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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-02-06

1t is refreshing to note that
RAv. Kipcaid takes up the cudgel
against property qualifications for
voters. The whole theory of re-
curing a man to have certain
amount of cash before he is allowed
a voice in affairs, is contrary to all
tenets of American justice. Every
possible force should be com
bined to prevent the extension OF
such a theory to this corner OF
American territory. Rev. Kin
caid, however, evidently foreets
that the property qualification
idea is now getting it's strongest
support from the theorizers who
form the backbone of the Mug
wump faction.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-02-06
SLAUGHTER OF TREES.

Beautiful Grove Of 1ronwood Trees
at Park Entrance Doomed.
1t has been decreed by the Com
missioners of Kapiolani Park to
cut down the fine grove of iron
wood trees at the townside entrance
of the park. This grove stands
between Z. s. Cunba's place, on
the beach at the end of the bridge,
and Park Ranger McCollum's
cottage. The trees are the growth
OF twenty years and have attained
the stately height OF a hundred feet.
They form one side to each of two
beautiful vistas one on the main
avenue leading to Diamond Head,
the other on the driveway past
Mskee island which continues
around the park.
For the grove thus doomed it is
intended to substitute lawn.
Some of the people who have been
apprised of this contemplated ac-
ton of the Commissioners do not
like the idea bit. 1t lie known
that even some the Commissioners
do not approve of the scheme. The
DIRECTORS say that another place
could be selected for lawn in
the domain of 260 acres forming
the park. Also that it will not
only spoil the vlstas just mention
ed, but one Of the finest We've from
the ocean along the eastern ap
proach of vessels to Honolulu and
favorite yachting course.
The suggestion has been made
to the BULLETIN that the hand of
the woodman should be stayed
until public opinion on the matter
have opportunity of adequate ex-
preston.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-02-06
ANOTHER FATAL COLLISION

Private A. Harrington of Co M,
10th Infantry, who came in the
Scandal, died aboard that vessel
at about 10 O'Clock Sunday morn
ing, death resulting from an iniu-
ry to the abdomen, received in a
COLI. ion with Joe Kalana's hack
on Psuahi street at about 2:l5 p.
m. Saturday.
Deceased bad been riding about
the city on a wheel aud was about
to return his bicycle to the shop
from which he had obtained it,
when the accident mentioned &C.
Cured. Kalana's hack turned in
to Pauahi street from Smith. De-
ceased was going the other way.
Before either one could get out OF
the way, there was a collision and
deceased fell, one of the shafts of
the hack having penetrated his
abdomen. He was taken to the
Scandal and placed in charge Of
Surgeon Van lyle but nothing
could be done for him. Death re-
suited as related above.
A coroner's jury was called.
Deliberations were begun and
then postponed until Tuesday
afternoon at 10 o'clock. Kalana
claims he cried out to Harrington
several times but that the soldier
had his head turned and kept ad-
vancing at great speed straight
toward the hack.
Mrs. j. Kaae, who was in the
hack at the time of the accident
he's been arrested on the charge
of obstructing and perverting JUS
tice. Police officer Akakani, a
Samoan, who made the arrest,
tells the following story:
"As soon as l saw soldier had
been hurt, rushed into the crowd
and tried to get all the
information 1 could regarding
the case. l noticed several sol
diers had hold of Kalana's horse
and, questioning the driver, found
his was the hack that had caused
the injury to the man stretched
out on the ground.
81 saw the immediate necessity
of getting the injured soldier to a
doctor and asked Mrs. Kaae to get
out of the carriage 80 that l might
put him in and take him away.
This she refused persistently to
do, saying ,methiug about the
robbers OF our country Kalsna
tried bis best to get her out, but
still she refused.
"Soldiers then gathered around
the hack, audtakinpihold, were in the
act of turning it over when l in
terfered and, with the assistance
of some soldiers, got Mrs. Kaae
out of the carriage. Naturally,
tn force with which she came out
was great, as she held to the hack
like grim death. She was thrown
to the ground and her clothes
torn. The Injured man was placed
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-02-06
THE wAHIAwA LANDS.

The disposition OF these lands
to a colony of settlers promoted
by Byron o. Clark has called forth
diverse and sundry comment that
is intsre sting to say the least. AT
first the BULLETIN was in receipt
of considerable criticism directed
at Mr.. Clark for bringing men
down here and trying to make the
"new corners" believe that a living
could be made from the land
Later came the correspondence
crit cising the Government for
letting out this land to "new-
corners" and intimating there were
plenty OF local people who would
have been glad to take up the land
had they known it was open to the
public.
Taking the history Of the dispo-
sition of this tract as whole, there
is NO reason for seriously CRITICS
ing the action of the Government,
the land having been handled in a
manner strictly within the letter
aud appa 'snt intent OF the law.
The Land Act of 1895 provides
th It xix or more persons who are
qualified to apply for Cash Free.
holds may apply for holdings in
one hlo,k If land, and the Land
Commissioners, with the approval
of the Ca hinst, may cause a tract
TO be surveyed. Provisions OF the
Act relative to cash freeholds
shall be- followed provided that
the notice by the Agent of Public
Lands declaring such land open
for settlement shall be directed to
such settlement association and
sh al be in one language only"
1t appears that the Wahiawa
land was transferred from the
Commissioners of Public Instruc-
ton to The general government
April 8, 1897. Land Agent Brown
states, "From that time on, the
land was POINTED OFT as govern
ment Ian available under the
land act" We are not disposed
to doubt Mr.. Browns word, and
cons,q uent'y cannot agree that
there has been any "work in the
dark"
On Jun, IA, 1898, Byron o
Clark for himself and
others lie application fol
that portion of Wahiawf
below the forest to be set aside fo
purposes Of a settlement associa-
ton. The Commissioners of Pub
lie Lands, with thu approval Of
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-02-06

Honolulu may well be grstified
tina the first modern battleship to
enter the harbor is the far-famed
Or,t OF, that stands 1T the top
n tch of many good American
fighting machines Certainly
II ,nolulu will not allow itself
t. be outdoDe in it's cordial greet
ing by the people Of foreign ports
at which the ship has touched 10
tie second successful trip around
the Horn
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whole battalion accompanied her to New
York. Salm-Salm was duly commissioned
colonel, and he took the regiment to the
West, where it served in the field until
the war ended.
In New York Society.
During the winter of 1S63-64 the Prince
and his consort became most conspicuous
in New York social life. They graced all
military functions. No ball, reception or
sword presentation was a success without
their company. He was the lion and she
the belle of the hour One of their diver
sions was spiritual seances, which attract
ed wide attention at that time A medium
celebrated among the non-professional
communicates with the spiritual world
embraced in her circle the Princess Salm-
Salm. The manifestations were purely a
matter of scientific study Before the
winter ended the Prince was ordered West
with his command and the Princess was
lost to New York society from that time.
However the good wishes of a host of
friends followed her during all her fateful
wanderngs. In the West she joined the
corps of army nurses and gave the suffer-
ing boys in blue the benefit of her skill
in diplomacy. If there were any supplies
to be had the irrepressible nurse cut red
tape and secured them, law or no law.
One day she broke down the rules of
discipline fixed by the Prince himself
Sitting in his tent while he was absent.
she heard sounds of distress issuing from
the guardhouse near by. She soon traced
the cries to a soldier who had been
gagged with a bayonet in his mouth. His
offense was his refusal TO obey an order
of Colonel Salm-Sal then in command
of the brigade. The Princess demanded
from the adjutant general that the man
be released, but the official, of course
said that the colonels order alone could
he OheVRd He had fixed the rna t1nro ND
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gan in the summer of 1852, after he had
borne himself gallantly at the battle Of
cross Keys and lasted fully a year. When
the oroer for muster out, or so-called dis
mlssal, was hanging over his head, liable
10 strike his name from the army roll at
any moment, his wife hurried from the
'front.' to Washington, bent upon securing
ms appointment TO a permanent com
mand. The Princess made a personal ap-
peal to Senator Ira Harris of New York
he declared the case hopeless.
Successful Intervention.
governor Morgan" he said. sis a
stern woman-hater Your Establishments
smiles and entreaties will be wasted unon
MIN; you had better not take the trouble"
But the courageous wife hastened to the
executive chamber at Albany. She an
nounced her intention Of sitting down and
waiting until the Governor found a Ger
man regiment without commander and
MADE out and delivered into her hands in
person command for Prince Salm-Salm
as colonel of that re9Iment.
her tactics prevailed. A few hours later
she mad the desired commission. and
Prince SaIm-Salm resigned honorably to
muster in again as colonel of the Eighth
The regiment was one of the few enlisted
Tor two years, and In 1863 was discharged
from service. The Prince was again with
out any command. The colonelcy of the
SlXty-elghth, another German regiment.
was offered TO him. But the ranks were
short of several hundred men. Prince
Salm-Salm was offered the position If he
could recruit men enough to complete the
organization. Several of his plans failed.
But he did not give up He had a wife.
ingenious and contriving, and he appealed
to her.
She found in Washington a couple of
hundred unassigned recruits After a long
battle Of diplomatic dexterity she secured
them. One hundred of these belonged to
Illinois. and the Governor of that State.
DICK Yates, said he was willing to let
his men go to a New York regiment pro-
vided it was led by a man who was not a
New York 'bumpkin,' as he pleased to
term it. The Princess assured him that
that would not happen even If she had to
assume charge of the troops herself The
idea struck his fancy. and Governor
Yates acted upon the hint He appointed
her captain on a regular salary and tho
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our Government, recalled Bazaine and
his troops. But before this important act
took place Bazaine had misled Macmillan
into step which sealed his doom. The
French Marshal represented that his
arms had dispersed the champions Of re-
publicanism; that Juarez, the head of the
liberal cause, was a fugitive beyond the
border, and that only outlaws and rob
bers were in arms against the empire.
Bazaine demanded an enactment declar-
Ing all rebels outlaws and acted up to its
provisions before it became a law. The
Emperor opposed it, and after four vic
tins had been shot virtually rescinded 1t.
When the French withdrew Maximilian
informed Juarez,- chief claimant to the
disputed Presidency, that he would aban-
don the empire if Juarez would promise
amnesty to the imperialist leaders in
Mexico. Juarez refused. Macmillan de-
cided to remain and protect his adher-
ents. A strong conservative party repre-
| senting the church, urged him to stay.
He put himself at the head of the army
and centered all his energy to carry on
the war. Carlotta his spouse went to
Europe to plead with the powers, with
Napoleon and with the Pope, and to Sc
sure her own vast private fortune to sup
port her husbands cause. The French
had alienated the people. The volunteers
were inferior, the strongest characters
Fastening to the uplifted standard OF
! Juarez, who permitted promiscuous
plunder of the people. A few foreign resi-
dents that chose to remain were all thai
Macmillan could count upon. Brides and
threats impaired the fidelity of the ma
! tives.
Maximilian's End.
The end came with awful suddenness
! Bazaine on Withdrawing, gave the mon.
| archy a stab by sounding vivas fol
Juarez. Maximilian abandoned the capita
and brought up at Queretaro, where, witt
| six thousand against thirty thousand, h,
stood siege for weeks, his men living OF
! horse flesh. He led sorties in person; h,
rode where shots were thickest; he de
clined TO use bribes to protect himself
/ His generals deserted him and he laiC
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exhibited. The Fakers announce that this
year they will present the winner of the
Shaw prize with an 'dnkissed portrait Of
Hobson.' To the Shaw prize Miss Zella
Milhau adds a consolation prize of s. 03
and mince pie for the least meritorious
fake. The winner of the prize is Obliged
to eat the pie and the money is for doctor
fees.
One of the funny features of each years
Fakers show is the catalogue. It's feat
ures are highly miscellaneous The cata-
logue of the show which opens to-mor-
row contains. of course, a burlesoue on
that Of the Society Of American Artists
1t begins with the "Cant-Be-Bu Cal
lery' Vanderbilt Gallery A few quo
tations from the list will illustrate its
playful spirit: Bogus, George Has,
Notwithstanding Afternoon or Even
ing, Any Old Where. Whittlemore, w
Jay-Looking Anywhere-Meet Me at 80.
Blue Bench on the Right-Confidential ;
WHISTLER. Jimmy Neil-335, The Music
Room PuzZle-Find the Music Those
familiar with the exhibition of the Society
of American Artists will at once recognize
the names of the painters and the pic
lures referred to in the burlesque cata-
logue.
There is Just one serious note in the
symphony of fun in which the Fakers in
dulge. The money arising from the an
nual exhibition and sale Of fakes is to be
used to institute an annual scholarship.
Therefore, besides contributing to the
gayety OF the art season, the Fakers ac-
complish another goC1 object.
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cess Salm-Salm made the most OF each.
The Prince lacked the diplomacy neces-
sary to make headway in the circles of
capital intriguers. Fortunately for him
his wife was Of an entirely different char
acter. She had been educated under the
guidance of a Cabinet official, was thor
oughly schooled in the secrets of official
life and she recognized the possibilities Of
her power, shielded by her husbands title.
Proud Of Her Diplomacy.
Princess Salm-Salm was proud Of her
diplomacy and always said that she saved
the Prince from threatened dismissal from
the army. General Blenker was relieved
Cf his command after the battle of Cross
Keys, in 1852, owing to a disagreement
with General Fremont, his superior Off
Ger. The removal of the general left the
members Of his military family without
occupation, and an order was issued to
muster them out. according to the rules
of the army. This was not a dismissal,
and all of them re-entered the service.
Prince Salm-Salm was chief Of staff to
General Blenker and held the rank of
colonel. Through the efforts of his wife
he retained that rank and was assigned to
the colonelcy of the Eighth New York,
General Blenker's original command.
Bankers staff officers were deeply in
ttl tSltu III lIlt lUNt IblHdlltt Ol lIitlL roy dl
comrade. whom they Familiarity spoke of
as 'Salm, pronouncing the word as
though it were spelled Sam" When the
lovers first met the German division was
encamped at Hunters Chapel, Virginia
about seven miles south of Washington.
II was true as the Princess said, that
Colonel Salm-Salm could not speak Eng
lish. Whenever General Blenker and his
staff rode about the camp or to the city
Of Washington on occasions of ceremony
the Princess, who was a brilliant horse
woman. galloped at the head Of the cav
alcade by the side of the Prince and the
general The peculiar beauty of the Prin-
cess, her warm Southern complexion and
vivacious temperament gave currency to
the rumor that she was a daughter of
Mexico. She was always spoken of in
camp in Washington. well as in New
York society, as Prince Salm-Salms Mex
ican wife, but at that time Mexican" was
a term quite synonymous with Spanish.
The Princess was American born, but had
lived for some years in Havana.
Colonel Salm-Salms official trials be-
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"Doctrina Christiana.," by Juan Crom-
berger in the City of Mexico in 1859 So
far as known there is not a copy in ex-
istenee The second was "DoctEina
Bishop of Mexico. 1t was printed by
Cromberger in 1913, and copies have sold
as high as $1,000
The first book printed in TIE United
States was an almanac at Cambridge in
1889 by Stephen Daye, who established the
first printing press in this country The
second publication was a slip containing
a poem entitled, THE Freeman's Oath ,"
The next book was a metrical version of
the Psalms called the Bay State Psalm
Book" in 1640 Copies are very rare. It
is one of the most valuable books in the
world.
The first edition of "The Canterbury
Tales printed by Caxton, of which only
two copies are known, has sold for $4,000.
$500 and $9400.
The first edition of Robinson Crusoe
Q7l9 sells for $225 The first editions of
Izaak Walton's Compleat Angler (1653l
have sold for SPOTS. The first edition of
the, Vicar of Wakefield, printed in 1865,
sold for $500; the first edition of Paradise
Lost for $3.50; the first edition of Milton's
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RARE BOOKS WORTH
THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD
oe OF the First Volumes Printed This
Are Now Tbouso of Dol

HE first printing press was brought
into England by a merchant named
Caxton, who forsook his trade to
enjoy the favor of the Duchess of
Burgundy, sister of Edward " of
England, and in 1476 imported from
Germany printing outfit, which he es-
tablished in building adjoining West
minister Abbey, especially for the purpose
OF publishing his translation of the His
tory Of Troy (Recueil des Histories de
1royes). 1t was the first English book
ever printed, and in 1885 a copy was sold
by the Earl of Jersey to Bernard Quar-
itch, in London, for s91oO
The next book printed in England was
The Game and Playe of Ye Chesse."
Copies have been sold as high as $500.
The first English book both written and
printed in EnglandQ4S9) was "Dictes and
Sayings of the Philosophers" of which
only four copies are known. One of them
was sold last year by the Earl of Ash
burnham for $1,000.
The first book printed in America was
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duration of the punishment, and he only
could counteract that order. The culprit
was suffering cruelty, and the Princess
severed the cords which bound him, fed
him from the coloneIs mess and sent him
to his quarters. Salm-Salm never heard
of the incident until after the war was
over, for the adjutant was afraid to re-
veal the truth, and the poor fellow was
so grateful to the Princess that he
promptly obeyed the obnoxious order and
the colonel supposed that the punishment
had brought him to terms.
Adventures In Mexico.
Before coming to America the Prince
had been a soldier in his native country
-Prussia-also in the army of Austria
The enterprise of the Austrian Prince,
MaXimilian, in Mexico was at it's height
when the war in the United States ended
and Salm-Salm offered his sword to the
imperial cause. His services were ac-
cepted. and he was appointed on the staff
of the Emperor. The Princess Joined him
in the City of Mexico, ready to share the
trials and adventures Of her husband and
the hapless Emperor to the end
Mexico, in the sixties, as the world
knows, was literally gone to the dogs" "
1t represented among Inc nations moth
ing but hopeless debts. broken pledges
and a long, black list of unavenged OPP
pressions, prosecutions and cruelties
Every State in the realm was torn by
bloody revolution. There was no chief
no order. no justice. The people ruled
themselves. An army sent by Napoleon
to protect French subjects had scattered
the Mexican soldiery. Juarez, the latest
dictator, was a fugitive: Marshal Bazaine
of France was at the head of affairs and
in possession Of the capital, the City
of Mexico.
During the second year of Maximilian'
reign the Civil War in the United States
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FUNNY CANVASES
BY FUNNY ARTISTS
Buresque Picture Exhibit the Prize Winners League
Depicted by Society of American Fokers

painted on, are paper monstrosties fas-
tened TO the canvas
Besides the fake on Mr. Volk's painting
the same hand has a burlesque on one of
the portraits exhibited by Miss Adelaide
Coleman Chase. A blue ribbon is con-
sptcuous in the original. The fake
shows a curiously distorted female head
and is entitled The Blue Ribbon, by A
Cold Chase Miss Lucia Fairchild Full
ler's Girl with a Hand Glass" has also
come in for a fake. 1t Is very clever and
shows tall, white robed woman with
razor in one hand and a looking-glass in
the other. A large canvas by Albert Her.
ter of man kissing young woman has
also been burlesqued under such titles
as He Hurt Her" and, referring to the
dim light of the picture, "a Bite at Twi-
light
All the takers are, Of course, on the qui
vive about the award of the Shaw prize
which Samuel T. Shaw every year pre-
sents to the painter of the funniest fake
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T T is not all grind at the Art Stu
dents League. The Society of Amer
lean Fakers, composed of league stu
dents, looks out for that Just as
- soon as the Society of American Ar
lists, in the same building as the
league, opens it's exhibition the takers
prowl through it, seeking what they may
devour-that is to say, burlesque. Having
selected, with instinct born of youthful
irreverence, the prize pictures of the exhi-
bition and other striking canvases, they
straightway proceed to paint fakes or
burlesque variations of them.
One Of the most enthusiastic members
Of the Society of American Fakers is its
president, Lewis Buddy Jr The other Of
ficers are viii w. Clarke, Carl l.. Jaeger
and Thomas r. Stetson. This years ex-
hibition opens tomorrow in one of the
leagues rooms. Douglas Volk is an in
structor in the league, a fact which,
coupled with his having won the show
prize with mis- Woodland Maid" has
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caused that canvas
to be the takers
special prey. One
OF the best fakes of
Mr.. Volk's prize
picture is called
the Woodland Old
Maid-No Man in
Sight"
Kenyon Cox's S large
decoration for the
Grim I n al Courts
building is another
exhibit in the So
ciety of American
Artists 8 T | king
enough to have at
tracted the Fakers.
Among the several
burlesques Of 1t is
one showing as the
central feature a
burly policeman oc-
cupying the throne
of justice. Another
of the fakes hits a
capital persifiage on
I'm the Garden"
The subtitle Of this
jolly little skit is
"Littl ! e B r | g h t
Eyes. 1t repre-
sents a pot-eyed
child holding some
flowers, and these,
instead of being
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complete works con-
tanning a presenta-
ton inscription on a
fly leaf in his hand
writing. $1150.
The highest price
paid for a book last
year was $40, 800, by
Pickering & Chatto
of London, for
Raoul lie Fevre's "A
Boke of the Hool
Lyf of JASON"
printed by CaXton
in 1890 in black let
ter. 1t is one of the
earliest books in the
English language
and formerly be-
longed to Bishop
Heber. Some bio
graphical details on
the fly leaves in his
handwriting greatly
increases its value.
A copy of Captain
John Smiths True
Relation, printed
in 1908, sold for $1425.
The highest price
paid for an Ameri-
can book last year
was $100G for a copy
of the Rev. MIR.
Cushman's sermon
on The Danger of
tSelf = Love, " which
was preached at
Boston shortly after
the settlement of
that place. 1t is the
only copy known of
the first sermon
nrinted in America