intend to do Washington newspaper
work in the winter and draw on my abund
ant experience for topics for novels in the
dull days OF the summer
Il don't know whether you can base an,
argument on these travels of mine or find
an answer oyour query in them If you can
! shall be very glad"
The herald., 1898-11-13
VANISHED LUNATICS
Strange Disappearance of an Insane
Family From Its Paris Home

A family OF lunatics has disappeared, and,
though search is being made, none OF its
members are to be found. The story is an
odd one.
About a week ago the dweers in usually
very quiet house were awakened in the dead
OF night by the cries OF "Murder!" 'Help!"
which were loudly repeated several times.
The occupants rose in alarm from their
couches, and proceeded to the door OF the
flat whence the noises emanated, and
thumped and rang until it was opened. The
apartments were occupied by a business
man, his wife and two children.
The father came to the door in a very di-
sheveled state, and in reply 10 anxious ques-
tions as to the cause of the screaming, said:
1T is my wife, who has gone mad through
bestowing too much attention on hypnotism
and wants to kill me-" The neighbors were
naturally enough somewhat alarmed by this
terrifying statement, and at once proceeded
to the help of the poor lady SO terribly af
llicted,
Much to their surprise, when they came
to the lady herself she announced on her
part that it was the husband who had taken
leave OF his senses and was desirous of kill
ing her. The children were next interro
gated, and, to complicate matters, one
sturdily maintained that the father was mad
while the other was equally obstinate in her
belief that the mother was in that distress
ing state. After some time the neighbors
| succeeded in calming this storm in a teacup,
and peace reigned once more. In the small
hours OF the morning, however, the man, at
tired only in single garment, rushed fran
tically down the stairs, and, boiling to the
office of the police commissary of the dis
trict, dashed in, shouting: "My wife is slay-
ing me; she is going to stab me with
dagger"
The officer, who was already acquainted
with the peculiar situation, hurried off to
the abode of the family, leaving the man to
be looked after. As he opened the door
loud report reached his ears, and bullet i'm
bedded itself in the door at his side The
policeman, not wishing to be shot by mad
woman, went for some comrades, and four
men were stationed outside the fiat. with
orders to arrest the woman when she made
an appearance The four were relieved by
another four after twenty-four hours. at
which time it was thought that something
must have happened within, as all sounds
of life had ceased The door was broken
and the premises searched, though to no eff.
feet. The father, who had been released.
had disappeared, and now the police are
searching in every direction for this remark
able family.-Paris Dispatch to PHILADELPHIA
Ledger.
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HOW HE MET JESSE JAMES
A Kentuckian Tells of His Search fer
the Bandit

y see they have indicted young Jesse
james on Il charge OF train robbery" re
marked the kentucKlan, as he ieisurelv
agtated the one large lump of ice in an old
fashioned toddy
Looks like a case OF hereditary criminal.
tr. Its queer, this visiting the sins OF the
father upon the children. Always struck
me as bit unfair to the offspring. An un-
earned handicap in lies futurity.
Il knew tins youngsters father, the IA
nous outlaw. Not intimately, Just a casual
acquaintance, a chance meeting. Fine
looking fellow, this man with half dozen
prices on his head. Handsome, clean-cut
features clear steel-bue eyes and the ply
sique OF an athlete. But not altogether
pleasant to look upon; anyhow. ! expert
enced no especially delightful sensation
during my brief inspection.
"Tell you the story? Oh, 'tisnt much
OF story Just an incident. One of those
inconsequential little episodes, where the
heart stops beating for a full second and
makes up for lost time in the next thirty
The kentuckian slipped his toddy reflect
lively, then agitated the one lump of ice
gently as he made a mental march back
through the years.
Let me see, it must have been fully
twenty years ago. | was mere youngster
at the time, and I'm no spring chicken now
Not very long time before Bob Ford sue
ceeded by hypocrisy that will damn him. in
doing what no man had ever done before
catch Jesse James off his guard. The James
boys and I came from the same county in
Kentucky-Logan They left there about
the time they took up the banking and rail
road business upon a capital of cool nerve,
steady hand. and unerring eye for range
finding They had lot of relatives, the
Hites, well-to-do farmers and merchants in
and around Adairville. These they used to
visit, and were quite familiar with the coun-
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have been built by the Phoencans in Solo
mons time. The country is supposed to he
the Ophir OF the Bible The whole thing
made excellent newspaper copy both then
and later, and has just furnished me with the
basis OF IA novel called The Fan oi Ophir,'
which | have nearly completed and which
lmy friends are kind enough to admire.
| Some two hundred miles further south,
| in the Transvaal our oxen tell sick and the
cart had TO stop until they got we'll or died.
| was not willing to delay 80 long and deter
mined to 90 ahead on foot
Il had had MartiniHenrv carbne, but
had traded it oft for curosities. expecting
to stick to the cart until ! reached civiliza-
ton. SO now here | was. starting on $50
mile trip through IA desolate country infest-
ed with wild beasts. with nothing at all to
protect myself with except a native assegai
| or spear. Nevertheless, ] couldn't wait
there until l ate up all my money, and so
,lung my little bundle of food over my shoul-
der on the spear and started
| II don't like to think of that trip. There
were stage stations about thirty miles apart
and for the most part there was no water
except at these The intervening country
was uninhabited except for few natives
and the wild beasts. used to walk by night
in order to escape the heat of the day, and
towards morning | used to punctuate every
| step took with curses Oh, but | was tired
and thirsty.
| well. walked that $50 miles in ,iX days
stopping over finally at Pretoria, where |
| spent half the money that | mad left in Il
hotel bill. | fairly reveed in sheets and
good cookery. Two days more took Inc to
Johannesburg, and five days from there TO
Charle,town. under Maiuba hill, where the
british We're so badly thrGshod by the Beers.
| There | found IA railway pass. secured for
me by the American consul at Durham, who
| had been my classInate at the naval academy
| He was very kind and also secured for me
passage home in Il sailing vessel for $50, to
be paid en- my arrival.
This passage took sixtythree days and
was horror. The ship was owned by Nor
Weigans and was very old. The rest can be
/ inferred. When at last we reached Savan-
nah, | found there the money for my news
paper work. paid Tor my passage and went
to my home in Kentucky for rest.
Il went to New York, where easily OBJ
tained work on the strength of my travels
in Africa. I was marine reporter on one OF
the big papers there for six months and then
was chosen by the Associated Press to go
to Brazil on the dynamite cruiser Meth
eroy. This ship (which was recently pur
chased by the United States and rechrist
ened the Buffalo, was then the FL Cid. She.
with Others, was bought by President Peix-
otto OF Brazil, fitted with ifteen-inch dy-
Mantle gun and sent down to suppress the
rebellion in that country The navy had re.
volted against the army. YOU remember.
! "The crew of the Meth vas chocan
from the toughs of New York. her officers
were for the most part naval academy men
and she had eighty tons of explosives on
The herald., 1898-11-13
The Clock Worthy Of the Family

Calvin Whitney died of old age and ,.
ralysis this week in the room in which %
was born eighty-four years ago. The ID
clock in the adjoining room had run foy
years when it struck the hour of his bin
and it has kept good time ever since ad
marked the time of his death. He was 10
Youngest of eleven children, all born in te
same room. His father lived nearly 70
years in the same house. He was marrh
sixty-one years ago last month.-Westm-
ster Letter to the Worcester Spy.
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trial. He hadn't stolen any thing you know,
only killed man, and that isn't always a
crime in Kentucky. Cincinnati Tribune.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-12-06
RUSH on A BANK
E Company, First N. Y.
Lined Up at Bishops.
Money From Eiome-Was for Christ
mas Dlnner-Distribut made.
Friends Are Generous.

There was an unusual rush al the
Bishop q Company bank yesterday,
and for a time there was a line that
extended from the cashiers window
out into the street. The occasion was
presentation of checks, by the mem
bers Of Company Il, First New York
Volunteers, for payment.
Company Il is from Poughkeepsie.
n. Y, and the boys have been recely-
ing from time to time sums of money,
as the result OF popular subscriptions
from their friends at home.
About three weeks ago the company
received $500, followed soon after by
another present OF $500. This money
to be distributed among the members
OF the company.
Last week they received $500 fol
distribution, from home. The money
was to purchase a Christmas dinner
for each man. But the recall to thu
States before Christmas, changed thu
plan OF those who sent the money, ant
yesterday the money was distributed
among the boys in checks, each maj
receiving $50, and the cashier at thu
bank was kept busy cashlng thes'
checks.
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DEAtu RATE.
II IL Figured Out 10 Have Been
Rather Low.

NEW NOllK OF the $4,000 soldiers
who enlisted for the war with Spain
la response to the call OF the President,
2i7 900 are alive today Less than
300 soldiers. all told, have died. War
was declared more than six months
ago, and In the whole six months fewer
than 5000 out of 100000 have died.
There have been battles on land and on
sea, and Spain has been beaten. The
worlds history contains no parallel for
the record Of the United States in this
war. Could there DE a more effective
answer to the wild yawps Of the yellow
journals and the Democratic candi-
dates about alleged mismanagemen Of
the war?
Three thousand deaths In six months
In population of $50, 900 Is a death
rate of twenty-four in 1000 annually.
The death rate in New York City in
times of peace has only recently, under
the most modern sanitary improve
ments, fallen below that rate. The
death rate of many cities In the coun-
try IL larger. OF course. the soldiers
were picked men, but the conditions
were those OF war, not peace.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-12-06
CAPTAIN WILDES.
One of the Heroes Of Manila En-
Route Home.

Captain Frank Wildes who left Ho-
nolu!u just three years ago next Febru-
airy in command of the U. S. S. Boston,
and who has been with that vessel ever
since on duty before Manila and in the
Orient, was passenger on the City of
Picking yesterday, on his way home to
Boston where, upon his arrival, he will
be granted a two months leave Of alb
sence.
Captain Wildes being senior In com
marI Of the fleet which attacked Manila
brought up the rear of the column wIta
his ship. The splendid showing OF the
Boston in the fight with the Spanish
fleet is now a matter Of history. The
Boston met the second expedition when
approached the Philippines and es-
corted II to the harbor OF Manila. After
being locked at Hongkong in turn with
the other United States vessels, the
Boston went north to Taku, OF the
China coast. in company with the u.
$. s. Petrol and collier Nero The Bos-
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-12-06
HILO ELECTRIC system.
The Project Of Capitalists Ia DC.
velOp Power.
(Hilo Tribune)

{. :. Desky with w. G. Irwin and
other capitalists are prepared to inaug-
urate in Hilo an electric power system
upon a large scale designed 10 cover
electric railways, milling power, light,
and whatever other purposes there may
be occasion to apply this force TO. Such
at least Is the proposition made by Mr..
Desky TO the Hilo Electric Light Com
pany, for the purpose Of a proposed
consolidation between the old company
and the projected new one, the latter OF
which will probably be capitalized at
from $25O,OO0 to 100000. The promo
ters OF the general electric system will
go ahead anyhow, and, so say they, will
snow under the present limited corpor-
alton II It proposes to run counter to
them. They do not make this asser-
ton in the nature OF a threat, but sim
ply as a matter of business and prefer
o have the present company cooperate
with them, turning in their present in
terests as stock in the now concern.
The Hilo Electric Light Company have
taken the matter under consideration
and will reply next week.
The power for the new plant will
come from the Wailuku, at one Of the
falls near Reeds island, railways will
be extended into the country in every
direction for twenty or thirty miles. In
addition to which, as stated above.
power will be supplied for all required
purposes. Questioned upon their ability
to procure franchise, the promoters
say that they have that all fixed
slough they decline at present to ex-
plain how.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-12-06

ton landed some forty odd bluejackets
at Taku, thirty of whom We're sent to
Tientsen for guards at the consulate,
and eighteen to Poking for guards OF
the legation there during the recent
riots against foreigners.
The Nero returned to Nagasah and
was to return to Honolulu for orders,
but before the War Departments cab
legram had been received, the Nero
was already on her way 20 Manila,
where she is now in use with the fleet
there.
Captain Wildes was succeeded in
command OF the Boston by Captain G.
+. +. wilde who passed through here
some months ago.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-12-06
Joy Of Girls.

The mother superior at the Bishop
Girls Home at the settlement on Mo-
lokai, in letter to a Honolulu friend
says: THE fine piano arrived in good
condition. Our girls are wild with JOY.
beg to express my hearty thanks for
your share in the more than charitable
act"
With The surplus in the piano fund
II has been decided by the committee
to purchase croquet sets for the Bald
win Home, the Bishop Home and Bere-
tania Hall
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IS TO CONGRESS-
Petition on immigration
and Use OF Labor.


FoHoslug r. che pcuuon that has
been about town several weeks ANA
that has nov about l2o signatures. u
Is said 10 s fathercd by Dr. W. =
Noblitt. Who has lately bc,m writing
letters 90 the press ON a. o. Baldwins
statement that the planters did hot ash
FOR continuance of tho contract labor
system
Honolulu. ~. /, Nov a, 1898.
TO the United Statcs Senate and
House OF Representatives in Con-
gross Assembled
Whereas. There are approximately
~. 900 Asiatics and 1000 Americans in
these Islands, and,
Whereas, This great disparity Ia the
races has been brought about through
the law permitting the importation Of
contract laborers, and,
Whereas, Americans can do, without
impairment of their health, all work
on Hawaiian sugar plantations, and,
Whereas, Approximately 5000 con-
tract laborers have been landed in
these Islands since the American Flag
was raised over them ON August IL.
last. and
Whereas, The Government of dhe
Islands has permitted the immigration
OF 1000 more contract laborers, TO be
landed before the end Of the first
quarter OF 1899, and,
Whereas, Every imported alien lab
orer prevents the immigration to these
Islands of an American laborer and his
family. and,
Whereas, The contract labor system
In force by criminal procedure and i'm
prisoBment az hard labor, is closely
akin in principle and often In the
brutality with which Il is enforced by
the plantations. 10 human slavery,
Therefore, We, the undersigned
American citizens permanently rssld-
ing or temporarily sojourning in the
Hawaiian Islands, do hereby petition
your honorable body to
First, Extend to these Islands az the
earliest possible moment the United
States immigration laws,
| Second, Disallow and annul the con-
tract and arrangements of the present
Hawaiian Government for the importa-
| ton OF the before mentioned 1000 con-
tract laborers, provided this can be
done without violating the constltu-
ton or treaties of the United States
| Third. Abolish criminal procedure
and criminal punishment TO enforce
the performance OF labor contracts.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-12-06
~. Louis liiau.

There were large crowds all Of Sat
urday afternoon and evening for the
luau al St. Louis College grounds. Ey-
oryone was given a good time. There
was excellent music, the meal served
was good one, the ladies were atten-
tive and the bazaar feature was com
plete success. 1t is believed that the
amount OF money required for the Ka-
ihiwaena church was realized.