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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-02-19
STATE HOUSE.
The Causes of Fires for the
Year 1899.
Great Increase in the Number--Incen-
Diary Fires Also Larger.
The Auburn Armory Caucus Casc-Othcr
State Department News.

me table of causes of fires for the year
1853? has been completed 10y the insurance
department. 1t is a table that is interest
inS alike to the insurance man and to tn,
property owner. as it shows the various
III 'nncrs in which the property Of the
r1*t year has been destroyed. 1t shows
far greater number OF fires than in tn,
previous years ana that the number Of
inccndiary fires was s. against - in The
preceding year.
The total number Of fires for 1899 was
1920 and for 1>'> was III. OF this number
II? We're Il total loss and 1901 were a par
tidl loss. The total damage to property
in 1875 was Il 80, i45.4p, ana for 1879 it WAS
81 .9n .gl0j>.
Lightning was especially destructive.
the past year. There are ~ fires llid t.
this cause doing a total damage. If Sl61-
3ai-Hi. while in l>@> there were but Ia7
fires from this cause.
Accidental fires for the year numberr |
Il, while the overturned lamp was re-
spunshlc for -. Sparks from chimneys
set 81 fires. and defective chimneys an /
hues We're responsible for 10 Electric
wires caused only five fires The UNI
known causes numbered So Chimney :
hurnins uut set 81. ana carriessncSs lc-
ciuntvd fer ~ Spontaneous combustion
was tho cause If = ana An uycrhclted
s.a." .rt .> ,aorc-trom an of which the
reader oLn draw his own conclusions ana
bc more careful in the future. The fun
table is as follows:
CAT SEES OF FIRES IN MAINE DUR
ING THE YEAR l>@.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-02-19
ADVICE CONCERNING A COUNTERFEIT.
The Majority Said Pass II Along" but One
Said Destroy IT,

Throw the thing away" was the
advice given by a man. Saturday. to
the pOssesSor Of q counterfeit coin
that had been passed upon him. And
strangely enough, this was the first
man who had offered such a sugccs
ton. The young man in question had
showed the coin to one person and an
other as a sort of test to see what
the advice would be from different per
sons as to the proper thing to do with
such u coin when one was certain he
had a counterfeit. The general remark
was "Oh. YOU can pass that easily
enough. Just lay it down fatty ana
unless you ny something about it no
one will ever know the difference
That showed what the general pub
lie. man ana woman alike, thought Of
Il counterfeit. but the gentleman allud-
ed to had a different idea.
IF you pass that coin it will keep on
going until some poor person gets il
and cannot pass it. Thus YOU will be
the cause of taking bread ana butter
from some person who can lily afford
to lose it. The counterfeit coin works
no injury to the rich or to people n
moderate circumstances. but il is to ne
poor who get it and cannot get rid of
it whore the hardship come in. They
have for their money more Of small
change than anything else ana they
are more liable to be cheated than any
oth,r class. Throw it away and stop
the circulation of it ut once. 1t is not
tn" laws that you are breaking y
which you should De afraid but it is
of the fact that ynu are likely ID b. A.
ing injury to the poor that YOU should
think
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-02-19
AUGUSTA SCHOOL STATISTICS.
Figures and Facts Taken from the State Sup
erirtendcnts Report.

E-,.,n tr,. ,.r,.rt w star. Suu,ria-
t.ri..,-. ~ s,h,,ts N N. Strtsnn yam
I.,, ,l.,,, in,n,,,.,.,I,I.. statistics. regard
iro ~. .,.,,.Is of IN. state. In ,hnn
w.. conditions ,C Auous,a &, far as tn,
..,.b ....I,, a,... ,..,,,..rnad ar. found II is;
f,nrd ,b,t ,,uuet, i. accredited with
h,,.in,r .1GI children belonging 10 tn
It'll. h,.,u-..n ma u wears II aer. az
,h... III. nu,,l,., HI tha schools. laS,
,...,, v..,. 1lra TIA average lrngtn
\ III. .,,r;rr and simm.r terms wl4
II ya.kl wbiI. THU winter t.rm wa-
Il, weeks ana three days The aggrr-
,,,, nm,,I,a, IF weeks If schooling IN
TIL ,,nlIfc .cbnuIs nuIsi,l.. the High
,lh = ,yae 1lrl m. number Of : hoo,
houses III the CiiY number -, WEii'
49,, a.,i,,,t.l vaII,n of school housr
,.r..,,.r,v i. set al Sl1a,970. of tn"
,'.,5.,.,s an,,,Inv,d in thpe. common
..h."I. f,rr ,ra gentlemen ana - arr
,,.;;a. HUI III mem aI.r graduates ~
>...,,,.,I .,h.,,Is
,o, Nv IN. Ildv teachers.
.x,r,.Iing hoard was se.>a. while tn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-02-19

take them without disturbance to the
stomach, together or with three eggs
boiled or poached.
Notwithstanding pathetic com
plants that she could not look up
without seeing the nurse coming with
something to eat, ana various remon-
strancrs because shc could never BE- al
lowed ~ get hungry ana enjoy a meal,
sh4 thriv.l apace; ANA when the
dr. AIDED month Of March came She was
about the house. ana at the beginning
Of May she began 10 eat like other
folks. The treatment had been started
on December l."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-02-19
NOW IT'S SNOW,
t'ectrics Stalled ard Marie Central
Trains De aged, Sunday.
C " Buried in Slow and III, C, Harvest Bad
" Delayed

| Old Prob IS certainly a sticklcr for
variety. 1t was his pleasure. Sunday
| that rubber boots and macintoshcs of
which he seemed very fond a few days
ago, should be replaced by shovcls and
snoWshoes, ana there was no one tn
prevent him from having his own sweet
will. The storm began at about mid
night, saturday, ana continued with
more or less severity all day Sunday
1t seemed to be much worse in the
western part of the State than in the
eastern. 1t was bad enough here.
Sunday afternoon. Water street locke ii
like Il gulch somewhere III the Rocky
Mountains after a blizzard The snow
VAS piled in lugc drifts everywhere
There We're ieW out with their shOyels
until afternoon. and then they found
lots of work There were small cat
paths about the sidewalks made by
those who had t. he out or those to
whom sunday is not Il day Of rest
without 4 sunday paper. Those who
have had snu" shoes lying Idle for
the larger part Of tac winter at last
had Il chanc. to use them. but it was
not exactly d favora BILE time for d nov
ire to attempt his first walk. The
snow NlS 50 liGht that the shoes set
tied down tin ugh ii t. The solid earth
ana uu,. cJUl almost get along better
without tn.in.
The storm was Il hard one to han
die. Between Is inches and > feet IF
very lient -. " f"ll ANA thu wind be
ing strong il N-Is continually blown
about. paths shslrlcd early IN tile GAY
Wrrr impossible only f-W hours af-
forwards. The On" thought that seem
"a ~ b. in every mind during the day
VAS what would happen If the snow
should turn d rain. Win the amount
of SNOW th4t had fallen and.th ice in
lis weakened condition. it was expect
el that there would be- one of the
worst freshrts ever known.
Z H. iccmtn have reason t. be some
what discouraged. his season. What
they nave hal t. bear mas -rtairly been
enough drive them All To drink sat
urt!IN operations were in full blast.
Some excellent ire VAS being rushed
into The houses ana with one more day
Il good start could have been made.
Tho SNOW PUT 3 stop to it, however. ana
now the fields VIII have to be- cleared
again and with the prospect of Il huge
frcShot and a loss of all the labor and
expense hanging over them. If the
weather continues cold the harvest vii!
BE- All Tight but if ii moderatcs ana
J aims the results can hc better mag
iucl than described
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It'll ~ ,,., .i
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s,.,.,-,nu. I'm. n.x+ SIM
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-02-19
He Fooled The Surgeons.

All doctors told Rcnick Hamilton 81
months from Rectal E'istula, he would
dic unless 4 costly operation was per
formed: but NV cured himself with five
boxes III EuckIvn'S Arnica SAivc. the sur
WIT Pile cure Nh earth. ana the best Salve
iu tuc world y cents a box. Sold BY
Euwditch x Webster, Augusta; &. IT.
Ii,anc. Gardiner; :. ;. LightbodY. Water
VILE. DRUGGISTS febl9, u -;
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-02-19
Prices .. 81. SOC.

Prices .. %, soc.
Tickets now on sale at Ninsman's drug
store
Mr. ,Mackie. bess to inform LIN friends
ana the PUBLIC in general that this sea-
sons company will be the. best ana
strongest farce comedy company ever
organized by him-especially Tor its tour
from Maine t. New Orleans and north
west to California. All. scenery ana eff
tects new. made by VIM. Butler, Acad-
envy Of Music. New York City.
RECORD-Six years a~ Grimescy Me
Boy. in Grimes Cellar Door. Pronounced
by press and. public better than "Hoyts
y Bunch Of Keys
RECoRD-Four wears solid success
with IIoyts. a Bunch Of Keys as Crime
Sey Ne Boy.
4 strictly First-class Company. headed
ny James +. Mackir. whose name alone
stands AT the head Of al creative artists
Tor the palm of superior excellence III tho
line Of acrobatic comedy. The q. l.. Fox
Of toddy.-Ncw York World.
fehl6.dit
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-02-19

Tn" Good Tomplars of the city are
having a successful winter in their
lodge work ana the interest ana num-
hrrs M members continues to increase
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-02-19

Persons who feel sorry that they did
Dot take more pictures Of the camp %
,ha Maine Volunteers in l>9>, should visit
thc office uf Adjutant General Richards
.ud th,n they will 10 an the more sorry
tbat th,v neglected their camera during
ihc DAYS Of the Spanish War. The gen
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-02-19

walks were clear, so that few will have
much difficulty in going down to bust
ness, this morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-02-19

Captain NJ. T.. Conley of Portland.
was Reelected captain of Co. l.. LIST
Regiment. Friday evening. a position
he has held since the company was
mustered into the Guard. in 1894. He
had informed the members he did not
desire "A lection. but it was unani-
mously ude.ed him. Adjutant Cen
cral Richards was in Portland, ana h.
personally requested Captain Conlry
to continue in charge ana the captain
finally consented to do So. He has d
fine military record. dating back 10 the
Fraternity Cadets formed by Colonel
Harrington. H formed the Sheridan
Rifles, in 1889, and they We're on the re-
serve force until 1894, when they were
admitted To The LIST Regiment. His
record in the Spanish war was a com
mcndablc one.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-04-17
RABBI M, S LEW HAS HOT WORDS FOR
ALLEGED UNFAIR TREATMENT OF HIS SCH

g Levy vsuEnorn Of en Tor 10
Of vsting aud
the ~ March last 10 have
bubone In state
waited Tor
his condition nefe reached
their
indignant
his opinion Honolulu that the
protecting
OF he that Herman
Health Honolulu
Informing Of the condition his pulse and
This he has failed do By
The Call
published
appear that there has genuine OF bubonc plague tn the
Honolulu,
funds nearly OF million dollars
sonay believe The Calls representations believe
audaou could possibly ndugent
alment pesthouse all that
but natural suspicious should be should think
holidays
but all child needs careful
the
indication
patient deirous animals inouaed with his
anything but the plague? If shall nave evidence to sustain this
matter shall make the Board of Health feel the injustice and
rhey upon ouria
-
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-04-17
No Official News.

The China brought the government
no kilograms from Washington. The
letters which came bore dates as recent
as the second, and suggested that the
Hawaiian bill would probably be pass
ed In Its final shape and become law
by the ninth-a week ago yesterday.
The prohibition and deportation
amendments were not mentioned, not
having yet been sprung. President Dole
is reported to have said informally yes
terday that the Objectionable amend
ments were very possibly introduced In
order to postpone the enactment OF the
bill until the next session.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-04-17
SAFE CRACKERS.
Kaluna and Bill Hoopii Are Caugh,
Dead in the Act. ..

Kaluna and Barefoot Bill Hopii are
advancing rapidly as criminals, Their
latest departure is safe cracking. On
Saturday night they broke into the
store of LIB Kerr on Queen street
and by a, lucky coincidence were
caught In the act Of cracking the safe
in the office. 81 +3
One day last week Kaluna was seer
buying bit in Chinese hardware
store by a policeman. The fact wa:
reported to Deputy Marshal Chilling
worth, who had. a'swatch put on the
movements of the man. He and Hopi1
were seen hanging around Queen
street in the neighhborhood of 7. H
Davies & cos Store and it was
thought that an attempt was to be
made on one OF the stores in the
vicinity. ,s'.e .
Believing that the. attempt would
be made Saturday night the Deputy
Marshal got permission to stay in
Kerr's store. mhers he could watch
He had hardly taken his place when
Kaluna aud H0pii.. made their appear
ance. They had u bag with them and
instead OF trying the house opposl,
kerr's, the men turned into the en-
trance to Allen & Robinson's lumber
yard. From, the yard they climbed on
TO the FOOT of Hustace & Co.'s Office
which fsSqnite aFlo% building. From
There they lrnate theft way to the rool
OF the building In which Morgan
auction room and Kerr's store are
located and ChillingWorrh soon heard
chem fumbling with "a skylight over
the store in which he was concealed
In q few minutes the men had made
1t would only mean a little time be-
soon at work on the safe.
Chillingworth lay, hid until the men
got interested in their work and then
he sprang out at them. They were
50 surprised that before they could
make UP their minds to act handouts
were on Kaluna. who the officer con-
sidered dangerous man. Hapii did
not attempt to get away as he knew
1T would only mean a littel time be-
fore he would be captured.
The outfit OF the would-be robbers
was complete. There were two stick
of giant powder, some caps, about
three feet OF fuse, cold chisels, ham
mers, drills and jimmies. AS the men
had been at work but q short time
when interrupted but little damage
was done to. the safe. Directly over
the combination the drill made an in
dentation about a half inch deep. The
combination was hnfnjured.
Kaluna and Hopif were both out on
bonds. at the time. They have the
robbery at Dimond's and at Andrews
to answer for, The attempt on Kerr's
safe is sure case against them as
they were 'caught In the act.
They haveiboth bdt lately been re-
ledsed from prison.. Hopii has Just
finished serving a two years sentence
for the burglary of Ehlers' store,
while he was a trnsty lat Oahu prison
and kaluna has been in Jail on and
off for the last five or six years.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-04-17
THE STRIKE !.
!. ON AGAIN
Lahaina and OIowalu
Men Quit.
Claim MANY GRIEVANCES.
District Magistrate Acquits Laborefs
= Tried Before Him and Planta-
= ton Managers Appeal.

| The faaea. news from Maui is thai
the strike at I4ahaina and O!owalu ha,
broken out again. Last Saturday at.
.ternoon Japanese working in one OF
the gangs at Uahaipa spoke TO the
overseer Of the gang. saying some
thing aboat quitting work at three
O'Clock. The lana told him that III
would do nothing of the kind, and
that the laborers would continue al
work until four O'Clock, as usual. The
fellow told his mates, and the entire
gang quilted work, went into town
prochred a gong, and went about beat
ing ii. They sent word to the other
gangs. including those at Olowalu
and the whole crowd of Japanese left
work and refused to go on until their
demands were satisfied. This was the
condition when tho Ciaudine left La
hsaina at 10 O'Clock Saturday evening.
The Khan, which left in the morning,
could of course bring no account of the
affair; instead, she brought exactly
contrary newS-to the effect that the
strike was pau The new strike COM
prises all the laborers Of Lahaina and
Olowalu, which are side by side There
is no evidence OF sympathy from t.ls
japanese on other parts of Maui.
The principal point of complaint IN
the original Olowalu strike was that
the laborerS were not paid at the eLd
OF the month for that months work,
but on the fifteenth of the following
month. One Japanese at Olowalu
brought suit to have his contract can
celled on the ground that the planta-
ton had violated dts terms by with
holding his pay for two weeks after
the end of the month. The Judge
ordered his contract cancelled, and
fined the manager fifty dollars to be
served out at hard labor II he did not
pay. The plantation appealed to
Judge Kalua. The case came up Sat-
urday at Lahaina and was postponed
until Wednesday. 1t is understood
that this Is test case.
In the original strike at Lahaina.
the Japanese demanded that the doc
tor, the timekeeper, and certain lunas
should be dismissed; that there should
be a. compensation of five thousand
dollars paid to the relatives of each
OF the Japanese who were crushed
under some machinery that fell down
a couple OF week ago; that another
five thousand dollars should be paid
to the relatives OF Japanese who died
of typhoid fever; that they should quit
work at 3 o'clock on Saturdays; and
that they should be paid at the end OF
the month. All the men who struck In
both cases were Japanese; all the Jap
anese on both the aforementioned
plantations. 1900 to 1900, both con-
tract and day iaborers, refused to
work. The indemnity matter, by the
way, was ultimately settled by pay
ing five hundred, instead of Ave thou
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-04-17
FOR JAPAN AND CHINA:
FOR SAN FRANCISCO:

For general information apply to
~. laACkEELD q o0..L'd LsR
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-04-17
$. s. CLAUDINE.

This company reserves the right o.
mako changes In the time Of depart.
ure and arrival Of It's steamers WITH
OUT NOTICE, and 1t will not bs re-
sponsible for any consequences arising
therefrom.
Consignees must DO at tho LandinSr
to receive their Freight; this Company
will not hold itself responsible TOR
freight after 1t has been landed. mas 1
1--we Stock received only A !oxnsf 9
This Company will not be resi- respo n nslc,s
for Money or Valuables OF passenger
unless placed In the care OF Pursers.
Passengers are requested to purcAass
tickets before embarking. Those faii-
Ing to do 20 will be subject to IN I'D
dittonal charge Of twenty-five per cant
The Company will not be labls foe
loss OF, nor injury to. nor delay %, ~
delivery Of baggage or personal effesta
OF the passenger beyond the amount u
$4,000, unless the value of the sanas
be declared. at or before the issue Of
the ticket and freight 10 paid thereoa.
All employees OF the Company axv
forbidden to receive freight without d.
llvering shipping receipt therefor In
the form prescribed by the ConapAuS
and which may be seen by shippers up
on application to the pursers Of ths
Company's steamers.
Shippers are notified that II freight 10
shipped without such receipt, It viii
be solely at the risk Of the shipper.
G. L. WIGHT. President ,yD9mel e
CAPT. T. X. CLARKE, Port supt
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-04-17

The Chinese are a great factor in
sending prices up In certain localities,
such as on King street and up Liliha
street, where one of the new China
towns" Is going up with the rapidlty
of a boom town in Oklahoma or Kan
sas. Building applications have pour
ed In on Sanitary inspector Pratt for
permission to build In this section
Also new building impetus is noticed
ON Vineyard street near Relief Camp
No. 2, which Is becoming the nucleus OF
a good class of Chinese merchants who
foresee future for trade in that yicin-
lty. Several well built cottages have
been erected for number of well-to-
do Chinese merchants and their fami-
lies, who intend 10 make their homes
In the future in place where repe-
tition OF the disasters which have come
to them during the plague epidemic
will not happen again.
Gaaaral MaaA rtbnw ,.,itI .,,..n.a
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-04-17

sand, dollars apiece for the men who
were cram1ned. -
Strikers Acquitted. ...
The Advertisers special correspond.
ent on Maui sends the following, un-
der date of April 10: .
On Thursday. the 18th, the I4ahaina
and Olowalu strikers We're brought to
trial before District Magistrate. Kahau-
lelio OF Lahaina, and were acquitted
by him on the ground that they--the
japanese laborers OF Lahaina and Olo-
walu plantatiOns-were justified in
striking because they had been paid
on the 18th Of each month instead of
the LIST. Among other reasons pre-
scented to the Court for their conduct
were alleged harsh treatment by lunas,
indemnity desired by the relatives OF
the three Japanese recently killed i'm
Pioneer mill by the falling OF mo-
lasses tank, the high prices prevailing
at the plantation store, etc.
The two plantations Immediately
appealed from the decision Of the La
haina magistrate to Circuit fudge /.
chambers at Wailuku during the 14th.
In the meanwhile both mills are
shut down and field work Is at q stand
still. II Judge Kalua sustains the de-
cisiOn of the lower court the case will
probably be taken to the Supreme
Court. All this will take at least three
weeks. The custom OF payment of la
borers on the different plantations
varies; at Sprecbelsville it takes place
on the 18th, because OF the very large
number of laborens employed; at Paia
and Hamakuapoko payment Is made
promptly the LIST of every month
there seems to be two sides to the
question.
From The Mauai News. :.
The following is taken from the
Maui News:
Sheriff Baldwin returned to Wailu-,
ku from Lahaina on Wednesday night,
leaving everything quiet here. The
Kaanapali Japanese have returned to
work, but the Lahaina contingent are
still out. They have formulated six
teen different complaints, and 1t IL d
poor day when they do not formulate
another. Most of these are botn ride
ulous and untenable. The Lahaina
plantation seems to be willing TO meet
the Japanese halfway In all reason
able complaints, but of course cannot
concede the many absurd claims
of the Japs. A few days since, the La
haina Japanese ordered the represent
alive of the Honolulu Japanese Consul
to leave their camp. The Lahaina jap
anese are still on a strike and ths Pho
neer mill is idle.
While the News is not yet fully in
possession OF the inside facts relative
to the strike at Lahaina, yet from pres
ent developments, 1t seems that there
are some wrongs to be righted in favor
OF the Japanese. However, that is no
excuse for the lawless proceedings that
have marked their conduct during the
last few days, and If 1t becomes neces-
sary, lesson should be taught them
which they will remember. to the ef- |
feet that they must not try to take the |
law into their own hands.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-04-17

Steamers OF the
port about the dates m toned - = 49, -
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-04-17

Mr.. and Mrs. H. Renjes and Mr.. and
lrs. F. w. Meier are soon to leave
onoluln to take up a permanent res
fence elsewhere. and during the past
eek they have been entertained ex-
,nsiyely by their friends.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-04-17

sand, dollars apiece for the men whp
were cranefhed. 49,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-04-17

slogia h. ~ ne pocket n ss>ry
w,arer M Watch. .H