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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-19
ILL NEWS.

A thrill of horror will go through
the civilized world at the barbarious
mutilations practiced by the Samoans.
Their pleasant little amenities of head
cutting are a national custom, and
this is by no means the first time that
either Europeans or Americans have
seen them practiced Ten years ago
like barbarities were enacted under
the orders of Mataafa upon the Ger
mans who were caught in a some
what similar ambush to that in which
the Americans and British were trapp-
ed on the first of this month.
The Samoans have remained savage
in spite of the veneer of civilization
whole population is supposed to have
quired, and in spite of the fact that the
whole population is supposed to have
embraced Christianity. The brutality
which was in January shown towards
the followers of Malietoa Tanus never
fully reached the outside world, though
it was well known through letters here
and was published in the local papers
The houses of the beaten faction We're
looted and rings and earrings were
snatched from the persons of Samoan
women, the fingers in some cases be-
ing chopped off and the ears torn by
the spoilers.
If you scratch the Russian it is said
you find the Tartar; if you scratch the
Samoan you find the savage. In dea1-
ing with sunh racesSh is onfysths stroINg
hand that should be used. The pander-
ing to their vanity and acknowledging
their barbaric princes and the preten-
SEES of civilization only results in sham,
which ever and again, as now, has bro
ken out in bloody earnest.
1t is to be hoped that Admiral Kautz
will have force enough to teach Mataa-
fa's warriors thorough lesson. In
fighting with semi barbarians like
these, clemency is criminal weakness.
The admiral has ample time to act be-
fore the commission reaches Samoa,
and it is to be greatly desired that he
Will make the best use of his time.
For the gallant fellows who fell there
must be sincere sympathy. Two OF
them were known to a large number
of people here. Lieutenant Lansdale
was married last June, and practically
spent part of his honeymoon here,
and both he and his wife were SeErz
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-19
A LITERARY PLEASURE.

A Shakesperian season is an event
for Honolulu. During a thirty years
acquaintance with things theatrical
in this city one recalls but one Shakes
perian performance, and that not a
whole play, but portions of 1t rendered
by Leathes and an actress whose name
is forgotten. Romeo and Juliet was the
play. Earlier than that Walter Mont
gomery gave readings which were won
derful, and comparatively recently
Richardson gave entertainments in
which he repeated entire plays. But
Shakesperian plays properly staged
have never appeared upon the Honolu-
lu boards.
The theater in most communities now
is regarded in a serious light. Well
managed it is not only a place of
amusement, it is also a place of in
struction. We regard the Shakesperian
drama as standing at the head of our
literature and our poetry. No man
or woman can be considered cultivated
without a thorough knowledge of it.
If it is fascinating to read these gems
of thought in the study, how much
more fascinating to see it displayed
upon the stage with the accompani-
ments of scenery and dress, and with
the best and most carefully studied
rendering by voice and gesture.
1t is quite just then to regard a sea-
son of Shakesperian drama as an event.
it appeals to the literary student, it
appeals to the theater lover it appeals
to the young and to the old. The i'm
preston made by the good rendering
of Shakespeare's plays is never effaced
from the mind. What a roll of great
names are associated with Shakes
peares works-Garrick, Siddons, Ma
cready, Edmund Kean, Charles Kean,
Ellen Tree, Lester Wallack, McCulloch,
Barry Sullivan, Amy Sedgwick, Sir
Henry Irving, Booth, Ellen Terry. The
list is endless. To play Shakespeare
well is the highest ambition of the ac-
tor or actress. To see it well played is
the greatest privilege of the lover of
literature. The best support should
be given by all who love culture to
those who travel a couple of thousand
miles i'm order to bring a rendition to
orr 1oors
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-19
@imeRy @opicS,
APRIL ~, 1899.

THE WEATHER HAS BEEN UN-
USUALLY COOL, AND LITTLE AT
TENTION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO
THE REFRIGERATOR. THE ICE
LASTS WELL, AND NOTHING is
SPOILED. BUT THE CHANGE is
COMING. VERY SOON 1T WILL BE
WARM AGAIN AND MUCH CARE
AND ATTENTION MUST BE GIVEN
TO PERISHABLE ARTICLES.
WE ARE ALWAYS PREPARING
FOR EMERGENCIES, LOOKING
AHEAD, AS 1T WERE, AND HAVE
LAID IN A STOCK OF
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-19
Alaska
RefrigeratOrs,

A MAKE WE HAVE HANDLED FOR
YEARS AND THEY HAVE PROVED
TO BE ALL THAT WAS EVER
CLAIMED FOR THEM. THEY ARE
A PERFECT COOLER, AND GREAT
ICE SAVERS. WE HAVE THEM IN
ALL SIZES FROM rr
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-19

tremely popular There .is "a poem of
Kipling's commencing "There's a wild
on in sleepy Chester" which 1T is to be
hoped will inspire the comrades of the
slaughtered officers.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-19
POLICE DRILL

The police, under Captain Parker
had long march and drill early this
morning. The drill took place on Uni
on square. Captains Thornton and
kanae assisted Only the foot police
We're out. They were in mountain uni
form, and made good appearance
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-19
SIS to $50.

FOR SMALL FAMILIES THAT
CAN DO WITH AN ICE CHEST, WE
CAN ACCOMMODATES THEM ALSO
AT $3.50 UP.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-19
WaterCOOlerS

JUST IMPORTED. THEY ARE
LINED WITH AGATE ENAMEL,
WHICH PRESERVES THE WATER
FREE FROM METALLIC OXIDES,
AND is EASILY CLEANED. WE
HAVE THEM IN THREE SIZES:
TWO, THREE AND SIX GALLONS,
HANDSOMELY PAINTED, AND AT
TRACTIVE IN APPEARANCE.
THE PUBLIC is CORDIALLY IN
VITED AND ALWAYS WELCOME
TO CALL IN AND EXAMINE GOODS
AND PRICES.
HAWAIIAN HARDWARE co
Fort ST., opp. Spreckels' Bank.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-19

IN THIS LINE WE ALSO WANT
TO CALL ATTENTION TO SOME
NEW
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15
Railway Company Wins.

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 12.-The Wabash
railway has won the suit recently be-
gun in the county court by State Rail-
road Commissioner Osborn in his en-
deavor to have the company reduce its
fare in Michigan to 21a cents mile, be-
cause its last annual report showed that
it was earning over $4,000 per mile for
ics mileage in this state. The company
contended that the law under which
suit was brought applied only to the
earnings of the road for carrying pas
sengers and baggage, and not the en-
tire earning capacity of the passenger
trains. Judges Waite and Fraser agreed
with the company's contention, Judge
Carpenter dissenting.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15
WINTRY WEATHER.
Heavy Snowstorms Are Reported I'm
Wisconsin, Iowa and
Missouri.

La Crosse, Wis, Dec. 12.-As night
advances the storm increases, and
promises to break all former records.
Most wires are down for many miles
about. The snow is over ten inches
deep on the level and is drifting badly,
with high northwest winds. The cold
is increasing. The street railway is
tied up, and all trains are delayed, with
prospects of a complete blockade.
Medford, Wis, Dec. 12.-Eight inches
of snow fell here Monday. This was
preceded by two days rainfall, which
took most of the frost out of the
ground, and if this snow remains log
gers will be compelled to tramp all the
roads before any hauling can be done.
Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 12.-The first
snow of the season in the southwest
has been falling since early Monday
morning. In northwest Missouri the
snow is three inches deep, while in
Kansas it is melting as it falls, and is
considered beneficial to growing wheat.
Des Moines, Ia, Dec. IA severe
snowstorm accompanied by strong
north wind prevailed here Monday. An
inch of snow covers the ground. Re-
ports from Fort Dodge, Waterloo and
other points to the north and north
west indicate that the storm is raging
generally in that section.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15

Both dwarfs were born in 1879, and
in neighboring villages. At birth
Smaun weighed about % ounces,
Fatma almost the same. Fatma was
barely seven inches in height when
born, Smaun probably an inch or so
taller. After exhibiting through the
fall and winter in German and Aus
trim cities these little wonders from
the far east are to visit Paris, where
they will be star attractions while the
exposition lasts; year hence they ex-
pect to be in America.
Tiny as Fatma is, she is not the
smallest person of whom we have
knowledge, although she is believed to
be the most diminutive one now living.
Toward the end of the last century
child was born to peasant couple in
northern Germany which weighed less
than 10 ounces at birth, and was at
that time under seven inches in height.
An ordinary wooden shoe was its era
die; it lived beyond its teens, and grew
to the tremendous height of 17K inches.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15
BOBBY-BRIGHT-EYES.
True Story of n Smart Little Squirrel
That Lived in n Hotel and Had
Many Friends.

Perhaps one of the great big trees
in Winona Lake park could tell just
where Bobby-bright-eyes first came
from; in what warm nest, and in what
particular tree he was born. Still they
kept the secret, though Alice had gone
from tree to tree and asked them time
and again.
One morning, after heavy wind and
rain storm, she found Bobby bright
eyes on the steps that led up to the
long, wide porch, where all the girls
liked to play SO well. What a tiny,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15
Governor of Cuba.

New York, Dec. IA special to the
Herald from Washington says:
Governor of Cuba" will be the Off
cial designation of the office to which
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood will be as
signed early in the new year as the
successor to Maj Gen. Brooke, the
present military governor of the is
land. BY omitting the word mil
itary'' the president hopes to impress
Hpon the Cubans that under the new
regime 'civir government, as far as
possible under military officers and
men, will obtain. The word "civil''
will not be substituted for military
because that would appear incongru-
Gus, in view of the authority under
which the president is operating.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15
TIMOTHY BROWN.

Oh, Timothy Brown was a terrible scamp,
And lessons he voted a bore!
French, grammar geography, history,
sums,
He vowed he'd not learn any more.
AT the end of a year he knew nothing at
all
About anything under the sun
French, grammar, geography, history,
sums,
He'd forgotten them every one.
One day a rich uncle said: Timothy
Brown,
I'll ask you a question or two;
If I'm 40, and you're younger than I,
How much am 1 older than your
Well, Timothy Brown he thought for
awhile,
And at last he discovered this fact,
That he hadn't notion how long he'd been
born,
And he didn't know how to subtract.
Come, when is your birthday? I'll give
you a tip"
Said his uncle, and patted his pate,
But Timothy Brown he burst into tears,
He couldn't remember the date!
That's the end of the story of Timothy
Brown
A story that's perfectly true.
And perhaps there's a moral for no one
at all,
And perhaps there's a moral for you!
Eric Parker, in ST. Nicholas.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15
MonIsey,. ExcItInp RId..

An Italian Snowman once had mon
key that rode on the back of hound
while four other dogs danced. One day
the little show was passing through
park where there were some deer. The
hound saw them, and, true to his in
stinct, he tore after them. Poor Mr..
Monkey was chained to his collar, so he
had to go along, much as he wished not.
to. He chartered and screamed, but all
in vain. The hound kept up the chase
until the Snowman finally succeeded in
stopping him and took the frightened
monkey off his back. No conxing or
threatening could ever induce the mon
key 10 get on that dogs back again.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15
This Dog wns n thinker.

A collie was in the habit of fetching
his masters room slippers, cap, keys
or anything he was sent for. One day,
sent on the usual errand, he did not
reappear. His master followed and
found that the door of the bedroom
had been blown to and that the dog
was prisoner. Some days later he
was again told to fetch something, and
as the wind was high his mater, after
few minutes delay, followed him. He
found him in the act of fixing the door
firmly back with the door mat, which
he had rolled up for the purpose; and,
having taken this precautioD, the pru-
dent animal proceeded to look for the
slippers.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15
DELEGATES AT DETROIT.
The American Federation OF Labor
Opens Its Session with Near
Iy 200 Present.

Detroit, Mich, Dec. 12.-Nearly 200
delegates, representing all branches of
trade unionism, with an estimated total
membership of nearly 100000, were
seated at writing tables, scattered over
the floor of Harmonic hall, when the
nineteenth annual convention of the
American Federation of Labor was
called to order.
The first evidence of a contest was
apparent when the stationary engi-
neers sought to prevent the seating of
the brewery employees representatives.
In the absence of both President Com
pers and Vice President Mcclure, the
gathering was called to order by James
Duncan, of Baltimore, second vice pres
ident.
After adoption of a resolution of
sympathy for President Gompers, the
annual report of President Gompers
was read by Vice President Duncan.
After the conclusion of the reading
of President Gompers' report, the con-
vention took recess until 23o p. m.
In the afternoon the report of
the credentials committee announced
! that the brewery workers and the
stationary engineers had each with
drawn their protests against the
others being seated, and had eX-
pressed willingness that their troubles
go to the committee on grievances. The
reports of Frank Morrison, secretary,
and John ID. Lennon, treasurer, were
read.
In his report President Gompers
noted a revival of industry and said it
was a cause for congratulation, espe-
cially as the wages of organized workers
have been increased and the hours of
labor in many cases reduced. He re-
ported the growth of unionism during
the year as gratifying. All divisions of
labor and the questions at issue were
touched upon by the president. Mr..
Gompers said the toiling masses had
ever yearned for a period of universal
peace, and if that time ever came it
would be welcomed by them. He took
strong ground against expansion and
miltarism.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15
DIVISION OF SAMOA.
Uncle Sam Becomes Possessed of
Some More Nice Islands.
Among Them Is TutuiIn with Its Mag
nihcent Hnrbor of Pnngo-
PnngO-The Pearl of the
Pacific Ocean.
Especial correspondonce.l

Nations as well as individuals some
times get sick of bargain. When in
1889, representatives of Great Britain,
Germany and the United States met at
Berlin and the three nations formed an
agreement for the government of the
Samoan islands, it was supposed by
the plenipotentiaries who drew up the
contract that they had accomplished
an enduring task and that the neu.
tralitykof the group would be main
tanned for all time to come.
But the old adage that too many
cooks spoil the broth held good ir
this instance, as it has in other inter
national cases where two or three
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15

porary coaling station already estab-
lished there will, it is safe to predict,
be one of the most important docking
stations of the United States navy.
The bits of land here described come
into our possession without war of
conquest and without consent of the
governed" Whether the natives, who
are MalayPolynesians of the purest
type, will submit without struggle to
assimilation remains to be seen, al
though travellers familiar with their
disposition assert that such will be the
case. The Tutuilans have hitherto been
governed by hereditary chiefs who are
thoroughly independent of the two
royal houses of Malietoa and Tupea,
whose followers caused so much blood
shed in and around Apia. Ostensibly
most of the natives are Christians, the
greater number being classed as Pres
byterians, the rest as Methodists and
Roman Catholics. Nevertheless they
retain their crude beliefs in mytholog-
ical history and practice many rites not
sanctioned by orthodox Christianity.
Thus the principal chief of the island
maintains Il harem with three wives. al
though enjoying the reputation of be-
| ing fierce and intolerant Presby-
terian of type that no longer exists in
our own land Those who outwardly
practice monogamy circumvent the in
stitution by sending their wives home
to their mothers when they tire of them
and Immediately selecting new life
partners. Except in government the
women are the equals of men, and the
father is obliged both by tribal law and
custom to assist the mother in the care
of children and in the preparation of
| food.
The island of Manua is governed by
full-fiedged and independent king.
He is an absolute ruler, but, although
nominally n Christian, his life is gov
erned by heathenish customs. He is
not permitted to walk, to drink water
or battle in the sea. King Tui, the pres
ent king of Manua, is described as a
peace-loving man who may, perhaps,
be glad to divest himself of royal honors
for the sake of being permitted to take
an occasional dip in the Pacific.
G. W. WEIPPIERT,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15
ALICE AND BOBBY.

in and out of the cage, run over the
balustrades of the long porch and even
come TO the cooks kitchen door, where
he was fed dainties that were rich
enough to kill Sir Bobby
Instead of getting sick he grew fat and
saucy. If strange children tried to
catch him he would keep still until they
could almost touch his pretty striped
back; then away he would dash up to
the top of the very highest tree; then
he would begin to chatter and scold, as
much as to say; "You didn't catch
me, did you!"
Bobby bright-eyes liked the sunny
corners of the hotel porch, and once
the captain of the steamer Welcome,
who often brought Bobby nuts from
town, found the squirrel in his pocket
when he was steering the boat across
the lake. He seemed TO be frightened
al the noise of the engine and kept very
still.
Every one laughed when the captain
found him and perched him up on his
shoulder. Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15

be entirely satisfactory to President
Mckinley and his advisers, and as
soon as the United States senate shall
have ratified the new treaty the
Samoan kingdom will have passed out
OF existence.
The Samoan islands were formerly
known as Navigators' islands. They
are situated in the South Pacific
OCEAN. and are mostly of volcanic or
IGN. The principal islands, as already
stat d. are Savii, Upolu and Tutuila.
The leading exports are copra, cotton
and coffee. the trade ia these commod-
itiss being chiefly in German and Brit
ish hands. Samoa was explored by
Beugainvile in 176S, and Christianity
WAS introduced in 1880. In 1872 the
harbor of Pnngo-Pango was granted
to the United States as IL coaling sta
tlcn; and ii was on account of this
grnnt that the Amer can government
became party 20 the Berlin conyen-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15

travelling in the orient in search of
novelties for the vaudeville stage.
Smaun has developed, under the
guidance of his manager, into gym
mast of no ordinary caliber, and is par
ticularly clever in performances on the
trapeze and with the so-called Roman
rings. Fatma is very light upon her
feet, and has made hit in native In
dian dances. What diminutive couple
they are is well shown by comparing
their height with that of a champagne
bottle of the quart size. When the lat
ter is placed upright by the side of
Smaun the top of the cork is on level
with the middle of his cheek bone, while
at the same time it is almost even with
the crown of Fatma's head.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-12-15

governments have attempted to gov
ern jointly territory which each
wanted to annex 10 it's own domains.
No end of trouble arose as soon as the
tripartite administration went into
effect, the climax of affairs occurring
last April when the Germans attempt
ed to seat n king on the Samoan
throne whose election had been de-
clared Illegal by the chief justice of
the islands, an American named
Chambers.
American and British sailors were
landed at Apia, the principal seaport
of the island group, and in brush
with the natives some of our own
men and quite a number of English
men were killed. Germany resented
the landing of armed white men and
for time it looked as though we
might have another international war
on our hands. Wise counsel, however,
prevailed and resulted in the estab-
lishment of an international commits
sion, which met at Apia and read
justcd affairs. The kingship was done
away with and the official duties of
consuls, administrators and the chief
Justice were clearly defined.
But in spite of this settlement it
was felt in official circles at Washing
ton, London and Berlin that nothing
short of division of the Islands
among the three powers would assure
permanent peace; and neither Eng
land nor the United States were un-
willing to lend an ear to Emperor
Williams propositions for the dis
memberment of the group.
Hard upon these proposals came the
official announcement that the three
nations had mutually agreed to ter.
inmate the protectorate, the United
States taking the island of Tutuila
and adjoining small islands, and Ger
many anneNing the principal island OF
Upolu, on which the town of Apia is
located, the large island of Savii and
all the smaller islands adjoining the
two larger ones. Great Britain, in
consideration of concessions from Ger.
many in other parts of the Pacific
consents to withdraw entirely from
Samoa. This arrangement is said tc