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The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30
Letters That please.

always showed his kindness to the
soldiers on their way to Manila.
Letters like those below published
in the Augusta Chronicle are those
that please the mothers of the "boys
in blue" and teach the people on
the Mainland that we arc not al.
together ssvages in Hawaii.
Honolulu, II | Oct Ia, 1899.
Dsar Lills:--T went ashore to day
and stayed all day, had quite plea
sapt time sight seeing 1t is a
beautiful place, lots Of beautiful
scenes. We went up to the capitol
building and went ell through it.
1t is handsomely furnished and in
the throne room there are four large
hanging chandeliers, pure glass
every inch OF them After going
through that building we met up
with au old gentleman (American)
and be took us cut to his home,
beautiful place, aud treated US to
grand dinner. No one lives with
him except a Chinaman and they
seem to be devoted 10 each other.
When we got ready to leave he took
our names and the names and ad-
dress OF our mothers, and said he
would write to them and tell them
what noble boys we were. His name
is Mr. John Magoon and he owns
nearly whole village, called Ma
goonyi'le. Tell mamma perhaps she
may get letter from him, as left
her address,
expect we will leave here to-
morrow aud may not stop again I'M
til we reach Manila, so this may be
my last chance to write. But il we
stop at Yokohama, Japan, I'll write
from there.
Tell mamma not to worry about
me, that III try to take care OF my
self BUTLER.
Write to me soon and often.
Below will be found the letter
from the old gentleman mentioned
above:
Honolulu, Ott II, 1899.
Mrs. j ames L. Clancy:
Your noble sou, Blu Ter, l had the
pleasure Of his company at my
beautiful hom- when be had liberty
on SHORE, and his soldier mate. o..
wald William Wilson, from the same
place, No. 253 Telfair street Augusta.
GA. | met the noble young men on
the street aud their noble and lofty
beariDg in a strange laud, among
strangers, far away from mother aud
other loved ones. | could uot resist
temptation, so walked up TO them
end took right hold OF their hands
and invited them to my house. They
and several others accepted my in
vitation, and, oh, how | wished YOU
were here to take just peep on the
scene and here their joyous laughter
aud 80 happy, can take the stand
point Of father, but | cannot mea
sure the love OF mothers love;
words cannot describe her ever
abiding love for her darling boy.
Sufficient for me to write that hist
uuder my roof they enjoyed home.
/ told him that he had come
loug distance to find his grandpa
and that wanted him to write
home TO you aud Others toapking
them for keeping him 10 ignorance
Of his Granpa Magoon, who had
been living away off GU the islands
OF Hawai- for over twenty years.
The dear boy has sailed away from
Houolulu on his way to Manila
buoyaut with hope, | have written
this my hands almost helpless aud
my eyes dim with age, 50 excuse
mistakes.
JOHN MAGo N.
P. S.-Of this date mail you
Honolulu paper. Address
John MagooD, Honolulu, II. /.
Maooony;lIa
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30
notice.!

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
~ that Messrs. w. q. IRWIN & Co.,
Ltd have this day been appointed
RESIDENT AGENTS Tor the Hawaiian
Islands Of the following Insurance
Companies
ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF Liver
pool.
ALLIANCE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF
London.
ScoTTIsH UNION AND NATIONAL INsuR.
ANoE COMPANY o. Edinburgh.
ALLIANCE MARINE AND GE.ERA AS
sURANuE I oMPANy OF London
Mr.. John S. Walker will continue
to he associated win the business Of
the above raned Companies.
r G MEDCRAFT,
General Agent and Attorney.
Honolulu, November /, 1899.
l357-3n
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1899-12-30
NORRIS K KEOHOKALOLB,

OFFICE, NO. 16 KAAHUMANC
Street, Honolulu, formerly A. ROsa's
Office United States Custom House
Brokers, Accountants, Searchers 81
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THE wAvERLEY CLUB.

Entrance on Bethel Street.
EREE BILLIARDS, FREE LIBRARY,
y open all and every day. Entrance fee
81 20. Monthly Dues 81. Forms of appli-
cation TO Membership at he Club Rooms,
or address,
JAMES II. COPELAND,
l293-3m Recording secretary.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27
MORE D|PHTHERIA.
Three New Cases Develope
and Authorities Are
Kept Very Busy.

Oakdale Aug. 26.-Three new cases
of diphtheria have developed in the past
few days. In the family of Robert
Griffin their infant son is dangerously
sick with the disease. In the family of
Joseph Pontbfiant there is one case,
also in the family of Thomas Sheppard
there is one case. These latter are not
considered to be dangerous by the at
tending physician, Dr. Boyer.
While the selectmen, who comprise
the board of health, are doing all in
their power to prevent the spread of
this terrible disease, there is at least
one family who does not seem willing
to abide by the rules of the board. and
have so far forget their duty to others
as TO allow their child to play in
streets, simply because they differ with
their physician as to the disease.
w. w. Brown, night operator at the
Union station in this town, is spending
his vacation under the parental roof
at Wendell, Mass. During his absence
ms place Will be filled by George w.
Staples.
w. B. Fitz, who has been in Europe
during the past six weeks in the in.
terest Of the West Boylston Manufac-
turing Company, sailed for home on
Wednesday on the Canada. He Is ex-
pected to land in Boston early in the
week
A daughter has arrived in the family
Of Andrew Coulter.
Fully two hundred rooters went from
here to attend the Oakdale- Jefferson
game at Jefferson this afternoon,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27
BILLED AND CODED.
Unusual Scene on a
Clinton Trolley
Car,
AN OSCULATING Y0UNGSTER
Finds a Willing Subject
Nestled Beneath a
Big Hat.
AN OSCULATING YOUNGSTER

Clinton, Aug. 26.-Two young people,
evidently from Worcester, afforded
amusement to the people on one of the
Worcester & Clinton cars last evening.
They were in love with each other,
and they couldn't help showing it. She
was dressed all in white and wore a
conspicuous hat, which had a very wide
brim, and two still more conspicuous
white ostrich plumes in it. They
dropped downward on either side of the
hat in graceful curves.
The man was well shaver, and well
dressed, really quite the thing. The
young people sat so close together on a
seat built for five, that there was room
for four more
the young woman, he leaned toward
her. The hat was excellent shelter, or
the young man might not have done
what he did do.
lie leaned forward further than US
ual, and planted kiss upon the young
woman's lips. The kiss was intended
to be furtive and unassuming. But i
was not. Doubtless the young man had
underestimate the enthusiasm with
which he embarked upon the enterprise.
doubtless, also, his heart failed him a
little, because he was so slow that sew
eral people in front saw the kiss. and
several behind could not mistake the
nature of a certain sound as if a cork
mad been drawn from a bottle of beer.
There were 40 persons on the car. 70
whom the kiss also brought a pleasant
thrill, and two who had no hearts, else
they would not have selected that par
tlcular time to make remarks about the
necessity Of reinstating a certain Con-
necticut blue law which inflicted a pen
atty for OSCILLATION under certain cir
cumstances
Of course the spoony young man and
the object Of his attentions were much
embarrassed. He smiled like a person
going to the gallows, and she blushed
ana Wore an air of charming confu-
sion.
What happened afterward was worse
and altogether the fault of the hat. The
attention of everybody was centered on
the unhappy pair. And the plumes on
the hat hung in such a way that they
tlckled the young mans nose.
When they did that, the young man
quite unconsciously jerked his head to-
ward the girl, which looked like a, pur-
pose on his part to get another kiss.
Inc men behind were Jealous and
yelled, Break away!" OF course the
young people got more and more en-
barrassed every moment. When this
had been repeated several times, the
girl turned squarely toward her tor
mentors and said quietly, but firmly, 81
won't break away, so there!"
She was very pretty girl, and a de-
termined girl, and she and her bean
We're permitted to make the rest of the
trip as their hearts dictated.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27

employing so hands, and is credited
with all the orders it can handle. The
success of this enterprise is on a par
with the other manufacturing indus
tries here.
Former State Senator M. f. Coughlin
Of Holliston is visiting ]. H. Coughlin,
his brother, at the Clinton House.
A little 2-year-old boy wandered up
and down Main street this afternoon, a
very little fellow, in blue overalls and
tan shoes, who was too young to tell his
name, and who did not know where he
lived. officer Joseph Lawson found the
tiny chap and rescued him from dan
ger of being ruin over, by taking him
to the police station. There the boy re-
manned this afternoon, the guest of Of
ficer Michael F. Smith. He was per-
fectly happy, but somewhere the police
knew mother was waiting for him.
This evening persons called for the boy.
His parents had been searching for him
for an hour or two before they thought
of the police station.
Several clergymen are still absent on
their vacations, and local pulpits will
be largely supplied by out-of-t town men
tomorrow. Rev. w. e. Waterbury of
Springfield will deliver the sermon to-
morrow morning in the Baptist Church.
Rev. George F. Stanton of Boston will
preach at the morning service IN the
Congregational Church on the good
fight Of faith. Rev. William Hughs, d.
D., of the Knoc Presbyterian Church,
New York, is going to address the open
air meeting of the Y. M. G. A. on the
Stevens lawn. Deacon Edward w.
Breed will address the boys meeting at
2.45 O'clock. Mrs. H. Cummings, better
known as Hattie jenkins, will preach to
those who attend service at the gospel
mission. Rev. Mr.. Hughs will also de-
liver the service at the First Presbyte-
rian Church.
officer William r. Grady left tonight
for two weeks visit with friends in
New York city.
Miss Katie REILLY of Wilson street is
visiting friends in Holyoke.
Miss Katherine Reddy Of Hudson is
the guest Of Miss Nellie OMalley Of
Boylston street.
Miss Emily Fadgen left today for
two weeks visit with friends in Chico
nee.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27
OSWALD PENITENT.
Declares He Will Not
Drink Any More
Liquor.
FOOLED WESTBORO OFFICERS.
Zimmerman Is Not q Ciga-
ret Fiend, Simply Likes
a Good Time.
FOOLED WESTBORO OFFICERS.

Clinton, Aug, 26.-OswaId thinner
man, the Westboro crazy man, was
brought home from that town today in
charge of his father, Christian thinner
man. The zimmermans live at 1863 Oak
street. Oswald works in the Lancaster
mills. He is a hard working fellow,
but he takes an occasional vacation
and enjoys a good time. He makes
things rather lively while his good
times are in progress. He left Clinton
Friday noon. His parents were wor-
ried about his absence, but they were
relieved when they read The Spy this
morning to find that he was safe in
Westboro, and that he seemed to have
gold-bricked the authorities there into
thinking him insane.
The police here say that Oswald is as
sane as any other man, and that he
has been taken in the same way be-
fore.
The little disturbances that Oswald
makes are not the result of cigarets.
usually In fact, he is not an excessive
smoker of cigarets. At any rate, Os-
valid is heartily penitent today, and
agrees that he will never be found in
sane again, no matter what happens.
His friends say that he would rather
pay the fine that the Clinton district
court imposes upon crazy men, than be
rated as lunatic all over Worcester
county.
Oswald's father is Christian thinner
man. The family is well known,
especially among the German people.
and is very respectable and Industrious
Oswald has not attained his majority.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27
UxBRI0GE.

Uxbridge, Aug. 26.-The funeral Of
the late John H. Bresnahan of Heola
Village, who died at Worcester yester-
day, will be held at st. Marys church
Sunday at o'clock.
Father Mathew Total Abstinence So
ciety has voted to hold fair in Octo-
Der. The following committee has been
appointed: Walter f. Reynolds, Thos
S. Shaughnessy, Michael ]. O'Brien.
Patrick Maroney, Gilbert Savage .Iobn
shaughnessy, Joseph Buckley and Fred
RaSco.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27
THEATRE OPENED.

The season at the Clinton theatre
opened tonight with Eight Bells" The
value. OF the attraction as an opener
was demonstrated by the presence of d
large audience. The show gave excel
lent satisfaction. Clinton people have
seen the Byrne Bros. before, but they
do not tire Of their queer antics in the
least. 1t is the purpose of Manager P.
f. Cannon Ito give at least one good
show week for the balance Of the sea-
SON
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27
a SONG RECITAL.

Princeton, Aug. 26.-E. w. Brunsun
of White Plains, N. b., presented Fer
dinand r. l.. Torriani in a song recital
In Bagg hall this evening. 1t was well
attended. The program: my dreams"
Tosti; Love in absence Ronold. man
uscript. (a) Fantasy, Carmiencke; (b)
a chord, Burbank (c) Sherry, Bur
bank; Dio Prosente, Faust" Gounod:
Call me back" Denza; "Oh, fair, oh,
sweet and holy" Cantor; (a) The ro-
sary, Nevin; (b) Thy beaming eyes.
Mcdowell; (c) This would do, Chap
man; The lost chord, Sullivan. After
the musical entertainment dancing was
enjoyed until a late hour.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27
ACTIONS ENTERED.

In Clinton district court this morn
ing. actions were entered as follows:
McQuaid Bros. VS.. Joseph Wells to re-
cover 5000; Jonathan d. Smith for
plaintiff. McQuaid Bros. VS.. Patrick
Durkin, to recover S1625; Smith for
plaintiff and E. A. Evans for defendant
A. L. Cook. Lancaster, VS.. John Saun-
ders, to recover 81; Bancroft & Butt
trick for plaintiff. Clemintina Penini
vs.. Joseph Gennarro, Cenedall Bros,
trustees, to recover $500; Bancroft <,
Buttrick for plaintiff.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27
AIDS SELECTED.

Chief Marshal George NJ. Stewart of
Clinton has selected his aids to assist
ia the management Of the grounds at
the Worcester East fair. They are as
follows: George S. Gibson, Fred 70.
Wilder, Clinton; Emory A. Bacon and
Leon Goodale, West Boylston; r.. M.
Farnsworth and G. w. Willard. Ian
caster: Herbert S. Wilde and John A.
Davis. Sterling,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27
ICE MANS TROUBLES.
Loses a Cake, But Proceeds
Calmly While All Leices-
ter Keeps Cool.

Leicester, Aug. 26-Several we'll
known Leicester men tried being the
ice man today, and the real ice man
may bring in bill for the ice required
10 furnish the experience. E. M. Bonds
Ice cart drove to the icehouse on Water
street in the middle of the afternoon.
ana after the team had bumped over
the ditch at the corner of Main and
water streets a large cake of ice was
left in the road.
Inc ice man drove on, and as the heat
would have left little but water in a
snort time, party from Watsons shop
went out to save the ice from its fate.
superintendent of Streets w. A. Bell
brought out knife to split the ice.
Engineer Edward Fitzpatrick carried a
Dag, and with the help of a screwdriver
loaned by Motorman Bert Lamb, the
cake was divided. Mr.. Fitzpatrick
carried his share in a bag, and Clarence
Johnson, who happened by Just then.
pushed another chunk along the side
walk. Everybody appeared happy and
viii continue so until the real ice man
sends in his bill.
A party of about 80 young people
made the trip to Mt. Wachusett TODAY
in one of T. S. Shows barges.
Herbert A. Davidson, Frank H. Esta-
brook and Z. Dewey Waite returned to-
day from the camp at South Framing
nam, where they have been enjoying
life as members of Worcester Light In
fantry.
The selectmen and superintendent OF
streets have been notified that the state
highway commission will give them a
nearing on relocating the Worcester &,
Suburban tracks along the 1899 section
of the state highway on Sept. Z
marriage license was issued TODAY
to Benjamin O'Keefe and Elizabeth Fo-
ley of Rochdale.
Mrs. Charles 6. Stearns returned last
night from her European trip on which
she was accompanied by Miss Eta. T,
chapman, superintendent of schools.
Rev. j. H. Humphrey has returned
from his vacation and will preach on
Sunday. o'i
Mrs. Abbie S. Conant of Waban .
FORMER member of the school commit
tee, is visiting friends in Cherry Valley
Frank Parsons has left his position in
the mailing department at the l.. S.
Watson factory. -
j. Whittemore Smith is spendine. n
few days at Gloucester.
A burned out motor made WORCESTER
& Suburban cars Ii minutes late TO-
night, The road has made the hest
time this summer of any time since the
road began. For weeks the schedule
has been followed almost exactly. ex-
cept once in while when some mis-
hap occurred, and it is much more no.
ticeable when the time is askew.
Ii Is said that Worcester beer team
drivers are beginning to forget when
they reach the Leicester line, and that
they drive into the Valley late at night.
The record-union., 1899-04-26
MOB LAW IN KANSAS.
A Negro Murderer Shot to Death in
City Jail.

KANSAS CITY, April PA special
to the Star from Galena, Kan, says:
Charles Williams, alias Jones (colored),
was shot to death ait $3.50 this morning
in the City Jail by a mob of negroes.
Williams killed Laura Canafax. a, ne
gress, yesterday.
The mob, composed of about twenty
five masked negroes, went to the Jail,
and four gained an entrance by break
ing the door in The first man had an
ak, the second a rope, and the third
carried a pistol. Williams was locked
in his cell, but they lost no time break
ing the lock, and ordered him to come
out. This he refused to do, claiming
that he was innocent of the charge.
grabbed a couple of bricks, and asked
them to only give him fair show.
AIT this the man who carried the re-
volver began shooting through the bars
at Williams. Four shots took effect,
killing the murderer Instantly.
The work of the mob was systemati-
cally and coolly done. They came
quietly, did their work, and dispersed
without any demonstration.
The Coroner's inquest to-day held that
Williams came to his death from the
effects of pistol shots from an unknown
person. No arrests have been made.
The record-union., 1899-04-26
TRAGEDY IN NEW JERSEY.
An Instrument Maker Murders His
Wife and Daughter.

CAMDEN On. J), April 25.-Edward
Oswald, an instrument maker. living
at 963 Ferry avenue, early this morn
ing stabbed to death his wife and g
year-old daughter. He then ATTEMPTED
to commit suicide by cutting his own
throat. He was taken to Cooper Hes
pital, and is not expected to live.
A 6-year-old daughter escaped the
fate of her sister by running into the
street.
Oswald and his wife spent last even
ing with Mrs. Oswald's sister. On their
way home Oswald was seen to put his
arm lovingly about his wife's waist and
kiss her Oswald, his wife and their
children went to their apartments, and
Mrs. Oswald retired At midnight Os-
valid began the quarrel which ended in
the tragedy
Edna May says that her mother was
asleep when Oswald attacked her. She
says that she saw her father advance
TO the bed and give her mother cut
IN the throat. This awakened Mrs.
oswald, and when she saw her nus
band standing over her, Edna says. her
mother sprang from the bed. and seiz-
ing Gussie, started to run Oswald
followed, and killed his wife and daush-
ter. Then he made for Edna, but she
managed to elude him by running
around the furniture. Once his bloody
fingers clutched her dress, but she freed
herself and dashed from the house Tho
bloody finger marks are on the child's
dress
The relatives of the double murderer
believe that oswald went temporarily
insane. Last night was spent in pleas
ant conversation
The record-union., 1899-04-26
COPPER COMBINE.
A Syndicate Obtains Control of the
Heaviest Producing Properties.

NEW YORK, April 25.-The import
ant statement was made to-day by one
of the most important interests in the
copper trade that H. H Rogers Oh. the
Standard Oil Company. acting for a.
syndicate, has obtained control of MANY
of the heaviest producing copper mine
properties in the United States includ-
ing principally Montana mines and
those in the Lake Superior region.
Among them are the Anaconda, Isle
Royal and Copper King. The deal, how
ever, is yet in an incomplete shape. and
on that account those most interested
are averse to giving out any details.
All the arrangements for carrying the
deal through have been placed, accord
ing to this authority, in the hands of
Mr.. Rogers.
The Evening Post" says: The in
ternational deal in copper properties.
which is now attracting the attention of
speculative interests came to public no.
tice about two weeks ago, when the an
nouncement was made that H. H. Rog-
ers of the Standard Oil Company had
obtained an option on the majority of
the stock of the Anaconda mine This
stock for years was owned absolutely
by J. B. Haggin, Marcus Daily and the
late Senator Hearst. Some time ago
those interests were believed to have
sold 40 per cent. of their holdings to the
Rothschilds at about $50 per share. An
attempt was made by the foreign bank
ers to buy the rest of the stock. but
their offers were refused.
Recently reports were current that
the holdings of Marcus Daily had been
sold and following these reports came
the organization of syndicate to form
what has been familiarly called the
Copper Combine" The combine, ac-
cording to current Wall street stories,
was to form new company with a pa
per capitalization of $4O0,O0O00O, the
stock of which was to be exchanged for
that of other copper properties The
statement was made yesterday that
Anaconda stock would be taken in ait a
value of $92 per share. This was some
what perplexing, in view of the fact.
The record-union., 1899-04-26
CANNED ROAST BEEF.
But Few Officers and Enlisted Men
Pronounce 1t Good.

WASHINGTON, April 25.-The report
of Colonel Darlington of the Commits
sary Department of the Army, which
was yesterday presented to the Wade
Court of Inquiry but not accepted as a
part of the record, was made public
to-day. 1t covers almost 100 type
written pages, and is a careful review
of the subject
Colonel Darlington claims to have col
lected the opinions of 3T6 officers and
1G3 enlisted men concerning the canned
roast beef, which he classifies as fol-
lows: Twenty-three officers and one en-
listed man pronounced it good or ex-
cellent"; twenty-five officers and two
men fair or good, with exceptions;
twenty-six officers and eleven men
mostly bad or unfit; 302 officers and
149 men entirely bad or unfit"
He comments at some length upon
this, giving the various terms used to
indicate the feelings of officers and
men in regard to it, but says that
where cooking was possible and veg
etables and condiments available and
the beef prepared, seasoned and mixed
with vegetables, complaints were
lessened or modified, and some even
praised it as substitute for fresh
beef"