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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-09-12
WATER.

There is no more serious question
than the water supply of these islands,
and the water supply involves the con-
servation of the forests. Politics may
go this way or that way John Wise or
Garibaldi Wilcox may even get the
upper hand in political way, we may
even be cursed with the celebrated and
deprecated 16 to l, but we can stand all
those ills if our water supply remains
good, and our lands continue to be fer
tile.
It takes the Kamaaina to realize what
has been going on. The stranger, the
Malahini, may be able to talk theore-
ticalIy, but the old resident knows.
He has seen the tree clad mountains
and the park like plains, in his younger
days, and he realizes the destruction
that has been going on.
1t is very common thing for people
of this century for destroying the san
dial wood forests. At the time it was
the only valuable commodity which
was indigenous to the islands, and they
used it up as fast as they could get it
cut, with the result that sandal wood
trees have been practically extermina-
ted, though a few still survive.
But have we not of late years been
doing very much what the Hawaiian
chiefs did at the beginning of the CEN
tuary? We certainly one way and an
other have been getting rid not of sam
dial wood, but of what is far more val
luable, our forests, and with the loss of
our forests comes the diminuition of our
water supply.
One has only to look around a little
TO see the effects of the clearing" poll
cy. Anyone who knows the estate of
Kahua in Kohala thirty or so years ago
is shocked at its appearance today.
So may the plateau of Waimea, Hawaii,
be cited. Years ago the Koa forest
came up to the village, now, there is
not an indigenous tree that fiourishes
within miles of the houses. The pla-
teau is entirely denuded of trees, the
streams which used to flow perennially
vary now from a roaring torrent in time
of rain, to rocky beds with hardly a
thread of water to mark that they are
not dead.
If we look at the Hilo district, the
same story is told. Hilo is singularly
favored by nature in regard to it's rain
fall, and it has had countless streams
scanning it's slopes into deep ravines.
But the tendency of Hilo now is to be-
come dry. The rain falls in abundance
It is true, but the moisture is not kept.
The wilderness of forest and under
brush has been cut away, in many
places and the result is that abundant
showers which nature gives US out of
her excellent lap, simply rush down in
a torrent to the sea, and are lost. The
fact is we have been steadily making a
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-09-12

Whom the gods would destroy they
first make mad"
The machine majority in the Fourth
District committee, in its madness Is
moving rapidly to it's own destruction
and endangering. Republican success.
Happily, however it can do little to en-
danger the success of good government
representatives in the legislature.
The machine majority in the commit
tee after agreeing that the indeperd-
ent minority should name six of the
eighteen delegates to the territorial
convention broke their agreement by
insisting on a veto power on the mino-
rity selections, thus practically assum-
ing the right to name the whole dele
cation. The minority wisely refused
this interference, insisting that they
they should either name the six allotted
to them, freely, or that the machine
should take the responsibility for the
whole delegation. The machine took
the responsibility and threw down even
those named by the minority whom
they had previously agreed to.
BY force of controlling the district
committee the machine can name the
Republican candidates for the House of
Representatives. But can it elect them?
Analysed it will be found that the ma
chine controls the committee mainly by
reason of a narrow majority at the
second precinct primary. 1t added to
its strength by putting in two of it's
own men to represent the Waimanalo
precinct 1t won in the Fourth pre-
cinct because Turk and Lewis injected
themselves into the contest. In no other
precinct where there was an active
contest or a considerable vote cast, did
the machine win.
The fact is therefore that in the
Fourth district, the majority of the
voters are unrepresented in the terri
torial convention and have practically
been shut out of representation in the
District committee. This majority in
cludes most of the elements that must
be depended on to elect the ticket 1t
contains the conservative, public spirit
ed, substantial element in a very large
degree, They are not so bound by parti-
san bias that they will support the
machine nominees irrespective of char
acter and fitness. They are in the Re-
publican party to get good government.
There is nothing to prevent their join
ing with any other elements that will
secure good government.
The machine triumphant is always
the signal for an Independent move
ment in American politics. The machine
has gone far toward creating ripe con-
ditions for a non-partisan movement.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-09-12

Hlo Republicans have declared them
selves as believing in the equality OF
the sexes so far as holding the office
of school director is concerned. What
about permitting women to vote on
school questions?
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-09-12

See the above outfits in our large
front window.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13
Roosevelt's Typical Hero

In an essay on Civic Helpfulness, in
the October Century, Governor Roosevelt
paints from the life this portrait of hero
of peace:
AS fine figure as l can call to mind is
that of country clergyman in a poor
farming community not far from the cap
ital of the State of New York-a vigorous
old man, who works on his farm six DAYS
in the week, and on the seventh breaches
what he himself has been practicing. The
farm work does not occupy all of the
weekdays, for there is not spiritual need
OF his parishioners that he neglects. He
visits them, looks after them if they are
sick, baptizes the children. comforts those
in sorrow, and is ready with shrewd ad-
vice for those who need aid; in short.
shows himself from weeks end to weeks
end Thoroughly sincere, earnest, hard
working Christian. This is perhaps the
heathest type.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13
REPUBLICAN, FIGURES.
They Are the oficiaI Figures of
Trade and Prosperity.

Two drummers were discussing the
issues Of the campaign in the corridors
of a hotel We will call them Smith
and Jones. A group of interested lis
teaers gathered around, and the CONVEX
sation became more and more Animal
ed. Every little while Jones would
ask, "Can you prove thatY and Smith
would pull out from his pocket the Re
publican campaign textbook or the
Tariff Facts" Of the American Pro
tectiye Tariff league and every time
he did so Jones would take a tack.
Finally. after Smith bad proved all
his assertions and Jones was left high
and dry without an argument, a by
stander said:
Zones, where is your textbook?
Where are your figures? Why don't
the Democratic national committee
furnish you with ammunltioni You
are handicapped in an argument with
Smith and all his figures"
Jones said he had sent for some,
while Smith said:
Gentlemen, these figures / have
here belong to Jones as much as they
DO to me If the Democratic commit
tee had a textbook. It would contain
the same figures that my textbook con-
tains These are the official figures Of
the government. Of the commercial
agencies. Of different authorities on
the subjects named. There is only one
set Of such figures. The Republican
textbook contains the platforms Of all
parties 1t contains Mr.. Bryan's
speech of acceptance as well as Mr..
McKinley's. The simple fact of the
matter is that the Republican strength
lies IN publicity Of the accomplish
mcnts of the past The Democratic
strength lies in promises for the flu
ture. If my friend Jones had n book
Of figures and tables. they would be
identical with my own if they were
honest. official, authoritative figures.
The figures of the government, of
trade and industry for the past ten
years are and can be nothing but a Re-
publican argument. They are Repub-
lican figures simply because they are
favorable figures. Had the Demo
Gratis been in power in 1902, the
Republicans from 1887. and the
Democrats since then, and the same
figures prevailed, then Jones would
have n textbook in every pocket, and
the Republican party would expect to
be defeated In this campaign"
The argument was complete. and
Jones had to retire to be ready for an
early train.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13
BRYAN AT HIS WORST.
The Democratic Candidate Makes
some Foolish Statements.

1t is not pleasant to find a candidate
for president Of the United States talk
ing as foolishly or dishonesty as Mr..
Bryan talked at Monett Mo-:
"The Republicans are now boasting
that we have reached a point where
we can loan money to people in other
countries / want to ask you whether
you regard that as an evidence of pros
perity. Why would any man send his
money to Europe for investment If he
could find place in this country to in
vest it? Money sent abroad for invest
ment must be sent for one of two rea-
sons - either because the man who
sends the money over there thinks
more Of the people over there than he
does Of the people here, and does it for
love and devotion, or because it is a
matter Of business-t is, because he
can invest it to better advantage in
European country than he can in this
country"
Mr.. Bryan either knows or does not
know that the country has accumulat-
ed so much money under that financial
system which he is trying to break
down that it has money to lend at a
low rate Of interest to the rest of the
world. He either knows or does not
know that a low rate Of interest is
good for the country in general, espe-
cially for that debtor class" for which
he shows so much concern. He either
knows or does not know that country
which is able to lend must be prosper
Gus. He either knows or does not
know that the big slice Of the German
loan taken by a life insurance compa-
ny represents in large measure the
savings Of many men in moderate cir
cumstances.
If he does not know these things. he
Is too big a fool to be president; if he
does and yet talks as he talked at Mon
EFT, he is too dishonest to be president.
New York Sun.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13
Presented with a Flag.

Teddys Rough Walkers now have alt
| the peraphernalia necessary for the cam
paign and they are ready with their snowy
khaki uniforms, broad-brim hats canes
and last, but by no means the east, a.
handsome large banner. which wia here
after float to the breeze at the head OF the
Rough Walkers procession. The flag is
he gift of our former townsman A. b.
Smith, superintendent Of the rural mail
routes of the United States.
The meeting incident to the presenta-
ton OF the flag was held in the Central
opera House. The Rough Walkers.
headed BY the City Band marched from
headquarters to the Berkeley Hotel,
where the speakers Of the evening Joined
them in carriage and the procession
proceeded TO the hall.
Postmaster Alex Clohan presided. At
ter calling the meeting to order he intro
duced Tracy L. Jsffords. of Harper's Fer
ry, who made the principal address Of the
evening. Mr.. Jeffords spoke on the tar
If question and Imperialism, speaking at
length IN favor of the administration.
At the conclusion of his adore IS Mr.. A.
b. Smith was introduced Mr.. Smith
made brief speech. attacking the policy
of Bryan and parts of the Democratic
platform. at the conclusion of which, in
patriotic words, he presented the club
with a handsome flag. The president OF
the club, A. G. Wolfes, received the flag
and Hon. Geo. F. Evans made the re-
spending address of acceptance on behalf
Of the club. Mr.. Evans speech was pune
tuated with continued applause and when
he concluded the cheering was deafening,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13
To Cross the Continent.

Mr.. Benz F. SIane, the veteran yard
master of the B. & o. Railroad in this
city left at noon Tuesday, accom-
panied by Mrs. Slane, on trip across the
continent. They will end their tour in
California, visiting Los Angelas, San
Francisco and all the points of inter
est in the Big Tree State. Mr.. and Mrs.
Slane expect to be gone about a month or
six weeks.
During Mr.. Slane's absence Mr.. Frank
Eicheberger will tend to his work for the
b. & O.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13
OATH BOUND CHINESE
POWERFUL INFLUENCE OF SECRET So
clETIES IN THE CELESTIAL EMPIRE.
There Are Many of Them, Both Re-
IIgfous and Political - Fear and
Superstition the Chief Elements of
Their Strength.
Especial Correspondence

SAN Francisco, Sept. 10 Those who
have come in contact with many Chi
nese in this country and have seen the
abject fear that shows In every line OF
a Chlnaman's face at the sound Of the
word "hlghbinder' know something
Of the terror inspired by the secret So
cletles in China. Even here the very
word will blanch the face Of any ma
tive Of that country to a sickly white.
1t means that n sudden and terrible
death awaits the victim. 1t is not long
since Chinaman was found murdered
sitting in his chair in his laundry,
where he had hoped TO distance his
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13
ODD INDIAN FASHION
4T IS ONE OF THE MOST CURIOUS IN
ALL THE WORLD.
how the Indian Women of British
Columbia Deform Their Heads
with the Idea That They Are Max
ing Themselves Beautiful.
[special Cerregpordence.l

VANCOUVER, b. c., Oct. 6.The Brit
ish Columbian Indian women have per-
haps the oldest fashion in the world.
1t is that of head compression. One Of
the curious things in the development
of the races is the variation in this idea
of beauty in deformity. The savage
woman congresses her head, the wom-
an OF modern society congresses her
waist. while the Chinese woman, rep
resenting a dead civilization, compress
es her feet.
Scientists have recently been devot-
ing considerable time and study to the
north Pacific Indians. They are the
last of the native races of the CONT
nent still dwelling in primitive sim
plicity.
The largest and most influential Of
these tribes inhabits the region of Puget
sound, the Columbia river and Van
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13
Accidentally Poisoned.

Mrs. Priscilla Carmichael, wife Of
Mr.. John Carmichael a r. & o.
Civil engineer, living at Mont Alto, but
now visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Bridges, narrowly escaped ter
rible death. Mrs. Carmichael is we'll
known in Martinsburg society, having
frequently been visitor in this city.
She has been sick for sometime and
taking as tonic six drops of a deadly
poison as a nervine. BY mistake she
took large tablespoonful. DR.. J. A.
West was in attendance all night admin
stering powerful emetics. but she is stitl
very i'll.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13
BETTER QUIT TALKING.
Bryan Has DeGenerated Into Third
Rate stump Speaker.


If Bryan is not making any better
impression in the west than his printed
speeches are in the east. he had better
quit talking The general comment
one hears about his efforts is that they
are worthy only of a cheap demagogue
and that Bryan has degenerated into a
third rate stump speaker. The paltry
trash that he has been turning out evil
IDENTITY shows how hard Bryan finds
the effort to talk imperialism" when
his ideas have been trained to free
coinage of silver at 16 to 1. Speaking
of 16 to l calls to mind the fact that
Secretary Gage has punctured Bryan
demagogic utterance.
Bryan says the government is coin
ing every day silver dollars at 16 to /,
leaving his hearers under the impress
sion that the present administration
indorses one of the things which he
Bryan) stands for. Now, the govern
ment is coming the surplus silver it
acquired under the silver purchase law
and coming it by direction of congress
into dollars which the government can
float as dollars because they can be I'M
der the gold standard exchanged for
gold. But there is a vast difference be-
tween coming this surplus and the free
and unlimited coinage Of silver which
Bryan wants so badly and which the
country won't have.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13
Missionaries Lecture.

Rev. VIM. Junkin, a missionary to
Korea. who is visiting the home OF DR.. F.
M. Woods, delivered a very interesting
lecture on his work in that country in the
Presbyterian church Sunday morning and
also preached at night. Mrs. Junkin de-
livered a lecture on Missionary work
among the women in Korea in the after
noon Rev. and Mrs. Junkin have been
in the United Stoles 70, about month
After spending a vacation in their native
country they viii return 10 their post in
the Orient.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13

larly on the Pacific coast, is well
known, but little understood. All we
know is that the Chinese have their
own courts of law and justice and
can receive and bear their own pun
ishment without the knowledge Of our
courts, and they are condemned to
death and executed by their own exc
cutioners. One day in HongkOng five
men were beheaded one day because
they were members of secret So
ciety plotting against the peace of the
empire, and it was afterward asserted
that not one of those five men was
guilty of belonging to that society,
and it was five prisoners in Jail for
small offenses whose heads were cut
off. One young Chinaman was not
only beheaded, but mutilated in the
most horrible manner, and his execu-
ton was given out as punishment for
having killed his stepfather, whereas
the real truth was that he was sus-
pected of telling the secrets of his So
cisty 10 an English doctor.
CHARLES z. ROBINSON.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13

Already the census man has found
over OBS, 900 manufacturing establish
mcuts, as against 322, G3S in 1890. This
looks MS though the trusts were not
crushing ont individual enterprise at
such a great rate.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13

The people are doing business on
business principles and should be
let a1one-enconraged rather than
hindered-in their efforts to increase
the trade of the country and find
new and profitable markets for
their products.-WiIIiam Mckinley.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13

Bryan says that the present prospect
~ of the country is due to IAN unusual
and unnatural stimulation Is ii not
better to continue the party in power
capable Of producing unusual stimula-
tiou rather than change for one which
produces unusual stagnatiOn?
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13

There are unfortunately those
among us, few in number. am sure.
who seem to thrive best under bad
times and who when good times
overtake them in the United States
feel constrained to put us on bad
terms with the rest of mankind
william Mckinley.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13

The harder the task the greater
viii he the result, the benefit and
the honor. To doubt our power 10
accomplish it is to lose faith in the
sounGuess and strength of our popu-
lar institutions.-WliIia Mckinley.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13

Now is the time to speculate upon the
personality of a Bryan cabinet There
win be no occasion for such pastime
after election
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13

II Is for us 10 guard the sacred
trust transmitted by the fathers and
pass TO those who follow this
government of the free. stronger in
its principles ard greater in its
power for The execution of its he
inefficient mission. William Mckin-
ley
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13

The constituents Of Mr.. Pettigrew
owe the country a duty, and there is
every reason to believe they viii per
form il in November.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13

No political outcry can RbroGhte
our treaty of peace with spain or
nbSoI,e US from its solemn engage
Inents-MiIIinm Mckinley.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13

The Richmond Times, the organ Of
the Virginia Democrats, declines TO ac-
ccpt the free silver and antieXpansion
mandates of the Kansas City platform.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13

There can be no Imperialism. Those
who fear 1T are against 1t. Those
who have faith in the republic are
against it.-wilIiam Mckinley,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13
A POLITICAL STRAW.
Not Encouraging For Mr.. Bryan and
His Followers.

Ills otfoNeFs.
For the purpose of aseertaining the
political make up of their "house"
some Of the employees of the firm of
Marshall Field Il Co.'S wholesale de-
partment in Chicago had paper cir
culated the other day asking for sigma
lures to the membership roll of Nc
Kinley Commercial Mems club.
There are approximately 1000 voters
in the department. The paper was
passed around with the consent of the
management of the house, but with no
coercion whatever to sign or not to
sign, the test vote being purely an at
fair of the employees who wished to
secure only voluntary expressions
from among their number AS a re-
suit of this test vote the poll showed:
For Mckinley s5l
FOR Bryan l4S
Mckinleys majority ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 7o2
.. Per cent OF
,s-s s.- ~ total vote
FOR Mckinney 30 l-lO
For Bryan Il 9lL
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13

Fictitious fears and false forebodings
constitute the Democratic stock In
trade.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13
In the Laws Grasp.

Rebecca Palmer was arrested BY Con-
stable Russler ard taken before Justice
Byers Thursday afternoon on the charge
OF cursing and abusing Ehza Mosby, COL
ored, The prisoner stated that she was
preparing to move to Cumberland and
the news seemed to please some of the
citizens so well that the justice decided
not 10 delay her departure by holding her.
So she was released.
MAD AT EVERYBODY.
An old gray-bearded tramp, carving a
camping outfit on his back. was placed in
the lookup over night for disorderly con-
duct on the streets. AS soon as he was
released he walked down Queen street
cursing everything and everybody he
came across. He was run in again by
Officer McBee and this time will not get
off so easy.
TO PAY FOR GLASS.
Frank Corbin, who has been in Jail for
three days for breaking glass out of the
B. & 0. shop buildings, was released Sat-
urday upon the promise that he would
pay the costs. The boys loafing around
the railroad seem to haye spite at the
shop building. 295 glass have recently
been broken out of the windows and I'M
less the stone throwing is ceased more
boys will be arrested
THREATENED TO KILL.
William Mallory was before Justice
Byers on the charge of threatening to kill
Frank Anderson. The prisoner and the
defendant are the two negroes who en-
gagged in the foot race on Queen street
Monday afternoon. Andersons board
ing house, according to the evidence, was
surrounded by gang with Mallory as the
leader the other night and they were pre-
pairing for an attack when they were dis
persed by the police. Mallory was bound
over to keep the peace fo- one year.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-10-13

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