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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-24
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I'D. IHE INDEPENDENT
hear to my sorrow that my spot
less reputation shall have suffero d
very severely by my sudden depart
ure from Honolulu, that the papers
OF that burgh gave me rather hard
send off. hope you were not guilty
of that or | should not have written
you this, for you know there are al
ways two sides to story.
Things down here are rather excit-
ing, the natives are not as easily
scared as the papers would hsYe you
believe, and there is quite a lot of
fighting going on. | have been out
to the lines few times just to hear
the bullets whistle, and ] don't
want any more Of it. The town is
completely surrounded, and when.
ever the troops make q move the
Indians run away after killing and
wounding few soldiers. There is
no doubt that we can beat them
easy enough if they would only give
us show. We have had martial
law here since | have been here, and
at p. m. you have 10 get home and
stay there. The Spaniards have
nearly all left and steamers are TAX
ing them away every week.
Living down here is about the
same as Honolulu, except that ser.
wants are very cheap. Food about
the same as Honolulu. Furniture is
the cheapest thing here, 80 many
familes leaving aud houses burnt.
Soldiers have lot for sale, too. |
was offered very nice French piano
for $25, Mexican.
Great many towns have been
burnt and are burning now, and the
boys take the opportunity to save a
few things and make a stake.
| have met a good many Homo
lulu men down here, and nearly all
are in the saloon business As you
see by my card which | inclose !
am established myself, but have not
been at it long euough to have a
good idea about my chances. There
is great deal OF glanders here and
the u, S. Government is trying to
stamp it out, which helps me out a
bit.
Do me the favor to give my kind
regards to all the boys, and tel
them Honolulu is not a patch or
Manila, everything is booming here
Ask Mr.. Testa to send me TIE INDE'
PENDENT oace in while. | shall be
glad to send any Information from
here to your paper; just let me
know what you wish and you shall
have straight facts. The newspapers
here are rotten, and dare not pub
lish anything that is not praisine
the troops.
Publish of this what you like
There may be somebody interested
in my whereabouts.
Yours truly,
SAMUEL KARR.
Manila, z. l., March "a, '99.
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BY AUTHORITY.
NOTICE.
DEPARTMENT or FINANCE,
HoNoturu II I Anril %. 1899.

HONOLULU, ID l., April ~, loSo')
Holders OF Hawaiian Government Bonds
of the following dates and denominations,
are hereby notified that on and after
maturity of the next coupon, Interest will
cease.
The principal OF said bonds will be paid
on presentation at the due date of the
coupon
ACT OF OCTOBER "a, 1890.
S ock A, Bond No. 81, Date Dec IL, 1890.
$1,000
Stock a, Bond No. 80, Date Dec II, 1920,
$1,000.
Stock A, Bond No 3, Date Dec IL. 1890,
$1,000
Stock A, Bond No. 81 Date Dec. II, 1890,
$1,000.
Stock A, Bond No. 35, Date Dec. IL, 1890,
ST. 600.
Stock A, Bond No 49, Date Dec IL, 1890.
$1,0~o.
Stock a, Bond No. 81, Date Dec IL, 1890,
$1,000
Stock A, Bond No. IS, Date Dec. IL, $780,
$1,000.
Stock A, Bond No 80, Date Dec IL, 1890,
$1,000.
Stock A, Bond No 40, Date Dec. IL, 1890,
$1,000.
Total, $4,000.
| 1lS3-3t Minister of Finance.
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Timely Topics.
Honolulu. April 1S, 1899.

Mayhap you think we will
wait until the hot weather
arrives to remind you of Alas
kan matters. Not SO, for you
must keep cool and well pre-
served and nourished in these
stirring times if you are an
xious to follow the rising for
tunes of Kihei and Multi. We
have the
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-24
MONDAY, APRIL "a, 1899.
OUR wAILUKU LETTER.

"A e'ooN'e'|'S" -
Judge Kalua's lao residence to par
take OF the luau given in honor OF
Mr.. w. G. Achi. The opening re-
marks of the promoter when called
upon to make speech was our mot
to go Maui no ka OF" for at the diff
ferent places he visited he was never
received SO Hospitality as when he
landed on Maui. A sumptuous
spread was served under beautiful
launiu lanai and with the lao geutle
breeza prevailing a nice time was
spent The plucky Hawaiian left
us with Maui's good wishes to call
again.
At meeting Of the Maui Racing
Association held at the Court House
last Saturday evening A. N, Kepoi
kai was selected president and the
other officers reelected. The re-
port Of the treasurer was to the ef-
feet that the association is iu good
financial standing aud wit the
cash on hand it was decided o make
away with the dangerous curve and
to fix it up so that it will assure
safety to the horses. The grand
stand is to be removed to an advap-
tageous position so that it will not
be facing the wind. 1t was decided
to have race meeting on the 4th OF
July as usual and big prizes are to
be offered.
The Registration Board is at work
commencing on the Hama side and
from reports very few have register
ed and the Board is making quick
and fast work and will be through
with that side in the beginning of
the next week. There won't be
much registering done this time as
the people are doubtful as to wheth-
or their trouble in registering will
be fruitful or not.
A. F. Tavares has W. A. Hardy s
class at the Makawao school as the
latter is member of the registering
board, now on the Hama side.
Bob English gave luau last Sun
day at Kahului and the captains
OF the vessels now in the harbor en-
joyed the hospitality of the pilot.
George Groves our former Road
Supervisor whilst on his way TO Ma
hiku by the Claudne to see some OF
his old friends who we're still hang
ing on was surprised to see within
such short space Of time nothing
but malahinis. He is in with Judge
w. A. Mckay who got the contract
for building the Nahiku road.
Last Thursday three captains to,
gether with Pilot Bob English made
the trip to lao Valley just for +;
change and whilst roaming abou
after guavas above the second cross
ing torrents OF watar came dowr
and one of them attempting to cross
the stream was nearly drowned and
only saved by the presence of mind
OF the other captains who threw a
line to him just in time. The party
avoided the crossing of the streams
by climbing the ridges of Kskae a
feat never done before.
William Blasdell, travelling fol
the Germania Life Insurance Com
pany ia making good business and
is perfectly satisfied
Yesterday Mr.. Moore and Mrs
Heapy took the school children up
to lao Valley for picnic and not 10
the least expecting an accident TO
happen TO the children if they went
home alone left them behind and
took a carriage for home only to
learn an hour after their arrival thai
one OF the children had been thrown
off horse and badly injured. The
one injured was Mrs. Robinson's
cousin Ellen Brown. On the way
home she was compelled to ride Oh
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-04-24

1t is mistake to suppose that
stone houses are the most durable.
A well-constructed brick house will
outlast one built of granite.
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NOTICE.

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IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRO
Il visions OF q mortgage made and de-
livered by Jose CONES of Kaawaloa, South
Kona Island OF Hawaii, 10 Jose de Ponta,
of Honolulu Island of Oahu, bearing date
the 22nd day OF April, 1897, recorded in
the Register Office, Honolulu, Oahu, on
the 22nd day of April, in the ye1r 1897. at
1 :3S P. NJ , in iber l70, on Pages 1Sb, 1S'
and 1877.
Notice is hereby given that said Mort
gage9 Jose de Ponte intends to foreclose
said mortgage for condition broken to wit. :
The nonpayment OF both principal and
interest when due. and notice is therefore
given that after the expiration OF Thr c
Weeks from this date, the property de.
scribed in said mortgage will be adver-
tisei for sale. and will be sold at Public
Auction, at the Auction Rooms of James
Il Morgan, Q cen Street, Honolulu,
On Saturday. The 20h day Of May, 1899
AT IL O'CLOCK NOON
of said day, to the highest bidder, for cash
in United Sta es Gold Coin, the deeds tC
be at he expense of the purchaser
JOSE DE P0N'rE, Mort ;sgee
Honolulu, April "a, 1899
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Mortgagee's Notice of Intention to
Foreclose, and of Time and Place
of Sale.
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BEST STOCK ON THE
MARKET

for your purpose. We have
proved that there is a bonanza
in it. 1t is the
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-05-10
AN HEROIC WOMAN.

Every now and again some splendid
act of heroism and abnegation of self
makes one believe in the goodness and
nobleness of the human race. A case
in point is that of Mrs. Rogers, the
stewardeSS of the steamer Stella, re-
Gently wrecked off the Channel Islands.
She cody and courageously assisted
the woman passengers to put on life
preservers, and having helped them
into the boats, she refused to follow
them for fear of over-crowding ana so,
remaining by the steamer, she sank
when the latter broke up and was
never seen again:
A critic commenting on the incident
says: mo greater love hath any man
than that he lay down his life for mis-
friend. How much more unselfish and
worthy of the highest honor is the deed
of one who lays down her life not for
friends, but strangers-from a sense of
duty"
We talk of heroism, as a general
thing, as an attribute of man, but
woman is just as heroic. There are
heroic acts, and heroic deeds to the
credit of woman, aye, and heroic lifes
which pass unknown here, but which
will be known in the great hereafter
when justice, which is not of this
earth, shall be done.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-05-10
AN UGLY REVELATION.

BY some strange chance a case where
a person died and there was no physi-
clans certificate nor cause of death
given has at last been investigated.
The result of the investigation into an
unknown" was that case of kahu-
naism was developed. with regard to
the kahuna the law will take it's course
and The Star has nothing to do with
that aspect of the case. But what a
commentary upon the forty-one deaths.
reported in the Board of Health statis-
tics, for this year. as from unknown
causes this is.
The Star has again and again held
up this blot upon our statistics to rep
rotation. Month after month, as the
statements have come out, have they
been commented upon, but officialdom
has shrugged it's shoulders and calmly
gone along in it's even rut. How are
we to find out?" say the officials and
in their inmost hearts they say What
does it matter. 1t is only Chnaman,
or native, or a Japanese" Yet the
moment investigation is made, a state
of things is developed which brings the
matter within the pale of the law
How many of the forty-one persons
the causes of whose deaths have been
reported by the Board of Health as un-
known, have been hurried into eternity
by kahunaism? How many have been
poisoned? How many have died among
the little children through carelessness
and neglect? And yet the board COM
posed of worthy gentlemen, trained for
learned professions and accustomed to
deal with evidence has for many months,
and their predecessors. for years, have
let this kind of thing go on. And the
Board of Health officials have this
coming to their knowledge almost
daily, and they don't bother their heads
about it.
1t is years since the present writer
first agitated this question. He has
come to the conclusion that nothing
short of a social earthquake will ever
move the Board of Health to act as it
should do. This is not by any means
the only case where investigation
shows malpractice. During the time
the subject has been agitated, there
have been many members of the board,
but once gentlemen get on the board
they seem to be afflicted with fatal
apathy in this mater, The board has a
grave responsibility resting upon it, in
this matter. The guilt of crime may
even rest upon 1t. For the very fact
that in this country it is made easy to
put body away without investigation
as to cause of death, may lead weak
and erring mortal into crime. And
upon those who practically supply the
means for crime, certainly rests some
of the guilt. When the unknown"
comes to be investigated, it turns out
TO be very ugly matter indeed.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-05-10
BE PRACTICAL.

The practical in education is what
The Star has advocated for a long
time. There is always danger of schools
running into fads unles the practical
men of the community every once in a
while take an interest in what is going
on. On the mainland there is a vigor-
our battle going on as to what should,
and what should not be taught by the
state. The Star is a staunch advocate
of free schools, it believes that what
ever the state gives in the way of edu-
cation should be enjoyed by every child
of the state, without reference to
wealth OF social position, but it is ut
terly opposed to instruction being Civ
en- in useless things which, however
good i'm themselves, are of no practical
use
The main points of education that
should be aimed at in our primary and
lower grammar schools, are as thor
ough a training in English as possible,
for without a good knowledge of Eng
fish a man is out of the running here.
as man without a thorough knowl-
edge of Turkish and Arabic, would be
out of the running in Constantinople.
Ours is heterogeneous population,
and long ago circumstances and the
foresight of some minds decreed that
English should be the means of inter-
communication, The more thoroughly
English is mastered, the more correct
ly it is spoken, the better can the lad
or girl get on in life.
Arithmetic should be carried out as
far as it is practically useful. A knowl-
edge of how to calculate wages, how to
keep accounts should be thoroughly ac-
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quired before pupil is thirteen or
fourteen, and all schools should care
fully teach writing, which should be
done with pen and ink, though in out
of the way places where there are no
facilities, the writing is still taught on
states only.
Alderman Cotton of London was not
so far out when he talked of his three
R's-Readin Ritin', and Rithmetic. It
is this, and mainly this, that our COM
mon schools should offer. But great
stress should also be laid upon train
ing the hands With the girls all should
be taught to sew. There should not be
a school under the Board of Education
where the girls have not classes in
sewing. The experiment of introduce
ing sewing Systematically has been
made, and has proved a success, but
the sewing in several cases has been
put in the shade, has had the time to
be devoted to it curtailed by other
things which, good in themselves, like
a knowledge of botany and insects, are
of very little practical use to most
children.
There is no reason why boys should
not be trained to sew as well as girls.
A knowledge of the needle would be of
great value and comfort to many a
young man. There is a prejudice
against it, among boys, but there is no
reason why boys should not be supplied
with this useful art as we'll as girls.
The boys can be, in the larger schools,
taught the use of simple tools, and
knife work, as it is laid out now, should
be present in every school. This teaches
accuracy of hand and eye and is far
more valuable training than the knowl-
edge of how to dance a quadrille or
waltz, which from some points of view.
the pupils had far better be without.
What our educators should strive
after, especially with such population
as we have is to subordinate the esthe-
tic to the practical to consider that the
bulk of the pupils in our schools will
have to go to work at fifteen, and that
in many cases it would be a kindness
to the families to allow them to become
wage earners at thirteen. We should
look at education not with the eye of
the professional faddist, but with the
eye of the practical man, who seeks to
give a child such knowledge as it can
put to immediate advantage when it
comes to earning it's bread.
Situated as we are, we have yet an
other thing to consider,-and that it
that what may be suitable to children
under the conditions on the mainland,
is by no means necessarily suitable to
these Islands. a child needs a useful
education, it does not want it's time
filed up with useless lumber which it
will throw away or forget as soon as
its school days are over. Intelligent
interest taken by parents might lead
to curtailng much which is of little
permanent advantage and which
would save money to the state In edu-
cation as in other professions there Is
great deal of unnecessary work done
both by the instructor and by the per-
son instructed.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-05-10

The City of Columbia still fulfls her
mission of furnishing food for the MAX
er of paragraphs. The leak which was
supposed to be so serious, and which
Captain Minor considered made her
constructive wreck, has, now that she
is on the marine railway, proved to be
very small affair. But what a his
tory that vessel has had. From the
very moment she came into the Pacific
she has had nothing but disaster and
quarrels Has she over come her hoo
doc, or is there worse in store for her.
AS passenger vessel she is not likely
TO be very popular.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-05-10

The Kilohana Art League has a dis
tinct influence upon the cultivation of
the city. 1t has given quite an I'M
pulse to art, and may in time lead to
great things. AS wealth increases,
leisure will become more common, and
when leisure is profitably spent, it
tends to improve and foster both art
and literature. The Kilohana Art
League is a nucleus around which the
budding efforts of the esthetic feeling
of the Islands centers, and as such it
fulfills an important mission. 1t is to
be hoped that its approaching exhibit
ton may prove a success.
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JimeRy @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 IT 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
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Alaska
.efrigerators,

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
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-05-10
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, 1899-05-10

IN THIS LINE WE ALSO WANT
TO CALL ATTENTION TO SOME
NEW
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-05-10
WaterCOOIerS

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.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-06-29
Ia QUESTION DREYFUS
LA REVISION

Al fin Sc ha visto en- el Supreme el
tan deseado informe. Ell p1blico que
asistio numercso, anhelante, y distingui.
do
La sala en- que celebra sus sesiones es
amplia y suntuosa; los artesones, frisos
y zocalos son de robIe tallado do
RADIO.
En- los muros Sc ven pinturas de Bau
dry. Banuat y Lefebvrc.
FL ancho estado es de forma rectan.
gular y contiene dos flas de silones for
mando herradura, destinados los AZ
magistrates que forman ell tribunal,
Los magistrates Sc presentan con to
gas encarnadas y mucetas de armifio. En-
un sitial mas alto que los demss toma
asisnto el presidente, Mr. Mazea1. ante
un pupitre, en- el cual estan taIadas la
bslanza y la esrada de la justicia. Ce :
rrsndo el hemiciclo, y en- frente de los
asientos de los magistrates, hay bancos
mscixos de caoba para los abogados de-
Supreme.
Detras de esos bancos Sc ven otros de
roble, que oc1panios altos funcionario:
y muchas notabilidades de las classes di
rectoras, entire las cuales aparecen nu
merosas damas con "toi,ettcs" de pri
m ivers.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-06-29
Los NEDICOS DBL NUNDO

Un aficionado acenimo q toda clase de
estadisticas, acometio hace tempo Ia
descomunal empresa de averiguar el nl-
nero de medicos que existen en- las cinco
parties del mundo, y el resu tado de sns
investigaciones es el siguiente:
Hay actualmente 5000 medico'
To- Est ,dos Unidos, 10000 en- Inglaterrs
y sls cooaias, $4,000 en- Alemania y
Austria, $1,000 en- Franoia. 1900 en-
Italia y 5000 en- Espana. en- proper
clones en- las demas naciones. Ell total,
sin contar con las ma iores ro compren
diias, es verd deramente asombros !;
10000 pro?esores de la c;enc de cur .r-
no teniendo en- cuenta los curanderos,
charatanes. taumaturgos, emplricos dbds,
tole., etc, etc, qae en- Espa1a soore
todo, alcanzan uu buen nImtro.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1899-06-29

| M nos es pesmitido decir mas por
ahora !: dejamoss Orsus sisenidseio de
precisar 10 que saben 81 10 juzgan opor-
| .u13.
Ahora fesulta que el fyatdoy, es eli
marques, co-onel Patty de Clam, .qle va
ha sido preso; y que ell Asai e' e coro
mel Picquart, que desde I'm principle, y
espontaneamente. viene sosteniendo Ia
inocencia de- capit.n semita.
lola regreso a Francia. Esterhazy es-
cribe declarandose autor del bordffean
y pidiendo un salvo conducto para ir
sia riesgoa declarar tedo 10 que sabe.
Hombre sin conciencia sin escrdpulos.
dispuesto q todo, 81 aver Sc puso" "zt"ser~
v;cio de la iniquidad. hoy, sin que haya
nj que darle las gracias. servira la jus
ticia. Sospechando 10 que dira el aveo-
turero hnngaro y adivinando como ha
de descorrerse el vclo. va ell p1blico con
templa amenazadoram .nte q Mercier, a
B!l t, Gouse, Boisdeffre, los genera
les que han comprometido el honor del
ejercito ayudando 4 condenar a Dreyfus
protegiendo q fAssi6cadoses como aa
Paty, como Esteshazy, como Henry y
yerdo los tribunales de justicia a pres
tar declaracienes f,lsas.
Fl regreso de Dfeyfus va traer gr an
les emoclopes. ..nA-.s.
lQue Sc hara con los culpabIes1 To-
davla esperan Francia dias de prueba
FL general Mercier. que fue ministro de
la Guerra dice que 81 l. acusan. Ell acusa
ra Mr.. Dupuy, que estaba en- antece-
den.es de todo, y que entonces como
hoy era Jefe del Gobie no.